Indian Sepoy Rebellion, 1857-1858

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Indian Sepoy Rebellion 1857-1858


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Causes

Chronology (except battles, which see below)

Results

Forces and Casualties

	peak forces	total forces	total dead	KIA	NCD	civilian dead	WIA	PW-MIA

subtotal

TOTAL


Officers Killed, by Stephen Lewis.

Commanders


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Battles & Battle Honours

Index of Battle Honours

Date

Battles
(Battle Honours are shown in bold face)

Regiments
(regiments awarded Battle Honours are shown in bold face)

Note: British honours were awarded in 1863, EIC in 1864.

signifies clasp to campaign medal.

Delhi Campaign

1857 May 30-
1857 Sep. 20

Delhi 1857
clasp: "Delhi"

	Cav: DG6 L9 Arty: Tomb's Troop Inf: 1/F8 F52 F60 F61 F75
	Cav: Inf: BE1 BE2

The Delhi Campaign, by Agha Humayun Amin.
The Relief of Delhi from Forty-One Years in India, by Frederick Sleigh Roberts, Lord Roberts (London, 1897).
Plan of Delhi 1857-58, by David Minshall (British Military History)
India: The Siege of Delhi, 1857 – Orbat of Indian and British Forces, by A.H. Amin & Ravi Rikhye (Orbat.com)

1857 May

Benares

Inf: ME1

1857 June

Allahabad

Inf: ME1

1857 June 7

Badli-Ki Serai

Cav: DG6 Inf: F75

1857

Agra

Inf: 1/F8

1857-58

Mooltan

Cav:

Oudh Campaign

Lucknow

1857 June 30-
1857 Nov. 17

Defence of Lucknow 1857

	Inf: F32
	La Martiniere College [the only school in the empire to be awarded a battle honour, until McGill University in 1917-18]

1857 July 12-
1857 Sep. 27

Reinforcement of Lucknow

	Inf: 1/F5 F64 F78 F84 F90 Arty: Maude's Bty
	Inf: ME1

1857 Nov. 12-23

Relief of Lucknow

	Cav: H7 L9 Inf: 1/F8 F23 F53 F75 F82 F84 F90 F93

1858 Mar. 6-21

Capture of Lucknow

	Cav: DG2 L9 Inf: 1/F5 F10 F20 F23 F34 F38 F42 F53 F78 F79 F84 F90 F93 F97 2/RB 3/RB
	Inf: BE1 ME1

1857 June 30-
1858 Mar. 21

Lucknow

	Cav: DG2 H7 L9 Arty: Middleton'sCoy ResidencyBty Inf: 1/F5 1/F8 F10 F23 F32 F34 F38 F42 F53 F64 F75 F78 F79 F82 F90 F93 F97 2/RB 3/RB
	Inf: BE1 ME1

The Goorkhas at Lucknow, (Chambers's Journal, 28 May 1859).
The Lucknow Campaign 1857-58, by Agha Humayun Amin.
Plan of Lucknow showing operations in 1857-58, by David Minshall (British Military History)

1858 June 13

Nawabgunge

	Cav: DG2(2sqns) H7 Inf: 2/RB 3/RB
	Cav: Hodson Inf: 5Punjab

1857 July 30-
1857 Aug. 2

Defence of Arrah

	Inf: 1/F5 Arty: Eyre'sBty

1857 Aug. 16

Behar
(Bithur)

	Inf: F64 F78 F84
	Inf: ME1

1858 Oct. 20

Doadpur

	Arty: Strange'sCoy

1857 Nov. 26-
1857 Dec. 6

Cawnpore

	Cav: L9 Inf: 1/F8 F23 F32 F34 F38 F42 F53 F64 F78 F82 F84 F93 2/RB 3/RB
	Inf: ME1

Plan of the Battle of Cawnpoor, by David Minshall (British Military History)

1858 July 29

Unao

	Inf:
	Inf:

Central India Campaign

Rashghur

Inf: ByE3

Baroda

Inf: ByE3

1857 July-
1858 Jan.

Defence of Saugor

Inf:

