Reed, Major General Thomas 77, 209
Rees, L. E. 393, 452
regimental mascots 175
regiments
104th Foot (Bengal Fusiliers) 485–6
Agra Volunteer Horse 148
regiments—cont.
Beatson’s Horse 360
Bengal European Cavalry 253
Bengal European Fusiliers 1st 235, 346–7, 425–6 2nd xxiv, 230, 236, 238, 425–6, 473–4
Bengal European Regiment 11–12, 244, 344, 402 1st 130
Bengal Horse Artillery 162, 235–6, 334–5, 337
Bengal Lancers, 9th and 10th xxx
Bengal Light Cavalry 2nd 364–5 3rd 74
Bengal Native Infantry 1st (Lal Pultan) 259–60, 345 18th 257 20th 314 21st 257 25th 315 31st 379 35th 301, 396, 428 42nd 8, 531 43rd 10 45th 315 47th 8, 273 49th 384 56th 257–8 57th 193 59th 10 64th 273 66th 72 67th 347 79th 384
Bengal Volunteers, 2nd 257
Bombay European Fusiliers, 1st 384–5, 539n.63
Bombay Fusiliers, 2nd 473
Bombay Light Cavalry 2nd 320–1 3rd 313–14, 354
Bombay Native Infantry 1st (Grenadiers) 354 4th 384 19th 353, 384 30th (Jacob’s Rifles) 354, 355, 356
Bombay Regiment, 1st 297–8
Broadfoot’s Sappers and Jezailchis 215, 396
Central India Horse 212
Corps of Guides 192, 210, 211, 212, 295, 321
Gardner’s Horse 441
Gurkhas
2nd Gurkhas 301
66th (Gurkha) Native Infantry 72
Kumaon Battalion 301
Naisiri Battalion 18, 72, 531
Sirmoor Battalion 18
Hodson’s Horse xxx, 82, 360, 372–3
Jacobabad Light Artillery 192
Jacob’s Rifles 192, 354, 355, 356
Kashmir Mountain Battery 196
Light Cavalry 5th 300–1, 368–9 10th 362
Madras European Battalion 423
Madras European Regiment 244 1st 162
Madras Fusiliers, 1st 235, 353
Madras Native Infantry 273
Madras Sappers and Miners 255
Oudh Irregular Cavalry, 3rd 391
Pioneers, 34th 298
Probyn’s Horse 354
Punjab Cavalry 1st [Daly’s Horse] 193, 213–14, 261 4th 304 5th 302–3
Punjab Infantry 2nd 346–7 4th 301 6th 192
Régiment de Meuron 216–17
Scinde Camel Corps 192
Scinde Horse, 3rd 354
Scinde Irregular Horse 192
Scinde Rifles 192
Sikhs 3rd 358 4th 347 14th xxviii 36th 287–8
Skinner’s Horse 214, 309
regiments, British Army
posted to India 217, 231–3
passages to India 94, 96–7, 98–9, 100, 101, 104, 107–8, 109
women and children 97–8
arrival in India 110–11, 114–15, 117
cavalry 218, 220
3rd Light Dragoons 98, 125–6, 131, 149, 159, 218, 371, 402, 419–20, 491,493–4
at Sobraon (1846) 9, 15
charges, at Tezin (1842) and Mudki (1845) 365–7
6th Dragoon Guards 29
8th Hussars 372
9th Lancers 187, 370, 371, 372, 454–5, 473
10th Hussars 29
11th Light Dragoons 218, 224
13th Light Dragoons 218
14th Light Dragoons 149, 300–1, 313, 360, 368–9, 369–70, 371, 417
16th Lancers xxvi, 65, 149, 232, 367–8, 449
16th Light Dragoons 97
17th Lancers 364
19th Light Dragoons 273, 294
infantry 217, 218–20
2nd Queen’s Royal Regiment 379
5th Fusiliers 506
6th Foot 217
9th Foot 343, 402
10th Foot 10, 145, 283, 342
12th Foot 145, 225, 478–9, 480
13th Light Infantry 57, 120, 301, 344, 378, 396, 433
17th Foot 379–80, 449
22nd Foot 60, 232, 319
24th 68, 159, 315, 402
26th Foot 417, 433
31st Foot xxv, 108, 233, 344, 402
at Sobraon (1846) 8, 12–13, 14–15
32nd Foot 115, 159, 232, 250,
326, 329, 330, 343, 384, 385, 386, 390, 402–3, 494
33rd Foot 145, 219, 292, 464
38th 115
39th Foot 96, 217, 244, 342
40th Foot 119
44th 56, 57, 314
49th Foot 217
50th xxv, 1–3, 402, 531
at Sobraon (1846) 5, 7–8, 12–14, 15, 18
uniform 3–4
52nd Light Infantry 129–30, 132, 164, 402, 421–2, 465
53rd Foot 10, 411
54th 108
60th Rifles 301, 384
61st Foot 137, 346–7, 362
62nd 402
64th Foot 326, 353
66th Foot 99, 315, 344–5, 354, 355
69th Foot 273
70th 473
73rd Highlanders 117, 292
75th 162, 230, 345–6, 354, 425, 475
76th Foot 166
78th Highlanders 393
84th 48
86th Foot 473
90th 163
93rd Highlanders 101, 110–11,
162–3, 184–5, 301, 350, 354, 411–12, 431, 503
Gordon Highlanders, 1st
Battalion 358
Hampshire Regiment 217
Princess of Wales’s Royal
Regiment 217–18
1st Royal Fusiliers (City of
London Regiment) 87
regiments, British Army – cont.
