Infantry
The Indian Army
| 📘 History | Notes |
| Beatson, Stuart. A History of the Imperial Service Troops of Native States. Calcutta: Government Printing, 1903 | Technically, not the Indian army, but a valuable insight into the troops that were put at the “requisition of the British Government” by the Princely States. The subtext of the title is “ With a Short Sketch of Events in Each State, which have led to the Employment in Subordinate Cooperation with the Supreme Government.” |
| Cardew, F.G. Sketches of the Bengal Native Army to the Year 1895. Calcutta, Government Printing, 1903 | |
| Chandler, Edmund. The Sepoy. London: John Murray, 1919 | “My aim has been, without going too deeply into origins and antecedents, to give as accurate a picture as possible of the different classes of sepoy. In Mesopotamia, I met all the sixteen types included in this volume, some for the first time. My acquaintance with them was at first hand. But neither sympathy nor observation can initiate the outsider into the psychology of the Indian soldier; or at least he cannot be certain of his ground. One must be a regimental officer to understand the sepoy, and then as a rule one only knows the particular type one commands.” – Chandler. |
| David, Julian Saul Markham. The Bengal Army and the Outbreak of the Indian Mutiny. | PhD thesis, 2001.Glasgow Theses Service http://theses.gla.ac.uk/ |
| Gimlette, G. H. D. A Postscript to the Records of the Indian Mutiny. London: H. F. Witherby, 1927. | |
| Holmes, Richard. Soldier Sahibs. The Men Who Made the North-West Frontier. John Murray Publishers, 2002 | |
| MacMunn, G.F. The Armies of India. First Published, 1911, reprint, Rupa Publishing, 2002 | |
| Mason, Philip, A Matter of Honour: An Account of the Indian Army, its Officers and Men. Penguin Books, 1974 | |
| Sen, Amiya. The Structure and Organisation of the Bengal Native Infantry with Special Reference to Problems of Discipline (1796-1852). | Thesis submitted for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in the University of London. May 1961. |
| 📘 Chronicles / Histories | |
| Innes, P.R. The History of the Bengal European Regiment, now the Royal Munster Fusiliers, and How It Helped to Win India. London: Simpkin, Marshall & Co., 1885 | |
| James, F.H. History of the 1st Battalion, 6th Rajputana Rifles (Wellesley’s ). Aldershot: Gale & Polden Ltd., 1938 | |
| Rawlinson, H.G. The History of the 3rd Battalion, 7th Rajput Regiment (Duke of Connaught’s Own). Oxford University Press, 1941. | |
| Malwa Bhil Corps. A Short History of the Malwa Bhil Corps. Indore: Holkar State Press, 1890. | |
| Simcox, A. H. A. A Memoir of the Khandesh Bhil Corps, 1825–1891: Compiled from Original Records. Bombay: Thacker and Company, Limited, 1912. | |
| The Bombay Army | |
| Singh, Subadar Bhura, Khan, Subadar Yaqub. Historical Records of the 5th Battalion 4th Bombay Grenadiers. n.p. | An intriguing, typed document, obviously intended for publishing. A History of the regiment from its origins as the 2nd Battalion, 6th Regiment of Bombay Native Infantry until 1922, redesignated, the 5th Battalion, 4th Bombay Grenadiers. During the mutiny, when they served in Central India, they were the 12th Regiment, Bombay Native Infantry. |
| Whitton, Frederick Ernest. The History of the Prince of Wales’s Leinster Regiment. Aldershot: Gale & Polden Ltd., 1924 | Late the 100th Prince of Wales’s Royal Canadian Regiment, descended from the 100th Prince Regent’s County of Dublin Regiment (disbanded in Canada in 1818) and the 109th Foot, formerly the East India Company’s 3rd Bombay European Regiment. |
