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
- 1938 January-September, November, December. 1938 editions
- 1939 January-August, October-December. 1939 editions
- 1940 February-June, August, October, December. 1940 editions
- 1941-1943 January, March, May, July, September, November. 1941 editions, 1942 editions, 1943 editions
- 1944 January, March, May, July, October. 1944 editions
- 1945 January, April, July. 1945 editions
- Also on Archive.org, but not from the National Library of Scotland collection,
- Air Force List for 1949-1955, 1957, 1960-1965, 1991 Archive.org, 1991 edition Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library. 1949 edition is the last quarterly edition, other editions are yearly editions.
Most of the above, and additional editions, are also available on the website of the NLS as Air Force Lists: 1919-1922 and 1938-1945 with transcriptions available, together with a Search facility.
For more details, including additional sources, see Royal Air Force.
Air Force Health Report
- Report on the Health of the Royal Air Force published by the Air Ministry
- 1920 Volume 1, to 1929; 1930-1937. Archive.org.
Air Force Regulations, Equipment, Manuals etc
- The King's Regulations and Orders for the Royal Air Force, 1918 Archive.org, Contents, Google Books.
- The King's Regulations and Air Council Instructions for the Royal Air Force. Air Publication 958.
- Training Manual, Royal Flying Corps, Part 1 (Provisional) 1914 (40/War Office/2054). HMSO 1914. Archive.org
- Pigeon Service Manual (Royal Air Force) Air Ministry publication HMSO 1919. British Library Digital Collection.
- Trumpet calls. Royal Air Force. 1919 State Library of Victoria.
Aldershot Military Gazette
Commenced as The Aldershot Military Gazette with later titles Sheldrake's Aldershot Military Gazette; Sheldrakes's Aldershot and Sandhurst Military Gazette; Aldershot Gazette and Military News. This publication is available on findmypast, category "Newspapers & periodicals", with the same contents also available on the British Newspaper Archive, both pay websites. The date range is 13 August 1859 to 27 December 1890 and additionally 04 January 1918 to 29 November 1918, with details on a BNA page. It is possible to browse individual editions on BNA, in addition to searching. To browse the findmypast editions, use the filters under "Narrow your search results" (left hand side of the webpage) "By Newspaper" and "By Date".
The "Stations of the British Army" were published every month or so, seen on page 7 (of 8) in one edition.
Army Medical Department Report
- Report of the Committee on the Preparation of Army Medical Statistics, and on the Duties To Be Performed by the Statistical Branch of the Army Medical Department 1861 Google Books
- 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 Hathi Trust Digital Library and Archive.org
- This publication also appears to be available from the online database U.K. Parliamentary Papers. For more details, see Subscription websites-online newspapers, journals and directories.
Army and Navy Gazette. Full title: Army and Navy Gazette : journal of the militia and volunteer forces. This publication is available on findmypast, category "Newspapers & periodicals", with the same contents also available on the British Newspaper Archive, both pay websites. The date range is Saturday 07 January 1860 to Saturday 31 December 1921, with issues 1860-1871, 1884-1918, 1920-1921, with details on a BNA page. It is possible to browse individual editions on BNA, in addition to searching. To browse the findmypast editions, use the filters under "Narrow your search results" (left hand side of the webpage) "By Newspaper" and "By Date".
Army Regulations, Equipment, Manuals etc
Collections of Army publications
- Digital Collection: author War Office, Great Britain State Library of Victoria. From SLV's collection "War Pamphlets". Note there are additional publications originating from the War Office which are not so cataloged, and will not be found in this link, so delete the Author filter link. Includes Handbooks, Manuals, Regulations etc.
- Books on Archive.org with any field given by the uploader as "Great Britain. War Office". Include some Manuals.
- Books on Archive.org with author given by the uploader "Army War College (U.S.)". Includes many publications WW1 period based on British, French and German publications and sources. Notes on Recent Operations include multiple articles.
- War Office Great Britain publications on the HathiTrust Digital Library linked on a webpage from the Library of University of Pennsylvania
- Australian Army website: Our heritage/History/Primary materials Manuals etc. Includes both British Army and Australian Army publications. Update not currently available, perhaps may return, however some of the files are still available if you search the internet, but you must know the title of the book.
- The website NZSappers Sappers of New Zealand includes Heritage Material which includes Manuals and other publications relating to Military Engineering. Also includes Handbook for Military Artificers (1915).
- The website of Vickers MG Collection and Research Association includes online Manuals, Handbooks etc., relating to mainly to machine guns and tanks, but also including other subjects, from c 1908. There is a drop down menu from "Manuals" at the top of the webpage. Some, but not all (at 2020/01/31), of these publications have been uploaded to Archive.org in a collection Vickers MG Collection & Research Association.
- The website of The Ordnance Society contains "Ordnance Downloads". See drop down menu from the top of the webpage.
- The website of Historical Breechloading Smallarms Association includes online Articles, Manuals & Catalogues. The Manuals are mainly 1940s or later, but some from 1917 onwards are included. The Manuals may be viewed on flickr.com.
- From the website 314th.org, section "Books" : Department of War: Numbered Documents United States publications such as drill regulations and other field manuals, all published in 1917. Some were reprints of, or based on, British publications. Also under the section "Books", see the individual books listed under the headings "Infantry Manuals and Handbooks", and "Gas Chemical Warfare during WW1".
Army Orders
- From 1888 to January 1911, there was a section towards the back of each edition of The Monthly Army List titled "Army Orders", see Army List for British Army online - Monthly Army List, in particular the linked The Monthly Army List Collection at the Internet Archive.
