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*[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=uEMIAAAAQAAJ&pg=PP7 ''A List of the Officers of the Army, Ordnance and Medical Departments, serving under the Presidency of Fort St. George. 1st April 1822''] Google Books
*[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=uEMIAAAAQAAJ&pg=PP7 ''A List of the Officers of the Army, Ordnance and Medical Departments, serving under the Presidency of Fort St. George. 1st April 1822''] Google Books
*''History of the Madras Army''  by  Lieutenant-Colonel William  John  Wilson [https://www.deutsche-digitale-bibliothek.de/item/YI2HHUN2PHE6PZICICDLMLREI5RZ6OFY ''Volume1''] Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek . Covers the period 1746-1780. [http://www.archive.org/stream/historymadrasar00wilsgoog#page/n4/mode/1up  ''Volume 2''] 1882  Covers the period 1780-1799.  [http://www.archive.org/stream/historymadrasar01wilsgoog#page/n4/mode/1up ''Volume 3''] 1883.  Covers the period 1799-1817. Archive.org. [https://www.deutsche-digitale-bibliothek.de/item/DSPN4VV76IA5LESNB77VDGHFZ73WE4LO  ''Volume  4: From 1746-1826 : with an account of the European artillery, engineers, and infantry up to their amalgamation with the Royal Army in 1861, and of the native cavalry and infantry up to 1887''] 1888, [https://www.deutsche-digitale-bibliothek.de/item/7BBFTUMSO5S5L2OKE6HCVI4TXSQDCFBN  ''Volume 5:  Maps'']  1889 Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek.
*''History of the Madras Army''  by  Lieutenant-Colonel William  John  Wilson [https://www.deutsche-digitale-bibliothek.de/item/YI2HHUN2PHE6PZICICDLMLREI5RZ6OFY ''Volume1''] Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek . Covers the period 1746-1780. [http://www.archive.org/stream/historymadrasar00wilsgoog#page/n4/mode/1up  ''Volume 2''] 1882  Covers the period 1780-1799.  [http://www.archive.org/stream/historymadrasar01wilsgoog#page/n4/mode/1up ''Volume 3''] 1883.  Covers the period 1799-1817. Archive.org. [https://www.deutsche-digitale-bibliothek.de/item/DSPN4VV76IA5LESNB77VDGHFZ73WE4LO  ''Volume  4: From 1746-1826 : with an account of the European artillery, engineers, and infantry up to their amalgamation with the Royal Army in 1861, and of the native cavalry and infantry up to 1887''] 1888, [https://www.deutsche-digitale-bibliothek.de/item/7BBFTUMSO5S5L2OKE6HCVI4TXSQDCFBN  ''Volume 5:  Maps'']  1889 Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek.
*[http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/71426 ''Sepoy Recruitment In The Old Madras Army''] by H Dodwell,  Curator, Madras Record Office. 1922. Pdf download, Digital Library of India.  Part of the series ''Studies in Indian Records'' published by the Indian Historical Records Commission.
*[https://archive.org/details/SepoyRecruitment ''Sepoy Recruitment In The Old Madras Army''] by H Dodwell,  Curator, Madras Record Office. 1922. Archive.org.  Part of the series ''Studies in Indian Records'' published by the Indian Historical Records Commission.
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/presidentialarmi00carnrich#page/n5/mode/2up ''The Presidential Armies of India''] by Colonel S Rivett-Carnac 1890 Archive.org has chapters on the Madras Army
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/presidentialarmi00carnrich#page/n5/mode/2up ''The Presidential Armies of India''] by Colonel S Rivett-Carnac 1890 Archive.org has chapters on the Madras Army
*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=5jNYAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA1 ''‪Head Quarters, Choultry Plain, thirteenth July, MDCCXCVI [1796<nowiki>]</nowiki>. General Orders: by the Commander in Chief ‬[Madras Army''<nowiki>]</nowiki>] Google Books. A restructure of the Regiments.
*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=5jNYAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA1 ''‪Head Quarters, Choultry Plain, thirteenth July, MDCCXCVI [1796<nowiki>]</nowiki>. General Orders: by the Commander in Chief ‬[Madras Army''<nowiki>]</nowiki>] Google Books. A restructure of the Regiments.
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**[https://archive.org/stream/b21452404#page/534/mode/2up "Remarks on the Climate of Stations. Madras Presidency"] page 535. Does not include details of the stations in Burma, which  are classified as part of the [[Bengal Army| Bengal Presidency]].  
**[https://archive.org/stream/b21452404#page/534/mode/2up "Remarks on the Climate of Stations. Madras Presidency"] page 535. Does not include details of the stations in Burma, which  are classified as part of the [[Bengal Army| Bengal Presidency]].  
*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=X5gIAAAAQAAJ&pg=PR1 ''Report Of The Sanitary Commissioner For Madras. 1869''] Includes statistics relating to the cantonments in the Madras Presidency and Burma, Google Books
*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=X5gIAAAAQAAJ&pg=PR1 ''Report Of The Sanitary Commissioner For Madras. 1869''] Includes statistics relating to the cantonments in the Madras Presidency and Burma, Google Books
*''Madras Infantry 1748-1943'' by Lt.-Col. E G Phythian-Adams late 3rd Madras Regiment published 1943 is available to read  online on the [[Online books#Digital Library of India| Digital Library of India]] website. Two files are available, barcode 4990010018885 seems a more complete copy
*''Madras Infantry 1748-1943'' by Lt.-Col. E G Phythian-Adams late 3rd Madras Regiment published 1943 is available to read  online on the [[Online books#Digital Library of India| Digital Library of India]] website. Two files are available, barcode 4990010018885 seems a more complete copy: [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/511741 Pdf download]
*[https://archive.org/details/MadrasSoldier ''The Madras Soldier 1746-1946''] by Lt.-Col. E G Phythian-Adams Revised and enlarged edition 1947 Archive.org.
:[https://archive.org/details/MadrasSoldier ''The Madras Soldier 1746-1946''] by Lt.-Col. E G Phythian-Adams Revised and enlarged edition 1947 Archive.org.
*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=iUFYAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA1 ''Questions and answers on guard and sentry drill, selected from the general regulations of the Madras Army‬''] by Edward Thomas Fasken, Quarter Master and Interpreter 5th Battalion Artillery 1850 Google Books  
*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=iUFYAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA1 ''Questions and answers on guard and sentry drill, selected from the general regulations of the Madras Army‬''] by Edward Thomas Fasken, Quarter Master and Interpreter 5th Battalion Artillery 1850 Google Books  



