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**[https://hdl.handle.net/2027/nyp.33433081657201?urlappend=%3Bseq=677 "Corrected to 15 November 1884"] page 669, ''1884'' and [https://hdl.handle.net/2027/nyp.33433081657177?urlappend=%3Bseq=373 "Corrected to 26 March 1888", page 373 ''[1888)]''. HathiTrust.
*For those able to visit the National Archives at Kew, there are catalogue entries [http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/SearchUI/browse/C1868016?v=r WO 379/11 Stations of regiments 1859-1900] and [http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/SearchUI/browse/C1868020?v=r WO 379/15 Stations of regiments 1901-1920] Examples of the type of records available are [https://web.archive.org/web/20141025122718/http://maltaramc.com/imgsellstromr/52nd.jpg WO 379/11 details for the 52nd Regiment] and [https://web.archive.org/web/20150101133938/http://maltaramc.com/imgsellstromr/2northampt.jpg WO 379/15 details for the 48th Regiment], both now archived webpages, but previously from respective regiments pages from the website [http://maltaramc.com/index.html maltaramc.com]. These records are part of the [http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/SearchUI/browse/C14583?v=r '''WO 379'''] series "Disposition and Movement of Regiment, Returns and Papers (Regimental Records)"
:'''WO 25''' records [http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/browse/r/h/C77309 Embarkation Returns] and [http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/browse/r/h/C77310 Disembarkation Returns] may also be useful. Records are filed in date of sailing sequence.<ref>sotonmate. [https://www.greatwarforum.org/topic/275141-troop-transports/?do=findComment&comment=2806891 Troop transports] ''Great War Forum'' 30 September 2019. Retrieved 30 September 2019.</ref> Embarkation records show Officers (named), the number of Other Ranks per unit, and the military cargo carried. As an example, an image of a record from WO 25/3544 shows officers and men from M M Gun No. 22 Battery leaving on the Ship 'Beltana' for India from Devonport on 26th February 1916.<ref>pjwmacro. [https://www.greatwarforum.org/topic/249397-22nd-battery-machine-gun-corps-motors/?do=findComment&comment=2517355 22nd Battery Machine Gun Corps (Motors)] ''Great War Forum'' 22 April 2017. Retrieved 22 May 2018.</ref> Embarkation records can also originate overseas as the WO25 series includes records titled "Abroad for Home" and "Between Stations Abroad". '''Note''': Selected WO 25 records are available as a free download from the National Archives, through TNA's Discovery catalogue, and selected WO 25 records are also available on the Ancestry database "Canada, British Regimental Registers of Service, 1756-1900. <ref>[http://search.ancestry.co.uk/search/db.aspx?dbid=3253 Canada, British Regimental Registers of Service, 1756-1900] Ancestry. Contains WO 25/266–558, 632–634, 677–683, 686–688, 3913–3914, 5411-5516.</ref>: '''WO 97''' records [https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C14281 Distribution of the Army Monthly Returns] include station of each battalion or company. Sample images.<ref> Keith_history_buff. [https://www.greatwarforum.org/topic/293057-distribution-of-the-army-monthly-returns/ Distribution of the army - monthly returns] ''Great War Forum'' 11 September 2021. Retrieved 13 September 2021.</ref>
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