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User:Peter/My sandbox

2013-03-10T10:37:42Z

Peter:

== What is This? ==

FibiWiki is an encyclopaedia of information about life in British India. You have found records relating to an ancestor who lived in India or South Asia under the control of the East India Company (1600-1858) or the British Raj (1858-1947) and wish to understand them.

By clicking on the blue wording below, you will be directed to pages on which you should find the answer to your question.

*[[Abbreviations]]
*[[British/EIC Ranks]]
*[[Regiments]]
*[[Occupations]]
*[[Presidencies]]
*[[Railways]]

If you should be unsuccessful, please contact the FIBIS Webmaster and we shall try to find the answer for you. OR please feel free to edit the FibiWiki and insert the information if you find it elsewhere.

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User:Peter/My sandbox

2013-03-10T10:26:34Z

Peter:

Welcome to the FIBIWIKI from FindMyPast

== What is This? ==

FibiWiki is an encyclopaedia of information about life in British India. You have found records relating to an ancestor who lived in India or South Asia under the control of the East India Company (1600-1858) or the British Raj (1858-1947) and wish to understand them.

By clicking on the blue wording below, you will be directed to pages on which you should find the answer to your question.

*bullet
Abbreviation
British/EIC Ranks
Regiments
Occupations
Presidencies
Railways

If you should be unsuccessful, please contact the FIBIS Webmaster and we shall try to find the answer for you. OR please feel free to edit the FibiWiki and insert the information if you find it elsewhere.

BEWARE 1. Spelling can be a problem. Spelling of placenames, Spellings will be written in the way current at the date of the record. It may be necessary to look at alternative spellings more common at other times

BEWARE 2. Some of the handwritten records may be difficult to interpret by those chosen to transcribe. Them. If you are unable to find a proper interpretation, please contact FIBIS Webmaster.

User:Peter/My sandbox

2013-03-10T10:22:47Z

Peter:

Welcome to the FIBIWIKI from FindMyPast

What is This?

FibiWiki is an encyclopaedia of information about life in British India. You have found records relating to an ancestor who lived in India or South Asia under the control of the East India Company (1600-1858) or the British Raj (1858-1947) and wish to understand them.

By clicking on the blue wording below, you will be directed to pages on which you should find the answer to your question.

Abbreviation
British/EIC Ranks
Regiments
Occupations
Presidencies
Railways

If you should be unsuccessful, please contact the FIBIS Webmaster and we shall try to find the answer for you. OR please feel free to edit the FibiWiki and insert the information if you find it elsewhere.

BEWARE 1. Spelling can be a problem. Spelling of placenames, Spellings will be written in the way current at the date of the record. It may be necessary to look at alternative spellings more common at other times

BEWARE 2. Some of the handwritten records may be difficult to interpret by those chosen to transcribe. Them. If you are unable to find a proper interpretation, please contact FIBIS Webmaster.

East India Company Army

2013-03-06T16:36:30Z

Peter: /* Overview */

== Overview ==

The [[East India Company]] maintained a formidable army in each of its three [[Presidencies]]. Although there was a military presence in each Presidency beforehand, the Company established formal armies following the French capture of [[Fort St George]] (Madras) during the War of Austrian Succession in 1746. These armies grew over the next hundred years until the renowned ‘[[Indian Mutiny]]’ (1857-59). After the Mutiny, the India Act of 1858 of the English parliament, decreed the dissolution of these armies. Its European soldiers were given the option either of transferring to the British Army or of discharge with a bounty and shipment back to Europe. About 50 percent selected each option. The mutinous native regiments were disbanded but those few, who remained loyal to the British, plus loyal native irregular units, formed the basis of the new ‘[[Indian Army]]’, which continued until Independence

The three Presidency armies were quite distinct from each other and operated independently. More information can be found on their respective articles:
*[[Bengal Army]]
*[[Bombay Army]]
*[[Madras Army]]

