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A researcher advised that Army service record images on findmypast are usually much better quality and Ancestry's service records may be poorly indexed, however Ancestry has the advantage that you can scroll to the records immediately before and after, which could be relevant.<ref>Wade, Andy. [https://www.greatwarforum.org/topic/254435-best-research-website/?do=findComment&comment=2573961 Best Research Website] ''Great War Forum'' 17 October 2017. Scroll down for comparative images. Retrieved 23 November 2018.</ref>Another advised that findmypast has a far better search facility.<ref>ss002d6252 [Craig] [https://www.greatwarforum.org/topic/262616-9th-lancers/?do=findComment&comment=2663213 9th Lancers] ''Great War Forum'' 18 July 2018. Retrieved 18 July 2018.</ref> (Comparison of online providers for WW1 records.<ref>[https://www.longlongtrail.co.uk/online-information-service-providers-which-is-best/ "Online information service providers for researching British soldiers – which is best?]" by Chris Baker 6th December 2019 longlongtrail.co.uk.</ref>)

For both findmypast and Ancestry, it is possible to undertake a broad Search by selecting the Military category from the Search tab at the top of the webpages. This will search in all Military databases. However, should you wish to perform a more targeted Search, various databases are described below.

An associated database is '''British Army Service Records Image Browse''',<ref>[http://search.findmypast.co.uk/search-world-Records/british-army-service-records-image-browse British Army Service Records Image Browse] Findmypast</ref> located in Armed forces & conflict/Service Records which contains the above records, excluding the First World War records and the 'Scots Guards Service Records'.

*'''British Army, Coldstream Guards 1800-1947''', <ref>[https://search.findmypast.co.uk/search-world-Records/british-army-coldstream-guards-1800-1947 British Army, Coldstream Guards 1800-1947] Findmypast.</ref> located in Armed Forces & Conflict/Regimental & Service Records. Originally introduced as part of the database British Army Service Records above, but c 27 Nov. 2020 became a separate database. Comprises "many different regimental history records including Discharge Books, Courts Martial Book, Decorations and Rewards and Officers' Statements of Services". Also includes post WW1 enlistment registers.<ref>

:'''British Army, Coldstream Guards 1800-1947 Image Browse'''<ref>[https://search.findmypast.co.uk/search-world-Records/british-army-coldstream-guards-1800-1947-image-browse British Army, Coldstream Guards 1800-1947 Image Browse] Findmypast.</ref> located in Armed Forces & Conflict/Regimental & Service Records, introduced 23 April 2021.

*'''British Army Officers' Widows' Pension Forms 1755-1908''',<ref>[https://search.findmypast.co.uk/search-world-Records/british-army-officers-widows-pension-forms-1755-1908 British Army Officers' Widows' Pension Forms 1755-1908] Findmypast.</ref> located in Armed Forces & Conflict/Regimental & Service Records. These records are from the National Archives series [https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C14251 WO 42: War Office: Officers’ Birth Certificates, Wills and Personal Papers], containing applications for a pension or a child’s compassionate allowance where an officer died on service or on half pay. Note, this record series may be downloaded free through TNA website.

*'''British Army, Royal Engineers 1900-1949'''<ref>[https://search.findmypast.co.uk/search-world-records/british-army-royal-engineers-1900-1949 British Army, Royal Engineers 1900-1949] Findmypast.</ref> located in Armed Forces & Conflict/Regimental & Service Records. These records are Tracer cards which plot a soldier’s movements within and between regiments and most are for the years 1939-1945.

*'''British Army, Royal Engineers Other Ranks: Casualty Cards'''<ref>[https://search.findmypast.co.uk/search-world-records/british-army-royal-engineers-other-ranks-casualty-cards British Army, Royal Engineers Other Ranks: Casualty Cards] Findmypast.</ref> located in Armed Forces & Conflict/Regimental & Service Records. These cards cover casualties during and after World War 2. An example card shows hospital admissions. Elsewhere Casualty records may list those missing, wounded, taken prisoner, killed in action or who died, but it is not clear whether these events are included on these cards.

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).

'''WO 120''' and '''WO 121''' records may be helpful.<ref> Murphy, Sylvia. [https://web.archive.org/web/20201031005657/https://mlarchives.rootsweb.com/listindexes/emails?listname=india&thread=1315759 ThomaSs Pittmans pension record] ''Rootsweb India Mailing List'' 22 April 2011, archived.</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 do not appear to be available online but are available on [[LDS|FamilySearch]] digitised microfilm, [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/315468 catalogue entry]. See [[FamilySearch Centres]] for details.

