Remember Cawnpore

Remember Cawnpore became a British battle cry on 17 July 1857 after officers discovered the bodies of British women and children in a well at Kanpur, India, following the Siege of Cawnpore during the Indian Rebellion of 1857.[1][2]

Origins

On 17 July 1857 the term 'remember Cawnpore' was coined upon the discovery by General Havelock's forces of bodies of British women and children in a well at Kanpur, India, following the Siege of Cawnpore during the Indian Rebellion of 1857.[3][4][5]

Use

The phrase was widely used by British troops from mid-July until the end of the rebellion, being shouted as a rallying cry and painted on walls.[3][6]

'Remember Cawnpore' became the title of the third episode of the British TV series The British Empire (1972).[7][8]

References

  1. ^ Dalrymple, William (2009). The Last Mughal: The Fall of Delhi, 1857. A&C Black. p. 412. ISBN 978-1-4088-0688-3.
  2. ^ Chrystal, Paul (2024). "The siege of Cawnpore 1857". The Seaforth Highlanders: Aiding the King, 1881-1961. Yorkshire: Pen and Sword Military. p. 59. ISBN 978-1-3990-5204-7.
  3. ^ a b Pender, Sebastian Raj (2022). "2. Forget Cawnpore!: Commemorating the mutiny, 1857-1877". The 1857 Indian Uprising and the Politics of Commemoration. Cambridge University Press. pp. 35–36. ISBN 978-1-316-51133-6.
  4. ^ Heathorn, Stephen J. (December 2007). "Angel of Empire: The Cawnpore Memorial Well as a British Site of Imperial Remembrance". Journal of Colonialism and Colonial History. 8 (3). doi:10.1353/cch.2008.0009.
  5. ^ Richards, D. S. (2007). Cawnpore & Lucknow: A Tale of Two Sieges- Indian Mutiny. South Yorkshire: Pen and Sword. p. 134. ISBN 1-84415-516-1.
  6. ^ Parry, D. H. (1898). Britain's Roll of Glory: Or the Victoria Cross : Its Heroes and Their Valor : from Personal Accounts, Official Records, and Regimental Tradition. Cassell. p. 111.
  7. ^ Fleming, N. C. (1 March 2010). "Echoes of Britannia: Television History, Empire and the Critical Public Sphere". Contemporary British History. 24 (1): 1–22. doi:10.1080/13619460903565192. ISSN 1361-9462.
  8. ^ "BBC and "British Empire" series (Hansard, 6 July 1972)". api.parliament.uk. Retrieved 14 June 2026.

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