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This WW2Talk Forum The Ministry of Defence has released an aid for the files they hold for service personnel with a '''birth date prior to 1901''', which contains name, date of birth and service number. Numbers with a P prefix are believed to designate officers.<ref>Underwood, David [http://ww2talk1914-1918.invisionzone.com/forums/topic/47075-grandfather-ww2-rasc-burma-help-and-suggestions/index.php?showtopic=221706&p=555463 post] advises "you want 2196454 Index to get next be released of kin FULL pre 1901 DoB service records (make a note on the application for still held by MoD] ''Great War Forum'FULL''' records)"05 December 2014. Retrieved 18 December 2014</ref> The aid is in the form of a letter of advice and eight attachments in MS Excel Spreadsheet format, which may be found in [https://www.gov. uk/government/publications/foi-responses-released-by-mod-week-commencing-1-december-2014 FOI responses released by MOD: week commencing 1 December 2014]
This further Hints, mainly from WW2Talk Forum .*"You want to get next of kin FULL records (make a note on the application for '''FULL''' records)"<ref> Wayne [http://ww2talk.com/forums/topic/4948147075-clarificationgrandfather-ofww2-provisionrasc-ofburma-deathhelp-certificateand-service-recordssuggestions/?p=582017 post555463 Grandfather WW2 RASC Burma - Help and suggestions!] advises “They ''WW2Talk Forum'' 18 April 2013. Retrieved 4 December 2014</ref>*"They will accept anything that is proof of death, even a undertakers receipt or a photograph of a post war civilian headstone”. <ref>Drew5233 [http://ww2talk.com/forums/topic/49481-clarification-of-provision-of-death-certificate-service-records/?p=582017 Clarification of provision of death certificate (Service records)] ''WW2Talk Forum'' 07 September 2013. Retrieved 4 December 2014</ref> However, you do not have to supply a death certificate when the date of birth of the individual was more than 116 years ago.<ref>"Veterans:UK" fact sheet [https://docs.google.com/viewer?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.veterans-uk.info%2Fpdfs%2Fservice_records%2Farmy_pack.pdf Army Personnel Records And Family Interest Enquiries] (docs.google html version), [http://www.veterans-uk.info/pdfs/service_records/army_pack.pdf original pdf] ([http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:Syq6wj5H2d0J:www.veterans-uk.info/pdfs/service_records/army_pack.pdf+&cd=2&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=au Cached] URL)</ref> *The next of kin hierarchy is explained on a WW2Talk Forum post topic which also advises that “There is currently about a 12 month wait to receive the records once you apply”<ref> Wayne [http://ww2talk.com/forums/topic/41567-ww2-soldier-research-tips-and-links-for-new-researchers WW2 Soldier Research - Tips and Links for New Researchers], dated ''WW2Talk Forum'' 28 August 2012] advises about the next of kin hierarchy and that “There is currently about a 12 month wait to receive the records once you apply”.Retrieved 4 December 2014</ref>
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See the web page [https://www.gov.uk/requests-for-personal-data-and-service-records Requests for personal data and Service records] (gov.uk) for forms to download. [http://www.veterans-uk.info/service_records/service_records.html Veterans:UK] and and their fact sheet [https://docs.google.com/viewer?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.veterans-uk.info%2Fpdfs%2Fservice_records%2Farmy_pack.pdf Army Personnel Records And Family Interest Enquiries] (docs.google html version), [http://www.veterans-uk.info/pdfs/service_records/army_pack.pdf original pdf]
==FIBIS resources==
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=6OcKAAAAYAAJ&pg=PR6 ''Camp and Barrack-room, Or, The British Army as It Is''] by John Mercier McMullen, a late Staff Sergeant of the 13th Light Infantry (1846) Google Books
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=3nkQAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover ''The British Army in India: its preservation by an appropriate clothing, housing etc''] by Julius Jeffreys, formerly Staff-Surgeon of Cawnpore 1858 Google Books
*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=sioAAAAAQAAJ&pg=PP9 ''Report of the Commissioners Appointed to Inquire Into the Sanitary State of the Army in India: With Précis of Evidence''] Presented to both Houses of Parliament 1863 Google Books. Contains information on many topics including
**[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=sioAAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA68 Duties] page 68, [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=sioAAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA116 Dress] page 116, [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=sioAAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA118 Intemperance] page 118, [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=sioAAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA128 Means of Recreation and Instruction] page 124.
:This is the first part of Volume I, to page 265. There is also Volume II (total pages over 2000). The balance of the pages, which provide more details, may be found on the [[Subscription websites-online newspapers, journals and directories| subscription website]] "House of Commons Parliamentary Papers", as part of Paper number 3184 of 1863.
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=lnMIAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA62 "Adulterated Liquor sold to Sailors and Soldiers in the Bazars of Calcutta"] and [http://books.google.com/books?id=lnMIAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA65 "The dangers to which Sailors and Soldiers are exposed in the Bazars of Calcutta"] from ''On the preservation of the health of seamen, especially of those frequenting Calcutta and the other Indian ports'' by Norman Chevers MD, Surgeon, Bengal Army 1864 Google Books
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=c1lNAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA308 "East India (Transport of Troops")]. Report of Select Committee c 1858 page 308 'Series F British India, Colonies etc' ''Annals of British Legislation, Volume 5'' edited by Leone Levi 1859 Google Books
