Returns: Rahatgarh to Madanpur

Rahatgarh26 – 29 January

3rd European Regiment
Privates
Coombes, Henry – wounded in left elbow
Daly, John -wounded in head
Levy, Joseph – wounded in foot
Lister, J. – slightly wounded in foot
Stewart, Robert – wounded in right thigh
Woolaston, J. – mortally wounded

24th Regiment, Bombay Native Infantry
Subadar Bahadur Singh – shot through the right lung

1st Troop Horse Artillery
2nd Comdg. Art – Quartermaster Thompson – wounded slightly in the ear and the chest
Assistant Apothecary W. Conway – dangerously wounded, ball through head
Gunner W. Wallace – dangerously wounded in the right arm

14th Light Dragoons
Privates
Traylen, G. – mortally wounded, died of wounds
Wycherley, R. – wounded in the back of the head

1st Cavalry, Hyderabad Contingent
Troopers
Hyder Ali Khan – wounded severely in the thigh
Ramas Khan – wounded severely in the thigh
Shaik Rymon – wounded severely in the leg

Bombay Sappers and Miners
Sergeant F. Sappe – wounded in the leg
Private Girthaurey – wounded slightly in the forearm

Madras Sappers and Miners
Naiks
Keeraswamy – slightly wounded in the back by a ball
Ramaswamy – slightly wounded in the leg

Privates
Chvathian – slightly wounded in the thigh by a ball
Ramswamy – severely wounded in the left forearm

Barodia – 31 January

Staff

Captains
Campbell, E. (3rd European Regt.) – Contusion of right thigh by spent ball
Macdonald, J. – wounded. Sword cut on the outer part of right thigh
Neville, Glastonbury (Royal Engineers) — killed in action

Captain G. Neville

On landing in India, Sir Hugh Rose, who had made Neville’s acquaintance in Crimea, requested him to join the Central India Field Force. He arrived on 30 January 1858. Although he pleaded with the Rose to be appointed his acting Aide-de-Camp, Neville wrote that very night to his mother; in the letter, he expressed the certainty that he would find only death in the coming action. The next day, Neville was struck in the head by a round shot. Sorrowed by the loss, Sir Hugh wrote: ‘Knowing what good service he had done as an Engineer officer before Sebastopol, I had him brought up by forced marches to assist in the reduction of the forts in this country; during the action he was most useful to me, exhibiting to the last the courage and intelligence which had obtained for him so honourable a reputation.’

Captain Neville’s medals:
(a) Crimea 1854-55, 2 clasps, Alma, Sebastopol
(b) Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 1 clasp, Central India
(c) Legion of Honour, Knight’s badge

‘The loss of this officer,’ wrote Dr Thomas Lowe, ‘was much lamented by the General. He had been all through the Crimean War — had passed days and nights in the trenches before Sebastopol, and had escaped with much honour, and in so short a time to have met his death in such a manner, after such a career, was indeed lamentable. He was buried the day after in a little mound near the camp, all the officers of the Force having followed him to his grave.’

Lieutenant Harry Hammon Lyster – deep sword cut on inner part of right forearm

H.H. Lyster


1st Cavalry Hyderabad Contingent
Lieutenant K.G. Westmacott – slightly wounded in the finger
Jemadar Goolam Hossein Khan – wounded severely in the head
Duffadar Murdan Singh – severely wounded in the thigh. Died of wounds.

Troopers
Ali Beg Khan – wounded severely in the arm
Emmonmally Khan – slightly in the body
Rymattalah Khan – severely wounded in the face
Shaik Lyfoolah Khan – wounded severely in the arm

3rd Cavalry Hyderabad Contingent
Jemadar Ahmed Hoosein Khan – killed in action.

3rd Light Cavalry
Cornet Daniels – slightly wounded in right arm

Troopers
Francis Vass – slightly wounded in both arms
Hunmunt Singh – slightly wounded in right arm
Kalki Prashad – slightly wounded in the back

3rd European Regiment
Sergeant James O’Connor – severely wounded in the chin

Lance-Corporals
Curry, Henry – severely wounded in the neck
Hoban, Patrick – severely wounded in the left arm

Privates
Wingfield, H. – both legs fractured by gun carriage wheel
Wright, S. – severely wounded in left thigh

Bombay Horse Artillery
Lieutenant R. Pittman – wounded in the shoulder by round shot
Gunner J. Lee – slightly wounded by a spent ball.

Garhakota – 10 March

Bombay Horse Artillery
Trumpeter Pereira – severely wounded in left thigh

Gunners
Hayes – severely wounded in right arm
Mahoney – severely wounded in left leg

Madanpur Pass – 3 March

Artillery, 1st Troop
Sergeant Dickenson – severely wounded below left knee
Horse keeper Rowjee – slightly wounded in the right hand

14th Light Dragoons
Captain Prettijohn – contusion by a spent ball
Privates
Bavry – wounded in the foot
Ball – severely wounded in the foot

3rd Light Cavalry
Trumpeter Francis – contusion by a musket ball

3rd European Regiment

Privates
Dempsey, Bernard – severely wounded by gun shot to the chest, died of wounds.
Connors, Phillip – slightly wounded in the chest by a spent ball
Steen, John – wounded by a gunshot in the scalp
Relly, James – slightly wounded in the left groin by a spent ball

1st Hyderabad Contingent Cavalry
Troopers
Hossein Khan – dangerously wounded
Mandah Khan – dangerously wounded

The Siege of Chanderi17 March

86th Regiment of Foot
Lieutenants
Cochrane, J.S. – slightly wounded
Lewis, R.F. – wounded

Sergeant Major Jerome Murphy – slightly wounded

Privates
Bestick, Patrick – severely wounded
Bourke, John – severely wounded
Burke, Charles – severely wounded
Butler, James – mortally wounded. Died the same day.
Collier, Darby – slightly wounded
Hanlon, Patrick – severely wounded
Johnston, Thomas – severely wounded
Kane, Stephen – severely wounded
McGowan, John – killed in action
Mullen, Dominic – severely wounded
Murphy, Jeremiah – severely wounded
Murphy, Michael – slightly wounded
Murphy, Peter – mortally wounded. Died the same day
Murphy, Thomas – wounded
O’Neill, Arthur – wounded. Wounded again at Jhansi
Stanton, Patrick – severely wounded
Sutton, John – severely wounded
Sykes, John – dangerously wounded. Died of wounds
Walsh, Michael – slightly wounded

Royal Artillery
Lieutenant Richard Moresby – killed in action 11 March
Gunners
Power, William – severely wounded
Sullivan, Thomas – severely wounded
Todd, Thomas – Slightly wounded
Tucker, James – slightly burnt in an explosion
Walker, John – slightly wounded

Royal Engineers
Corporal Denis Hogan – wounded
Sapper George Alcock – slightly wounded

25th Bombay Native Infantry
Lieutenant John Forbes – slightly wounded at Mandsaur, 23. November 1857, and again at Chanderi.

Bombay Artillery
Captain R.H. Keatinge – dangerously wounded

R.H. Keatinge, VC

Sources
For Captain G. Neville, medals and picture: https://www.noonans.co.uk/auctions/archive/lot-archive/results/108942/
Selections of Letters, Despatches, and other State Papers Preserved in the Military Department of the Government of India 1857-58, Vol IV — edited by George W. Forrest (Calcutta: Superintendent Government Printing India, 1912)
Casualty Roll for the Indian Mutiny, 1857-59 – compiled by I.L. Tavender (1983)