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*FIBIS database: [http://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 catalogue entry]), however the FIBIS database record contains all the information available in the microfilm.<ref>Bailey, Peter [http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/INDIA/2012-03/1332239460 Army Records] ''Rootsweb India Mailing List'' 20 March 2012. Retrieved 21 December 2014.</ref>
*FIBIS database:[http://search.fibis.org/frontis/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=browse_components&id=494&s_id=186 Applications for Cadetships in EIC Armies 1789-1860] includes Bengal Army. These are records for officers.
*FIBIS database :[http://www.search.fibis.org/frontis/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=browse_components&id=152&s_id=39 Lives 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]
*FIBIS database: [http://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 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.
 
*Also see Books below.
*"Edward Squibb-Letters from a Bengal Cadet" by Charles Gordon Clark ''FIBIS Journal Number 28 (Autumn 2012)'' pages 15-24. Edward Squibb arrived in 1820. See [[FIBIS Journals]] for details of how to access this article
*"The Clark Brothers - Life in the Bengal Army" by Charles Gordon Clark ''FIBIS Journal Number 29 (Spring 2013)'' pages 3-14. Gordon Wyatt Clark arrived in 1842 age 20. See [[FIBIS Journals]] for details of how to access this article
===Books===
*''Lives 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.
*: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 [http://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 ([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 thread] recommends that all three LDS films be ordered, as there is a lot of cross referencing.
:A description of the fascinating information contained in the appendices is explained in *[http://britishlibrary.typepadwww.cosavannahpublications.uk/untoldlives/2012/03com/bengal-army-officers-names-nationalities-fatalities-and-a-phantominfo.html Bengal army officers names nationalities fatalities and a phantomphp?itemid=99 Savannah Publications] Untold Lives blog , London has reprinted ''Ubique: War Services of Officers of the British LibraryBengal Army'' by T.  :FIBIS has transcribed the indexes of these booksC. Anderson, which are originally published 1863. Index data from this book is available on the [http://www.search.fibis.org/frontis/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=browse_components&id=152&s_id=39 FIBIS database, refer [[Bengal Army#Fibis resources|above]].
:The [[LDS]] (Mormon) Family History Library has filmed the above books ([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 thread] recommends that all three LDS films be ordered, as there is a lot of cross referencing.
*[http://www.savannahpublications.com/info.php?itemid=99 Savannah Publications], London has reprinted ''Ubique: War Services of Officers of the Bengal Army'' by T.C. Anderson, originally published 1863. Index data from this book is available on the FIBIS database, refer [[Bengal Army#Fibis resources|above]]
*[http://www.savannahpublications.com/info.php?itemid=155 Savannah Publications], London has published ''Officer Casualties of the Indian Armies 1803-1946'' by Anthony J. Farrington. The author was Director of the India Office Records collection at the British Library
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