- Prior to 1888, for those editions which contained it, (at least to 1863 and possibly before) the section was titled "Army Circulars", or "Warrants, Circulars etc".
- Army Orders January 1914 to December 1917 by [Great Britain] War Office. Click on “Browse this collection” for links to 48 monthly editions. National Library of Australia.
Army Regulations
Admission to the Royal Military College, Sandhurst
- "Regulations respecting admission to the Royal Military College, Sandhurst 1899" page 274 Annals of Sandhurst : a chronicle of the Royal Military College from its foundation to the present day, with a sketch of the history of the Staff College by Major A F Mockler-Ferryman 1900 Archive.org
Clothing
- Regulations for the Supply of Clothing and Necessaries to the Regular Forces:Revised Army Regulations-Vol. Xi War Office 1881 Archive.org
- Regulations for the Clothing of the Army. Part I.-Regular Forces. Excluding the Special Reserve War Office, 1914. HMSO (A C D Clothing Regs 1079). British Library Digital Collection.
- Regulations for the Clothing of the Army. Part II.-Special Reserve War Office, 1914. HMSO (A C D Clothing Regs 1087). British Library Digital Collection.
Dress
- Regulations for the Dress of General, Staff and Regimental Officers of the Army 1864 Google Books
- Dress Regulations for the Officers of the Army 1st November 1874 (Revised Army Regulations Volume 7) War Office HMSO. Archive.org, Google Books.
- Dress Regulations for the Officers of the Army (Including the Militia) 1900 War Office HMSO. Archive.org, Google Books.
- Dress Regulations for the Officers of the Army (including the Militia) 1904 War Office, HMSO. HathiTrust Digital Library. Index and Illustrations Plates 1-58 (at rear of book). Archive.org, Google Books.
- Dress Regulations for the Army 1911 War Office HMSO. Index followed by Plates. British Library Digital Collection.
- Dress Regulations. Amendments 1913 together with 1911 edition. scribd.com
- Dress Regulations for the Army 1934 Archive.org. Also available Wellcome Collection Reference RAMC/1112.
General
- "Warrant regulating the grant of pension, allowance, and relief to soldiers, on their discaharge from the Army, dated 7th February, 1833" page 126 The United Service Journal 1833, Part II. HathiTrust Digital Library
- Royal warrant and regulations regarding army services: and Explanatory directions for the information and guidance of paymasters and others 1st July 1848 Google Books
- "Pensions for Discharged Soldiers", page 211
- Royal Warrants, Circulars, General Orders, and Memoranda, issued by the War Office and Horse Guards, August 1856- July 1864 by Brevet Major J M Bannatyne 1864 Google Books.
- The Queen's Regulations and Orders for the Army 1 July 1844 3rd edition Google Books; 1 December 1859 Archive.org; 1 January 1868, Volume II including "Discharge of Soldiers", page 287 Google Books; Vol. II 1st July 1881 Google Books; Vol. II 10 May 1883 Archive.org. Part I and Part II October 1889 HathiTrust. Pt II 1889 Archive.org, Pt II 1889 Google Books, Part II 1889 (scroll to entry) Australian Army website, archived page; 1 July 1899 Archive.org.
- Revised Army Regulations Volume 1: Royal Warrant for the Pay and Promotion, Non-effective Pay, and Allowances of Her Majesty's British Forces serving elsewhere than in India dated 27 December 1870 HMSO Google Books
- Royal Warrant for the Pay, Appointment, Promotion, and Non-effective Pay of the Army, 1899 HMSO 1899 Archive.org
- Royal Warrant for the Pay, Appointment, Promotion, and Non-effective Pay of the Army, 1906 HMSO 1906. HathiTrust Digital Library.
- Royal Warrant for the Pay, Appointment, Promotion, and Non-effective Pay of the Army, 1907 HMSO 1907. HathiTrust Digital Library
- Army Regulations, Vol.I, Part III. Regulations relating to the issue of Army Allowances 1884 War Office 1884. Google Books. For later editions, see further below.
- Army Regulations: Army Circulars. Based on Circulars 1868-1882 issued by Order of the Secretary of State for War. HMSO, London. 1883 Archive.org.
- The King's Regulations and Orders for the Army London : H.M.S.O., 1908. HathiTrust Digital Library
- Note: Enlistment is not covered. There is a separate publication Regulations for Recruiting for the Regular Army, Militia, and Imperial Yeomanry, etc. 1907. (series Regulations and Orders. II. Regulations and Treatises on Special Subjects. Recruiting) available at the British Library UIN: BLL01001094373, which also holds editions from 1889 to 1928. Imperial War Museums hold a 1934 edition LBY WO 2056.
- The King's Regulations and Orders for the Army. 1912; Reprinted with Amendments published in Army Orders up to 1st August, 1914 HMSO 1914 HathiTrust Digital Library.
- Various amendments and reprints of amendments to the King's Regulations published between 1916 and 1921. British Library Digital Collection. Click on “View the catalogue record” for more details.
- The King's Regulations for the Army and the Army Reserve 1935 rlcarchive.org. If this link is not permanent, from the Home page, hover your mouse over Home on the toolbar, and select free resources/King's Regs 1935. Note: to browse pages, it only seems possible to click "Next" on the toolbar, or "Back to results" near the toolbar, which returns you to the chapter headings. It does not seem possible to select a specific page to browse, although it is possible to search for a specific paragraph.
