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<br>The brigades of Royal Artillery will be formed:—16th of 5 companies of Bengal Artillery ; 17th of 6 companies of Madras Artillery; 18th of 6 companies of Bombay Artillery ; 19th of 5 companies of Bengal Artillery; 20th of 5 companies of Madras Artillery ; 21st of six companies of Bombay Artillery ; 22nd of 5 companies of Bombay Artillery; 23rd of 5 companies of Madras Artillery ; 24th of 5 companies of Bengal Artillery; 25th of 4 companies of Bengal Artillery".<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>
This link from [http://www.archive.org/stream/historyroyalreg00goog#page/n496/mode/2up/search/Bengal Duncan, Volume 2], below, lists the batteries in existence in 1872. The names of the Horse Artillery Brigades have changed since 1861, and the 24th and 25th Brigades are no longer in existence. For information for the period 1863-19041911, refer [[Stations of Royal Artillery in India]]
==Records==
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Artillery Royal Artillery] Wikipedia<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Regiment_of_Artillery Royal Regiment of Artillery] Wikipedia<br>[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=HvE_Pa_ZlfsC&pg=PA268&lpg=PA24&dq=Artillery&source=bl&ots=8BC29vkD0x&sig=ONYPQAN3-W8X9y785PowrLFzUq8&hl=en&ei=DsDASfCbB-TGjAe0icEo&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=9&ct=result#PPA24,M1 British Army Artillery] Victorians at War Website<br>
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombardier_(rank) Bombardier] Wikipedia<br>
===Individuals===*Photographs from Soldiers of the Queen: The Jewel in the Crown**[http://www.soldiersofthequeen.com/page4w-LtKiethRA.html Lt. John Keith], R.A. and the newspaper article relating to his death after being attacked by a wounded tiger. He was commissioned into the Royal Artillery on 1 April 1861 and was assigned to the 13th Brigade, 8th Battery in [[Secunderabad]], India on in May 1861. He died 24 April, 1867 at [[Nagpore]]. He was stationed at the nearby cantonment of [[Kamptee]] where he was buried**[http://www.soldiersofthequeen.com/page4b-BombardierStugeonRA.html Bombardier Sturgeon of the 3rd Mountain Battery, Royal Artillery] Quetta, c 1890's**[http://www.soldiersofthequeen.com/page4e-GunnerSidaRAand17thLancer.html Gunner George Thomas Sida of the Royal Artillery] served in India with "F" Battery, Royal Horse Artillery.for only a few months - from 11 March, 1893 to 4 July, 1893 before he died from being kicked by a horse at Mhow.**[http://www.soldiersofthequeen.com/page4-RoyalArtilleryGunner.html Royal Artillery Gunner] Bombay c 1900**[http://www.soldiersofthequeen.com/page4-LtLeonardGeorgeWatkins.html Leonard George Watkins] Bombay 1886, with previous information on the [http://www.soldiersofthequeen.com/index.html Home page]. He was appointed a Gentleman Cadet at the Royal Military Academy on 20 September, 1878 Although is seems the Watkins remained in the Royal Artillery for his entire career to c 1914 it was while seconded to the Indian Ordnance Department*[http://photo-sleuth.blogspot.com/2009/05/artillery-officer-and-crimean-hero-of.html Colonel James William Howard Fitzmayer] , born 1813, with his wife spent nearly six years in India from 1864, first in command of the Artillery at Meerut until January 1866, then at Benares, and in command of an army division at Oude until April 1867, during which time he was promoted to the rank of Major-General. Photo-sleuth,blogspot.com
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