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===The [London] Gazette===
*[https://www.thegazette.co.uk The [London<nowiki>]</nowiki> Gazette] Official Public Record for the U.K. Free Search for officers' commissions and promotions, and gallantry awards for both officers and other soldiers. Search tips: include full stops after initials, and if the name includes an apostrophe, follow this by a space. <ref> Martin G. et al [http://1914-1918.invisionzone.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=236539&hl= London Gazette Black Belts] ''Great War Forum'' 19 February 2016 et al. Retrieved 17 May 2016.</ref>:Some data from the ''London Gazette'' is available online elsewhere, where the Search facilities may be easier to use (Free Search, pay to view) :: Ancestry includes the database "The London Gazette (London, England), 1825-1962" (located under Newspapers & Periodicals), but notes there are random gaps in this collection.:[[findmypast]] includes the database "The London Gazette, Supplements August 1914 - January 1920" (Located under Armed forces & conflict/Medal rolls and honours), which also includes promotions and Battle Despatches ===Landed Gentry genealogical sources===Officers were often of high social status/the Landed Gentry class and genealogical resources relating to this social class may provide Army details.*[http://www.burkespeerage.com/home.php Burke’s Peerage 1826–2016] A pay website which states “the definitive guide to the genealogy and heraldry of the Peerage, Baronetage, Knightage and Landed Gentry of the United Kingdom, the historical families of Ireland and the Commonwealth of Nations….” :Editions of ''Burke's Peerage'' are available at major libraries.*[http://www.thepeerage.com/index.htm The Peerage]. A genealogical survey of the peerage of Britain. A free website.
===Military records at the National Archives===
For advice about the National Archives, both about visiting and your options if you can't visit, see the Fibiwiki page [[ The National Archives]]
*The National Archives have the following research guides:
**[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/records/looking-for-person/britisharmyofficerbefore1913.htm Looking for records of a British Army officer up to 1913]
***Regarding records mentioned in this link, note that WO 76 records are available to download free as pdf files from [httpthe National Archives' Discovery catalogue. See "Free online records://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documentsonline/digital-microfilm.asp National Archives: Documents Online: Digital Microfilm]" (link follows later in this section). For Army Lists, see [[Military periodicals online#New Annual Army List|Military periodicals online-New Annual Army List]]
***[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/records/research-guides/army-officers-1660-1913.htm British Army officers up to 1913: further research] (Military Records Information 4)
**[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/records/looking-for-person/officerbritisharmyafter1913.htm Looking for records of a British Army officer after 1913]
***[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/records/research-guides/british-army-soldiers-discharge-and-pension-records.htm British Army soldiers up to 1913: further research] (Military Records Information 5)
***[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/records/research-guides/army-muster-1730-1898.htm British Army: Muster Rolls and Pay Lists, c1730-1898] (Military Records Information 7)
**[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/records/looking-for-person/britisharmysoldierafter1913.htm Looking for records of a British Army soldier after 1913] **[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/help-with-your-research/research-guides/free-online-records-digital-microfilm/ Free online records: digital microfilm]. Includes a number of records in the WO series, including WO 25, War Office and predecessors Registers; WO 42 War Office: Officers’ Birth Certificates, Wills and Personal Papers; WO65 War Office: Printed Annual Army Lists; WO 76 War Office: Records of Officers’ Services, etc. Download through the record references in the National Archives' Discovery catalogue. (Note, some of these records may be available online on commercial sites such as Ancestry. For example, a selection of WO 25 records is available on Ancestry, in the dataset "Canada, British Regimental Registers of Service, 1756-1900").
*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.
=====British Library Guides=====
No further details are given, but previously this [http://researchlondon.info/probate/probate-calendars-to-be-online-soon link]<ref>[http://researchlondon.info/probate/probate-calendars-to-be-online-soon Probate Calendars to be Online Soon] from Geoff Swinfield’s researchlondon.info and [http://www.ffhs.org.uk/news/news120510.php News from FFHS]. </ref> advised that 300,000 wills of soldiers killed in action were to become available online. They do not include officers. These wills date from the Crimea period onwards, and appear to be wills completed by soldiers in their paybooks. It appears the majority are from WW1. The article [http://www.westernfrontassociation.com/great-war-people/research-family-story/3306-wills-of-english-soldiers-killed-in-the-great-war.html "Wills of English soldiers killed in the Great War"] by David Tattersfield 25 September 2013 (“The Western Front Association”) has more details.
