Remember Cawnpore became a British battle cry on 17 July 1857 after officers discovered the bodies of British women and children in a well at Kanpur, India, following the Siege of Cawnpore during the Indian Rebellion of 1857.
Origins
On 17 July 1857 the term 'remember Cawnpore' was coined upon the discovery by General Havelock's forces of bodies of British women and children in a well at Kanpur, India, following the Siege of Cawnpore during the Indian Rebellion of 1857.
Use The phrase was widely used by British troops from mid-July until the end of the rebellion, being shouted as a rallying cry and painted on walls.
'Remember Cawnpore' became the title of the third episode of the British TV series The British Empire (1972).
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