== FIBIS resources ==
*[http://www.search.fibis.org/frontis/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=class_detail&source_class=186 Applications for Cadetships]
*[http://www.search.fibis.org/frontis/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=class_detail&source_class=12 Court Martials]
*[http://www.search.fibis.org/frontis/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=browse_components&id=141&s_id=67 Medal Roll for the China Campaign, 1842 Madras Artillery & Staff only]
*[http://www.search.fibis.org/frontis/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=class_detail&source_class=16 Muster Lists]
*[http://www.search.fibis.org/frontis/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=class_detail&source_class=14 Officers service records]
*[http://www.search.fibis.org/frontis/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=class_detail&source_class=137 Pensions and Funds]
*[http://www.search.fibis.org/frontis/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=class_detail&source_class=15 Prize Lists]
*[http://www.search.fibis.org/frontis/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=class_detail&source_class=13 Soldiers Service Records]
*[http://www.search.fibis.org/frontis/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=class_detail&source_class=221 The First Soldiers of the EIC Army]
*"Looking for Gunner Hurley in India" by Malcolm Hurley Mills and Lawrie Butler
::Part 1 ''FIBIS Journal Number 17 (Spring 2007)'' Part 2 ''FIBIS Journal Number 22 (Autumn 2009)''
:Refer [[FIBIS Journals]] for details of how to access these Journals

==Records==
====FIBIS Research Guide====
[[Image:Guide-001.gif|right]]''Researching ancestors in the East India Company's Armies'' by Peter Bailey Families in British India Society, 2006. (FIBIS research guide; 1)

This is the essential handbook for anyone researching ancestors who were connected to the HEIC Armies of Bengal, Bombay, and Madras. It covers records from the armies' origins until their assimilation into the British Army in 1860. Laid out in a clear and accessible manner, the book directs searchers to records on all available stages of a man's career, whether officer or soldier, including sources which may provide details on his wife and children. For those researchers not fortunate enough to have access to the India Office Records at the British Library, the LDS film numbers are included. A full review by Richard Scott Morel, Archivist of Pre-1858 India Office Records, is available on pp. 45-46 of the FIBIS ''Journal'' 17 (Spring 2007)

Purchase a copy from the [http://shop.fibis.org/?wpsc-product=bkf-0002-researching-ancestors-in-the-east-india-company-armies-fibis-research-guide-no-1-by-peter-a-bailey FIBIS Online Shop]

====India Office records at the British Library====
[http://searcharchives.bl.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?vid=IAMS_VU2 The British Library’s "Search our Catalogue Archives and Manuscripts"] Search by name.

British Library’s Help for Researchers: [http://www.bl.uk/reshelp/findhelpregion/asia/india/indiaofficerecordsfamilyhistory/occupations/europeanofficers/euroofficers.html European Officers]

Records include Cadet Papers '''IOR/L/MIL/9/107-253''' 1789-1860. Cadet Papers up to about c 1805, may comprise nothing more than a baptism certificate or father's declaration of date of birth.<br>
'''See Application for Cadetships, in FIBIS resources [[East India Company Army# FIBIS resources|above]]''', available on the FIBIS database.
*[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a/records.aspx?cat=059-iorlmil_4-1_1&cid=1-1-2-1#1-1-2-1 '''IOR/L/MIL/9/107-115'''] 1789-1806, [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a/records.aspx?cat=059-iorlmil_4-1_2&cid=1-1-1-1#1-1-1-1 '''IOR/L/MIL/9/116-157'''] 1806- 1825, [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a/records.aspx?cat=059-iorlmil_4-1_3&cid=1-1-1-1#1-1-1-1 '''IOR/L/MIL/9/158-199'''] 1825-1842, [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a/records.aspx?cat=059-iorlmil_4-1_4&cid=1-1-1-1#1-1-1-1 '''IOR/L/MIL/9/200-239'''] 1841-1857, [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a/records.aspx?cat=059-iorlmil_4-1_5&cid=1-1-1-1#1-1-1-1 '''IOR/L/MIL/9/240-253'''] 1856- 1860
*[[LDS]] microfilm [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=687638&disp=East+India+Company+cadet+papers%2C+1789%&columns=*,0,0 catalogue entry] for these Cadet Papers
*[http://isp.ans.com.au/~rampais/genelogy/india/indexes/cadfram.htm List of Cadets who joined the East India Company Armies 1789-1859] with equivalent LDS microfilm number. Bob Holland’s Raimpais website