The index to some soldiers’ wills , perhaps more likely to be officers' wills, are also available in the Probate Calendars Of England & Wales 1858-1996, in an additional section on the UK Government website, mentioned above. Also see [[Wills, Administrations, Probate and Inventories]].
=====Soldiers’ effects records at the National Army Museum=====
***"Silver War Badge Roll 1914-1920" Transcriptions only, no images.
***"Royal Naval Division Records 1914-1919" and "Royal Naval Division Service Records 1914-1920". The Royal Naval Division transferred from the authority of the Admiralty to the War Office on 29 April 1916.
***Databases based on the publications ''The Bond of Sacrifice; a Biographical Record of all British officers who fell in the Great War'' (2 Volumes), ''Soldiers Died in the Great War 1914-19'' (80 Volumes, HMSO) and "Officers Died in the Great War 1914-19" (the latter two, one database), and ''The Roll of Honour. A biographical record of all members of His Majesty's naval and military forces who have fallen in the war'' by the Marquis De Ruvigny (5 Volumes). Databases 2 and 3 are also available on Ancestry.
***"British Jewry Book Of Honour, 1914-1920"
***"British Army, Deserters and Absentees In Police Gazette 1914-1919" . Selected dates only, not a complete range.<ref>Stewart, Graham. [http://1914-1918.invisionzone.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=230741&p=2296337 New on Findmypast - Deserters and Absentees, Police Gazette, 1914-1919] ''Great War Forum'' 15 August 2015. Retrieved 15 August 2015</ref>
**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] (located as an option under the Search tab). Select the Military filter on the left hand side of the page. Some datasets may unexpectedly provide information relating to India. A researcher, who found some relevant records, found the title of "Canada, British Regimental Registers of Service, 1756-1900", to be misleading, as they are actually records of enlistment and any subsequent notable events, based on WO 25 records for a selection of regiments. <ref> Email to User:Maureene 15-16 April 2016.</ref> Also see comments under findmypast.: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).
*Forces War Records, a pay website, includes the database "Military Hospitals Admissions and Discharge Registers WW1 Collection",<ref> [https://www.forces-war-records.co.uk/military-hospital-records Search the Military Hospitals Admissions and Discharge Registers WW1 Collection] and [http://www.forces-war-records.co.uk/blog/2014/11/12/mh106-the-challenges-of-making-these-wwi-medical-records-available-online? Article about the digitisation] forces-war-records.co.uk</ref> taken from TNA records [http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C10949 MH 106: War Office: First World War Representative Medical Records of Servicemen]. It is possible that the FWR database is only a selection of records from MH 106, which in turn is only a sample.<ref>TEW [http://1914-1918.invisionzone.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=234729&p=2345354 Military Hospitals Admission and Discharge Register: Forces War Record] ''Great War Forum'' 25 December 2015. Retrieved 27 December 2015.</ref>
:He went on to serve with the [[16th Lancers]] in the [[Gwalior Campaign]] and the [[1st Sikh War]], and with the [[9th (The Queen's Royal) Lancers|9th Lancers]] in the [[2nd Sikh War]].<br>
:He resigned in 1853 having spent 20 years in the British Army, all in India. However, his years as a Boy were not counted as years of service, so he was not entitled to any pension.
*Sylvia Murphy, "Walter Williams, A Private Soldier in India 1878 to 1888 (Part 1)" ''FIBIS Journal Number 35 (Spring 2016)'', pages 31-38. For details of how to access this article, see [[FIBIS Journals]]
== Conditions and activities==
*[[Medals]]
*[[Military periodicals online]]
*[[Prince Consort's Library]], the military specialist library of the Army Library Service.
*[[Temperance organisations]]
*[[Trooping season]] including information about Troopships and conditions of troops sailing to India.
*[http://www.britishmedals.us/kevin/intro.html The Asplin Military History Resources], about British Army history in the Victorian era, includes pages relevant to the British Army in India.
