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**[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a/records.aspx?cat=059-iorlmil_8-2_2&cid=1-1-1-1#1-1-1-1 Bengal Army List '''IOR/L/MIL/17/2/1-267'''] 1819-1889 | **[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a/records.aspx?cat=059-iorlmil_8-2_2&cid=1-1-1-1#1-1-1-1 Bengal Army List '''IOR/L/MIL/17/2/1-267'''] 1819-1889 | ||
**[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a/records.aspx?cat=059-iorlmil_8-2_2&cid=1-1-1-31#1-1-1-31 Bengal Army: General and Regimental Histories, Biographical Compilations, Indian Mutiny '''IOR/L/MIL/17/2/474-505'''] 1845-1927 | **[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a/records.aspx?cat=059-iorlmil_8-2_2&cid=1-1-1-31#1-1-1-31 Bengal Army: General and Regimental Histories, Biographical Compilations, Indian Mutiny '''IOR/L/MIL/17/2/474-505'''] 1845-1927 | ||
| + | *[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a/records.aspx?cat=059-iorlag_4&cid=1-64#1-64 Soldiers’ and Officers’ Wills '''IOR/L/AG/34/30'''] 1825-1881 (varies according to Presidency and whether a soldier or an officer) | ||
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| + | *Catalogue entry [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a/records.aspx?cat=059-f4_17&cid=1-1-67-2#1-1-67-2 IOR/F/4/1454/57020 Apr 1831-Dec 1832] Trial, in the Calcutta Supreme Court, of Anne Louisa Ramsay, for the attempted murder, at Delhi Cantonments on 9 Apr 1831, of Lieutenant George Richard Talbot of the 8th Bengal Native Infantry - her husband, Allan Ramsay, formerly a Lieutenant in the 8th Bengal Native Infantry is charged with aiding and abetting the attempted murder - both parties are acquitted (includes a transcript of the proceedings of the original Court of Enquiry, depositions of witnesses, etc). | ||
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| − | '' | + | *''Lives of the Officers of the Bengal Army, 1758-1834'' by V. C .P. Hodson, 4 vols. (London, 1927-47) Note that the dates refer to the date of joining the Army. Alphabetically arranged and annotated with biographical and genealogical notices, giving details of: (1) rank and brief career history (2) family information (3) service records: regiments or battalions in which the officer served (4) references to wills if they exist, to monumental inscriptions, or to mentions in publications. The [[British Library]] shelfmark is OIR.355.332. |
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| + | :A description of the fascinating information contained in the appendices is explained in [http://britishlibrary.typepad.co.uk/untoldlives/2012/03/bengal-army-officers-names-nationalities-fatalities-and-a-phantom.html Bengal army officers names nationalities fatalities and a phantom]Untold Lives blog of the British Library. | ||
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| + | :FIBIS has transcribed the indexes of these books, which are available on the [http://www.search.fibis.org/frontis/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=browse_components&id=152&s_id=39 FIBIS database]. | ||
| − | + | :The [[LDS]] (Mormon) Family History Library has filmed the above books ([http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=281774 Library Catalogue entry]). This India List [http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/india/2000-09/0968665831 thread] recommends that all three LDS films be ordered, as there is a lot of cross referencing. | |
| + | *[http://www.savannahpublications.com/info.php?itemid=99 Savannah Publications], London has reprinted ''Ubique: War Services of Officers of the Bengal Army'' by T.C. Anderson, originally published 1863. Index data from this book is available on the FIBIS database, refer [[Bengal Army#Fibis resources|above]] | ||
| + | *[http://www.savannahpublications.com/info.php?itemid=155 Savannah Publications], London has published ''Officer Casualties of the Indian Armies 1803-1946'' by Anthony J. Farrington. The author was Director of the India Office Records collection at the British Library | ||
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| + | *FIBIS database: [http://search.fibis.org/frontis/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=browse_components&id=679&s_id=137 Soldiers’ and Widows’ Pension details -1896] IOR/ L/MIL/14/214 & 215. Includes previous members of the Bengal,[[Madras Army|Madras]] and [[Bombay Army|Bombay Armies]], including men from the [[Unattached List]]. May also include a few members of the [[Indian Army]] which officially was formed in 1895. These records are available on LDS microfilm 2029979 Items 1-2 with [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/show?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fcatalog-search-api%3A8080%2Fwww-catalogapi-webservice%2Fitem%2F774116 catalogue entry], however the FIBIS database record contains all the information available in the microfilm.<ref>India List [http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/INDIA/2012-03/1332239460 post] by Peter Bailey dated 20 March 2012</ref> | ||
