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===British Library===
Records available in the [[British Library]] India Office holdings include:
*Bombay Army Records '''IOR/L/MIL/12''' ([http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a/records.aspx?cat=059-iorlmil_7-2&cid=1-1#1-1 catalogue entry] which includes links to subgroups). **Please note that the records [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a/records.aspx?cat=059-iorlmil_7-2&cid=1-1-5#1-1-5 Registers of Bombay Army European Soldiers '''IOR/L/MIL/12/109-116''' 1795-1862] were commenced in 1831 and only contain men still serving in the Army at that date. If a man left the Army prior to 1831 for any reason, including death, he will not appear in these records. The Muster records are an alternative source of information.
:The [[LDS]] (Mormons) have filmed many of these records as listed in this LDS Library [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlehitlist&columns=*%2C0%2C0&keyword=Bombay+Army+Records&prekeyword=Bombay+Army+Records catalogue entry], after a keyword search for Bombay Army Records
* Bombay Army Regimental Histories '''IOR/L/MIL/17/4/564-578''' 1877-1939 ([http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a/records.aspx?cat=059-iorlmil_8-2_2&cid=1-1-3-11#1-1-3-11 catalogue entry])
