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=== Firepower, The Royal Artillery Museum===
[http://www.firepower.org.uk/ Firepower, The Royal Artillery Museum] has a [http://firepower.org.uk/do-your-own-research Library and Archive] with extensive holdings including battery records. A research service is available. Note that charges Charges apply to consult records in the Reading Room. However, see '''Note''' at the end of this section.
Firepower has produced a guide for family history researchers called "Is There A Gunner In Your Family Tree?" The sixteen page guide outlines how the Museum's extensive archives can help researchers. It also details the other main UK sources and archives to explore when researching army service. Available from the [http://shop.firepower.org.uk/is-there-a-gunner-in-your-family-tree-15-p.asp Firepower Museum Shop].
'''Note''': FirePower Museum at Woolwich will be closing on 8 July 2016, following which there will be “controlled access” to the archive and library, prior to a move to Larhhill on Salisbury Plain, perhaps in 2020.<ref> dbf. [http://ww2talk.com/forums/topic/60315-firepower-is-closing/?p=697189 FirePower is closing] ''WW2Talk Forum'' 27 January 2016. Retrieved 28 January 2016</ref>The library reading room is now fully booked out prior to closure. <ref>pdl. [http://1914-1918.invisionzone.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=237423&p=2377559 Research centre closure] ''Great War Forum'' 17 March 2016. Retrieved 20 March 2016</ref>
===British Library===
For items in the [[India Office Records]] refer [[British_Army#India_Office_military_records_at_the_British_Library|India Office military records at the British Library]].