| + | *FIBIS database:[http://search.fibis.org/frontis/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=browse_components&id=494&s_id=186 Applications for Cadetships in EIC Armies 1789-1860] includes Bengal Army. These are records for officers. | ||
| + | *FIBIS database: [http://search.fibis.org/frontis/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=browse_components&id=378&s_id=14 War Services of Officers of the Bengal Army 1863]. Transcriptions from the book ''Ubique : War Services of all the Officers of HM's Bengal Army'' by Thomas C Anderson 1863 | ||
| + | *Also see Books above. | ||
| + | *"Edward Squibb-Letters from a Bengal Cadet" by Charles Gordon Clark ''FIBIS Journal Number 28 (Autumn 2012)'' pages 15-24. Edward Squibb arrived in 1820. See [[FIBIS Journals]] for details of how to access this article | ||
| + | *"The Clark Brothers - Life in the Bengal Army" by Charles Gordon Clark ''FIBIS Journal Number 29 (Spring 2013)'' pages 3-14. Gordon Wyatt Clark arrived in 1842 age 20. See [[FIBIS Journals]] for details of how to access this article | ||
| + | *"Captain Hunter: researching a memorial in Durham Cathedral" by Geoffrey Fox ''FIBIS Journal Number 31 (Spring 2014)'' pages 36-48. For access, see [[FIBIS Journals]]. Captain Hunter of the [[73rd Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry]] was killed in action 21 December 1845 at the [[Battle of Ferozeshah]] | ||
== External Links == | == External Links == | ||
*[http://www.lib.mq.edu.au/digital/seringapatam/grand.html#a Officers biographies - Bengal and Madras Armies] from Macquarie University’s ''Seringapatam 1799'' | *[http://www.lib.mq.edu.au/digital/seringapatam/grand.html#a Officers biographies - Bengal and Madras Armies] from Macquarie University’s ''Seringapatam 1799'' | ||
*[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=HvE_Pa_ZlfsC&pg=PA268&lpg=PA45&dq=Bengal%20Army&source=bl&ots=8BC29vkD0x&sig=ONYPQAN3-W8X9y785PowrLFzUq8&hl=en&ei=DsDASfCbB-TGjAe0icEo&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=9&ct=result#PPA45,M1 The Bengal Army] in ''The Victorians at war, 1815-1914: an encyclopedia of British military history'' by Harold E. Raugh, 2004 | *[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=HvE_Pa_ZlfsC&pg=PA268&lpg=PA45&dq=Bengal%20Army&source=bl&ots=8BC29vkD0x&sig=ONYPQAN3-W8X9y785PowrLFzUq8&hl=en&ei=DsDASfCbB-TGjAe0icEo&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=9&ct=result#PPA45,M1 The Bengal Army] in ''The Victorians at war, 1815-1914: an encyclopedia of British military history'' by Harold E. Raugh, 2004 | ||
| + | *[http://usacac.army.mil/cac2/CGSC/CARL/nafziger/857DAB.pdf General Distribution Return of Her Majesty's and the East India Company's Troops Serving in the Presidency of Fort William (Bengal) Showing the Number and Strength of Each Station, 1 April 1857] [[British Army#Locating a regiment|The Nafziger Collection]] of Orders of Battle (page 171 of the Finding Aid) | ||
===Historical books online=== | ===Historical books online=== | ||
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*[http://www.archive.org/stream/presidentialarmi00carnrich#page/n5/mode/2up ''The Presidential Armies of India''] by Colonel S Rivett-Carnac 1890 Archive.org has chapters on the Bengal Army | *[http://www.archive.org/stream/presidentialarmi00carnrich#page/n5/mode/2up ''The Presidential Armies of India''] by Colonel S Rivett-Carnac 1890 Archive.org has chapters on the Bengal Army | ||
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=z1MBAAAAQAAJ ''The Officer's Complete Guide''] by Lieut. Archibald Swiney Haig 55th Regiment Bengal Infantry (published 1856) - contains General Orders, pay regulations etc (Google Books) | *[http://books.google.com/books?id=z1MBAAAAQAAJ ''The Officer's Complete Guide''] by Lieut. Archibald Swiney Haig 55th Regiment Bengal Infantry (published 1856) - contains General Orders, pay regulations etc (Google Books) | ||
| + | *[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=lYQIAAAAQAAJ&pg=PP7 ''First Annual Report of the Sanitary Commission for Bengal, 1864-65''] Google Books. Mainly in respect of the Army | ||
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/medicalandsanit00unkngoog#page/n4/mode/1up ''Medical And Sanitary Report of the Native Army of Bengal for the year 1875''] Archive.org | *[http://www.archive.org/stream/medicalandsanit00unkngoog#page/n4/mode/1up ''Medical And Sanitary Report of the Native Army of Bengal for the year 1875''] Archive.org | ||
| − | *''Memoir of the late Lieut.-Colonel Richard Scott (From his Private Journals)'' from ''The Naval and Military Magazine Volumes 1, 2 and | + | *''Memoir of the late Lieut.-Colonel Richard Scott (From his Private Journals)'' from ''The Naval and Military Magazine Volumes 1, 2, 3 and 4'' 1827-1828 Google Books |
