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***"British In Argentina 1914-1919". Both transcripts and images of the original publication, ''Activities of the British Community in Argentina During the Great War 1914-1919'', published in 1920, also available [https://archive.org/details/brit-argentina-grt-war Archive.org] (free) and for photos [https://www.ukphotoarchive.org.uk/activities-of-the-british-community-in-argentina-during-the-great-war-1914-1919 ukphotoarchive.org.uk].
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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 British Library holdings, including regimental and regional lists, from 1642, see the BL guide [https://www.bl.uk/britishlibrary/~/media/subjects%20images/government%20publications/pdfs/service-list-army-navy.pdf?la=en "Service Lists for the Army, Navy and Air Force"]. (This is a download to your computer which you may need to locate in your downloads folder.)[https://archive.org/details/servicelistsarmynavyairfguide Archive.org version].
'''For volumes available online''', see the Fibiwiki page '''[[Army List for British Army online ]]'''.
: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]
===Landed Gentry genealogical /high social status=======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….”
*[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.
=====Historical books online=====*See [[Peerage and landed gentry genealogical books online]]====School records====Many schools which catered for this section of society are still in existence, and may be able to supply records, sometimes including photographs.<br>The first few pages of a 1919 book include a [https://archive.org/details/recordofwarservi00grea/page/n11/mode/1up list of some of the well known schools then in existence] (The rest of the book relates to War Service) Archive.org. Note there will be other schools not on this list. ====Sandhurst====Many officers attended the Royal Military College Sandhurst, England. See [[British Army#Other 3|External links, Other]] below.
===Military records at the National Archives===
***"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
***"Britain, First World War Campaign Medals" Transcriptions only, no images. Images are available on Ancestry, see [[Medal Rolls]]. The National Archives, Kew record series WO 329.
***"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>
***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 Rolls Of Honour and Nominal Rolls, First World War". From miscellaneous published books, including what was previously a separate database based on the book ''Activities of the British Community in Argentina During the Great War 1914-1919'', published in 1920, also available [https://archive.org/details/brit-argentina-grt-war Archive.org] (free) and for photos [https://www.ukphotoarchive.org.uk/activities-of-the-british-community-in-argentina-during-the-great-war-1914-1919 ukphotoarchive.org.uk].
***"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''' 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.
:'''Update''' 2 March 2023. The National Archives announced on Twitter that the contract to digitise the first tranche of (MOD) service personnel records had been awarded to Ancestry UK. [https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/+/https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/about/our-role/plans-policies-performance-and-projects/our-plans/ministry-of-defence-service-records/ "Ministry of Defence service records project"] TNA, undated, accessed 24 March 2023, now archived 29 Jul 2023 at webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk. The first record series to be digitised are WO 419-422.
Note however that some records may not have survived, such as some records for those who were awarded a disability pension,<ref>
:[https://archive.org/details/dli.ernet.237709/page/n3/mode/2up ''The Empire and the Army''] by John Fortescue 1928 Archive.org. Written as a text book for those soldiers in the ranks studying for the highest certificate of education.
*''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
*[https://archive.org/details/victoriacrossindia/page/n7/mode/2up ''The Victoria Cross in India''] by Major Knollys c 1886 Archive.org. Part of the series ''Deeds of Daring Library''. The Victoria Cross awarded in India during the Indian Mutiny.:[https://archive.org/details/dli.pahar.0972 ''The Victoria Cross in the Colonies and Gallant Sepoys and Sowars''] by William Wallingford Knollys. Catalogued 1880. (Note: catalogued title includes ''Soward''.) Archive.org mirror from PAHAR Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset. Part of the series ''Deeds of Daring Library''. Includes details of the Victoria Cross awarded in India after the Indian Mutiny, those during the Mutiny being covered in a previous book ''The Victoria Cross in India''. First part to page 85, 2nd part to page 176.
:''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.
