Returns of Shahabad Field Force

GENERAL RETURN of the Casualties in the several Columns operating in Shahabad, between the 14th and 24th days of October 1858, the whole under Command of Brigadier J. Douglas, C.B. Commanding in the disturbed Districts of Ghazeepore and Behar.

Action at Burhupore, 14 October

HM’s 84th Regiment
Lieutenant H. S. Jones – severely wounded in the left thigh
Drummer John Divine – slightly wounded

Privates
Fallon, Michael – mortally wounded through the body, since dead
Watson, James – mortally, through the body
Lord, John – slightly wounded
Whelan, Patrick – slightly wounded

4th Madras Light Cavalry
Privates
Girmajee Row – slightly wounded
Davajee Row – slightly wounded
Syed Ebrahim – slightly wounded
Madojee Roy – slightly wounded

Trumpeter Alexander Chambers – slightly wounded

Lt. & Adj. W.J. Morris’ Horse – severely wounded
1 Regimental Horse – mortally wounded, since shot
3 Regimental Horses slightly wounded
1 Horse missing

20th Punjab Infantry
Privates
Ram Singh – slightly wounded
Ram Kishen – slightly wounded
Kooshial Singh. slightly wounded

3rd Sikh Cavalry
Private Addoolah – slightly wounded
1 Horse Killed and 1 Horse Mortally Wounded

Action Near Jagdispur 18 October

20th Punjab Infantry
Lieutenant- Colonel Dunsford – severely wounded
Private Peer Buxsh – severely wounded

HM’s 84th Regiment
Private John Boyd – killed in action

Pooruhura, 20 October

2nd Battalion Military Train
Farrier Major Abraham Holmes – gunshot would on the back of the neck, severe
Lance-Corporal Joseph Brown – bayonet would to the side of the neck, slightly wounded

Corporals
Gibbs, William – Blow from musket on forehead, slightly wounded
McElhoy, Robert – tulwar cut through the forehead, penetrating the brain. Killed in action.

Privates
Morgan, Robert – sabre cut to the left, foot, slightly wounded
Steer, John – gunshot wound on the ankle, slightly wounded
Wilson, Joseph – missing but supposed to have joined Colonel Turner’s force.


3rd Sikh Cavalry
Lieutenant Richard Beadon – bayonet wound to the left arm, slight
Ressaldar Futteh Singh – bayonet wound through left arm, severe
Duffadar Dya Singh – musket shot through the breast, killed
Lance- Duffadar Luchmun Singh – tulwar cut on left leg, slight

Sowars
Mohamed Beg – musket shot through the right arm, severe
Ahmed Khan – musket shot through the throat, severe

Nonadee 20 October

2nd Battalion, 60th Rifles
Major W Butler – contusion slightly on the right shoulder
Private J. Garry – gunshot wound of left thigh bone, fractured, dangerously wounded

Camel Corps
Lt. & Adj. M’Dougal – dangerously wounded

2nd Battalion Rifle Brigade (attached to the Camel Corps)
Lieutenant Scrivin – killed in action

Privates
Sparks, Joseph – killed in action
Bradshaw, Joseph – severely wounded
Jones, Edward – severely wounded

3rd Battalion Rifle Brigade (attached to the Camel Corps)
Sergeant Henry Kelly – severely wounded

Privates
Kell, James – killed in action
Price, John – mortally wounded, died the same day
Slow, William – severly wounded
Wykes, William – severely wounded
Spires, Thomas – dangerously wounded

Sikh Company attached to the Camel Corps
1 Sikh slightly wounded
1 Camel Sowar severely wounded

HM’s 37th Regiment
Lieutenant W.H. Henzell, severely wounded

Privates
Coward, William – mortally wounded, died the same night
Lynch, John – very severely wounded
Kennett, William – severely wounded
Connolly, James – very severely wounded
Anderson, John – slightly wounded

Bengal Sikh Battalion
Privates
Uttar Singh – killed in action
Gurditta – severely wounded

3rd Sikh Cavalry
2 Sowars wounded

Action near Koath Khas on 21 October

3rd Sikh Cavalry
Sowar Meer Khan – tulwar cut on the right arm, slight
Sowar Hazarah Singh – musket shot through the side, severe

4th Company 5th Battalion Bengal Artillery
with No 11 Light Field Battery attached
Artificer Blacksmith, Thuggar – gunshot wound through the lower part of the hip

Skirmish at Gowree on 23 October

3rd Sikh Cavalry
Duffadar Soojan Singh – Missing, supposed to have fallen into the hands of the enemy while on patrol

Mounted Rifle Detachment, HM’s 10th Foot
Private Timothy Sullivan – gunshot wound to the top of head, slight
Volunteer Indigo Planter Michael Dunne, Esq., of Ghazipur – contusion from musket ball on left leg, slight.

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