Charles John Griffiths

Charles John Griffiths is chiefly remembered for A Narrative of the Siege of Delhi with an Account of the Mutiny at Ferozepore in 1857, published in 1910. The book presents his recollections of the uprising and siege from the perspective of a former officer, and contemporary editions identify him as a late captain of the 61st Regiment.

What makes his writing stand out is its direct, eyewitness quality. Rather than offering a distant history, Griffiths wrote from personal experience of events at Ferozepore, on the march, and before Delhi, which gives the narrative much of its energy and lasting interest.

Reliable biographical details about his wider life are hard to confirm from the sources available here, so it is safest to remember him primarily as a soldier-memoirist whose name is closely tied to this account of the 1857 campaign.