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When researching, keep in mind that similar to the situation in India, it was also possible for men from other countries to enlist when regiments were stationed in their countries.<ref> Rootsweb Australia Message Board 3004 19 October 2004 post [http://boards.ancestry.co.uk/localities.oceania.australia.general/4184/mb.ashx?pnt=1 Chelsea Pensioners - soldiers with an Australian connection] It includes details of two men who were born in Australia and served in the Madras Artillery</ref> Men whose fathers were in the British Army could be born anywhere in the world the British Army was stationed.

*[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> QGE (previously 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. 

<blockquote>"...====Service and pension records=========Online records=====Where a comprehensive means of establishing dates of enlistment, movements throughout the worldrecord series appears on both findmypast, and of discharge or death. The first entry Ancestry there may show age on enlistment. An entry on the form "Men becoming non-effective", sometimes to be found at the end differences in transcriptions of each quarter's musters, shows names which will affect the birthplaceSearch results. If you cannot initially find a record, trade, and date of enlistment of any soldier discharged or dead during the quarterit is suggested you try searching on both websites. From about 1868======Findmypast======Findmypast, at the end of each mustera pay website, may be found contains a Marriage Rolldatabase '''British Army Service Records''', located in Armed forces & conflict/ Regimental & service records, which enumerates wives contains records between 1760 and children 1920, for whom married quarters were providedofficers and other ranks, from The National Archives." </blockquote>

An 1877 example This database consists of data from a Marriage Roll can be seen in the image on the right*WO 22 - Royal Hospital Chelsea: returns of payment of Army and other pensions 1842-1883*WO 23 - Royal Hospital Chelsea: admission books, registers, and papers 1702-1876*WO 76 - Regimental records of officers' services 1775-1914*WO 96 - Militia service records 1806-1915*WO 97 - Chelsea: pensioners British Army service records 1760-1913*WO 121 - Chelsea: pensioners' discharge documents 1760-1887*WO 122 - Chelsea: pensioners' discharge documents, foreign regiments 1816-1817*WO 128 - Imperial Yeomanry, soldiers' documents, South African War 1899-1902*WO 131 - Chelsea: documents of soldiers awarded deferred pensions 1838-1896*WO 339 - Officers' services, First World War, regular army and emergency reserve officers Transcripts only*WO 363 - First World War service records 'burnt documents'*WO 364 - First World War pension claims*WO 374 - Officers' services, First World War, personal files. Index records only, not actual files.*WO 400 - The Household Cavalry 1801-1919

From '''1878 to 1898''', all muster rolls are in [http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/SearchUI/See below for details?Uri=C14227 '''WO 16''']. The majority of the these 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.

Muster roll An associated database is '''British Army Service Records Image Browse''', located in Armed forces & conflict/Service Records which contains the above records are unfortunately NOT available on [[LDS]] microfilms. If you are are unable to visit Kew, excluding the [http://wwwFirst World War records.fibis.org/research/ FIBIS Research team]should be able to assist

A separate online dataset is '''Please note that muster roll records may be missing for some Regiments and periods''', in India and generally. For example, there are virtually no muster roll records for the British Army Pensioners - Royal Artillery in IndiaHospital Kilmainham, =====Online records=====*Ancestry (pay site with a free search) has a collection [http://search.ancestry.co.uk/search/db.aspx?dbid=60546 UKIreland, British Army Muster Books and Pay Lists, 18121783-1817]*Findmypast has the records, (1822''' located in Armed forces & conflict/Regimental & service records) '''British Army, Worldwide Index 1861''' extracted . These records are 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 119 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). Also on Findmypast is the database '''British Army, Worldwide Index 1871''', with census day 2 April 1871 and generally covering much of the June Quarter 1871, extracted from War Office army pay lists. The latest (2016/1) database released by FMP is '''British Army, Worldwide Index 1841''', created from muster rolls and pay lists between April and June 1841. As advised in the section above, there will be no records for Royal Artillery soldiers in India.

====Service Searching the records is free, but charges apply to view the records, although they can be viewed for free at TNA (and pension records====other institutions with a FMP subscription).

