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*1911 England and Wales Census.<br>British Army personnel in India, together with their families appeared for the first time in an England and Wales Census in 1911.<br> [http://www.1911census.co.uk Search] the 1911 census data.<br>This link from the [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/browser.asp?CATLN=3&CATID=12183&GPE=False&DOWN=TRUE&MARKER=37579000&MARKERSCN National Archives] shows the Regiments which were included in the 1911 Census (The items (17 in total) are RG 14/34978-34992, 34995, 34997)
*[http://www.ans.com.au/~rampais/genelogy/india/indexes/index.htm Indian portion of ''In Search of Forlorn Hope'' by John M Kitzmiller] - lists the location/year of all British regiments that served in India and related regions.
move links of stations of the army to own section to emphasize
The cap badges of a few regiments can be found in [[:Category:Cap badge images|Cap badge images]].
===Locating a regiment===
There are many ways to find out locations at which a regiment was stationed. More labourious methods include tracking through the muster rolls, army lists or station lists published in newspapers. Many of our regiment articles include a timeline of major stations. Two online sources, providing incomplete but highly useful information, are:
*[http://www.ans.com.au/~rampais/genelogy/india/indexes/index.htm Indian portion of ''In Search of Forlorn Hope'' by John M Kitzmiller] - lists the location/year of all British regiments that served in India and related regions.
*[http://www.cgsc.edu/carl/nafziger.htm The Nafziger Collection of Orders of Battle] hosts a PDF catalogue including lists of “Stations of British Troops in India” (and a wider list for the whole army) transcribed from the ''Army and Navy Gazette Supplement''. Search "stations india YYYY" (where YYYY equals a year). Example document: [http://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:5-hpf0VC5fQJ:www.cgsc.edu/CARL/nafziger/887EAF.pdf&hl=en&gl=au&sig=AHIEtbTs5ok9Sx0l2DX9McIo5d5qnmNMEA Stations of British Troops in India, 7 May 1887].
===Regiment names terminology===
===Other sources===
Additional sources include:
*[[Medal Rolls]]
*1911 England and Wales Census - British Army personnel in India, together with their families appeared for the first time in an England and Wales Census in 1911. [http://www.1911census.co.uk Search] the 1911 census data. This [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/browser.asp?CATLN=3&CATID=12183&GPE=False&DOWN=TRUE&MARKER=37579000&MARKERSCN National Archives] catalogue entry shows the regiments that were included in the 1911 Census. The items (17 in total) are RG 14/34978-34992, 34995, 34997.*[[Newspapers]]:Two Research guides by [[British Library|British Library Newspapers Colindale ]]:
:*[http://www.bl.uk/reshelp/findhelprestype/news/britmilhist/famhistresearch/familyhistbritmil.html Family History Research and British Military History, 1801-1945]
:*[http://www.bl.uk/reshelp/findhelprestype/news/britmilhist/scopecollections/scopebritmilhist.html Scope of the Collections for British Military History, 1801-1945] Details specialist, non-newspaper publications of particular interest to military history researchers held by British Library Newspapers such as the Army and Navy Gazette, published from 1860.
===Other===
*[http://www.angelfire.com/mp/memorials/memindz1.htm Stephen Lewis' Soldiers Memorials] lists NCO and other ranks graves in India by surname, amongst other memorials. [http://www.redcoat.info/memindex3.htm Officers Died] is the equivalent commissioned ranks site.
*Kevin Asplin’s site [http://www.britishmedals.us/kevin/intro.html The Asplin Military History Resources], which is about British Army history in the Victorian era, includes pages relevant to the British Army in India.
*[http://groups.yahoo.com/group/britregiments Britregiments] is a [[Mailing lists|mailing list]] for general questions about British Regiments (including those in the Indian Army). Their website says “Questions about a unit's history, movements, heritage, practices and regalia are most welcome and encouraged”.
*A helpful website which has closed is ''regiments.org'', here is the [http://web.archive.org/web/20080116091340/www.regiments.org/nations/europe/uk.htm Archived Site] and the [http://web.archive.org/web/20080118041521/www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/lists/bargxrefn.htm British Army Regiments page]
*[http://www.cgsc.edu/carl/nafziger.htm The Nafziger Collection of Orders of Battle] from the [http://www.cgsc.edu/carl/index.asp Combined Arms Research Library] of the Command and General Staff College, Fort Leavenworth Kansas. Contains a PDF catalogue document for the 7000 PDF documents in the collection in addition to a search facility. Contains many items relating to India such as “Stations of British Troops in India” for a great range of dates. As an example, [http://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:5-hpf0VC5fQJ:www.cgsc.edu/CARL/nafziger/887EAF.pdf&hl=en&gl=au&sig=AHIEtbTs5ok9Sx0l2DX9McIo5d5qnmNMEA Stations of British Troops in India, 7 May 1887], stated to originally be from the ''Army and Navy Gazette Supplement'' 1887
===Historical books online===
