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1. IOR/L/MIL/9/333-357

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/9/333-357
Title:
Addiscombe Military Seminary
Scope & Content:
By the end of the eighteenth century the East India Company had recognised that cadets for the technical branches of its armies needed a better training than that received under the 'direct' system, and from 1798, a number of artillery and engineer cadets were educated at the Royal Military Acade...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1809-1862
Extent:
22 volumes

2. 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

3. 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

4. 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

5. IOR/L/MIL/9/1-106

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/9/1-106
Title:
The Recruitment of Private Soldiers
Scope & Content:
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...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1753-1861
Extent:
106 volumes

6. IOR/L/MIL/9/107-332

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/9/107-332
Title:
The Entry of Officer Cadets
Scope & Content:
Officer cadets were appointed to the East India Company's armies by the patronage of members of the Court of Directors and the Board of Control. Each patron had a fixed quota of nominations for each season, and cadets were 'recommended' to him by a friend or acquaintance. After nomination the cad...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1775-1940
Extent:
225 volumes

7. 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

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