*[http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/SearchUI/browse/C14329?v=r '''WO 121'''] records. These records are available online on findmypast , refer 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.

=====National Archives Guides=====

*The National Archives have the following research guides:

***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 the National Archives' Discovery catalogue. See "Free online records: 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/help-with-your-research/research-guides/british-army-muster-rolls-pay-lists-1730-1898/ British Army: Muster Rolls and Pay Lists, c1730-1898]

****[https://media.nationalarchives.gov.uk/index.php/webinar-army-musters-just-accounts/ Webinar: "Army musters – more than just accounts"] by William Spencer 13 February 2014.

**Additional guides may be located in [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/help-with-your-research/research-guides/?research-category=military-and-maritime Military and maritime], including

***[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/help-with-your-research/research-guides/courts-martial-desertion-british-army-17th-20th-centuries/ Courts martial and desertion in the British Army 17th-20th centuries] (More on desertion<ref>Campbell, Jeffrey. [https://www.ancestry.com/boards/topics.Military.uk.britarmy/1379.1.1/mb.ashx Deserters from the British Army in the 1800s] ''Ancestry British Army Message Board'' Scroll down to 21 October 2016. Mention of the book ''Deserted (Volume 1)'' by Jeffrey Campbell, available on Amazon. Further title on cover ''Military Deserters in Eighteenth Century Great Britain 1726-1759''. Retrieved 2 June 2019.</ref>).

*[https://web.archive.org/web/20130320010401/http://www.bl.uk/reshelp/findhelprestype/offpubs/ukofficalpub/servlists/armylist.pdf British Library Guide to Service Lists for the [British<nowiki>]</nowiki> Army, Navy and Air Force], now an archived webpage.

===== Online books=====

===India Office military records at the British Library===

The 1921 England and Wales Census, taken on Sunday 19 June 1921, (initially scheduled for April 1921, but delayed) is available on [[Findmypast]] on a pay per view record basis, released 6 January 2022. At release date, and for an extended period up to three years, Findmypast has exclusive rights. The overseas coverage is similar to the 1911 census, and also includes RAF bases overseas, including British military personnel in Ireland, plus the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands.<ref>Search [https://search.findmypast.co.uk/search-world-records/1921-census-of-england-and-wales 1921 Census Of England & Wales] Findmypast. Note the information section "Search tips for the 1921 Census"/"Armed forces". <br>[https://www.findmypast.co.uk/articles/world-records/1921-census---british-armed-forces-overseas 1921 Census - British armed forces overseas] Articles/World Records. Findmypast.</ref>

======1921 Scotland Census======

======1921 Ireland======

There was no census in Ireland in 1921. Censuses in Ireland and Northern Ireland were conducted in 1926. However, members of the British military (British Army, Royal Air Force and Royal Navy), together with H.M. Coastguard Service, across Ireland appear in the 1921 England and Wales Census, part of the category British armed forces overseas.

**:Database "Irish Officers Died In The Great War, 1914-1919" based on the book ''Our Heroes'' which covered the period August 1914 to July 1916. (Introduced 2018/08/10). This database is also available for free from [http://ourheroes.southdublinlibraries.ie/ourheroes Our Heros southdublinlibraries.ie].

***"British Jewry Book Of Honour, 1914-1920", a database from the book ''British Jewry Book Of Honour'' published in 1922, with individual images, (but seemingly not the entire book) available. There is similar database on Ancestry (released 2016/10), consisting of index records only, with the book available on the associated pay site [https://www.fold3.com/browse/250/hI6O-ZPHfcypwQeY4 Fold3], located in World War I. Also available to search or read online for free at [https://www.jewsfww.uk/the-british-jewry-book-of-honour-126.php jewsfww.uk].

***"British Army, Deserters and Absentees In Police Gazette 1914-1919". Selected dates only, not a complete range.<ref>Stewart, Graham. [https://www.greatwarforum.org/topic/230741-new-on-findmypast-deserters-and-absentees-police-gazette-1914-1919/?do=findComment&comment=2296337 New on Findmypast - Deserters and Absentees, Police Gazette, 1914-1919] ''Great War Forum'' 15 August 2015. Retrieved 22 May 2018.</ref>, Note that Findmypast/category Newspapers, and British Newspaper Archive include a database "Police Gazette" with available years (at 10 January 2021) 1773-1776, 1829, 1858, 1880, 1898, 1916-1918 with details on a [https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/titles/police-gazette BNA page]. Appears to be selected dates only, not a complete range.

