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Collection Area India Office Records and Private Papers Level [37] SubSeries

1461. IOR/L/MIL/9/358-429

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/9/358-429
Title:
Assistant-Surgeons' Papers and the Indian Medical Service
Scope & Content:
The East India Company's medical men were first organised into a regular service in 1764, but it was not until 1788 that they were granted commisions and a promotion ladder of assistant-surgeon, surgeon, surgeon-major and surgeon-general appeared in each Presidency. In 1773 the Company appointed ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1878-1915
Extent:
71 volumes

1462. IOR/L/MIL/9/430-432

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/9/430-432
Title:
The Indian Nursing Service
Scope & Content:
Until 1887, when the Indian Nursing Service was founded by Lady Roberts, wife of the then Commander-in-Chief India, nursing in military hospitals in India was carried out by medical orderlies detailed from regiments and other units. In 1903 the title was changed to Queen Alexandra's Military Nurs...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1887-1920
Extent:
3 volumes

1463. IOR/L/MIL/9/433-434

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/9/433-434
Title:
Veterinary Surgeons' Papers
Scope & Content:
The East India Company first attempted to appoint veterinary surgeons regularly for each unit of cavalry and horse artillery, and for the bodyguards, in 1826. They entered by the same patronage method as the cadets and assistant-surgeons.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1826-1859
Extent:
2 volumes

1464. IOR/L/MIL/9/435-551

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/9/435-551
Title:
Temporary Indian Army Appointments
Scope & Content:
During the First World War the supply of regular British officers for the Indian Army, entering via Sandhurst or (from 1915) Wellington or Quetta, proved inadequate for the needs of a greatly expanded establishment. Temporary Commissions or commissions in the Indian Army Reserve of Officers were ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1919-1921
Extent:
116 volumes

1465. IOR/L/MIL/10/1-19

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/10/1-19
Title:
Bengal Army Lists
Scope & Content:
The series consists of lists of officers, forwarded to East India House from the Adjutant-General's Department in Bengal. Between 1718 and 1721 some officers also appear in the Muster Rolls (IOR/L/MIL/10/130-43). A quarterly Bengal Army List was published in India from 1819 to 1889 (continued in ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1781-1849
Extent:
19 volumes

1466. IOR/L/MIL/10/20-69

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/10/20-69
Title:
Bengal Service Army Lists
Scope & Content:
The Bengal Service Army Lists provide detailed information on an officer's career to date. The initial entry usually gives 'inter alia' a cadet's date of birth, the name of his father, and the names of the person who recommended him and the director who nominated him - there then follows a contin...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1770-1858
Extent:
48 volumes

1467. IOR/L/MIL/10/70-74

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/10/70-74
Title:
Bengal Service Army Lists - Medical
Scope & Content:
The series consists of detailed records of service of surgeons and assistant-surgeons, compiled at East India House c1855 and afterwards. Each volume is arranged alphabetically. IOR/L/MIL/10/70-72 refer to men who were dead or in retirement at the time of compilation, and IOR/L/MIL/10/73-74 cover...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1765-1858
Extent:
5 volumes

1468. IOR/L/MIL/10/75-102

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/10/75-102
Title:
Bengal Services
Scope & Content:
Until c1882 the following information is normally to be found for all officers, viz:- details of present furlough and of previous furlough and leave taken in or out of India, details of previous war service and of previous peace-time employment - the entries for military and medical warrant offic...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1860-1893
Extent:
28 volumes

1469. IOR/L/MIL/10/103-107

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/10/103-107
Title:
Bengal Army Officers Casualty Returns
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1786-1895
Extent:
5 volumes

1470. IOR/L/MIL/10/108-121

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/10/108-121
Title:
Bengal Army Officers Miscellaneous
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1836-1896
Extent:
14 volumes