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Charles John Griffiths
A British army officer turned memoirist, he left behind a vivid firsthand account of the 1857 uprising in India. His writing stands out for its immediacy, placing readers close to the fear, confusion, and pressure of the siege of Delhi.
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A Narrative of the Siege of Delhi With an Account of the Mutiny at Ferozepore in 1857
by Charles John Griffiths
About the author
Charles John Griffiths is known 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 Indian Rebellion of 1857 and was edited by Henry John Yonge.
From the surviving book records, Griffiths had served as a captain in the 61st Regiment, and his account is valued mainly for its firsthand perspective. Rather than writing a distant history, he describes events he personally witnessed around Ferozepore and Delhi, giving the narrative the feel of a soldier's memory shaped into a memoir.
Little biographical information about his wider life was easy to confirm from reliable sources, so the strongest picture we have is through his work itself: a military witness recording one of the most dramatic and contested episodes of the British Empire in India.