=====Chelsea Pensioners=====Discharge papers ([http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/SearchUI/browse/C14305?v=r'''WO 97'''For some findmypast blogs about these records, (to '''1913''')]), usually containing service/attestation information, and pension records ([http://discoverysee below.nationalarchives.gov.uk/SearchUI/browse/C14231?v=r '''WO 22''']) may also be found at TNA. Records in WO 97 are usually only for men discharged with a pension (i.e. for long service or having been invalided <ref name=Skel > Victorian Wars Forum thread FindMyPast blogs "Behind the scenes":[httphttps://wwwweb.victorianwarsarchive.comorg/web/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=5904#p23104 Pension?] quoting from ''The Victorian Army at Home ''by AR Skelley<20150925025431/ref>) as these were the papers sent to the Royal Hospital Chelsea and preserved, but from 1883, most causes of discharge, (apart from death (with a few exceptions)<ref>There are WO 97 records for a few men who died in the Anglo- Boer War (and papers in the Ancestry "WWI" series for men who died during the Anglo-Boer War) according to this [http://wwwblog.victorianwars.com/viewtopicfindmypast.php?f=82&t=3511&start=15#p23904 Victorian Wars Forum post] dated 1 October 2011 by Meurigco. This further Victorian Wars Forum [http:uk/2010/www.victorianwars.com/viewtopic.php?f=82&t=7112#p30127 post] dated 30 May 2012 by Mark A Reid also mentions a few other deaths. George Francis died in behind-the Tochi Valley in 1897, yet his papers appear in -scenes-the WO 363 WW1 -chelsea-pensioners-records on findmypast.</ref>) were included. Note however, '''the survival rate of discharge papers appears to be low for men discharged overseas<ref>''My Ancestor was in the British Army'', page 63 by Michael Watts and Christopher Watts 2009<-with-paul-nixon-content-licensing-manager/ref> [ie not in Britain, and therefore low for India]. If a man went on to serve during World War 1 then his The Chelsea Pensioners records would normally have been removed from WO97 and placed with his WW1 service records<ref> ''My Ancestor was in the British Army''Paul Nixon, page 64 by Michael Watts and Christopher Watts 2009 content licensing manager] 15 Sep 2010 and [httphttps://newsarchweb.rootswebarchive.com/th/read/DEVONorg/2010-03web/1269096802 Chelsea Pensioners] dated 20 March 2010 from Rootsweb Devon List.<20150620082830/ref>. WO 97 records are also unlikely to include men who immediately went on active service with a Milita unit, (whose discharge papers may have been transferred to the Milita unit)<ref>India List [http://archiverblog.rootswebfindmypast.ancestryco.comuk/th2010/read/INDIA/2011behind-the-scenes-06/1308580161 post] dated 20 June 2011</ref>'''. The records often contain a wealth of genealogical information, including birth date and location, next of kin, physical description, service locations, medical history and medals. They may include information about marriages, births of children or deaths of family members. The National Archives has worked with findmypast to scan and place online '''WO 97''' (Royal Hospital Chelsea: Soldiers' Service Documents 1760our-1913). All WO 97 records, for the years '''1760 to 1913''' are currently available on findmypast as part of a group of records called '''British Army Service Records 1760expert-1915'''. This group of records consists of*Militia service records 1806stephen-1915 (WO96)*Chelsea Pensioners British Army service records 1760rigden-1913 (WO97)*Royal Hospital, Chelsea: pensioners' discharge documents 1760on-1887 (WO121) (see [[British Army#Other Pension Records| Other Pension Records below]])*Royal Hospital, Chelsea: pensioners' discharge documents, foreign regiments 1816spelling-1817 (WO122) *War Office: Imperial Yeomanryvariations/ Our expert, soldiers' documentsStephen Rigden, South African War 1899-1902 (WO128)*Royal Hospitalon spelling variations] 29 Oct 2010, Chelsea: documents of soldiers awarded deferred pensions 1838-1896 (WO131)both pages now archived.</ref>