====Books and Articles====
"Irishmen in the East-India Company Army" by Peter Bailey in ''Irish Family History-Journal of the Irish Family History Society'' Volume 17, 2001 page 84

====Other====
The [[National Army Museum]], London has a card index, mainly in respect of East India Company Army Officers

==Wives and children==
Marriages between EIC soldiers and [[Anglo Indians]] or [[Native Woman|Native women]], the allowances paid to wives and the army records kept regarding these wives are discussed in "Haemoglobin D (B Punjab) in an East Anglian Family", ''The Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland'', Vol. 95, No. 2 (Jul. - Dec., 1965), pp. 295-306. The article (including an extract) and its implications are the subject of this [http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/india/2010-01/1264031553 archived India List thread]. The article may be read online on the subscription website JSTOR. Some card holders of participating libraries may have access, refer [[Miscellaneous tips]]. Also available at the [[British Library]]

==See also==
*[[Armies in India]]
*[[European regiments]]
*[[Regiments]]
*[[Auxillary Regiments]]

== External Links ==
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Presidency_armies Presidency Armies] Wikipedia
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Army_during_the_Victorian_Era#The_British_East_India_Company.27s_armies British East India Company Armies] Wikipedia
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Company_rule_in_India#Army_and_civil_service Army and Civil Service] Wikipedia. Gives strengths of the Presidency armies in 1796, 1806 and 1857.
*This India List [http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/india/2009-08/1251599449 thread] is about the difference between “Rank in Regiment” and “Rank in Army”
*This India List [http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/INDIA/2009-12/1259763830 thread] is about the fact that commissions and ranks were not purchased within the East India Company Armies. However one possible exception is mentioned.
*This India List [http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/india/1998-12/0913448812 post] discusses some of the advantages of joining the East India Company’s Armies, rather than the British Army, as does this further India List [http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/india/2000-04/0954667043 post] .It lists a number of the various types of Sergeants to be found on the Madras 'Effective Supernumeries' and advises these were positions of significant importance and standing.
*[http://www.cgsc.edu/carl/nafziger.htm The Nafziger Collection of Orders of Battle] from the [http://www.cgsc.edu/carl/index.asp Combined Arms Research Library] of the Command and General Staff College, Fort Leavenworth Kansas. Contain a PDF catalogue document for the 7000 PDF documents in the collection. The files relating to India are mainly in respect of location of regiments of the [[British Army]], but there does appear to be some limited information in respect of the location of East India Company Army regiments. For hints about the Finding Aid, see [[British Army#Locating a regiment| British Army-Locating a regiment]]
*A helpful website which has closed is regiments.org, here are pages from the archived site at January 2008 [http://web.archive.org/web/20071107112918/www.regiments.org/regiments/southasia/lists/iargts.htm An overview of the South Asian Armies page], [http://web.archive.org/web/20070910202651/www.regiments.org/regiments/southasia/lists/iargxref.htm Alphabetic Index, South Asia page] and [http://web.archive.org/web/20070910202221/www.regiments.org/regiments/southasia/lists/iargxrefn.htm Numeric index, South Asia page]
*[http://archive.sandhurstcollection.org.uk The Cadet and Staff Registers of the Sandhurst Collection]. The registers show the details for almost every officer cadet that attended the Royal Military Academy Woolwich and Royal Military College Sandhurst, England

