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==Medals==
*[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documentsonline/medals.asp First World War Medal Index Cards] The National Archives Documents Online. Includes a Search facility, information about the medals and how to read the cards, and information about reference to the Indian Army Medal Index Cards, catalogue references [http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/SearchUI/browse/C11437822?v=r WO 372/25 to WO 372/29]
:[http://search.ancestry.co.uk/search/db.aspx?dbid=1262 Images of the medal index cards] are also available on the commercial site Ancestry. A researcher has commented, in respect of some particular cards, that the images are clearer on Ancestry, and you can also view the back of the cards.<ref>By email to User:Maureene dated 14 January 2011</ref>. The Ancestry website advises some records including '''Indian Army cards are not''' included. The images may also be available on other commercial sites.
:Lost or stolen medals cannot be reissued officially (by the Ministry of Defence), replicas may be obtained from medal companies or dealers. <ref>[http://www.mod.uk/DefenceInternet/DefenceFor/Veterans/Medals/MedalFaqs.htm Medal FAQs] Ministry of Defence (U.K.)</ref>
:[http://www.northeastmedals.co.uk/britishguide/british_war_medal_1914_1918_1920.htm The British War Medal 1914-1920] northeastmedals.co.uk. Includes eligibility and images of the medals.
:India List [http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/INDIA/2012-10/1349869035 post] by Noel Clark advises the issue of the British War Medal by itself indicates service in India but that the recipient (a member of the Indian Medical Service) saw no action.
===FIBIS resources===
*"Medals to a Nurse" by Allan Stanistreet ''FIBIS Journal Number 28 (Autumn 2012)'' pages 39-40. Miss W McGregor was a member of the '''Temporary Nursing Service, India''' during the First World War. See [[FIBIS Journals]] for details of how to access this article
