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*FIBIS database: [httphttps://search.fibis.org/frontis/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=browse_components&id=679&s_id=137 Soldiers’ and Widows’ Pension details -1896] IOR/ L/MIL/14/214 & 215. Includes previous members of the Bengal,[[Madras Army|Madras]] and [[Bombay Army|Bombay Armies]], including men from the [[Unattached List]]. May also include a few members of the [[Indian Army]] which officially was formed in 1895. These records are available on LDS microfilm 2029979 Items 1-2 ([https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/show?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fcatalog-search-api%3A8080%2Fwww-catalogapi-webservice%2Fitem%2F774116 774116 catalogue entry]), however the FIBIS database record contains all the information available in the microfilm.<ref>Bailey, Peter [httphttps://archiverlists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/thhyperkitty/list/readindia@rootsweb.com/INDIAthread/2012-03785900/1332239460 Army Records] ''Rootsweb India Mailing List'' 20 March 2012. Retrieved 21 December 2014 6 September 2018.</ref>*FIBIS database:[httphttps://search.fibis.org/frontis/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=browse_componentsbrowse_dataset&id=4942159&s_id=186 1117 Applications for Cadetships in the EIC Armies 1789-1860(Index)] includes Bengal Army. These are records for officers.*FIBIS database :[httphttps://www.search.fibis.org/frontis/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=browse_components&id=152&s_id=39 Lives List of the Officers of the Bengal Army, 1758-1834] Index to book of same name by V. C .P. Hodson, 4 vols. Recommended on [http://wiki.fibis.org/index.php/Military_reading_list#HEIC_armies Fibiwiki Military Reading List]. Also see Books, below.*FIBIS database: [httphttps://search.fibis.org/frontis/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=browse_components&id=378&s_id=14 War Services of Officers of the Bengal Army 1863]. Transcriptions from the book ''Ubique : War Services of all the Officers of HM's Bengal Army'' by Thomas C Anderson 1863. This book is available online on a pay website, and on LDS microfilm 2105290 Item 2 ([https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/819733?availability=Family%20History%20Library catalogue entry]), however Peter Bailey has advised the FIBIS database record contains all the information available in the microfilm.

*''Lives 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. These volumes are now available online, refer below. The [[British Library]] shelfmark is OIR.355.332.

*:FIBIS has transcribed the indexes of these books, which are available on the [httphttps://www.search.fibis.org/frontis/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=browse_components&id=152&s_id=39 FIBIS database]. *:The [[LDS]] (Mormon) Family History Library has filmed the above books ([httphttps://www.familysearch.org/eng/librarysearch/fhlcatalogcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=281774 Library Catalogue catalogue entry]), which currently (2018/09) are only partially available as digitised microfilm. It has had been recommended that all three LDS films be orderedviewed, as there is a lot of cross referencing. <ref>Murphy , Sylvia [httphttps://archiverlists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/thhyperkitty/readlist/india@rootsweb.com/thread/2000-0912901327/0968665831 ''Author - Major VCP Hodson'' ] Scroll down. ''Rootsweb India Mailing List'' 11 Sept 2000. Retrieved 21 December 2014 6 September 2018.</ref>See [[FamilySearch Centres]] for access information. However, while ever online versions of the volumes are available, it is unlikely the microfilms will need to be consulted.*''Ubique: War Services of Officers of the Bengal Army'' by T.C. Anderson, originally published 1863, is available in reprint editions.,<ref>[httphttps://www.naval-military-press.com/ubique-warproduct/ubiquewar-services-of-all-the-officers-of-h.-m.-s-bengal-army-1863.html / Naval and Military Press], [http://www.savannahpublications.com/info.php?itemid=99 Savannah Publications], London. </ref> and online on a pay website, refer below. Note Data data from this book is available on the FIBIS database, refer [[Bengal Army#Fibis resources|above]].

*[httphttps://usacac.army.mil/cac2sites/default/files/CGSCdocuments/CARLcarl/nafziger/857DAB.pdf General Distribution Return of Her Majesty's and the East India Company's Troops Serving in the Presidency of Fort William (Bengal) Showing the Number and Strength of Each Station, 1 April 1857] [[British Army#Locating a regiment|The Nafziger Collection]] of Orders of Battle (page 171 of the Finding Aid)*[https://eprints.soas.ac.uk/id/eprint/29659 ''The structure and organisation of the Bengal Native Infantry with special reference to problems of discipline, (1796-1852)''] by A. Sen 1961. PhD thesis, SOAS University of London.*[http://hdl.handle.net/2381/8425 ''The Civil and Military Patronage of the East India Company, 1784-1858''] by John Michael Bourne 1977 . PhD thesis, University of Leicester.*[https://digitalcollections.anu.edu.au/bitstream/1885/11262/1/Stanley_P.A._1993.pdf ''White mutinyMutiny: the Bengal Europeans, 1825-75, a study in military social history''] by Peter Alan Stanley. A thesis submitted for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy of The Australian National University, March 1993, whose aim was "to connect the military and social history of mid-Victorian Britain through a study of the East India Company's Bengal European regiments and their demise following the 'white mutiny' of 1859-60". Pdf download. Depending on your browser, you may need to locate it in your downloads folder. There was also a book published, see below.*[http://theses.gla.ac.uk/id/eprint/1742 ''The Bengal Army and the outbreak of the Indian Mutiny''] by Julian Saul Markham David 2001. PhD thesis, University of Glasgow.

