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==Individuals==*N.W. Bancroft [Nathaniel Washington] "joined the Bengal Horse Artillery as a boy recruit at the age of 9 in 1833 and served through some of the most turbulent years of British rule in India. In 1885 he published his memoirs, ''From Recruit to Staff Sergeant'', telling of the campaigns of his career. He gives particular emphasis on the Sikh wars that culminated in the three Sutlej battles, which he describes in gory detail. His account of the actions of the artillery in the Sikh battles match with accuracy to the official accounts, giving a reliable illustration of the tactics of that time. Bancroft gives a tactile description of the sights and sounds of the battlefield, as they were seen and heard from the men on the ground".<ref>[https://www.sikhbookshelf.com/products/from-recruit-to-staff-sergeant ''From Recruit to Staff Sergeant''] sikhbookshelf.com</ref> A 1979 reprint of this book is available at the [[British Library]]. A recent reprint is available with a changed title.<ref>[http://www.leonaur.com/index.php?route=product/product&search=Bancroft&product_id=280 ''Bancroft of the Bengal Horse Artillery''] Leonaur Books</ref> Also see [[Society for Army Historical Research]] for a ''Journal'' article reference.
==External links==
*[http://www.metmuseum.org/collections/search-the-collections/190041447?img=0 Two photographs: Bengal Horse Artillery, 1860] The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/memoirofservices00buckuoft#page/n7/mode/2up ''Memoir of the Services of the Bengal Artillery: from the Formation of the Corps to the Present Time, with Some Account of its Internal Organization''] by Captain E. Buckle (1852) Archive.org mentions the establishment of the Bengal Horse Artillery and service in Egypt in 1801 from [http://www.archive.org/stream/memoirofservices00buckuoft#page/230/mode/2up page 230]
*''First impressions and studies from nature in Hindostan; embracing an outline of the voyage to Calcutta, and five years residence in Bengal and the Doáb, from MDCCCXXXI to MDCCCXXXVI'' by Thomas Bacon, Lieut. Of the Bengal Horse Artillery 1837 Archive.org [https://archive.org/details/firstimpressions01baco Volume I], [https://archive.org/details/firstimpressions02baco Volume II]. Also available on Hathi Trust Digital Library [http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/001266234 A] and [http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/006591415 B], where the illustration pages can be rotated.
*[http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/lsidyv38fae274#ark:/81055/vdc_00000003494F.0x00000B vdc_000000034950# ''On the topography of Meerutt, and the principal diseases which prevailed in the 1st Brigade of Horse Artillery at that place''] by John Murray, M.D., Assistant Surgeon, 1st Brigade Horse Artillery 1839 published Calcutta. British Library itemViewerDigital Collection. (pdf download may be accessed through the BL catalogue: copy and paste lsidyv38fae274 in the **[http://exploreaccess.bl.uk/primo_libraryitem/viewer/libwebark:/action81055/search.dovdc_000000034950#?menuitemc=10&fromTopm=true0&fromPreferencess=false0&fromEshelfcv=false9&vidz=BLVU1 Search] and select ‘ I want this’)**[http://access.bl-66.uk/item/viewer/lsidyv38fae274#ark:/81055/vdc_00000003494F999%2C0%2C4903.0x00000A 998%2C3589 Plan of the Artillery Hospital and Artillery Barracks]
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=NGoLAAAAIAAJ&printsec=frontcover ''Eight months' campaign against the Bengal Sepoy Army during the mutiny of 1857''] by Colonel George Bourchier, Bengal Horse Artillery 1858 Google Books
*[https://archive.org/details/historyofsiegeof00offirich ''History of the Siege of Delhi''] by An Officer who served there. [William Wotherspoon Ireland, MD] 1861 Archive.org. He was Assistant Surgeon, attached to the Bengal Horse Artillery. He was wounded and retired a few years later.
