Sub-series
Bombay Service Army Lists
Catalogue reference: IOR/L/MIL/12/67-84
What’s it about?
This record is about the Bombay Service Army Lists dating from 1770-1859.
Is it available online?
Maybe, but not on The National Archives website. This record is held at British Library: Asian and African Studies.
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Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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IOR/L/MIL/12/67-84
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Title (The name of the record)
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Bombay Service Army Lists
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Date (When the record was created)
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1770-1859
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Description (What the record is about)
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The Bombay Service Army Lists provide detailed information on an officer's career to date. The initial entry usually gives 'inter alia' a cadet's date of birth, the name of his father, and the names of the person who recommended him, and the director who nominated him - there then follows a continuous account of his career with frequent cross-references to relevant general orders, military proceeedings and correspondence. Occasionally an annual entry may be omitted if it was thought that nothing particularly noteworthy had occurred with respect to the officer's service during that year. The officer's promotions to date are given in the left-hand margin.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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1) Rough alphabetical list of of the officers of the Bombay Army from 1753 to 1834, giving corps, dates of successive commissions, and date of leaving active list or date of death [IOR/L/MIL/12/83] 2) Regimental list of all officers on the strength of the
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- British Library: Asian and African Studies
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
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Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
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English
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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16 volumes
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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Unrestricted
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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An examination of the Bombay Service Army Lists indicates that in the year 1831 the East India Company in London decided to compile service records to date for all officers of the Bombay Army then on the active list, and to make annual additions thereafte
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Publication note(s) (A note of publications related to the record)
- See 'The East India Military Calendar, containing the services of General and Field Officers of the Indian Army', John Philippart, 3 vols, (London 1823-26) [OIH 355.331] - includes some entries for officers whose names later appear in the Bombay Service A
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/e44839b0-0784-4e03-b57e-33cea322403c/
Series information
IOR/L/MIL/12
Bombay Army Records
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Catalogue hierarchy
This record is held at British Library: Asian and African Studies
Within the fonds: IOR/L/MIL
Records of the Military Department
Within the series: IOR/L/MIL/12
Bombay Army Records
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Bombay Service Army Lists