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The FIBIwiki contains lots of guidance for starting out on your British India research.  It is recommended that you read through this page before contacting FIBIS for personal research services (Members) or research advice (non-Members).


==Scope of FIBIS' Interest==
Also known as '''37th (North Hampshire) Regiment of Foot'''
== Chronology ==
*'''1702''' raised in Ireland as Thomas Meredith's Regiment of Foot also known until 1751 by the names of seven other colonels
*'''1751''' became '''37th Regiment of Foot'''
*'''1782''' became 37th (the North Hampshire) Regiment of Foot
*'''1881''' united with [[67th Regiment of Foot]] to become the 1st Battalion The Hampshire Regiment
*'''1946'''  became The Royal Hampshire Regiment
*'''1992''' merged with the Queens Regiment to become The Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment


The main focus of FIBIS activities is the ‘sub-continent’ of India but the society is also interested in all areas and activities of the British in South Asia including the following between the founding of the [[East India Company]] in 1599 to ‘Indian Independence’ in 1947:
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*[[Bengal (Presidency)|Bengal]], which covered the east of the country and included [[Burma]] and what is now [[Bangladesh]] and extended to the [[North West Frontier Province|North West Frontier]] to include most of modern day [[Pakistan]], including [[Lahore]], [[Multan]], [[Peshawar]] and [[Rawalpindi]]
==First World War==
1/4th, 2/4th, 1/5th, 2/5th, 1/6th, 1/7th, 2/7th,  and 1/9th (Cyclist), Battalions, spent at least some time in India, before being transferred elsewhere, including [[Mesopotamia Campaign|Mesopotamia]].


*[[Madras (Presidency)|Madras]], which covered the southern portion of India
During their time in India, many drafts were provided for Hampshire Regiments in Mesopotamia. As an example,  two War Diaries show that 1/4 Hants received  drafts from  1/4 Bn India, 2/4,  1/6 Bn, 1/7 Bn, 2/7 Bn India.<ref> sotonmate. [https://www.greatwarforum.org/topic/238187-14th-hampshire-after-kut/?do=findComment&comment=2389435 1/4th Hampshire after Kut] ''Great War Forum'' 17 April 2016. Retrieved 25 April 2019.</ref>


The main cities of the Presidencies were [[Bombay]], [[Calcutta]] and [[Madras]], respectively.
1/5th Battalion "arrived in Bombay on 9th November, 1914, and proceeded to Allahabad. Volunteers were called for to go to Mesopotamia (1 officer and 50 o.r.), and in 1915 the battalion was split up and detachments sent to various spots until reassembling at Fyzabad in March 1916. They then appear to have done a Grand Tour of cantonments, even taking in several months in Burma in 1918 (!). More fun in the Punjab in early 1919, dealing with riots, before taking part in the Afghan campaign in May/June 1919 (temperatures of 125 degrees F in the tents ... nice) before departing in October and arriving back in Southampton on 8th November 1919".<ref> Broomfield, Steven. [https://www.greatwarforum.org/topic/254102-15th-hampshires/?tab=comments#comment-2570581 1/5th hampshires] ''Great War Forum'' 6 October 2017,  with details from the book ''History of the Hampshire Territorial Force Association and War Records of Units, 1914-1919'', authors  Brigadier General G H Nicholson and Col H L Powell, published 1921.  Retrieved 25 April 2019.</ref>


Knowing which Presidency a town or city was in, is important when consulting many of the [[India Office Records]] held at the [[British Library]].
Oswald S. Early was a First World War wireless operator with the 1/9th Battalion Territorial Force of the Royal Hampshire Regiment, serving from 1916 to 1919 in India, Iraq and Afghanistan. He kept a diary which was later published.<ref>''The Messenger'' by Oswald Early, compiled and edited by Russell Early. First published 2014 by Mereo Books. ISBN: 9781861512352 </ref>


Also note that administrative boundaries changed from time to time and it is important to check 'border' districts in the adjoining area.  The above map is adapted from Plate 21 of the (1931) revised atlas of the ''[[Imperial Gazetteer of India]]''.  Such small scale maps cannot show every enclave of territory, and this map is not to be taken as an authority for boundaries.  For more detail see the provincial maps in the ''Imperial Gazetteer'' atlas, and large scale published ''Survey of India'' topographical maps.
Refer next section for photographs.


