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*'''1844''' Increase to four battalions of five companies each plus a Golundauze battalion of seven companies
*'''1857''' Increase of Golundauze battalion by two ‘supplementary companies.
*'''1861''' Transfer of soldiers to Royal Artillery. The Madras Artillery was absorbed into the [[Royal Artillery]] as the 17th, 20th and 23rd Brigades<ref>[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=J-ERAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA606 "The New Artillery Amalgamation"], pages 606-607 (December 1861) from ''Colburn’s United Service Magazine, Volume 97, 1861 Part 3'' Google Books</ref>
==Research sources==
*[http://www.search.fibis.org/frontis/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=browse_components&id=135&s_id=14 Transcription of Officers Service History, 1748 - 1861] from Leslie's ''List of Officers who have Served in the Madras Artillery''
*[http://www.search.fibis.org/frontis/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=browse_components&id=721&s_id=221 Royal Regiment of Artillery 1747-1749], a list of Artillerymen from Major John Goodyere's Company who sailed to India in 1747 with Admiral Edward Boscawen's Fleet
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