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''Army List''s are useful if you are researching an officer. There were Monthly, Quarterly and Annual editions published. Some of these were commercial publications, while some were official War Office publications, The official publications included ''Quarterly Army List''s from 1880 and ''Monthly Army List''s from August 1881. At least during the [[First World War]], only the Monthly Lists cover the officers in “battalion order”<ref> rflory [https://www.greatwarforum.org/topic/228278-army-list-copies-at-kew/?do=findComment&comment=2267381 Army List - copies at Kew?] ''Great War Forum'' 28 May 2015. Retrieved 22 May 2018.</ref>, but this listing probably appeared in earlier publications also. ''Quarterly Army List''s only list regular, career officers and not others such as temporary officers and territorial officers who are to be found in the ''Monthly Army List''s.<ref>rflory. [https://www.greatwarforum.org/topic/236726-army-list-lookup/?do=findComment&comment=2369451 Army List lookup], posts 4 and 10. ''Great War Forum'' 26 February 2016. Retrieved 22 May 2018.</ref> The ''Monthly Army List''s are available on the open shelves at the National Archives and major libraries, (but date ranges may be unclear). Based on library catalogues, Bodleian Libraries University of Oxford, and the National Library of Scotland may have the best collections of ''Monthly Army List''s.

'''For volumes available online''', see the Fibiwiki page '''[[Army List for British Army online‎‎ ]]'''.

===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. Note that the ''Gazette'' entry could sometimes be much later than the actual event.

: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.

:If you have a specific London Gazette reference, you may be able to locate it through the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:London_Gazette_Index Wikipedia:London Gazette Index]

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….”

*[http://www.thepeerage.com/index.htm The Peerage]. A genealogical survey of the peerage of Britain. A free website. Includes

**"Custom Indices" with links to "Index for Battles", including First World War, and Second World War.

===Military records at the National Archives===

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.

*[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1219/ '''British Army WWI Service Records, 1914-1920'''] are WO 363 records.

*[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1114/ '''British Army WWI Pension Records 1914-1920'''] are WO 364 records.

*[https://www.ancestry.co.uk/search/collections/3253/ "Canada, British Regimental Registers of Service, 1756-1900"]. '''Selected regiments only''', from the National Archives series WO 25 War Office Registers. See [[British Army#Miscellaneous online sources| Miscellaneous online sources]] below, for more about these records. WO 25 records are also available as a free download from The National Archives website, refer below.

*[https://www.ancestry.co.uk/search/collections/61804/ UK, Household Cavalry Records of Service, 1799-1920] WO 400 records. Released 19 March 2020. Surviving records of service for non-commissioned officers and other ranks who served in the Life Guards, the Royal Horse Guards and the Household Battalion, and whose Army service concluded in these regiments. WO 400 images are also available on findmypast, refer above.

'''Fold3'''

<br> One of the databases is titled "UK, Royal Hospital Chelsea Pensioner Admission And Discharge Records" with constituent records [1] Royal Hospital, Chelsea: Disability and Royal Artillery Out-Pensions. This record set only contains one piece. [2] "WO 116: Disability and Out-Pensions, Admissions", whose index records are available on Ancestry, refer above. Records to piece 165 (TNA last record WO 116/252); [3] 'WO 117: Length of Service Pensions, Admission Books. Records to piece 77 ; [4] WO 121: Discharge Documents of Pensioners. Records to piece 257; [5] WO 122: Discharge Documents, Foreigners' Regiments" Records to piece 14. The latter record series do not appear to be indexed on Ancestry. Note, not all pieces may be included.

<br>The fold3 database "Ireland, Royal Hospital Kilmainham Pensioner Discharge Documents" in addition to the WO 119 records indexed by Ancestry, also includes the database "Royal Hospital, Kilmainham: Pension Admissions", thought to be from WO 118.

<br>Note: WO 117 records are available as a free download from the National Archives website, refer below, and at least some WO 119, WO 121 and WO122 records are available on findmypast, refer above.

Fold3, an American company, generally provides free access for a limited number of days during the year, as an example 2019-2021 for a few days before and including "Memorial Day", a federal holiday in USA, the last Monday of May. (2021 free access for WW1 and WW2 records, and "Military Books" appears to have extended from c am Friday ET (Eastern Time) (being UTC−05:00; UTC = Greenwich Mean Time) to 11.59 pm ET Monday). 2020 free access for British records, including online books due to VE Day 8 May, with probable free dates 4-10 May (Monday-Sunday). However c October 2020 due to website changes, it is not clear whether Military Books are still considered British records.

