Connaught Rangers mutineers' memorial, Glasnevin Cemetery, Dublin On 28 June 1920, four men from C Company of the 1st Battalion, based at Wellington Barracks, Jalandhar in the Punjab , protested against martial law in Ireland by refusing to obey orders.

Private James Joseph Daly (24 December 1899 – 2 November 1920) [1] was a member of a mutiny of the Connaught Rangers in India in 1920 in protest of the activities of the Royal Irish Constabulary and the Black and Tans in Ireland. He was executed in the aftermath of the mutiny by Crown forces.

On 28 June 1920, a company of the Connaught Rangers stationed at Jullundur on the plains of the Punjab refused to perform their military duties as a protest against the activities of the British Army in Ireland. On the following day, the mutineers sent two emissaries to a company of Connaught Rangers stationed at Solon, ... Read more

In June 1920, some of the regiment’s men mutinied in the Indian city of Jullundur (now Jalandhar). They were protesting at the behaviour of the ‘Black and Tans’ during the Irish War of Independence (1919-22). Of the 88 men involved, 77 were sentenced to imprisonment; only the ringleader, Private James Daly, was shot.

2020年3月11日 · One of the most extraordinary acts of defiance against the British Empire took place in India on 28 June 1920 when four Irish soldiers, members of the British army, thousands of miles from home, decided to protest against the …

2014年1月17日 · On June 27th a group led by first World War veteran Private Joseph Hawes told their officers they would refuse to serve in protest at British military atrocities in Ireland. The revolt at...

2024年12月9日 · The Connaught Rangers was an Irish Regiment of the British Army in 1920. Learn why James Daly was executed for mutiny in India at Jullundur.

The Connaught Rangers Mutiny India, July 1920 Among the large number of departmental records made available to researchers in early January this year was one bulky file from 1968 containing correspondence relating to the repatriation of the remains of the Connaught Rangers mutineers who had died in India in 1920.

Fifty years later 'Seven Days' looked back on the mutiny. The five mutineers were joined by other Connaught Rangers who refused to perform duties until British forces left Ireland. Led by...

On 28 June 1920, five men from C Company of the 1st Battalion of the Connaught Rangers led a mutiny in Jalandhar, Punjab, in protest against martial law in Ireland. Following their surrender a few days later, 88 mutineers were court-martialled, of whom 77 were imprisoned; the leader, James Daly, was executed.