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This area is currently being restructured1. See the FIBIS database Fibis Database*[httphttps://fibis.ourarchives.online/frontis/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=class_detaillist_sources&source_class=340 East India Company Army] section holds various datasets which include..** [https://fibis.ourarchives.online/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=list_sources&source_class=407 Cadet Records]**[https://fibis.ourarchives.online/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=browse_components&id=1298&s_id=422 Court Martials]** [http://fibis.ourarchives.online/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=list_sources&source_class=420 EIC Officers Commissioned as Brevet Captains in the British Army, 1796]** [https://fibis.ourarchives.online/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=browse_components&id=1298&s_id=422 General Orders by Commander-in-Chief]** [https://fibis.ourarchives.online/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=browse_components&id=1297&s_id=420 HEIC Officers given Brevet Rank in the Kings Army 1798]** [https://fibis.ourarchives.online/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=list_sources&source_class=423 Irish Enlisted in the HEIC 1811-1855] ** [https://fibis.ourarchives.online/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=list_sources&source_class=420 Madras Artillery]**[http://fibis.ourarchives.online/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=browse_components&id=141&s_id=67 Medal Roll for full list the China Campaign, 1842 Madras Artillery & Staff only]** [http://fibis.ourarchives.online/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=browse_components&id=1116&s_id=340 Muster Rolls and Casualty Lists]** [https://fibis.ourarchives.online/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=browse_components&id=1305 Bengal Presidency Alphabetical List Army Officers 1760-1834]** [https://fibis.ourarchives.online/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=browse_components&id=1303 Officers of the Bengal Army serving in May 1766 during the Batta Mutiny 1766]** [https://fibis.ourarchives.online/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=browse_components&id=1304 Officers of the Madras Army Sent to Bengal to Support Lord Clive - Batta Mutiny 1766]**[http://fibis.ourarchives.online/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=class_detail&source_class=137 Pensions and Funds]**[http://fibis.ourarchives.online/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=class_detail&source_class=15 Prize Lists]** [http://fibis.ourarchives.online/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=browse_components&id=936&s_id=340 Purchased Discharges]** [http://fibis.ourarchives.online/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=browse_components&id=147&s_id=340 Register of European Soldiers of the Madras Army]** [http://fibis.ourarchives.online/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=browse_components&id=1135&s_id=340 Registers of Bengal Army European Soldiers]** [http://fibis.ourarchives.online/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=browse_components&id=1136&s_id=340 Registers of Bombay Army European Soldiers]** [http://fibis.ourarchives.online/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=browse_components&id=1119&s_id=340 Registers of datasetsRecruits]** [http://fibis.ourarchives.online/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=browse_components&id=146&s_id=340 Soldiers Service Records held at The National Archives]** [http://fibis.ourarchives.online/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=browse_components&id=838&s_id=340 St Helena Musters]*[http://fibis.ourarchives.online/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=browse_components&id=378&s_id=340 War Services of Officers of the Bengal Army 1863]*[https://fibis.ourarchives.online/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=browse_components&id=218&s_id=4 Embarkation Lists of EIC Recruits to India ]*[http://fibis.ourarchives.online/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=class_detail&source_class=221 The First Soldiers of the EIC Army]
* [http://fibis2.ourarchives.online/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=browse_components&id=1117&s_id=340 Cadet Records]*[http://fibis.ourarchives.online/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=browse_components&id=136&s_id=340 Court Martials]* [http://fibis.ourarchives.online/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=browse_components&id=703&s_id=340 EIC Officers Commissioned as Brevet Captains in the British Army, 1796]* [http://fibis.ourarchives.online/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=browse_components&id=136&s_id=340 General Orders by Commander-in-Chief]* [http://fibis.ourarchives.online/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=browse_components&id=703&s_id=340 HEIC Officers given Brevet Rank in the Kings Army]* [http://fibis.ourarchives.online/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=browse_components&id=135&s_id=340 Madras Artillery]*[http://fibis.ourarchives.online/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=browse_components&id=141&s_id=67 Medal Roll for the China Campaign, 1842 Madras Artillery & Staff only]* [http://fibis.ourarchives.online/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=browse_components&id=1116&s_id=340 Muster Rolls and Casualty Lists]* [http://fibis.ourarchives.online/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=browse_components&id=879&s_id=340 Officers of the Bengal Army 