Bengal Artillery
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For the volunteer force formed in 1925, see Bengal Artillery (AFI).
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
All sepoy artillery units were abolished after the Indian Mutiny and the European battalions became part of the Royal Artillery.
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.
- History of the organization, equipment, and war services of the regiment of Bengal artillery: War Services Volume 2 by Francis W Stubbs 1877. Covers the period from 1814