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Mutiny in India, 1920


When news of the Anglo-Irish War, especially of the behaviour of the British Black and Tan "Auxilliaries" (para-military police), reached the veterans of the 1st Btn at Jalandhar, India, the mutiny began. On 28 June 1920, five men from C Company refused to take orders from the British officers, declaring their intent not to serve the King until the British forces left Ireland. The Union Jack at Jullundur, on the North West Frontier, was replaced by the tricolour flag of the Irish Republic, stitched together by men who had bought lengths of material from the local bazaars. Within three days, the mutiny was stamped out and the mutineers taken to prison camp at Dagshai.

At Solan, rumours began in the Rangers detachement there that the prisoners had been executed. Under the command of Private James Daly, about 70 Rangers joined the mutiny and attacked the armoury. The British guard successfully defended it: Privates Sears and Smyth were killed in firing while others were taken prisoners. On all, about four hundred men had joined the mutiny. Eighty eight men were court martialled for mutiny. Fourteen men were condemned to death, most of the rest were given prison sentences up to 15 years and a few were acquitted. For all except Daly, the death sentences were commuted to life imprisonment. Daly (21, of Tyrrelspass, County Westmeath), was executed by firing squad in Dagshai prison on November 2, 1920, and is the last member of British Forces to be executed for mutiny. Ptes Sears and Smyth were buried at Solan; James Daly and John Miranda (who had died in prison) were buried in Dagshai graveyard.