Bengal Horse Artillery

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Chronology

  • 1800 raised as the Experimental Brigade of Bengal Horse Artillery
  • 1809 2nd and 3rd Troops of Bengal Horse Artillery formed
  • 1817 first three Native Troops formed
  • 1826 reorganisation of Bengal Horse Artillery into Brigades
  • 1861 absorbed into the Royal Artillery

Books

From Recruit to Staff Sergeant, by Nathaniel Washington Bancroft published 1885, which is previewed in this Limited View Google Books link. A 1979 reprint of this book is available at the British Library. It includes his experiences in the Sikh Wars of 1845-1846 and 1848-1849 with the Bengal Horse Artillery.