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'''The Madras Army was one of the [[East India Company Armies]]''' | |||
== Madras Regiments == | |||
A list of Madras Army regiments can | A list of Madras Army regiments, alphabetically by type, can be found in the main article '''[[Madras Army Regiments]]'''. | ||
==Divisions== | ==Divisions== | ||
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==Records== | ==Records== | ||
====British Library==== | ====British Library==== | ||
Records available in the [[British Library]] India Office holdings include: | Records available in the [[British Library]] India Office holdings include: | ||
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== External links == | == External links == | ||
*[http:// | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madras_Presidency#Army Madras Presidency: Army] Wikipedia | ||
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madras_Army Madras Army] Wikipedia | |||
*[http://www.lib.mq.edu.au/digital/seringapatam/grand.html#a Officer biographies - Bengal and Madras Armies] from Macquarie University’s ''Seringapatam 1799'' | *[http://www.lib.mq.edu.au/digital/seringapatam/grand.html#a Officer biographies - Bengal and Madras Armies] from Macquarie University’s ''Seringapatam 1799'' | ||
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*[http://www.archive.org/stream/historymadrasar01wilsgoog#page/n3/mode/2up ''History of the Madras Army Vol III''] by Lt-Col W J Wilson 1883 (archive.org) | *[http://www.archive.org/stream/historymadrasar01wilsgoog#page/n3/mode/2up ''History of the Madras Army Vol III''] by Lt-Col W J Wilson 1883 (archive.org) | ||
[[Category:Madras Army| ]] | [[Category:Madras Army| ]] | ||
[[Category:Armies]] | [[Category:Armies]] | ||
[[Category:Madras Presidency]] | [[Category:Madras Presidency]] | ||
[[Category:East India Company Armies]] | [[Category:East India Company Armies]] | ||
Revision as of 16:56, 9 September 2010
The Madras Army was one of the East India Company Armies
Madras Regiments
A list of Madras Army regiments, alphabetically by type, can be found in the main article Madras Army Regiments.
Divisions
- Madras Artillery
- Madras Cavalry
- Madras Infantry:
Records
British Library
Records available in the British Library India Office holdings include:
- Madras Army Records IOR/L/MIL/11. Access to Archives catalogue entry which includes links to subgroups.
- Please note that the Registers of Madras Army European Soldiers IOR/L/MIL/11/101-108 1786-1860 commenced in 1831 and only contain men still serving in the Army at that date. 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 Madras Army Records
- Madras Army General and Regimental Histories, Biographical Compilations IOR/L/MIL/17/3/511-520 1852-1943. Access to Archives catalogue entry
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
- Madras Presidency: Army Wikipedia
- Madras Army Wikipedia
- Officer biographies - Bengal and Madras Armies from Macquarie University’s Seringapatam 1799
Historical books online
- Alphabetical list of the officers of the Madras army by Edward Dodwell, 1838 (Archive.org)
- History of the Madras Army Volume 2 by Lieutenant-Colonel William John Wilson 1882. Archive.org. Covers the period 1780-1799. Volume 3 1883. Archive.org. Covers the period 1799-1817. Volumes 1, 4 and 5 are available at the British Library
- The Presidential Armies of India by Colonel S Rivett-Carnac 1890 Archive.org has chapters on the Madras Army
- Twelve years' military adventure in three quarters of the globe: or, Memoirs of an officer who served in the armies of His Majesty and of the East India Company, between the years 1802 and 1814 Volume 1 by John Blakiston 1829. Volume 2. Google Books. He joined the Madras Engineers in 1802. Pages 1- 115 of Volume 2 cover the period April 1811 to February 1812 , and mainly relate to the Expedition to Java.
- Journals of the sieges of the Madras Army, in the years 1817, 1818, and 1819 by Edward Lake of the Madras Engineers 1825 Google Books
- Military reminiscences: extracted from a journal of nearly forty years' active service in the East Indies Volume 1 by Colonel James Welsh of the Madras Establishment 1830. Google Books Volume 2 Google Books (service from 1790)
- History of the Madras Army Vol II by Lt-Col W J Wilson 1882 (archive.org)
- History of the Madras Army Vol III by Lt-Col W J Wilson 1883 (archive.org)