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*FIBIS database: [http://search.fibis.org/frontis/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=browse_components&id=494&s_id=186 Applications for Cadetships in EIC Armies 1789-1860] includes Bombay Army. These are records for officers
*FIBIS database: [http://www.search.fibis.org/frontis/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=browse_components&id=147&s_id=13 Registers of Bombay Army European Soldiers 1793-1860]. These are the full copies of the records taken from the British Library records,IOR/L/MIL/12/109-116, refer below
*FIBIS database: [http://search.fibis.org/frontis/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=browse_components&id=679&s_id=137 Soldiers’ and Widows’ Pension details -1896] IOR/ L/MIL/14/214 & 215 Includes previous members of the [[Bengal Army|Bengal]], [[Madras Army|Madras]] and Bombay Armies, including men from the [[Unattached List]]. May also include a few members of the [[Indian Army]] which officially was formed in 1895. These records are available on LDS microfilm 2029979 Items 1-2 with [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/show?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fcatalog-search-api%3A8080%2Fwww-catalogapi-webservice%2Fitem%2F774116 774116 catalogue entry], however the FIBIS database record contains all the information available in the microfilm
*"Searching for Gopal Drooge and the Murder of Captain William Richardson" by Tim Willasey- Wilsey ''FIBIS Journal Number 31 (Spring 2014)'' pages 16-25.
:Gopal Drooge is identified as the modern Kabbal Durga. The murders took place in September 1783 when thirteen officers from the Bombay Army, including Captain Richardson of the [[3rd Bombay Sepoys]] and four officers from the British Army were killed on the orders of Tipu Sultan.
**[http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/browse/r/h/19b8f9d7-708b-4ca9-aa4e-f68a7e1739a0 Bombay Army Records '''IOR/L/MIL/12'''] Discovery catalogue entry which includes links to subgroups. Alternatively, use [http://searcharchives.bl.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?vid=IAMS_VU2 The British Library’s "Search our Catalogue Archives and Manuscripts"]. Example, use the search term “IOR/L/MIL/12” (including punctuation marks) and click on “Browse this collection”
:Please note that the records Registers of Bombay Army European Soldiers '''IOR/L/MIL/12/109-116''' 1795-1862 commenced in 1831 and only contain men still serving in the Army at that date. These records have been transcribed by FIBIS, refer above. If a man left the Army prior to 1831 for any reason, including death, he will not appear in these records. The Muster records are an alternative source of information.
:FamilySearch ([[LDS]] (Mormons)) have filmed many of these records. [https://familysearch.org/catalog/search Search the Microfilm catalogue] by entering keywords such as Bombay Army. In particular, "Bombay Army European soldiers, 1795-1862" and "Bombay Army muster rolls and casualty returns, 1708-1865" [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/746567 catalogue entry] are available. (See [[FamilySearch Centres#Ordering microfilms|Ordering microfilms]]for access details).
::'''Note''': Microfilm ordering services ceases 31 August 2017, however selected microfilms have been digitised and are currently available for viewing on a FamilySearch computer at a FamilySearch Centre. Locate these records through the FamilySearch catalogue. It is expected that in time all microfilms will be similarly available in this format.
:At least some of the records in the series Miscellaneous Bombay Army officers' marriage notifications '''IOR/L/MIL/12/108''' have been transcribed by the British Library and are available on [http://indiafamily.bl.uk/UI/Home.aspx India Office Family History Search]
