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*[[:Category:Bengal Infantry Regiments|Bengal Infantry Regiments]]
*[[Bengal Sappers and Miners]]
 
==Records==
===Books===
''List of the Officers of the Bengal Army, 1758-1834'' by V. C .P. Hodson, 4 vols. (London, 1927-47) Note that the dates refer to the date of joining the Army. Alphabetically arranged and annotated with biographical and genealogical notices, giving details of: (1) rank and brief career history (2) family information (3) service records: regiments or battalions in which the officer served (4) references to wills if they exist, to monumental inscriptions, or to mentions in publications. The [[British Library]] shelfmark is OIR.355.332<br>. FIBIS have transcribed the indexes of these books, which are available on [http://www.search.fibis.org/frontis/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=browse_components&id=152&s_id=39 FIBIS Search]<br>. The [http://shop.fibis.org FIBIS Online Shop] sells a 6 volume reprint by Naval and Military Press. The [[LDS ]] (Mormon) Family History Library has filmed the above books, refer the Library Catalogue ([http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=281774 Library Catalogue entry]). This India List [http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/india/2000-09/0968665831 linkthread] recommends that all three LDS films be ordered, as there is a lot of cross referencing. Refer [[LDS]] for location of Family History Centres.<br>The [http://shop.fibis.org FIBIS Online Shop] sells a 6 volume reprint by Naval and Military Press.
== External Links ==
*[http://www.lib.mq.edu.au/digital/seringapatam/grand.html#a Officers biographies - Bengal and Madras Armies] from Macquarie University’s ''Seringapatam 1799''*[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=HvE_Pa_ZlfsC&pg=PA268&lpg=PA45&dq=Bengal%20Army&source=bl&ots=8BC29vkD0x&sig=ONYPQAN3-W8X9y785PowrLFzUq8&hl=en&ei=DsDASfCbB-TGjAe0icEo&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=9&ct=result#PPA45,M1 The Bengal Army] in ''The Victorians at War website<br>war, 1815-1914: an encyclopedia of British military history'' by Harold E. Raugh, 2004 ===Historical books online===*[http://books.google.com/books?id=kMOEAAAAIAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=Alphabetical+list+of+the+Officers+of+thethe ''Alphabetical List of the Officers of the Bengal Army from 1760 to 1834''] compiled by Dodwell and Miles, 1838 (Google Books<br>Officers from the )*[http://wwwbooks.libgoogle.mq.edu.aucom/digital/seringapatam/grand.html#a Bengal and Madras Armies] from Macquarie University’s Seringapatum 1799<br> books?id=n33UAAAAMAAJ ''History of the Rise and Progress of the Bengal Army , Volume 1'' ] by Arthur Broome 1850 (Google Books)*[http://books.google.com/books?id=n33UAAAAMAAJ Google Books]<br>z1MBAAAAQAAJ ''The Officer's Complete Guide'' ] by Lieut. Archibald Swiney Haig 55th Regiment Bengal Infantry Published (published 1856 ) - contains General Orders, Pay Regulations pay regulations etc [http://books.google.com/books?id=z1MBAAAAQAAJ (Google Books])
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