NAM.1974-02-27-8

Bound MS book, 8 June 1853 to- 4 June 1860, T Maxwell's Journal kept whilst he served in the 2nd Punjab Cavalry. Until the 15 October 1853 he was stationed at Burnoo on the North West Frontier, when his unit moved south to Dera Ghazi Khan, where it encamped 7 Nov 1853. On 11 Jan 1857 it was suddenly moved north to deal with trouble on the frontier, and settled at Kohat in April 1857. On the 1st June 1857 it took up quarters at Peshwar. Moving to near-by Mordan on 11 June, where it stayed, except for local sorties to deal with Mutineers, until the 1st Jan 1858, when it moved west, visiting Cawnpore on the way (24 Feb), and took part in Campbell's assault on Lucknow. They left Lucknow on 7 April, and moved to Pillibhit in the North West Provinces, where they had to deal with several insurrections. On the 1st April 1859 Maxwell left the army, and the East India Company's service, and sailed from Calcutta on 'SS Hindostan' reaching Suez 31 March, and after crossing Egypt, the Mediterranean and France, reached Dargavel on 21 June. The journal ends on the 4 June 1860, the day before he married Violet Sophia Lockhart. From papers and journals of Dr Thomas Maxwell, relating chiefly to his service with the Bengal Army 1846-1859).

Indian Mutiny (1857-1859)