====Historical books on-line====
*Also see [[Directories online]] and [[ Military periodicals online]] for online Army Lists
*''The East India Military Calendar: Containing the Services of General and Field Officers of the Indian Army'' by John Philippart. Contain the biographies of many officers. [[Google Books]]:
:*[http://books.google.com/books?id=-EbRAAAAMAAJ Volume 1], published 1823, index [http://books.google.com/books?id=-EbRAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA501 page 501]
:*[http://books.google.com/books?id=fUfRAAAAMAAJ Volume 2], published 1824, index [http://books.google.com/books?id=fUfRAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA565 page 565]
:*[http://books.google.com/books?id=srUIAAAAQAAJ Volume 3], published 1826, index [http://books.google.com/books?id=srUIAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA535 page 535]
*"Diary of Samuel Hickson 1777-1785" in ''Bengal Past and Present, Volume 49 ,Part 1 1935'' is available to read online on the Digital Library of India website, commencing computer page 12. Computer page 13 documents the hardships suffered by new recruits. (Note the website details for this volume record the language as bengali) Refer [[Online books#Digital Library of India|Online books-Digital Library of India]] for more details about this site
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=jIUEAAAAQAAJ&pg=PP7 ''Memoirs of the early life and service of a field officer on the retired list of the Indian army''] by Major David Price 1839 Google Books. Recruitment into the East India Company Army in London in 1780 is mentioned on [http://books.google.com/books?id=jIUEAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA11 page 11]
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/presidentialarmi00carnrich#page/n5/mode/2up ''The Presidential Armies of India''] by Colonel S Rivett-Carnac 1890 Archive.org
*''Records of Clan Campbell in the Military Service of the Honourable East India Company 1600-1858'' by Sir Duncan Alexander Dundas Campbell 1925 is available through the commercial site [http://search.ancestry.co.uk/search/db.aspx?dbid=17323 Ancestry,co.uk] and also is available at the [[British Library]]
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=JUQIAAAAQAAJ&pg=PP9 ''Standing Orders of the East India Company's Depot''] 1852 Google Books
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/catalogueofbooks00cockrich#page/n1/mode/2up ''A catalogue of books relating to the military history of India''] drawn up by Maurice J.D. Cockle 1901 Archive.org

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East India Company Army

2013-03-06T16:34:20Z

Peter: /* Overview */

== Overview ==

The three Presidency armies were quite distinct from each other and operated independently. More information can be found on their respective articles:
*[[Bengal Army]]
*[[Bombay Army]]
*[[Madras Army]]

== FIBIS resources ==
*[http://www.search.fibis.org/frontis/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=class_detail&source_class=186 Applications for Cadetships]
*[http://www.search.fibis.org/frontis/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=class_detail&source_class=12 Court Martials]
*[http://www.search.fibis.org/frontis/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=browse_components&id=141&s_id=67 Medal Roll for the China Campaign, 1842 Madras Artillery & Staff only]
*[http://www.search.fibis.org/frontis/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=class_detail&source_class=16 Muster Lists]
*[http://www.search.fibis.org/frontis/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=class_detail&source_class=14 Officers service records]
*[http://www.search.fibis.org/frontis/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=class_detail&source_class=137 Pensions and Funds]
*[http://www.search.fibis.org/frontis/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=class_detail&source_class=15 Prize Lists]
*[http://www.search.fibis.org/frontis/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=class_detail&source_class=13 Soldiers Service Records]
*[http://www.search.fibis.org/frontis/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=class_detail&source_class=221 The First Soldiers of the EIC Army]
*"Looking for Gunner Hurley in India" by Malcolm Hurley Mills and Lawrie Butler
::Part 1 ''FIBIS Journal Number 17 (Spring 2007)'' Part 2 ''FIBIS Journal Number 22 (Autumn 2009)''
:Refer [[FIBIS Journals]] for details of how to access these Journals

==Records==
====FIBIS Research Guide====
[[Image:Guide-001.gif|right]]''Researching ancestors in the East India Company's Armies'' by Peter Bailey Families in British India Society, 2006. (FIBIS research guide; 1)

This is the essential handbook for anyone researching ancestors who were connected to the HEIC Armies of Bengal, Bombay, and Madras. It covers records from the armies' origins until their assimilation into the British Army in 1860. Laid out in a clear and accessible manner, the book directs searchers to records on all available stages of a man's career, whether officer or soldier, including sources which may provide details on his wife and children. For those researchers not fortunate enough to have access to the India Office Records at the British Library, the LDS film numbers are included. A full review by Richard Scott Morel, Archivist of Pre-1858 India Office Records, is available on pp. 45-46 of the FIBIS ''Journal'' 17 (Spring 2007)

Purchase a copy from the [http://shop.fibis.org/?wpsc-product=bkf-0002-researching-ancestors-in-the-east-india-company-armies-fibis-research-guide-no-1-by-peter-a-bailey FIBIS Online Shop]

====India Office records at the British Library====
[http://searcharchives.bl.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?vid=IAMS_VU2 The British Library’s "Search our Catalogue Archives and Manuscripts"] Search by name.

