Authors and Contributors this page: T.F. Mills
Page created 1 September 2000. Corrected and updated 06.12.2005
SEVEN YEARS' WAR, 1756-1763
2nd Carnatic War
1749-1763
  Causes
  Chronology
  Results
  Forces & Casualties
  Commanders
  Battles & Battle Honours 		  Order of  Battle
  Campaign Medals
  Societies, Forums, Re-Enactors
  Museums & Memorials
  Bibliography  
  External Links
 
   Causes

     

   Chronology (except battles, which see below)
 
 
 
   Results

     

   Forces and Casualties
 
 
peak forces
total forces
total dead
KIA
NCD
civilian dead
WIA
PW-MIA
  subtotal
  TOTAL
                   
  • Death Tolls, by Matthew White (Historical Atlas of the 20th Century)
   Commanders
 
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   Battles & Battle Honours
Index of Battle Honours
Date Battles
(Battle Honours are shown in bold face) 		Regiments
(regiments awarded Battle Honours are shown in bold face)
Note:  Battle honours awarded as noted below. No campaign medal clasps were awarded.
1751 Sep. 23-
   1751 Nov. 14
Arcot
awarded 1841
Inf: ME1
 
1757 Jan. 11 Calcutta
Inf:
 
1757 Jan. 12 Hooghly
Inf: F39
 
1757 Feb. 4 Mahratta Ditch
Inf: F39
1757 Mar. ?-23 Chandernagore
Inf:
 
1757 June 23
Plassey
awarded 1829-1844
Inf: F39
Inf: BE1 ME1 ByE1 BN1
1758 Dec. 9
Condore
awarded 1841-1894
Inf: BE1 ME1 BN1 BN2
 
1758 Dec. 14-
   1759 Feb. 16		 Fort St George
Inf: F79
Inf: ME1 MCS1 2MCS
 
1759 Apr. 8
Masulipatam
awarded 1894
Inf: BE1 BN1
 
1759 Nov. 25
Badara
awarded 1894
Inf: BE1 BN1 BN3
 
1760 Jan. 22
Wandiwash
awarded 1841; spelling originally Wyndewash, changed ca. 1900 to Wandewash, changed ca. 1911 to final form
Inf: F79 F84
Inf: ME1 [two MNI bns]
1760 Sep.-
   1761 Apr. 5
Pondicherry
awarded 1841
Inf: F79 F84 F89 F96
Inf: ME1
 

Oude Campaign

1760 Feb. 22 Seerpore
Inf: BE1
 
1760 Apr. 28 Patna 1760
Inf: BE1 BN1
 
1760 June 16 Beerpore
Inf: BE1 BN1
 
1763 July 19 Kutwah
Inf: F84
Inf: BE1
 
1763 Aug. 2 Gheriah
Inf: F84
Inf: BE1 BN7
 
1763 Sep. 5 Oondwa Nullah
Inf: F84
Inf: BE1
 
1763 Nov. 6 Patna 1763
Inf: F84
Inf: BE1 BN2 BN3 BN5
 
1764 Oct. 23
Buxar
awarded 1829-1844
Inf: F84 F89 F96
Inf: BE1 ME1 BN2 BN3 BN5 BN7 BN8 BN9 BN10 BN18
Buxar
with Royal Tiger badge; awarded 1844
Inf: ByE1
1751-1763 India
Inf: F39 F79 F84 F89 F96
Inf: BE1 BN2 BN3 BN5
   Order of Battle (Regiments & Formations)
Introduction to Regiments
   Medals Index of Campaign Medals
 
  • Note: no British medals were awarded.
   Societies, Forums & Re-Enactors
   Museums & Memorials
   Bibliography
How to Find Books
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