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The Bengal Artillery were the first artillery in India to be tractor drawn.
The Bengal Artillery were the first artillery in India to be tractor drawn.
==FIBIS resources==
"Looking for Gunner Hurley in India" by Malcolm Hurley Mills and Lawrie Butler 
:Part 1 ''FIBIS Journal Number 17 (Spring 2007)'' Part 2 ''FIBIS Journal Number 22 (Autumn 2009)''<br>
Refer [[FIBIS Journals]] for details of how to access these Journals.


== Chronology ==
== Chronology ==

Revision as of 07:04, 12 July 2010

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For the volunteer force formed in 1925, see Bengal Artillery (AFI).

The Bengal Artillery, part of the Bengal Army, consisted of:

The Bengal Artillery were the first artillery in India to be tractor drawn.

FIBIS resources

"Looking for Gunner Hurley in India" by Malcolm Hurley Mills and Lawrie Butler

Part 1 FIBIS Journal Number 17 (Spring 2007) Part 2 FIBIS Journal Number 22 (Autumn 2009)

Refer FIBIS Journals for details of how to access these Journals.


Chronology

  • 1749 first company raised
  • 1756 company perished in the Black Hole of Calcutta
  • 1765 re-formed with four companies
  • 1770 fifth company raised and the five companies formed into a battalion of total complement 548 Europeans plus 2912 Lascars employed hauling the guns
  • 1778 re-formed into one European Regiment (7 field and 1 mounted or garrison company) and three Native battalions (8 companies each)
  • 1779 re-formed into 2 European battalions of 5 companies with 6 companies of Lascars to each company
  • 1787 Artillery constituted as one of the brigades of the Army
  • 1801 draught horses used for the first time instead of bullocks for field artillery; formation of the Horse Artillery

All sepoy artillery units were abolished after the Indian Mutiny and the European battalions became part of the Royal Artillery.

Uniform

  • Uniform - Blue
  • Facings - Scarlet
  • Badge - Same as Royal Artillery

External links

Historical books online