“Here I am writing by candlelight at 8 A.M. It has been raining very heavily since 12 o’clock yesterday, and it is so dark we cannot see without a candle…” (Major Charles Reid, August 1st)

1st August

1/60thRoyal Rifles

Corporal John Norris – slightly wounded
There is a note in the book of Dr. Williamson, “Gunshot Injuries from the Mutiny in India” (1859) of Corporal John Jackson of the 60th, wounded at Delhi on the 2nd of August,
“…by a musket-ball in right eye, which took an unascertained course ; there was not much loss of blood, and he was for about five weeks in nearly an unconscious state. July 20th (1858). Has lost the use of right eye, the humours having escaped; lids not much injured; has occasional headache, and has lost the sense of smell; is otherwise in good health. Was supplied with a glass eye.”
He was pronounced fit for duty on the 21st of July, 1858.

Privates
Benham, William – killed in action
Higgins, John – slightly wounded (regt.No. 2198)
Jackson, John – severely wounded
McHugh, John – severely wounded
Walker, William – slightly wounded

Bengal Horse Artillery
Sergeant David Noonan – slightly wounded in left arm
Gunner Daniel Fitzgerald – fatally bitten by cobra

“About 1 o’clock heavy mortars were taken out to the force in our rear. Elephants, camels, covered carts &C., were laden with tents, ammunition, baggage so they were determined to make themselves comfortable. A 24-pounder round shot just came through one of the upper rooms and killed one of my poor little fellows. The poor fellow cut completely in two. The poor old house is now somewhat shaky. I must have more sandbags placed to-night to strengthen the walls. The rascals are now coming out, so I must put down my pencil…”

Perfectly wonderful how I escape. Round shot, shell and musket balls come phit, phit, phish, past my old head, but still here it is, safe on my shoulders.” (Major Charles Reid, August 1st)

“Poor Willock of the 6th Cavalry, got a very bad fall yesterday. The horse seems to have rolled over him, and hurt his kidneys much. Tombs fainted away while on escort duty yesterday; he had been ill with diarrhoea and started very weak. Blair was so ill from diarrhoea and spasms that he was obliged to return to camp… I saw Light this morning, a perfect wreck from dysentery.” (Brevet-Major O.H.St.G. Anson, 1st August)

2nd August

“One officer (Lieutenant Travers,(1st Punjab Infantry) and nine men were killed, and 36 wounded. The enemy’s loss seemed to be immense; 127 dead bodies were counted in front of a breastwork to the
right of the ‘Sammy House,’ and many more were lying in other places. During the darkness too, no doubt, many bodies were carried off.” (Lt. Norman’s Narrative, Forrest, ‘Selections of Letters and Dispatches’, pp 460)

Lieutenant Eaton Joseph Travers – killed in action at Delhi
Attached to the 1st Punjab Infantry (1st Regt). Aged 29. Son of Major-General Robert Travers, KCMG, CB (Rifle Brigade). Joined the Bengal Army in 1845. Husband of Harriet Aylmer.
Grave at Rajpura Cemetery, Delhi – “Lieutenant E.J. Travers killed in the advanced trenches at Hindu Rao’s house, on the 2nd August.” According to Anson, he was shot through the right side of the head and “lingered a few hours.”

1/60th Royal Rifles
Colour-Sergeant Alex Williamson – killed in action. According to Reverend Rotton, he was “shot in the head and never moved or spoke again.”
Privates
Chivers, Thomas – killed in action (Reverend Rotton writes of a soldier named Cheevers, whom he had prepared for confirmation in December 1856, as having his hand severed from his arm by round shot).
Walker, William – slightly wounded

61st Foot
Privates
Power, Nicholas – slightly wounded in hand
Storey, Hugh – killed in action

2nd European Bengal Fusiliers
Private William Scully – died

Bengal Field Artillery
Gunners
Ebling, Henry – severely wounded in both legs by shell splinters
McCarroll, Peter – slightly wounded
Moore, James – killed in action

3rd – 5th August

75th Foot
Private James Hennessy – shot in the abdomen – 4th August

Bengal Horse Artillery
Corporal Charles Eldbrook – dangerously wounded, died of wounds – 3rd August
Corporal William Ruck – wounded in the foot by a shell splinter – 5th August
Gunner Richard Green – died in hospital

6th August

“Some 300 sowars about three hours ago came charging up the Metcalfe Road, shouting and yelling as if determined to charge through camp, but one well-directed volley from the picquet sent them to the ‘right about’ like a flock of sheep. Wise, who saw the affair, said it bore a most ridiculous appearance.” (Anson, August 6th)

