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**[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a/records.aspx?cat=059-iorlmil_5-6&cid=1-1-1#1-1-1 '''L/MIL/10/103-326 various subcategories, see within''']
*** Please note that the records [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a/records.aspx?cat=059-iorlmil_5-6&cid=1-1-3#1-1-3 '''IOR/L/MIL/10/122-129''' Registers of Bengal Army European Soldiers 1788-1860] were commenced in 1831 and only contain men still serving in the Army at that date. If a man left the Army prior to 1831 for any reason, including death, he will not appear in these records. The Muster records are an alternative source of information.
:The [[LDS]] (Mormons) have filmed many of these records as listed in this LDS Library . [httphttps://www.familysearch.org/engcatalog/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlehitlist&columns=*%2C02C0&keyword=search Search the Microfilm catalogue] by entering keywords such as Bengal+Army+records&prekeyword=. In particular, “Registers of Bengal+Army+records catalogue entry]European soldiers, after a keyword search for Bengal 1788-1860” and “Bengal Army Recordsmuster rolls and casualty returns, 1716-1860” are available.([[FamilySearch Centres#Ordering microfilms|Ordering microfilms]])
*[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a/records.aspx?cat=059-iorlmil_8-2_2&cid=1-1-1#1-1-1 Military Department Library: Bengal Army '''IOR/L/MIL/17/2'''] 1791-1903 includes
**[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a/records.aspx?cat=059-iorlmil_8-2_2&cid=1-1-1-1#1-1-1-1 Bengal Army List '''IOR/L/MIL/17/2/1-267'''] 1819-1889
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=V50bAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA445 "Baggage of the Indian Army"] ''Calcutta Review, Volume 11 January-June 1849'', page 445 Google Books
*''From Cadet to Colonel: the Record of a Life of Active Service'' by Sir Thomas Seaton 1866 Google Books [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=bUEoAAAAYAAJ&pg=PR5 Volume 1] He arrived in Calcutta on 1 January 1823 to join the Bengal Army [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=RkEoAAAAYAAJ&pg=PR5 Volume 2] includes the Indian Mutiny. The author retired 1 June 1859
*[https://archive.org/details/myserviceinindi00vauggoog ''My service in the Indian Army – and after''] by General Sir John Luther Vaughan 1904 Archive.org. He joined the Bengal Army in 1841 and had to retire c 1870 as there was no position for him. At the start of the [[2nd Afghan War]] he became special military correspondent for the war for ''The Times''
*[https://archive.org/details/tomrawgriffinbur00doylrich ''Tom Raw, the Griffin: a burlesque poem, in twelve cantos: illustrated by twenty-five engravings, descriptive of the adventures of a cadet in the East India company's service, from the period of his quitting England to his obtaining a staff situtation in India''] by “a Civilian and an Officer on the Bengal Establishment” (Sir Charles D'Oyly) 1828 Archive.org