Searching the ======Ancestry======Ancestry is a pay website.*[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1219 '''British Army WWI Service Records, 1914-1920'''] are WO 363 records.*[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1114 '''British Army WWI Pension Records 1914-1920'''] are WO 364 records .Ancestry search tip: if you are unable to locate a record, it is freepossible to search by spouse name, but charges apply to view as the recordssearch does look for next of kin.<ref>Chris_Baker. [http://www.1914-1918.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=22#p68 "Of no occupation. An Army Pensioner"] ''Long, although they can be viewed for free at TNA (and other institutions with a FMP subscription)Long Trail Forum'' 20 June 2016. Retrieved 4 August 2016.</ref>

For some findmypast blogs about =====Chelsea Pensioners=====Discharge papers ([http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/SearchUI/browse/C14305?v=r'''WO 97''', (to '''1913''')]), usually containing service/attestation information, and pension records ([http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/SearchUI/browse/C14231?v=r '''WO 22''']) may also be found at TNA. Records in WO 97 are usually only for men discharged with a pension (i.e. for long service or having been invalided <ref name=Skel > ''Victorian Wars Forum'' thread [http://www.victorianwars.com/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=5904#p23104 Pension?] quoting from ''The Victorian Army at Home ''by AR Skelley</ref>) as these recordswere the papers sent to the Royal Hospital Chelsea and preserved, but from 1883, most causes of discharge, see below(apart from death (with a few exceptions)<ref>FindMyPast blogs There are WO 97 records for a few men who died in the Anglo- Boer War (and papers in the Ancestry "Behind WWI" series for men who died during the scenes":Anglo-Boer War) according to this [http://blogwww.victorianwars.findmypastcom/viewtopic.cophp?f=82&t=3511&start=15#p23904 Victorian Wars Forum post] dated 1 October 2011 by Meurig.ukThis further Victorian Wars Forum [http://2010www.victorianwars.com/09viewtopic.php?f=82&t=7112#p30127 post] dated 30 May 2012 by Mark A Reid also mentions a few other deaths. George Francis died in the Tochi Valley in 1897, yet his papers appear in the WO 363 WW1 records on findmypast.</behind-ref>) were included.Note however, '''the-scenes-survival rate of discharge papers appears to be low for men discharged overseas<ref>''My Ancestor was in the-chelsea-pensioners-British Army'', page 63 by Michael Watts and Christopher Watts 2009</ref> [ie not in Britain, and therefore low for India]. If a man went on to serve during World War 1 then his records-would normally have been removed from WO97 and placed withhis WW1 service records<ref> ''My Ancestor was in the British Army'', page 64 by Michael Watts and Christopher Watts 2009 and [http://newsarch.rootsweb.com/th/read/DEVON/2010-paul-nixon-content-licensing-manager03/ The 1269096802 Chelsea Pensioners ] dated 20 March 2010 from Rootsweb Devon List.</ref>. WO 97 records are also unlikely to include men who immediately went on active service with Paul Nixona Milita unit, content licensing manager] 15 Sep 2010 and (whose discharge papers may have been transferred to the Milita unit)<ref>India List [http://blogarchiver.findmypastrootsweb.coancestry.ukcom/th/2010read/10INDIA/behind-the-scenes-our-expert-stephen-rigden-on-spelling2011-variations06/ Our expert, Stephen Rigden, on spelling variations1308580161 post] 29 Oct 2010dated 20 June 2011</ref>'''. The records often contain a wealth of genealogical information, including birth date and location, next of kin, physical description, service locations, medical history and medals. They may include information about marriages, births of children or deaths of family members. '''Note''': There are examples of records to 1913, which are located in the WW1 records, rather than in the WO 97records, even though the man did not serve in WW1.

The records online at findmypast now include those men discharged through the Kilmainham Hospital in Ireland, as '''"British Army Pensioners - Kilmainham, Ireland 1783-1822'''". These records are held under TNA reference [http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/SearchUI/browse/C14327?v=r WO 119], and are similar to the Chelsea Pensioner records WO 97, above. 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).

Another useful TNA source is the now available online '''WO 22''' subseries "Army and other pensions paid out locally in India, Ceylon and China" detailing names and payments made, including [http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/SearchUI/browse/C168751?v=r '''WO 22/228-230'''] Bengal, [http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/SearchUI/browse/C168760?v=r '''WO 22/237-238'''] Bombay and [http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/SearchUI/browse/C168789?v=r '''WO 22/266-270'''], mainly Madras.

