Indian Army

The official (British) Indian Army was formed in 1895. Prior to this date there were three separate Presidency armies (which after 1861 were sometimes unofficially referred to as the Indian Army).

Indian Army regiments can be viewed here.

See also

• Armies in India - an overview

Records

There are India Office records in the British Library, reference IOR L/MIL/14. The records include Indian Army Records of Service IOR/L/MIL/14/239/1-72481 c1901-1947. The closure period for these files has been set at 75 years from the date of entry of the serviceman/woman into the service. The files are opened on an annual basis. On 1 January 2010, files relating to persons joining the service in 1934 were opened. A complete alphabetical index to the opened files is now available on open access in the Oriental and India Office Collections Reading Room at the British Library

Naval and Military Press has published the Indian Army List 1919, a four-volume comprehensive list of the Indian Army during the Great War. It includes its British officers and gives details of ranks, promotions, background, honours and awards of all who served in India and other theatres

Indian Army Officers 1939-1945 from World War II Unit Histories & Officers

External Links

Wikipedia:

• British Indian Army (1895-1947)
• List of Indian Army Regiments 1903
• List of Indian Army Regiments 1922
• Indian Army during World War II

Other:

• Indian Army 1902 orbat.com
• For the King-Emperor The Indian Army during 1901-1939. Photos, histories, profiles etc.
• British colonial experience in Waziristan and its applicability to current operations by Matthew W Williams,2005 from Combined Arms Research Library Digital Library
• British experience in Iraq from 1914-1926: what wisdom can the United States draw from its experience? by Matthew W Williams,2004 from Combined Arms Research Library Digital Library
• Battle of Tanga, German East Africa, 1914. Kenneth J Harvey, 2003. Master of Military Art and Science Theses from Combined Arms Research Library Digital Library. In November 1914, British Indian Expeditionary Force "B" conducted an amphibious assault on the Port of Tanga in German East Africa
• The Indian Army in Africa and Asia 1940-1942 Implications for the planning and execution of two nearly- simultaneous campaigns by Major James Scudieri, 1995 from Combined Arms Research Library Digital Library
• BBC website World War 2 People's War Stories involving the Indian Army and Stories in the Category India

Recommended Reading

• A Matter of honour : an account of the Indian Army, its officers and men. By Philip Mason (London: Cape, 1974) Review in FIBIS Military Reading List
• India’s Army by Donovan Jackson (pub 1940) Review in FIBIS Military Reading List