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| + | '''Courts Martial''' could be General Courts Martial held for major offences or Regimental Courts Martial conducted by a commanding officer when offences were more minor. Commissioned officers were always subject to General Courts Martial. | ||
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==Records== | ==Records== | ||
For Bengal, you can probably obtain a summary of the Court Martial proceedings in the General Orders by C-in-C Bengal in the L/MIL/17/2 series at the British Library, and similarly for the other Presidencies. (Unfortunately, these have not been microfilmed) | For Bengal, you can probably obtain a summary of the Court Martial proceedings in the General Orders by C-in-C Bengal in the L/MIL/17/2 series at the British Library, and similarly for the other Presidencies. (Unfortunately, these have not been microfilmed) | ||
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| + | [[British Army]] Records of Courts Martial held at [[The National Archives]]. | ||
| + | * WO71, = Records relating to Individual Trials of Officers. | ||
| + | * WO91 & W092 Records relating to General Court Martial Reports. (1806-1960) | ||
| + | * WO93/1A = Index to WO91 & WO92. (1806-1833) | ||
| + | * WO93/1B= Index to Trials of Officers (1830-1904) | ||
| + | * WO88 = Registers of General courts martial in India 1878-1945. | ||
| + | (There are no similar records for minor offences handled by regimental courts martial – but mention of these may be found on a soldier’s record of service). | ||
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==FIBIS resources== | ==FIBIS resources== | ||
Revision as of 20:45, 15 September 2010
Courts Martial could be General Courts Martial held for major offences or Regimental Courts Martial conducted by a commanding officer when offences were more minor. Commissioned officers were always subject to General Courts Martial.
Records
For Bengal, you can probably obtain a summary of the Court Martial proceedings in the General Orders by C-in-C Bengal in the L/MIL/17/2 series at the British Library, and similarly for the other Presidencies. (Unfortunately, these have not been microfilmed)
British Army Records of Courts Martial held at The National Archives.
- WO71, = Records relating to Individual Trials of Officers.
- WO91 & W092 Records relating to General Court Martial Reports. (1806-1960)
- WO93/1A = Index to WO91 & WO92. (1806-1833)
- WO93/1B= Index to Trials of Officers (1830-1904)
- WO88 = Registers of General courts martial in India 1878-1945.
(There are no similar records for minor offences handled by regimental courts martial – but mention of these may be found on a soldier’s record of service).
FIBIS resources
- General Orders by the Commander-in-Chief - transcriptions of 521 Court Martial proceedings in Madras (from L/MIL/17/3) that took place in the 1820s, 30s and 40s.
- FIBIS Journal 10, Autumn 2003 "Courts Martial in John Company's India and their help to the Genealogist".
See also
- Apothecaries
- 12th Regiment of Foot and 34th Regiment of Foot for examples of death as a result of a duel between fellow officers, which resulted in a court martial.
External links
- History of the British Courts Martial
- Court Martial Wikipedia, including info on the British and Indian armies.
Historical books online
- A collection of the charges, opinions, and sentences of general courts martial: as published by authority; from the year 1795 to the present time; intended to serve as an appendix to Tytler's Treatise on military law, and forming a book of cases and references; with a copious index by Charles James 1820. A search using the words Bengal, Madras, Bombay shows courts martial in India (The index was not accessible)
- The practice of courts-martial, also the legal exposition and military explanation of the Mutiny act, and articles of war by William Hough (1825), Google Books, Table of Contents, Index