infantry – cont.
Royal Northumberland Fusiliers 219
Royal Welch Fusiliers 100, 174–5
Royal West Kents 454
Somerset Light Infantry, 1st
Battalion 120
West Yorkshires, 2nd Battalion 357
Regulating Act (1773) 52
religous attitudes 458–63
returning warriors 500–6
revolvers 363
Rewah 198–9
Rheygur, capture (1818) 279
Richards, Private Frank 100, 128, 143, 150, 174–5, 187, 218, 253, 452–3, 482, 502–3
Richmond, Richard 108
Ridges, Dr Josiah 438
rifle stealing, precautions against 174
rifles
Enfield 73, 353–4
Lee-Enfield 356
Lee-Metford 356, 357
Martini–Henry 82, 354, 356
Snider 82, 174, 354, 355, 356
Ripon, George Robinson, Marquess of [Viceroy, 1880–84] 453
river transport 27
Roach, John 308–9
Roberts, Major General Sir Abraham 113, 246, 504
Roberts, Field Marshal Frederick Sleigh Roberts, 1st Earl, VC xxiv, xxvi, 183, 195, 206, 240, 270, 299, 323, 328–9, 363, 467, 472, 498, 504
as young officer 95, 113, 246
during Mutiny 207, 241–2, 405
earns VC 326, 345
in Second Afghan War 86, 398–401
as C-in-C, India 259
Roberts, Lady Nora 472, 498
Robertson, Sergeant 378
Roe, Captain Peter 92
Rose, Captain Herbert 412
Rose, Major General Sir Hugh 78–9
Rosney, Private 456
Ross, Surgeon Alexander 481
Ross, Captain Claye xxviii
Ross, Private Johnny 479–80
Ross, Sir Robert 257
Rotton, Revd John Edward Wharton 408–9, 464–5, 466
Rowe, Private James 425
Royal Artillery 216, 231, 242, 253, 255
Royal Engineers 220, 231, 253
Royal Military Academy, Woolwich 231, 250
Royal Military Artificers and Labourers 220
Royal Military College, Sandhurst 250, 253
Royal Navy 109
rum 418
&n
bsp; Rumbold, Sir Thomas 50
Russell, Lieutenant 316
Russell, Sir William H. 26, 32, 135, 146, 157, 279, 293, 395, 410, 448–9, 492
Russia, threat to British India 55
Ryan, Lady 442
Ryan, Lieutenant Colonel 18
Ryan, Major 308
Ryan, Private John, VC 235
Ryan, Private Michael, VC 235
Ryder, Corporal John xxiv, 318, 343, 383, 389, 427, 502
ryots 40, 41
sabres 350, 359, 360
Sadusam, battle (1848) 438
sahib, title xxiii–xxiv
St James’s Church, Delhi 459
St John’s Church, Calcutta 220
Sale, Florentia, Lady 35, 56
Sale, Major General Sir Robert 57, 321, 324, 396, 397, 398, 408, 446
Sandys, Lieutenant Colonel Edward 221
Sansor Chand 305
Sappers and Miners 220
Saragarhi (1897) 287–8
Sassneg (1802) 376–7
Satara, annexation of 70
Sayer, Sir John 445
scabbards 349, 361
Scindia, Daulat Rao, of Gwalior 54, 55
Scindia, Sir Jayaji Rao, Maharajah of Gwalior 212
Scott, Lieutenant Charles 94–5
Scott, Captain Richard 477
scurvy 475
sepoy regiments, in the Mutiny 258
sepoys, British opinion of 293–302
sergeant majors 219, 220
sergeants 219
Seringapatam, capture (1799) 217, 333, 386–7
servants 155, 267–8, 492–3
Seully, Private Thomas 457
Shah Alam II, Mughal emperor 43
Shah Shujah, Amir of Kabul 55, 56, 59, 201
Shakespear, Major Sir Richmond C. 324
Sham Singh 16
Shams-ud-din Khan, Nawab of Ferozepore 214
Shawe, Lieutenant Colonel 225
Shelton, Brigadier 228–9
Shepherd, James 305
Sher Ali, Amir of Afghanistan 86
Sher Singh 62
Sherer, J. W. 136, 166, 198, 300, 469–70
Sherpur, battle (1880) 86, 398–401
Shikarpore Hunt 167
