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==Records== | ==Records== | ||
===British Library holdings=== | ===British Library holdings=== | ||
'''Update'''. The catalogue for the India Office Records is currently (March 2025) only available through The National Archive's (Kew) [https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk Discovery catalogue]. | |||
*'''Also see [[Medal Rolls]]''' for British Library records in respect of '''rolls of honours and rewards'''. | *'''Also see [[Medal Rolls]]''' for British Library records in respect of '''rolls of honours and rewards'''. | ||
:The links for the following catalogue references are National Archives Discovery links. For British Library equivalent links, search directly in the British Library’s [http://searcharchives.bl.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?vid=IAMS_VU2 "Search our Catalogue Archives and Manuscripts"]. | :The links for the following catalogue references are National Archives Discovery links. For British Library equivalent links, search directly in the British Library’s [http://searcharchives.bl.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?vid=IAMS_VU2 "Search our Catalogue Archives and Manuscripts"]. | ||
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*[http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/browse/r/h/132e4f2a-85f4-4e25-b244-dc0281cbd3c8 '''IOR/L/MIL/17/5/2380-2420'''] Military Department Library: Indian Army First World War - General (1914-1931) | *[http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/browse/r/h/132e4f2a-85f4-4e25-b244-dc0281cbd3c8 '''IOR/L/MIL/17/5/2380-2420'''] Military Department Library: Indian Army First World War - General (1914-1931) | ||
*[http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/browse/r/h/38fde128-a3e0-4e61-80ac-fdb7e735a81f '''IOR/L/MIL/17/5/2421-4246'''] 1914-1921. Military Department Library: Indian Army First World War - '''War Diaries'''. | *[http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/browse/r/h/38fde128-a3e0-4e61-80ac-fdb7e735a81f '''IOR/L/MIL/17/5/2421-4246'''] 1914-1921. Military Department Library: Indian Army First World War - '''War Diaries'''. | ||
:The entries which include War Diary in the individual entry are from IOR/L/MIL/17/5/3001. War diary, Army Headquarters India, Indian Expeditionary Force 'A' [France]. IOR/L/MIL/17/5/3086-3149; IE Force 'B' and ‘C’ [East Africa] IOR/L/MIL/17/5/3150-3222; IE Force 'D' [Mesopotamia] IOR/L/MIL/17/5/3223-3892, including IOR/L/MIL/17/5/3788 A table of the contents of the war diaries of the Mesopotamian Campaign; IE Force 'E'/'E' & 'G'/Egypt | :The entries which include War Diary in the individual entry are from IOR/L/MIL/17/5/3001. War diary, Army Headquarters India, Indian Expeditionary Force 'A' [France]. IOR/L/MIL/17/5/3086-3149; IE Force 'B' and ‘C’ [East Africa] IOR/L/MIL/17/5/3150-3222; IE Force 'D' [Mesopotamia] IOR/L/MIL/17/5/3223-3892, including IOR/L/MIL/17/5/3788 A table of the contents of the war diaries of the Mesopotamian Campaign; IE Force 'E'/'E' & 'G'/Egypt IOR/L/MIL/17/5/3893-3950; IE Force 'G' [Mediterranean] IOR/L/MIL/17/5/3951- 3953; Aden Force IOR/L/MIL/17/5/3954-4056; India, Afghan War IOR/L/MIL/17/5/4057-4065; India, Frontier Operations IOR/L/MIL/17/5/4066-4121; Persia IOR/L/MIL/17/5/4122-4223. | ||
:Some of these volumes are Indian Army Casualty Returns, explained in the British Library article [http://britishlibrary.typepad.co.uk/untoldlives/2014/09/finding-indian-soldiers-who-served-in-world-war-one.html "Finding Indian soldiers who served in World War One"] but does not include Returns from Mesopotamia. | :Some of these volumes are Indian Army Casualty Returns, explained in the British Library article [http://britishlibrary.typepad.co.uk/untoldlives/2014/09/finding-indian-soldiers-who-served-in-world-war-one.html "Finding Indian soldiers who served in World War One"] but does not include Returns from Mesopotamia. | ||
:A researcher reported finding an [[Indian Army]] Casualty Return in the digital platform of the National Archives of India which may be the same publication as those at the British Library, and '''does''' include Mesopotamia. | :A researcher reported finding an [[Indian Army]] Casualty Return in the digital platform of the National Archives of India which may be the same publication as those at the British Library, and '''does''' include Mesopotamia. | ||