The censor was located at Boulogne and was concerned with letters to and from Indian troops in France and England. The reports include lengthy extracts from identified letters
Mr Cochrane's ms extracts from despatches on military subjects'
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The extracts cover Bengal 1798-1833, Bengal and India 1834-54; India 1854-62, Madras 1855-62, and Bombay 1850-62. They were made up in 1863-64 and formed the basis of Cochrane's published Regulations applicable to the European officer in India. Vol 1 is arranged chronologically by Presidency and ...
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...
Admission and discharge books of the Indian Military Depot Hospital at Milford-on-Sea, Hampshire
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The volumes cover enlisted men only. They are arranged by regiment and date of admission, giving rank, number, dates of admission and discharge, classification as fit (or 'to front'), convalescent or dead, and where discharged to.
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...
Medal Rolls: East India Company's General Service Medal 1799-1826 (Army of India Medal)
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Issued in 1851 to the survivors only of actions between 1799-1826. There were 21 clasps and no medal was issued without one or more: Allighur, Battle or Delhi Assye, Asseerghur, Laswarree, Argaum, Gawilghur, Defence of Delhi, Battle of Deig, Capture of Deig, Nepaul, Kirkee, Poona, Kirkee and Poon...