Sir, – With reference to the appalling massacre in Amritsar (Ronan McGreevy, Weekend Review, April 13th), I have recently been given a book about the Raj, and there is an account of the reasons for the massacre. Brigadier General Dyer had just dealt with a dangerous situation where 100 British women and children were in danger of being attacked by a mob. His reaction was in connection with that.
I had known the two Dyer sons when we were young children playing together when we lived in New Delhi. It was a long time ago (I am 92 now), but I recall that the boys always seemed troubled. – Yours, etc,
Mrs MAEVE DAVISON,
Co Wexford.