British Library’s Help for Researchers: [http://www.bl.uk/reshelp/findhelpregion/asia/india/indiaofficerecordsfamilyhistory/occupations/europeanofficers/euroofficers.html European Officers]

Records include Cadet Papers '''IOR/L/MIL/9/107-253''' 1789-1860. Cadet Papers up to about c 1805, may comprise nothing more than a baptism certificate or father's declaration of date of birth.<br>
'''See Application for Cadetships, in FIBIS resources [[East India Company Army# FIBIS resources|above]]''', available on the FIBIS database.
*[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a/records.aspx?cat=059-iorlmil_4-1_1&cid=1-1-2-1#1-1-2-1 '''IOR/L/MIL/9/107-115'''] 1789-1806, [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a/records.aspx?cat=059-iorlmil_4-1_2&cid=1-1-1-1#1-1-1-1 '''IOR/L/MIL/9/116-157'''] 1806- 1825, [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a/records.aspx?cat=059-iorlmil_4-1_3&cid=1-1-1-1#1-1-1-1 '''IOR/L/MIL/9/158-199'''] 1825-1842, [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a/records.aspx?cat=059-iorlmil_4-1_4&cid=1-1-1-1#1-1-1-1 '''IOR/L/MIL/9/200-239'''] 1841-1857, [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a/records.aspx?cat=059-iorlmil_4-1_5&cid=1-1-1-1#1-1-1-1 '''IOR/L/MIL/9/240-253'''] 1856- 1860
*[[LDS]] microfilm [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=687638&disp=East+India+Company+cadet+papers%2C+1789%&columns=*,0,0 catalogue entry] for these Cadet Papers
*[http://isp.ans.com.au/~rampais/genelogy/india/indexes/cadfram.htm List of Cadets who joined the East India Company Armies 1789-1859] with equivalent LDS microfilm number. Bob Holland’s Raimpais website

====Books and Articles====
"Irishmen in the East-India Company Army" by Peter Bailey in ''Irish Family History-Journal of the Irish Family History Society'' Volume 17, 2001 page 84

====Other====
The [[National Army Museum]], London has a card index, mainly in respect of East India Company Army Officers

==Wives and children==
Marriages between EIC soldiers and [[Anglo Indians]] or [[Native Woman|Native women]], the allowances paid to wives and the army records kept regarding these wives are discussed in "Haemoglobin D (B Punjab) in an East Anglian Family", ''The Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland'', Vol. 95, No. 2 (Jul. - Dec., 1965), pp. 295-306. The article (including an extract) and its implications are the subject of this [http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/india/2010-01/1264031553 archived India List thread]. The article may be read online on the subscription website JSTOR. Some card holders of participating libraries may have access, refer [[Miscellaneous tips]]. Also available at the [[British Library]]

==See also==
*[[Armies in India]]
*[[European regiments]]
*[[Regiments]]
*[[Auxillary Regiments]]

