[51] Extract from the speech of Lord Lyons, delivered at the Mansion House on the 13th February 1856: “All behaved well, but I doubt whether there is anything in the annals of Chivalry that surpasses the conduct of Captain Peel’s Aides-de-Camp, Messrs. Daniel and Wood, one of whom (Mr. Wood), when wounded, placed a scaling ladder against the Redan.”
[52] “I hope all seven recommended will get it, but in any case the names will stand in sequence.” (Mr. Wood’s name was third.) Eleven Crosses were given in the Naval Brigade.
[53] Each letter has three forms—initial, medial, final.
[54] Most of our officers gave much higher prices, the two Majors paying about £200 for a charger.
[55] A noted athlete and swimmer; he had distinguished himself by jumping into the Hooghly River and saving a woman. He was, for many years before his death, Professor of Sanskrit and Oriental languages, at the University of Oxford.
[56] During the Pánjáb campaign a Sikh careering in front of the 16th Lancers challenged the Regiment. Cornet Morris, a Serre-file, galloped out, and after an exciting encounter killed his opponent.
[57] He afterwards obtained for me my Brevet Majority, and did his utmost to get me the Victoria Cross.
[58] Bundelas, a tribe of Rájpúts, inhabitants of Bundelcund.
[59] Wilayati, literally a foreigner; those with Tantia came from the North-west Frontiers of India.
[60] These towns are situated: