The East India Company recruiting in Great Britain was confined to private soldiers for its artillery and infantry units apart from a short period during the Mutiny, when special European cavalry regiments were raised. The enlistment, training and embarkation of these recruits are covered in thre...
Registers of men embarked, compiled at the port of embarkation. They are arranged by ship, and each volume contains an index of ships' names. The list of men for each ship is divided into infantry and artillery, in roughly alphabetical order. IOR/L/MIL/9/85,89-90 & 96 give rank, place of bir...
The registers contain the following details (or a selection of them) for each recruit: name, age, height, colour of hair and eyes, type of complexion, shape of face, place of birth, by whom and where enlisted, date of enlistment and attestation, date of joining the depot and of final approval, pe...