Shipp, John xxiv, 105, 118, 172, 184, 221–2, 278–9, 288, 318, 335, 387–8, 404, 411, 431, 434
Shivaji, Maratha ruler 40
shooting 164
shooting expeditions (shikar) 165
Shore, Sir John [Governor General, 1792–97] (later 1st Baron Teignmouth) 53–4
Showers, Lieutenant Colonel 477
Showers, Brigadier St George 230, 316, 341
Shrapnel, Lieutenant Henry 337
Shujah-ud-Daulah, Nawab of Oudh 49
siege warfare 375–401
Sikander Lodi, Sultan of Delhi 38
Sikh army (the Khalsa) 5, 62–3
artillery 8–9, 333
cavalry 359–60
at Sobraon (1846) 7, 10–11, 14, 16–17
Sikh service
British in 304–5, 305–6, 310
foreigners in 306–7
Sikh Wars xxxi, 6
First (1845–46) 5, 63–6
[Battles: (1) Mudki, (2) Ferozeshah, (3) Aliwal, (4) Sobraon]
Second (1848–49) 66–9
[Battles: (1) Multan, (2) Ramnagar, (3) Chillianwallah, (4) Gujrat]
Sikhs 36, 40, 55, 61, 202, 295–6, 311
Simla 181–2
Sind, annexation of (1843) 60–1
Sind Club, Karachi 119
Sind Frontier Force 192, 194
Sind service, British in 304, 309
Sirsa 308
Sita Ram, Subadar xxiv–xxv, 17, 18, 64, 73, 260–1, 446, 449
Sitabaldi, battle (1817) 55
Skinner, Captain Hercules 246–7
Skinner, Lieutenant Colonel James xxvi, xxvii–xxviii, 41, 214, 246–7, 309, 443, 459
Sleeman, Major General Sir William 70, 198
Slessor, Captain William 474
Smeardon, Fulwood 248, 251
Smith, Major 229, 342
Smith, Captain Emilius Felix xxvi, 308
Smith, Private George xxx–xxxi
Smith, Private George Loy 417, 432, 433, 489
Smith, Major General Sir Harry 7, 9, 12, 15, 18, 64, 65, 172, 323, 333, 368, 416, 504
Smith, Private John, VC 235
Smith, Juanita, Lady 15, 18
Smith, Major Louis Ferdinand 308
smoking, hookah 439
Smyth, Major Rowland 367
Smyth, Captain James Carmichael 385
Sobraon, battle (1846) 6–18, 65–6, 336, 342, 402, 499
social distinctions 146–7, 148–9, 150, 151, 152–4
Soldiers’ Total Temperance Association 434
Sounda 305
Souter, Captain 57, 344
Spence, Captain James 108
Spens, Captain 351
spirits, daily issue of 417–18, 419
squadron sergeant majors 220
Stalker, Brigadier 384
Stapylton, Ensign C. G. C. 58–9, 396, 397
Staunton, Captain 297, 298
staying on, soldiers 149–50
Stevenson, Colonel James 328
Stewart, Lieutenant General Sir Donald 86, 271
Stirling, Lieutenant 243
Strahan (sailor, HMS Kent) 46–7
‘strike first’ principle 328–9, 332, 337
Sturt, Major William 476
sudder 121
Sudil Khan 261
Suez Canal 95
Suffren de Saint-Tropez, Admiral Pierre–André de 109
suicides, attempted 405–6
supply, logistics of 291
Suraj-ud-Daula, Nawab of Bengal 46, 47
Surat 44, 45
surgeons 406
Sutherland, Colonel Robert 307, 308
sword knots 362
swords 348–52, 359, 360–2
Sylvester, Surgeon John Henry 354, 360
Tamerlane (Timur-i-Lenk) 38
Tanjore 54
Tantia Tope 79, 336
targets [shields] 349, 350
Taylor, George 451, 473
Taylor, Colonel Reynell 195
Taylor, Sergeant Robert 95–6
Tej Singh 16, 63
temperence associations 433, 434
tent clubs 167–8
tents 132–3
Terentiev, Colonel 85
Tetley, Captain 257
Tezin, action (1842) 365–6
Thackwell, Major General Sir Joseph 15, 16
thieves 173–4
Thomas, George xxvi
Thompson, Captain 369–70
Thompson, Colour Sergeant [later Major General] 2, 13–14, 227
Thomsett, Lieutenant Colonel Richard 34, 140, 157, 164
thuggee 198
Tibet 87
