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Also known as the '''Monmouthshire Regiment''' and later '''The Ox and Bucks'''.
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|presidency= [[Madras]]
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|coordinates= [http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=12.414,76.758333&spn=0.1,0.1&q=11.375,76.704 11.375°N 76.758333°E]
|altitude=  24 peaks above 2,000m (6,600 ft)
|presentname= [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nilgiri_mountains Nilgiri Hills]
|stateprovince= [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamil_Nadu Tamil Nadu]
|country= India
|transport= [[Nilgiri Mountain Railway]]
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== Chronology==
'''Nilgiri Hills''' was an administrative district of [[Madras Presidency]] during the British period. [[Ootacamund]] is the main town.
*'''1741''' raised as Thomas Fowke's Regiment of Foot
== Spelling variants==
*'''1747''' renamed the 54th Regiment of Foot
Nilgiri, Neilgherry, Nilagiri
*'''1747''' became the 43rd Regiment of Foot
<br>Nilgiris, Neilgherries
*'''1751''' became the 43rd (Monmouthshire) Regiment of Foot
*'''1881''' amalgamated with the [[52nd Regiment of Foot|52nd (Oxfordshire) Regiment of Foot]], to become the 1st Battalion Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry.
*'''1908''' became the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry
*'''1958''' re-titled as the 1st Green Jackets (43rd and 52nd)
*'''1966''' amalgamated with the two other regiments of the Green Jackets Brigade to become the 1st Battalion Royal Green Jackets
*'''1992''' 1st Battalion disbanded


==Service in British India==
==FIBIS Resources==
*'''1854''' [[Bangalore]], after arriving at [[Fort St George]] from England in January.  The regiment was based here until '57, with various companies on detachment.
*31 Inscriptions and images from [http://search.fibis.org/frontis/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=browse_components&id=697&s_id=209 Wellington Cemetery] held on Fibis database.
*'''1857''' [[Indian Mutiny]], see below
*'''1859''' [[Saugor]]
*'''1860''' [[Calcutta]]
*'''1861''' Madras
*'''1862''' [[Rangoon]]
*'''1863''' [[Barrackpore]] before leaving for New Zealand


===Indian Mutiny===
As the regiment were stationed in Madras they were not immediately involved in the Mutiny. In late 1857 they became part of the Madras Column sent to join the Central India field force with the ultimate aim or relieving [[Saugor]]. See also the [[Banda and Kirwee Prize Money]] for reward money paid to the 43rd.


[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Addison_%28VC%29 Henry Addison] of the 43rd was awarded the Victoria Cross for saving the life of the politcal agent at Rewah.
==Refer also==
*[[List of cemeteries#N|List of Cemeteries-Nilgiri District]]
*[[Nilgiri Mountain Railway]]


'''Stations'''
==External links==
*[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V19_092.gif The Nilgiris District]