| − | :[http://books.google.com/books?id=sIQEAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA147 Part 1– Appointed 1768], [http://books.google.com/books?id=sIQEAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA382 Part 2- Sir Eyre Coote's Campaigns of 1781, 1782, and 1783], [http:// | + | :[http://books.google.com/books?id=sIQEAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA147 Part 1– Appointed 1768], [http://books.google.com/books?id=sIQEAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA382 Part 2- Sir Eyre Coote's Campaigns of 1781, 1782, and 1783], [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=hZoMAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA49 Part 3- Campaigns in India –includes General Stuart's Operations; General Goddard's March; and the Proceedings of the Bombay Army and its Government], [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=hZoMAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA396 Part 4- includes Popham’s Capture of Gwalior; General Goddard’s Operations, Campaigns of Lord Cornwallis, Siege of Bangalore], [http://books.google.com/books?id=PYcEAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA4 Part 5 March to Seringapatum], [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=upkMAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA12 Part 6], [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=upkMAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA353 Part 7] |
:[http://books.google.com/books?id=-EbRAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA315 "Lieutenant -Colonel Richard Scott"] from ''The East India Military Calendar: Containing the Services of General and Field Officers of the Indian Army, Volume 1'', page 315 by by John Philippart 1823 Google Books | :[http://books.google.com/books?id=-EbRAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA315 "Lieutenant -Colonel Richard Scott"] from ''The East India Military Calendar: Containing the Services of General and Field Officers of the Indian Army, Volume 1'', page 315 by by John Philippart 1823 Google Books | ||
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/navalmilitarymag02londuoft#page/540/mode/2up "Major General Littellus Burrell"] c1753-1827 ''Naval and Military Magazine Volume 2'' 1827, page 540 Archive.org | *[http://www.archive.org/stream/navalmilitarymag02londuoft#page/540/mode/2up "Major General Littellus Burrell"] c1753-1827 ''Naval and Military Magazine Volume 2'' 1827, page 540 Archive.org | ||
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=iQ8NAAAAYAAJ&pg=PP7 ''Narrative of the mutiny of the officers of the army in Bengal, in the year 1766''] Sir Henry Strachey, 1773 Google Books | *[http://books.google.com/books?id=iQ8NAAAAYAAJ&pg=PP7 ''Narrative of the mutiny of the officers of the army in Bengal, in the year 1766''] Sir Henry Strachey, 1773 Google Books | ||
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=V50bAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA445 "Baggage of the Indian Army"] ''Calcutta Review, Volume 11 January-June 1849'', page 445 Google Books | *[http://books.google.com/books?id=V50bAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA445 "Baggage of the Indian Army"] ''Calcutta Review, Volume 11 January-June 1849'', page 445 Google Books | ||
| + | *''From Cadet to Colonel: the Record of a Life of Active Service'' by Sir Thomas Seaton 1866 Google Books [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=bUEoAAAAYAAJ&pg=PR5 Volume 1] He arrived in Calcutta on 1 January 1823 to join the Bengal Army [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=RkEoAAAAYAAJ&pg=PR5 Volume 2] includes the Indian Mutiny. The author retired 1 June 1859 | ||
| + | *[https://archive.org/details/myserviceinindi00vauggoog ''My service in the Indian Army – and after''] by General Sir John Luther Vaughan 1904 Archive.org. He joined the Bengal Army in 1841 and had to retire c 1870 as there was no position for him. At the start of the [[2nd Afghan War]] he became special military correspondent for the war for ''The Times'' | ||
| + | *[https://archive.org/details/tomrawgriffinbur00doylrich ''Tom Raw, the Griffin: a burlesque poem, in twelve cantos: illustrated by twenty-five engravings, descriptive of the adventures of a cadet in the East India company's service, from the period of his quitting England to his obtaining a staff situtation in India''] by “a Civilian and an Officer on the Bengal Establishment” (Sir Charles D'Oyly) 1828 Archive.org | ||
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[[Category:Bengal Army| ]] | [[Category:Bengal Army| ]] | ||
Revision as of 07:54, 4 May 2014
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| List of Bengal Army Regiments | |
| Bengal Infantry Regiments | |
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| Bengal Sappers and Miners | |
| East India Company Army | |
The Bengal Army was one of the three Presidency Armies of the East India Company.
