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Memoir of the Services of the Bengal Artillery: From the Formation of the Corps to the Present Time, with Some Account of Its Internal OrganizationBuckle, E. (Edmond)

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Memoir of the Services of the Bengal Artillery: From the Formation of the Corps to the Present Time, with Some Account of Its Internal Organization

Name: Memoir of the Services of the Bengal Artillery: From the Formation of the Corps to the Present Time, with Some Account of Its Internal Organization
Author: Buckle, E. (Edmond)

Buckle, E. (Edmond)

India -- History -- British occupation, 1765-1947; India -- History, Military; India. Army. Bengal Artillery

The European regiment, exclusive of garrison company, consisted of seven
companies:—

                       ────────────────────┬────
                       Lieut.-Colonel.     │   1
                       ────────────────────┼────
                       Majors.             │   2
                       ────────────────────┼────
                       Captains.           │   7
                       ────────────────────┼────
                       Capt.-Lieutenants.  │   7
                       ────────────────────┼────
                       Lieutenants.        │  21
                       ────────────────────┼────
                       Lieut. Fireworkers. │  21
                       ────────────────────┼────
                       Adjutant.           │   1
                       ────────────────────┼────
                       Quarter-Master.     │   1
                       ────────────────────┼────
                       Surgeon.            │   1
                       ────────────────────┼────
                       Assist.-Surgeons.   │   3
                       ────────────────────┼────
                       Serjt.-Major.       │   1
                       ────────────────────┼────
                       Qr.-Master Serjt.   │   1
                       ────────────────────┼────
                       Drill Serjeant.     │   1
                       ────────────────────┼────
                       Drill Corporals.    │   2
                       ────────────────────┼────
                       Drum-Major.         │   1
                       ────────────────────┼────
                       Fife-Major.         │   1
                       ────────────────────┼────
                       Serjeants.          │  42
                       ────────────────────┼────
                       Corporals.          │  42
                       ────────────────────┼────
                       Drummers.           │  21
                       ────────────────────┼────
                       Bombardiers.        │  56
                       ────────────────────┼────
                       Gunners.            │ 168
                       ────────────────────┼────
                       Matrosses.          │ 361
                       ────────────────────┴────

The three golundaz battalions consisted of eight companies each, in all—

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Memoir of the Services of the Bengal Artillery: From the Formation of the Corps to the Present Time, with Some Account of Its Internal Organization

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