A partial list of stations of the 43rd Foot (by quarter) as taken from the musters rolls (at [[The National Archives]]). At most times there are several detachments stationed elsewhere, only some are noted here.
====Historical books online====
*'''Apr-Sep 1857''' - [[Bangalore]], detachment [[Madras (City)|Madras]]
*[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=F1YOAAAAQAAJ&pg=PR1 ''Letters on the Climate, Inhabitants, Productions, &c., &c., of the Neilgherries, or, Blue Mountains of Coimbatoor, South India''] by James Hough  1829 Google Books
*'''Oct-Dec 1857''' - [[Palasamudram|Camp Palsamoodrum]], detachment [[Mysore]]
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=VSQAAAAAQAAJ&&pg=PR1 ''Observations on the Neilgherries''] by Robert Baikie MD 1834 Google Books
*'''Jan-Mar 1858''' - Camp Patrick
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/neilgherriesincl00baikrich#page/n9/mode/2up ''The Neilgherries: including an account of their topography, climate, soil and productions; and of the effects of the climate on the European constitution''] by Robert Baikie MD 1857 2nd edition, updated. Archive.org
*'''Apr-Jun 1858''' - Camp at [[Humeerpore]], detachments at [[Jubbulpore]], [[Kirwee]] and [[Banda|Bandah]]
*[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=4apbAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA263 "Statistical Memoir of a Survey of the Neilgherry Mountains"] Papers put in by Captain John Ouchterlony, Appendix No. 5, ''Report from Committees: Colonisation and Settlement (India)'' Third Volume, Part II. (also called Vol. VII-Part II) Session 3 December 1857-2 August 1858 [British Parliamentary Papers] Google Books.
*'''Jul-Sep 1858''' - [[Orai|Camp Orai]], various detachments
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/manualofnlagir00grigrich#page/n5/mode/2up ''A Manual of the Nílagiri District in the Madras Presidency''] by HB Grigg 1880 Archive.org
*'''Oct-Dec 1858''' - [[Kalpi|Camp Calpee]], various detachments
* ''Guide To The Nilgiris'' 1905.  [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.72793 Archive.org version], mirror from Digital Library of India.
*'''Jan-Feb 1859''' - [[Jubbulpore]]
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/NilgirisFrancis/Untitled#page/n0/mode/2up ''Madras District Gazetteers: The Nilgiris''] by W Francis 1908 Archive.org
*'''Mar 1859'''    - [[Saugor]]
*[https://archive.org/details/sportonnilgirisi00flet ''Sport on the Nilgiris and in Wynaad''] by F. W. F  Fletcher 1911 Archive.org including
**[https://archive.org/stream/sportonnilgirisi00flet#page/n24/mode/1up Map of the Nilgiri District] approximately page xx (towards the front of the book)
*[https://archive.org/stream/southernindia00pennuoft#page/190/mode/2up "The Nilgiri Hills"] page 190 ''Southern India'' Painted by Lady Lawler, Described by F E Penny 1914 Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/commonwealthempi26londuoft/page/398/mode/2up "The Nilgiris"] by E A Helps pages 398-405 ''The Empire Review'', catalogued as ''The Commonwealth & Empire Review'', Volume 26, 1914. Archive.org
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/nilgiriguideandd031416mbp#page/n7/mode/2up ''The Nilgiri Guide and Directory''] by JSC Eagan 1916  Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/stream/in.ernet.dli.2015.523918/2015.523918.Memoirs-Of#page/n263/mode/2up “The Nilgiri Hills”] Chapter VIII, page 246  ''Memoirs Of A Camp- Follower'' by Philip Gosse. 1934.  Some later editions were  titled  ''Memoirs of a Camp-Follower : a Naturalist Goes to War'' or ''A Naturalist Goes to War''. The author was  a doctor RAMC, who has served on the [[Western Front]] 1915-1917  and was then posted to India. Archive.org,  Digital Library of India Collection.
*[https://archive.org/details/EconomicPlantsOfTheNilgiris ''Horticultural and economic plants of the Nilgiris''] edited by S Krishnamurthi  1953  Archive.org.  Includes Tea, coffee chinchona etc


== External links ==
===Historical books online===
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=Ssw-AAAAYAAJ ''Historical Record of the Forty - Third Regiment, Monmouthshire Light Infantry to 1867''] by Sir Richard G A Levinge (1868)  Google Books.  Indian Service commences [http://books.google.com/books?id=Ssw-AAAAYAAJ&vq=India&pg=PA272 page 272] in 1854 in Madras. Contains an alphabetical list of Officers from [http://books.google.com/books?id=Ssw-AAAAYAAJ&pg=PA296 page 296].
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/fromenglandtoant00tyrrrich#page/36/mode/2up  ''From England to the Antipodes & India - 1846 to 1902, with startling revelations, or 56 years of my life in the Indian Mutiny, Police & Jails''] by Isaac Tyrell 1904, page 36 the author transferred from the 96th Foot to the 43rd Foot in 1854.  Archive.org


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Revision as of 11:38, 7 March 2020

Nilgiri Hills
Presidency: Madras
Coordinates: 11.375°N 76.758333°E
Altitude: 24 peaks above 2,000m (6,600 ft)
Present Day Details
Place Name: Nilgiri Hills
State/Province: Tamil Nadu
Country: India
Transport links
Nilgiri Mountain Railway

Nilgiri Hills was an administrative district of Madras Presidency during the British period. Ootacamund is the main town.

Spelling variants

Nilgiri, Neilgherry, Nilagiri
Nilgiris, Neilgherries

FIBIS Resources


Refer also

External links

Historical books online


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