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20131117052045/http://www.hargreave-mawson.demon.co.uk/46thmen.html 46th Foot.com] includes a detailed account of the 1834 attestation of a private, Frederick Crosland.
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20111130053326/http://orbat.com/site/history/1900-38/index.html Historical Orders of Battle and TOEs 1900-1938]. Includes British Army and Indian Army. orbat.com, now archived.
:[https://web.archive.org/web/20080831052956/http://orbat.com/site/history/1939-45/index.html Historical Orders of Battle and TOEs 1939-1945], Includes British Army and Indian Army. orbat.com, now archived.
*Army Service Numbers
**[http://www.samrainc.org/Pdf/Whats%20In%20a%20Number.pdf "What’s In A Number? The Personal Numbering System of the Australian Army"] by 2151240 Graham Wilson. Scroll to the section titled "Background – The British Experience".
*[http://www.warof1812.ca/family.htm "A Soldier's Family in the British Army
during the War of 1812"]
by Robert Henderson warof1812.ca
*[http://www.victorianforts.co.uk/tommyatkins.htm Tommy Atkins]. A series of five articles including [http://www.victorianforts.co.uk/flipbook/atkinsdomestic/atkinsdomestic.html "The Domestic Life of Tommy Atkins"], [http://www.victorianforts.co.uk/flipbook/atkinsmarried/atkinsmarried.html "Tommy Atkins Married"], about aspects of life in the Army in the late Victorian period.<ref> Originally published in ''The Redan'', journal of The Palmerston Forts Society, three articles by Duncan Williams , (originally published in 1999-2001 (issues 46, 50, 53)) and two articles by David Moore (issues 72,74). From the website [http://www.victorianforts.co.uk/index.htm Victorian Forts and Artillery].</ref> These articles in turn include quotes from a series of articles which appeared in ''Navy and Army Illustrated'' commencing in June 1898 which gave insight into the life of an ordinary soldier.
*[http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/09612020000200233 "‘Delicate duties’: issues of class and respectability in government policy towards the wives and widows of British soldiers in the era of the great war"] by Janis Lomas ''Women's History Review'', 9:1, 2000 pages 123-147. For rank and file soldiers, “on the strength” widows pensions applied from 1901, and “off the strength” widows pensions applied from the beginning of the First World War.
*History of the British Army Vol II by J W Fortescue [http://archive.org/stream/historyofbritish02fortuoft#page/170/mode/2up First British troops to land in India p 171]
*The National Archives [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/podcasts podcasts] have a [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/podcasts/military-history.htm military history] category including
**[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/podcasts/sahib.htm Sahib, the British soldier in India, 1750 – 1914] by Professor Richard Holmes
*Recruiting regions of Irish infantry regiments in the British Army from 1881 until 1922. A list of regiments, depots, counties together with a map. Select page 5 of this the document in [httphttps://docsaran.google.com/viewer?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwwwlibrary.nuigalway.ie%2Fgeography%2Fdocuments%2FHeritage-Chapter.pdf /handle/10379/5134 this link] docs.google version] or [httphttps://wwwaran.library.nuigalway.ie/geographybitstream/documentshandle/Heritage-Chapter10379/5134/Ireland%27s_Heritages_Chapter.pdf ?sequence=6&isAllowed=y pdf]<ref>[httphttps://docs.googlearan.com/viewer?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwwwlibrary.nuigalway.ie%2Fgeography%2Fdocuments%2FHeritage-Chapter.pdf /handle/10379/5134 "A Lost Heritage: The Connaught Rangers and Multivocal Irishness"] (docs.google version) by John Morrissey, 2005 , Chapter 3 of ''Ireland’s Heritages: Critical Perspectives on Memory and Identity'' edited by M Mc Carthy 2005. Website: Geography Dept, National University of Ireland, Galway. [httphttps://wwwaran.library.nuigalway.ie/geographybitstream/handle/documents10379/Heritage-Chapter5134/Ireland%27s_Heritages_Chapter.pdf original ?sequence=6&isAllowed=y pdf]Website: ARAN, National University of Ireland, Galway. </ref>
