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*[[Bengal Sappers and Miners]]
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==Records==
==Records==
===Books===
===Books===
''List 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<br>
''List 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.
FIBIS have transcribed the indexes of these books, which are available on [http://www.search.fibis.org/frontis/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=browse_components&id=152&s_id=39 FIBIS Search]<br>
 
The LDS (Mormon) Family History Library has filmed the above books, refer the Library Catalogue [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=281774 entry]. This India List [http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/india/2000-09/0968665831 link] recommends that all three LDS films be ordered, as there is a lot of cross referencing.  Refer [[LDS]] for  location of Family History Centres.<br>
FIBIS have transcribed the indexes of these books, which are available on [http://www.search.fibis.org/frontis/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=browse_components&id=152&s_id=39 FIBIS Search].  The [http://shop.fibis.org FIBIS Online Shop] sells a 6 volume reprint by Naval and Military Press.
The [http://shop.fibis.org  FIBIS Online Shop] sells a 6 volume reprint by Naval and Military Press.
 
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.


== External Links ==
== External Links ==
[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 Bengal Army] Victorians at War website<br>[http://books.google.com/books?id=kMOEAAAAIAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=Alphabetical+list+of+the+Officers+of+thethe Alphabetical List of the Officers of the Bengal Army from 1760 to 1834] Google Books<br>Officers from the [http://www.lib.mq.edu.au/digital/seringapatam/grand.html#a Bengal and Madras Armies]  from Macquarie University’s Seringapatum 1799<br> ''History of the Rise and Progress of the Bengal Army Volume 1'' by Arthur Broome 1850 [http://books.google.com/books?id=n33UAAAAMAAJ Google Books]<br>
*[http://www.lib.mq.edu.au/digital/seringapatam/grand.html#a Officers biographies - Bengal and Madras Armies] from Macquarie University’s ''Seringapatam 1799''
''The Officer's Complete Guide'' by Lieut. Archibald Swiney Haig 55th Regiment Bengal Infantry Published 1856 - contains General Orders, Pay Regulations etc [http://books.google.com/books?id=z1MBAAAAQAAJ Google Books]
*[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
 
===Historical books online===
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=kMOEAAAAIAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=Alphabetical+list+of+the+Officers+of+thethe ''Alphabetical List of the Officers of the Bengal Army from 1760 to 1834''] compiled by Dodwell and Miles, 1838 (Google Books)
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=n33UAAAAMAAJ ''History of the Rise and Progress of the Bengal Army, Volume 1''] by Arthur Broome 1850 (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)


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[[Category:Bengal Army| ]]

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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.

Divisions

Records

Books

List 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.

FIBIS have transcribed the indexes of these books, which are available on FIBIS Search. The FIBIS Online Shop sells a 6 volume reprint by Naval and Military Press.

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.

External Links

Historical books online