Changes

Jump to navigation Jump to search

2nd Madras (European) Light Infantry

726 bytes added, 04:53, 11 April 2014
no edit summary
*'''1942''' India
</div>
 
==FIBIS resources==
*''Monthly Military Musters'' by Peter Bailey. Part 1 ''[[FIBIS Journals|FIBIS Journal]] Number 6 (Autumn 2001)'' and Part 2 ''[[FIBIS Journals|FIBIS Journal]] Number 7 (Spring 2002)''. The article contains a copy of the muster taken for ‘A’ or Captain J. Cramer’s Company, Madras European Infantry which was stationed at Bangalore on 1st January 1841. Part 1 contains information about the 'Women' classified according to 'European' or 'East Indian', and children, and Part 2 is about the officers and soldiers.
==Marriages 1840-1863: Journal article==
Marriages between EIC soldiers and [[Anglo Indians]] or [[Native Woman|Native women]], the allowances paid to wives and the army records kept regarding these wives are discussed in "Haemoglobin D (B Punjab) in an East Anglian Family", ''The Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland'', Vol. 95, No. 2 (Jul. - Dec., 1965), pp. 295-306. The article (including an extract) and its implications are the subject of this an India List thread.<ref> [http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/india/2010-01/1264031553 archived India List thread]</ref>. The 2nd Madras (European) Light Infantry is particularly mentioned as marriage registers were (in 1965) available for the period 1840-1863 showing the race of the bride. The article may be read online on the subscription website JSTORfor free, but first you must register. Some card holders of participating libraries may also have access, refer [[Miscellaneous tips]]for more about both options. Also available at the [[British Library]]
== External Links ==
===Historical books online===
*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=oKAEAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA277 105th Regiment at Trichinopoly] page 277 ''Army Medical Department: Report for the Year 1862'' Google Books
 
== References ==
<references />
 
{{#widget:Google PlusOne
|size=small
|count=true
}}
 
 
 
[[Category:Madras Infantry Regiments]]
29,533
edits

Navigation menu