Royal Artillery in India

[Maggott]

I have a photo, dated Calcutta,1924, of my father and some colleagues horsing around on what looks like the terrace of an hotel.  He was a squaddy serving in the Royal Artillery- can any Army experts tell me anything about this posting to Calcutta, I wonder?  Was it likely to have been to the city itself? Or to Dum Dum, which I believe was the location of the arsenal? 
Sorry if these are dumb questions, but I'm just starting on this branch of research & I know zilch about military matters
Any info very welcome-thanks
Maggott

[DianaMC]

You could try the Families in British India Society
http://www.fibis.org/

[Maggott]

Hi & thank you for your reply.  I didn't think of FIBIS-I've used their info in the past, but I'd always assumedl their focus was on civilian life.  Shows how much I know!  I'll certainly try them
Best
Maggott

[Mal2010]

Try an internet search for Fort William Calcutta, e.g. Wikipedia. This was a huge fort and you may be looking at the barracks which could hold some 15000 soldiers and frequently their wives as well. there are lots of photos of the fort on the net and you may be able to see a familiar building....
My Great Grandad is buried there.

[DianaMC]

Thanks for the new lead - lots of interesting material to read.

[Maggott]

I didn't know about Fort William-many thanks  Maggott