This India List '''WO 120''' and '''WO 121''' records may be helpful. <ref> Murphy, Sylvia. [http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/INDIA/2011-04/1303469139 postThomaSs Pittmans pension record] mentions ''Rootsweb India Mailing List'WO 120''' and '''WO 121''' records22 April 2011. Retrieved 24 July 2016</ref>. Catalogue references are: *[http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/SearchUI/browse/C14328?v=r '''WO 120'''] "From about 1812 dates of death have been noted and in the last series these dates extend to 1877" The WO 120 records are not available online but are available on [[LDS]] microfilm with this [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=315468&disp=Regimental+registers+of+pensioners%2C+ar&columns=*,0,0 catalogue entry].

*[http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/SearchUI/browse/C14329?v=r '''WO 121'''] records. These records are available online on findmypast as part of British Army Service Records 1760-1915, refer [[British Army#Chelsea Pensioners|above]]. The records include "Register of men discharged without pension", 1884 to 1887. Although the catalogue does not mention this, there are many records of men leaving the army in India under the heading "Nominal list of men discharged by the Commander-in-Chief in India." As the register provides name, regimental number, rank, corps, date and cause of discharge, attestation date (and a few other administration details) it is an invaluable resource for those not able to find these details elsewhere. 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).

Service and pension records from '''World War 1''' from the National Archives are available on the pay site [http://www.ancestry.com sites findmypast and Ancestry .com], and from May 2014 on the pay site findmypast [[British Army#External links| refer below]]above. They do '''contain some papers for men who did not serve in WW1.''',<ref>Victorian Wars Forum [http://www.victorianwars.com/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=7266&start=15#p31162 post] dated 17 July 2012 by Meurig. Other examples have been seen.</ref>so it is suggested you check these records for men with service prior to the War years. The World War 1 records include*[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1219 British Army WWI Service Records, '''1914-1920'''] are [http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/SearchUI/browse/C14567?v=r '''WO 363'''] records also known as the ‘Burnt Documents.’ These are the records which survived a fire, about one third of the total documents. *[http://searchdiscovery.nationalarchives.ancestrygov.comuk/SearchUI/searchbrowse/db.aspxC14568?dbidv=r '''WO 364'''] records ====Muster rolls====1114 Unlike those of the presidency armies, muster rolls for British Army WWI Pension Records regiments stationed in India are not at the British Library but are instead at [[The National Archives]] at Kew in London. The majority of the Muster records up to '''1878''' are in [http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/SearchUI/browse/C14223?v=h '''WO 12'''], including [http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/SearchUI/browse/C52579?v=h '''1914-1920Cavalry'''] are and [http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/SearchUI/browse/C14568C88062?v=h '''Infantry'''], with Royal Artillery muster records in [http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/browse/r /h/C14221 '''WO 10''']. The catalogue describes the records as:[[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 36416''']. 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. Muster roll records are unfortunately NOT available on [[LDS]] microfilms. If you are are unable to visit Kew, the [http://www.fibis.org/research/ FIBIS Research team]should be able to assist '''Please note that muster roll records may be missing for some Regiments and periods''', in India and generally. For example, there are virtually no muster roll records for the Royal Artillery in India, =====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, (located in Armed forces & conflict/Regimental & service records) '''British Army, Worldwide Index 1861''' 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). Also on Findmypast is the database '''British Army, Worldwide Index 1871''', with census day 2 April 1871 and generally covering much of the June Quarter 1871, extracted from War Office army pay lists. The latest (2016/1) database released by FMP is '''British Army, Worldwide Index 1841''', created from muster rolls and pay lists between April and June 1841. As advised in the section above, there will be no records for Royal Artillery soldiers in India.

***Regarding records mentioned in this link, note that WO 76 records are now available on findmypast, refer above, and are also 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/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.

