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The Bengal Artillery, part of the Bengal Army, consisted of:
- Bengal Horse Artillery
- Bengal European Foot Artillery
- Bengal Native Foot Artillery
- Punjab Horse Artillery, Punjab Irregular Force
The Bengal Artillery were the first artillery in India to be tractor drawn.
Chronology
- 1749 first company raised
- 1756 company perished in the Black Hole of Calcutta
- 1765 re-formed with four companies
- 1770 fifth company raised and the five companies formed into a battalion of total complement 548 Europeans plus 2912 Lascars employed hauling the guns
- 1778 re-formed into one European Regiment (7 field and 1 mounted or garrison company) and three Native battalions (8 companies each)
- 1779 re-formed into 2 European battalions of 5 companies with 6 companies of Lascars to each company
- 1787 Artillery constituted as one of the brigades of the Army
- 1801 draught horses used for the first time instead of bullocks for field artillery; formation of the Horse Artillery
Later chronology
Originally constituted on 18th December 1925 when the I. (Calcutta) Field Brigade and the V. (Cossipore) Field Brigade amalgamated.
The Calcutta Brigade were founded on the 21 September 1883 as the Calcutta Naval Artillery Volunteers and later became the (Calcutta Port Defence) Group Garrison Artillery on 1st April 1917. Reconstituted on the 1st October 1920 as I. (Calcutta Port Defence) Field Brigade.
The Cossipore Artillery became the Cossipore Brigade on 1st February 1884. Reorganised 7th September 1888 as the Cossipore Artillery Volunteers and later became I. (Cossipore) Brigade Mobile Artillery on the 1st April 1917. Then reconstituted on the 1st October 1920 as the IV. (Cossipore) Field Brigade.
Uniform
- Uniform - Blue
- Facings - Scarlet
- Badge - Same as Royal Artillery
External links
Historical books online
- Memoir of the Services of the Bengal Artillery: from the Formation of the Corps to the Present Time, with Some Account of its Internal Organization by Captain E. Buckle (1852) Google Books
"The Bengal Artillery", article in the Calcutta Review Volume 9, January-June 1848.