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*[http://www.stephen-stratford.co.uk/history_cm.htm History of the British Courts Martial] | *[http://www.stephen-stratford.co.uk/history_cm.htm History of the British Courts Martial] | ||
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Court-martial Court Martial] Wikipedia, including info on the British and Indian armies. | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Court-martial Court Martial] Wikipedia, including info on the British and Indian armies. | ||
*[http://wellcomelibrary.blogspot.com/2010/08/hot-night-in-bengal.html | *[http://wellcomelibrary.blogspot.com/2010/08/hot-night-in-bengal.html A hot night in Bengal]. Circumstances leading to a court martial on the 1st of August 1840 of Gunner Shehan at Dinapore Wellcome Library Blog | ||
===Historical books online=== | ===Historical books online=== | ||
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=zV9HAAAAYAAJ&pg=PR1 ''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) | *[http://books.google.com/books?id=zV9HAAAAYAAJ&pg=PR1 ''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) | ||
Revision as of 09:57, 2 December 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 are held at The National Archives.
- For full details of Courts Martial and reports relating to General Courts Martial see the online research guide produced by the National Archives, British Army: Courts Martial, 17th-20th Centuries (Note there are separate references relating to Courts Martial held in India).
- (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.
- A hot night in Bengal. Circumstances leading to a court martial on the 1st of August 1840 of Gunner Shehan at Dinapore Wellcome Library Blog
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