Kumaon Battalion
Lieutenant John Hugh Browne – killed in action at Delhi – 6th August 1857
33rd BNI. Attached to the Kumaon Battalion. Aged 28 years & 5 months. Son of John Browne, of Gray’s Inn (barrister).
Lieutenant A.B. Temple – slightly wounded – 6th August 1857 -attached to the Kumaon Battalion

1/60th Royal Rifles
Privates
Davidson, William – slightly wounded
Fields, Thomas – killed in action
Palmer, Hugh – slightly wounded 23/6/1857, and again 6/8/1857
White, George – wounded

2nd European Bengal Fusiliers
Private George Bell – died

Bengal Field Artillery
Captain T.E. Kennion- severely wounded

7th August

1/60th Royal Rifles
Privates
Atkins, James – killed in action
Johnson, Edward – severely wounded
Martin, Charles – dangerous gunshot wound in left arm
Norton, Samuel – slightly wounded

Bengal Field Artillery
Lieutenant Edward Fraser – severely wounded

8th August

1/60th Royal Rifles
Privates
Dunlop, William – severely wounded
Sexton, Ben – slightly wounded

75th Foot
Privates
Pilling, James – shot in abdomen, died of wounds

9th August

“I thought these rascals had had enough of it after the thrashing I have them on the 1st and 2nd, but it appears not. They attacked me again on the 6th, and we have been under arms ever since, they came out in great force…They erected a battery for heavy guns during the night on the 6th, and at daybreak, on the 7th they commenced pounding me with two 24-pounders; this went on the whole of the 7th, yesterday and again today. One battery was not sufficient, so they commenced another, a sunken battery, about an hour ago, and they will have two more heavy guns on position by daybreak tomorrow.” ( Reid, August 9th)

1/60th Royal Rifles
Privates
Gowing, Jeremiah – died of wounds
Sexton, Ben – slightly wounded

2nd European Bengal Fusiliers
Privates
Brien, William – died at Delhi

Bengal Horse Artillery
Gunner Frederick Grey – slightly wounded in the face by a musket ball

10th August

“There has been a good deal of heavy firing on both sides, and the enemy are knocking Metcalfe’s stables to
pieces. They have now hit upon the range so nicely that they killed with a round shot yesterday a sergeant
of the Fusiliers, who was standing on the top of them looking through a spy-glass. The same shot wounded two other men.” (Anson, August 10th)

1st Btn, 8th Foot
Privates
Sandilands, Edward – slightly wounded

1/60th Royal Rifles
Ensign W.G. Turle – dangerously wounded at Delhi Camp
Private Thomas Setchell – slightly wounded

61st Foot
Lieutenant Thomas B. Hutton – slightly wounded in chest by a shell splinter

75th Foot
Private Thomas Ryan – slightly wounded

Bengal Field Artillery
Lieutenant George Baillie – severely wounded

11th August

Upto the 11th of August, the Sirmoor Battalion had lost 249 killed and wounded, “One of my poor little fellows lost his head by a round shot about five minutes ago. The poor old house is getting knocked to pieces. Hold it I must, so we must strengthen the walls with sandbags.” ( Reid, August 11th)

“An ugly incident happened at the mosque just now on the ridge, while Hope and young Anson were there. The enemy fired a round shot, which took off young Anson’s syce’s two legs above the knee, carried them off slick. The mosque (which is an old tomb) seems to be the most exposed place on the ridge, there being no battery there to protect you from the enemy’s shot. A live shell fell right into the building itself, and, lighting on the staircase, smashed an unfortunate man who happened to be on it. Another shot brought down a ton or two of bricks and mortar on the head of another unfortunate European, who happened to be just below where it struck.” (Anson, August 11th)

61st Foot
Private John Anderson – severely wounded in hand

12th August

Brigadier St. George Daniel Showers – severely wounded

“Brigadier Showers himself was severely wounded, as also was Major Coke when in the act of seizing one of the enemy’s guns. Lieutenant-Colonel Greathed, 8th Foot, was sent to take command of Brigadier Showers’ becoming disabled and superintended the return of the troops.
Besides the two above-named officers, the following· were wounded:-Lieutenant Sherriff, 2nd Bengal European Fusiliers, mortally, since dead; Lieutenant Innes, 60th Native Infantry, orderly officer; Lieutenant Lindsay, Horse Artillery; Lieutenant Maunsell, Engineer; Captain Greville and Lieutenant Owen, 1st Fusiliers, all slightly; with 19 men and one horse killed, 85 men and eight horses wounded, and five men missing. Of the casualties, thirty-four were in the 1st Bengal European Fusiliers and thirty-three in the 1st Punjab Infantry (Coke’s corps).” (Lt. Norman’s Narrative, Forrest, ‘Selections of Letters and Dispatches’, pp 461)

Major John Coke 1st Regt. Punjab (Coke’s) Rifles – severely wounded. Attached from the 10th BNI