| Edwardes, S. M. The Bombay City Police: A Historical Sketch 1672-1916. London: Oxford University Press, 1923 | |
| The Gurkhas | |
| Huxford, H.J. History of the 8th Gurkha Rifles 1824-1949. Aldershot: Gale & Polden Ltd., 1952 | |
| Petre, Francis Loraine. The 1st King George’s Own Gurkha Rifles, the Malaun Regiment. 1815-1921. London: Royal United Service Institution. 1923 | |
| Praval, K.C. Valour Triumphs: A History of the Kumaon Regiment. India: Thomson Press Ltd., 1976 | |
| The Madras Army | |
| Phythian-Adams, E.G. Madras Infantry, 1748-1943. Published in 1943. | |
| Wilson, W.J. History of the Madras Army, from 1746 to 1826. Fourth Volume. Madras: Government Press, 1888 | With an Account of the European Artillery, Engineers, and Infantry up to their amalgamation with the Royal Army in 1861 and the Native Cavalry and Infantry up to 1887. |
| Wylly, H.C. Neill’s ” Blue Caps”. Two Volumes. Gale & Polden Ltd., 1929 | |
| Punjab Regiments & Frontier Forces | |
| Higginson, Theo. Digest of Services of the 1st (Coke’s) Regiment Punjab Infantry. Simla: Simla Chronicle Press, 1888 | |
| Wylly, H.C. The History of Coke’s Rifles. Aldershot: Gale & Polden Ltd., 1930 | |
| History of the 2nd Punjab Infantry, 1849-1888. Calcutta: Thacker, Spink & Co. 1889. | |
| Wylly, H.C. History of the 5th Battalion, 13th Frontier Force Rifles, 1849-1926. Aldershot: Gale & Polden Ltd., 1929 | |
| Lindsay, D.M. Regimental History of the 6th Royal Battalion: 13th Frontier Force Rifles (Scinde) 1843-1923. Aldershot: Gale & Polden Ltd., 1926 | |
| 📗 Biographies & Autobiographies | |
| (By His Wife) Memorials and Letters of the Life and Letters of Major-General Sir Herbert B. Edwardes, K.C.B., K.C.S.I. Two Volumes. London: Kegan Paul, Trench & Co. 1886 | On arriving in India in 1841, Edwardes was appointed to the 1st Regiment Bengal Fusiliers. A gifted political officer, he served in the Punjab during the mutiny. |
| Broehl, Wayne G., Jr. Crisis of the Raj: The Revolt of 1857 through British Lieutenants’ Eyes. Hanover, NH: University Press of New England for Dartmouth College, 1980. | The four officers are from different branches of the military: George Cracklow & Frederick Roberts – Bengal Artillery Arthur Moffat Lang: Bengal Engineers Thomas Watson: Bengal Infantry. |
| Cotton, Sydney. Nine Years on the North-West Frontier of India, from 1854 to 1863. London: Richard Bentley, 1868 | |
| Cox, Edmund. My Thirty Years in India. London: Mills & Boon, Ltd. 1909 | Went to India as tea planter, served in the Bombay political office, in the Police Corps in the Bhil regions, among other adventures. |
| Danvers, Robert William. Letters from India and China, during the years 1854-1858. London: Hazell, Watson & Viney, 1898. | Intended for private circulation only, these are the letters of Lieutenant Danvers, who served with the 70th BNI and during the mutiny as translator for the 5th Fusiliers. |
| Elsmie, G. R. Field Marshal Sir Donald Stewart, G.C.B., G.C.S.I., C.I.E.: An Account of His Life, Mainly in His Own Words. London: John Murray, 1903. | |
| Forrest, G.W. Life of Field-Marshal Sir Neville Chamberlain, G.C.B., G.C.S.I. Edinburgh & London: William Blackwood & Sons, 1909 | Began his career in the Bengal Army. |
| Hodson, V.C.P. List of Officers of the Bengal Army, 1758-1834. Four Volumes. London: Constable & Co. 1927, 1928. Volume III & IV: London: Phillimore & Co., 1946, 1947 | |
| Jones-Parry, S.H. An Old Soldier’s Memories. London: Hurst & Blackett, 1897 (Neil’s Blue Caps) | Sydney Henry Jones-Parr served in the 1st Madras (European) Fusiliers and was a late Captain in the Royal Dublin Fusiliers. He initially arrived in India in 1849, first joining the 52nd Madras Native Infantry before transferring to the 1st Madras Fusiliers in 1850. He served through the Second Burma War and the Indian Mutiny. |