==Recommended steps for your research==
==FIBIS Resources==
*[[:Category :Hampshire Regiment images| Hampshire Regiment images]]
*[http://www.gallery.fibis.org/index.php?/category/70  1/5th Hampshire Regiment  in India 1914-1918] FIBIS Gallery


===The very first steps===
==Regimental journal==
*Search the archives of the India List. You may find that someone else has already researched the family tree you are interested in. Read how to do this, and more about the India List, in the Fibiwiki link [[Mailing lists]]
''Journal. 1st Hampshire Regiment'' no. 1-6  1903-1904 and ''The 37th Journal. 1st Hampshire Regiment'' no. 7-12 1904-1905.  Available at the [[British Library]]<br>
''The Hampshire Regimental Journal'' from 1905. The [[British Library]] has some issues from 1905, but it is unclear what the holding is. The Regimental Museum, refer below, holds issues from 1905-1992. The [[National Army Museum]] may be another source.
 
== External Links ==
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/37th_(North_Hampshire)_Regiment_of_Foot 37th (North Hampshire) Regiment of Foot] Wikipedia


*Search the main online data bases. There are three of these, FIBIS; the IGI index on Family Search - which is the website of the Mormon Latter Day Saints Church (LDS); and the British Library site, India Office Family History Search. The LDS site  hosts a large volume of transcriptions based on the India Office [[Church records|church records]] at the British Library, so you may wish to investigate this website first. '''Information about births is available to 1910, marriages to 1935 and deaths to 1948'''. (Alternative records are available for later births and marriages, see the link [[IGI]]). The FIBIS database contains information from many sources, including (at July 2013) some births to '''1930'''. The records found on the British Library website contain most of the information found on the original record, but are only a small proportion of the total records. To access the links for these data bases, and for more information, read
*[http://web.archive.org/web/20080103161406/http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/037-702.htm 37th (North Hampshire) Regiment of Foot] including [http://web.archive.org/web/20071221222415/http://regiments.org/deploy/uk/reg-inf/037-1.htm deployments] Regiments.org, an archived site
** [http://www.search.fibis.org/frontis/bin/index.php FIBIS database].   
*[http://web.archive.org/web/20070226185114/http://www.pauljerrard.com/37th/37thnorth.html#CEY 37th North Hampshire Regiment of Foot] www.pauljerrard.com
**[[IGI]]
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Hampshire_Regiment Royal Hampshire Regiment] Wikipedia
**[[Church records#Records at the British Library|Church records- Records at the British Library]].  
*[http://web.archive.org/web/20071228194625/http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/037Hamps.htm The Royal Hampshire Regiment] including deployments: [http://web.archive.org/web/20071221222415/http://regiments.org/deploy/uk/reg-inf/037-1.htm 1st Battalion], [http://web.archive.org/web/20071228194604/http://www.regiments.org/deploy/uk/reg-inf/067-1.htm 2nd Battalion] Regiments.org, an archived site.
*[http://www.britisharmedforces.org/i_regiments/hamp_index.htm The Royal Hampshire Regiment] British Armed Forces & National Service
*[http://www.royalhampshireregimentmuseum.co.uk/history.html The Royal Hamphire Regiment Museum] including details of the [http://www.serleshouse.co.uk/our_services.html Archive] www.royalhampshireregimentmuseum.co.uk
*[http://www.southernlife.org.uk/hants_regt.htm The Royal Hampshire Regiment (The Tigers)] southernlife.org.uk
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princess_of_Wales's_Royal_Regiment Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment] Wikipedia
*[http://www.andoverhgs.org.uk/ Andover Family History Group]
*[http://www.hgs-online.org.uk/ Hampshire Genealogical Society]
*[http://www.maltaramc.com/regmltgar/1hamp.html  1st Battalion Hampshire Regiment left Malta  9 Jan 1886 for Bombay]. maltaramc.com
*[http://www.longlongtrail.co.uk/army/regiments-and-corps/the-british-infantry-regiments-of-1914-1918/hampshire-regiment/  The Hampshire Regiment] from The Long, Long Trail:The British Army in the Great War. There were Territorial Force battalions in India and Mesopotamia.
**Article: [http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1258286/All-quiet-eastern-The-amazing-photo-album-shows-boys-fared-India-WWI.html All quiet on the Eastern Front: The amazing photo album which shows how our boys fared in India in WWI] 16 March 2010  ''Daily Mail''.  With photographs. Private Wally Langrish 1/9 Cycle Battalion of the Hampshire Regiment. He was stationed in [[Bangalore]] and [[Dagshai]], before going to Mesopotamia.
*[http://1rhamps.com/ww1/DiaryAug2001.htm  A 1/4th Hampshire Regiment Signallers Diary November 1916 To September 1919] by Arthur James Foster
(1899-1973) (Ex Corporal Of The Hampshire Regiment), Edited by his son Richard Carfax-Foster. The author was in Mesopotamia, and then took part in Dunsterforce, see [[Norperforce]]
*Listen to the [http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/80019789  2000 interview with Jack Vardy], born 1913, British private (bandsman) served with 1st Bn Hampshire Regt in India 1929-1935. He was sixteen when he arrived in India. Includes time spent in  [[Multan]], [[Dalhousie]],  [[Razmak]] where he spent sixteen months, a brief mention of the [[Mohmand Campaign 1935]] where he acted as a stretcher bearer,  [[Peshawar]] and [[Nowshera]]. Imperial War Museums


