The Artillery

The Naval Brigade served both as infantry and artillery during the mutiny. Some of them even had the opportunity to try their hand at cavalry, but this was less successful. As such, their exploits are included here.

Author, Title and Publisher	Notes
R.A. School of Equitation in India. Allahabad: Pioneer Press, 1922
Jocelyn, Julian R. J. The History of the Royal and Indian Artillery in the Mutiny of 1857. London: John Murray, 1915.
📘Bengal and Bombay Artillery
Buckle, E. Memoir of the Services of the Bengal Artillery from the Formation of the Corps to the Present Time. London: W.H. Allen & Co. 1852
Roberts, Frederick Sleigh. Forty-One Years in India. 2 vols. London: Richard Bentley & Son, 1897.	Started his career with the Bengal Artillery in 1851. He became Aide-de-Camp to his father in 1852 and transferred to the Bengal Horse Artillery in 1854. During the mutiny, he saw action in the Punjab, Delhi and other theatres of war, including Lucknow. He served mainly in staff positions.
Stubbs, Francis W. History of the Organisation, Equipment and War Services of the Regiment of Bengal Artillery. Three Volumes. London: W.H. Allen & Co., 1895
Spring, F. W. M., comp. The Bombay Artillery: List of Officers Who Have Served in the Regiment of Bombay Artillery. London: William Clowes & Son, Ltd., 1902.
Bourchier, George. Eight Months’ Campaign Against the Bengal Sepoy Army during the Mutiny of 1857. London: Smith, Elder, and Co., 1858.	Bengal Horse Artillery. During the Indian Mutiny, Bourchier commanded a battery at Trimu Ghat and was present at the siege and capture of Delhi. He was attached to the Delhi Column, fought at Bulandshahr and Agra; present at the 2nd Relief of Lucknow and the Battle of Cawnpore. Bourchier’s service in the mutiny ended in early 1858.
Collister, Peter. ‘Hellfire Jack,’ VC. The Life and Times of General Sir William Olpherts. BACSA 1989.	One of the more colourful characters of the Bengal Artillery. Served throughout the mutiny, including under Havelock and under Campbell.
📘 Royal Artillery
Adye, John. Recollections of a Military Life. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1895
Majendie, Vivian Dering. Up Among the Pandies: A Year’s Service in India. London: Routledge, Warne & Routledge, 1859.	Royal Artillery. This book also contains the personal narrative of John Sherer. Maude served under Havelock, through the Lucknow blockade and subsequently into 1858.
Maude, Francis Cornwallis. Memories of the Mutiny. 2 Volumes. London: Remington & Co. 1894
Paget, Georgiana. Camp & Cantonment; A Journal of Life in India in 1857-1859. London: Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts & Green. 1865	Mrs Paget spends much time describing her life but “A Short Narrative of the Pursuit of the Rebels in Central India or How I Helped in the Pursuit of Tantia Tope,” written by her husband, who commanded a battery of Royal Horse Artillery in the Central India Campaign, is the only reason this book is in this section.
Strange, Thomas Bland. Gunner Jingo’s Jubilee. Remington & Co. 1893	This book is written from the point of view of a gunner nicknamed Jingo, but it is clear that it is Strange himself. It is a very candid look at the Indian Mutiny, including Frank’s Campaign and the Taking of Lucknow.
📘 The Navy
Rathbone Low, Charles. A History of the Indian Navy. (1613-1863). Two Volumes. London: Richard Bentley & Sons. 1877	The services of the Indian Navy in the Mutiny commence in Vol. II. This particular branch of the navy was abolished in 1863.
Montagu, Victor Alexander. A Middy’s Recollections, 1853-1860. London: Adam & Charles Black, 1898	Montagu served on the Pearl.
Verney, Edmund Hope. The Shannon Brigade in India. London: Saunders, Otley & Co., 1862
Verney, G.L. The Devil’s Wind. The Story of Naval Brigade at Lucknow, from the Letters of Edmund Hope Verney and other Papers. London: Hutchinson & Co. 1956
Watson, Edward Spencer. A Naval Cadet with H.M.S. Shannon’s Brigade in India: The Journal of Edward Spencer Watson. Kettering: W.E. & J. Goss, n.d.
Williams, Rev. E. A. Cruise of the Pearl Round the World, with an Account of the Naval Brigade in India. London: Richard Bentley, 1859

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