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Madras Service Army Lists

Catalogue reference: IOR/L/MIL/11/50-66

What’s it about?

This record is about the Madras Service Army Lists dating from 1847-1859.

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Reference

IOR/L/MIL/11/50-66

Title

Madras Service Army Lists

Date

1847-1859

Description
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Arrangement

From 1847 to 1859 the additions to officers' records were made in separate annual volumes and each officer was given an identification number which remained the same for every year. For instance information on the career after 1846 of Mark Cubbon of the Madras Native Infantry [later Lieut Gen Sir Mark Cubbon] will be found in those volumes of IOR/L/MIL/11/50-66 containing the numerical reference 15, viz- IOR/L/MIL/11/50-51, 53-55, 57-62 and 64. Officers entering the Madras Army after 1846 have the single number reference only. Identification numbers were allocated before 1847 and numbers were shared by more than one officer. In some years, entries are left blank if nothing significant occurred. It is important to note that there may be no information about an officer in IOR/L/MIL/11/50-66: for example, if an officer died or left active service before 1847, his name may be removed. However, there are cases where information about non-active officers has been entered, such as the date of death.

Related material

For service records of Madras officers before 1847, see IOR/L/MIL/11/38-49.

Held by
British Library: Asian and African Studies
Legal status

Public Record(s)

Language

English

Physical description

17 volumes

Access conditions

Unrestricted

Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/6d364bb6-c641-4129-9d6b-ceaa428f1d66/

Series information

IOR/L/MIL/11

Madras Army Records

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Catalogue hierarchy

963,091 records
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Records of the Military Department

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Within the series: IOR/L/MIL/11

Madras Army Records

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Within the sub-series: IOR/L/MIL/11/38-69

Madras Service Army Lists

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Madras Service Army Lists