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There are many ways to find out locations at which a regiment was stationed. More labourious methods include tracking through the muster rolls, army lists or station lists published in newspapers. Many of our regiment articles include a timeline of major stations. One online source providing incomplete but highly useful information, is:
*[http://isp.ans.com.au/~rampais/genelogy/india/indexes/kitz1.htm Indian portion of ''In Search of the 'Forlorn Hope': A Comprehensive Guide to Locating British Regiments and their Records (1640-WWI)'' by John M Kitzmiller] - lists the location/year of all British regiments that served in India and related regions. ([http://isp.ans.com.au/~rampais/genelogy/india/indexes/kitz.htm Regiments], [http://isp.ans.com.au/~rampais/genelogy/india/indexes/kitz2.htm Locations]) . From Bob Holland’s Rampais website. Kitzmillers's two volume book is available at the British Library UIN: BLL01010128905
*[httphttps://cgsccarlcgsc.contentdmlibguides.oclc.orgcom/cdm/landingpage/collection/p15040coll6 The Nafziger Collection of Orders of Battle, Home Ike Skelton Combined Arms Research Library [CARL<nowiki>]</nowiki>](U.S. Army Command and General Staff College, United States ArmyFort Leavenworth USA) includes an online collection, hosts a PDF catalogue including the Nafziger Collection of Orders of Battle which includes lists of “Stations of British Troops in India” (and a wider list for the whole army) transcribed from the sources such as the ''Army and Navy Gazette ''. There :To access the contents, there is a the [http://cgsc.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/refsingleitem/collection/p4013coll11/id/1277 Finding Aid/rec/3 Nafziger orders of battle collection : finding aid] (link to a pdf downloadwhich depending on your browser you may need to locate in your downloads folder) to assist in navigating the titles available for viewing, and the links to those titles. :It appears best to use the binoculars icon to search the Finding Aid. The search facility seems designed so that the words you enter only are found if they are next to each other, so you will need to use just one word such as ''India'', or use phrases which finding aid is Searchable. There are title headings such as ''Stations of British Troops in India'', (not Stations India) (available 1836-1904), ''British Regiments Serving in India'', (available 1816-1835), ''Distribution of the British Army'' (available 1836-1868, 1872, 1899-1903) ''Stations of the British Army'' (available 1869-1904). The latter two titles include British troops in India. For specific lists from '''1862''', see
:*[[Stations of British Army troops in India]]
:*[[Stations of the Royal Artillery in India]]
: Note that for some computers/browsers, in the past it may was not be possible to search the Finding Aid, but this situation may have improved. If this is still the situation, "British Regiments Serving in India" 1816 is located on page 167. "Distribution of the British Army" 1836 is located on page 168. Alternatively use your internet Search engine with terms such as nafziger "Stations of the British Army" and a date.
:Note that publications such as ''Army and Navy Gazette'' and ''Naval & Military Gazette'' used as the source of the Nafziger data, are now available online for some years, see [[Military periodicals online]].
