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== European Casualties == | == European Casualties == | ||
A few mentioned in records | A few mentioned in records<br /> | ||
* | <div style="column-count:2;-moz-column-count:2;-webkit-column-count:2"> | ||
* | '''[[3rd Bengal Light Cavalry]]''' | ||
*Captain Taylor | *Lieutenant C I E Macnabb | ||
*Lieutenant Henderson | *Veterinary Surgeon Phillips | ||
* | *Veterinary Surgeon Dawson<br /> | ||
* | '''[[11th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry|11th Bengal Native Infantry]]''' | ||
* | *Lt-Colonel J Finnis<br /> | ||
* | |||
* | '''[[20th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry|20th Bengal Native Infantry]]''' | ||
* | *Captain J H Taylor | ||
*Captain & Mrs D Macdonald | |||
*Lieutenant D Henderson | |||
*Lieutenant W Pattle<br /> | |||
'''[[Bengal Horse Artillery|Horse Artillery]]''' | |||
*Gunner Donohoe | |||
*Gunner Conolly | |||
*Gunner Benson | |||
*Gunner Cairns<br /> | |||
'''[[60th Regiment of Foot|60th Rifles]]''' | |||
*Corporal & Mrs Mortimer | |||
*Corporal & Mrs Edwardes | |||
*Corporal & Mrs Fitzpatrick<br /> | |||
'''[[Bengal Sappers and Miners]]''' | |||
*Captain Fraser<br /> | |||
*Mrs Chambers | *Mrs Chambers | ||
*Mrs Dawson and two children | |||
*Mrs Courtenay and two children | |||
*Mr V Tregear, Educational Service | |||
*Pensioner McKinley | |||
*Pensioner Blanco | |||
*Mr Newland, Photographer | |||
*Sergeant & Mrs Law and two children | |||
*Sergeant & Mrs McPhee | |||
*Sergeant & Mrs Binglee | |||
*Sergeant & Mrs Grant | |||
*Sergeant & Mrs Brooks | |||
Riding Master Langdale's child<br /> | |||
</div> | |||
== External Links == | == External Links == | ||
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[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=BQ_qW5Sg6k4C&pg=PA227&dq=The+Indian+Mutiny+1857-58&hl=en&ei=WLQsTKKsDYzbsAaB74XSAg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=8&ved=0CEoQ6AEwBw#v=onepage&q=Platt&f=false Events at Meerut] Google Books<br> | [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=BQ_qW5Sg6k4C&pg=PA227&dq=The+Indian+Mutiny+1857-58&hl=en&ei=WLQsTKKsDYzbsAaB74XSAg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=8&ved=0CEoQ6AEwBw#v=onepage&q=Platt&f=false Events at Meerut] Google Books<br> | ||
[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=XEEoAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA10&dq=Mutineers+Delhi+Meerut&as_brr=3&ei=z6DVSvjlLam-zAS7m6SlCw#v=onepage&q&f=false Mutiny at Meerut] Google Books | [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=XEEoAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA10&dq=Mutineers+Delhi+Meerut&as_brr=3&ei=z6DVSvjlLam-zAS7m6SlCw#v=onepage&q&f=false Mutiny at Meerut] Google Books | ||
==== Historical books on-line ==== | |||
''Service and Adventure with the Khakee Ressalah; or, Meerut Volunteer Horse, during the Mutinies of 1857-58'' by Robert Henry Wallace Dunlop BCS 1858 | |||
:*[http://books.google.com/books?id=iw4NAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA31&dq=Meerut+Light+Horse&hl=en&ei=rRMzTcTYIcyxhAemntCwCw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=4&ved=0CC4Q6AEwAw#v=onepage&q=Meerut%20Light%20Horse&f=false Gungapershad's account] | |||
:*[http://books.google.com/books?id=iw4NAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA34&dq=Meerut+Light+Horse&hl=en&ei=rRMzTcTYIcyxhAemntCwCw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=4&ved=0CC4Q6AEwAw#v=onepage&q=Meerut%20Light%20Horse&f=false List of Europeans murdered on 10 May] | |||
== Recommended Reading == | == Recommended Reading == | ||
Revision as of 16:46, 16 January 2011
| Mutiny at Meerut | ||
|---|---|---|
| Part of Indian Mutiny | ||
| Date: | 10 May 1857 | |
| Location: | Meerut, Uttar Pradesh | |
| Presidency: | Bengal | |
| Co-ordinates: | 28.991462°N 77.7032636°E | |
| Result: | Sepoy uprising | |
| Combatants | ||
| 60th Rifles (1,000) 6th Dragoon Guards (600) One troop of Horse Artillery Artillery Recruits (500) |
3rd Bengal Light Cavalry 11th Bengal Native Infantry 20th Bengal Native Infantry | |
| Commanders | ||
| Strength | ||
| Casualties | ||
This event was part of the Indian Mutiny
Synopsis
85 troopers of the 3rd Light Cavalry refused to accept their cartridges, were court martialled, sentenced and sent to the common jail in Meerut. The following day sepoys of the 11th & 20th Native Infantry stormed the jail and released the troopers and 1200 other prisoners. Colonel Finnis of the 11th BNI was shot on the parade ground, the bungalows of the European officers were set on fire and many of their families murdered. The 2,200 European troops were not used to oppose the mutineers who marched away to join the regiments in Delhi. Major-General W.H.Hewitt was removed from his command of the Meerut Division.
European Casualties
A few mentioned in records
- Lieutenant C I E Macnabb
- Veterinary Surgeon Phillips
- Veterinary Surgeon Dawson
- Lt-Colonel J Finnis
- Captain J H Taylor
- Captain & Mrs D Macdonald
- Lieutenant D Henderson
- Lieutenant W Pattle
- Gunner Donohoe
- Gunner Conolly
- Gunner Benson
- Gunner Cairns
- Corporal & Mrs Mortimer
- Corporal & Mrs Edwardes
- Corporal & Mrs Fitzpatrick
- Captain Fraser
- Mrs Chambers
- Mrs Dawson and two children
- Mrs Courtenay and two children
- Mr V Tregear, Educational Service
- Pensioner McKinley
- Pensioner Blanco
- Mr Newland, Photographer
- Sergeant & Mrs Law and two children
- Sergeant & Mrs McPhee
- Sergeant & Mrs Binglee
- Sergeant & Mrs Grant
- Sergeant & Mrs Brooks
Riding Master Langdale's child
External Links
Indian Mutiny 1857-58 The British Empire
Outbreak of Rebellion Wikipedia
Uprising at Meerut Google Books
Events at Meerut Google Books
Mutiny at Meerut Google Books
Historical books on-line
Service and Adventure with the Khakee Ressalah; or, Meerut Volunteer Horse, during the Mutinies of 1857-58 by Robert Henry Wallace Dunlop BCS 1858
Recommended Reading
The following books are reviewed in FIBIS Military Reading List and can be purchased through the FIBIS online shop. (See also Military:The Mutiny category on right hand side of shop page for further suggestions).
- The last Mughal : the fall of a dynasty, Delhi, 1857 by William Dalrymple. (London: Bloomsbury, 2006)
- The Indian Mutiny : 1857 by David Saul. (London: Viking, 2002)
- The Indian Mutiny 1857-58 by Gregory Fremont-Barnes (Oxford: Osprey, 2007.)
- The great uprising in India 1857-58 by Rosie Llewellyn-Jones.(Woodbridge: Boydell Press, 2007) )