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The Suffolk Record Office is based in Ipswich, Bury St Edmunds and Lowestoft. They hold many records that could be useful to people researching their family in British India. Many families in India in the time of the British Raj had Suffolk connections.

Suffolk Regiment Archives

The Suffolk Regiment was earlier known as the 12th Regiment of Foot.

The Regimental Archives are held in the Bury St Edmunds Branch and include a lot of material that could help research Officers and men of the regiment that served in India. Some items being:

Printed Histories
The Suffolk Regimental Gazette - published February 1890 - July 1959. Contains lists of birth, marriages and deaths, lists of promotions, appointments and awards, sporting and social events, and many photographs from November 1897 as well as regimental histories etc.
The Army List
Lists of Honours and Awards
- Medal Roll for the Afghan Campaign (1st Battalion), 1880
- Officers and Men entitles to the India General Service Medal with Hazara Clasp (1st Battalion), 1890
Diaries
- Col R Bayly: India 1796-1830
- Unidentified soldier of the 2nd Battalion: India 1930
Photographs
- Individuals and Groups - There is a database of names available in the searchroom
- Many from Afghanistan 1880 onwards
Maps and Plans

There is a lot of other material available not listed here.

School Admission Registers

Many children of the British Raj were sent to schools in Suffolk.

Miscellaneous

Reveley Family Papers: Correspondence with family in India 1751 - 1858 (Ipswich Branch)
3rd Duke of Grafton: Correspondence relating to the East India Company 1766 - 1767 (Bury St Edmunds Branch)
Charles Marquis Cornwallis: letter-book as Governor-General of India, 1787 (Ipswich
Bishop of Calcutta
- Correspondence with the Bishop of Lincoln, 1814-1817 (Ipswich Branch)
- Account of journey through India by the wife of the Bishop of Calcutta, 1816(Ipswich Branch)
Sir Charles Fraser: letters and papers relating to India, and the Indian Mutiny, 1840-1879 (Ipswich Branch)
Letter from Charles Webber describing a journey on the River Ganges and the town of Calcutta, 1843 (Ipswich Branch)
1st Earl of Cranbrook (Secretary of State for India, 1878-1881): correspondence and papers relating to India, 1867-1892 (Ipswich Branch)
Sketchbooks and diaries of W B Gurdon on travels in India (Ipswich Branch)
- sketchbook, India, 1879-1880
- diary, India, 1881-1882
- sketchbook, India, 1881-1883

Ipswich Branch

Suffolk Record Office
Gatacre Road
Ipswich
IP1 2LQ
Searchroom: 01473 584541
Fax: 01473 584533
Email: ipswich.ro@suffolk.gov.uk
Opening hours:
Monday 9.30am-4.30pm
Tuesday 9.30am-4.30pm
Thursday 9.30am-4.30pm
Friday 9.30am-4.30pm
Saturday 9.30am-4.30pm
Closed: Wednesdays, Sundays and Bank Holidays

Bury St Edmunds Branch

Bury St Edmunds
Suffolk Record Office
77 Raingate Street
Bury St Edmunds
IP33 2AR
Phone: 01284 741212
Searchroom: bury.ro@suffolk.gov.uk
Opening hours:
Monday 9.30am-4.30pm
Tuesday 9.30am-4.30pm
Thursday 9.30am-4.30pm
Friday 9.30am-4.30pm
Saturday 9.30am-4.30pm
Closed: Wednesdays, Sundays and Bank Holidays

Lowestoft Branch

Lowestoft
Suffolk Record Office
Clapham Road
Lowestoft
NR32 1DR
Searchroom: 01502 405357
Fax: 01502 405350
Email: lowestoft.ro@suffolk.gov.uk

Opening hours:
Monday 9.30am-4.30pm
Tuesday 9.30am-4.30pm
Thursday 9.30am-4.30pm
Friday 9.30am-4.30pm
Saturday 9.30am-4.30pm
Closed: Wednesdays, Sundays and Bank Holidays