| Kaye, John William. Lives of Indian Officers. Two Volumes. London: A. Strahan & Co. 1867 | |
| Groom, William Tate. With Havelock from Allahabad to Lucknow, 1857. London: Sampson Low, Marston & Co., 1894 (Neill’s Blue Caps) | |
| Low, Charles Rathbone. Soldiers of the Victorian Age. Two Volumes. London: Chapman & Hall, 1880 | |
| Laurie, W.F.B. Sketches of Some Distinguished Anglo-Indians. London: W.H. Allen & Co. 1887 | The book encompasses both civilians and military officers. However, since many of them had careers in the Presidency armies, it is worthwhile adding it here. |
| Lowe, Thomas. Central India during the Rebellion of 1857 and 1858. London: Longman, Green, Longman & Roberts, 1860. | Lowe served as medical officer to the Corps of Madras Sappers and Miners. |
| Lunt, James, edit. From Sepoy to Subedar. London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1979. | Being the Life and Adventures of Subedar Sita Ram, a Native Officer of the Bengal Army written and related by himself. Translated and First Published by Lieutenant- Colonel Norgate, Bengal Staff Corps at Lahore, 1873 |
| Quinney, Thomas (Staff-Sergeant) A Soldier’s Life in India. Glasgow: David Robertson, Edinburgh: Oliver & Boyd. 1853 | Quinney served in the East India Company army and was invalided in 1841 after 14 years of service. An interesting early account. |
| Seaton, Thomas. From Cadet to Colonel: The Record of a Life of Active Service. 2 vols. London: Hurst and Blackett, 1866. | |
| Shebbeare, Robert. Indian Mutiny and Beyond: The Letters of Robert Shebbeare, VC. Edited by Arthur Littlewood. Barnsley: Pen & Sword Military, 2007. | |
| Trotter, L.J. The Life of John Nicholson, Soldier and Administrator. London: John Murray, 1898 | |
| Vaughan, J. My Service in the Indian Army – and After. London: Archibald Constable & Co. Ltd. 1904 | |
| Vibart, Colonel Edward. The Sepoy Mutiny as Seen by a Subaltern: From Delhi to Lucknow. London: Smith, Elder and Co., 1898. | |
| Walker, Thomas Nicholls. Through the Mutiny: Reminiscences of Thirty Years’ Active Service and Sport in India, 1854–1884. London: Gibbings & Co., 1907. | |
| Wilkinson, Osborn, Wilkinson, Johnson. The Memoirs of the Gemini Generals. Personal Anecdotes, Sporting Adventures and Sketches of Distinguished Officers. London: A.D. Innes & Co. 1896 | |
| White, Samuel Dewé. Indian Reminiscences. London: W.H. Allen & Co., 1880. | |
| Wright, William, ed. Through the Indian Mutiny: The Memoirs of James Fairweather, 4th Punjab Native Infantry, 1857-58. Stroud: Spellmount, 2011. |
Articles
Annand, A. McK. “The Indian Mutiny Letters of Lieutenant William Hargood, 1st Madras Fusiliers.” Journal of the Society for Army Historical Research 43, no. 176 (December 1965): 190–215. jstor.org.
Bullock, H. “Colours—Indian Army: Bengal Native Infantry.” Journal of the Society for Army Historical Research 8, no. 34 (October 1929): 258–61. jstor.org.
Cambridge, Marquess of. “Notes on the Armies of India: Part I.” Journal of the Society for Army Historical Research 47, no. 189 (1969): 23–32. jstor.org.
Fraser, John. “SOME PRE-MUTINY PHOTOGRAPH PORTRAITS.” Journal of the Society for Army Historical Research 58, no. 235 (1980): 134–47. http://www.jstor.org/stable/44230330.
Neutral Singh. “History Of Rattrays Sikhs.” Sikh Philosophy Network Discussion Forum, July 6, 2005. sikhphilosophy.net.
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