Search

036-000375125 Language English

1. IOR/L/MIL/10

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/10
Title:
Bengal Army Records
Scope & Content:
The Presidency armies of Bengal, Madras and Bombay originated in small companies of European soldiers and locally enlisted Eurasian or Indian sepoys formed during the seventeenth century to guard the Company's factories. These early forces depended upon the Company's ships for artillery, they we...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1716-1907
Extent:
326 volumes/files

2. IOR/L/MIL/10/301-326

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/10/301-326
Title:
Bengal Army Discharges
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1820-1882
Extent:
25 volumes

3. 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

4. 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

5. IOR/L/MIL/10/186-192

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/10/186-192
Title:
Bengal Army Soldiers Casualty Returns
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1800-1865
Extent:
7 volumes

6. 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

7. 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

8. IOR/L/MIL/10/253-300

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/10/253-300
Title:
Bengal Army Monthly Casualty Returns - Unattached List
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1866-1907
Extent:
47 volumes

9. 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

10. IOR/L/MIL/10/193-200

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/10/193-200
Title:
Bengal Army Quarterly Nominal Rolls
Scope & Content:
Each regiment is listed alphabetically and details are usually confined to rank, ship and date of arrival, and remarks. They were returned to London by the officers of the various units.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1855-1859
Extent:
8 volumes