General Sir Charles Reid was a British officer of the East India Company and later Indian Army, and aide-de-camp to Queen Victoria.
Reid in 1858
Replica of the Queen's Truncheon, devised by Reid
Leeds Tiger snarling
Siege of Delhi (1857)
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The siege of Delhi was a decisive conflict of the Indian Rebellion of 1857. The rebellion against the authority of the East India Company was widespread through much of Northern India, but was essenti
Charles Reid (Indian Army officer)
…years. He was buried in Kensington and Chelsea Cemetery. Reid served in Sindh under Sir Charles Napier in 1843, and led the Sirmoor Battalion at the Siege of Delhi. He was severely wounded on 14 September 1857, and was promoted to lieutenant colonel, receiving the CB in 1858. Reid later served in Oudh in 1858–1859…
Battle damage to the Kashmiri Gate in Delhi, 1857
The Flagstaff Tower, Delhi, where the British survivors of the rebellion gathered on 11 May 1857
View of Delhi, from the Palace Gate, 1858
Hindu Rao's house in Delhi, now a hospital, was extensively damaged in the fighting.