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==FIBIS Resources==
==FIBIS Resources==
*[http://www.search.fibis.org/frontis/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=browse_components&id=147&s_id=13 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
*FIBIS database: [http://search.fibis.org/frontis/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=browse_components&id=494&s_id=186  Applications for Cadetships in EIC Armies 1789-1860] includes Bombay Army. These are records for officers
*[http://search.fibis.org/frontis/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=browse_components&id=679&s_id=137  Soldiers’ and Widows’ Pension details -1896] IOR/ L/MIL/14/214 & 215 Includes  previous members of the [[Bengal Army|Bengal]], [[Madras Army|Madras]] and  Bombay Armies, including men from the [[Unattached List]]. May also include a few members of the [[Indian Army]] which officially was formed in 1895.  These records are available on LDS microfilm 2029979 Items 1-2 with [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/show?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fcatalog-search-api%3A8080%2Fwww-catalogapi-webservice%2Fitem%2F774116 catalogue entry], however the FIBIS database record contains all the information available in the microfilm.
*FIBIS database: [http://www.search.fibis.org/frontis/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=browse_components&id=147&s_id=13 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
*FIBIS database: [http://search.fibis.org/frontis/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=browse_components&id=679&s_id=137  Soldiers’ and Widows’ Pension details -1896] IOR/ L/MIL/14/214 & 215 Includes  previous members of the [[Bengal Army|Bengal]], [[Madras Army|Madras]] and  Bombay Armies, including men from the [[Unattached List]]. May also include a few members of the [[Indian Army]] which officially was formed in 1895.  These records are available on LDS microfilm 2029979 Items 1-2 with [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/show?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fcatalog-search-api%3A8080%2Fwww-catalogapi-webservice%2Fitem%2F774116 catalogue entry], however the FIBIS database record contains all the information available in the microfilm.


==Records==
==Records==
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*[http://www.archive.org/stream/cu31924024060166#page/n47/mode/2up ''Memories of a Long Life''] by Lieutenant-Colonel Sir David Davidson 1890 Archive.org.  The author left for India in  late 1827 for the Bombay Army, where he remained for [http://www.archive.org/stream/cu31924024060166#page/n301/mode/2up 20 years]
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/cu31924024060166#page/n47/mode/2up ''Memories of a Long Life''] by Lieutenant-Colonel Sir David Davidson 1890 Archive.org.  The author left for India in  late 1827 for the Bombay Army, where he remained for [http://www.archive.org/stream/cu31924024060166#page/n301/mode/2up 20 years]
*[http://archive.org/stream/orientalcampaign00maudiala#page/n7/mode/2up ''Oriental campaigns and European furloughs:the autobiography of a veteran of the Indian Mutiny''] by Colonel E. Maude 1908 Archive.org. The author joined the Bombay Army in 1844 and his last posting was Aden, from where he returned to England in 1866.
*[http://archive.org/stream/orientalcampaign00maudiala#page/n7/mode/2up ''Oriental campaigns and European furloughs:the autobiography of a veteran of the Indian Mutiny''] by Colonel E. Maude 1908 Archive.org. The author joined the Bombay Army in 1844 and his last posting was Aden, from where he returned to England in 1866.
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Revision as of 03:50, 12 January 2013

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

Records

Main article: East India Company Army

British Library

  • Alphabetical List of the Officers of the Bombay Army from 1760 to 1834 compiled by Dodwell and Miles, 1838, corrected to September 30, 1837. A reprint by Naval and Military Press is available through Amazon.co.uk from the FiBIS Shop
  • History of the Bombay Army by Sir Patrick Robert Cadell 1938
  • Records available in the British Library India Office holdings include:
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
At least some of the records in the series Miscellaneous Bombay Army officers' marriage notifications IOR/L/MIL/12/108 have been transcribed by the British Library and are available on India Office Family History Search

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

Historical books on-line