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*[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=-4xDAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA79 ''Report on the Medical Topography and Statistics of the Mysore Division of the Madras Army''] Compiled from the Records of the Medical Board Office, Madras 1844 Google Books‬. (Appears at the back of the book file for the previously mentioned ''Report'')
*[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=-4xDAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA79 ''Report on the Medical Topography and Statistics of the Mysore Division of the Madras Army''] Compiled from the Records of the Medical Board Office, Madras 1844 Google Books‬. (Appears at the back of the book file for the previously mentioned ''Report'')
*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=rBNPAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA33 "Statistical Report on the Sickness and Mortality among the Troops serving in the Madras Presidency. Prepared from official documents printed by order of the Madras Government"] by T. Graham Balfour, M. D., Grenadier Guards page 33 ''Edinburgh Medical and Surgical Journal Volume 68'' 1847
*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=rBNPAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA33 "Statistical Report on the Sickness and Mortality among the Troops serving in the Madras Presidency. Prepared from official documents printed by order of the Madras Government"] by T. Graham Balfour, M. D., Grenadier Guards page 33 ''Edinburgh Medical and Surgical Journal Volume 68'' 1847
*[https://archive.org/details/b2809265x ''Reports on mountain and marine sanitaria; medical and statistical observations on civil stations and military cantonments, jails - dispensaries - regiments - barracks, &c. within the Presidency of Madras, the Straits of Malacca, the Andaman Islands, and British Burmah from January 1858 to January 1862''] by Inspector General of Hospitals Duncan Macpherson. 1862 Archive.org. Part of the series ''Selections from the Records of the Madras Government''.
**[https://archive.org/stream/b2809265x#page/n38/mode/1up Sketch Map: Territory in India, Burmah and Straits Settlements occupied by Madras Troops].   
*''Report of the Commissioners Appointed to Inquire into the Sanitary State of the Army in India : with Abstract of Evidence, and of Reports Received from Indian Military Stations'' 1864 Archive.org
*''Report of the Commissioners Appointed to Inquire into the Sanitary State of the Army in India : with Abstract of Evidence, and of Reports Received from Indian Military Stations'' 1864 Archive.org
**[https://archive.org/stream/b21452404#page/402/mode/2up "Abstract of Sanitary Details in Reports from Principal Military Stations in India. Madras Presidency"] page 403. Includes details of the military stations in Burma.
**[https://archive.org/stream/b21452404#page/402/mode/2up "Abstract of Sanitary Details in Reports from Principal Military Stations in India. Madras Presidency"] page 403. Includes details of the military stations in Burma.

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The Madras Army was one of the East India Company Armies. Its origins lie in the raising of the first troops at Fort St George which was constructed in 1640 to defend Madras.

Divisions

Madras Regiments

A list of Madras Army regiments, alphabetically by type, can be found in the main article Madras Army Regiments.

Records

British Library

Other records available in the British Library India Office holdings include:
Please note that the Registers of Madras Army European Soldiers IOR/L/MIL/11/101-108 1786-1860 commenced in 1831 and only contain men still serving in the Army at that date. They are the recommended records to look at initially for men serving from 1831. If a man left the Army prior to 1831 for any reason, including death, he will not appear in these records. The Muster records are an alternative source of information.
FamilySearch (LDS (Mormons)) have filmed many of these records. Search the Microfilm catalogue by entering keywords such as Madras Army. In particular, “Registers of Madras Army European soldiers, 1786-1860” and “Madras army muster, quarterly, annual and casualty rolls, 1762-1907” are available. (Ordering microfilms).

Fibis Database

Other sources

The National Army Museum holds a card index detailing officer's services. This index is unpublished and not available elsewhere. See the NAM article for details.

Recommended reading

  • When the Tiger Fought the Thistle – The Tragedy of Colonel William Baillie of the Madras Army by Alan Tritton 2013. Review by Peter Bailey in FIBIS Journal Number 31 (Spring 2014), page 55. For access, see FIBIS Journals
Events in the 2nd Mysore War

External links

Historical books online

Memoir of General John Briggs, of the Madras Army; with comments on some of his words and work by Major Evans Bell 1885 Archive.org. General Briggs joined the Madras Army July 1801, and left India in 1835.
Plans and Views illustrating the Journals of the Sieges of the Madras Army, etc by Edward Lake, 1825. British Library itemViewer. Note (for at least some browsers) the full screen option only seems to display adequately in the one page option, and even then, the right side of some maps may not display. Also available as a pdf download, accessible through the BL Main catalogue. Note there are two online versions of this publication, one is said to be of an ‘imperfect’ original.
The Madras Soldier 1746-1946 by Lt.-Col. E G Phythian-Adams Revised and enlarged edition 1947 Archive.org.