*"Information Document on the Irish Regiments of the British Army up to 31st July 1922". Irish Military Archives Dublin [http://docs.google.com/viewer?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.militaryarchives.ie%2Ffileadmin%2Fuser_upload%2Fdocuments%2FInformation_Document_on_Irish_Regiments_of_the_British_Army.pdf docs.google version], [http://www.militaryarchives.ie/fileadmin/user_upload/documents/Information_Document_on_Irish_Regiments_of_the_British_Army.pdf original pdf]
*"Irish Soldiers in the British Army 1792-1922: Suborned or Subordinate?" by Peter Karsten ''Journal of Social History Volume 17 No. 1 (Autumn 1983)'' pages 31-64 [http://docs.google.com/viewer?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reenactor.ru%2FARH%2FPDF%2FKarsten.pdf docs.google version] [http://www.reenactor.ru/ARH/PDF/Karsten.pdf original pdf]
**Relating to India: [http://www.archive.org/stream/historyofbritish02fortuoft#page/170/mode/2up Volume 2, page 167], [http://www.archive.org/stream/historyofbritish03fortuoft#page/48/mode/2up Volume 3 page 49], [http://www.archive.org/stream/historyofbritish04fortuoft#page/402/mode/2up Volume 4 page 402], [http://www.archive.org/stream/ahistorybritish00fortgoog#page/n137/mode/2up Volume 4, Part II, page 711], Volume 5, 1803 to 1807, includes detailed treatment of the situation and operations in the East Indies and Ceylon, [https://archive.org/stream/historyofbritis06fort#page/40/mode/2up Volume 6 page 40], [http://www.archive.org/stream/historyofbritis07fortuoft#page/n5/mode/2up Volume 7 page 563], Volume 11, 1815-1838, includes the War with Nepal, the Pindari War, the War in Ceylon and the War with Burma. Volume 12, 1839-52. This volume is mainly concerned with India, and covers operations in Afghanistan and on the Khyber Pass, together with internal security operations in India itself. Volume 13, 1852-1870, includes the Indian Mutiny.
*''British Battles on Land and Sea'' by James Grant. First published c 1873 [https://archive.org/details/cu31924091765655 Volume I: to 1743] [https://archive.org/details/cu31924091765663 Volume II: 1745-1826]. [https://archive.org/details/recentbritishba00grangoog ''Recent British Battles on Land and Sea''] [1875-1884] by James Grant 1884. Later called Volume IV. Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/afamiliarhistor00stocgoog ''A Familiar History of the British Army, from the Restoration in 1660 to the Present Time''] by J H Stocqueler 1871 Archive.org
*''Her Majesty's Army; a descriptive account of the various regiments now comprising the Queen's forces, from their first establishment to the present time'', by Walter Richards. First published 1887. Stated on the title page to be “In Four Divisions”, this appears to consist of Volumes I and II, each in two Parts. Although there are references to coloured illustrations, these appear to be missing in most of the digital files. [https://archive.org/details/hermajestysarmyd01richuoft Volume I: [Division I<nowiki>]</nowiki>] to page 176. [https://archive.org/details/hermajestysarmyd02richuoft Division II] pages 177-352. [https://archive.org/details/hermajestysarmyd03richuoft Division III] to page 176, Volume II. [https://archive.org/details/hermajestysarmyd04richuoft Division IV] pages 177-348. The last volume includes [https://archive.org/stream/hermajestysarmyd04richuoft#page/349/mode/1up Index], [https://archive.org/stream/hermajestysarmyd04richuoft#page/n186/mode/1up Contents Volume I], [https://archive.org/stream/hermajestysarmyd04richuoft#page/n193/mode/2up Contents: Volume II]. Alternative file: [http://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.c3113623?urlappend=%3Bseq=15 Volume II] (complete). Does contain Illustrations. Hathi Trust Digital Library. There is also another digital file available, titled [https://archive.org/details/hermajestysarmyd02rich Volume II] which appears to consist pages 241-352 of Volume I, together with [https://archive.org/stream/hermajestysarmyd02rich#page/n122/mode/1up Volume II page 1-128] This volume includes [https://archive.org/stream/hermajestysarmyd02rich#page/n57/mode/1up Illustration: The 68th – Durham Light Infantry]
*''The British Army and Auxiliary Forces'' by Colonel C. Cooper-King, late Professor of Tactics, Royal Military College 1893. [http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b84273974/f11.image Volume I], [http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b84274057/f13.image Volume II] With 132 Illustrations. Gallica gallica.bnf.fr. Catalogued with the subject category "costume militaire", military uniforms.