A list of Bengal Army regiments can either be found in the Bengal Army Category or alphabetically, by type, in Bengal Army Regiments.
Contents
Divisions
- Bengal Artillery
- Bengal Cavalry Regiments
- Bengal Infantry Regiments
- Bengal Sappers and Miners
- Bengal Staff Corps
- Commissariat
Records
Main article: East India Company Army
British Library
Records available in the British Library India Office holdings include:
- Bengal Army Records IOR/L/MIL/10 1716-1907 with subcategories
- L/MIL/10/1-19 Bengal Army Lists, 1781-1849.
- L/MIL/10/20-69 Bengal Service Army Lists, 1759-1858
- L/MIL/10/70-74 Bengal Service Army Lists – Medical, c1765-1858
- L/MIL/10/75-102 Bengal Services, 1860-1893
- L/MIL/10/103-326 various subcategories, see within
- Please note that the records IOR/L/MIL/10/122-129 Registers of Bengal Army European Soldiers 1788-1860 were commenced in 1831 and only contain men still serving in the Army at that date. If a man left the Army prior to 1831 for any reason, including death, he will not appear in these records. The Muster records are an alternative source of information.
- The LDS (Mormons) have filmed many of these records as listed in this LDS Library catalogue entry, after a keyword search for Bengal Army Records
- Military Department Library: Bengal Army IOR/L/MIL/17/2 1791-1903 includes
- Soldiers’ and Officers’ Wills IOR/L/AG/34/30 1825-1881 (varies according to Presidency and whether a soldier or an officer)
Individuals
- Catalogue entry IOR/F/4/1454/57020 Apr 1831-Dec 1832 Trial, in the Calcutta Supreme Court, of Anne Louisa Ramsay, for the attempted murder, at Delhi Cantonments on 9 Apr 1831, of Lieutenant George Richard Talbot of the 8th Bengal Native Infantry - her husband, Allan Ramsay, formerly a Lieutenant in the 8th Bengal Native Infantry is charged with aiding and abetting the attempted murder - both parties are acquitted (includes a transcript of the proceedings of the original Court of Enquiry, depositions of witnesses, etc).
Books
- Lives of the Officers of the Bengal Army, 1758-1834 by V. C .P. Hodson, 4 vols. (London, 1927-47) Note that the dates refer to the date of joining the Army. Alphabetically arranged and annotated with biographical and genealogical notices, giving details of: (1) rank and brief career history (2) family information (3) service records: regiments or battalions in which the officer served (4) references to wills if they exist, to monumental inscriptions, or to mentions in publications. The British Library shelfmark is OIR.355.332.
- A description of the fascinating information contained in the appendices is explained in Bengal army officers names nationalities fatalities and a phantomUntold Lives blog of the British Library.
- FIBIS has transcribed the indexes of these books, which are available on the FIBIS database.
- The LDS (Mormon) Family History Library has filmed the above books (Library Catalogue entry). This India List thread recommends that all three LDS films be ordered, as there is a lot of cross referencing.
- Savannah Publications, London has reprinted Ubique: War Services of Officers of the Bengal Army by T.C. Anderson, originally published 1863. Index data from this book is available on the FIBIS database, refer above
- Savannah Publications, London has published Officer Casualties of the Indian Armies 1803-1946 by Anthony J. Farrington. The author was Director of the India Office Records collection at the British Library
FIBIS resources
- FIBIS database: Soldiers’ and Widows’ Pension details -1896 IOR/ L/MIL/14/214 & 215. Includes previous members of the Bengal,Madras and Bombay Armies, including men from the Unattached List. May also include a few members of the Indian Army which officially was formed in 1895. These records are available on LDS microfilm 2029979 Items 1-2 with catalogue entry, however the FIBIS database record contains all the information available in the microfilm.[1]
- FIBIS database:Applications for Cadetships in EIC Armies 1789-1860 includes Bengal Army. These are records for officers.