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]].  For soldiers with a Scottish domicile, [http://searchwww.ancestryscotlandspeople.cogov.uk/searchcontent/help/dbindex.aspx?dbidr=1904 England 554& Wales2281 Soldiers’ Wills] are available on ScotlandsPeople. scotlandspeople.gov.uk. Free to search, but pay to view. Most are from WW1, then WW2, with very limited data for other dates. [http://soldierswills.nationalarchives.ie/search/sw/home.jsp Soldiers Wills 1914-1918] National Probate Calendar (Index Archives of Ireland. Search online. The National Archives of Ireland holds over 9,000 wills of Wills enlisted and Administrations)non-commissioned soldiers domiciled in Ireland, from the thirty-two counties of Ireland, 1861who fought in the British Army in the World War I and in the South African war of 1899-1941 from Ancestry1902. The collection does not include wills of commissioned officers.com]

WW1 Casualty Lists were initially published on a daily basis in newspapers, but WO original lists no longer appear to exist. They were then published weekly by HMSO, as ''War Office Weekly Casualty List'' no.1-48 (7 Aug.1917 - 2 July 1918), and later as ''Weekly Casualty List (War Office & Air Ministry)'' no.49-83 (9 July 1918 - 4 March 1919), available at some libraries. Daily lists may be found in online newspaper databases such as ''The [London] Times Digital Archive'', for access see [[Miscellaneous tips#Access some subscription websites with a Library Card|Miscellaneous tips]], and ''The Scotsman'' in Scotland, the latter initially all casualties but later limited to Scots related. TheGenealogist, a pay website, as part of its Diamond premium subscription, includes a database "Military and Casualty Lists"<ref>[https://www.thegenealogist.com/featuredarticles/2014/was-your-ancestor-wounded-in-the-First-World-War-155/ Was your ancestor wounded in the First World War?] thegenealogist.com</ref>, which appears to consist of Daily Lists transcribed from newspapers, together with Weekly Lists transcribed and with images, from British Library held original publications.,<ref> callowbrack et al. [http://1914-1918.invisionzone.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=225762 daily casualty lists] ''Great War Forum'' 17 March 2015. Retrieved 27 December 2015.</ref> with data to April 1918. <ref>Drew1918. [http://1914-1918.invisionzone.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=237835&p=2383526 The Genealogist] ''Great War Forum'' 1 April 1916. Retrieved 1 April 1916.</ref>

*[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 David_Underdown et al. [http://archiver1914-1918.rootsweb.ancestryinvisionzone.com/thforums/readindex.php?/INDIAtopic/2015215376-01red-cross-records-to-go-online-4-august/1421673008 Online WW1 Red Cross records (two free datasets)to go online 4 August] ''Rootsweb India Mailing ListGreat War Forum'' 19 January 20152 August 2014. BillyH et al. [https://web.archive.org/web/20160827022945/http://1914-1918.invisionzone.com/forums/index.php?/topic/242522-icrc-records-help-please/ ICRC Records - Help please] ''Great War Forum'' 27 August 2016. Retrieved 20 January 201528 August 2016.</ref> There is also some information on the Long, Long Trail Forum "Researching prisoners of war".<ref> [http://www.1914-1918.org/forum/index.php Long, Long, Trail Forum]</ref> Include The records 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]]. However, due to other priorities, research requests were suspended from May 2016, except for requests of a humanitarian nature.

*[[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 The National Archives records FO 383, including some for Indian Army soldiers.

British Army personnel in India, together with their families appeared for the first time in an England and Wales Census in 1911. [http://www.1911census.co.uk Search] the The 1911 census data, free to search, but a pay site to view data. Also Census is available on the pay site websites [http://www.ancestry.com [findmypast]], Ancestry.com] and perhaps other pay sites. This [http://wwwdiscovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/cataloguebrowse/r/h/browser.asp?CATLN=3&CATID=12183&GPE=False&DOWN=TRUE&MARKER=37579000&MARKERSCN C90811 National Archives] catalogue entry shows the regiments that were included in the 1911 Census. The items (17 in total) are RG 14/34978-34992, 34995, 34997. However, it is probable there were other regiments in India at this time. The census was taken on the night of Sunday 2 April, 1911. Note however, there are is at least one known instance of a soldier and his family known to be in the British Army in India at the time of the census, whose names do not appeat in the census, another indication that the data may not be complete. The 1911 Census also includes similar information for

