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'''[http://www.sahr.co.uk/about.html The Society for Army Historical Research]''' publishes a Journal which includes articles on an irregular basis about both the EIC Armies and the British Army in India.<br>The Society's interests embrace both Army and Regimental history, military antiquities and pictures, uniforms, badges and medals, arms and equipment, customs and traditions and the history of land warfare in general. The study of campaigns, commanders and the political aspects of war is covered from the sixteenth century to the 1960s.<br>The Society's main activity is the publication of a quarterly Journal reflecting the members'interests and the results of their own research covering any aspect of the history and traditions of the British Army, including the Militia and Volunteer Forces, and armies levied by the Crown in earlier times, the history of land forces in the countries of the Commonwealth and former British Empire.<br> There are three volumes of indexes covering Volumes 1-40, 1921-1962; Volumes 41-68, 1963-1990; Volumes 69-84, 1991-2006<br>The British Library appears to have most of the volumes of the ''Journal of the Society for Army Historical Research''in its General Reference Collection. The indexes however are available in the OIR collection, shelfmark 355.009, possibly together with some volumes, SV 302 25.<br>The following are examples of articles which have been of interest to researchers.*Volume 53,1975 No. 27 A complete and detailed description of the uniforms of all ranks of the Madras Artillery in 1842*Volume 54,1976. Thomas Erskine Dempster was Medical Officer in charge of the Regiment at the time of the 1824 mutiny by the 47th Native Infantry at Barrackpore, Bengal. In his account of the mutiny, he outlines the conditions and events leading up to the mutiny, provides an eye-witness account of the action, then describes the hangings and subsequent repeals that occurred later. He concludes with some personal observations and reasoning with regard to the circumstances of the revolt.*Volume 61.no 247,Autumn 1983 page 142, A biographical article titled Nathaniel Washington Bancroft, about a soldier in the EIC Army Bengal Horse Artillery, born early 1820's.He wrote the book ''From Recruit to Staff Sergeant'', published c 1886, which is previewed in this [http://books.google.com/books?id=av00vIKTkgIC&pg=PA111 Limited View Google Books link]*Volume 61.no 247,Autumn 1983 page 160. An article about the European Volunteer Movement in India, later known as the Auxiliary Force, India.*Volume 75, Spring 1997 An article about British graves at Probolinggo . Officers of the 78th Highlanders were killed in May 1813 trying to enforce a new 'land distribution scheme'with which many of the locals did not agree*Volume 79, 2001 No. 320 pp. 295-312.A complete and detailed description of the uniforms of all ranks of the Bombay Artillery in 1844 in an article by P.E. Abbott *Volume 80,2002 Article "Europeans Who Sided With The Mutineers In India" Page 121(unclear which no.)
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