tiger shooting 165–6
Timur-i-Lenk (Tamerlane) 38
Tipu, Sultan of Mysore xxiii, 53, 54, 292, 332–3, 387
Tirah campaign (1897–98) 86, 358
Tombs, Major Henry 318
Tone, Colonel William Henry 308
Tookey, Private 417
Travancore, Sultan of 53
treasuries, travelling military 126–7
Tritton, Lieutenant 14
Trochu, General Louis 348
troop movements, by train 136
troop sergeant majors 220
troopships 92–3, 100–1, 108
East Indiamen as 96–7, 99, 108
Tucker, Robert 461
Tuker, Lieutenant General Sir Francis 81
Tulaji Angria 36–7
tulwars 349, 350, 359
Tytler, Harriet 486
Umballa 139, 152, 210
Unett, Captain Walter 125, 365–6
uniform and kit 3–4, 162–4
Upper Sind Frontier 194
Ure, Mrs 103
Van Courtlandt, Henry Charles 310
Vellore 374
mutiny at (1806)
273
venereal disease 480, 481, 483–4
Ventura, Jean Baptiste 62, 306
Vibart, Lieutenant Edward 185, 281, 346–7
Viceroys 186
Vickers, Major 308
Victoria Cross 325
Victoria, Queen, proclaimed Empress of India 82
Vignoles, Lieutenant John 456
voyages to (and from) India 92–108
Wainwright, Lieutenant 340
Walker, Private 149
Wandiwash, battle (1760) 48
Wardrop, Major A. E., on pig-sticking 167, 168, 171
water supply and conservation 28–9
water-carriers, regimental 127–8
Waterfield, Private Robert xxiv, 31, 115, 128, 159, 222, 282–3, 317, 384, 385, 386, 419, 427, 430–1, 489–90, 494, 503
Watson, Rear Admiral Charles 37, 46, 182–3
Waudby, Major S. J. 353
Waziristan operations (1894–95) 86
Welchman, Captain 456–7
Wellesley, Major General Sir Arthur (later Duke of Wellington) 29, 54, 55, 68, 92, 219, 228, 232, 264, 291, 294, 307, 311, 312, 321, 328, 336–7, 361, 376, 402, 417–18, 421, 464, 476, 479
Wellesley, Richard, 2nd Earl of Mornington, later 1st Marquess Wellesley [Governor General, 1798–1805] 54, 55, 276
West, Hon. C. R. Sackville 184
West, Private Samuel 417
Wheeler, Major General Sir Hugh 75
Wheler, Colonel Steven 461
Whish, Major General William 67, 383, 384
Whistler, C. C. 166
White, Lieutenant Colonel Michael 318, 341, 369
White Mutiny (1859–61) xxvi, 80, 252–3
Whiting, Captain 422–3
widows 486, 487
Wilberforce, Lieutenant Reginald 32, 126–7, 129–30, 160–1, 350–1, 421–2, 451
Wiles, Private William 108
Wiley, Lieutenant 18
Williams, Private Charles 425
Williams, James 119
Williams, Sergeant 283
Willingdon Club, Bombay 85
Willingdon, Freeman Freeman-Thomas, Earl of [Viceroy, 1931–36] 85
Willshire, Major General 379
Wilson, Alfred 490
Wilson, Brigadier Archdale 75, 77, 207
Wilson, General 421–2
Winter, Captain Ralph Farr 450
wives and children 485–7, 489–92, 493–8
Wolseley, Field Marshal Garnet Wolseley, 1st Viscount xxiv, 283–4, 426, 450–1
as young officer 92, 93–4, 104, 107–8, 291–2, 323, 347, 351–2, 372, 463
at Lucknow 335, 347–8
Wonnacott, Emily 318, 495
Wonnacott, William 318, 495
Wood, Captain, VC 314
Wood, Lieutenant James xxiv, 231, 275, 417
Wood, Minnie 112, 430, 474–5
Woodruff, Philip 28, 81, 85, 196
wounded, care of 406–10
wounds, treatment of 403–5
Wright, Captain 92–3
Wyatt, Captain Charles 220
Yakub Khan, Amir of Afghanistan 86
Yeats-Brown, Second Lieutenant Francis 158, 171, 261–3, 303
Yeo, Raleigh 154
Younghusband, Colonel Francis 87