author
R. D. (Robert Dwarris) Gibney
1826–1906
A British army officer turned author, he wrote from direct experience of military life in India and later documented the rise of the volunteer movement at home. His books mix firsthand adventure with solid historical detail.
1 Audiobook
The history of the 1st Batt. Wilts Volunteers, from 1861 to 1885
by R. D. (Robert Dwarris) Gibney
About the author
Born in Cheltenham in 1826, Robert Dwarris Gibney served in the British Army after joining in 1842. Sources describe him as having served with the 59th Bengal Native Infantry, and note that he saw action during the Indian Rebellion before returning home because of ill health.
That experience fed into his best-known memoir, My Escape from the Mutinies in Oudh (1858), a firsthand account of the uprising. He also wrote The History of the 1st Batt. Wilts Volunteers, from 1861 to 1885, showing his continuing interest in military organization and regimental history.
Gibney also edited Eighty Years Ago; or, The Recollections of an Old Army Doctor, based on the memories of his father, Dr. William Gibney. He died in 1906, leaving behind a small but vivid body of writing shaped by service, memory, and nineteenth-century military life.