=====Chelsea Pensioners=====

'''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.

'''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=====

**[http://search.ancestry.co.uk/search/db.aspx?dbid=60546 UK, British Army Muster Books and Pay Lists, 1812-1817]. In addition there are some rolls outside this date range, from 1779 and also up to 1821. Comprises selected WO 12 muster books and pay lists of the Cavalry, Foot Guards and regular infantry regiments of the line. Also included are special regiments or corps, colonial troops, various foreign legions and troops, garrison battalions, veteran battalions and depots.

**[https://www.ancestry.co.uk/search/collections/4865/ Surrey, England, Regimental Rolls and Recruitment Registers, 1914-1947] from records at the Surrey History Centre, consisting of records from the [[2nd Regiment of Foot|Queen's Royal West Surrey]] and [[East Surrey Regiment]]s, together with some from 21st-24th Battalions, the London Regiment. Details of some records found, and the London Regiment.<ref name=KHB>Keith_history_buff. [https://www.greatwarforum.org/topic/214248-attestation-books-where-they-were-sent-by-the-modnat-archives/?do=findComment&comment=2966792 Attestation books - where they were sent by the MOD/Nat Archives] ''Great War Forum'' 27 December 2020. Retrieved 27 December 2020.</ref> <ref name=LON>[http://www.longlongtrail.co.uk/army/regiments-and-corps/the-british-infantry-regiments-of-1914-1918/london-regiment/ London Regiment] longlongtrail.co.uk</ref>

====Medal Rolls====

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

*[https://archive.org/details/tracingyourfamil0000unse/mode/2up ''Tracing your family history: Army''] published by Imperial War Museum London, catalogued 2006. Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library. Keep in mind that developments in online records will not be covered.

======World War I======

*[https://archive.org/details/locationofbritis0000hold/mode/2up ''The location of British Army records, 1914-1918 4th edition 1999''] by Norman Holding, revised and updated by Ian Swinnerton. Published by Federation of Family History Societies, UK. ([https://archive.org/details/locationofbritis0002hold/mode/2up 2nd edition 1987]) Both Archive.org Books to Borrow. Keep in mind that developments in online records will not be covered.

For those with access to Ancestry, for a helpful '''finding aid''' to locate regimental information, consisting of all overseas including India, and in addition England, Wales and Ireland, but not Scotland, see [[Stations of British Army troops in India#1911 England and Wales Census|Stations of British Army troops in India - 1911 England and Wales Census]]. Also includes Royal Navy, overseas and England, Wales and Ireland, but not Scotland.

======1911 Scotland Census======

*In Scotland, the Census was also taken on the night of Sunday 2 April 1911 and records are available online on the pay website [http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/content/help/index.aspx?r=554&2064 ScotlandsPeople]. There is a separate registration district called Shipping - Royal Navy.<ref>Tawhiri [https://www.greatwarforum.org/topic/202581-1911-census-records-royal-navy-in-england/?do=findComment&comment=3107508 1911 Census Records Royal Navy in ENGLAND] ''Great War Forum'' 1 April 2022.</ref> Records for previous censuses in Scotland are available on [[findmypast]], Ancestry, etc.

======1911 and 1901 Ireland Census======

=====1921 England and Wales Census=====

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

The census in Scotland, recorded on the night of 19 June 1921, was released on ScotlandsPeople (pay website) 30 November 2022. Includes military personnel. <br>[https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/guides/record-guides/census-returns Census returns] Guide. scotlandspeople.gov.uk. Search indexes free of charge and use pay-per-view to view.

======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.

=====1939 England and Wales Register=====

The survey taken on 29th September 1939 was for civilians only, and does '''not''' include

Bibliographies

*[https://archive.org/details/bibliographyofre0000whit/page/n3/mode/2up ''A Bibliography of Regimental Histories of the British Army''] compiled by Arthur S. White 1988 edition. Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library. First published 1965 by Society for Army Historical Research in conjunction with the Army Museums Ogilby Trust, reprinted 1988 and 1992. The 1992 editions is available at the British UIN: BLL01012358760 . The 1965 edition is Searchable but not viewable on the HathiTrust Digital Library. Also currently available in a reprint 1992 edition, which in turn is available online on the Ancestry owned pay website fold3.com, see [[British Army#Historical books online 2|Historical books online]] below. Some sample pages from Google Books for the 1992 reprint edition are also available [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=wmm-BAAAQBAJ&pg=PP1 online].

