Military and Naval Personnel

Title:

Military and Naval Personnel

Date:

1844/1844

Description:

Abstract: Enclosure nos. 2-15 to a despatch from the Secret Department, Government of Bombay [Mumbai], dated 1 October 1844. The enclosures are dated 16 July-27 September 1844.The enclosures consist of copies of correspondence relating to the pay, deployment and appointment of military and naval personnel in British India, the Indian Ocean and the Persian Gulf, including:A decision that the detachment that protected Hyderabad during the Battle of Dubba [also known as the Battle of Dubbo or the Battle of Hyderabad] on 24 March 1843 should be eligible for the same six-months’ worth of batta [allowance or expenses] granted to detachments actively involved in the battleThe arrival at Trincomalee of Commodore Henry Ducie Chads to take command of ‘the Squadron in the Indian Seas’A recommendation that artillery serving on the steam vessels on the Euphrates and Tigris rivers should be withdrawnThe appointment of a new Superintendent of Canals and Forests in Sinde [Sindh].The primary correspondents are: Commodore Chads; the Governor of Sinde; the Native Agent, Muscat; the Naval Commander-in-Chief, East Indies; the Superintendent of the Indian Navy; the Quartermaster-General, Bombay; and the Government of India.Physical description: 1 item (29 folios)

Language:

English

Type:

Archival item

Type (Narrower):

Other Texts

Type (Broader):

Text

Subject:

Wages
Artillery
Naval operations
Military personnel

Geographic region:

Sinde
Indian Ocean
Mesopotamia

Rights:

رخصة حكومة مفتوحة

Identifier:

81055/vdc_100129649511.0x000003_ar
81055/vdc_100129649511.0x000003_en
IOR/L/PS/5/433, ff 43-71
IOR/L/PS/5/433, ff 43-71

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