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The Madras Army was one of the East India Company Armies. Its origins lie in the raising of the first troops at Fort St George which was constructed in 1640 to defend Madras.

Divisions

Madras Regiments

A list of Madras Army regiments, alphabetically by type, can be found in the main article Madras Army Regiments.

Records

British Library

Other records available in the British Library India Office holdings include:
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. They are the recommended records to look at initially for men serving from 1831. 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. Search the Microfilm catalogue by entering keywords such as Madras Army. In particular, “Registers of Madras Army European soldiers, 1786-1860” and “Madras army muster, quarterly, annual and casualty rolls, 1762-1907” are available. (Ordering microfilms).

Fibis Database

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.

Recommended reading

  • When the Tiger Fought the Thistle – The Tragedy of Colonel William Baillie of the Madras Army by Alan Tritton 2013. Review by Peter Bailey in FIBIS Journal Number 31 (Spring 2014), page 55. For access, see FIBIS Journals
Events in the 2nd Mysore War

External links

Historical books online

Memoir of General John Briggs, of the Madras Army; with comments on some of his words and work by Major Evans Bell 1885 Archive.org. General Briggs joined the Madras Army July 1801, and left India in 1835.
Plans and Views illustrating the Journals of the Sieges of the Madras Army, etc by Edward Lake, 1825. British Library itemViewer. Note (for at least some browsers) the full screen option only seems to display adequately in the one page option, and even then, the right side of some maps may not display. Also available as a pdf download, accessible through the BL Main catalogue. Note there are two online versions of this publication, one is said to be of an ‘imperfect’ original.
The Madras Soldier 1746-1946 by Lt.-Col. E G Phythian-Adams Revised and enlarged edition 1947 Archive.org.