:These two publications are available on one CD-ROM which is searchable.<ref>[https://www.naval-military-press.com/product/armies-of-the-crownthe-bibliographies-of-their-regimental-histories-great-britian-the-empire-and-the-commonwealth/ Armies of the Crown. The Bibliographies of Their regimental Histories Great Britian, The Empire and the Commonwealth] Naval & Military Press. Check computer compatibility.</ref>

*[https://archive.org/details/bibliographyofbr0000robb/page/370/mode/2up "Regiments"] page 371 ''A Bibliography of British History 1914-1989'' by Keith Robbins 1996 Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library.

***"British Army, Women's Army Auxiliary Corps 1917-1920". These records are only a small percentage of the originals due to later war damage in September 1940. From a FMP article, the records are from The National Archives' WO 162 and WO 368 series, including WO 162/54, WO 162/58, WO 162/62, WO 162/65. (Introduced c 2020/03/06).

**Includes the category Military, armed forces & conflict/First World War which includes the databases

***"Silver War Badge Roll 1914-1920" Transcriptions only, no images. Images are available on Ancestry, see [[Medal Rolls]].

***"British Armed Forces, First World War Soldiers' Medical Records", and a related Browse database. Images. This collection comprises The National Archives’ series, MH 106, War Office: First World War Representative Medical Records of Servicemen. Due to data protection, Findmypast has only published records where the admission year is dated back 100 years. For this reason, more records will be released in the coming years. Transcriptions of this record series are available on Forces War Records, see details below. Currently (2018/12/23) Findmypast appears to have more records. [https://www.longlongtrail.co.uk/soldiers/a-soldiers-life-1914-1918/the-evacuation-chain-for-wounded-and-sick-soldiers/classification-of-wounds-using-by-the-british-army-in-the-first-world-war/ List of Classification of wounds] used in MH 106 records. longlongtrail.co.uk. Some RAMC medical abbreviations.<ref>TEW. [https://www.greatwarforum.org/topic/281721-hospital-for-h-g-w/?do=findComment&comment=2890952 Hospital for h g w?] ''Great War Forum'' 21 May 2020. Retrieved 22 May 2020.</ref>

***"British Armed Forces, First World War Disability & Retirement Payments For Officers & Nurses". The National Archives record series Ministry of Pensions PMG 42- 47 (six series). (Introduced c 2020/03/06).

***"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.

***Database based on the publication ''The National Roll of the Great War, 1914-1918'', (14 Volumes), published c 1920. The vast majority of entries refer to combatants who survived the Great War, but also covers support staff and people such as nurses, war workers and other civilians. Entries were compiled by subscription, submitted by individuals or families. This database is available on Ancestry as "England, The National Roll of the Great War, 1914-1918" which however contains only 11 of the 14 volumes.

***Database based on the publication ''Ireland's Memorial Records, 1914-1918: being the names of Irishmen who fell in the Great European War'' (8 Volumes). The Findmypast database is "Ireland's Memorial Record: World War 1: 1914-1918", and there is a similar database on Ancestry "Ireland, Casualties of World War I, 1914-1922".

**: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

:Another database is "UK, Naval and Military Courts Martial Registers, 1806-1930", index records only with images on Fold3 under the title UK, Courts Martial Registers.

*'''Forces War Records''', a pay website, (owned by Ancestry since c May 2021) 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>consisting of transcriptions 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 [https://www.greatwarforum.org/topic/234729-military-hospitals-admission-and-discharge-register-forces-war-record/?do=findComment&comment=2345354 Military Hospitals Admission and Discharge Register: Forces War Record] ''Great War Forum'' 25 December 2015. Retrieved 22 May 2018.</ref>. Images from this record series are available on Findmypast, refer above, which also appears to have more records (as at 2018/12/23).

===Army personnel serving after January 1921===

:'''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>

[https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/about/news/first-mod-service-personnel-records-now-available/ First MOD Service Personnel Records Now Available] 5 April 2022. nationalarchives.gov.uk<br> [https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/browse/r/r/C17508500 WO 420 The Corps of Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers Other Ranks: Service Records 1942-1963]</ref>, aspects are set out in [https://cdn.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documents/mod-service-records-collection-faqs.pdf The MOD Service Records Collection] (TNA). Also available WO 421<ref>[https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/browse/r/r/C17682287 WO 421 Selected Smaller Corps Other Ranks: Service Records 1939-1963]</ref> from 22 June 2022, and WO 422 <ref>[https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C17866205 WO 422 War Office: Infantry Over Age Other Ranks: Service Records, Second World War] Possibly from MOD account code 11010.</ref> from October 2022.

