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==Regular British Army troops in India==
*[[35th Regiment of Foot|1st Battalion Royal Sussex Regiment]] <ref>[http://www.longlongtrail.co.uk/army/regiments-and-corps/the-british-infantry-regiments-of-1914-1918/royal-sussex-regiment/ Royal Sussex Regiment] “The Long, Long Trail”. Retrieved 23 June 2016.</ref>
*[[19th Regiment of Foot|1st Battalion The Yorkshire Regiment]] <ref> [http://www.longlongtrail.co.uk/army/regiments-and-corps/the-british-infantry-regiments-of-1914-1918/alexandra-princess-of-waless-own-yorkshire-regiment-green-howards/ Alexandra, Princess of Wales’s Own (Yorkshire Regiment) (“Green Howards”)] “The Long, Long Trail”. Retrieved 23 June 2016.</ref>
*[[21st Hussars|21st Lancers]] were in India on the [[North West Frontier Campaigns| North West Frontier]]
Some regiments fighting in [[Mesopotamia Campaign|Mesopotamia]] appear to have had Depots in India. As an example the 2nd Battalion, [[9th Regiment of Foot|Norfolk Regiment]] appears to have had soldiers in India, although generally it is stated this Battalion was in Mesopotamia.
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==British Army troops in India=====Territorial Force troops in India===
Territorial Force troops were sent to India so that regular units could be released for service in France.<ref> [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Territorial_Force Territorial Force] Wikipedia accessed 18 Feb 2014 </ref>
===Garrison Battalions===
Garrison Battalions were not part of the Territorial Force, but in many ways the experience of Garrison Battalions in India was similar to that of Territorial Force Battalions in India.
Garrison Battalions were made up of soldiers unfit for front line duty. This decision was made at time of enlistment or after previous front line service where the soldier had suffered wounds or sickness. They were sent to various parts of the empire on garrison duties to release fit soldiers for front line duty.<ref> Anderson, Donny [https://www.greatwarforum.org/topic/149267-csm-david-moody-12673-gordon-highlanders-rawalpindi-war-cemetery/?do=findComment&comment=1435248 CSM David Moody 12673, Gordon Highlanders Rawalpindi War Cemetery] ''Great War Forum'' 3 July 2010. Retrieved 24 May 2018.</ref> By the end of the war there were 18 Garrison Battalions in India.<ref>ddycher [Dave] [https://www.greatwarforum.org/topic/137376-garrison-bns-to-india-1917/?do=findComment&comment=2268587 Garrison Bn's to India 1917] ''Great War Forum'' 31 May 2015 Retrieved 24 May 2018.</ref>
===Special Service Battalions===
Formed from April 1919 in India from drafts of demobilisees (from Mesopotamia) arriving by ship in Bombay. See [[First_World_War#External_links|"Mutiny in India 1919"]] for more details about these Battalions. One Special Service Battalion, No.17, served in the [[3rd Afghan War|Third Afghan War]]
===Regular British Army troops in India===
*[[35th Regiment of Foot|1st Battalion Royal Sussex Regiment]] <ref>[http://www.longlongtrail.co.uk/army/regiments-and-corps/the-british-infantry-regiments-of-1914-1918/royal-sussex-regiment/ Royal Sussex Regiment] “The Long, Long Trail”. Retrieved 23 June 2016.</ref>
*[[19th Regiment of Foot|1st Battalion The Yorkshire Regiment]] <ref> [http://www.longlongtrail.co.uk/army/regiments-and-corps/the-british-infantry-regiments-of-1914-1918/alexandra-princess-of-waless-own-yorkshire-regiment-green-howards/ Alexandra, Princess of Wales’s Own (Yorkshire Regiment) (“Green Howards”)] “The Long, Long Trail”. Retrieved 23 June 2016.</ref>
*[[21st Hussars|21st Lancers]] were in India on the [[North West Frontier Campaigns| North West Frontier]]
Some regiments fighting in [[Mesopotamia Campaign|Mesopotamia]] appear to have had Depots in India. As an example the 2nd Battalion, [[9th Regiment of Foot|Norfolk Regiment]] appears to have had soldiers in India, although generally it is stated this Battalion was in Mesopotamia.
===External links===
*[http://archive.org/stream/diaryof24thbatta00carliala#page/n3/mode/2up ''Diary of 2/4th Battalion the Border Regiment, 1914-19''] [in India and Afghanistan] 1920. Archive.org. This Battalion was formed during the First World War and was part of the Territorial Force. Archive.org
* ''Memoirs Of A Camp Follower'' (1934) by Philip Gosse. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.523918 Archive.org version], mirror from Digital Library of India. Full title/some editions: ''Memoirs of a Camp-Follower : a Naturalist Goes to War''. At least one later edition published under the title ''A Naturalist Goes to War''. The author was a doctor in the RAMC, a Temporary Captain, who served in France and Belgium 1915-1917, then subsequently in India, based at Poona, 1917-1918. [https://jramc.bmj.com/content/jramc/63/3/210.full.pdf Review of the book]. JRAMC. Scroll to the end.
