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The East Surrey Regiment

The 70^th Goblets

There is no record to show where or when these goblets, forty five in number, were purchased but as the first bears the date 11^th October 1859 it is probable that they were bought in England before the return of the Regiment from India and New Zealand in 1866. They are of English manufacture.

Capt G R Greaves 11^th October 1859		Lieut C Young 16^th May 1865
Capt W H Ralston 30^th March 1860		Capt G Rogers 16^th May 1865
Lieut J F Greerson 30^th March 1860		Lieut E Pearson 3^rd August 1865
Lieut N Huskisson 22^nd August 1860		Lieut T C B Lennard 21^st November 1865
Lieut R S Riddell 16^th October 1860		Capt J F A Grierson 16^th January 1866
Lieut J R Collins 22^nd February 1861		Lieut L Hornby 16^th January 1866
Lieut H E Whidbourne 6^th August 1861		Lt Col C H Ryan 27^th November 1866
Lieut W S F Fenlon 6^th August 1861		Maj A Saltmarsh 27^th November 1866
Lieut H E Bally 31^st December 1861		Capt A S Gilbert 27^th November 1866
Capt E Gay 31^st December 1861		Lieut H B Travers 17^th April 1867
Capt A B Wright 9^th January 1863		Lieut H C Darley 5^th October 1867
Lieut H F Greatwood 9^th January 1863		Capt F G Green 9^th August 1871
Maj A T Rutherford 27^th March 1863		Capt E R S Brauder 26^th February 1876
Lt Col T E Mulock 27^th March 1863		Capt J H King 21^st December 1877
Maj H S Cooper 16^th May 1863		Capt J H Maturin 9^th March 1878
Capt T D Backhouse 2^nd February 1864		Capt F F F Roupell 7^th August 1878
Lieut G G Cuppage 5^th February 1864		Capt T A Freeman 17^th October 1878
Surgeon D C Woodsworth 20^th June 1864		Capt R B Burnaby 1^st January 1880
Lieut C R Tylden 9^th September 1864		Colonel H de R Pigott 1^st June 1880
Capt H J Hill 28^th October 1864		Capt R H W H Harris 21^st June 1880
Capt H Leake 5^th December 1864		Capt W A G Smith 21^st June 1880
Lieut C W Howard 5^th December 1864

“Presented to Lieut Col Ryan and the Officers of the 70^th Regiment by Algernon H. Shepherd as a small memento of their kindness. April 1867.”

“Presented by Lieut Col C.F. Paschal in remembrance of the happy years he passed in the Regiment and of the pleasure he experienced in being present at the presentation of new Colours to the Regiment on 6^th August 1867.”

After manufacture each officer on promotion paid five pounds towards the promotion fund and then had his name and date of promotion inscribed on a goblet.

Silver Claret Jugs

Silver claret jugs bulged chased vine leaves, lion & flags, vine handles and top. Presented by Lieutenant Colonels Staunton & Spence. Maker John Hunt. London 1850

Historical Note
On 23^rd May 1857 a small column under Colonel Chute comprised of seven officers of the 70^th Regiment (Captains Evatt and Cooper; Lieutenants Travers, Saltmarshe, Tovey and Menteath, and Asst Surgeon Rogers) nine sergeants and one hundred and fifty- three rank and file of the 70^th Regiment, some irregular cavalry under a Colonel Nicholson, with two guns, dealt very effectively with the mutinous 55^th Native Infantry at Hoti-Mardan.

Those not killed or dispersed were captured (one hundred and twenty prisoners) were taken to Peshawar for trial and subsequently sentenced to death. The 70^th Regiment was mounted on elephants for the operation! The sentence on two thirds of the mutineers was subsequently reduced to various terms of imprisonment, but on 10^th June 1857 the remaining
forty mutineers were blown away from guns in the presence of the entire garrison of Peshawar and a great crowd of native spectators.

The names of donors are not recorded but it is believed they were found from the following survivors of the Mutiny Campaign:

Lt Col Chute, Maj Durnford, Capt Pilling, Capt Evatt, Capt Cooper; Lt De Quincey, Lt McNair, Crawley, Crozier, Whigham, Croyton, Bell, Green, Travers, Tovey, Saltmarshe, Menteath; Ensigns Backhouse and Hilton, Paymaster Thompson, and Asst Surgeon Rogers.

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