1758-1834]* [http://fibis.ourarchives.online/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=browse_components&id=394&s_id=340 Officers of the Bengal Army Serving at the time of the Batta Mutiny 1766]* [http://fibis.ourarchives.online/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=browse_components&id=395&s_id=340 Officers Sent to Bengal from Madras during the Batta Mutiny]*[http://fibis.ourarchives.online/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=class_detail&source_class=137 Pensions and Funds]*[http://fibis.ourarchives.online/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=class_detail&source_class=15 Prize Lists]* [http://fibis.ourarchives.online/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=browse_components&id=936&s_id=340 Purchased Discharges]* [http://fibis.ourarchives.online/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=browse_components&id=147&s_id=340 Register of European Soldiers of the Madras Army]* [http://fibis.ourarchives.online/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=browse_components&id=1135&s_id=340 Registers of Bengal Army European Soldiers]* [http://fibis.ourarchives.online/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=browse_components&id=1136&s_id=340 Registers of Bombay Army European Soldiers]* [http://fibis.ourarchives.online/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=browse_components&id=1119&s_id=340 Registers of Recruits]* [http://fibis.ourarchives.online/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=browse_components&id=146&s_id=340 Soldiers Service Records held at The National Archives]* [http://fibis.ourarchives.online/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=browse_components&id=838&s_id=340 St Helena Musters]* [http://fibis.ourarchives.online/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=browse_components&id=378&s_id=340 War Services of Officers of the Bengal Army 1863]*[http://fibis.ourarchives.online/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=class_detail&source_class=221 The First Soldiers of the EIC Army]*[[FIBIS Journals|FIBIS Journals]] - Available to view '''free by members only''' in the [http://fibis.ourarchives.online/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=browse_components&id=606&s_id=103 FIBIS database] website or can be purchased online in the [https://www.fibis.org/store/ FIBIS Shop].
==Records======3. FIBIS Research Guide====
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== Overview ==
The [[East India Company]] (EIC), also known as the Honourable East India Company (HEIC), maintained a formidable army in each of its three [[Presidencies]]. Although there was a military presence in each Presidency beforehand, the Company established formal armies following the French capture of [[Fort St George]] (Madras) during the War of Austrian Succession in 1746. These armies grew over the next hundred years until the renowned ‘[[Indian Mutiny]]’ (1857-59). After the Mutiny, the India Act of 1858 of the English parliament, decreed the dissolution of these armies. Its European soldiers were given the option either of transferring to the British Army or of discharge with a bounty and shipment back to Europe. About 50 percent selected each option. The mutinous native regiments were disbanded but those few, who remained loyal to the British, plus loyal native irregular units, formed the basis of the new ‘[[Indian Army]]’, which continued until Independence
The three Presidency armies were quite distinct from each other and operated independently. More information can be found on their respective articles:
== FIBIS resources ==
**Number 6 (Autumn 2001) ''Monthly Military Musters - Part 1'' by Peter Bailey. Contains information about the women and children classified according to 'European' or 'East Indian'.
**Number 7 (Spring 2002) ''Monthly Military Musters - Part 2'' by Peter Bailey. About the officers and soldiers. Contains a copy of the muster taken for ‘A’ or [[2nd Madras (European) Light Infantry| Captain J. Cramer’s Company, Madras European Infantry]] which was stationed at Bangalore on 1st January 1841.
**Number 22 (Autumn 2009) ''Looking for Gunner Hurley in India - Part 2'' by Malcolm Hurley Mills and Lawrie Butler.
[[Image:Guide-001.gif|right]]''Researching ancestors in the East India Company's Armies'' by Peter Bailey Families in British India Society, 2006. (FIBIS research guide; 1)
This is the essential handbook for anyone researching ancestors who were connected to the HEIC Armies of Bengal, Bombay, and Madras. It covers records from the armies' origins until their assimilation into the British Army in 1860. Laid out in a clear and accessible manner, the book directs searchers to records on all available stages of a man's career, whether officer or soldier, including sources which may provide details on his wife and children. For those researchers not fortunate enough to have access to the India Office Records at the British Library, the LDS film numbers are included. A full review by Richard Scott Morel, Archivist of Pre-1858 India Office Records, is available on pp. 45-46 of the FIBIS ''Journal'' 17 (Spring 2007)
Purchase a copy from the [http://www.fibis.org/store/fibis-books-and-publications/bkf-0002-researching-ancestors-in-the-east-india-company-armies-fibis-research-guide-no-1-by-peter-a-bailey/ FIBIS Online Shop]
== Other resources ==
====India Office records at the British Library====
Also see the '''individual pages for the three Presidency Armies''', mentioned above
[http://searcharchives.bl.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?vid=IAMS_VU2 The British Library’s "Search our Catalogue Archives and Manuscripts"] Search by name, or record reference.
