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The [[East India Company]] maintained armies in its three [[Presidencies]]. These were formed from the mid-18th century and lasted until the [[Indian Mutiny]]. European regiments were amalgamated with the [[British Army]] in 1860. 'Native' regiments continued until the abolition of the Presidency Armies in the 1890s. For Indian armies and regiments after this date, see the [[Indian Army]].

==Records==

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.new.fibis.org/products-page/2-fibis-books-and-publications/fibis-research-guides/ FIBIS Online Shop]

Records include Cadet Papers '''IOR/L/MIL/9/107-253''' 1789-1860<br>

*[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a/records.aspx?cat=059-iorlmil_4-1_1&cid=1-1-2-1#1-1-2-1 '''IOR/L/MIL/9/107-115'''] 1789-1806, [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a/records.aspx?cat=059-iorlmil_4-1_2&cid=1-1-1-1#1-1-1-1 '''IOR/L/MIL/9/116-157'''] 1806- 1825, [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a/records.aspx?cat=059-iorlmil_4-1_3&cid=1-1-1-1#1-1-1-1 '''IOR/L/MIL/9/158-199'''] 1825-1842, [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a/records.aspx?cat=059-iorlmil_4-1_4&cid=1-1-1-1#1-1-1-1 '''IOR/L/MIL/9/200-239'''] 1841-1857, [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a/records.aspx?cat=059-iorlmil_4-1_5&cid=1-1-1-1#1-1-1-1 '''IOR/L/MIL/9/240-253'''] 1856- 1860

*[http://isp.ans.com.au/~rampais/genelogy/india/indexes/cadfram.htm List of Cadets who joined the East India Company Armies 1789-1859] with equivalent LDS microfilm number. Bob Holland’s Raimpais website

"Irishmen in the East-India Company Army" by Peter Bailey in ''Irish Family History-Journal of the Irish Family History Society'' Volume 17, 2001 page 84

The [[National Army Museum]], London has a card index, mainly in respect of East India Company Army Officers

==Wives and children==

Marriages between EIC soldiers and [[Anglo Indians]] or [[Native Woman|Native women]], the allowances paid to wives and the army records kept regarding these wives are discussed in "Haemoglobin D (B Punjab) in an East Anglian Family", ''The Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland'', Vol. 95, No. 2 (Jul. - Dec., 1965), pp. 295-306. The article (including an extract) and its implications are the subject of this [http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/india/2010-01/1264031553 archived India List thread]. The article may be read online on the subscription website JSTOR. Some card holders of participating libraries may have access, refer [[Miscellaneous tips]]. Also available at the [[British Library]]

==See also==

*[[Armies in India]]

*[[European regiments]]

== External Links ==

*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Presidency_armies Presidency Armies] Wikipedia

*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Company_rule_in_India#Army_and_civil_service Army and Civil Service] Wikipedia. Gives strengths of the Presidency armies in 1796, 1806 and 1857.

*A helpful website which has closed is regiments.org, here are pages from the archived site at January 2008 [http://web.archive.org/web/20071107112918/www.regiments.org/regiments/southasia/lists/iargts.htm An overview of the South Asian Armies page], [http://web.archive.org/web/20070910202651/www.regiments.org/regiments/southasia/lists/iargxref.htm Alphabetic Index, South Asia page] and [http://web.archive.org/web/20070910202221/www.regiments.org/regiments/southasia/lists/iargxrefn.htm Numeric index, South Asia page]

*''The East India Military Calendar: Containing the Services of General and Field Officers of the Indian Army'' by John Philippart. Contain the biographies of many officers. [[Google Books]]:

:*[http://books.google.com/books?id=-EbRAAAAMAAJ Volume 1], published 1823, index [http://books.google.com/books?id=-EbRAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA501 page 501]