Comments by "alec cap" (@aleccap5946) on "Why did the 1857 Indian Rebellion (Indian Mutiny) start?" video.

  1. Walter Slater my great great grandfather served in Staffordshire 1st of foot and saw action in both Crimea and the Indian Rebellion, on 3 charges of court marshall over a period of 20 years service, Private Walter Slater returned to England with his wife and new children
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  2.  @TheHistoryChap  Walter came from Oxfordshire, very poor as most were back then, married and in need of money, got caught stealing a clothes line, he was twenty years old, 2 months hard labour, joined the Staffordshire regiment shortly after. When you see the battles that were documented in the Crimea its amazing how he survived let alone go into India
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