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<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 contains a category [https://www.fold3.com/browse/251/hTGb85NZ8 Military Books] (In the Search use the search term "Military Books" (previously located in World War IIInternational, but covering all periods, or in Internationalnot at 1 Oct. 2020)) which contains many online Naval & Military Press reprint books relating to both the British Army and the Indian Army. There are also additional titles in the War categories other than World War II, catalogued under the actual title, (not generally under Military Books, although WWI and International contains a category Australia Military Book Collection, which also covers other varying periods periods, (also located in International) which appear to be original scans from "Gould Genealogy and History"/[https://www.gould.com.au/australian-and-states-military-collection/au0-u24/ "Australian and States Military Collection"]).
Fold3, an American company, generally provides free access for a limited number of days during the year, as an example in 2019 for a few days before and including the military related "Memorial Day", a federal holiday in USA, the last Monday of May. (Free access appears to have extended from c am Friday Greenwich Mean Time (or UCT) to 11.59 pm GMT of the Tuesday immediately following). 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.
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