Military periodicals online
Also see Directories online for some Army Lists.
Air Force List
Online Air Force Lists, in respect of the Royal Air Force, from the collection of the National Library of Scotland on Archive.org
The Lists were initially published on a monthly basis. Currently available (at April 2012) are
- 1919 February-August, November, December
- 1938 January-September, November, December
- 1939 January (catalogued 1929), February-December
- 1940 February-June, August, October, December
- 1941-1943 January, March, May, July, September, November
- 1944 January, March, May, July, October
- 1945 January, April, July.
Army Medical Department Report
Army Medical Department: Report for the Year... Earlier title Army Medical Department: Statistical Sanitary and Medical Reports for the year... Section: "On The Health of the Troops Serving in India". Year of publication in brackets. Appears to be only in respect of troops in garrisons and to exclude troops in military actions. Earlier volumes Google Books and later volumes Archive.org
The British Indian Military Repository
All volumes are from Google Books
Volume and Year | Contents | Contents | Contents |
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Volume 1, 1822 | Part 1 | Part 2 | |
Volume 2, 1823 | Part 1 | Part 2 | |
Volume 3, 1824 | Part 1 | Part 2 | |
Volume 4, 1826 | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 |
Volume 5, 1827 | Part 1 | Unindexed pages139-255 | Part 3 |
Journal of the Royal United Service Institution
A London publication which generally contained a few articles about India in each edition.
The journals below are from the Google Book and Archive.org websites.
This journal later changed its name to the Journal of the Royal United Services Institute and some of the journals below may have been catalogued by the online websites under this latter name
Online Navy Lists, in respect of the Royal Navy, from the collection of the National Library of Scotland on Archive.org
The Lists were initially published on a monthly basis. Currently available (at April 2012), noting that the dates on some editions are not included in the title, are
- 1913 March-December (no dates shown in titles)
- 1914 January-December
- 1915-1917 January, April, July, October
- 1918 January, April, July, December
- 1919 January-March, June-December.
- 1920 January, February-December (no dates shown in titles)
- 1921 January (no date shown in title)
- 1939 February- September, December
- 1940 February-July, October, December
- 1941 April, June, August, October
- 1942 February, April, June, August, October, December
- 1943 February, April, June, August, October, December
- 1944 February, April, June, October
- 1945 January, April, July
New Annual Army List
Volumes are mainly from the Archive.org website,with others from Google Books
The title varied over time: 1840-1853, The New Annual Army List. 1854-1869, The New Annual Army List, and Militia List. 1870-1880, The New Annual Army List, Militia List, and Indian Civil Service List. 1881-1893, The New Annual Army List, Militia List, Yeomanry Cavalry List, and Indian Civil Service List. 1894-1901, The New Annual Army List, Militia List, and Yeomanry Cavalry List. 1902-1903, Hart's Annual Army List, Militia List, and Yeomanry Cavalry List. 1904-1908, Hart's Annual Army List, Militia List, and Imperial Yeomanry List. 1909- Hart's Annual Army List, Special Reserve List and Territorial Force List.
By 1881, the Table of Contents had become more detailed, and it is easier to see the sections which may be relevant for India. In additional to details about the Bengal, Madras and Bombay Armies, which also include Medical Department, Veterinary Department and Ecclesiastical Department details, sections such as Royal Artillery, Royal Engineers and Staff Abroad also contain information about officers in India. Some editions also contain Indian Civil Service Lists, refer Directories online-India List and India Office List for a separate list. The earlier editions, approximately prior to the early 1860 contain less information relevant to India. Editions from the early 1860s to 1880 contain information which may not be indexed.
To access Lists for years not included in the tables below:
- Online Army Lists, from a broken range of dates from 1840 are available at National Library of Scotland on Archive.org. This links displays volumes in the order they were uploaded to Archive.org, and the editions for the earlier years, from 1840, were uploaded first, so appear last on the list.
- Search in Google Books for editions of A List of the Officers of the Army and of the Corps of Royal Marines 1778-1855 (incomplete series) and New Army List 1840-1869 (incomplete series). For the latter series, some additional volumes may be found if they are searched for individually.
- Annual Army Lists from 1754 to 1879 are available to download (free of cost) as pdf files from the The National Archives Documents Online: Digital Microfilm,under WO 65 records.
Date | Contents | Volume 1 | Volume 2 | Volume 3 | Volume 4 | Index | Supplementary Volume | Contents |
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October-December 1913 | Contents | pages 1 -1035 | pages 1036-2165 | pages 2166-3037 | . | Index | . | . |
January-March 1918 | Contents | pages 1-631 | pages 632-1698 | pages 1699-2202b | . | Index | . | . |
April-June 1918 | Contents | pages 1-860 | pages 860a-1698 | pages 1699-2202b | . | Index | . | . |
July-September 1918 | Contents | pages 1-1180 | pages 1181-2502 | . | . | Index | . | . |
October-December 1918 | Contents | pages 1-560 | pages 560a-1262a | pages 1262b-1760a | pages 1761-2503 | Index | War Services of Officers of the Army etc | Contents |
April-June 1919 | Contents | pages 1-749 | pages 750 -1760a | pages 1761-2508 | . | Index | . | . |
July-September 1919 | Contents | pages 1-767 | pages 768-1760b | pages 1761-2508 | . | Index | . | . |
October-December 1919 | Contents | pages 1-764 | pages 765-1530 | pages 1531-2511 | . | Index | War Services of Officers of the Army etc | Contents |
New Army List
Volumes are mainly from Google Books, with some from the Archive.org website.
The title of this quarterly publication varied over time: The New Army List 1840-1853. The New Army List and Militia List 1854-1869. The New Army List, Militia List and Indian Civil Service List 1870-1880. The New Army List, Militia List, Yeomanry Cavalry List and Indian Civil Service List 1881-1893. The New Army List, Militia List and Yeomanry Cavalry List 1894-April 1901. The New Army List, Militia List and Imperial Yeomanry List July 1901-Jan. 1909. The New Army List, Special Reserve List and Territorial Force List April 1909-Jan. 1915. by H. G. Hart.
Minutes of Proceedings of the Royal Artillery Institution
Volumes are from the Google Books and Archive.org websites.
The volumes below are catalogued by Google Books under the title The Journal of the Royal Artillery, which was the title from 1905.
Volume 1 1858-Contents | Volume 2 1861-Contents | Volume 6 1870-Contents |
The title varies: 1827-1828, Naval and Military Magazine ; Jan. 1829-Dec. 1841, The United Service Journal and Naval and Military magazine; Jan. 1842-Apr. 1843, The United Service Magazine and Naval and Military Journal: May 1843-Dec. 1882. Colburn's United Service Magazine and Naval and Military Journal; Jan. 1883-Dec. 1887, Colburn's United Service Magazine and Journal of the Army, Navy and Auxiliary Forces; Jan. 1888-Mar. 1890, Colburn's United Service Magazine. The title then became The United Service Magazine. Many of the Google Books are catalogued under the latter title.
Volume 1, Second Edition 1827-Contents | Volume 2 1827 | Volume 3 1828-Index |
1880 Part 3-Contents | Volume 8 New Series October 1893 to April 1894-Contents | Volume 29 New Series April 1904 to September 1904-Contents |