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/historyofscottis00murrrich#page/n5/mode/2up ''History of the Scottish regiments in the British Army''] by Arch. K. Murray 1862 Archive.org
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/historyofscotlan08browiala#page/n15/mode/2up ''The History of Scotland, its Highlands, Regiments and Clans, Volume VIII''] by James Browne 1909 Archive.org. This volume includes the regiments.
*[http://archive.org/stream/cu31924012890970#page/n7/mode/2up ''Social Life in the British Army''] by "A British Officer" Illustrated by R. Caton Woodville. 1899 Archive.org
**[http://archive.org/stream/cu31924012890970#page/n83/mode/2up The officer in India, page 55],[http://archive.org/stream/cu31924012890970#page/n137/mode/2up The soldier in India, page 94], [http://archive.org/stream/cu31924012890970#page/n119/mode/2up The soldier’s wife’s view of India, page 81]
*[https://archive.org/details/cihm_05361 ''Mr. Thomas Atkins''] by E J Hardy, Chaplain to the Forces.1900 [microform] Archive.org. Aspects of life in the Army
**[https://archive.org/stream/cihm_05361#page/407/mode/2up "Mrs Thomas Atkins"] page 370
*[https://archive.org/details/britisharmyfromw00vivirich ''The British Army from Within''] by E Charles Vivian 1914 Archive.org. Includes
**[https://archive.org/stream/britisharmyfromw00vivirich#page/24/mode/2up "The Way of the Recruit"] Chapter II, page 25.
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20150320013811/http://historyoffashiondesign.com/part-13-date-unknown-the-cutters-practical-guide-to-cutting-making-all-kinds-of-british-military-uniforms ''Part 13 The Cutter’s Practical Guide to Cutting & Making all kinds of British Military Uniforms'']. Pages from an undated publication, but known to be close to 1902.<ref>Frogsmile [http://1914-1918.invisionzone.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=225848&p=2241295 Where can I buy a sewing pattern for officer's tunic?] ''Great War Forum'' 20 March 2015. Retrieved 20 March 2015</ref> Pages 2-4 are about rank badges, including those for NCOs, with illustrations. historyoffashiondesign.com, now an archived page.
*[https://archive.org/details/trumpetbuglesoun00ingl ''Trumpet and bugle sounds for the army: with instructions for the training of trumpeters and buglers''] HMSO 1914 Archive.org
**[http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks13/1306081h.html#ch20 "The Buglers"] from ''Smithy Abroad: Barrack-Room Sketches'' by Edgar Wallace 1909 Project Gutenberg Australia
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/catalogueofbooks00cockrich#page/n1/mode/2up ''A catalogue of books relating to the military history of India''] drawn up by Maurice J.D. Cockle 1901 Archive.org
*''In Search of the "Forlorn Hope" : a comprehensive guide to locating British regiments and their records (1640-WWI)'' by John M. Kitzmiller, II, Volumes 1 and 2, may be [[Online books#Family History Books| read online]] at a [[FamilySearch Centres|FamilySearch Centre]] on a Family History Library computer.
*For general information about the British Army in India c 1924-1935, see [[Indian Army#Historical books online| Indian Army-Historical books online]], item ''Armaments Year-Book : General and Statistical Information''.
*[https://archive.org/stream/entericfeverinin00roberich#page/273/mode/1up List of Military Prisons in India 1900-1904] page 273 ''Enteric fever in India …etc'' by Ernest Roberts, Major Indian Medical Service 1906 Archive.org
*[http://digital.nls.uk/indiapapers/browse/pageturner.cfm?id=74905433&mode=transcription "List of Stations at which Military Family Hospitals are Authorized"] An Appendix from ''Regulations for the Medical Services of the Army of India 1930'' National Library of Scotland 'Medical History of British India' digital books.