**Includes the category Military, armed forces & conflict/Second World War which includes the database

:'''Update''': 2018, May. Foot Guards Regiments service records are a separate category and all, (including pre 1921 records), were moved from regimental archives to the Ministry of Defence, August 2017-May 2018, except for Scots Guards service records, which remain in the regimental archives. (Pre 1921 Scots Guards service records are thought to eventually be going to National Records of Scotland, in Edinburgh).

: '''Update''': In February 2021, the MOD began transferring 9.7 million military records for individuals with a discharge date before 31 December 1963 to The National Archives, so the records may be accessible there in the future.<ref>[https://www.whodoyouthinkyouaremagazine.com/tutorials/military/second-world-war-army-records/ "Second World War Army records: Where to find them"] by Phil Tomaselli

:'''Update''' 5 April 2022. The first MOD Service Records are now available, which are Second World War records in the National Archives series WO 420<ref>

Note however that some records may not have survived, such as some records for those who were awarded a disability pension,<ref>

From the end of the Napoleonic Wars until 1847, men were enlisted for twenty-one years, practically for life. From 1847 enlistment was for ten years, later increased to twelve; with a pension after twenty one years for extended service. From 1870, as part of the Caldwell Reforms, “short service” was introduced, where men enlisted for a period of time in the Army, the balance of time in the reserves (total twelve years). The standard term varied over time, including six and six, seven and five, three and nine, nine and three years, <ref> grumpy. [https://web.archive.org/web/20160207052213/http://www.victorianwars.com/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=6122 1870: Short Service] ''Victorian Wars Forum'' 17 October 2011, now archived.<br> Guest (previously QGE). [https://www.greatwarforum.org/topic/243429-cavalry-terms-of-engagement-1902-1914/?do=findComment&comment=2448106 Cavalry: Terms of Engagement 1902-1914] ''Great War Forum'' 27 September 2016. Retrieved 23 May 2018.<br>Muerrisch et al.

[https://web.archive.org/web/20210320235049/https://www.greatwarforum.org/topic/240487-terms-of-service/?tab=comments Terms of Service] ''Great War Forum'' 27 June 2016 et al. now archived (as at 20 March 2021).</ref> but terms may have been modified for regiments going to India.<ref>[http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&d=TS19000303.2.59 The British Army. (By The Right Hon Sir Charles W. Dilke)] ''The Star'' , Issue 6734, 3 March 1900, Page 7 Papers Past, National Library of New Zealand.</ref>

===Wives and families travelling to India===

:[http://www.uniformology.com/S-TITLES-00.html Scarlet into Khaki: Woven & Brass Shoulder Titles worn by British Infantry Regiments 1896-1907] (Incl helmet flash). uniformology.com. Multiple pages of high quality images.

*Uniforms. ''Great War Forum'' topic "British uniforms India 1914", 10 pages, with many photographs. (Details.<ref>Muerrisch et al. [https://www.greatwarforum.org/topic/165361-british-uniforms-india-1914/ British uniforms India 1914] ''Great War Forum'' 24 June 2011 et al. Retrieved 31 October 2020. </ref>)

:[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puttee Puttee] Wikipedia. [http://www.vemra.org/blog/2016/9/30/puttee Puttee tying tutorial] vemra.org. Includes [https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=149&v=PwYzBL-zZmE Puttee [How to put on a puttee<nowiki>]</nowiki>] YouTube video. Includes a few turns in the herringbone style, to help keep a firm fit, 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> [http://smnmcshannon.hubpages.com/hub/World-One-War-Puttees-and-How-to-Wrap-Them "Puttees and How to Wrap Them"] May 31, 2011. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ur3seXl8-14 How to wrap puttees, with crossing turns] by James Heath Jul 9, 2014 YouTube video. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2rJhabYFtmI Mike's guide to WW1 British and Commonwealth puttees] by Mike Everest Sep 12, 2017 YouTube video. [https://www.flickr.com/photos/runninginsuffolk/22914434805/in/album-72157660779215281/ Photograph showing puttees with hose tops, 1935] flickr.com. When worn with shorts, puttees were worn over hose tops, often in regimental colours. (Hose tops were essentially knee socks without the feet in them, issued as a cost saving measure. Short socks were also worn, but hidden).

:[http://www.karkeeweb.com/index.html#home Karkee Web: British & Empire Accoutrements and Personal Equipment of the Twentieth Century]

*[http://www.warof1812.ca/family.htm "A Soldier's Family in the British Army
 during the War of 1812"] 
by Robert Henderson warof1812.ca

*Sample pages [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=iPo8AAAAIAAJ&lpg=PP1&pg=PP7 ''Women of the Regiment: Marriage and the Victorian Army''] by Myna Trustram 1984 Google Books. Available at the British Library UIN: BLL01008755340 .

