Mutiny at Delhi
| Mutiny at Delhi | ||
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| Part of Indian Mutiny | ||
| Date: | 11-16 May 1857 | |
| Location: | Delhi National Capital Region | |
| Presidency: | Bengal | |
| Co-ordinates: | 28.656233°N 77.241066°E | |
| Result: | Sepoy victory | |
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This event was part of the Delhi Campaign during the Indian Mutiny
Summary
Following the uprisings at Meerut and elsewhere mutineers converged on Delhi. The 54th BNI were marched in to restore order but shot their officers and joined the mutiny. The sepoys then killed all the Europeans they came across. A party of officers and NCOs defended the magazine until their field guns were out of ammunition. Conductor Scully then blew up the arms store perishing in the process. A number of women and children, including George Buckley's wife & four children, who had taken refuge in the magazine were also killed. The rebels took possession of the city.
Native Regiments
In Delhi
From Meerut
Defenders of the Magazine
- Lieut George Dobson Willoughby, Bengal Artillery, Deputy Commissary at Delhi - escaped to the Cashmere Gate
- Lieut William Raynor, Ordnance Dept - escaped to Meerut
- Lieut George Forrest, Ordnance Dept - escaped to the Cashmere Gate
- Conductor John Buckley, Deputy Assistant Commissary Ordnance Dept - escaped to Meerut
- Conductor George William Shaw, Ordnance Dept
- Conductor John Scully, Bengal Commissariat - killed in the explosion
- Sub-Conductor William Crow
- Sergeant Edwards
- Sergeant Peter Stewart, Bengal Artillery
European Casualties
A few mentioned in records
- Commissioner Frazer
- Assistant Commissioner Captain Douglas
- Conductor Scully
- Colonel Knyvett, 38th BNI
- Colonel Ripley, 54th BNI
- Captain Smith, 54th BNI
- Captain Burrows, 54th BNI
- Lieutenant Butler, 54th BNI
- Lieutenant Edwardes, 54th BNI
- Lieutenant Waterfield, 54th BNI
- Ensign Angelo, 54th BNI
- Captain Gordon, 74th BNI
- Lieutenant Addington, 74th BNI
- Lieutenant Reveley, 74th BNI
- Lieutenant Hyslop, 74th BNI
- Rev Mr Jennings
- Miss Jennings
- Miss Clifford
- 345 other casualties www.roll-of-honour.com
External links
Indian Mutiny 1857-58 The British Empire
Siege of Delhi Wikipedia
"Delhi, 1857" William Dalrymple's article on the massacre, originally printed in The Guardian (May 10, 2007)
This Trying Occasion www.rlc-conductor.info Click on "Articles, Features & Essays" then click on "A Trying Occasion: An account of the Indian Mutiny" which gives an account of the blowing up of the Delhi ammunition magazine on the 11th May 1857
John Buckley's VC Wikipedia
George Forrest's VC Wikipedia
William Raynor's VC Wikipedia
Historical books online
- Narrative of the Indian mutinies of 1857 1858 Mutiny at Delhi Google Books
- The History of the Indian Revolt 1859 Escapes from Delhi Google Books
- Narrative of the Indian mutinies of 1857 1858 Dr Batson's journey to Meerut Google Books
- Two Native Narratives of the Mutiny in Delhi translated from the originals by Charles Theophilus Metcalfe 1898 Archive.org
Recommended Reading
"Indian Mutiny" by D Saul 2002 ISBN 0141005548
"The Last Mughal" by William Dalrymple 2006 ISBN 9780747587272 10987654