- Born 23 November 1828
- Son of Harriet Susan (Boys) and George Thomas
Railton Willoughby of Camden Place, Bath.
- Educated privately by Revd. W.Williams and at
Addiscombe (1845/46).
- As Lieutenant in the Bengal Artillery he
commanded the blowing up of the magazine in Delhi 11th May 1857, killing
more than 1000 mutineers and saving hundreds.
- He survived this suicidal heroic deed only to
be murdered in a village the day after.
Lieutenant Willoughy
Willoughby's campaign medals
Captain Boys RN, Willoughby's grandfather
Prophetic Sketches by Lieutenant Willoughby? They are both of explosions....
This one is entitled 'SPRINGING A MINE ' and signed 'G:D:Willoughby AD 1846
BENGAL ARTILLERY'
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