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== Online Records==
*[http://www.cwgc.org/ Commonwealth War Graves Commission] Organisation that pays tribute to those members of Commonwealth forces who died in the two World Wars and who work towards preserving their memory. Contains free searchable database. Includes details of the [http://www.cwgc.org/search/cemetery_details.aspx?cemetery=146500&mode=1 Kirkee Memorial] which commemorates more than 1,800 servicemen who died in India during the First World War, who are buried in civil and cantonment cemeteries in India and Pakistan where their graves can no longer be properly maintained.
*[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documentsonline/medals.asp First World War medal card indexes ] Documents online at National Archives. Searching for a name is free. Copies of the records obtainable on a “pay as you go” basis. See also [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documentsonline/help/abbreviations-unit.asp#N Abbreviations used in the World War One Medal Cards]
*[http://search.ancestry.co.uk/iexec/?htx=List&dbid=1219 First World War records] ancestry.co.uk contains many searchable records relating to First World War, including service records, medals indexes, pension records and rolls of honour. Searching is free but payment is required to view records.
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