- FIBIS database: War Services of Officers of the Bengal Army 1863. Transcriptions from the book Ubique : War Services of all the Officers of HM's Bengal Army by Thomas C Anderson 1863
- Also see Books above.
- "Edward Squibb-Letters from a Bengal Cadet" by Charles Gordon Clark FIBIS Journal Number 28 (Autumn 2012) pages 15-24. Edward Squibb arrived in 1820. See FIBIS Journals for details of how to access this article
- "The Clark Brothers - Life in the Bengal Army" by Charles Gordon Clark FIBIS Journal Number 29 (Spring 2013) pages 3-14. Gordon Wyatt Clark arrived in 1842 age 20. See FIBIS Journals for details of how to access this article
- "Captain Hunter: researching a memorial in Durham Cathedral" by Geoffrey Fox FIBIS Journal Number 31 (Spring 2014) pages 36-48. For access, see FIBIS Journals. Captain Hunter of the 73rd Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry was killed in action 21 December 1845 at the Battle of Ferozeshah
External Links
- Officers biographies - Bengal and Madras Armies from Macquarie University’s Seringapatam 1799
- The Bengal Army in The Victorians at war, 1815-1914: an encyclopedia of British military history by Harold E. Raugh, 2004
- General Distribution Return of Her Majesty's and the East India Company's Troops Serving in the Presidency of Fort William (Bengal) Showing the Number and Strength of Each Station, 1 April 1857 The Nafziger Collection of Orders of Battle (page 171 of the Finding Aid)
Historical books online
- Alphabetical List of the Officers of the Bengal Army from 1760 to 1834 compiled by Dodwell and Miles, 1838. Archive.org
- Alphabetical List of the Officers of the Bengal Army from 1760 to 1834 compiled by Dodwell and Miles, 1838 (Google Books)
- History of the Rise and Progress of the Bengal Army, Volume 1 by Arthur Broome 1850 (www.archive.org)
- The Presidential Armies of India by Colonel S Rivett-Carnac 1890 Archive.org has chapters on the Bengal Army
- The Officer's Complete Guide by Lieut. Archibald Swiney Haig 55th Regiment Bengal Infantry (published 1856) - contains General Orders, pay regulations etc (Google Books)
- First Annual Report of the Sanitary Commission for Bengal, 1864-65 Google Books. Mainly in respect of the Army
- Medical And Sanitary Report of the Native Army of Bengal for the year 1875 Archive.org
- Memoir of the late Lieut.-Colonel Richard Scott (From his Private Journals) from The Naval and Military Magazine Volumes 1, 2, 3 and 4 1827-1828 Google Books
- Part 1– Appointed 1768, Part 2- Sir Eyre Coote's Campaigns of 1781, 1782, and 1783, Part 3- Campaigns in India –includes General Stuart's Operations; General Goddard's March; and the Proceedings of the Bombay Army and its Government, Part 4- includes Popham’s Capture of Gwalior; General Goddard’s Operations, Campaigns of Lord Cornwallis, Siege of Bangalore, Part 5 March to Seringapatum, Part 6, Part 7
- "Lieutenant -Colonel Richard Scott" from The East India Military Calendar: Containing the Services of General and Field Officers of the Indian Army, Volume 1, page 315 by by John Philippart 1823 Google Books
- "Major General Littellus Burrell" c1753-1827 Naval and Military Magazine Volume 2 1827, page 540 Archive.org
- Narrative of the mutiny of the officers of the army in Bengal, in the year 1766 Sir Henry Strachey, 1773 Google Books
- "Baggage of the Indian Army" Calcutta Review, Volume 11 January-June 1849, page 445 Google Books
- From Cadet to Colonel: the Record of a Life of Active Service by Sir Thomas Seaton 1866 Google Books Volume 1 He arrived in Calcutta on 1 January 1823 to join the Bengal Army Volume 2 includes the Indian Mutiny. The author retired 1 June 1859
- My service in the Indian Army – and after by General Sir John Luther Vaughan 1904 Archive.org. He joined the Bengal Army in 1841 and had to retire c 1870 as there was no position for him. At the start of the 2nd Afghan War he became special military correspondent for the war for The Times
- Tom Raw, the Griffin: a burlesque poem, in twelve cantos: illustrated by twenty-five engravings, descriptive of the adventures of a cadet in the East India company's service, from the period of his quitting England to his obtaining a staff situtation in India by “a Civilian and an Officer on the Bengal Establishment” (Sir Charles D'Oyly) 1828 Archive.org
References