== External Links ==
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Presidency_armies Presidency Armies] Wikipedia
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Army_during_the_Victorian_Era#The_British_East_India_Company.27s_armies British East India Company Armies] Wikipedia
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Company_rule_in_India#Army_and_civil_service Army and Civil Service] Wikipedia. Gives strengths of the Presidency armies in 1796, 1806 and 1857.
*This India List [http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/india/2009-08/1251599449 thread] is about the difference between “Rank in Regiment” and “Rank in Army”
*This India List [http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/INDIA/2009-12/1259763830 thread] is about the fact that commissions and ranks were not purchased within the East India Company Armies. However one possible exception is mentioned.
*This India List [http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/india/1998-12/0913448812 post] discusses some of the advantages of joining the East India Company’s Armies, rather than the British Army, as does this further India List [http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/india/2000-04/0954667043 post] .It lists a number of the various types of Sergeants to be found on the Madras 'Effective Supernumeries' and advises these were positions of significant importance and standing.
*[http://www.cgsc.edu/carl/nafziger.htm The Nafziger Collection of Orders of Battle] from the [http://www.cgsc.edu/carl/index.asp Combined Arms Research Library] of the Command and General Staff College, Fort Leavenworth Kansas. Contain a PDF catalogue document for the 7000 PDF documents in the collection. The files relating to India are mainly in respect of location of regiments of the [[British Army]], but there does appear to be some limited information in respect of the location of East India Company Army regiments. For hints about the Finding Aid, see [[British Army#Locating a regiment| British Army-Locating a regiment]]
*A helpful website which has closed is regiments.org, here are pages from the archived site at January 2008 [http://web.archive.org/web/20071107112918/www.regiments.org/regiments/southasia/lists/iargts.htm An overview of the South Asian Armies page], [http://web.archive.org/web/20070910202651/www.regiments.org/regiments/southasia/lists/iargxref.htm Alphabetic Index, South Asia page] and [http://web.archive.org/web/20070910202221/www.regiments.org/regiments/southasia/lists/iargxrefn.htm Numeric index, South Asia page]
*[http://archive.sandhurstcollection.org.uk The Cadet and Staff Registers of the Sandhurst Collection]. The registers show the details for almost every officer cadet that attended the Royal Military Academy Woolwich and Royal Military College Sandhurst, England

====Historical books on-line====
*Also see [[Directories online]] and [[ Military periodicals online]] for online Army Lists
*''The East India Military Calendar: Containing the Services of General and Field Officers of the Indian Army'' by John Philippart. Contain the biographies of many officers. [[Google Books]]:
:*[http://books.google.com/books?id=-EbRAAAAMAAJ Volume 1], published 1823, index [http://books.google.com/books?id=-EbRAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA501 page 501]
:*[http://books.google.com/books?id=fUfRAAAAMAAJ Volume 2], published 1824, index [http://books.google.com/books?id=fUfRAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA565 page 565]
:*[http://books.google.com/books?id=srUIAAAAQAAJ Volume 3], published 1826, index [http://books.google.com/books?id=srUIAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA535 page 535]
*"Diary of Samuel Hickson 1777-1785" in ''Bengal Past and Present, Volume 49 ,Part 1 1935'' is available to read online on the Digital Library of India website, commencing computer page 12. Computer page 13 documents the hardships suffered by new recruits. (Note the website details for this volume record the language as bengali) Refer [[Online books#Digital Library of India|Online books-Digital Library of India]] for more details about this site
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=jIUEAAAAQAAJ&pg=PP7 ''Memoirs of the early life and service of a field officer on the retired list of the Indian army''] by Major David Price 1839 Google Books. Recruitment into the East India Company Army in London in 1780 is mentioned on [http://books.google.com/books?id=jIUEAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA11 page 11]
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/presidentialarmi00carnrich#page/n5/mode/2up ''The Presidential Armies of India''] by Colonel S Rivett-Carnac 1890 Archive.org
*''Records of Clan Campbell in the Military Service of the Honourable East India Company 1600-1858'' by Sir Duncan Alexander Dundas Campbell 1925 is available through the commercial site [http://search.ancestry.co.uk/search/db.aspx?dbid=17323 Ancestry,co.uk] and also is available at the [[British Library]]
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=JUQIAAAAQAAJ&pg=PP9 ''Standing Orders of the East India Company's Depot''] 1852 Google Books
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/catalogueofbooks00cockrich#page/n1/mode/2up ''A catalogue of books relating to the military history of India''] drawn up by Maurice J.D. Cockle 1901 Archive.org

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User:Peter/My sandbox

2013-03-06T16:31:44Z

Peter:

