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A Up until the early 1860s, a British man, or man of British descent could also be a soldier/officer in one of the [[Presidency Armies]]. These were seperate from the British Army, instead consisting of regiments formed by the [[East India Company]] and under their control.
An 1889 example of data from a Marriage Roll can be seen Muster roll records are unfortunately NOT available on [[LDS]] microfilms. If you are are unable to visit Kew, the [http://webwww.archivefibis.org/web/20040417222802research/members.ozemail.com.au/~clday/married.htm hereFIBIS Research team] on Cathy Day’s archived site.should be able to assist
Muster '''Please note that muster roll records are unfortunately NOT available on [[LDS]] microfilmsmay be missing for some Regiments and periods''', in India and generally. If you For example, there are are unable to visit Kew, read the National Archives' guide[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/virtually no muster roll records/paid_research.htm Paying for Research]. FIBIS also has a research service for FIBIS membersthe Royal Artillery in India.
Findmypast has the records '''1861 Worldwide Army Index''' extracted from the National Archives April-June quarter Paylists held in WO 10 (Royal Artillery), WO 11 (Royal Engineers) and WO 12 (Cavalry, Guards, Infantry and other units) series War Office records, including men serving overseas. Searching the records is free, but charges apply to view the records, although they can be viewed for free at TNA (and other institutions with a FMP subscription). Note that soldiers of the East India Company Armies in 1861 would not generally appear in these records as most of these soldiers appear to have been transferred to the British Army after June 1861, although some soldiers appear to have transferred earlier and are included in these records. Also on Findmypast is the '''1871 Worldwide Army Index'''
→Absent Voters’ Lists: 1918- c 1923 (UK)
The '''British Army''' is the land-based forces of the United Kingdom. The British Army was heavily involved in Imperial affairs in India and most regiments (both infantry and cavalry) served in India at some point. Throughout the nineteenth century, a significant number of British troops were stationed at India at any one time. In 1847, for instance, around 20% of British Army regiments were on the sub-continent. The General staff were supported by the Staff Corps and the Office of the [[Quarter Master General]].
==Regiments==
[[Image:72nd Married Roll 1877 (close up).JPG |right|thumb|325px| ''Detail from a 1877 Married Roll'']]
<blockquote>"...a comprehensive means of establishing dates of enlistment, movements throughout the world, and of discharge or death. The first entry may show age on enlistment. An entry on the form "Men becoming non-effective", sometimes to be found at the end of each quarter's musters, shows the birthplace, trade, and date of enlistment of any soldier discharged or dead during the quarter. From about 1868, at the end of each muster, may be found a Marriage Roll, which enumerates wives and children for whom married quarters were provided." </blockquote> An 1877 example of data from a Marriage Roll can be seen in the image on the right.
From '''1878 to 1898''', all muster rolls are in [http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/SearchUI/details?Uri=C14227 '''WO 16''']. The majority of the records for the years 1878 to 1888 contain detailed pay lists with names. From 1888 onwards (WO 16/2917-3049) the series consists of company muster rolls only, and these do not contain pay lists.
=====Online records=====*Ancestry (pay site with a free search) has a collection [http://search.ancestry.co.uk/search/db.aspx?dbid=60546 UK, British Army Muster Books and Pay Lists, 1812-1817]*Findmypast has the records '''Please note that muster roll records may be missing for some Regiments and periods1861 Worldwide Army Index'''extracted from the National Archives April-June quarter Paylists held in WO 10 (Royal Artillery), WO 11 (Royal Engineers) and WO 12 (Cavalry, Guards, in India Infantry and generallyother units) series War Office records, including men serving overseas. For exampleSearching the records is free, there are virtually no muster roll but charges apply to view the records , although they can be viewed for free at TNA (and other institutions with a FMP subscription). Also on Findmypast is the Royal Artillery in India.'''1871 Worldwide Army Index'''
====Service and pension records====
**[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/records/looking-for-person/britisharmysoldierafter1913.htm Looking for records of a British Army soldier after 1913]
*The National Archives has published the book ''Army Records: A Guide for Family Historians '' by William Spencer 2008. 160 pages. It is mainly about records in the National Archives and the India Office at the British Library. It contains a chapter "The British Army in India and the Indian Army", in addition to over twenty chapters about British Army records. Available at the [[British Library]].
=====British Library Guides=====
**[http://www.westernfrontassociation.com/about-the-wfa/175-pension-records/2961-pension-record-cards-manual-lookup-request.html Pension Record Cards: Manual Lookup Request] 31 March 2013. A fee applies. It is intended that these records be digitised in time.
====Prisoners of War - ========= ICRC Archives=====
*[http://grandeguerre.icrc.org Prisoners of the First World War - ICRC Archives]. Free online records of the International Committee of the Red Cross. These records may be quite complex to search, and there are many helpful hints about searching on the Great War Forum.<ref>Evers, Maureen [http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/INDIA/2015-01/1421673008 Online WW1 Red Cross records (two free datasets)] ''Rootsweb India Mailing List'' 19 January 2015. Retrieved 20 January 2015</ref> Include soldiers of the Indian Army taken as POWs on the Western Front and sent to Germany.
*[https://www.icrc.org/eng/resources/icrc-archives/ ICRC Archives] in Geneva has records for the [[Second World War]]
=====Other=====
*[[Findmypast|findmypast]] includes a database "Prisoners Of War 1715-1945" (located in Armed forces & conflict/Regimental & service records) which appears to contain some records from FO 383, including some for Indian Army soldiers.
====Medal Rolls====
*[http://www.national-army-museum.ac.uk/oldResearch/files/tscInfo4.pdf Information Sheet No 4: Soldiers’ Records 1920–present]
*[http://www.nam.ac.uk/sites/default/files/research-information-5.pdf Information Sheet No 5: Researching Family History at the National Army Museum]
====Absent Voters Lists: 1918- c 1923 (UK)====
Generally arranged by Electoral District. Mainly contain military personnel, but also men and women who were engaged in war-related work who were still living away from home . Some are available online, other sources are major libraries and record offices nearest to the place in question.
*[http://mlfhs.org.uk/guides/researching_absent_voters.pdf Absent Voter Lists]. Guide by Manchester & Lancashire Family History Society. May 2015
*[http://www.1914-1918.net/soldiers/avl.html Finding soldiers through the 1918 Absent Voters Lists] 1914-1918.net
====Attestation books from 1920====
Many online sources are mentioned in other sections. Other miscellaneous sources may be found by searching the database information of websites such as findmypast and Ancestry.
*See [[Findmypast|findmypast]]. Under the tab "Search records" is a category "A-Z of record sets" which is a listing of all the record databases.
**Includes [http://search.findmypast.co.uk/search-world-records/royal-naval-division-records-1914-1919 Royal Naval Division Records 1914-1919]. The Division transferred from the authority of the Admiralty to the War Office on 29 April 1916.**Includes a database "Prisoners Of War 1715-1945" (located in Armed forces & conflict/Regimental & service records) which appears to contain some records from the National Archives records FO 383, including some for Indian Army soldiers.** Includes a database "British Army Schoolchildren and Schoolmasters 1803-1932" (located in Education & work/Schools & education)*[http://search.ancestry.co.uk/search/CardCatalog.aspx Ancestry Card Catalogue of all Record Databases]. Select the Military filter on the left hand side of the page. Also includes a database for Birmingham, and some of north Warwickshire, Absent Voters Lists (located in Census & Electoral Rolls/Midlands, England, Electoral Registers, 1832-1955).
===Army personnel serving after January 1921===
