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If your ancestor served in the [[British Army]] or the Honorable [[East India Company Army]], (consisting of separate armies in each of the three [[Presidencies]]) then you may find his military records very useful in providing details of his life and history. More details are given on the pages just mentioned and in the article [[Armies in India]]. Until 1859, the two armies were entirely separate and their records were stored separately. The [[East India Company]] was nationalised after the [[Indian Mutiny]] The European regiments of the Presidencies were transferred to the British Army but the Indian regiments with their British officers continued until they became part of the [[Indian Army]] in 1895. See [[:Category:British Army|British Army]] for links to regiments that served in India and articles about them. The FIBIS search page has an alphabetical list of [http://fibis.ourarchives.online/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=browse_components&id=211&s_id=0 British Army pensioners] who elected to reside in India between 1800 and 1857. If your ancestor was in the British Army, and you only know that he was in a certain location at a certain time (e.g. he had a daughter baptised in Meerut in 1859), then you may find John Kitzmiller's book ''In Search of the Forlorn Hope : A Comprehensive Guide to Locating British Regiments and their Records'' useful. It lists all British Army units by location. [http://www.ans.com.au/~rampais/genelogy/india/indexes/index.htm This website] lists the India related material from the book. Once you have determined in which regiment he served and at what times, you can learn a great deal about the experiences of your British Army ancestor by obtaining the regimental history of his unit. The [http://www.national-army-museum.ac.uk/ National Army Museum] may be of help in this respect. [[Category: Occupations]] [[Category:Military]]
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