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''Army List''s are useful if you are researching an officer. There were Monthly, Quarterly and Annual editions published. Some of these were commercial publications, while some were official War Office publications, The official publications included ''Quarterly Army List''s from 1880 and ''Monthly Army List''s from August 1881. At least during the [[First World War]], only the Monthly Lists cover the officers in “battalion order”<ref> rflory [https://www.greatwarforum.org/topic/228278-army-list-copies-at-kew/?do=findComment&comment=2267381 Army List - copies at Kew?] ''Great War Forum'' 28 May 2015. Retrieved 22 May 2018.</ref>, but this listing probably appeared in earlier publications also. ''Quarterly Army List''s only list regular, career officers and not others such as temporary officers and territorial officers who are to be found in the ''Monthly Army List''s.<ref>rflory. [https://www.greatwarforum.org/topic/236726-army-list-lookup/?do=findComment&comment=2369451 Army List lookup], posts 4 and 10. ''Great War Forum'' 26 February 2016. Retrieved 22 May 2018.</ref> The ''Monthly Army List''s are available on the open shelves at the National Archives and major libraries, (but date ranges may be unclear). Based on library catalogues, Bodleian Libraries University of Oxford, and the National Library of Scotland may have the best collections of ''Monthly Army List''s.
For British Library holdings, including regimental and regional lists, from 1642, see the BL guide [https://www.bl.uk/britishlibrary/~/media/subjects%20images/government%20publications/pdfs/service-list-army-navy.pdf?la=en "Service Lists for the Army, Navy and Air Force"]. (This is a download to your computer which you may need to locate in your downloads folder.)[https://archive.org/details/servicelistsarmynavyairfguide Archive.org version].
'''For volumes available online''', see the Fibiwiki page '''[[Army List for British Army online ]]'''.
:If you have a specific London Gazette reference, you may be able to locate it through the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:London_Gazette_Index Wikipedia:London Gazette Index]
===Landed Gentry genealogical /high social status=======Genealogical sources====
Officers were often of high social status/the Landed Gentry class and genealogical resources relating to this social class may provide Army details.
*[http://www.burkespeerage.com/home.php Burke’s Peerage 1826–2016] A pay website which states “the definitive guide to the genealogy and heraldry of the Peerage, Baronetage, Knightage and Landed Gentry of the United Kingdom, the historical families of Ireland and the Commonwealth of Nations….”
*[http://www.thepeerage.com/index.htm The Peerage]. A genealogical survey of the peerage of Britain. A free website. Includes
**"Custom Indices" with links to "Index for Battles", including First World War, and Second World War.
=====Historical books online=====*See [[Peerage and landed gentry genealogical books online]]====School records====Many schools which catered for this section of society are still in existence, and may be able to supply records, sometimes including photographs.<br>The first few pages of a 1919 book include a [https://archive.org/details/recordofwarservi00grea/page/n11/mode/1up list of some of the well known schools then in existence] (The rest of the book relates to War Service) Archive.org. Note there will be other schools not on this list. ====Sandhurst====Many officers attended the Royal Military College Sandhurst, England. See [[British Army#Other 3|External links, Other]] below.
===Military records at the National Archives===
:'''Update''' 24 May 2019. A group of records from First World War ICRC records (see above) has been added to Findmypast, although exact details were not provided.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20190531224338/https://blog.findmypast.co.uk/british-armymilitary-recordsarmy-ancestorsgerman-genealogyeuropean-rec-2637795508.html Findmypast Friday May 24th [2019<nowiki>]</nowiki>], now archived.</ref> It appears possible to search by regiment, which isn't possible in the original ICRC records. Some names have been transcribed incorrectly. As the original records were mainly typed, it has been suggested that inaccurate transcription may be due to automatic transcription by OCR (optical character recognition).
:Helpful hints about searching in this Findmypast dataset. <ref>charlie962 [https://www.greatwarforum.org/topic/287198-sapper-edward-richard-crossland-459192-royal-engineers-very-vague-date-of-death/?do=findComment&comment=2962805 Sapper EDWARD RICHARD CROSSLAND 459192 Royal Engineers = Very vague date of death] ''Great War Forum'' 12 December 2020. Also read earlier posts. Retrieved 14 December 2020.</ref>
*Ancestry (pay website) contains the database "UK, British Officer Prisoners of War, 1914-1918"<ref>[http://search.ancestry.co.uk/search/db.aspx?dbid=4722 UK, British Officer Prisoners of War, 1914-1918] Ancestry</ref> (located in category Military) consisting of data transcribed from the 1919 publication ''List of British Officers Taken Prisoner in the Various Theatres of War Aug 1914 to Nov 1918'' <ref>[https://www.naval-military-press.com/product/list-of-british-officers-taken-prisoner-in-the-various-theatres-of-waraug-1914-to-nov-1918/ ''List of British Officers Taken Prisoner in the Various Theatres of War Aug 1914 to Nov 1918''] Reprint edition, Naval & Military Press</ref>, compiled from records kept by Messrs Cox & Co.'s Enquiry Office. Transcribed records from this source are also available in the findmypast database above "Prisoners Of War 1715-1945", (sub category "Transcript only material").Some sample pages from this publication for the Western Theatre of operations are available [https://ww1photos.com/Pages/POWOfficers/index.html ww1photos.com]
* Also see [[British Army#WW1 Casualty Lists|WW1 Casualty Lists]], above.
====Censuses====
=====1911 England and Wales Census=====
:[https://archive.org/details/dli.ernet.237709/page/n3/mode/2up ''The Empire and the Army''] by John Fortescue 1928 Archive.org. Written as a text book for those soldiers in the ranks studying for the highest certificate of education.
*''British Battles on Land and Sea'' by James Grant. First published c 1873 [https://archive.org/details/cu31924091765655 Volume I: to 1743] [https://archive.org/details/cu31924091765663 Volume II: 1745-1826]. [https://archive.org/details/recentbritishba00grangoog ''Recent British Battles on Land and Sea''] [1875-1884] by James Grant 1884. Later called Volume IV. Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/victoriacrossindia/page/n7/mode/2up ''The Victoria Cross in India''] by Major Knollys c 1886 Archive.org. Part of the series ''Deeds of Daring Library''. The Victoria Cross awarded in India during the Indian Mutiny.:[https://archive.org/details/dli.pahar.0972 ''The Victoria Cross in the Colonies and Gallant Sepoys and Sowars''] by William Wallingford Knollys. Catalogued 1880. (Note: catalogued title includes ''Soward''.) Archive.org mirror from PAHAR Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset. Part of the series ''Deeds of Daring Library''. Includes details of the Victoria Cross awarded in India after the Indian Mutiny, those during the Mutiny being covered in a previous book ''The Victoria Cross in India''. First part to page 85, 2nd part to page 176.
:''The Victoria Cross in Afghanistan and on the frontiers of India during the years 1877, 1878, 1879 & 1880 : how it was won'' related by W.J. Elliott 1882. Part of the series ''Deeds of Daring Library''. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.80165/page/n3 Archive.org version], missing map, mirror from Digital Library of India.
*[https://archive.org/details/afamiliarhistor00stocgoog ''A Familiar History of the British Army, from the Restoration in 1660 to the Present Time''] by J H Stocqueler 1871 Archive.org
*''Her Majesty's Army; a descriptive account of the various regiments now comprising the Queen's forces, from their first establishment to the present time'', by Walter Richards. With coloured illustrations. First published 1887. Catalogued 1890.
