Sahib by Richard Holmes Page B

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    Sirsa 308
    Sita Ram, Subadar xxiv–xxv, 17, 18, 64, 73, 260–1, 446, 449
    Sitabaldi, battle (1817) 55
    Skinner, Captain Hercules 246–7
    Skinner, Lieutenant Colonel James xxvi, xxvii–xxviii, 41, 214, 246–7, 309, 443, 459
    Sleeman, Major General Sir William 70, 198
    Slessor, Captain William 474
    Smeardon, Fulwood 248, 251
    Smith, Major 229, 342
    Smith, Captain Emilius Felix xxvi, 308
    Smith, Private George xxx–xxxi
    Smith, Private George Loy 417, 432, 433, 489
    Smith, Major General Sir Harry 7, 9, 12, 15, 18, 64, 65, 172, 323, 333, 368, 416, 504
    Smith, Private John, VC 235
    Smith, Juanita, Lady 15, 18
    Smith, Major Louis Ferdinand 308
    smoking, hookah 439
    Smyth, Major Rowland 367
    Smyth, Captain James Carmichael 385
    Sobraon, battle (1846) 6–18, 65–6, 336, 342, 402, 499
    social distinctions 146–7, 148–9, 150, 151, 152–4
    Soldiers’ Total Temperance Association 434
    Sounda 305
    Souter, Captain 57, 344
    Spence, Captain James 108
    Spens, Captain 351
    spirits, daily issue of 417–18, 419
    squadron sergeant majors 220
    Stalker, Brigadier 384
    Stapylton, Ensign C. G. C. 58–9, 396, 397
    Staunton, Captain 297, 298
    staying on, soldiers 149–50
    Stevenson, Colonel James 328
    Stewart, Lieutenant General Sir Donald 86, 271
    Stirling, Lieutenant 243
    Strahan (sailor, HMS Kent) 46–7
    ‘strike first’ principle 328–9, 332, 337
    Sturt, Major William 476
    sudder 121
    Sudil Khan 261
    Suez Canal 95
    Suffren de Saint-Tropez, Admiral Pierre–André de 109
    suicides, attempted 405–6
    supply, logistics of 291
    Suraj-ud-Daula, Nawab of Bengal 46, 47
    Surat 44, 45
    surgeons 406
    Sutherland, Colonel Robert 307, 308
    sword knots 362
    swords 348–52, 359, 360–2
    Sylvester, Surgeon John Henry 354, 360
    Tamerlane (Timur-i-Lenk) 38
    Tanjore 54
    Tantia Tope 79, 336
    targets [shields] 349, 350
    Taylor, George 451, 473
    Taylor, Colonel Reynell 195
    Taylor, Sergeant Robert 95–6
    Tej Singh 16, 63
    temperence associations 433, 434
    tent clubs 167–8
    tents 132–3
    Terentiev, Colonel 85
    Tetley, Captain 257
    Tezin, action (1842) 365–6
    Thackwell, Major General Sir Joseph 15, 16
    thieves 173–4
    Thomas, George xxvi
    Thompson, Captain 369–70
    Thompson, Colour Sergeant [later Major General] 2, 13–14, 227
    Thomsett, Lieutenant Colonel Richard 34, 140, 157, 164
    thuggee 198
    Tibet 87
    tiger shooting 165–6
    Timur-i-Lenk (Tamerlane) 38
    Tipu, Sultan of Mysore xxiii, 53, 54, 292, 332–3, 387
    Tirah campaign (1897–98) 86, 358
    Tombs, Major Henry 318
    Tone, Colonel William Henry 308
    Tookey, Private 417
    Travancore, Sultan of 53
    treasuries, travelling military 126–7
    Tritton, Lieutenant 14
    Trochu, General Louis 348
    troop movements, by train 136
    troop sergeant majors 220
    troopships 92–3, 100–1, 108
    East Indiamen as 96–7, 99, 108
    Tucker, Robert 461
    Tuker, Lieutenant General Sir Francis 81
    Tulaji Angria 36–7
    tulwars 349, 350, 359
    Tytler, Harriet 486
    Umballa 139, 152, 210
    Unett, Captain Walter 125, 365–6
    uniform and kit 3–4, 162–4
    Upper Sind Frontier 194
    Ure, Mrs 103
    Van Courtlandt, Henry Charles 310
    Vellore 374
    mutiny at (1806) 273
    venereal disease 480, 481, 483–4
    Ventura, Jean Baptiste 62, 306
    Vibart, Lieutenant Edward 185, 281, 346–7
    Viceroys 186
    Vickers, Major 308
    Victoria Cross 325
    Victoria, Queen, proclaimed Empress of India 82
    Vignoles, Lieutenant John 456
    voyages to (and from) India 92–108
    Wainwright, Lieutenant 340
    Walker, Private 149
    Wandiwash, battle (1760) 48
    Wardrop, Major A. E., on pig-sticking 167, 168, 171
    water supply and conservation 28–9
    water-carriers, regimental 127–8
    Waterfield, Private Robert xxiv, 31, 115, 128, 159, 222, 282–3, 317, 384, 385, 386, 419, 427, 430–1, 489–90, 494, 503
    Watson, Rear Admiral Charles 37, 46, 182–3
    Waudby, Major S. J. 353
    Waziristan operations (1894–95) 86
    Welchman, Captain 456–7
    Wellesley, Major General Sir Arthur (later Duke of Wellington) 29, 54, 55, 68, 92, 219, 228, 232, 264, 291, 294, 307,