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Historical books online
===British Library===
Records available in the [[British Library]] India Office holdings include:
*[http://wwwdiscovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2abrowse/records.aspx?cat=059r/86120e35-0b81-439a-iorlmil_5a6e5-5_2&ciddc1bd5f41e9f?src=1-15&kwsK=IOR/L/MIL/10#1-1 %23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%2310 Bengal Army Records '''IOR/L/MIL/10'''] 1716-1907 with subcategories**[http://wwwdiscovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2abrowse/r/records.aspx?cat=059995cc211-f492-iorlmil_54f37-1_29d12-14bf58cb76c68?src=6&cidsk=1-1-1#1-1-1 %23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23106 '''L/MIL/10/1-19''' Bengal Army Lists], 1781-1849.**[http://wwwdiscovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2abrowse/records.aspxr/fdbdf473-c50f-48dc-8a0f-14519aff6b7f?catsrc=059-iorlmil_5-5_16&cidsk=1-1-1#1-1-1 %23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23108 '''L/MIL/10/20-69''' Bengal Service Army Lists], 1759-1858**[http://wwwdiscovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2abrowse/r/records.aspxb601be4c-4b76-4323-a87e-70c50a437d2b?catsrc=059-iorlmil_5-5_16&cidsk=1-1-2#1-1-2 %23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23110 '''L/MIL/10/70-74''' Bengal Service Army Lists – Medical], c1765-1858**[http://wwwdiscovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2abrowse/records.aspxr/eaa89ddb-91a8-474a-aa22-14302d4147fd?catsrc=059-iorlmil_5-5_26&cidsk=1-1-1#1-1-1 %23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23111 '''L/MIL/10/75-102''' Bengal Services], 1860-1893**[http://wwwdiscovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2abrowse/records.aspx?cat=059r/dd87a554-iorlmil_548cb-6&cid=1-14242-1#1-1ba47-1 '''L/MIL/10/103-326 various subcategories, see within''']*** Please note that the records [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a/records.aspx664312e0eb6a?catsrc=059-iorlmil_5-6&cidsk=1-1-3#1-1-3 %23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23114'''IOR/L/MIL/10/122-129''' Registers of Bengal Army European Soldiers 1788-1860] Please note that these records 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 Muster Rolls commence [http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/browse/r/43dfa08e-aa5e-4a1e-b974-52796aaa98aa?src=6&sk=%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23115 '''IOR/L/MIL/10/130-185''']
:The [[LDS]] (Mormons) have filmed many of these records. [https://familysearch.org/catalog/search Search the Microfilm catalogue] by entering keywords such as Bengal Army. In particular, “Registers of Bengal Army European soldiers, 1788-1860” and “Bengal Army muster rolls and casualty returns, 1716-1860” are available.([[FamilySearch Centres#Ordering microfilms|Ordering microfilms]])
*[http://wwwdiscovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2abrowse/records.aspxr/6676bb2e-0366-44b1-8068-b31d156396d2?catsrc=059-iorlmil_8-2_26&cidsk=1-1-1#1-1-1 %23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23176 Military Department Library: Bengal Army '''IOR/L/MIL/17/2'''] 1791-1903 includes**[http://wwwdiscovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2abrowse/records.aspxr/4302b8c4-c799-4370-bbc0-6cf4721e4b68?catsrc=059-iorlmil_8-2_27&cidsk=1-1-1-1#1-1-1-1 %23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23438 Bengal Army List '''IOR/L/MIL/17/2/1-267'''] 1819-1889**[http://wwwdiscovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2abrowse/records.aspxr/17f5f395-08fa-4bc8-bbde-b27bd5545d79?catsrc=059-iorlmil_8-2_27&cidsk=1-1-1-31#1-1-1-31 %23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23449 Bengal Army: General and Regimental Histories, Biographical Compilations, Indian Mutiny '''IOR/L/MIL/17/2/474-505'''] 1845-1927*[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a/records.aspx?cat=059-iorlag_4&cid=1-64#1-64 Soldiers’ and Officers’ Wills '''IOR/L/AG/34/30'''] 1825-1881 (varies according to Presidency and whether a soldier or an officer). These records are available on [[Findmypast|findmypast]]
=====Individuals=====
*Catalogue entry [http://wwwdiscovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2adetails/records.aspx?cat=059-f4_17&cid=1-1-67rd/059fc218-2#1d15d-14342-67aab2-2 0e47e3ee9d4d IOR/F/4/1454/57020 Apr 1831-Dec 1832] Trial, in the Calcutta Supreme Court, of Anne Louisa Ramsay, for the attempted murder, at Delhi Cantonments on 9 Apr 1831, of Lieutenant George Richard Talbot of the 8th Bengal Native Infantry - her husband, Allan Ramsay, formerly a Lieutenant in the 8th Bengal Native Infantry is charged with aiding and abetting the attempted murder - both parties are acquitted (includes a transcript of the proceedings of the original Court of Enquiry, depositions of witnesses, etc).
