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Also from From the mid-eighteenth century the Crown began to despatch regiments of the regular British Army to India to reinforce the Company’s armies. These troops are often referred to as "HM’s Regiments" or "Royal regiments". The Crown continued to station British Army regiments in India right up to independence in 1947.
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====British Army====
''<small>Main article: '''[[British Army]]'''</small>''. This article includes details of the many '''records now available online''', particularly on the pay website '''[[findmypast]]'''.
====Amalgamation====
In the 1890s, the separate Presidency Armies were at last abolished and a fully unified Indian Army came into being, but as before its British officers were not members of the British Army, though as young [[subaltern]]s they did serve for a year with a British Army regiment as part of their training before taking up their permanent commissions with their Indian Army regiment.
==India Office Records at the British Library==
[http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/rd/5862ebbd-cbb7-4898-86e2-6eaefeaaffa0 Records of the Military Department] '''IOR/059/IOR/L/MIL''' 1708-1957
*[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a/records.aspx?cat=059-iorlmil_1&cid=1-1#1-1 Records of the Military Committees of the East India Company and Council of India] '''IOR/L/MIL/1''' 1809-1937
*[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a/records.aspx?cat=059-iorlmil_1&cid=1-2#1-2 Military Home Correspondence] '''IOR/L/MIL/2''' 1830-1881
*[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a/records.aspx?cat=059-iorlmil_2-1&cid=1-1#1-1 Military Correspondence with India] '''IOR/L/MIL/3''' 1803-1937
*[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a/records.aspx?cat=059-iorlmil_2-2&cid=1-1#1-1 India Office Military Department Internal Papers or 'Put By', 'No Reply' and Transfer Papers] '''IOR/L/MIL/4'''1858-1957
*[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a/records.aspx?cat=059-iorlmil_2-2&cid=1-2#1-2 Military Compilations and Miscellaneous Records] '''IOR/L/MIL/5''' 1754-1944
*[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a/records.aspx?cat=059-iorlmil_3-1_2&cid=1-1#1-1 Military Correspondence] '''IOR/L/MIL/6''' 1882-1948
*[http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/rd/5909b5c4-e865-4708-866a-7c0c0eac6e06 Departmental Papers - Military Collections] '''IOR/L/MIL/7''' c1850-1950
*[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a/records.aspx?cat=059-iorlmil_3-2_2&cid=1-1#1-1 Military Statements] '''IOR/L/MIL/8''' 1785-1859
*[http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/rd/3db131fb-4da6-40af-a7ad-e95279ee2da7 Entry to the military, medical and nursing services of the East India Company's Army (1753-1861) and the Indian Army (1861-1940)] '''IOR/L/MIL/9''' 1753-1940
*[http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/rd/86120e35-0b81-439a-a6e5-dc1bd5f41e9f Bengal Army Records] '''IOR/L/MIL/10''' 1716-1907
*[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a/records.aspx?cat=059-iorlmil_6-2_2&cid=1-1#1-1 Madras Army Records] '''IOR/L/MIL/11'''
*[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a/records.aspx?cat=059-iorlmil_7-2&cid=1-1#1-1 Bombay Army Records] '''IOR/L/MIL/12'''
*[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a/records.aspx?cat=059-iorlmil_8-1&cid=1-1#1-1 St Helena Records] '''IOR/L/MIL/13''' 1789-1859
*[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a/records.aspx?cat=059-iorlmil_8-1&cid=1-2#1-2 Indian Army Records] '''IOR/L/MIL/14''' 1866-1948
*[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a/records.aspx?cat=059-iorlmil_8-1&cid=1-3#1-3 British Army Records] '''IOR/L/MIL/15''' 1806-1930
*[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a/records.aspx?cat=059-iorlmil_8-1&cid=1-4#1-4 Royal Indian Marine/Navy] '''IOR/L/MIL/16''' c1840 - c1947
*[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a/records.aspx?cat=059-iorlmil_8-2_4&cid=1-1#1-1 Military Department Library] '''IOR/L/MIL/17'''
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