SURVIVED INDIAN MUTINY
A survivor of the Indian Mutiny, Mrs. Emma Osborne, formerly of Kimberley Road, Gillingham, Kent, was buried at Gillingham on May 27 at the age of 93 (states the London "Daily Telegraph").
Born in India, the daughter of Captain Wilkinson, who died during the Mutiny, she was. one of a party of refugees who were driven underground to await relief by the Gordon Highlanders.
She once saw her father write a letter home in blood taken from his arm. When she was 17 she was brought to England by missionaries and given into the care of her grandfather.
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Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 10, 11 July 1936, Page 19
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101SURVIVED INDIAN MUTINY Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 10, 11 July 1936, Page 19
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