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==Jaeger (Jager) Corps==
==Jager (Jaeger) Corps==
In 1860 the 109th Regiment of Foot in India was joined by 500 men of the Jaeger Corps who had volunteered from the Cape Colony (part of South Africa under British Occupation until 1910) for service in India on the outbreak of the Indian Mutiny according to this India List [http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/india/2004-03/1078511503 thread]. The Jager (Jaeger) Corps had its origin in the German Legion sent to the Crimea, which was then resettled in South Africa according to this Victorian Wars Forum [http://www.victorianwars.com/viewtopic.php?f=82&t=1883#p7695 post] by Mark Simner 12 July 2009
In 1860 the 109th Regiment of Foot in India was joined by more than 500 men of the Jager (Jaeger) Corps who had volunteered from the Cape Colony (part of South Africa under British Occupation until 1910) for service in India on the outbreak of the Indian Mutiny. The Jager Corps had its origin in the German Legion sent to the Crimea, which was then resettled in South Africa
 
At least for a time, the Jager Corps remained as a separate entity within the 109th Regiment.
 
For more details,  see [[Jager Corps]]
 
There are India Office Records at the British Library
*[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a/records.aspx?cat=059-iorlmil_8-1&cid=1-3-12#1-3-12 British Army in India: Nominal and Casualty Rolls of Jager Corps Volunteers '''IOR/L/MIL/15/31-36'''] 1860-1866. Includes troops serving with the 109th Regiment of Foot.
*[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a/records.aspx?cat=059-iorlmil_7-2&cid=1-1-9-3#1-1-9-3 Discharge papers, Jager Corps '''IOR/L/MIL/12/283''']. 1859-1861. The soldiers’ names are listed and the regiment is given as 3rd ER (JC)


There are India Office Records at the British Library [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a/records.aspx?cat=059-iorlmil_8-1&cid=1-3-12#1-3-12 British Army in India: Nominal and Casualty Rolls of Jager Corps Volunteers '''IOR/L/MIL/15/31-36''']  1860-1866


== External Links ==
== External Links ==
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**[http://www.leinster-regiment-association.org.uk/history/19th/1863-1881.htm 1863-1881]
**[http://www.leinster-regiment-association.org.uk/history/19th/1863-1881.htm 1863-1881]
*[http://www.indian-cemeteries.org/searchresults.asp?mode=reg&regiment=3rd%20Bombay%20European%20Regiment 3rd Bombay (European) Regiment Mutiny Memorials, Jhansi] - Indian-cemeteries.org. Images of memorials with 71 names of those who fell in the 1857 uprising.
*[http://www.indian-cemeteries.org/searchresults.asp?mode=reg&regiment=3rd%20Bombay%20European%20Regiment 3rd Bombay (European) Regiment Mutiny Memorials, Jhansi] - Indian-cemeteries.org. Images of memorials with 71 names of those who fell in the 1857 uprising.
*[http://web.archive.org/web/20091108022740/http://stutterheim.eci.co.za/legion.htm The British-German Legion] stutterheim.eci.co.za, an archived website. The origins of the Jager Corps.
 
===Historical books online===
===Historical books online===
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=ZrQIAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA774 Officers in HM’s 109th Regiment], page 774 from ''The Bombay Miscellany Volume 4, May to October 1862'' Google Books
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=ZrQIAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA774 Officers in HM’s 109th Regiment], page 774 from ''The Bombay Miscellany Volume 4, May to October 1862'' Google Books
*[http://archive.org/stream/tenyearsinsouth00westgoog#page/n96/mode/2up "The East India Campaign"], page 70 ''Ten years in South Africa. Only complete and authentic history of the British German Legion in South Africa and the East Indies. From the memoirs of Wm. Westphal'' 1892 Archive.org. The Jager Corps in India.
*The author joins the 109th Regiment c 1863 [http://archive.org/stream/orientalcampaign00maudiala#page/250/mode/2up/ Page 250] ''Oriental campaigns and European furloughs:the autobiography of a veteran of the Indian Mutiny'' by Colonel E. Maude. 1908 Archive.org. His account includes some information about the Jager Corps.
*The author joins the 109th Regiment c 1863 [http://archive.org/stream/orientalcampaign00maudiala#page/250/mode/2up/ Page 250] ''Oriental campaigns and European furloughs:the autobiography of a veteran of the Indian Mutiny'' by Colonel E. Maude. 1908 Archive.org. His account includes some information about the Jager Corps.




[[Category:Bombay Infantry Regiments]]
[[Category:Bombay Infantry Regiments]]

Revision as of 07:32, 11 June 2012

Chronology

  • 1853 raised as 3rd Bombay (European) Regiment
  • 1858 taken into the British Army as 3rd Bombay Infantry Regiment
  • 1861 renamed 109th Regiment of Foot (Bombay Infantry)
  • 1881 merged with the 100th Regiment of Foot (Prince of Wales's Royal Canadian) to form The Prince of Wales's Leinster Regiment (Royal Canadians).
  • 1922 disbanded on Irish independence

Service in British India

Jager (Jaeger) Corps

In 1860 the 109th Regiment of Foot in India was joined by more than 500 men of the Jager (Jaeger) Corps who had volunteered from the Cape Colony (part of South Africa under British Occupation until 1910) for service in India on the outbreak of the Indian Mutiny. The Jager Corps had its origin in the German Legion sent to the Crimea, which was then resettled in South Africa

At least for a time, the Jager Corps remained as a separate entity within the 109th Regiment.

For more details, see Jager Corps

There are India Office Records at the British Library


External Links

Historical books online

  • Officers in HM’s 109th Regiment, page 774 from The Bombay Miscellany Volume 4, May to October 1862 Google Books
  • The author joins the 109th Regiment c 1863 Page 250 Oriental campaigns and European furloughs:the autobiography of a veteran of the Indian Mutiny by Colonel E. Maude. 1908 Archive.org. His account includes some information about the Jager Corps.