75th Foot
Corporal John Ryan – severely wounded by a musket ball in the arm and shoulder. He was invalided out of the service at the age of 32, on October 6th, 1858

Privates
Barrell Robert – severely wounded
Carter, Thomas – killed in action
Grady, John – killed in action
O’Connor, John – severely wounded

1st European Bengal n Fusiliers
Captain Greville – slightly wounded in the hip
Lieutenant Owen – slightly wounded
Sergeant James Wright – killed in action
Corporal James Toole – killed in action

Privates
McAferty, Hugh – killed in action before Delhi
Tempaney, John – killed in action before Delhi
Totton, Henry – killed in action before Delhi

2nd European Bengal Fusiliers

2nd Lieutenant David Francis Sherriff – killed in action at Delhi – 12th August 1857.
“His bravery was very conspicuous on this occasion: though but a boy, he was foremost in leading on his men in a very resolute and daring manner. From the time he received his wound all consciousness forsook him, and he lingered in the hospital of his own regiment, where he had the very best care and the very best skill which Surgeon Edward Hare, a practitioner of deservedly great reputation, could bestow, until some time during the day of the 14th of August, when he expired.” (Rev. Rotton Chaplain’s Narrative, pp 190)
Aged 21. Son of Captain David Sherriff, 48th N.I. Born at Sitapur. Joined the Bengal Army in 1855.
Buried in Rajpura Cemetery, Delhi – “Sacred to the memory of Lieut. D.F. Sherriff H.M. 2nd E.B. Fusiliers killed in action against the rebels during the siege of Delhi on 12th August 1857 erected by his brother officers as a mark of their esteem and regard for him.” Lieutenant Sherriff had two memorials in Rajpura cemetery; the second states, “In Memorium Lieut. David Francis Sherriff 2nd Beng. Eur. Fusiliers, died 14th August of a mortal wound received before Delhi 12th August 1857 beloved and mourned by all who knew him. Lord Jesus receive my soul.”

Sergeant John McDonald – killed in action at Ludlow Castle
Drummer James Stunt – dangerously wounded at Badli ki Serai, 08/06/1857 – died of wounds 12/08/1857

Privates
Arnell (Arneil) George- wounded in chin at Ludlow Castle
Bosher, James – wounded, arm amputated
Dean, William – wounded in leg at Ludlow Castle
Maxwell, Joshua – died
Murray, John – wounded in leg at Ludlow Castle
Self, Charles – wounded in chest
Spoor, (Spoore) Joseph – killed in action at Ludlow Castle
Stewart, James – wounded in leg at Ludlow Castle

2nd Bombay Fusiliers
Sergeant John McDonald – died of wounds

9th Lancers
Privates
Lloyd, John – severely wounded by musket ball to the right shoulder. Lloyd died in England on the 13th of August 1858
Matthews, George – dangerously wounded, died of wounds 20th September 1857
Stillman, John – killed in action

According to Anson, a young lancer named Whelan was wounded close to him by a spent ball. “The ball did not go through him, but lodged in his side, inflicting a dangerous wound. What a spank it made when it hit him! and what a groan he gave for it took the breath out of his body. Showers noble fellow! is I regret to say, wounded in two places, one long slanting wound through the surface of his chest – a flesh wound but an ugly one, and one of the fingers of the right hand smashed, for so it looked when, in passing to the rear, he showed it to me.” (Anson, August 12th)

Bengal Horse Artillery, 3rd Brigade
Light, Alfred -slightly wounded
Lieutenant A.H. Lindsay – slightly wounded

Bengal Engineers
Lieutenant Colonel Richard Baird Smith – severely wounded in leg
Lieutenant Frederick Maunsell – slightly wounded

13th August

1/60th Royal Rifles
Private Connor Murphy – slightly wounded

75th Foot
Private Patrick Melia – died of wounds. Right leg amputated.

Bengal Horse Artillery
Gummer William Cotter – killed in action

Bengal Engineers
Lieutenant Edmund Walker – Buried in Rajpura Cemetery, Delhi – “To the memory of Edmund Walker, Lieut. Bengal Engineers, who died in camp before Delhi, August 13th, 1857. Aged 29 years.”

14th August and 15th August

1/60th Royal Rifles
Privates
Cooper, George – slightly wounded (15 August)
Hughes, William – died of wounds (15 August)

75th Foot
Privates
Johnston, George – severely wounded in right leg
McMahon. James – wounded in arm
O’Brien, James – wounded in left shoulder
O’Connor, John – severely wounded in right hand, finger amputated
Quailey, Michael – wounded in left arm
Ryan, John – severely wounded in chest
Ryan, Thomas – slightly wounded in face
Shannon, James – wounded in left leg

2nd European Bengal Fusiliers
Private George L. Scott- wounded in the leg