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The Carnatic European Veteran Battalion was established in May 1811. "These were soldiers who had finished their term of duty with the regular battalions and who were retained in 'Veteran's Battalion' in case they were called upon to defend the Presidency for any reason. In this case, it was the Madras Presidency. At different times, they were called the 'Invalids Battalion' and did, indeed, include men who had been injured sufficiently to exclude them from normal regimental duties but not too severely"<ref>India List [http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/india/2007-04/1177314048 post] by Peter Bailey</ref> "The battalion was mainly involved in garrison work, that is, guarding the garrison of East India Company units to free up the young and fit men for active duty".<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20070807154127/http://members.ozemail.com.au/~clday/bull.htm Bull Family History in India] from Cathy Day’s archived website "Family History in India" </ref> The headquarters were at Masulipatam .Two companies, each of 50 men , were at Vizagapatam and Ganjam. More details are in [http://www.archive.org/stream/historymadrasar01wilsgoog#page/n352/mode/1up ''History of the Madras Army Volume 3''], page 343 by W J Wilson 1883 Archive.org
In 1837 there were 211 men at Vizagapatum,<ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=8QQHAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA50 "Extracts from the Annual Report by the Medical Board on the Health of the Honorable Company's European Troops serving under the Presidency o Fort St. George for years 1837-8-9"], ''The Madras Quarterly Medical Journal, Volume 3 1841'', page 50 Google Books</ref> 185 in 1838<ref> idem [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=8QQHAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA54 page 54]</ref> and in 1839 average strength was 198<ref>idem [http://books.google.com/books?id=8QQHAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA63 page 63]</ref>.
[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a/records.aspx?cat=059-f4_9&cid=1-1-23-9#1-1-23-9 IOR/F/4/635/17309] Mar 1806-Jun 1819 Content:Alterations in the pay and constitution of the Carnatic European Veteran Battalion - division of the Battalion into Artillery and Infantry Wings etc.
==External links==
*[http://web.archive.org/web/20070807154127/http://members.ozemail.com.au/~clday/bull.htm Bull Family History in India] from Cathy Day’s archived website "Family History in India". William Bull was in the [[23rd Light Dragoons|19th Light Dragoons]], later transferring, in order to remain in India, to the [[25th Light Dragoons]] and the Carnatic European Veteran Battalion. His son-in-law William Drudge joined the [[25th Light Dragoons]] , later transferring, again to remain in India, to the [[22nd Light Dragoons]], and then the [[13th Light Dragoons]].
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