: '''The church records at the British Library are to be digitised and should be available online during 2013 through the commercial site findmypast.co.uk'''.  
====Historical books online====
*When you have some identifying details of a person such as name, date and place(presidency), you might wish to join the India List (see above) and send an email to the list, asking whether anyone has any knowledge of the family.
*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=ESBcAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA221  "Topographical Report on the District and Station of Ghazeepore, North-West Province, Bengal"] by JW Fleming, FRCS,  Surgeon 37th Regiment, page 221 ''Army Medical Department: Statistical Sanitary and Medical Reports for the year 1859'' (published 1861)  Google Books
*[http://hdl.handle.net/2027/coo.31924022998615?urlappend=%3Bseq=7 ''The Hampshire Men (37th Regiment) in Upper Burmah in 1889''] by Lieut-Colonel F Cochran, Commanding 1st Battalion The Hampshire Regiment 1890 Hathi Trust Digital Library  
*[http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/199044 ''2/4 Battalion. Hampshire Regiment 1914-1919''] Published 1920?. State Library of Victoria. May be slow to open. The Battalion was in India January 1915-April 1917, where it provided many drafts for Mesopotamia, and was then in Palestine and France.
:[https://archive.org/details/wanderingsoftemp00bacoiala/page/n8 ''The Wanderings of a Temporary Warrior : a territorial officer's narrative of service (and sport) in three continents''] by Captain Alban F L Bacon (late Hampshire Regiment) [2/4 Battalion] 1922.  Archive.org. India, [[Egypt, Palestine, Syria (First World War)| Egypt/Palestine]], [[Western Front]].
*[https://archive.org/stream/memogw/memoirs_of_the_great_war#page/n79/mode/2up ''Memoirs of the Great War''] by James Racine c 1920. Pages 80-102 cover the author's voyage to India from October 1916 and his period in India  as an officer with the 2/5th Battalion of the Hampshire Regiment  in Secunderabad  until the Battalion was transferred to Egypt.  Archive.org
*[http://archive.org/stream/mesopotamia00palmuoft#page/n3/mode/2up ''Letters from Mesopotamia in 1915 and January, 1916''] from Robert Palmer 1916 Archive.org. He went with a draft from the 6th Hants,  in India since November 1914, to reinforce the 1/4th Hants.  Both these regiments were part of the Territorial Force. He was killed June 21, 1916, aged 27 years. The initial letters were written in India.


*Consider joining your local genealogy society.<ref>See [http://www.ffhs.org.uk/index.php Federation of Family History Societies (FFHS)] and its publication  [http://www.sag.org.au/downloads/RUL%20leaflet.pdf Australasian really useful information leaflet] which also contains UK information, (the leaflet posted on sag.org.au) </ref> Enquire about the facilities offered to members. Most large societies provide members free online access in their libraries to commercial sites such as FindMyPast and Ancestry. This will become especially relevant when the church records at the British Library are digitised and available through findmypast.co.uk. Some libraries may also offer free  access to  websites such as FindMyPast and Ancestry, see [[Miscellaneous tips]].
== References ==
 
===The next steps===
 
*Read the Fibiwiki article [[Birth, marriage and death records]] and all the associated articles and links
 
*By now, you may have some occupational details.
**For officers and soldiers in the Military, read [[Armies in India]] and all the associated articles and links which are relevant to your research.
** Look at  [[:Category:Occupations]], and read the articles and links about occupations relevant to your research.
 
