29,525
edits
Changes
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
no edit summary
==Ordnance artificers==
This India List [http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/INDIA/2010-07/1278311194 post] is about men who were Carnatic Ordnance artificers, including the training these men received. An artificer, or artifier, has the general meaning of craftsman, and the meanings also include ‘A military mechanic, as a blacksmith, carpenter, etc.; also, one who prepares the shells, fuses, grenades, etc., in a military laboratory’ and 'A member of the military who specializes in manufacturing and repairing weapon systems' (Carnatic is a term for South India, and refers to Madras Presidency)
In Madras, many who were employed in the Carnatic Corps of Artificers, which was attached to the Gun Carriage Manufactory, were Anglo-Indian (Eurasian) <ref>[http://madrasmusings.com/the-anglo-indians-of-madras.html "The Anglo-Indians of Madras"] from Madras Musings dated October 1-15, 2010</ref>
==Also see==