- Other editions, and later amendments, not available online, were published in 1923; 1928; 1928 Amendments (available TNA RG 48/3244); 1935 Amendments (British Library UIN: BLL01001093517); 1940 (BL UIN: BLL01001093519) and 1940 Amendments (BL UIN: BLL01001093520). 1923 edition was "Issued with Army Orders for September 1923," so possibly this edition, and also others, may be found in TNA series of records WO 123 Army Orders. Imperial War Museums holds 1923, 1928 and other editions (catalogue reference LBY S. 6 / 302). There were also various editions of Regulations for the Territorial Force including a 1915 edition (BL UIN: BLL01001097720), and National Archives records, part of WO 279. Oxford University Library holds a series of the earlier Regulations for the Volunteer Force, for editions 1863 to 1904, catalogue entry, including an online 1878 (but catalogued as 1863) edition.
- Field Service Regulations. Part I, Operations 1909 Archive.org, mirror from STOU Digital Repository, Sukhothai Thammathirat Open University, Thailand.
- Field Service Regulations. Part I, Operations 1909 (Reprinted with Amendments 1912) HMSO. Archive.org.
- Field Service Regulations Part II. Organisation and Administration 1909 (Reprinted with Amendments 1913) Archive.org
- Field Service Regulations Volume II: Operations - General 1935 Archive.org. Select the one page option if viewing online.
- Paper: "We Have Been Here Before: the Evolution of the Doctrine of Decentralised Command in the British Army 1905-1989" by Dr Christopher Pugsley Sandhurst Occasional Papers No 9 2011. army.mod.uk, archived. The role of Field Service Regulations introduced 1905, and other publications.
- Manual of Military Law, War Office publication, published by Her/His Majesty's Stationery Office. Abbreviated Manual of Military Law 1888 based on 1887 2nd edition. 1894, 3rd edition 1899, 4th edition 1907, 5th edition 1914, 6th edition [reprinted 1917] HathiTrust Digital Library, Archive.org mirror version. 1929, 7th edition. 1929 (Reprinted December 1939). Amendments to 1929 edition 1929-1943. All Archive.org unless otherwise stated.
- Cashiering and Dismissal by G Norman Lieber, Judge Advocate, U S Army. Publication is not dated, but one source states 1899. Archive.org. Although written by a US Army Judge, there is content about British Army practice.
- Three unrelated publications in one digital book. HMSO. Archive.org
- Manual of Military Cooking 1910. Reprinted 1914.
- Financial Instructions in relation to Army Accounts 1910, with amendments to 1st September 1914, Contents, Index
- Regulations for the Allowances of the Army 1914, [printed 10/14]. Contents, Index
- Regulations for the issue of army separation allowance, allotments of pay, and family allowance, during the present war, 1918 War Office. State Library of Victoria.
Medical Department/Army Medical Services
- Regulations for the Medical Department of Her Majesty's Army
- Regulations for Army Medical Services HMSO.
- 1890 Part I. Includes Medical Staff; 1890 (updated from 1889 edition) Part II Manual for the Medical Staff Corps. 1894. Archive.org
- Manual for Army Medical Services by William E Riordan, Surgeon Major Medical Staff 1890 Archive.org
- Manual for the Royal Army Medical Corps 1904 War Office HMSO Archive.org.
- Royal Army Medical Corps Training 1911 War Office HMSO.
- Royal Army Medical Corps training, 1911. Reprinted 1915 War Office. HMSO. HathiTrust Digital Library. Archive.org version.
- Field Service Manual, 1913 : Army Medical Service (Expeditionary Force). Reprint. Includes 1914 War Establishments. Archive.org. Although reprinted in Melbourne [Australia], this appears to be a reprint of a War Office, British Government publication.
- Memorandum on the treatment of injuries in war, based on experience of the present campaign July 1915 His Majesty's Stationery Office 1915. Archive.org. A Manual for RAMC personnel.
- Second edition. Injuries and Diseases of War : a Manual based on experience of the present campaign in France. January 1918. 40 Misc. 2051 His Majesty's Stationery Office 1918. A Manual for RAMC personnel. UNSW Library (Sydney) Digital Collection.
- Injuries... [Same title as immediately above ] Reprint of the Official British Manual Washington DC 1918 Google Books.
- The Soldiers' Manual of Foot Care and Foot Wear by Capt Cecil Webb-Johnson, Captain RAMC (T) 1916. Archive.org. Compiled from articles published in the British Medical Journal and from lectures delivered.
- Army Manual of Hygiene and Sanitation 1934 (pdf file). Australian Army file. Although published in Australia, this was a reprint of a HMSO British Army publication.
- A Manual of Ambulance Transport by Surgeon-General Sir T Longmore, 2nd edition edited by Surgeon-Captain William A Morris 1893 (originally issued c 1872) HMSO Archive.org
Equipment
- Army Equipment by various Topographical Staff, War Office Google Books
- Part I: Equipment of Cavalry by Lieutenant HM Hozier 2nd Life Guards 1864
- Part II: Equipment of Artillery by Major Miller RA c 1864
- Part III-Section 1 Engineers : Equipment of a Company of Engineers by Lieut-Colonel A. C. Cooke RE 1866
- Part IV: Equipment of Military Train by Lieutenant HM Hozier 2nd Life Guards c 1865
- Part V: Equipment of Infantry by Captain Martin Petrie 1864
- Part VI: Equipment of Commissariat Staff Corps by Lieutenant HM Hozier 2nd Life Guards c 1864
- Part VII : Hospital Equipment for a Battalion of Infantry, Regiment of Cavalry, Battery of Artillery, and a Company of Engineers by Captain Martin Petrie, c 1866
- For personal equipment, see next section "Manuals, Handbooks etc", item List of Changes in War Material and the website "Karkee Web: British & Empire Accoutrements and Personal Equipment of the Twentieth Century".
