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:'''FamilySearch''' ([[LDS]] (Mormons)) have filmed many of these records, most of which are now available as digitised microfilm. [https://familysearch.org/catalog/search Search the FamilySearch catalogue] by entering keywords such as Bengal Army. In particular, [https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/695515 “Registers of Bengal Army European soldiers, 1788-1860”] and [https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/644896 “Bengal Army muster rolls and casualty returns, 1716-1860”] are available.
:'''Note''': Microfilm ordering services ceased September 2017, however selected most microfilms have been digitised and are currently available for viewing on a FamilySearch computer at a FamilySearch Centre or FamilySearch Affiliate Library. Locate these records through the FamilySearch catalogue. It is expected that in time all microfilms will be similarly available in this format. See '''[[FamilySearch Centres]]''' for '''viewing details'''.
*[http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/browse/r/h/6676bb2e-0366-44b1-8068-b31d156396d2 Military Department Library: Bengal Army '''IOR/L/MIL/17/2'''] 1791-1903 includes
**Bengal Army List '''IOR/L/MIL/17/2/1-267''' 1819-1889
*:A description of the fascinating information contained in the appendices is explained in [http://britishlibrary.typepad.co.uk/untoldlives/2012/03/bengal-army-officers-names-nationalities-fatalities-and-a-phantom.html Bengal army officers names nationalities fatalities and a phantom] Untold Lives blog of the British Library.
*:FIBIS has transcribed the indexes of these books, which are available on the [https://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 filmed the above books ([https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/281774 catalogue entry]), which currently (2018/09) are only partially now available as digitised microfilm. It had been recommended that all three LDS films be viewed, as there is a lot of cross referencing. <ref>Murphy, Sylvia. [https://web.archive.org/web/20210121072018/https://mlarchives.rootsweb.com/listindexes/emails?listname=india&thread=12901327 ''Author - Major VCP Hodson''] Scroll down. ''Rootsweb India Mailing List'' 11 Sept 2000, archived.</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,<refname=Ubi>[https://www.naval-military-press.com/product/ubiquewar-services-of-all-the-officers-of-h-m-s-bengal-army-1863/ ''Ubique: War Services of Officers of the Bengal Army''] by T.C. Anderson 1863. Naval and & Military Press], reprint.</ref><ref> [http://www.savannahpublications.com/info.php?itemid=99 Savannah Publications], London. </ref> and online on a pay website, refer below. Note data from this book is available on the FIBIS database, refer [[Bengal Army#Fibis resources|above]].
== External links ==
:[http://cslrepository.nvli.in//handle/123456789/3624 Part I], [http://cslrepository.nvli.in//handle/123456789/3669 Part II], [http://cslrepository.nvli.in//handle/123456789/3562 Part III], [http://cslrepository.nvli.in//handle/123456789/3492 Part IV]. Central Secretariat Library (CSL) [Delhi] Digital Repository. Archive.org mirror versions: [https://archive.org/details/dli.csl.3624/page/n1/mode/2up Part I], [https://archive.org/details/dli.csl.3669/mode/2up Part II], [https://archive.org/details/dli.csl.3562/page/n1/mode/2up Part III], [https://archive.org/details/dli.csl.3492/page/n1/mode/2up Part IV].
:Alternative files [http://cslrepository.nvli.in//handle/123456789/6933 Part I], [http://cslrepository.nvli.in//handle/123456789/5476 Part II], [http://cslrepository.nvli.in//handle/123456789/6471 Part III], [http://cslrepository.nvli.in//handle/123456789/8673 Part IV]. All Central Secretariat Library (CSL) [Delhi] Digital Repository. Archive.org mirror versions: [https://archive.org/details/dli.csl.6933/page/n1/mode/2up Part I], [https://archive.org/details/dli.csl.5476/page/n1/mode/2up Part II], [https://archive.org/details/dli.csl.6471/mode/2up Part III], [https://archive.org/details/dli.csl.8673/page/n1/mode/2up Part IV].
*''Ubique: War Services of Officers of the Bengal Army'' by T.C. Anderson was originally published 1863 in Calcutta, in a limited edition of 150 copies<ref>[https://primoa.library.unsw.edu.au/permalink/f/ri8pk2/UNSW_ALMA21145135290001731 UNSW Library catalogue]</ref> with 668 pages including eleven appendices, and provides service and biographical details of the British Officers of the Bengal Army serving in 1861. It is available in a reprint edition from Naval & Military Press<ref>[https://www.naval-military-press.comname=Ubi/product/ubiquewar-services-of-all-the-officers-of-h-m-s-bengal-army-1863/ ''Ubique: War Services of Officers of the Bengal Army''] by T.C. Anderson 1863. Naval & Military Press reprint.</ref>, ("It is an essential source of information to supplement Major Hodson’s four volumes") which is in turn available on the Ancestry owned [https://www.fold3.com/browse/251/hTGb85NZ8EamDdOvsp9fW0AfE pay website fold3] located in Military Books/India. Note data from this book is available on the FIBIS database, refer [[Bengal Army#Fibis resources|above]].:''Ubique: War Services...'' is also available as a FamilySearch digitised microfilm, [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/819733 catalogue entry], viewable at a [[FamilySearch Centres|FamilySearch Centre]] or FamilySearch Affiliate Library. This appears to be a microfilm of a 1985 reprint edition.
*[https://archive.org/details/narrativemutiny00stragoog/page/n6/mode/2up ''Narrative of the Mutiny of the Officers of the Army in Bengal in the year 1766''] by Henry Strachey, Secretary to Lord Clive during his last Expedition to India, and lately given in Evidence to the Secret Committee of the House of Commons. 1773 Archive.org.
*[https://archive.org/details/dli.csl.3463/mode/2up ''Soldiering in India 1764-1787: extracts from journals and letters left by Lt. Colonel Allen Macpherson and Lt. Colonel John Macpherson of the East India Company's Service''] by William Charles Macpherson, formerly of the Indian Civil Service. 1928. Archive.org, mirror from Central Secretariat Library (CSL) [Delhi].