*[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, although there was a delay before payments were actually made, which caused terrible hardship.

*[http://www.littlehamptonfort.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/Kings-Shilling-3.pdf "The King’s Shilling: Life in army barracks 1855-1871"] in England. littlehamptonfort.co.uk.

*''A History of the Dress of the British Soldier: From the Earliest Period to the Present Time'' by John Luard 1852 [http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100024191639.0x000001 British Library Digital], [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=BNdUAAAAcAAJ&pg=PR1 Google Books] Based on the same book from the British Library. Includes a chapter [http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100024191639.0x000001#?c=0&m=0&s=0&cv=222&xywh=-1%2C-481%2C3856%2C3767 "The Armies of India"] page 113.

:''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.

:[https://archive.org/details/britishmilitaryu00lave ''British Military Uniforms''] by James Laver 1948. A short general history with 24 coloured plates, 20 of which are dated before 1850. James Laver was Keeper of the Departments of Prints and Drawings and of Paintings at the Victoria and Albert Museum from 1938 until 1959. Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library.

:[https://archive.org/details/britishmilitaryu00carm/page/n7 ''British Military Uniforms from Contemporary Pictures: Henry VII to the present day''] by W Y Carman 1957. Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library

:[https://archive.org/details/richardsimkinsun00carm_0/page/n5 ''Richard Simkin's Uniforms of the British Army. Infantry, Royal Artillery, Royal Engineers and other Corps''] by W. Y. Carman. From the collection of Captain K J Douglas-Morris RN. 1985. Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Simkin Richard Simkin] (1850–1926) Wikipedia

:[https://archive.org/details/cavalryuniformsi0000wilk/page/n5/mode/2up ''Cavalry uniforms; including other mounted troops of Britain and the Commonwealth in colour''] by Robert and Christopher Wilkinson-Latham 1969 Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library. Also includes some Indian Army uniforms.

*[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=UycAAAAAQAAJ&pg=PR1 ''The colours of the British army; comprising the standards, guidons, and flags of every Regiment in Her Majesty's Service''] by Robert French McNair 1867 Google Books. The first c 25 pages are general information, although the latter part of the digital file is about the Grenadier Guards.

: ''The British Army : its regimental records, badges, devices, etc.'' by Major J.H. Lawrence-Archer 1888. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.284894 Archive.org version], mirror from Digital Library of India.

*[https://archive.org/details/b21355885 ''The Prevention of Disease in Tropical and Sub-Tropical Campaigns''] by Andrew Duncan Surgeon, Bengal Army 1888 Archive.org

**[https://archive.org/stream/b21355885#page/22/mode/2up Page 22 onwards]. The age of 25 is most suitable for campaigning in the tropics, and no man should be sent to India under age 20.

*[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/lecturesontactic00dykerich ''Lectures on Tactics for Officers of the Army, Militia and Volunteers''] by Lieut.-Colonel F H Dyke. Fifth edition (updated) 1891 Archive.org. Also includes a section on Organisation.

*[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=Bq1BAAAAYAAJ&pg=PR1 ''An Historical Account of the British Army, and of the Law Military, as declared by the ancient and modern Statutes and Articles of War for its Government: with a free commentary on the Mutiny Act, etc''] by E Samuel 1816. [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=Bq1BAAAAYAAJ&pg=PR9 Contents] Includes [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=Bq1BAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA665 "Troops in the East Indies"] page 665. Google Books. [http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_0000000132D8 British Library Digital version].

*[https://archive.org/details/cutters-guide-brit.-mil.-uniforms.-1/mode/2up ''The Cutter’s Practical Guide to Cutting & Making all kinds of British Military Uniforms''] by W D Vincent. Archive.org (Book format). [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 Alternative link] Archive.org, historyoffashiondesign.com, now an archived page, click on pages to enlarge. Pages from an undated publication, but known to be close to 1902.<ref>Frogsmile

[https://www.greatwarforum.org/topic/225848-where-can-i-buy-a-sewing-pattern-for-officers-tunic/?do=findComment&comment=2241295 Where can I buy a sewing pattern for officer's tunic?] ''Great War Forum'' 20 March 2015. Retrieved 23 May 2018.</ref> Pages 2-4 are about rank badges, including those for NCOs, with illustrations.