Manuals, Handbooks etc
- The Soldier's Pocket Guide to Shooting by W G Underhill 1878 Archive.org.
- Notes on the Government Surveys of the Principal Countries: With the Civil and Military Divisions ... Lists of Government Maps, Conventional Signs ... and Useful Tables for Map Reading; to which is Added a List of Colonial and Extra-continental Possessions, and a List of Map Agents. 1882 by Intelligence Branch, Quarter Master-General’s Department, War Office. Archive.org, Google Books
- Drum and Flute Duty for the Infantry Branch of the Army : with instructions for the training of Drummers and Flautists, etc War Office 1st October 1887. HMSO. Archive.org. From the Authorised Sergeant Drummers’ Manual.
- Instructions for Armourers in the Care, Repair, Browning, etc, of Small-arms , Bayonet and Sword Scabbards, Machine Guns, and "Parapet" Carriages. HMSO 1897. rifleman.org.uk
- Instructions for Armourers ... 1912. Reprinted with amendments, 1916. 40/W.O./2796 War Office HMSO 1916. British Library Digital Collection.
- List of Changes in War Material and of Patterns of Military Stores. HMSO. War Office publication, which was issued monthly with the Army Orders, (but as a separate publication) published at least in the period 1860-1965. Initially the title may have included the spelling Materiel.
- 1904 12 monthly editions 11946 to 12524. nla.gov.au;
- January to December 1917 (with Index) - Volume XXIX 17978 to 19686 - if link is not permanent use the record Search with Search term List of Changes in War Material and dates 1917 naa.gov.au.
- Other editions may possibly be available in The National Archives series WO 123 Army Orders as they were issued with Army Orders, but as a separate publication. The Archives of the Royal Armouries has a collection 1860-1965, catalogue reference "WAR 4" (with 289 archive references to WAR 4/18/4), probably located at Leeds. Details of the publication. List of Changes Wikipedia.
- Many extracts from List of Changes relating to personal equipment may be found in the website Karkee Web: British & Empire Accoutrements and Personal Equipment of the Twentieth Century.
- The British Library holds five volumes of the title List of changes in British war material in relation to edged weapons, firearms and associated ammunition and accoutrements compiled by Ian D. Skennerton, covering the period 1860-1926, published 1977-, UIN: BLL01012322718. The British Library also holds List of changes in war materiel and of patterns of military stores which have been approved by the Government of India for Her [His] Majesty's Army serving in India Issued by the Dir-Gen of Ordnance/Master-Gen of Ordnance/Master-Gen of Supply. From IOR/L/MIL/17/5/2091 (1880) to IOR/L/MIL/17/5/2122 (1947).
- Manual for use by the Canadian Army Service Corps and Quartermasters of the Canadian Militia compiled by Lieut.-Colonel J. Lyons Biggar 1904. Contents HathiTrust Digital Library. Includes food supplies.
- The Defence of Duffer's Drift by Major-General Sir Ernest Swinton with a foreword by Field Marshal Earl Wavell 1949 reprint, first published 1904. 1986 edition Both Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library. Gutenberg.org 1905 USA edition A book on small unit tactics. Wikipedia article.
- Infantry Training, 1905 HMSO Archive.org
- Training and Manoeuvre Regulations, 1913 General Staff, War Office. HMSO Archive.org
- Infantry Training (4-Company Organization) 1914 40/War Office/2052. General Staff, War Office HMSO Archive.org
- Infantry Training Vol. II War 1921 Provisional HMSO Archive.org
- Infantry Training: Training and War 1937 HMSO Notified in Army Orders for August 1937. 26/Manuals/1447. Archive.org
- Railway Manual (War) 1911 (Reprinted, with amendments, 1914) (120/Mobn./264) HMSO 1914. Archive.org.
- Handbook on Military Bicycles, 1911. Reprinted with Amendments, 1914. War Office publication, printed under the authority of HMSO. British Library Digital Collection.
- Military Sketching, Map Reading and Reconnaissance, by Lieut-Col. A F Mockler-Ferryman, 2nd edition 1911. HathiTrust Digital Library
- Manual of Map Reading and Field Sketching 1912 Reprinted with additions 1914 by General Staff –War Office. HMSO, London. Pdf file. The book file contains, at the front, and at the back, a catalogue of all HMSO Military Books then available. Previously website of Australian Army. Also available Archive.org, poor quality with some missing pages Probably 1914 edition, but catalogued 1912.
- Manual of Map Reading, Photo Reading and Field Sketching 1929 (reprinted with Amendments (Nos. 1 to 4) 1939) The War Office. HMSO. Archive.org, Vickers MG Collection.
- Manual of Map Reading... Part 1 Map Reading 1955 Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library.
- Military Sanitation and Hygiene by E Blake Knox, Captain RAMC 1911. Contents Archive.org. HathiTrust Digital Library version with rotatable pages.
- Field Service Pocket Book, 1911 HMSO. Link to a pdf download, STOU Digital Repository Sukhothai Thammathirat Open University, Thailand. Note, this website has been noticed to be unavailable at times, possibly it may only be accessible during "office hours". Archive.org mirror version.
- Field Service Pocket Book, 1914 40/W.O./1852 General Staff, War Office HMSO. Contents Archive.org. Includes
- "Camp Cooking" page 49.
