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 > From: Medals726@aol.com > Date: Sun, 5 Dec 2010 20:51:01 -0500 > To: india@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [INDIA] Fatehgarh and the mutiny by F. R Cosens; 1 edition; First publish... > > In a message dated 12/4/2010 7:17:07 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, > eileenandbob@hotmail.com writes: > > I am very interested to know if there is any mention of a 'Wilks'. My > GreatGrandfather William fought in the Mutiny. > I am trying to find all that I can about him. Hope he's mentioned. Look > forward to hearing from you. > > Eileen, > > Can I ask why you believe your Great Grandfather was at Fatehgarh during > the Mutiny? I could be wrong, but I get the feeling your request for > information regarding William Wilks is more general in nature. While I will look > for any references to William while reviewing the book on Fatehgarh, I > thought I might also provide you with some quickly available information which > might be of help. There are two William Wilks listed in Kevin Asplin's > roll of men who were entitled to the Indian Mutiny medal for service during > the Mutiny in British regiments (as opposed to HEIC regiments): > > No. 2075 Private 13th Foot No claps Indian Mutiny Medal > No. 2224 Private 8th Foot Indian Mutiny Medal with clasps for Delhi and > Relief of Lucknow > > Do you have any information regarding your Great Grandfather that might > help you determine if either of the above referenced men might be the William > Wilks you are searching for? If you determine that one of them might be, > then there are other sources of information that could be very helpful in > your research. > > If I am incorrect and you do have information placing William at Fatehgarh > during the Mutiny, please email me any information you have as it might be > helpful in finding a reference to him. > > All the best. > > Tim B. > ===== India Mailing List ===== > > Families in British India Society: http://www.fibis.org > > > Archives for this list can be found at: > http://listsearches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl?list=INDIA > and at: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/INDIA > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to INDIA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message