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

===Other===

*'''Harrington Prayer Rooms''' were set up in all the major cantonments for use as a 'Soldiers' Scripture Reading and Prayer Room'. <ref>‪JaneyH [https://web.archive.org/web/20140113234509/http://www.whodoyouthinkyouaremagazine.com/forum/topic10112.html “‪Mystery army photo - 1890s? India?”] Who Do You Think You Are? Forum 11 January 2014, archived.</ref>

:Circa the WW1 period, beards were forbidden unless you were a Pioneer-Sergeant. Exceptions could be allowed for medical reasons, and the regulation did not apply to chaplains.<ref> Clifton, Ron. [https://www.greatwarforum.org/topic/262007-beards-in-ww1/?do=findComment&comment=2654398 Beards in WW1.] ''Great War Forum'' 17 June 2018 and PhilB et al. [https://www.greatwarforum.org/topic/51262-beards/ Beards] ''Great War Forum'' 22 April 2006. Retrieved 17 June 2018</ref>

*[https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/413553/ '''These Meritorious Objects of the Royal Bounty ...' The administration of the out-pension of the Royal Hospital, Chelsea in the early eighteenth century''] by Andrew Edward Cormack, 2016 University of Southampton Doctoral Thesis.

*[http://www.armyrecordssociety.org.uk/Index.htm Army Records Society]. Established in 1984, its object is to edit and publish manuscripts relating to the Army and to reprint works of military interest.

===Historical books online===

*''Military Antiquities Respecting a History of the English Army: From the Conquest to the Present Time'' by Francis Grose 1801. [https://archive.org/details/militaryantiquit01grosuoft/page/n7/mode/2up Volume I], [https://archive.org/details/militaryantiquit02grosuoft/page/n7/mode/2up Volume II] Archive.org. There were earlier editions 1786-88.

*''The Royal Military Calendar, Or Army Service and Commission Book: Containing the Services and Progress of Promotion of the Generals, Lieutenant-generals, Major-generals, Colonels, Lieutenant-colonels, and Majors of the Army, According to Seniority: with Details of the Principal Military Events of the Last Century Third Edition'' by John Philippart 1820 Google Books [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=ETmnfShFw-8C&pg=PR1 Volume 1], [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=vg6zfusHsSAC&pg=RA1-PR3 Volume 2], [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=uQt4PleGb8QC&pg=PP11 Volume 3], [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=bNbre3lCAawC&pg=PP11 Volume 4], [http://books.google.com/books?id=e_BhWkIKNUoC&pg=PP15 Volume 5]

**[https://archive.org/details/historyofbritish01fort/page/n8 Volume 1]; [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), [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.209324 Maps And Plans Vol. 9] (1920); [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); [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.236131 Volume 13, 1852-1870] (1930), [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.

*''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

:''The Victoria Cross in Afghanistan and on the frontiers of India during the years 1877, 1878, 1879 & 1880 : how it was won'' related by W.J. Elliott 1882. Part of the series ''Deeds of Daring Library''. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.80165/page/n3 Archive.org version], missing map, mirror from Digital Library of India.

*[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. With coloured illustrations. First published 1887. Catalogued 1890.

*[https://archive.org/details/victorianarmyinp00clam ''The Victorian Army in Photographs''] by David Clammer 1975. Archive.org Lending Library

*[https://archive.org/details/victorianarmyath0000skel/page/n7/mode/2up ''The Victorian Army at Home: the recruitment and terms and conditions of the British Regular, 1859-1899''] by Alan Ramsay Skelley 1977. Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library.

*[https://archive.org/details/armyinvictorians0000harr/page/n5 ''The Army in Victorian Society''] by Gwyn Harries-Jenkins 1977. Archive.org Lending Library

*[https://archive.org/details/ramblingsoldierl0000unse ''The Rambling Soldier : life in the lower ranks, 1750-1900, through soldiers' songs and writings''] edited by Roy Palmer 1977. Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library.

*[https://archive.org/details/oxfordillustrate00davi ''The Oxford Illustrated History of the British Army''] by David Chandler 1994. Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library.

:[https://archive.org/details/oxfordhistoryofb0000unse_a7w7/mode/2up ''The Oxford History of the British Army''] General editor David Chandler 1996. Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library.

*[https://archive.org/details/redcoatbritishso0000holm_l6u9 ''Redcoat : the British soldier in the age of horse and musket''] by Richard Holmes 2001. [https://archive.org/details/redcoatbritishso0000holm/page/n3/mode/2up 2nd file]. 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.