- Field Service Pocket Book: Part 1 countries other than India. Corrected up to August 1925 issued March 1926. Australian Army (previous) website.
- There are a number of editions of FSPB on the Vickers MG website, see Collections of Army publications above.
- Camel Corps Training. Provisional. 1913 London, HMSO 1913. British Library Digital Collection. With illustrations, which may be rotated if required.
- Trumpet and bugle sounds for the army: with instructions for the training of trumpeters and buglers HMSO 1914 Archive.org
- Animal Management 1908, printed 1914 HMSO. Archive.org. Includes Chapter X "The mule, donkey, camel and ox".
- Animal Management 1908, printed 1916 HMSO. Link to a pdf download, STOU Digital Repository Sukhothai Thammathirat Open University, Thailand. Note, this website has been noticed to be unavailable at times, possibly it may only be accessible during "office hours".
- Veterinary Manual (War), 1915 War Office. State Library of Victoria.
- Catechism of Animal Management, etc. 40/W.O./2466 War Office HMSO London, 1916. British Library Digital Collection.
- Veterinary Manual for War 1923 (pdf file). Australian Army file.
- Animal Management (1933). "Notified in Army Orders for March 1933" 116/Vet./294 HMSO. Archive.org, mirror from Digital Library of India.
- Manual of Horsemastership, Equitation and Animal Transport HMSO 1937. "Notified in Army Orders for December 1937". Archive.org. Includes content about Mule and Camel Pack Transport and Pack Saddlery.
- Imperial Army Series based on Official Manuals edited by Captain E J Solarno 1913-1918 Archive.org including
- Camps, Billets, Cooking American edition [1917]
- Field Entrenchments 1916
- Field Training-Signalling American edition 1918
- Musketry 1915
- Manual of Field Works (All Arms) 1921 (Provisional) (Issued with Army Orders November 1921) HMSO 1921. Link to two pdf downloads Combined Arms Research Library [CARL] Digital Library Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. Click through to Part 2. Part 1 is also available on scribd.com
- Manual of Field Works (All Arms) 1925. (Issued with Army Orders for December 1925) HMSO 1925. HathiTrust Digital Library. Pages are rotatable. Calcutta 1926 reprint Archive.org. At times poor quality print and digital filming.
- Manual of Artillery Survey Part I 1924 40/WO/8603. HMSO 1924. Historical Papers: Defence Surveyors' Association Scroll down. Direct pdf.
- Also see Collections of Army publications above.
Pamphlets by the Central Distribution Section (CDS) and Stationery Service (SS)
Details of British Army pamphlets produced by the Central Distribution Section (CDS) and Stationery Service (SS) may be found in a Great War Forum topic.[1] The content appears to be similar to Manuals, Handbooks etc, but with fewer pages.
Other pamphlets and information sheets
- AF W3315 "Rates for Certain Articles of Clothing, Necessaries & Equipment" dated 3/18, printed in France by Army Printing and Stationery Services, may be found in a Great War Forum topic.[2]
Standing Orders
- Standing Orders of the East India Company's Depot 1852 Google Books.
- Standing Orders of the Thirty Fifth Royal Sussex Regiment 1852 Google Books.
- Standing orders: 95th, the Derbyshire Regiment 1856 Google Books.
- Standing Orders, Dress Regulations, and Trumpet and Bugle Sounds, for the Royal Regiment of Artillery 1864 Google Books. Includes
- "Marriage, and Soldiers' Wives", page 53
- Standing Orders for Inspectors of Army Schools, Examiners and Teachers. 1906. HathiTrust Digital Library.
- Standing orders, 1909 Royal Military College, Sandhurst State Library of Victoria.
Army Forms
- Details of many Army Forms may be found in two Great War Forum topics, "List of Army Forms" and "army form scans was A R M Y F O R M database." [3]
- The First World War Poetry Digital Archive, which contains The Great War Archive, contains many forms which may be found by the Search using search term "Army Form", or "Official document", or your specific search term. A limited number are from the "The John Johnson Collection" The Bodleian Library, University of Oxford.
- Short Service - Army Form B 2514.6. "Special Re-enlistment" post-Armistice WW1, "applicable to Stations at Home and Abroad other than India".[4]
The General Annual Report on the British Army
Editions from 1902 to 1938 of The General Annual Report on the British Army are available on the library subscription website U.K. Parliamentary Papers. For more details, see Subscription websites-online newspapers, journals and directories, section Other British and Irish publications. Your library must have subscribed for the 20th Century module.
The General Annual Report on the British Army September 1906 may be downloaded as a series of pdfs from the website majortweedy.com.
British Army Despatch
Published 1848-53 as British Army Despatch, etc. 1853-54 as British Army Despatch and Royal Naval Record and 1854-56 as British Army Despatch and Nautical Standard. [5]
This publication is available on Findmypast, category "Newspapers & periodicals", with the same contents also available on the British Newspaper Archive, both pay websites (introduced 18/25 August 2021). The date range is 14 July 1848 to 11 July 1856, with details on a BNA page. It is possible to browse individual editions on BNA, in addition to searching. To browse the findmypast editions, use the filters under "Narrow your search results" (left hand side of the webpage) "By Newspaper" and "By Date".