*[http://www.1914longlongtrail.co.uk/soldiers/how-to-research-1918.neta-soldier/finding-soldiers-through-the-1918-absent-voters-lists/avl.html Finding soldiers through the 1918 Absent Voters Lists] 1914-1918longlongtrail.co.netuk

In October 2015, [[Findmypast|findmypast]] introduced a database "Britain, Absent Voters Lists 1918-1921" (located in Census, Land & Surveys/Electoral Rolls), based on records from the British Library. The coverage is set out in [http://www.findmypast.co.uk/articles/britain-absent-voters-constituency-list?_ga=1.75209553.2135388719.1444195952 Britain, Absent Voters Constituency List]. Data additional to the initial release is expected to be added. There is also a stand alone "Kent, Bromley Absent Voters List 1918". In July 2016 an associated dataset"Britain, Absent Voters Lists 1918-1921 Browse" was introduced to enable browsing through the records.

***"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>

*[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). There are many electoral registers (but not currently Absent Voters Lists}, details of which may be found by entering the keyword electoral in the Card Catalogue Search.

JeffH01 [http://boards.ancestry.com.au/topics.Military.uk.britarmy/2537.2.3/mb.ashxJohn ashx John Henry James Fairbrother (Harry)] ''Rootsweb British Army Message Board'' 21 March 2015. Retrieved 22 March 2015</ref> or due to 'weeding'.

*[http://archivewww.sandhurstcollectionawin1.cocom/awclick.uk/ The Cadet and Staff Registers of the Sandhurst Collectionphp?mid=2114&id=201071 findmypast]. The registers show the details for almost every officer cadet that attended the Royal Military Academy Woolwich and Royal Military College Sandhurst, England*[http://www.angelfirevictorianwars.comVictorian Wars Forum]*[http:/mp/memorials1914-1918.invisionzone.com/memindz1.htm Stephen Lewis' Soldiers MemorialsGreat War Forum] lists NCO and other ranks graves in India by surname, amongst other memorials. *[http://wwwww2talk.redcoat.infocom/memindex3index.htm Officers Diedphp WW2Talk Forum] is the equivalent commissioned ranks site.

:[https://www.gov.uk/search-local-archives Locate a local archives] England and Wales only. gov.uk. Some regimental archives are located in local archives, not at the regimental museum.*[https://web.archive.org/web/20111130053326/http://wwworbat.britishmedals.uscom/site/history/kevin1900-38/introindex.html The Asplin Military History ResourcesHistorical Orders of Battle and TOEs 1900-1938], about . Includes British Army history in the and Indian Army. Victorian eraorbat.com, includes pages relevant to the British Army in Indianow archived.*:[https://web.archive.org/web/2013111705204520080831052956/http://wwworbat.hargreavecom/site/history/1939-mawson.demon.co.uk45/46thmenindex.html Historical Orders of Battle and TOEs 1939-1945], Includes British Army and Indian Army. 46th Footorbat.com] includes a detailed account of the 1834 attestation of a private, Frederick Croslandnow archived.

