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English: The late Lieutenant G. D. Willoughby, of the Bengal Artillery - ILN 1857. Illustration for The Illustrated London News, 11 July 1857.

Lieutenant G. D. Willoughby, of the Bengal Artillery. In the account of the spreau of the munity to Delhi it is stated that after the mutineers had murdered their officers and several ladies and children, at the cantonment about two miles from the city, they then proceeded thither, where are situated the arsenal, the fort, the King's Palace, and the civil station, and took unresisted posTsession of the whole, murdering all the Europeans they could lay hands on. The arsenal and magazine were saved by the gallantry of Lieut. Willoughby, of the Artillery, who blew them both up, and it was supposed fell a victim to his own act of gallant devotion. We agree with a writer in the United Service Gazette that "the name of this intrepid and devoted young soldier should be brought into prominence for the special admiration of his countrymen. Happily (continues the writer) he has been saved for the present (he is stated in a letter from Meerut to have reached Kurnaul alive) ; and, if the injuries he sustained by the explosion of the powder-magazine do not ultimately prove fatal, he will, we hope, receive some marked tribute to his courage from the Government he serves, We believe that Lieut. Willoughby owed his cadetship-or rather, as we should now write, the East India Company are indebted for his services to the late Sir Charles Napier. The mother of Lieutenant Willoughby, a most exemplary and energetic person, was left with four fatherless children to struggle with a hard world. In the zenith of Sir Charles's popularity, after his return to England subsequent to the conquest of Scinde, she sought the General, told her tale, and entreated his aid in putting her sons forward. Sir Charles, though a perfect stranger to Mrs. Willoughby, immediately applied for Addiscombe cadetships for the two Messrs. Willoughby, and obtained them, They have done honour to the General's kindness and their mother's solicitude. Each officer stands high in the estimation of the service, and one of them is now become celebrated for his rare valour and disinterestedness." Read the ILN

Volume: 31 , Issue: 868, page 37. page 13 of 24 in the issue.