Cavalry
This section encompasses a wide spectrum of books, including oddities exclusive to the mutiny and regimental histories.
| Author, Title and Publisher | Notes |
| 📘 Indian Cavalry and Irregulars | |
| Harris, R. G. Bengal Cavalry Regiments 1857–1914. London: Osprey, 1979. | |
| History of the 2nd Panjab Cavalry, from 1849 to 1886. London: Kegan Paul, Trench & Co. 1888 | |
| Burton, Reginald George. A History of the Hyderabad Contingent. Calcutta: Government of India Central Printing Office, 1905. | |
| Cardew, F. G. Hodson’s Horse 1857-1922. Edinburgh & London: William Blackwood & Sons Ltd., 1928. | |
| Stotherd, E. A. W. History of the Thirtieth Lancers, Gordon’s Horse, formerly 4th Nizam’s Cavalry, 4th Cavalry, Hyderabad Contingent, 4th Lancers, Hyderabad Contingent. Aldershot: Gale & Polden, Ltd., 1911. | |
| Trower, Charles Farquhar. Hints on Irregular Cavalry. Calcutta: W. Thacker & Co. 1845 | Its Conformation, Management and Use in Both a Military and Political Point of View. Trower served as brigade major in the H.H. the Nizam’s Cavalry. |
| Watson, W. A. King George’s Own Central India Horse: The Story of a Local Corps. London: William Blackwood & Sons Ltd., 1930. Reprinted Uckfield: Naval and Military Press, 2005. | |
| Younghusband, G.J. The Story of the Guides. London: Macmillan & Co. 1908 | From their formation to the Malkand in 1897 |
| 📗 Biographies & Autobiographies | |
| (A Volunteer) My Journal: or What I Did and Saw Between the 9th June and 25th November 1857 with an Account of General Havelock’s March from Allahabad to Lucknow. Calcutta: Baptist Mission Press, 1858 | The writer is purported to be Lieutenant Swanston. He served with Barrow’s Voluntary Cavalry after his regiment mutinied in Salone. |
| Battye, Evelyn Désirée. The Fighting Ten. London: British Association for Cemeteries in South Asia, 1984. | The services of the Battyes included the Corps of Guides and the 2nd Gurkha Rifles. |
| Bush, June, ed. The Warner Letters. New Delhi: Rupa & Co., 2008. | Ashton Cromwell Warner served as a Lieutenant in the 2nd Bengal European Light Cavalry and later transferred to the 20th Hussars. Edward Warner (the brother) served as an officer in the 11th Bengal Native Infantry. Both saw service in the mutiny. |
| Daly, H. Memoirs of Sir Henry Dermot Daly. London: John Murray, 1905 | Daly served as commander of the Corps of Guides, of Hodson’s Horse after Hodson’s death and the Central India Horse. He held political offices as well, mostly in Malwa. |
| Dunlop, Robert Henry Wallace. Service and Adventure with the Khakee Ressalah; or, Meerut Volunteer Horse, During the Mutinies of 1857-58. London: Richard Bentley, 1858. | The Meerut Volunteer Force was formed just at the beginning of the mutiny. Their “work” consisted mostly of subduing rampaging Gujars and burning villages. There is neither heroism nor daring-do in this book but a stark look at what the mutiny looked like outside the larger theatres of war. |
| Gough, General Sir Henry Hugh. Old Memories. Edinburgh: William Blackwood and Sons, 1897 | Gough was in Meerut at the start of the Mutiny. He then served at Delhi and the subsequent Lucknow Campaign with Hodson’s Horse. |
| Johnson, W. T. Twelve Years of a Soldier’s Life: From the Letters of Major W. T. Johnson, of the Native Irregular Cavalry. London: A.D. Innes & Co., 1897. | |
| Lumsden, Sir Peter Stark, and G. R. Elsmie. Lumsden of the Guides. London: John Murray, 1899. | |
| Mackenzie, A. R. D. Mutiny Memoirs: Being Personal Reminiscences of the Great Sepoy Revolt of 1857. Allahabad: Pioneer Press, 1892. | 3rd Bengal Light Cavalry – mutiny in Meerut, service during the Siege of Delhi, commanded the 8th Irregular Cavalry after the mutiny. |
| Nash, John Tulloch. Volunteering in India: or an Authentic Narrative of the Military Services of the Bengal Yeomanry Cavalry During the Indian Mutiny and the Sepoy War. London: George Philip & Son, 1893 | Raised in Calcutta, the BYC served in various fields through the mutiny, both independently and with field forces. They earned a reputation for fierceness in battle, so much so that the rebels called them the Devil’s Regiment. (Shaitan-ka-Pultan). |