===Further steps===
*Look at  [[:Category:Research methods]], and [[:Category:Records]] and read the articles.
*Browse the remaining categories on the [[Main Page]]
 
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Badge of Hampshire Regt carved in Rock

Also known as 37th (North Hampshire) Regiment of Foot

Chronology

  • 1702 raised in Ireland as Thomas Meredith's Regiment of Foot also known until 1751 by the names of seven other colonels
  • 1751 became 37th Regiment of Foot
  • 1782 became 37th (the North Hampshire) Regiment of Foot
  • 1881 united with 67th Regiment of Foot to become the 1st Battalion The Hampshire Regiment
  • 1946 became The Royal Hampshire Regiment
  • 1992 merged with the Queens Regiment to become The Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment

British India Service

37th Regiment of Foot succeeded by 1st Btn Hampshire Regt
1846 Ceylon 1886 Secunderabad
1857 Indian Mutiny 1888 Burma
1857 Azimghur 1891 Bareilly
1857 Arrah 1893 Raniket
1866 Bengal 1896 Mooltan
1899 Cherat
1903 Aden
1925 Mhow
1927 Multan
1929 Razmak
1931 Nowshera
1934 Rawalpindi
1935 NW Frontier
1937 Deccan

First World War

1/4th, 2/4th, 1/5th, 2/5th, 1/6th, 1/7th, 2/7th, and 1/9th (Cyclist), Battalions, spent at least some time in India, before being transferred elsewhere, including Mesopotamia.

During their time in India, many drafts were provided for Hampshire Regiments in Mesopotamia. As an example, two War Diaries show that 1/4 Hants received drafts from 1/4 Bn India, 2/4, 1/6 Bn, 1/7 Bn, 2/7 Bn India.[1]

1/5th Battalion "arrived in Bombay on 9th November, 1914, and proceeded to Allahabad. Volunteers were called for to go to Mesopotamia (1 officer and 50 o.r.), and in 1915 the battalion was split up and detachments sent to various spots until reassembling at Fyzabad in March 1916. They then appear to have done a Grand Tour of cantonments, even taking in several months in Burma in 1918 (!). More fun in the Punjab in early 1919, dealing with riots, before taking part in the Afghan campaign in May/June 1919 (temperatures of 125 degrees F in the tents ... nice) before departing in October and arriving back in Southampton on 8th November 1919".[2]

Oswald S. Early was a First World War wireless operator with the 1/9th Battalion Territorial Force of the Royal Hampshire Regiment, serving from 1916 to 1919 in India, Iraq and Afghanistan. He kept a diary which was later published.[3]

Refer next section for photographs.

FIBIS Resources

Regimental journal

Journal. 1st Hampshire Regiment no. 1-6 1903-1904 and The 37th Journal. 1st Hampshire Regiment no. 7-12 1904-1905. Available at the British Library
The Hampshire Regimental Journal from 1905. The British Library has some issues from 1905, but it is unclear what the holding is. The Regimental Museum, refer below, holds issues from 1905-1992. The National Army Museum may be another source.

External Links

Historical books online

The Wanderings of a Temporary Warrior : a territorial officer's narrative of service (and sport) in three continents by Captain Alban F L Bacon (late Hampshire Regiment) [2/4 Battalion] 1922. Archive.org. India, Egypt/Palestine, Western Front.
  • Memoirs of the Great War by James Racine c 1920. Pages 80-102 cover the author's voyage to India from October 1916 and his period in India as an officer with the 2/5th Battalion of the Hampshire Regiment in Secunderabad until the Battalion was transferred to Egypt. Archive.org
  • Letters from Mesopotamia in 1915 and January, 1916 from Robert Palmer 1916 Archive.org. He went with a draft from the 6th Hants, in India since November 1914, to reinforce the 1/4th Hants. Both these regiments were part of the Territorial Force. He was killed June 21, 1916, aged 27 years. The initial letters were written in India.

References

  1. ↑ sotonmate. 1/4th Hampshire after Kut Great War Forum 17 April 2016. Retrieved 25 April 2019.
  2. ↑ Broomfield, Steven. 1/5th hampshires Great War Forum 6 October 2017, with details from the book History of the Hampshire Territorial Force Association and War Records of Units, 1914-1919, authors Brigadier General G H Nicholson and Col H L Powell, published 1921. Retrieved 25 April 2019.
  3. ↑ The Messenger by Oswald Early, compiled and edited by Russell Early. First published 2014 by Mereo Books. ISBN: 9781861512352

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