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== European Casualties == | == European Casualties == | ||
A few mentioned in records | A few mentioned in records | ||
| − | *Colonel Finnis, 11th Bengal Native Infantry | + | *Colonel Finnis, [[11th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry|11th Bengal Native Infantry]] |
| − | + | *Captain & Mrs Macdonald, [[20th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry|20th Bengal Native Infantry]] | |
| − | + | *Captain Taylor, [[20th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry|20th Bengal Native Infantry]] | |
| − | + | *Lieutenant Henderson, [[20th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry|20th Bengal Native Infantry]] | |
| − | + | *Lieutenant Macnabb, [[3rd Bengal Light Cavalry]] | |
| − | + | *Lieutenant Pattle, [[20th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry|20th Bengal Native Infantry]] | |
| − | + | *Mr Tregear, Educational Service | |
| + | *Messrs Phillips and Dawson, Veterinary Surgeons | ||
| + | *Captain Fraser, [[Bengal Sappers and Miners]] | ||
| + | *Mrs Dawson and children | ||
| + | *Mrs Chambers | ||
== External Links == | == External Links == | ||
| − | [http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armycampaigns/indiancampaigns/mutiny/mutiny.htm Indian Mutiny 1857-58] The British Empire<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Delhi#Outbreak_of_the_Rebellion Outbreak of Rebellion] Wikipedia<br>[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=IzQoAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA51&dq=Meerut+1857&as_brr=3&ei=wFctSfe6FI_QkwTrkMnsAQ Uprising at Meerut] Google Books | + | [http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armycampaigns/indiancampaigns/mutiny/mutiny.htm Indian Mutiny 1857-58] The British Empire<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Delhi#Outbreak_of_the_Rebellion Outbreak of Rebellion] Wikipedia<br>[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=IzQoAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA51&dq=Meerut+1857&as_brr=3&ei=wFctSfe6FI_QkwTrkMnsAQ Uprising 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 | ||
== Recommended Reading == | == Recommended Reading == | ||
Revision as of 15:43, 1 July 2010
| 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
European Casualties
A few mentioned in records
- Colonel Finnis, 11th Bengal Native Infantry
- Captain & Mrs Macdonald, 20th Bengal Native Infantry
- Captain Taylor, 20th Bengal Native Infantry
- Lieutenant Henderson, 20th Bengal Native Infantry
- Lieutenant Macnabb, 3rd Bengal Light Cavalry
- Lieutenant Pattle, 20th Bengal Native Infantry
- Mr Tregear, Educational Service
- Messrs Phillips and Dawson, Veterinary Surgeons
- Captain Fraser, Bengal Sappers and Miners
- Mrs Dawson and children
- Mrs Chambers
External Links
Indian Mutiny 1857-58 The British Empire
Outbreak of Rebellion Wikipedia
Uprising at Meerut Google Books
Events at Meerut Google Books
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) )
