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===British Library===
===British Library===
Records available in the [[British Library]] India Office holdings include:
*The book ''Alphabetical List of the Officers of the Bombay Army from 1760 to 1834'' compiled by Dodwell and Miles, 1838, corrected to September 30, 1837. is available at the British Library . A reprint by Naval and Military Press is available through Amazon.co.uk from the [http://astore.amazon.co.uk/faminbriindso-21/detail/184574392X  FiBIS Shop]
*[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a/records.aspx?cat=059-iorlmil_7-2&cid=1-1#1-1 Bombay Army Records] '''IOR/L/MIL/12''' Access to Archives catalogue entry which includes links to subgroups.
 
*Records available in the [[British Library]] India Office holdings include:
**[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a/records.aspx?cat=059-iorlmil_7-2&cid=1-1#1-1 Bombay Army Records] '''IOR/L/MIL/12''' Access to Archives catalogue entry which includes links to subgroups.
:Please note that the records [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a/records.aspx?cat=059-iorlmil_7-2&cid=1-1-5#1-1-5 Registers of Bombay Army European Soldiers] '''IOR/L/MIL/12/109-116''' 1795-1862 commenced in 1831 and only contain men still serving in the Army at that date. These records have been transcribed by FIBIS, refer above. 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.   
:Please note that the records [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a/records.aspx?cat=059-iorlmil_7-2&cid=1-1-5#1-1-5 Registers of Bombay Army European Soldiers] '''IOR/L/MIL/12/109-116''' 1795-1862 commenced in 1831 and only contain men still serving in the Army at that date. These records have been transcribed by FIBIS, refer above. 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.   
:The [[LDS]] (Mormons) have filmed many of these records as listed in this LDS Library [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlehitlist&columns=*%2C0%2C0&keyword=Bombay+Army+Records&prekeyword=Bombay+Army+Records catalogue entry], after a keyword search for Bombay Army Records
:The [[LDS]] (Mormons) have filmed many of these records as listed in this LDS Library [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlehitlist&columns=*%2C0%2C0&keyword=Bombay+Army+Records&prekeyword=Bombay+Army+Records catalogue entry], after a keyword search for Bombay Army Records
*[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a/records.aspx?cat=059-iorlmil_8-2_2&cid=1-1-3-11#1-1-3-11 Bombay Army Regimental Histories] '''IOR/L/MIL/17/4/564-578''' 1877-1939. Access to Archives catalogue entry
**[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a/records.aspx?cat=059-iorlmil_8-2_2&cid=1-1-3-11#1-1-3-11 Bombay Army Regimental Histories] '''IOR/L/MIL/17/4/564-578''' 1877-1939. Access to Archives catalogue entry
 
===Other sources===
===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.
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.

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The Bombay Army was one of the three Presidency Armies of the East India Company. In 1859, following the Indian Mutiny, the armies were restructured when India was brought under the control of the British Government. The Bombay Army ceased to exist when the official Indian Army was formed in 1895.

A list of Bombay Army regiments can either be found in the Bombay Army Category or alphabetically, by type, in Bombay Army Regiments.

Divisions

FIBIS Resources

Registers of Bombay Army European Soldiers 1793-1860. These are the full copies of the records taken from the British Library records,IOR/L/MIL/12/109-116, refer below

Records

Main article: East India Company Army

British Library

  • The book Alphabetical List of the Officers of the Bombay Army from 1760 to 1834 compiled by Dodwell and Miles, 1838, corrected to September 30, 1837. is available at the British Library . A reprint by Naval and Military Press is available through Amazon.co.uk from the FiBIS Shop
  • Records available in the British Library India Office holdings include:
    • Bombay Army Records IOR/L/MIL/12 Access to Archives catalogue entry which includes links to subgroups.
Please note that the records Registers of Bombay Army European Soldiers IOR/L/MIL/12/109-116 1795-1862 commenced in 1831 and only contain men still serving in the Army at that date. These records have been transcribed by FIBIS, refer above. 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.
The LDS (Mormons) have filmed many of these records as listed in this LDS Library catalogue entry, after a keyword search for Bombay Army Records

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.

External links

  • Bombay Army in The Victorians at war, 1815-1914: an encyclopedia of British military history by Harold E. Raugh, 2004

Historical books on-line

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