*Uniform items: [http://www.militarysunhelmets.com/2012/british-puggarees-2-3-4-and-6-folds "British Puggarees 2, 3, 4 and 6 Folds"] by Stuart Bates. May 22, 2012. [http://www.militarysunhelmets.com/2012/helmet-flashes-in-the-british-army "Helmet Flashes in the British Army"] by Benny Bough July 30, 2012. Includes details of two series of reference articles by John Mollo, and by Ron Kidd in ''The Formation Sign'', ''Journal of [http://www.militaryheraldrysociety.com/journal.html The Military Heraldry Society]''. Alternative terminology is tactical recognition flash, pagri (puggaree) badge, Foreign Service Helmet (F S H) badge, or formation badge. [http://www.militarysunhelmets.com/2012/british-army-spine-pads "British Army Spine Pads"] by Stuart Bates , April 27, 2012 militarysunhelmets.com. [http://www.nam.ac.uk/online-collection/detail.php?acc=1965-07-45-4 Photograph: Wolseley helmet. Prince of Wales's Leinster Regiment (Royal Canadians)], 1916 (c). National Army Museum:[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puttee Puttee] Wikipedia. [http://smnmcshannon.hubpages.com/hub/World-One-War-Puttees-and-How-to-Wrap-Them "Puttees and How to Wrap Them"] May 31, 2011. The alternative herringbone style for putting on putties, using the principles of reverse spiral or looped bandaging<ref>[https://archive.org/stream/practicalmanualo00fitzuoft#page/42/mode/2up/search/puttees Page 42] ''A Practical Manual of Bandaging'' by Duncan C L Fitzwilliams Capt. RAMCT 1915 Archive.org.</ref> may be seen [http://www.medalofkar.com/medalofhonour/index.php/component/k2/item/24-uniforms-equipment-kar here] (scroll to first puttees image and click to enlarge) medalofkar.com. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ur3seXl8-14&ebc=ANyPxKoYqIFsW3HfcmuX9Nij_I3LA3LJTGaeGaGaEwS8sYJqj1SGgRg6Q5WDq0NRl-F3uu_DpTn_Q_CkHNSPqjYT8yA1mY-29w How to wrap puttees, with crossing turns] by James Heath. YouTube video.

*History of the British Army Vol II by J W Fortescue [http://archivewww.orgtandfonline.com/streamdoi/historyofbritish02fortuoft#pagepdf/17010.1080/mode/2up First 09612020000200233 "‘Delicate duties’: issues of class and respectability in government policy towards the wives and widows of British troops to land soldiers in India p 171the 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.

*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>

**[http://www.archive.org/stream/historyofbritish02fortuoft#page/n7/mode/2up Volume 2, 1713 to 1763] (1899), [http://www.archive.org/stream/historyofbritish03fortuoft#page/n5/mode/2up Volume 3, 1763-1793] (1911), [http://www.archive.org/stream/historyofbritish04fortuoft#page/n5/mode/2up Volume 4, 1789-1801] (1906), [http://www.archive.org/stream/ahistorybritish00fortgoog#page/n9/mode/2up Volume 4, Part II 1789-1801] (1906), [https://archive.org/details/historyofbritis05fort Volume 5, 1803-1807] (1910) with [https://archive.org/stream/historyofbritis05fort#page/n465/mode/1up Maps], [https://archive.org/details/historyofbritis06fort Volume 6, 1807-1809] (1910), with [https://archive.org/stream/historyofbritis06fort#page/n480/mode/1up Maps], [http://www.archive.org/stream/historyofbritis07fortuoft#page/n5/mode/2up Volume 7, 1809-1810] (1912), [http://www.archive.org/stream/historyofbritish08fortuoft#page/n5/mode/2up Volume 8, 1811-1812] (1917), [http://www.archive.org/stream/historyofbritish09fortuoft#page/n7/mode/2up Volume 9, 1813-1814] (1920), [http://dliwww.sercnew.iiscdli.ernet.in/handle/2015/209324 Maps And Plans Vol. 9] (1920) Pdf download, Digital Library of India.[http://www.archive.org/stream/historyofbritish10fortuoft#page/n7/mode/2up Volume 10, 1814-1815] (1920), [https://archive.org/details/historyofbritish11fort Volume 11, 1815-1838] ( 1923) With [https://archive.org/stream/historyofbritish11fort#page/n566/mode/1up Maps]. [https://archive.org/details/historyofbritish12fort Volume 12, 1839-1852] ( 1927) (Maps were in a separate volume). [http://dliwww.sercnew.iiscdli.ernet.in/handle/2015/236131 Volume 13, 1852-1870] (1930) Pdf download, Digital Library of India. [https://archive.org/details/historyofbritishmap13fort Maps and Plans for Volume 13)] (Two maps of India appear to be missing).**Relating to India: [http://www.archive.org/stream/historyofbritish02fortuoft#page/170/mode/2up Volume 2, page 167], [http://archive.org/stream/historyofbritish02fortuoft#page/170/mode/2up First British troops to land in India p 171]; [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.