The British Indian Military Repository
All volumes are from Google Books
| Volume and Year | Contents | Contents | Contents |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
Broad Arrow
The title varied over time and included The Broad Arrow. A paper for the Services and The Broad Arrow. The Naval and Military Gazette, the latter title probably from 1886, when The Naval and Military Gazette ceased publication. The British Library holds issues 1 July 1868-25 Dec.1869; 7 Jan.1871-18 April 1917 UIN: BLL01013899944
This publication is available on findmypast, category "Newspapers & periodicals", with the same contents also available on the British Newspaper Archive, both pay websites. The date range is 01 July 1868 to 29 December 1877
and additionally, 02 January 1914 to 18 April 1917 with details on a BNA page, It is possible to browse individual editions on BNA, in addition to searching. To browse the findmypast editions, use the filters under "Narrow your search results" (left hand side of the webpage) "By Newspaper" and "By Date".
The Cavalry Journal
The Cavalry Journal was published by The Royal United Service Institution, London from 1906 to 1942. The cover/internal title for quarterly editions from April 1938 was The Cavalry Journal Horsed and Mechanised.
The Cavalry Journal at Archive.org from Volume 1 1906 to Volume 32 1942, all editions. There were no editions 1915-1919. Most editions contain some articles about India.
There was also an American publication with the same title.
The Royal Armoured Corps Journal, Incorporating the Cavalry Journal and the Royal Tank Corps Journal commenced in 1946.
Journal of the Society for Army Historical Research
- Jstor.org editions from Volume 1 1921. Register and read for free. (Limit of individual articles per month applies).
- Volume II 1923 reprint edition 1974. Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library.
- Volume XXVII No.111 Autumn 1949 Archive.org
- Volume 96, No. 386 Autumn 2018, Volume 96, No. 387 Winter 2018 Archive.org
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 Books, Archive.org, HathiTrust Digital Library 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,
For those resident in some countries, further volumes may be read online on the Hathi Trust Digital Library, catalogue entries include A, B, C and D
If any text is hard to read, and you wish to view an alternative digital file, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek has a run of digitised copies, currently to Volume 22, 1879. Use the Search.
Journal of the United Service Institution of India, or USI Journal
A Journal has been published since 1871. The following indexes (pdfs) are available from usiofindia.org : Index Part 1: 1871-1921, Index Part 2: 1922-1970. The Journals are available at the British Library from 1883 (Volume 12).
- Volume 15, 1887 , in four parts Contents No 66, No 67 commences page 109 but no contents page, Contents No 68, Contents No 69; Vol. 21, 1892, Contents Note: Some sections, pages 352-478, are missing; Vol. 22, 1893-No Contents page;
- Vol. 30, 1901, Contents; Vol. 39, 1910, Contents; Vol. 40, 1911, Contents; Vol. 44, 1915-No Contents page;
- Vol. 62, 1932, Contents; Vol. 63, 1933. Contents; Vol. 64, 1934, Contents; Vol. 65, 1935, Contents; Vol. 66, 1936, Contents; Vol. 68, 1938, Contents; Vol. 69, 1939. Contents;
- Vol. 70, 1940, Contents; Vol. 71, 1941, Contents; Vol. 72, 1942, Contents; Vol. 75, 1945, Contents; Vol. 77, 1947, Contents, 4 Separate pages; Vol. 78, 1948, Contents.
- All from Archive.org, many from the Public Library of India Collection
Full title: The Illustrated Naval and Military Magazine: A Monthly Journal devoted to all subjects connected with Her Majesty’s Land and Sea Forces. Published July 1884-1890.
Volume 2, 1885; Catalogued 1887- believed to be Vol. 7; Vol. 8, 1888. These volume are for a six months period,
New Series Vol. 1, 1889, New Series Vol. 2, 1889; New Series Vol. 3, 1889; New Series Vol. 4, 1890; New Series Vol. 6 1890. Archive.org
HathiTrust Digital Library A and B available in North America etc
Indian Army List
See Indian Army List online and Directories online.
Indian Army Orders/Instructions
Indian Army Orders
- Indian Army Orders. Include Appointments, Promotions, Long Service Medals etc. Originally Digital Library of India, now with mirror versions on Archive.org. Based on catalogue details unless otherwise specified.
- 1908 (catalogued Jan,vi Th, 1945) Archive.org 1908; 1910 (catalogued Jan,thired 1855) Archive.org 1910; 1912; 1922; 1923; November 1924; 1927; 1929; 1931; 1932; 1933.
- Compendium of the More Important Army Order 1919. Archive.org version, mirror from Digital Library of India. Full title: Compendium of the More Important Orders of the Government of India, Army Department and India Army Orders issued from the 1st August 1914, to the 31st December 1917.
Instructions
Government Of India: Army Department Army Instruction (Instructions). Originally from Digital Library of India, now with mirror versions on Archive.org. Based on catalogue details. Note some years have multiple files which may, or may not, have different content.
- 1918, 1918, different format but incorrectly catalogued 1920; 1919; 1920; 1921; 1922, 1922; 1923, 1923; 1924, January-June Note very poor quality file. Every 2nd page is irrelevant (different book); 1926.
- Naval & Military Gazette and Weekly Chronicle of the United Service is available on findmypast, category "Newspapers & periodicals", with the same contents also available on the British Newspaper Archive, both pay websites. The date range is Saturday 09 February 1833 to Wednesday 17 February 1886, with issues 1833-1846, 1860-1886, with details on a BNA page. It is possible to browse individual editions on BNA, in addition to searching. To browse the findmypast editions, use the filters under "Narrow your search results" (left hand side of the webpage) "By Newspaper" and "By Date".
- Publication appears to have ceased in 1886. It then, (or subsequently) became incorporated into Broad Arrow, refer entry above.
- Naval and Military Gazette and East India and Colonial Chronicle. Appears to be the earlier title of the publication above.
