Bombay Army
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
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
Records
Main article: East India Company Army
British Library
Records available in the British Library India Office holdings include:
- Bombay Army Records IOR/L/MIL/12 Access to Archives catalogue entry which includes links to subgroups.
- 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
- Bombay Army Regimental Histories IOR/L/MIL/17/4/564-578 1877-1939. Access to Archives catalogue entry
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 This index is unpublished and not available elsewhere.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
- Bombay Army in The Victorians at war, 1815-1914: an encyclopedia of British military history by Harold E. Raugh, 2004
Historical books on-line
- A general code of the military regulations in force under the presidency of Bombay 1st January 1824 by Captain John William Aitchison 1824 Google Books