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===British Library===
*''History of the Bombay Army'' by Sir Patrick Robert Cadell 1938. Two copies are available UIN: BLL01004156631 and BLL01009578085 .[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=esNBAAAAIAAJ Searchable, but not viewable Google Books]
*Records available in the [[British Library]] India Office holdings include:
**[http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/browse/r/h/19b8f9d7-708b-4ca9-aa4e-f68a7e1739a0 Bombay Army Records '''IOR/L/MIL/12'''] Discovery catalogue entry which includes links to subgroups. Alternatively, use [http://searcharchives.bl.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?vid=IAMS_VU2 The British Library’s "Search our Catalogue Archives and Manuscripts"]. Example, use the search term “IOR/L/MIL/12” (including punctuation marks) and click on “Browse this collection”
:Please note that the records Registers of Bombay Army European Soldiers '''IOR/L/MIL/12/109-116''' 1795-1862 commenced in 1831 and only contain men still serving in the Army at that date. These records have been transcribed by FIBIS, refer above. If a man left the Army prior to 1831 for any reason, including death, he will not appear in these records. The Muster records are an alternative source of information.
: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 Microfilm catalogue] by entering keywords such as Bombay Army. ::In particular, "Bombay Army muster rolls and casualty returns, 1708-1865" [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/746567 catalogue entry] are available. ::Bombay Army Lists 1759-1855 [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/746522 catalogue entry] are available. ::'''Note''': Microfilm FamilySearch microfilm ordering services ceased September 2017, however selected microfilms have been digitised and those originating from the British Library 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'''.
:At least some of the records in the series Miscellaneous Bombay Army officers' marriage notifications '''IOR/L/MIL/12/108''' have been transcribed by the British Library and are available on [http://indiafamily.bl.uk/UI/Home.aspx India Office Family History Search]
:*[http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/browse/r/h/2058978e-ec7b-4203-abff-b583220917ef Military Department Library: Bombay Army '''IOR/L/MIL/17/4'''] 1794-1913 (Discovery catalogue entry) includes
*[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=HvE_Pa_ZlfsC&pg=PA268&lpg=PA55&dq=Bombay%20Army&source=bl&ots=8BC29vkD0x&sig=ONYPQAN3-W8X9y785PowrLFzUq8&hl=en&ei=DsDASfCbB-TGjAe0icEo&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=9&ct=result#PPA55,M1 Bombay Army] in ''The Victorians at war, 1815-1914: an encyclopedia of British military history'' by Harold E. Raugh, 2004
*Details of James Macmurdo (1785-1820), of the Bombay Army are included in [http://cires.colorado.edu/~bilham/AB2007/MacmurdoGhoshGujarat.pdf "Fresh Light on the Peninsula of Gujarat in the Early Nineteenth Century"] by Suresh C. Ghosh ''Journal of the American Oriental Society'' Volume 96, No 4, Oct-Dec 1976, pp570-575 ( part of Roger Bilham's [http://cires.colorado.edu/~bilham/AB2007 AB2007]). This article may also be read online, free, on the JSTOR website see [[Miscellaneous tips#Access some articles in the JSTOR subscription website for free| Miscellaneous tips]]
*[https://blogs.bl.uk/untoldlives/2018/11/cadet-william-lambert-writes-from-bombay-in-1780.html "Cadet William Lambert writes from Bombay in 1780"] 29 November 2018. British Library Untold Lives Blogblog.:[https://blogs.bl.uk/untoldlives/2018/12/from-westmorland-to-india-william-lambert-of-the-bombay-army.html "From Westmorland to India – William Lambert of the Bombay Army"] 4 December 2018. British Library Untold Lives Blogblog.*[https://blogs.bl.uk/untoldlives/2021/09/an-examination-guide-for-bombay-army-officers.html "An examination guide for Bombay Army officers"] 30 September 2021. British Library Untold Lives blog. Concerning the 1868 book ''A guide to candidates for admission into the Staff Corps (Native Infantry Branch), being a series of questions and answers in nearly every subject on which they are usually examined'' by Captain Newman Burfoot Thoyts of the Bombay Staff Corps, including the clothing issued to Native officers and other ranks. The book is available at the British Library.
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20161224060313/https://usacac.army.mil/cac2/CGSC/CARL/nafziger/857DAC.pdf Distribution Return of Her Majesty's and the East India Company's Troops Serving under the Presidency of Bombay, 1 April 1857] [[British Army#Locating a regiment|The Nafziger Collection]] of Orders of Battle (page 171 of the Finding Aid)
*[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.
