The papers consist of material submitted to the Council of India before the composition of Military Despatches to India and the Presidencies, and of replies to the various classes of Home Correspondence. They are arranged by minute number, but references to the relevant Letters Received are also ...
The volumes consist of original and copy nominal rolls, extracts from Military Letters, General Orders, correspondence and receipts, used by the Military Department at East India House and the India Office for the actual ordering and despatch of medals. The sub-series is in no sense a 'formal' on...
Prize consisted of property taken as loot in an action, which was subsequently sold, the money being divided among troops taking part according to their rank - a private soldier received one share while the commanding officer might receive several hundred shares. Batta was an extra allowance of p...
The volumes were compiled at East India House and in the India Office Military Department during the preparation of answers to claims for pay, allowances, pension, transfer, promotion etc. They often include precedents taken from correspondence and proceedings.
The series consists of original correspondence 1860-1873, and registers of correspondence 1829-1873 (see Z/L/MIL/5/16-43), received by the Company and the India Office Military Departments from soldiers and their relatives. A wide variety of subjects are covered, including: enquiries on the where...
The Special Collections are a Military Department internal series similar to the Board's Collections (see IOR: F/4) and complimentary to them. They consist of copies and extracts from proceedings, home correspondence and correspondence from India, memorials, minutes and memoranda, with some origi...