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-[[Category:Organisations]]
 The Suffolk Record Office is based in Ipswich, Bury St Edmunds and Lowestoft. They hold many records that could be useful to people researching their family in British India. Many families in India in the time of the British Raj had Suffolk connections.
 == Suffolk Regiment Archives ==
+The Suffolk Regiment was earlier known as the [[12th Regiment of Foot]].
-The Regimental Archives are held in the Bury St Edmunds Branch and include alot of material that could help research Officers and men of the regiment that served in India. The some items being:
+The Regimental Archives are held in the Bury St Edmunds Branch and include a lot of material that could help research Officers and men of the regiment that served in India. Some items being:
 * Printed Histories
-* The Suffolk Regimental Gazette - published February 1890 - July 1959. Contains lists of birth, marriages and deaths, lists of promotions, appointments and awards, sporting and social events, and many photographs from November 1897 as well as regimental histories etc.
+* [http://fibis.ourarchives.online/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=browse_components&id=389&s_id=103 The Suffolk Regimental Gazette] - published February 1890 - July 1959. Contains lists of birth, marriages and deaths, lists of promotions, appointments and awards, sporting and social events, and many photographs from November 1897 as well as regimental histories etc.
 * The Army List
 * Lists of Honours and Awards
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 *Maps and Plans
-There is alot of other material available not listed here. A more detailed list can be found on the Suffolk Record Office [http://www.suffolk.gov.uk/NR/rdonlyres/2E9FB0AC-F44C-43FD-B31B-72E83378A413/0/12SuffRegtRevisedJES.pdf Suffolk Regiment Archives Information for Searchers Leaflet]
+There is a lot of other material available not listed here.
 == School Admission Registers ==
 Many children of the British Raj were sent to schools in Suffolk.
 == Miscellaneous ==
 * Reveley Family Papers: Correspondence with family in India 1751 - 1858 (Ipswich Branch)
 * 3rd Duke of Grafton: Correspondence relating to the East India Company 1766 - 1767 (Bury St Edmunds Branch)
-* Charles Marquis Cornwallis: letter-book as Governor-General of India, 1787 (Ipswich
+* [[Charles Cornwallis|Charles Marquis Cornwallis]]: letter-book as Governor-General of India, 1787 (Ipswich
 * Bishop of Calcutta
 ** Correspondence with the Bishop of Lincoln, 1814-1817 (Ipswich Branch)
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 ** diary, India, 1881-1882
 ** sketchbook, India, 1881-1883
 == Ipswich Branch ==
-Suffolk Record Office, Gatacre Road, Ipswich, Suffolk IP1 2LQ
+Suffolk Record Office<br />
+Gatacre Road<br />
-Telephone: 01473 584541 (Searchroom)
+Ipswich<br />
+IP1 2LQ<br />
-Telephone: 01473 584560 (Public Service Manager)
+Searchroom: 01473 584541  <br />
+Fax: 01473 584533 <br />
-Fax: 01473 584533
+Email: [mailto:ipswich.ro@suffolk.gov.uk ipswich.ro@suffolk.gov.uk]<br />
+'''Opening hours''': <br />
-Email: ipswich.ro@libher.suffolkcc.gov.uk
+Monday 9.30am-4.30pm<br />
-[http://www.suffolk.gov.uk/LeisureAndCulture/LocalHistoryAndHeritage/SuffolkRecordOffice/ContactUsLocations/SuffolkRecordOfficeIpswichBranch.htm Ipswich Branch website]
+Tuesday 9.30am-4.30pm<br />
+Thursday 9.30am-4.30pm<br />
+Friday 9.30am-4.30pm<br />
+Saturday 9.30am-4.30pm<br />
+Closed: Wednesdays, Sundays and Bank Holidays
 == Bury St Edmunds Branch ==
-Suffolk Record Office, 77 Raingate Street, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk IP33 2AR
+Bury St Edmunds<br />
+Suffolk Record Office<br />
-Telephone: 01284 352352 (Searchroom)
+Raingate Street<br />
+Bury St Edmunds<br />
-Telephone: 01284 352352 (Public Service Manager)
+IP33 2AR<br />
+Phone: 01284 741212     <br />
-Textphone: 01284 352357
+Searchroom: [mailto:bury.ro@suffolk.gov.uk bury.ro@suffolk.gov.uk] <br />
+'''Opening hours''': <br />
-Fax: 01284 352355
+Monday 9.30am-4.30pm<br />
+Tuesday 9.30am-4.30pm<br />
-Email: bury.ro@libher.suffolkcc.gov.uk
+Thursday 9.30am-4.30pm<br />
-[http://www.suffolk.gov.uk/LeisureAndCulture/LocalHistoryAndHeritage/SuffolkRecordOffice/ContactUsLocations/BuryStEdmundsBranch.htm Bury St Edmunds Branch website]
+Friday 9.30am-4.30pm<br />
+Saturday 9.30am-4.30pm<br />
+Closed: Wednesdays, Sundays and Bank Holidays
 == Lowestoft Branch ==
+Lowestoft<br />
+Suffolk Record Office <br />
+Clapham Road <br />
+Lowestoft<br />
+NR32 1DR<br />
+Searchroom:             01502 405357   <br />
+Fax: 01502 405350<br />
+Email: [mailto:lowestoft.ro@suffolk.gov.uk lowestoft.ro@suffolk.gov.uk]
-Suffolk Record Office,Clapham Road, Lowestoft, Suffolk NR32 1DR
+'''Opening hours''': <br />
+Monday 9.30am-4.30pm<br />
+Tuesday 9.30am-4.30pm<br />
+Thursday 9.30am-4.30pm<br />
+Friday 9.30am-4.30pm<br />
+Saturday 9.30am-4.30pm<br />
+Closed: Wednesdays, Sundays and Bank Holidays
-Telephone: 01502 405357 (Searchroom)
+[[Category:Organisations]]
-Telephone: 01502 405358 (Public Service Manager)
-Textphone: 01502 405349
-Fax: 01502 405350
-Email: lowestoft.ro@libher.suffolkcc.gov.uk
-[http://www.suffolk.gov.uk/LeisureAndCulture/LocalHistoryAndHeritage/SuffolkRecordOffice/ContactUsLocations/SuffolkRecordOfficeLowestoftBranch.htm Lowestoft Branch website]