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==Jager (Jaeger) Corps==
Also known as the British German Legion or the German Legion
In 1860 the 109th Regiment of Foot in India was joined by 500 men of the Jaeger Corps who had volunteered from the Cape Colony (part of South Africa under British Occupation until 1910) for service in India on the outbreak of the Indian Mutiny according to this India List [http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/india/2004-03/1078511503 thread]. The Jager (Jaeger) Corps had its origin in the German Legion sent to the Crimea, which was then resettled in South Africa according to this Victorian Wars Forum [http://www.victorianwars.com/viewtopic.php?f=82&t=1883#p7695 post] by Mark Simner 12 July 2009
There are India Office Records at the British Library [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a/records.aspx?cat=059-iorlmil_8-1&cid=1-3-12#1-3-12 British Army in India: Nominal and Casualty Rolls of Jager Corps Volunteers '''IOR/L/MIL/15/31-36'''] 1860-1866
===External links===*[http://web.archive.org/web/20091108022740/http://stutterheim.eci.co.za/legion.htm The British-German Legion] stutterheim.eci.co.za, an archived website.*[http://archive.org/stream/tenyearsinsouth00westgoog#page/n96/mode/2up "The East India Campaign"], page 70 ''Ten years in South Africa. Only complete and authentic history of the British German Legion in South Africa and the East Indies. From the memoirs of Wm. Westphal'' 1892 Archive.org. This account advises there were many deaths in India due to disease.
==Boer War==
