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*[http://fibis.ourarchives.online/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=browse_components&id=987&s_id=4 Embarkation records>Hanoverian Regiments]

*[http://fibis.ourarchives.online/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=browse_components&id=986&s_id=137 Hanoverian Regiment pensioners]

==Histories==

*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=uQt4PleGb8QC&pg=PA97 ''The Royal Military Calendar, Or Army Service and Commission Book: Third Edition Volume 3''], page 97 by John Philippart 1820 Google Books contains a short description of the service of the Regiments in India

:Google Books snippet view extract “189. Hanoverian Troops in the East Indies(Madras) 1782-1787. Colonel Sir Lonsdale Hale, speaking at the Royal United Service Institution on 29 October 1913 (''Journal of the Royal United Service Institution, Volume 63'', page 315) said:-

:I find that in 1782, the 15th and 16th Hanoverian Regiments are mentioned (i.e. in Madras Presidency Orders). Then there comes in later a 14th Hanoverian Regiment." He also quoted a Madras order of 17 July, 1787, as follows : — " Col. Wangenheim will receive certain allowances the day after his arrival at Madras, being the day he assumes the command of the Electoral Troops. ...”

==Individuals==

*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=bNbre3lCAawC&pg=PA386 Lieutenant Colonel Charles Best] served in the 14th Hanoverian Regiment, appointed June 1781 ''The Royal Military Calendar, Or Army Service and Commission Book: Third Edition Volume 4'' by John Philippart 1820 Google Books

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*[http://www.kgl.de Arbeitskreis Hannoversche Militärgeschichte]. A German language website set up by a small group of people, particularly Michael-Andreas Tänzer, whose hobby is Hanoverian military history. Some pages are available in English. Under the heading "Militärgeschichte 1617-1866", select Ostindien for a history of the period in India, transcribed from the articles by Victor von Diebitsch, refer above. (German language), or scroll through from this [http://www.kgl.de/NecAsperaTerrent/geschichte/ostindien/diebitsch_ostindien/diebitsch1.htm link] In addition there are categories Genealogy, Sources and Links, for which there are pages available written in English. The point is made that all relevant family history records were written by hand. This means that you have to read the common German handwriting which was current in the respective time period which is not easy. A link is provided to the Association of German Speaking Professional Genealogists. ([https://web.archive.org/web/20131121002802/http://www.kgl.de archive.org link])

:[https://web.archive.org/web/20181004054155/http://www.balticconnections.net/index.cfm?article=Lower+Saxony+State+Archives+(Germany) Lower Saxony State Archives (Germany)] English language. balticconnections.net, now an archived webpage, so some information could be out of date.

*Rootsweb India List posts about the Hanoverian Regiments going to India in 1781. They departed in the same convoy as the 78th (Seaforth Highland) Regiment of Foot, later renumbered the [[72nd Regiment of Foot]]<ref>Bailey, Peter. [https://web.archive.org/web/20200804153434/https://lists.rootsweb.com/hyperkitty/list/india.rootsweb.com/thread/6410304/ Dutch - or German?] ''Rootsweb India Mailing List'' 5 June 2006. Scroll down. <br>Upshon. [https://web.archive.org/web/20200804153349/https://lists.rootsweb.com/hyperkitty/list/india.rootsweb.com/thread/6410313/ Dutch - or German?] ''Rootsweb India Mailing List'' 5 June 2006.

*Hanoverians are mentioned in this [http://www.archive.org/stream/historicalrecor06canngoog#page/n43/mode/1up link] (Archives.org) in 1783.

*The following reference is quoted in [http://www.igv.nl/jir/broneng.html Janssen’s Indisch Repertorium] : "Hannoversche Regimenter in fremdem Sold (14. und 15. Churf. Hann. Infanterie Regt.)", door Ernst Ritter, in: ''Norddeutsche Familienkunde 1'' (1952), 53-55; 71-74; 99-101.

== References ==

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[[Category: Non-British Ancestors]] [[Category:Madras Infantry Regiments| Madras Infantry Regiments]]