William J. Anderson (bodyguard)

Just after completing his book, Six Minutes to Sunset, Arthur Swinson was contacted by Anderson and interviewed.^[7][8] Anderson confirmed that he was a sergeant in the 25th Cyclist Battalion and was Dyer's personal bodyguard.^[8] He recalled that on 11 April 1919, he accompanied Dyer from Jalandhar to Amritsar by car, and that on 13 April, during the Jallianwala Bagh Massacre, he stood a few paces behind Dyer as the firing began.^[8] He described how the crowd first fell and then scattered, and that the shooting paused intermittently, with "low moans" audible from the crowd.^[8] Dyer targeted the fire at specific areas, while Anderson noticed Captain Briggs tugging at Dyer's sleeve, as Dyer remained calm and composed.^[8] Anderson reported feeling no fear and saw no immediate threat from the crowd.^[8]

• Collett, Nigel (2007). The Butcher of Amritsar: General Reginald Dyer. A&C Black. ISBN 1-85285-575-4.
• Wagner, Kim A. (2019). Amritsar 1919: An Empire of Fear & the Making of a Massacre. Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0-300-24546-2.