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== Introduction ==

This page was part of the Family History in India website which is designed to help people trace their British, European and Anglo-Indian family history in colonial India by Cathy Day. Cathy has kindly allowed us to transfer this page to our wiki. This particular page is a history of the Connaught Rangers during the period 1857-1870. It was extracted by Chris Bateman of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. The original work was entitled ''The Connaught Rangers - 1st Battalion, Formerly 88th Foot'' by Lieutenant-Colonel H.F.N. Jourdain, C.M.G., and was published in London in 1924. It has been extracted verbatim, with the footnotes identified and included in the main text.

During most of the time the establishment of the depot was 6 officers, 10 sergeants, 4 drummers, and 100 rank and file. A General Order of May 1867 (No. 41) increased this establishment by 20 privates, but an order of 1869 reduced it considerably, probably in view of the approaching return of the regiment. The actual strength had varied a good deal and the orders varying the standard of height for recruits and opening and closing recruiting for the regiment in various districts are legion.