:Also available [http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_0000000132BA British Library Digital]. [https://www.flickr.com/photos/britishlibrary/tags/sysnum003934144 Images from the book] British Library on flickr.com*''Indian Records Series: Fort William - India House Correspondence''. Published for the National Archives of India. Archive.org**[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.124167/page/n1 ''(Military Series) Vol.20 1792-1796''] Edited by A C Banerjee. 1969. Letters to and from the Military Department**[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.111320/page/n1 ''(Military Series) Vol.21 1797-1800''] Edited by Sita Ram Kohli. 1968. Letters to and from the Military Department**Available at the [[British Library]] UIN: BLL01009529821 which includes (Military series) v. 19. 1787-1791 ed. by B. Prasad.*[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=lYTcRScE2JQC&pg=PR1 ''Inquiry into the state of the Indian Army : with suggestions for its improvement and the establishment of a military police for India''] by Walter Badenach, Captain Bengal Army 1826 Google BppksBooks

*[http://hdl.handle.net/2027/umn.31951002075593d?urlappend=%3Bseq=17 ''Abstract of General Orders 1817-1840''] compiled by Captain David Thompson, 56th Regiment, Bengal N I Assistant Adjutant General of Division Delhi 1841 Hathi Trust HathiTrust Digital Library

*[httphttps://www.archive.org/streamdetails/britishofficerh00stocgoog/presidentialarmi00carnrich#page/n5/mode/2up n6 ''The Presidential Armies of IndiaBritish Officer: his Position, Duties, Emoluments and Privileges…''] by Colonel S Rivett-Carnac 1890 J H Stocqueler 1851 Archive.org has chapters on the Bengal Army. Includes "Part VI The East India Company’s Service", from page 260. [https://archive.org/details/britishofficerh00stocgoog/page/n18/mode/1up Contents, Part VI]

*[httphttps://wwwarchive.neworg/stream/memoriesofsevenc00thor#page/n7/mode/2up ''Memories of Seven Campaigns: a record of thirty-five years' service in the Indian Medical Department in India, China, Egypt, and the Sudan''] by James Howard Thornton, Deputy Surgeon General, Indian Medical Service, late Principal Medical Officer Punjab Frontier Force.dli1895 Archive.ernetorg.The author was in the Bengal Medical Service 1856-1891, during which time he took part inthe [[Indian Mutiny]], [[2nd China War‎]], military operations in Assam, [[Duar War|Bhutan War]], [[Egyptian Campaign 1882]], [[Sudan Campaign‎]], and [[Black Mountain Expedition 1888‎]].*[https:/handle/2015archive.org/details/hearseysfivegene00pearuoft/page/173458 n8 ''The Hearseys : five generations of an Anglo-Indian family''] by Colonel Hugh Pearse 1905 Archive.org. Includes Bengal Army.* ''A Postscript To The Records Of The Indian Mutiny''] Pdf download, Digital Library of India. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.173458 Archive.org version], mirror from Digital Library of India. Full title: ''A Postscript to the Records of the Indian Mutiny. An Attempt to Trace the Subsequent Careers and Fate of the Rebel Bengal Regiments, 1857-1858'' by Lieutenant-Colonel G H D Gimlette 1927. “Gimlette lists all of the units of the Bengal Army and gives a short annotation of each one discussing their eventual fate”<ref>

*[http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/22666 ''Routes In The Bengal Presidency''] by Major Fred. Roberts 1865. Pdf download, Digital Library of India, [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.22666 Archive.org version], mirror from Digital Library of India.*[http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/35368 ''Routes In The Bengal And Punjab Commands''] Revised Edition 1900. [Quarter] Master General Of India. Pdf download, Digital Library of India, [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.35368 Archive.org version], mirror from Digital Library of India.*[https://archive.org/details/decisivebattleso00mallrich ''The Decisive Battles of India : from 1746 to 1849 inclusive''] by Colonel GB Malleson Fourth Edition, New, 1914, first published 1883. With maps. [https://archive.org/details/decisivebattleso00malluoft 2nd edition 1885] Darker text, but lacks some maps. Archive.org.