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==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)
===Other===
The [[National Army Museum]], London has a card index, mainly in respect of East India Company Army Officers
==See also==
*[[Armies in India]]
*[[European regiments]]
== External Links ==
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Presidency_armies Presidency Armies] - Wikipedia
*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.
===Online Books===
*''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]
*[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]
