Bengal Native Infantry

[jennean]

Hi Steve,
Thankyou very much for that, wow, that's quite alot of info - how wonderful, right up until the gruesome part of course.  Poor fellow, what a terrible way
to end up. Is there a way to get copies of the actual inquest (if they still exist of course), or more details on his service?

Again, thankyou, much appreciated.
Jennean

[casalguidi]

Hi Jennean

You will need to enquire at London Metropolitan Archives as to the whereabouts of any surviving coroner's inquest report:

http://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/NR/rdonlyres/C8B72EB1-841F-44E2-BB17-8C760A65A650/0/coronerinquests.PDF#search='surrey%20coroner%2A%20inquests

http://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/corporation/leisure_heritage/libraries_archives_museums_galleries/JAS/lma/lma.htm

It is often that newspaper reports are more fruitful than any surving records.

The main series of records for the British Army are at the National Archives, Kew, London see their research leaflets:

http://www.catalogue.nationalarchives.gov.uk/researchguidesindex.asp

Best wishes

Casalguidi

[EikcamA]

Capt. Francis Smith Wiggins, 17th Bengal Native Infantry
Born at Taplow, 5 Oct. 1781.
Cadet 1796
Arrived India 17 July 1797
Ensign 9 Oct. 1797
Lieut. 10 Sept. 1798
Capt. 1807
died at Cuttack 7 Jan. 1808
Son of Thomas Wiggins, MP for Okehampton and Margaret, 3rd daughter of Charles, 6th Baron Kinnaird.
Francis married Caroline Lewis at Calcutta 20 Oct. 1800.

His brother became Lieutenant-Colonel Lewis Wiggins, 62nd Bengal Native Infantry. I have his details if you want them.

Steve

Many years later......

... I'm interested in the Lewis WIGGINS you mention as being the possible father of my ancestor Frances Maria WIGGENS. The people I find in this family seem to change from WIGGINS and WIGGENS quite often, but that is perhaps understandable. My Maria married Frances Edward MANNING in Barrackpore in May 1825.

I'd be interested to know what you have on Lewis.

[Regorian]

From his service record posted previously, this is the sort of uniform he would have been wearing in 1825.

www.members.dca.net/fbl/dtcarnegy.html.

This officer was from the 11th not the 31st, I could not find an image for the 31st. The colour of the collar, cuffs and revers would have been different for the 31st. Carnegy reached the rank of major general.

[Broddie]

Hi there, Steve

Would you happen to have anything on Arthur Benjamin Clare, of the 16th Bengal Native Infantry? He became a cadet in 1861, but was invalided out in 1885 with what appears to be post traumatic stress disorder.

I would like to know more about the 16th during this time, and what stress they were under.

Thanks for any help