Not quite the same era but I remembered seing Sirmoor in one of the transcriptions that I am doing, it may be of interest to some one.... ECKFORD, Maj. Alex Haldane. Late B.S.C.Served throughout siege and operations before Delhi 1857. Adj. Sirmoor (Goorkah) Regt. With Maj-Gen.Penny's column in Rohilcund 1858 as D.A.Q.M.G. of the Divn. In B.S.C. 1854-75. Chief Magist. of Burgh of Largs1878-81. J.P. Co. Ayr. Elmbank, Largs, by Greenock, N.B. Peter. > > Gordon's ''Sirmoor'' reminded me of this: > > The Sirmoor Battalion (later to become 2nd King Edward VII's > Own Gurkha Rifles) was the first Gurkha regiment to be formed > by the British East India Company. Sirmoor Battalion took part > in the 3rd Maratha War in between 1817-1818, The British > eventually triumphed, and the once mighty Maratha Empire was > absorbed into 'British India', leaving Britain in control of virtually > all of present-day India. > > http://dev.ayo-gorkhali.org/index.php/en/timeline/soldiers-of-empire/1817-the-third-maratha-war