== East India Company's Armies ==

=== Overview ===

The [[East India Company]] maintained a formidable army in each of its three [[Presidencies]]. Although there was a military presence in each Presidency beforehand, the Company established formal armies following the French capture of [[Fort St George]] (Madras) during the War of Austrian Succession in 1746. These armies grew over the next hundred years until the renowned ‘[[Indian Mutiny]]’ (1857-59). After the Mutiny, the India Act of 1858 of the English parliament, decreed the dissolution of these armies. Its European soldiers were given the option either of transferring to the British Army or of discharge with a bounty and shipment back to Europe. About 50 percent selected each option. The mutinous native regiments were disbanded but those few, who remained loyal to the British, plus loyal native irregular units, formed the basis of the new ‘[[Indian Army]]’, which continued until Independence

[[Category:East India Company Armies]]

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User:Peter/My sandbox

2013-03-06T16:02:41Z

Peter:

== East India Company's Armies ==

=== Overview ===

The [[East India Company]] maintained a formidable army in each of its three [[Presidencies]]. Although there was a military presence in each Presidency beforehand, the Company established formal armies following the French capture of [[Fort St George]] (Madras) during the [[War of Austrian Succession]] in 1746. These armies grew over the next hundred years until the renowned ‘[[Indian Mutiny]]’ (1857-59). After the Mutiny, the India Act of 1858 of the English parliament, decreed the dissolution of these armies. Its European soldiers were given the option either of transferring to the British Army or of discharge with a bounty and shipment back to Europe. About 50 percent selected each option. The mutinous native regiments were disbanded but those few, who remained loyal to the British, plus loyal native irregular units, formed the basis of the new ‘[[Indian Army]]’, which continued until Independence in 1947.

[[Category:East India Company Armies]]

User:Peter/My sandbox

2013-03-06T15:59:37Z

Peter:

== East India Company's Armies ==

=== Overview ===

The [[East India Company]] maintained a formidable army in each of its three [[Presidencies]]. Although there was a military presence in each Presidency beforehand, the Company established formal armies following the French capture of [[Fort St George]] (Madras) during the [[War of Austrian Succession]] in 1746. These armies grew over the next hundred years until the renowned ‘[[Indian Mutiny]]’ (1857-59). After the Mutiny, the India Act of 1858 of the English parliament, decreed the dissolution of these armies. Its European soldiers were given the option either of transferring to the British Army or of discharge with a bounty and shipment back to Europe. About 50 percent selected each option. The mutinous native regiments were disbanded but those few, who remained loyal to the British, plus loyal native irregular units, formed the basis of the new ‘[[Indian Army]]’, which continued until Independence in 1947.

User:Peter/My sandbox

2013-03-06T15:51:58Z

Peter:

== East India Company's Armies ==

=== Overview ===

The [[East India Company]] maintained a formidable army in each of its three [[Presidencies]]. Although there was a military presence in each Presidency beforehand, the Company established formal armies following the French capture of [[Fort St George]] (Madras) during the [[War of Austrian Succession]] in 1746. These armies grew over the next hundred years until the renowned ‘[[Indian Mutiny]]’ (1857-59). After the Mutiny, the India Act of 1858 of the English parliament, decreed the dissolution of these armies. Its European soldiers were given the option either of transferring to the British Army or of discharge with a bounty and shipment back to Europe. About 50 percent selected each option. The mutinous native regiments were disbanded but those few, who remained loyal to the British, plus loyal [[native irregular units]], formed the basis of the new ‘[[Indian Army]]’, which continued until [[Independence]] in 1947.

User:Peter/My sandbox

2013-03-06T15:49:20Z

Peter:

== East India Company's Armies ==

=== Overview ===

The [[East India Company]] maintained a formidable army in each of its three [[Presidencies]]. Although there was a military presence in each Presidency beforehand, the Company established formal armies following the French capture of [[Fort St George]] (Madras) during the [[War of Austrian Succession]] in 1746. These armies grew over the next hundred years until the renowned ‘[[Indian Mutiny]]’ (1857-59). After the Mutiny, [the India Act (1858)]of the English parliament, decreed the dissolution of these armies. Its European soldiers were given the option either of transferring to the British Army or of discharge with a bounty and shipment back to Europe. About 50 percent selected each option. The mutinous native regiments were disbanded but those few, who remained loyal to the British, plus loyal [[native irregular units]], formed the basis of the new ‘[[Indian Army]]’, which continued until [[Independence]] in 1947.

