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→Indian Army Lists: delete info believed to be incorrect
Another invaluable source is the Indian Army Lists, like Thacker’s, available at the British Library. This B.L. webpage [http://www.bl.uk/reshelp/findhelpregion/asia/india/indiaofficerecordsfamilyhistory/occupations/indianmedicalservice/indianmedical.html Indian Medical Service] advises that members of the Subordinate Medical Department are recorded in the published army lists, L/MIL/17/2-4, Bengal from 1819, Madras from 1829, Bombay from 1832. (The catalogue entries are: [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a/records.aspx?cat=059-iorlmil_8-2_2&cid=1-1-1#1-1-1 Bengal Army IOR/L/MIL/17/2 ] 1791-1903 [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a/records.aspx?cat=059-iorlmil_8-2_2&cid=1-1-2#1-1-2 Madras Army IOR/L/MIL/17/3] 1787-1904 [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a/records.aspx?cat=059-iorlmil_8-2_2&cid=1-1-3#1-1-3 Bombay Army IOR/L/MIL/17/4] 1794-1913). From 1889 to 1947, all members of the Subordinate Medical Department with the rank of warrant officer or above are recorded in the published Indian Army List in the Reading Room (Ref:OIR355.33). However, according to this India List [http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/INDIA/2010-01/1263998480 post] the L/MIL/17 Army Lists in the early years may not routinely include lists of Apothecaries. Quoting from Baxter’s Guide (Biographical Sources in the India Office Records), the post also advises that "Dates of Birth of Apothecaries are given in the lists from Oct. 1884".
A broken range of the ''Indian Army and Civil Service List'' 1864-1871 January 1873 is available online, see [[Directories online#India List and India Office List|Directories online]], but these do '''not''' appear to contain a list of Apothecaries.. The Indian Army and Civil Service List 1873 is available on Find My Past’s [http://www.findmypast.com/migration.jsp Migration] category. It is not stated whether original data is available or whether this is a transcription. However, it is probably unlikely the 1873 list contains Apothecaries. A transcript of the [http://www.ancestry.co.uk/search/db.aspx?dbid=5758 January 1912] edition is available online via Ancestry.com The LDS(Mormon) Library catalogue has the following [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=578082 entry] for India Office Army Lists 1886-1940 available on fiche. Note that it is not known whether the LDS Lists are exactly the same as the Lists at the British Library Reading Room.
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