- 1839: Jan.-Dec. Note, title page says 1838, but contents is for 1839; 1844: Jan.-July Very poor quality. Archive.org; 6 issues (weekly), 15 Jan-19 Feb 1853 wellcomelibrary.org
Navy and Army Illustrated. A Magazine Descriptive and Illustrative of Everyday Life in the Defensive Services of the British Empire. Published from 1895, to at least 1905 (Volume 21). Again published 1914-1915.
- Volume V, 2nd file 29 October 1897 to 18 March 1898.
- Volume VI, 2nd file 26 March 1898 to 17 September 1898. All Archive.org.
- HathiTrust Digital Library editions A, B 1895-1905. Restricted access only, available to those in North America, and perhaps some other countries.
- Issues 1895-1902 (the majority being 1896-1901) are available on the pay website TheGenealogist, with a Diamond subscription required, part of the Newspapers & Magazines database.
Useful for researching an Officer's career. There have been several version of the Navy List.
- 1782-1816 Steel's Navy List. Full title: Steel's Original and Correct List of the Royal Navy. Published monthly during times of war, quarterly at other times.
- 1814 to present day: Official "Navy List"
- 1841-1856 Unofficial "New Navy List" - which often gives biographical details. [6]
- Note: Many of the digital files contain two separate volumes, which may not be specifically listed below.
The Navy Lists include the Royal Marines, also known as the Royal Marine Forces. At various periods there were the Royal Marines Artillery (RMA), and the Royal Marines Light Infantry (RMLI), later the Royal Marine Light Infantry.
For Navy Lists not available online, see the Fibiwiki page Royal Navy.
- From the Google Books website
- # Part of the same digital file as March 31, 1782. Also available Same digital file containing 5 parts, but appears to be lacking at least one part. Oxford University Library.
- Nine editions (at 2022/02) of Steel's Original and Correct List of the Royal Navy, for 1782 May and December; 1795 January; 1797 February; 1799 October; 1800 March, June, August and December (noting 2 of these are also available elsewhere) are available on the Library subscription website Eighteen Century Collections Online (ECCO) (see Subscription websites-online newspapers, journals and directories for details of possible access).
- Online editions 1818 to 1885, Oxford University bodleian.ox.ac.uk. It is likely all these editions are also available in Google Books editions.
- From the HathiTrust Digital Library The Navy List from 1814-1891 full view, with editions for 1907-1917 on a restricted access basis, possibly available to those in North America, and later additions available to search, but not to view. The HathiTrust pages can be rotated if required.
- From the Archive.org website
| Navy List at Archive.org, date of publication not immediately apparent for some editions, but in some instances the book URL may indicate the edition. |
Also on Archive.org from the collection of the National Library of Scotland on Archive.org
Navy Lists, in respect of the Royal Navy.
The Lists were initially published on a monthly basis, but some years were only published quarterly. Monthly Naval Lists appear to have been published for the period 1913-1920, but not all are available digitally. The lists below covering 1913, 1914, 1918, 1919 and 1920 contain both monthly and quarterly editions. The Quarterly Navy Lists were published January, April, July and October. The NLS holding does not include monthly lists for those months covered by quarterly lists.
The Lists are also available on the website of the NLS, with transcriptions available, together with a Search facility, as Navy Lists: 1913 to 1944
Note: During the First and Second World Wars there were two separate editions of the Navy List, one of which was a Confidential version for official use only, the other being an expurgated version available to the general public. Available at the National Archives, Kew Series ADM 177 1914-1945 Admiralty: Navy Lists, Confidential Edition. Most, perhaps all, are available to download from the National Archives website. In normal circumstances there is a fee charged, however currently (2022/02) due to covid conditions, the downloads are free.
In addition the British Library holds Supplement to the Monthly Naval list : showing organisation of the fleet, flag officers' commands, &c. (Jan. 1915-July 1919), a monthly publication (missing some months). UIN: BLL01004135118.
The editions mentioned below appear to be those available to the general public.
Currently available on Archive.org (at June 2022), noting that the dates on some editions are not included in the title, are
- 1937 April - 1938 June (These editions are not from the NLS Collection)
- 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
- Most of these Archive.org editions 1939-1945 appear to be linked from the website Navy List Research.
Please note it is possible there may be several different volumes for a particular date, as there are for Army Lists. The Contents page will generally be at the front of the first volume. There may be an Index at the back of the last volume.
Available on pay websites:
- On Ancestry: UK, Navy Lists, 1888-1970, located in Military. Searchable and browsable. Includes volumes in the interwar period 1921-1939, and also other periods, which do not appear to be available elsewhere online. These same volumes appear to be available on the Ancestry owned pay website fold3.com, however strangely many pages such as the title pages and content pages are missing from the fold3.com digital files, so you must reply on the fold3 catalogue for the date of the volume you are looking at.
- On findmypast, located in Armed Forces & Conflict/Directories & Almanacs, introduced July 2018. Britain, Royal Navy, Navy Lists 1827-1945 and Britain, Royal Navy, Navy Lists 1827-1945 Browse. The coverage in general terms seems to be available elsewhere.
- The Queen's Regulations and the Admiralty Instructions for the Government of Her Majesty's Naval Service. HMSO 1862. Catalogued as The Queen's Regulations for the Royal Navy. Google Books, HathiTrust Digital Library with rotatable pages.
- The King's Regulations and Admiralty Instructions for the Government of His Majesty's Naval Service. 1906 HathiTrust Digital Library.
- The King's Regulations and Admiralty Instructions for the Government of His Majesty's Naval Service, Volume I HMSO 1913, reprinted 1916. Archive.org
- Vol. I 1916 reprint, HathiTrust, Vol. I 1919 reprint, HathiTrust with rotatable pages.