***Military Depots: Depot Embarkation Lists 1824-1860. '''IOR/L/MIL/9/77-84'''. These records are arranged by ship and generally give name, age, height, place of birth, date and place of enlistment, period of service, previous occupation, and remarks.
*** Embarkation Lists 1753-1861. '''IOR/L/MIL/9/85-106'''. Registers of men embarked, compiled at the port of embarkation. They are arranged by ship, and each volume contains an index of ships' names. The records may include rank, place of birth, trade, age and remarks
::FamilySearch digitised microfilm [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/520806 catalogue entry, L/MIL/9/77-106]:'''Note''': FamilySearch (LDS) microfilm ordering services has now ceased, however selected most microfilms have been digitised and are currently available for viewing on a FamilySearch computer at a [[FamilySearch Centres|FamilySearch Centre]] and generally also at a 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.
====Books and Articles====
*[https://archive.org/stream/in.ernet.dli.2015.289849/2015.289849.Bengal-Past#page/n11/mode/2up "Diary of Samuel Hickson 1777-1785"] in ''Bengal Past and Present, Volume 49 ,Part 1 1935'', pages 5-54 Archive.org, Digital Library of India Collection. Page 6 documents the hardships suffered by most new recruits on the voyage to India.
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=jIUEAAAAQAAJ&pg=PP7 ''Memoirs of the early life and service of a field officer on the retired list of the Indian army''] by Major David Price 1839 Google Books. Recruitment into the East India Company Army in London in 1780 is mentioned on [http://books.google.com/books?id=jIUEAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA11 page 11]
*[https://archive.org/details/jstor-2337686/page/n1/mode/2up "Vital Statistics of the East India Company's Armies in India, European and Native"] by Lieut.-Colonel W H Sykes ''Journal of the Statistical Society of London'', Volume 10, 1847, pages 100-131. Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/nedfortescueorro00forruoft ''Ned Fortescue; or, Roughing it through life; a story founded on fact''] by EW Forrest, late Her Majesty’s Indian Army. 1869 Archive.org. It seems likely that the author arrived in India c 1841 and took part in actions during the 1840s and 1850s, from the [[Sind Campaign]] to the [[Indian Mutiny]]. Ned meets a recruiting party for the East India Company on [https://archive.org/stream/nedfortescueorro00forruoft#page/26/mode/2up page 26]
*[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=qfgDAAAAQAAJ&pg=PR1 ''The Duties of Judge Advocates: Compiled from Her Majesty’s and the Hon. East India Company’s Military Regulations…''] by Captain R M Hughes 12th Regiment Bombay Army, Deputy Judge Advocate General, Scinde Field Force. 1845 Google Books
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/catalogueofbooks00cockrich#page/n1/mode/2up ''A catalogue of books relating to the military history of India''] drawn up by Maurice J.D. Cockle 1901 Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/decisivebattleso00mallrich ''The Decisive Battles of India : from 1746 to 1849 inclusive''] by Colonel GB Malleson Fourth Edition, New, 1914, first published 1883. With maps. [https://archive.org/details/decisivebattleso00malluoft 2nd edition 1885] Darker text, but lacks some maps. Archive.org.
*[https://archive.org/details/lightshadeinbygo00thor/page/n5/mode/2up ''Light and shade in bygone India: a study of the soldier in India at the end of the eighteenth and beginning of the nineteenth centuries''] by Lt. Col. L. H. Thornton 1927. [https://archive.org/details/lightshadeinbygo00thor/page/n357/mode/2up Bibliography] page 341. Archive.org.
*[https://archive.org/details/rasctransportsupplyvol1/page/n13/mode/2up ''The Royal Army Service Corps: A History of Transport and Supply in the British Army, Volume I''] by John Fortescue (Sir John William Fortescue) 1930 Archive.org. Covers the period to 1902. Includes India.
*[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.503252 ''Vignettes From Indian Wars''] by Lieut-General Sir George MacMunn, Colonel Commandant Royal Artillery 1932 Archive.org, Digital Library of India Collection.
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