The British Army

A corporal, a band boy and a sergeant of the 93rd Highlanders, 1856
📘 HistoryNotes
Camp and Barrack Room or The British Army as It Is (by a Late Staff Sergeant of the 13th Light Infantry). London: Chapman and Hall, 1846
Gore, Albert A. The Story of Our Services under the Crown: A Historical Sketch of the Army Medical Staff. London: Bailliere, Tindall & Cox, 1879.
Holmes, Richard. Redcoat. The British Soldier in the Age of Horse and Musket. Harper Collins Publishers, 2001
Holmes, Richard. Sahibs. The British Soldier in India. Harper Perennial, 2006
Norman, C.B. Battle Honours of the British Army. London: John Murray, 1911From Tangier 1662, to the Commencement of the Reign of King Henry VII
Walshe, Anthony. Military Catechism & Handbook of Regimental Standing Orders, Duties of Officers, Guards, Courts Martial, etc. With an abstract of the Militia Regulations (Stocqueler, J.H.) London, Bombay, Calcutta: W. Thacker & Co., 1855
Wickes, H.L. Regiments of Foot. A Historical Record of the Foot Regiments of the British Army. Osprey Publishing, 1974
📘 Chronicles / HistoriesNotes
Carter, Thomas. Historical Record of the Thirteenth, First Somersetshire or Prince Albert’s Regiment of Light Infantry. London: W.O. Mitchell, Military Publishers, 1867
Everett, H. The History of the Somerset Light Infantry (Prince Albert’s Own), 1685-1914. London: Methuen & Co., Ltd. 1934
Paton G., Glennie, F., Symons, W.P., Moffat, H.B. edit. Historical Records of the 24th Regiment from its Formation in 1689. London: Simpkin, Marshall & Co., 1892
Swiney, G.C. comp. edit. Historical Records of the 32nd (Cornwall) Light Infantry, now the 1st Battalion, Duke of Cornwallis L.I. London: Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co. 1893From 1689 to 1889
Trimen, Richard, comp. An Historical Memoir of the 35th Royal Sussex Regiment of Foot. Southampton: The Southampton Times Newspaper & Printing & Publishing Company, Ltd. 1873
Jones, James P. A History of the South Staffordshire Regiment (1705-1923). Wolverhampton: Whitehead Brothers Ltd., 1923The regiment was formed in 1881 by merging the 38th (1st Staffordshire) Regiment of Foot and the 80th Regiment of Foot (Staffordshire Volunteers)
Moorsom, W.S. Historical Record of the Fifty-Second Regiment (Oxfordshire Light Infantry).London: Richard Bentley, 1860From 1755-1858
Warre, H.J. edit. Historical Records of the Fifty-Seventh or the West Middlesex Regiment of Foot. London: W. Mitchell & Co. 1878
Hutton, Edward. comp. edit. A Brief History of the King’s Royal Rifle Corps 1755-1915. Winchester: Warren & Son, Ltd.During the Indian Mutiny, they were officially designated as the 60th (The King’s Royal Rifle Corps), commonly referred to as the 60th Rifles.
Wallace, Nesbit Willoughby. Regimental Chronicle & List of Officers of the 60th or the King’s Royal Rifle Corps, formerly the 62nd or the Royal American Regiment of Foot. London: Harrison, 1879
Jarvis, (Brevet-Major). Historical Record of the Eighty-Second Regiment, or Prince of Wales’s Volunteers. London: W.O. Mitchell, Military Publishers, 1866
Memoirs and Services of the Eighty-Third Regiment, County of Dublin, from 1793-1907. London: Hugh Rees Ltd., 1908Includes the campaigns in the West Indies, Africa, the Peninsula, Ceylon, Canada and India. The 83rd was active in the Central India Campaign.
Laurie, George Brenton. History of the Royal Irish Rifles. Aldershot: Gale & Polden Ltd., 1914This history encompasses the 83rd and 86th Regiments of Foot.
They were stationed in the Bombay Presidency when the rebellion broke out and fought heavily in the Central India Campaign, specifically marching through Rajasthan.
Raikes, G.A. Roll of the Officers of the York & Lancaster Regiment, containing a complete Record of the Services. London: Richard Bentley & Son,1885The Second Battalion, formerly The Royal Highland Emigrants (1775-1783, Late 84th (York and Lancaster) Regiment, from 1758 to 1884.
Jourdain, H.F.N., Fraser, Edward. The Connaught Rangers, 1st Battalion, formerly 88th Foot. Two Volumes. London: Royal United Service Institution. 1924
Delevoye, Alex M. 90th Regiment, (Perthshire Light Infantry) with Roll of Officers from 1795 to 1880. London: Richardson & Co., Marchant Singer & Co., 1880
Raines, Julius. The 95th (The Derbyshire) Regiment in Central India. The Derbyshire Campaign Series, No. 2. London: Swan, Sonnenschein & Co., 1900.The 95th (Derbyshire) Regiment of Foot: Originally formed in 1823, this was standard line infantry armed with rifled muskets, not a formal rifle regiment. They served in the Rajputana Field Force, marching 3,000 miles across Central India to help suppress the uprising
📗 Biographies & Autobiographies
Caine, Caesar, ed. Barracks & Battlefields or the Experiences of a Soldier of the 10th Foot in the Sikh Wars and Sepoy Mutiny. London: C.H. Kelly, 1891.
