The Original Defenders of the Lucknow Garrison

On the 30^th of June, the inhabitants within the Residency numbered 2’994 persons:

130 British and Native Officers
740 British Troops
700 Native Troops
150 Civilian Volunteers
237 Women
260 Children
50 Boys of La Martiniere
27 non-combatant Europeans
700 non-combatant Natives

Of the fighting men, 930 of the original 1,692-strong garrison survived until the November evacuation. 475 women and children were successfully evacuated; while the buildings were indeed blown to bits, their losses were only 22, and most of these were to disease and other causes, rather than wounds. Several babies were born during the siege, but their chances of survival were slim; they are not counted in the 2’994. The “700 non-combatant Natives” remain nameless and the fates unknown.

Her Majesty’s 32nd or Cornwall Regiment, Light Infantry

This regiment suffered terrific losses, both at Cawnpore and at Lucknow. A tribute to the regiment was erected in Exeter Cathedral:

The inscription reads:

Sacred to the Memory of
the following Officers of the Thirty-Second, or Cornwall Regiment of Light Infantry
Who with Four Hundred and Forty Eight Non-Commissioned Officers
and Private Soldiers of that Corps
were killed or died of Wounds, or Sickness, in the Noble Discharge of their Duty,
during the Memorable Defence of Lucknow and Cawnpore, A.D. 1857,
and in the Subsequent Campaign against the Mutinous Sepoys
and Rebels in India.
Colonel C.A.F.H. Berkeley, C.B., Lieu^t. Colonel W. Case
Captains C. Steevens, J. Moore, J.W. Mansfield, W. Power, B. M’Cabe,
Lieutenants E. de.L. Joly, J.D. Thompson, F. Wainwright, P.C. Webb, J. Brackenbury
E.C. Hill, W.H. Studdy, J.W. Charlton.
Also to the memory of M^rs J. Moore, M^rs Wainwright, Miss Wainwright and M^rs Hill,
and the Forty Three Soldiers Wives, and Fifty Five Children, of the 32^nd Light Infantry;
who were Barabarously Massacred at Cawnpore in the month of June, 1857,
This Monument has been Erected by the Comrades and Friends,
as a Token of Admiration, for the Gallantry, Fortitude and Devotion.

In the following lists are the names of those who were present during the Siege of Lucknow up to the Relief by Havelock’s Force in September. The following books and resources have been used in compiling:

Anderson, R. P. A Personal Journal of the Siege of Lucknow. Edited by T. C. Anderson. London: W. Thacker & Co., 1858.
Bartrum, Katherine Mary. A Widow’s Reminiscences of the Siege of Lucknow. London: James Nisbet & Co., 1858.
Case, Adelaide. Day by Day at Lucknow: A Journal of the Siege by the Widow of a Regimental Officer. London: Richard Bentley, 1858.
Fayrer, Joseph. Recollections of My Life. Edinburgh: William Blackwood and Sons, 1900.
Germon, Maria Vincent. A Diary Kept by Mrs R. C. Germon, During the Siege of Lucknow. London: Waterlow & Sons, 1870.
Gubbins, Martin Richard. An Account of the Mutinies in Oudh, and of the Siege of the Lucknow Residency. London: Richard Bentley, 1858.
Inglis, Julia Selina. The Siege of Lucknow: A Diary. London: James R. Osgood, McIlvaine & Co., 1892.
Joyce, Michael. Ordeal at Lucknow. London: John Murray, 1938
Kavanagh, T. Henry. How I Won the Victoria Cross. London: Ward & Lock, 1860.
Polehampton, Edward, Polehampton Thomas, edit. A Memoir, Letters and Diary of the Rev. Henry S. Polehampton, Chaplain of Lucknow. London: Richard Bentley, 1858
Ruggles, J. Recollections of a Lucknow Veteran, 1845-1876. London: Longmans, Green & Co., 1906
Ruutz-Rees, L.E. A Personal Narrative of the Siege of Lucknow. London: Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans & Roberts, 1858
(By a Staff Officer). Defence of Lucknow, a Diary. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1858
(Harris, G.) A Lady’s Diary of the Siege of Lucknow: Written for the Perusal of Friends at Home. London: John Murray, 1858.
Tavender, I. T., comp. Casualty Roll for the Indian Mutiny 1857-59. Polstead, Suffolk: J.B. Hayward & Son, 1983.

Cohen, Clive. “THE MASSACRED AND THE MORE THAN ILLUSTRIOUS THE 32ND (CORNWALL) REGIMENT OF FOOT AT CAWNPORE AND LUCKNOW: PART 4 – HOPE REALISED.” Journal of the Society for Army Historical Research 96, no. 385 (2018): 33–65. https://www.jstor.org/stable/26876125