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*[http://www.archive.org/stream/presidentialarmi00carnrich#page/n5/mode/2up ''The Presidential Armies of India''] by Colonel S Rivett-Carnac 1890 Archive.org has chapters on the Bombay Army
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==== Historical books online ====
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/presidentialarmi00carnrich#page/n5/mode/2up ''The Presidential Armies of India''] by Colonel S Rivett-Carnac 1890 Archive.org has chapters on the Bombay Army.
*Alphabetical List of Officers of the Indian Army 1760 to 1834 compiled by Dodwell and Miles, 1838, corrected to September 30, 1837 includes section relating to [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=nONAAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA2184&lpg#v=twopage&q&f=false Service History of Officers of the Bombay Army 1760-1834] books.google.com. Note: Should you wish to scroll through the book, you may need to change from the "two page" icon to the "one page" icon (top left hand corner).
*[https://archive.org/details/britishofficerh00stocgoog/page/n6 ''The British Officer: his Position, Duties, Emoluments and Privileges…''] by J H Stocqueler 1851 Archive.org. Includes "Part VI The East India Company’s Service".
*[https://archive.org/details/indianarmyunifor00carm/page/n7 ''Indian Army Uniforms under the British from the 18th century to 1947: Cavalry''] by W Y Carman 1961. Archive.org Lending Library. Includes a [https://archive.org/details/indianarmyunifor00carm/page/232 Regimental index, page 232].
:[http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/131698 ''Indian Army Uniforms''] by W Y Carman 1969. Full title: ''Indian Army Uniforms under the British from the 18th century to 1947 : Artillery, Engineers and Infantry''. Pdf download, Digital Library of India. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.131698 Archive.org version], mirror from Digital Library of India. Note: Original colour plates are in black and white and most illustrations are of poor quality.
*[https://archive.org/details/itinerarydirecto00clunrich ''Itinerary and directory for Western India, being a collection of routes through the provinces subject to the Presidency of Bombay, and the principal roads in the neighbouring states''] by Captain John Clunes, 12th Regiment Bombay Native Infantry. 1826 Archive.org
*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=bZ8EAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA235 A List of all the stations in the Bombay Presidency], with details, page 235 ''Transactions of the Medical and Physical Society of Bombay, Volume VII, New Series 1861'' Google Books
*[https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=TlhpAAAAcAAJ&pg=PP3 ''Code of Military Regulations at present in force under the Presidency of Bombay''] compiled under the authority of government by Captain G.I. Jameson, Deputy Military Auditor General. Bombay 1844. [https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=TlhpAAAAcAAJ&pg=PP5 Contents] Google Books. Also available as [http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100033819223.0x000001#ark:/81055/vdc_100033819500.0x000004 British Library itemVIEWER]. May be slow to open.
*[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=appeAAAAcAAJ&pg=PR1 ''Code of Regulations for the Medical Department of the Presidency of Bombay''] 1849 Google Books
*[https://archive.org/stream/BlackwoodsMagVol108/Blackwood_s_Magazine#page/n797/mode/2up "Colonel Edward Hamilton of the Honourable East India Company’s Service"] by Lieut.-General Sir J Spencer Ewart page 771 ''Blackwood’s Magazine'', Volume 208, 1920. Archive.org. Edward Hamilton was born 1733 and joined the Bombay Army c 1756. Following a massacre of Europeans at [[Patna]], he was ordered to join a force which was sent to Calcutta as reinforcements where he was involved in hard campaigning c 1765.
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/navalmilitarymag02londuoft#page/590/mode/2up "Sir Henry Oakes"]. Appointed 1775, died 1827 ''Naval and Military Magazine Volume 2'', page 590, 1827
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=rRw3AAAAYAAJ&pg=PA556 "Reminiscences of A Sindian Outpost"] by Capt Hart, Bombay Native Infantry from ''Colburn's United Service Magazine Part 2 1843'' Google Books
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=AuUqAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA48 "Reminiscences of Upper Sinde. Convoys"] by Capt Hart, Bombay Native Infantry from ''Colburn's United Service Magazine Part 3 1843'' Google Books
*''Records of Sport and Military Life in Western India'' by Lieut-Colonel Thomas Gamble Fraser 1881. [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/101833 Pdf download, Digital Library of India], [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.101833 Archive.org version], mirror from Digital Library of India; [http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_000000034B12#?#loaded&c=0&m=0&s=0&cv=0&z=-1219.2441%2C-125.3889%2C3886.4882%2C2507.7778 British Library Digital Collection]. Born 1807, he joined the Bombay Army, (1st Bombay Fusiliers), as a young Cadet, aged 16 c 1823 and retired 1st January 1856. Includes some reminiscences of James Outram.
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/cu31924024060166#page/n47/mode/2up ''Memories of a Long Life''] by Lieutenant-Colonel Sir David Davidson 1890 Archive.org. The author left for India in late 1827 for the Bombay Army, where he remained for [http://www.archive.org/stream/cu31924024060166#page/n301/mode/2up 20 years]
*[https://archive.org/details/amemoirmajorgen00rawlgoog ''A Memoir of Major-General Sir Henry Creswicke Rawlinson''] by George Rawlinson 1898 Archive.org Born 1810, he joined the Bombay Army in 1827. In 1833 he was sent to Persia, the start of a long association with this country. He was recalled to India in 1839 and in 1840 was appointed Political Agent in Western Afghanistan and was involved in the [[1st Afghan War]] until the end of 1842. In October 1843 he was appointed “British Political Agent in Turkish Arabia” 1844-1849 and 1851-1855. He there resumed an interest in Cuneiform Studies. Also see [[Iran]]