- Kings Regulations & Admiralty Instructions - Part II 1913 Transcribed version, not all sections available. sites.rootsweb.com/~pbtyc version, pbenyon.plus.com archived version
- Forces War Records, a pay website, in its Historic Document Library includes The King's Regulations and Admiralty Instructions, His Majesty's Naval Service Vol.I, Articles, 1943
- There are additional Admiralty Instructions available in Naval Social History - Circa 1793 - 1920+ sites.rootsweb.com/~pbtyc. Appears to be based on the now archived Naval Social History - Circa 1793 - 1920+ from pbenyon.plus.com, now archived. Note, the archived version appears to have some additional entries.
- Admiralty Fleet Orders ADM 182 Catalogue description, The National Archives, Kew. "Printed routine orders issued to ships and establishments for information, guidance and action. The orders cover matters of general interest or requiring wide circulation, including technical, administrative and disciplinary regulations, and official instructions and information."
- Digitised Admiralty Fleet Orders 1910-1945 (incomplete series). Website of Australian Navy/History & Research /Reference Material/Historic Publications.
- [Australian] Commonwealth Naval Orders 1900s to 1970s Website of Australian Navy/History & Research /Reference Material/Historic Publications
Title varied. Initially titled Statistical Report on the Health of the Navy, and some editions possibly may have been titled Statistical Report of the Health of the Navy. Also A Statistical Return of the Health of the Royal Navy. Later titles may have omitted Statistical. It appears to have been published generally annually from 1830, through to c 1936 by HMSO [His/Her Majesty's Stationery Office] and also presented to the House of Commons as a Parliamentary Paper. Accordingly it should be available through the subscription website UK Parliamentary Papers, see Subscription websites-online newspapers, journals and directories for details and suggested access. Your Library needs to have subscribed for the module covering the period required.
- Statistical Reports on the Health of the Navy, for the years 1830, 1831, 1832, 1833, 1834, 1835 and 1836, etc. [A reprint of pt. 1, without the Appendices]. 1841 Google Books
- A Statistical Return of the Health of the Royal Navy for the Year 1858 in Accounts and Papers of the House of Commons 1861 Volume XXXVIII 1861. Google Books
- A Copy of the Statistical Report of the Health of the Navy for the year...
- 1866 (1868); 1867 (1869). Ordered to be printed by the House of Commons. HMSO. Archive.org, Granth Sanjeevani Collection.
- Statistical Report on the Health of the Navy for the Year 1871 Parliamentary Papers, House of Commons and Command, Volume 46 1873. Google Books.
New Annual Army List
See Fibiwiki page Army List for British Army online - New Annual Army List.
New Army List
See Fibiwiki page Army List for British Army online - New Army List.
Quarterly Army List
See Fibiwiki page Army List for British Army online - Quarterly Army List.
Monthly Army List
See Fibiwiki page Army List for British Army online - Monthly Army List.
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.
Researchers in areas such as North America may be able to view The Journal of the Royal Artillery from 1907. Google Books.
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, which was published until June 1920. Many of the Google Books are catalogued under the latter title. Most of the links below are from Google Books.
Volume numbers were irregular: Jan. 1829-Dec. 1884 without volume numbering; Jan. 1885-Apr. 1888 called v. 113-119; May 1888-Mar. 1890, v. 119-122 (new ser. v. 1-4); Apr. 1890-Sept. 1900, old ser. v.107-127 (new ser. v. 1-21); Oct. 1900-June 1920, old ser. v. 143-182 (new ser. v. 22-61)
From 1920 the title became The Army Quarterly.
A researcher found details of the locations of both service company and reserve/depot company for his regiment of interest in the 1830s-1840s. Stations of the British Army were generally tabulated within the “Editor’s Portfolio”, but sometimes separately.[7]
| Volume 1, Second Edition 1827-Contents | Volume 2 1827-Index | Volume 3 1828-Index | Volume 4 1828-Index |
*Hathi Trust Digital Library. Also 1881-1882 are from this source.
The above section all from HathiTrust Digital Library.
The above section mainly from HathiTrust Digital Library.
Restricted access, probably accessible by those in North America. Google Books has many editions, 1894, 1895 and 1908. Also restricted access, the HathiTrust Digital Library has editions after 1880 including some for the early 1890s: page 1 and page 2
References
- ↑ A Rankin. Central Distribution Section (CDS) and Stationery Service (SS) pamphlets available online Great War Forum 31 January 2021. Retrieved 10 April 2021.
- ↑ themonsstar. AF W3315 Rates for Certain Article's of Clothing, Necessaries & Equipment Great War Forum 29 May 2021. Retrieved 5 June 2021.
- ↑ IPT et al. List of Army Forms Great War Forum 28 October 2013, and Muerrisch et al. army form scans was A R M Y F O R M database. Great War Forum 1 October 2005. Retrieved 23 June 2018.
- ↑ kenf48 Pension Ledger doc information - 4996 John Ryan, 5th Connaught Rangers Great War Forum 15 February 2022. If necessary scroll to form. Retrieved 16 February 2022.
- ↑ "Hot Off The Press – New Titles This Week" August 23, 2021. BNA British Newspaper Archive Blog (Scroll down).
- ↑ UK National Archives Research Guides
- ↑ davieboy. "Private Samuel Delap, 10th Regiment of Foot" Victorian Wars Forum 22 August 2017. Retrieved 24 August 2017, but now no longer available.