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*[[Findmypast|findmypastFindmypast]] includes a database "Prisoners Of War 1715-1945" and also a similar "Browse" database (both located in Armed forces & conflict/Regimental & service records) which contains records from The National Archives , including selected FO 383 records, including some for Indian Army soldiers. The records included are detailed in this [http://search.findmypast.co.uk/search-world-Records/prisoners-of-war-1715-1945 findmypast Findmypast link] which indicates there is also a category "Transcript only material". However, records added subsequently, such as the ICRC records next mentioned, although included in this database, do not appear to have been included in the '''description''' of the database.:'''Update''' 24 May 2019. A group of records from First World War ICRC records (see above) has been added to findmypastFindmypast, although exact details were not provided.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20190531224338/https://blog.findmypast.co.uk/british-armymilitary-recordsarmy-ancestorsgerman-genealogyeuropean-rec-2637795508.html Findmypast Friday May 24th [2019<nowiki>]</nowiki>], now archived.</ref> It appears possible to search by regiment, which isn't possible in the original ICRC records. Some names have been transcribed incorrectly. As the original records were mainly typed, it has been suggested that inaccurate transcription may be due to automatic transcription by OCR (optical character recognition).:Helpful hints about searching in this Findmypast dataset. <ref>charlie962 [https://www.greatwarforum.org/topic/287198-sapper-edward-richard-crossland-459192-royal-engineers-very-vague-date-of-death/?do=findComment&comment=2962805 Sapper EDWARD RICHARD CROSSLAND 459192 Royal Engineers = Very vague date of death] ''Great War Forum'' 12 December 2020. Also read earlier posts. Retrieved 14 December 2020.</ref>
*Ancestry (pay website) contains the database "UK, British Officer Prisoners of War, 1914-1918"<ref>[http://search.ancestry.co.uk/search/db.aspx?dbid=4722 UK, British Officer Prisoners of War, 1914-1918] Ancestry</ref> (located in category Military) consisting of data transcribed from the 1919 publication ''List of British Officers Taken Prisoner in the Various Theatres of War Aug 1914 to Nov 1918'' <ref>[https://www.naval-military-press.com/product/list-of-british-officers-taken-prisoner-in-the-various-theatres-of-waraug-1914-to-nov-1918/ ''List of British Officers Taken Prisoner in the Various Theatres of War Aug 1914 to Nov 1918''] Reprint edition, Naval & Military Press</ref>, compiled from records kept by Messrs Cox & Co.'s Enquiry Office. Transcribed records from this source are also available in the findmypast database above "Prisoners Of War 1715-1945", (sub category "Transcript only material").
* Also see [[British Army#WW1 Casualty Lists|WW1 Casualty Lists]], above.