Gray, Robert. Reminiscences of India and North Queensland. 1857-1912. London: Constable & Co., 1913Gray served in the 97th Regiment of Foot.
Herford, I.S.A. Stirring Times Under Canvas. London: Richard Bentley, 1862With the 90th Regiment.
Jones, J. Recollections of a Winter’s Campaign in India in 1857-58. London: Saunders & Otley, 1859.Jones was originally a Navy officer. However, he arrived in India “on a lark” to join in the fighting. He was eventually attached to the 5th Fusiliers, but had a penchant for simply attaching himself to whoever seemed to be doing the most fighting. An interesting account of a man who treated the Indian Mutiny like an active holiday.
Wolseley, Field Marshal Viscount. The Story of a Soldier’s Life. Two Volumes. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1903One forgets that Garnet Wolseley served with the 90th Regiment and in the Indian Mutiny.
The Rifle Brigade
Boyle, G.E. The Rifle Brigade Century. An Alphabetical List of the Officers of the Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort’s Own) from 1800-1905. London: William Clowes & Sons, Ltd. 1905The 2nd Battalion, Rifle Brigade
The 3rd Battalion, Rifle Brigade served in the mutiny.
The Camel Corps was formed from men of the Rifle Brigade.
Cope, William H. The History of the Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort’s Own) Formerly the 95th. London: Chatto & Windus, 1877
The Highland Regiments
Cromb, James & Cromb David L. The Highland Brigade: its Battles and Heroes. Stirling: Eneas Mackay, 1902
Keltie, John S. History of the Scottish Highlands, Highland Clans and Highland Regiments. Two Volumes. London: William Mackenzie
Oatts, L. B. Proud Heritage: The Story of the Highland Light Infantry. Vol. I. London: Thomas Nelson & Sons Ltd., 1952.
Watson, Frederick. The Story of the Highland Regiments. A.& C. Black, Ltd. 1915
📘 Chronicles / Histories
Forbes, Archibald. The “Black Watch”. The Record of an Historic Regiment. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons. 1896
Groves, Percy. History of the 42nd Royal Highlanders – “The Black Watch” now the First Battalion, “The Black Watch” (Royal Highlanders). Edinburgh & London: W. & A.K. Johnston, 1893
Hidlyard, Henry J.T. Historical Record of the 71st Regiment Highland Light Infantry. London: Harrison & Sons, 1878From its formation in 1777 as the 73rd or McLeod’s Highlanders until 1876.
Historical Records of the 72nd Highlanders now 1st Battalion Seaforth Highlanders, 1777-1886 London: William Blackwood & Sons, 1886Notable for the retaking of Kotah, and further events in 1858.
Gardyne, C. Greenhill. The Life of a Regiment, the History of the Gordon Highlanders, from 1816 to 1898, including an Account of the 75th Regiment from 1787 to 1881. Two Volumes. Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1903
Historical Records of the Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders. Two Volumes. London: William Blackwood & Sons. 190979th Regiment of Foot (Cameron Highlanders) Volume II has details of events at Lucknow.
Mackenzie, T.A., Ewart, J.S., Findlay, C. comp. edit. Historical Records of the 79th Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders. London: Hamilton, Adams & Co.. 1887
Burgoyne, R.H. comp. edit. Historical Records of the 93rd Sutherland Highlanders, now the 2nd Battalion Princess Louise’s Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders. London: Richard Bentley & Son, 1883
📗 Biographies & Autobiographies
Barker George Digby. Letters from Persia and India 1857-1859. A Subaltern’s Experiences in War. (edit. Lady Barker) London: G. Bell & Sons, 1915Served with the 78th Highlanders.
Ewart, John Alexander. The Story of a Soldier’s Life; or, Peace, War, and Mutiny. 2 vols. London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington, 1881.
Forbes-Mitchell, William. Reminiscences of the Great Mutiny 1857–59: Including the Relief, Siege, and Capture of Lucknow, and the Campaigns in Rohilcund and Oude. London: Macmillan and Co., 1893 / 1894.
Gordon, Charles Alexander. Experiences of an Army Surgeon in India. London: Bailliere, Tindall & Cox, 1872.
Gordon-Alexander, William. Recollections of a Highland Subaltern: During the Campaigns of the 93rd Highlanders in India, under Colin Campbell, Lord Clyde, in 1857, 1858 and 1859. London: Edward Arnold, 1898.
Home, Surgeon General Sir A.D., Service Memories (London: Edward Arnold, 1912)
Munro, Surgeon-General. Reminiscences of Service with the 93rd Highlanders. London: Hurst & Blackett Ltd., 1883.
Munro, Surgeon-General. Records of Service and Campaigning in Many Lands. 2 Vols.  London: Hurst & Blackett Ltd., 1887.

Articles

Cohen, Clive. “The Massacred and the More Than Illustrious the 32nd (Cornwall) Regiment of Foot at Cawnpore and Lucknow. Journal of the Society for Army Historical Research 95, no. 382 (Summer 2017): 97–118. jstor.org.
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