Bengal Services

Until c1882 the following information is normally to be found for all officers, viz:- details of present furlough and of previous furlough and leave taken in or out of India, details of previous war service and of previous peace-time employment - the entries for military and medical warrant officers also provide information on their other rank service in the the British Army or in military hospitals. After c1882 this detailed level of information is continued only in respect of warrant officers - for all other categories of officer information after this date is confined to present and previous leave only. For each officer the list below gives branch of the service, reference, date of furlough and rank at time of furlough. It should be noted that with respect to regular officers who joined the Bengal Army after 1860 the term 'Bengal Staff Corps' is virtually synonymous with 'Bengal Officer Corps' and is not to be thought of as referring only to officers holding staff appointments. For a continuation of the 'Bengal Services' see the 'Indian Army Service Statements', 1892-1916 [L/MIL/141-49, indexed at Z/L/MIL/14/1-2]. For the services of regular officers of the Bengal Army before 1860 see the 'Bengal Service Army Lists', 1770-1858 [L/MIL/10/20-67, indexed at Z/L/MIL/10/1].

1) Furlough payment books, Bengal Army (UK and Europe) 1860-1893 Regular Officers and Medical Officers in series IOR/L/AG/20/6; Departmental and Warrant Officers in series IOR/L/AG/20/9. 2) Statements of field service for regular officers of the Bengal Ar

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The 'Bengal Services' comprise statements of service and/or leave forwarded to London by the Government of India whenever an officer of the Bengal Army took leave out of India to the UK or elsewhere - the term 'officer' in this context includes not only E