==Indian Army troops in India==
===Historical books online===
* Also see '''[[Mesopotamia Campaign#Historical books online|Mesopotamia Campaign]]'''; '''[[Egypt, Palestine, Syria (First World War)#Historical books online|Egypt, Palestine, Syria (First World War)]]'''; '''[[East Africa (First World War)#Historical books online|East Africa (First World War)]]'''; '''[[Gallipoli]]'''; '''[[Norperforce]]'''; '''[[Salonica and the Balkans (First World War)]]''' and '''[[Western Front]]''' for online books about those campaigns.
*[https://archive.org/details/worldwaronedocuments?sort=title&and%5B%5D=language%3A%22English%22 World War One Documents] Collection at the Internet Archive. Over 25,000 English language books tagged World War, 1914-1918 or similar.
====Official histories, political memoirs, etc.====
*''History of the Great War Based on Official Documents: Military Operations''. See the various '''Fronts''' mentioned above.
*[https://archive.org/details/worldwarshortacc00fieb ''The World War: a Short Account of the Principal Land Operations on the Belgian, French, Russian, Italian, Greek and Turkish Fronts''] by Colonel G J Fiebeger 1921 Archive.org.
:[http://cgsc.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p4013coll7/id/866 ''Atlas'' to accompany ''The World War: a Short Account...''] Link to pdf download, Combined Arms Research Library [CARL] Digital Library [USA].
*[https://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015013496032?urlappend=%3Bseq=9 ''A Guide to the Military History of the World War, 1914-1918''] by Thomas G Frothingham, Captain U. S. Reserves. 1921 HathiTrust Digital Library. Also available [https://archive.org/details/frothingham-thomas-g.-a-guide-to-the-millitary-history-of-the-world-war/page/n3/mode/1up Archive.org] (different file). Also see [[First World War#Naval|Naval]] below, for further books by this author, who was a Captain in the U.S. Army during WW1.<ref>[https://archive.org/details/whoswhoinamerica20chic/page/957/mode/1up ''Who's Who in America 1938'' page 957]. Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library.</ref>
*''A Military History of the World War'' by Colonel C R Howland, Infantry US Army. 1923. Volume I contains the Narrative. Volume II contains the Maps. Based on a series of lectures. [https://archive.org/details/militaryhistoryo00howl_1/page/n5 Volume I], [https://archive.org/details/militaryhistoryo00howl/page/n1 Volume II], [https://archive.org/details/militaryhistoryo02howl/mode/2up Vol. II 2nd file] Archive.org.
*[https://archive.org/details/militaryatlasoff00arth/page/n9 ''A Military Atlas of the First World War''] by Arthur Banks 1975 Archive.org Lending Library.
*[https://archive.org/details/secretservice00geor ''Secret Service''] by Major-General Sir George Aston, formerly of the Naval Intelligence Department and the Secretariat of the War Cabinet 1930 Archive.org
*[[The National Archives]] series KV1 ''The Security Service: First World War Historical Reports and Other Papers'' is available as a series of free downloads from the National Archives website, [http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/browse/r/h/C15043 catalogue entry]. This series contains the official history of the Security Service work during World War I. The duties of the Security Service were principally the control of aliens within and entering the UK, and counter-espionage within the UK and within the Empire.
*[https://archive.org/details/pt-1-detective-secret-service-days/Pt1DetectiveSecretServiceP011-025/mode/2up ''Detective & Secret Service Days''] by Edwin T Woodhall 1929. Archive.org. Mirror from [https://digitallibrepository.stou.ac.th/handle/6625047444/1704 STOU Digital Repository] Sukhothai Thammathirat Open University, Thailand. Note, the latter website has been noticed to be unavailable at times, possibly it may only be accessible during "office hours". The 1937 edition was titled ''Detective and Secret Service Days''. The author chronicles his experiences beginning briefly with his early days in 1906 in the London Metropolitan Police Force, and then on to when he subsequently became attached to the CID at Scotland Yard, the Special Political Department, the Secret Service Department and the Special Central Department. Part of the book is discussed in an article.<ref>[https://pixelsurgery.wordpress.com/2017/10/27/secret-service-days-woodhall/ "Monocled Mutineer, Percy Toplis"] pixelsurgery.com</ref> [http://www.casebook.org/dissertations/rip-woodhall.html Details of the author] casebook.org. He was also the author of ''Spies of the Great War : adventures with the Allied Secret Service'' by Edwin T. Woodhall 1932. Extracts from the latter book are included in [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.440855/page/n7 ''Fifty Amazing Secret Service Dramas''] c 1937? Archive.org.
*[https://archive.org/details/redduskmorrowadv00duke/page/n7/mode/2up ''Red Dusk and the Morrow; Adventures and Investigations in Red Russia''] by Sir Paul Dukes, former Chief of the British Secret Intelligence Service in Russia. 1922 Archive.org
:[https://archive.org/details/operationkronsta00harr ''Operation Kronstadt : the true story of honor, espionage, and the rescue of Britain's greatest spy, the Man with a Hundred Faces''] by Harry Ferguson 2009, first published 2008. Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library. A daring naval rescue attempt in 1919, commanded by Augustus Agar, using Coastal Motor Boats (CMBs), to save the British agent Paul Dukes trapped in Russia during the power struggle between the former Tsarists and Bolsheviks.