User:Peter/My sandbox

2013-03-06T15:46:59Z

Peter:

== East India Company's Armies ==

=== Overview ===

The [[East India Company]] maintained a formidable army in each of its three [[Presidencies]]. Although there was a military presence in each Presidency beforehand, the Company established formal armies following the French capture of [[Fort St George]] (Madras) during the [[War of Austrian Succession]] in 1746. These armies grew over the next hundred years until the renowned ‘[[Indian Mutiny]]’ (1857-59). After the Mutiny, the [[India Act (1858)]] of the English parliament, decreed the dissolution of these armies. Its European soldiers were given the option either of transferring to the British Army or of discharge with a bounty and shipment back to Europe. About 50 percent selected each option. The mutinous native regiments were disbanded but those few, who remained loyal to the British, plus loyal [[native irregular units]], formed the basis of the new ‘[[Indian Army]]’, which continued until [[Independence]] in 1947.

User:Peter/My sandbox

2013-03-06T15:44:55Z

Peter:

== East India Company's Armies ==

=== Overview ===

The [[East India Company]] maintained a formidable army in each of its three [[Presidencies]]. Although there was a military presence in each Presidency beforehand, the Company established formal armies following the French capture of [[Fort St George]] (Madras) during the [[War of Austrian Succession]] in 1746. These armies grew over the next hundred years until the renowned ‘[[Indian Mutiny]]’ (1857-59). After the Mutiny, the [[India Act of 1858]] of the English parliament, decreed the dissolution of these armies. Its European soldiers were given the option either of transferring to the British Army or of discharge with a bounty and shipment back to Europe. About 50 percent selected each option. The mutinous native regiments were disbanded but those few, who remained loyal to the British, plus loyal [[native irregular units]], formed the basis of the new ‘[[Indian Army]]’, which continued until [[Independence]] in 1947.

User:Peter/My sandbox

2013-03-06T15:41:55Z

Peter:

== East India Company's Armies ==

=== Overview ===

The [[East India Company]] maintained a formidable army in each of its three [[Presidencies]]. Although there was a military presence in each Presidency beforehand, the Company established formal armies following the French capture of [[Fort St. George]] (Madras) during the [[War of Austrian Succession]] in 1746. These armies grew over the next hundred years until the renowned ‘[[Indian Mutiny]]’ (1857-59). After the Mutiny, the [[India Act of 1858]] of the English parliament, decreed the dissolution of these armies. Its European soldiers were given the option either of transferring to the British Army or of discharge with a bounty and shipment back to Europe. About 50 percent selected each option. The mutinous native regiments were disbanded but those few, who remained loyal to the British, plus loyal [[native irregular units]], formed the basis of the new ‘[[Indian Army]]’, which continued until [[Independence]] in 1947.

User:Peter/My sandbox

2013-03-06T15:26:57Z

Peter:

== East India Company's Armies ==

=== Overview ===

The East India Company maintained a formidable army in each of its three Presidencies. Although there was a military presence in each Presidency beforehand, the Company established formal armies following the French capture of Fort St. George (Madras) during the War of Austrian Succession in 1746. These armies grew over the next hundred years until the renowned ‘Indian Mutiny’ (1857-59). After the Mutiny, the India Act of 1858 of the English parliament, decreed the dissolution of these armies. Its European soldiers were given the option either of transferring to the British Army or of discharge with a bounty and shipment back to Europe. About 50 percent selected each option. The mutinous native regiments were disbanded but those few, who remained loyal to the British, plus loyal native irregular units, formed the basis of the new ‘Indian Army’, which continued until Independence in 1947.

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2013-03-05T23:05:45Z

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This is my practice space.

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2013-03-05T23:05:31Z

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