Relief of Saugor

Inf: ByE3

1858 Mar. 8

Amorha

Garracota

Inf: ByE3

Mudderpore

Inf: ByE3

1858 Apr. 1-6

Jhansi

	Cav: LD14 Inf: F86
	Inf: ByE3

1858 Apr. 1

Betwa

	Cav: H7
	Inf: ByE3

1858 May 7

Kunch

1858 May 19-23

Kalpi

Meeangunj

Inf: F38

Saharee

Inf: ByE3

Koonah

Inf: ByE3

Muttra

Inf: ByE3

Galowlee

Inf: ByE3

Calpee

Inf: ByE3

Gwalior

1858 June 17

Kotah-ke-serai

	Inf: F72
	Inf:

1858 June 18-20

Gwalior Fort

	Inf:
	Inf:

1858 May 6-
1858 June 20

Gwalior 1858

	Cav: H8 LD14 Inf: F71 F72 F86 F95

1858

Sultanpore

	Inf: 1/F20

1858

Sandee

Inf: 1/F8

1858

Dhondiakhera

	Inf: 1/F20

1858 Apr. 7-
1858 May 23

Rohilcund 1858

	Cav: DG6 L9 Inf: F42 F60 F64 F78 F79 F82 F93

1858

Bareilly

	Inf: F42

1858

Goolowlee

	Camel(2/RB+3/RB)

1858

Fort Beyt

	1/F4

Fort Nusrutpore

	Inf: F97
	Inf:

Chanda

	Inf: 1/F20 F97
	Inf:

Umeerpore

	Inf: 1/F20 F97
	Inf:

Sultanpore

	Inf: F97
	Inf:

1858 Apr. 23

Jugdespore

	Inf:
	Inf:

Atrowlea

	Inf:
	Inf:

Azimghur

	Inf: F37
	Inf:

Douraha

	Inf:
	Inf:

1857 June 8-
1858 Sep. 20

Central India

(clasp awarded for action from Jan.-June 1858)

	Cav: H8 L12 LD14 L17 Inf: F27 F33 F38 F43 F71 F72 F78 F80 F83 F84 F86 F88 F95 RB
	Cav: Inf: ME3 ByE2 ByE3

The Central India Campaign, 1857-59, by Agha Humayun Amin.

1857-1858

India

	Cav: DG1 DG2 DG3 DG6 DG7 D6 H7 H8 L9 L12 LD14 L17 Inf: 1/F5 1/F6 1/F8 F10 F20 F23 F27 F29 F32 F33 F34 F37 F38 F42 F43 F52 F53 F57 1/F60 2/F60 3/F60 F61 F64 F66 F71 F72 F75 F78 F79 F80 F82 F83 F84 F86 F88 F89 F90 F92 F93 F95 F97 F98 2/RB 3/RB
	Cav: BE2 Inf: ME1 ME2 ME3 ByE2 ByE3

Order of Battle (Regiments & Formations)

Introduction to Regiments


The Bengal Army in 1857, by Major A.H. Amin (Orbat.com) British Regiments in India 1857-58 by Ravi Rikhye (Orbat.com) Troop Distribution in India as at January 1859 (Bombay Standard)

Medals

Societies, Forums & Re-Enactors

Museums & Memorials


Indian Mutiny Memorials

Bibliography

How to Find Books


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External Links


General History First War of Indian Independence (Itihaas) Development of Situation-January to July 1857, by Agha Humayun Amin. The Uprising of 1857, by US Library of Congress Bangladesh: Country Study. The Sepoy Rebellion, 1857-1858, by Alexander Ganse (World History at KMLA). The Indian Mutiny, by Alex Chirnside The Indian Mutiny 1857-1858, by Stephen Luscombe (The British Empire) Indian Mutiny (Cranston Fine Art Prints) British Crown Takes Over the Indian Government (Itihaas) Chronology Jahreschronik 1816-1859, by Bernd Marek (Chronologische Kriegsgeschichte)