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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.
==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)
[[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==
==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

External links

Historical books online