Hi Listers It has been a few years since I last made a posting here but I've just found some information regarding my father which has now stirred and renewed interest in my family tree. I've found the following information in my father's handwriting "At age 18 years in 1934 I was attached to the 20th Field Battery of the Royal Artillery, in the Auxiliary Force (India) at Cawnpore in the United Provinces, as a Bombardier, up to the year 1937. The artillery pieces were 13 pounders, quick firing with muzzle velocity of 1900 ft per sec." I would be very grateful if someone could please tell me something about the work he would have done and how/where may I find out more information and maybe records relating to my father. He never mentioned this to me nor my siblings. Many thanks in advance for your assistance. Joyce - in beautiful autumnal Melbourne

Hello List Joyce, If he was in the Royal Artillery in the 1930s, his records will be with the Ministry of Defence in the UK. See the FIBIS Fibiwiki page British Army, section Army personnel serving after January 1921 http://wiki.fibis.org/index.php/British_Army#Army_personnel_serving_after_January_1921 If you also look at the External links on the same Fibiwikib page, there is one about James Henry Miller. He was in India October 1932-1935 with the 2nd Battalion, Durham Light Infantry and he writes about his memories of daily life in a regiment performing garrison duties There is also a Fibiwiki page Royal Artillery http://wiki.fibis.org/index.php/Royal_Artillery which may be of interest. Cheers Maureen On 11/04/2015, at 10:42 AM, Joyce via <india@rootsweb.com> wrote: > Hi Listers > > It has been a few years since I last made a posting here but I've just found > some information regarding my father which has now stirred and renewed > interest in my family tree. I've found the following information in my > father's handwriting "At age 18 years in 1934 I was attached to the 20th > Field Battery of the Royal Artillery, in the Auxiliary Force (India) at > Cawnpore in the United Provinces, as a Bombardier, up to the year 1937. The > artillery pieces were 13 pounders, quick firing with muzzle velocity of 1900 > ft per sec." > > I would be very grateful if someone could please tell me something about the > work he would have done and how/where may I find out more information and > maybe records relating to my father. He never mentioned this to me nor my > siblings. > > Many thanks in advance for your assistance. > > > > Joyce - in beautiful autumnal Melbourne > > >

The Royal Artillery was different to other regiments in that there was no separation between British Army and Indian Army. All of the Royal Artillery in India was part of the Indian Army. Records can, therefore, be found at the India Office section of the British Library. David Railton On 11/04/2015, at 10:42 AM, Joyce via <india@rootsweb.com> wrote: > Hi Listers > > It has been a few years since I last made a posting here but I've just > found some information regarding my father which has now stirred and > renewed interest in my family tree. I've found the following > information in my father's handwriting "At age 18 years in 1934 I was > attached to the 20th Field Battery of the Royal Artillery, in the > Auxiliary Force (India) at Cawnpore in the United Provinces, as a > Bombardier, up to the year 1937. The artillery pieces were 13 > pounders, quick firing with muzzle velocity of 1900 ft per sec." > > I would be very grateful if someone could please tell me something > about the work he would have done and how/where may I find out more > information and maybe records relating to my father. He never > mentioned this to me nor my siblings. > > Many thanks in advance for your assistance. > > > > Joyce - in beautiful autumnal Melbourne > > > ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to INDIA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Correction - my remark below only applies to Mountain Batteries of the Royal Artillery in India. David Railton -----Original Message----- From: railton.david@btinternet.com [mailto:railton.david@btinternet.com] Sent: 13 April 2015 09:02 To: 'india@rootsweb.com' Subject: RE: [INDIA] 20TH FIELD BATTERY CAWNPORE INDIA The Royal Artillery was different to other regiments in that there was no separation between British Army and Indian Army. All of the Royal Artillery in India was part of the Indian Army. Records can, therefore, be found at the India Office section of the British Library. David Railton On 11/04/2015, at 10:42 AM, Joyce via <india@rootsweb.com> wrote: > Hi Listers > > It has been a few years since I last made a posting here but I've just > found some information regarding my father which has now stirred and > renewed interest in my family tree. I've found the following > information in my father's handwriting "At age 18 years in 1934 I was > attached to the 20th Field Battery of the Royal Artillery, in the > Auxiliary Force (India) at Cawnpore in the United Provinces, as a > Bombardier, up to the year 1937. The artillery pieces were 13 > pounders, quick firing with muzzle velocity of 1900 ft per sec." > > I would be very grateful if someone could please tell me something > about the work he would have done and how/where may I find out more > information and maybe records relating to my father. He never > mentioned this to me nor my siblings. > > Many thanks in advance for your assistance. > > > > Joyce - in beautiful autumnal Melbourne > > > ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to INDIA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message