Hello List Previous correspondence has been under the title Fatehgarh and the mutiny by F. R Cosens; 1 edition; First publish... Eileen has indicated that William Wilks was a private in the 13th Foot at the time of the Mutiny. Has she checked out British Army records, in particular soldiers discharge records available on Find My Past? The FIBIS Fibiwiki page British Army has details http://wiki.fibis.org/index.php?title=British_Army The FIBIS Fibiwiki page 13th Regiment of Foot has a history of the Regiment to 1867 http://wiki.fibis.org/index.php?title=13th_Regiment_of_Foot Eileen does not indicate whether William Wilks was still in the Army when he went to Lhasa and what possible date range applies The FIBIS Fibiwiki page Tibet http://wiki.fibis.org/index.php?title=Tibet has details of a book "Britain and Tibet 1765-1947: A Select Annotated Bibliography" which may possibly refer to the British Dignitary held in Lhasa. Another possibility which may refer to the British Dignitary, is a book mentioned on the FIBIS Fibiwiki page "People in the North West and nearby countries" http://wiki.fibis.org/index.php?title=People_in_the_North_West_and_nearby_co untries called Tournament of Shadows Cheers Maureen (Sydney) -----Original Message----- From: india-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:india-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Robert Goodlad Sent: Tuesday, 7 December 2010 10:51 AM To: india@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [INDIA] Fatehgarh and the mutiny by F. R Cosens; 1 edition; First publish... Dear Tim, Thank you so much for your Email.You were quite right in thinking that my asking for information was more of a general nature. William Wilks did fight in the Indian Mutiny and was awarded the Mutiny Medal, his Number was 2975 , the top one you mentioned. He was present at Balwah 17th to 25th April 1858. At the capture of Fort Nugger 29th April 1858.Present at the action at Almora 9th June 1858 and present at the action at Toolsepore 23rd December 1858. The reason I got in touch with you was hoping that you might be able to help me. William Wilks was given a very large mansion in Jalapahar,. Darjeeling 'For some special services rendered to the British Government'. My father, unfortunately he is not alive anymore, always told us that William went in disguise into Lhasa, Tibet to rescue a British Dignitary who was being held prisoner there. They were betrayed and imprisioned but managed to escape and all of them returned to India'.I have tried to find out anything about ! this incident but have had no luck. So when I read your Email, I thought 'give it a try you never know' . I hope you don't mind. Keeping my fingers crossed. Looking forward to your reply. Eileen