| Parry, E. Gambier. Reynell Taylor, A Biography. London: Kegan Paul, Trench & Co., 1888 | In 1855, commanded the Corps of Guides but during the mutiny he was in charge of the Kangra district. |
| Pitt, F.W. edit. Incidents in India and Memories of the Mutiny, with Some Records of Alexander’s Horse and the 1s Bengal Cavalry. London: Kegan Paul, Trench & Trübner & Co., Ltd. 1896 | Alexander’s Horse was formed during the mutiny and served briefly under Sir Colin Campbell. They were mostly utilised in the districts in the latter part of the mutiny. |
| Shakespear, Henry. The Wild Sports of India. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1862 | With Detailed Instructions for the Sportsman; to which are added the Breeding and Rearing of Horses, and the Formation of Light Irregular Cavalry. |
| Trotter, L.J. A Leader of Light Horse: Life of Hodson of Hodson’s Horse. London: William Blackwood & Sons. 1901 | |
| Wilson. Minden. History of Behar Indigo Factories, Reminiscences of Behar; Tirhoot; History of Behar Light Horse Volunteers. Calcutta: General Printing Company., 1908 | Wilson presents a complete history of Behar, and includes biographies of personalities in Tirhoot; he was part of the Behar Light Horse, which was formed in 1857, principally of planters and officials of the Tirhoot and Darbhanga Districts. They had no formal military training but managed to keep some semblance of order in their districts for some months until assistance arrived. The Soubah Behar Mounted Rifles would be formed in 1862 to replace the BLHV. |
| 📘 British Cavalry Regiments | |
| 9th Lancers | |
| Anson, O. H. S. G. With H.M. 9th Lancers During the Indian Mutiny. Edited by Harcourt S. Anson. London: W.H. Allen & Co., 1896. | The 9th Lancers. Anson served at the Siege of Delhi, with the Delhi Column and both the Relief and Taking of Lucknow. |
| Gilling, James. The Life of a Lancer in the Wars of the Punjaub. 1855. Reprint, Naval & Military Press, 2014 | |
| Hartigan, Henry. Stray Leaves from a Military Man’s Notebook. Calcutta, 1879. | Hartigan served with the 9th Lancers and is best known as being cited twice for a VC, Badli-ki-Serai and Agra, where he was badly wounded. |
| Ouvry, Henry Aimé. Cavalry Experiences: Letters and Journals of a British Cavalry Officer. Milton Keynes: Leonaur, 2012. | Commanded the 9th Lancers. Delhi, under Greathed with the Delhi Column and Lucknow. |
| VII, VIIII and XIV Hussars | |
| Barrett, C.R.B. The 7th (Queen’s Own) Hussars. Two Volumes. London: Royal United Service Institution, 1914. | |
| Murray, Robert H. The History of the VIII King’s Royal Irish Hussars. Two Volumes. Cambridge: W. Heffer & Sons, Ltd. 1928 | Volume II has a brief account of the mutiny exploits. |
| Duberly, Mrs. Henry. Campaigning Experiences in Rajpootana and Central India during the Suppression of the Mutiny, 1857-58. London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1859. | Her husband served with the 8th Hussars. Mrs Duberly had already witnessed the Crimean War, so now it was time to take a look at India. Her descriptions are lively, and she certainly shares in much of the indignation the Hussars felt on the campaign. Although Mrs Duberly did not fight, she did ride. |
| Hamilton, Henry Blackburne. Historical Record of the 14th (King’s) Hussars from 1715 to 1900. London: Longmans, Green & Co., 1001. | |
| Stent, George Carter. Scraps from My Sabretasche, Being Personal Adventures While in the 14th (King’s Light) Dragoons. London: W.H. Allen & Co., 1882. | Stent is theatrical and a dog where the ladies are concerned, so it is certainly a departure from usual mutiny fare. He served in the Central India Campaign, and his descriptions are not for the faint-hearted. |
| Sylvester, John Henry. Recollections of the Campaign in Malwa and Central India under Major General Sir Hugh Rose. Bombay: Smith, Taylor & Co., 1860. | Sylvester was an assistant surgeon with HM’s 14th Dragoons. |
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