:[https://archive.org/details/cutters-prac-guide-part-2-coats/page/n1/mode/2up ''The Cutter’s Practical Guide to Cutting Every kind of Garment made by Tailors. Part 2. Body Coats of every description, embracing Morning, ... Naval, Military, ... Garments''] by W D F Vincent 1893. Archive.org. Military and Naval Garments pages 45-49.

:[https://archive.org/details/cutters-practical-guide-waistcoats ''The Cutters’ Practical Guide to Cutting and Making all kinds of Waistcoats for Gentlemen ... Military & Naval Officers ...''] Part Ten. Third Edition by W D F Vincent c 1902. Archive.org.

:[https://archive.org/details/17thedpocketcpgmorris/mode/2up ''Pocket Edition of the Cutters' Practical Guide to the cutting of all styles of men’s garments. Coats. Waistcoats. Trousers. Breeches. Overcoats and Sports and Military garments''] by F R Morris, with chapters on Service uniforms by A A Whife. 17th edition c 1930s. Archive.org. Military from [https://archive.org/details/17thedpocketcpgmorris/page/n105/mode/2up page 106] including Naval and RAF.

*[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

*[https://archive.org/details/britishautobiogr0000matt/page/n5/mode/2up ''British Autobiographies : an annotated bibliography of British autobiographies published or written before 1951''] by William Matthews. [https://archive.org/details/britishautobiogr0000matt/page/364/mode/2up Index Page 365 Soldiers], [https://archive.org/details/britishautobiogr0000matt/page/352/mode/2up Index page 352 India, Military]. 1984 reprint edition, first published 1955. Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library. [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=HY_4aH5ihhUC&pg=PR3 Sample pages Google Books]

*[https://archive.org/details/annotatedbibliog0000bruc/page/n5 ''An Annotated Bibliography of the British Army, 1660-1914''] by A. P. C. Bruce (Anthony Peter Charles) 1975. Archive.org Lending Library

*''Armaments Year-Book : General and Statistical Information'' published by League of Nations, Geneva.

:[https://hdl.handle.net/2027/ien.35556028984169?urlappend=%3Bseq=72 "Great Britain and the British Empire"] page 72,''1924 First Year, 2nd Edition''; [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=KXAAAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA112 "United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland"] page 112 ''1937'' edition; [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.13105/page/n45/mode/2up "United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland"] page 45, ''1940'' edition; HathiTrust/Google Books/Archive.org.

:[https://archive.org/details/calltoarmsbritis0000mess/mode/2up ''Call to Arms : the British Army 1914-18''] by Charles Messenger 2006, first published 2005. Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library.

*''In Search of the "Forlorn Hope" : a comprehensive guide to locating British regiments and their records (1640-WWI)'' by John M Kitzmiller II 1988. [https://archive.org/details/insearchofforlor0001kitz/mode/2up Volume I], [https://archive.org/details/insearchofforlor0002kitz/mode/2up Volume II] Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library.

*[https://archive.org/details/beggarsinredbrit0000stra/mode/2up ''Beggars in Red : the British Army 1789-1889''] by John Strawson 2003, first published 1991. Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library.

:[https://archive.org/details/gentlemeninkhaki0000stra_r1m8/mode/2up ''Gentlemen in Khaki and Camouflage : the British Army 1890-2008''] by John Strawson 2009 (updated), first published 1989. Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library.

:[https://archive.org/details/sahibbritishsold0000holm/mode/2up ''Sahib : the British soldier in India, 1750-1914''] by Richard Holmes 2005. Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library.

:[https://archive.org/details/soldiersarmylive0000holm/mode/2up ''Soldiers : Army Lives and Loyalties from Redcoats to Dusty Warriors''] by Richard Holmes 2011. Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library.

*[https://archive.org/details/followingdrumliv0000venn ''Following the Drum : the lives of army wives and daughters, past and present''] by Annabel Venning 2004. Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library.

*[https://archive.org/details/militarydictiona00voyliala/page/n5/mode/2up ''A military dictionary, comprising terms, scientific and otherwise, connected with the science of war''] by Major-General G E Voyle, retired Royal (Bengal) Artillery. 3rd edition 1876 Archive.org. Contains some Indian words.

*The subscription website ''UK Parliamentary Papers'' includes many Papers and Reports in respect of the British Army. See [[Subscription websites-online newspapers, journals and directories#Other British and Irish publications|Subscription websites-online newspapers, journals and directories - Other British and Irish publications]] for details and suggested access. Your Library needs to have subscribed for the module for your period of interest.

:Reports include ''Report of the Discipline and Management of the Military Prisons 1855'' by Colonel Jebb, published 1856.