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*[http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/browse/r/h/b3bca65f-4f39-413d-92e9-e4bf20af1a53 Official Publications: Monumental Inscriptions and Monuments '''IOR/V/27/74'''] 1848-1946. Many of these items are books on the open access shelves.
**Two of these books, items '''IOR/V/27/74/69 -70''', ''A list of inscriptions on Christian tombs or monuments in the Punjab, North-West Frontier Province, Kashmir and Afghanistan possessing historical or archaeological interest'' Part 1 by Miles Irving (1910) and Part 2 by George William De Rhe-Philipe (1912), the latter containing biographical information, have been reprinted by the Naval and Military Press under the title ''[http://www.naval-military-press.com/soldiers-of-the-raj.html Soldiers of the Raj]''. These books are also available to read online, refer below.
**An additional book at the British Library is ''List of Inscriptions on Tombs or Monuments in H.E.H. the Nizam's Dominions : with biographical notes'' by O.S. Crofton.1941 (UIN: BLL01001781826). Also available in an Indian reprint edition.<ref name=OSC>[https://heritage.telangana.gov.in/publications/list-of-inscriptions-on-tombs-or-monuments-in-h-e-h-nizam-dominion/ Department of Heritage Telangana reprint] of ''List of Inscriptions on Tombs or Monuments in H.E.H. the Nizam's Dominions : with biographical notes'' by O.S. Crofton. 1941</ref>
*[http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/browse/r/h/18fe854d-623b-42a2-bf5c-3aa0ab5bca4f United Kingdom High Commission files relating to cemeteries '''IOR/R/4/1-539'''] 1943-1967. Transferred from Indian Public Works Department to the British High Commission, New Delhi, and from there to the India Office Records in 1972-73. Includes
**File 12a Military memorials of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders in India and Pakistan IOR/R/4/87 Dec 1948-Dec 1950
**''List Of Inscriptions on Tombs or Monuments in the Central Provinces and Berar'' by O S Crofton 1932. Contents digital file page 11 from Mandla (the previous page appears to be missing). A number of pages are missing at the beginning of the book. The inscriptions commence page 2, (missing pages 1 and 3) [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.325351 Archive.org version]. Also available as [https://archive.org/details/99999990002208ListOfInscriptionsOnTomesOrMonumentsInTheCentralProvincesAndBerar Archive.org, 2nd file] which seems to be the same digital file. The author is stated to be Olive Crofton, wife of a Civil Servant, and there is reference in the Introduction to "the husband of the writer". Crofton, in the Introduction, also mentions that the numbers killed by tigers and other animals of the jungle “is considerably larger than would appear from the lists”. This book is also available on LDS microfilm [https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/65999 795967], and has been digitised but unfortunately is not available for digital viewing and only appears to be available if a microfilm can be located. See [[FamilySearch Centres#Ordering microfilms|FamilySearch Centres]]. Also available at the [[British Library]], UIN: BLL01009530366 .
*:'' List of Inscriptions on Tombs or Monuments in Rajputana and Central India'' by O S Crofton. Table of Contents digital file page 14. Author is catalogued as Croften and publication date 1905, but the latter appears to be c 1934-35. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.34576 Archive.org version]. Also available as [https://archive.org/details/ListOfInscriptionsOnTombsOrMonumentsInRajputanaCentralIndia Archive.org, 2nd file].
*: Olive Crofton also wrote ''List of Inscriptions on Tombs or Monuments in H.E.H. the Nizam's Dominions : with biographical notes'', not available online, but available at the [[British Library]], UIN: BLL01001781826 .Also available in an Indian reprint edition.<ref name=OSC/>
*Barry Lewis’ [http://barry-lewis.com/research/cemeteries/ Colonial Cemeteries] contains many transcriptions, together with downloads of the following publications
**''List of European Tombs in the Cemeteries Attached to the Various Churches in the Nilgiri District'' 1905 (106 pages)
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