===Books===
===Historical books online===
*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=IZFeAAAAcAAJ&pg=PP7 ''The New Regulations for the Bengal Army ; According to the Minutes of the Council and General Orders Issued in Fort William During the Months of May and June 1796''] Google Books
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/alphabeticallist00dodwrich#page/n7/mode/2up ''Alphabetical List of the Officers of the Bengal Army from 1760 to 1834''] compiled by Dodwell and Miles, 1838. Archive.org*. [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=kMOEAAAAIAAJ&printsec=frontcoverGoogle Books edition]*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=yWIUAAAAQAAJ&dqpg=Alphabetical+list+of+the+Officers+of+thethe PP9 ''Alphabetical List An historical account of the Officers rise and progress of the Bengal Army Native Infantry, from 1760 its first formation in 1757, to 18341796 when the present regulations took place, together with a detail of the services on which the several battalions have been employed''] compiled by Dodwell and Milesthe late Captain John Williams, Bengal Army, 1838 (1817 Google Books). The following coloured illustrations have been noted: [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=yWIUAAAAQAAJ&pg=PP8 Subadar], [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=yWIUAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA170-IA2 Grenadier Sepoy], [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=yWIUAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA330-IA2 Light Infantry Sepoy]
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/historyriseandp00broogoog#page/n8/mode/2up ''History of the Rise and Progress of the Bengal Army, Volume 1''] by Arthur Broome 1850 (www.archive.org)
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/presidentialarmi00carnrich#page/n5/mode/2up ''The Presidential Armies of India''] by Colonel S Rivett-Carnac 1890 Archive.org has chapters on the Bengal Army
:[http://books.google.com/books?id=-EbRAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA315 "Lieutenant -Colonel Richard Scott"] from ''The East India Military Calendar: Containing the Services of General and Field Officers of the Indian Army, Volume 1'', page 315 by by John Philippart 1823 Google Books
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/navalmilitarymag02londuoft#page/540/mode/2up "Major General Littellus Burrell"] c1753-1827 ''Naval and Military Magazine Volume 2'' 1827, page 540 Archive.org
*''Memoirs and correspondence of Field-Marshal Viscount Combermere'' by the Right Hon Mary, Vicountess Combermere and Capt W W Knollys 1866 Archive.org [https://archive.org/details/memoirsandcorre00knolgoog Volume I], [https://archive.org/details/memoirsandcorre01knolgoog Volume II]. Volume I includes a period in India from 1796 with the then [[22nd Light Dragoons|25th Light Dragoons]]. Volume II covers the period as Commander-in Chief in India 1825-1830.
*''Pen and pencil sketches being the journal of a tour in India'' by Captain Mundy, late Aide-de-Camp to Lord Combermere 1832 Google Books [https://archive.org/details/penandpencilske00mundgoog Volume I], [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=Bg5UAAAAcAAJ&pg=PR5#v=twopage Volume II]
*''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''
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=iQ8NAAAAYAAJ&pg=PP7 ''Narrative of the mutiny of the officers of the army in Bengal, in the year 1766''] Sir Henry Strachey, 1773 Google Books
*[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
*[https://archive.org/details/guidetotranslite00lyalrich ''Guide to the transliteration of Hindu and Muhammadan names in the Bengal Army''] by C J Lyall, Bengal Civil Service 3rd edition 1892 Archive.org
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