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*''Indian Army List''s will generally provide full details of British Cavalry and British Infantry Regiments in India and contain a Distribution of the Royal Artillery in India. Refer to the Content pages to locate the entries. Some earlier publications may also provide similar information. For editions online, see [[Indian Army List online]].
*The publication ''Aldershot Military Gazette'' contained regular entries for "Stations of the British Army", see [[Military periodicals online#Aldershot Military Gazette|Military periodicals online]].
*The publication [[Military periodicals online#The United Service Journal and Naval and Military Magazine|''The United Service Journal and Naval and Military Magazine'']], which changed title over time, some of which are available on [[Military periodicals online]] also contain details of the regiments in the British Army for at least some periods, perhaps all. Stations of the British Army are generally tabulated within the “Editor’s Portfolio”, but sometimes separately. Examples**[https://hdl.handle.net/2027/nyp.33433081657201?urlappend=%3Bseq=677 "Corrected to 15 November 1884"] page 669, ''1884'' and [https://hdl.handle.net/2027/nyp.33433081657177?urlappend=%3Bseq=373 "Corrected to 26 March 1888", page 373 ''[1888)]''. HathiTrust.
*For those able to visit the National Archives at Kew, there are catalogue entries [http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/SearchUI/browse/C1868016?v=r WO 379/11 Stations of regiments 1859-1900] and [http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/SearchUI/browse/C1868020?v=r WO 379/15 Stations of regiments 1901-1920] Examples of the type of records available are [https://web.archive.org/web/20141025122718/http://maltaramc.com/imgsellstromr/52nd.jpg WO 379/11 details for the 52nd Regiment] and [https://web.archive.org/web/20150101133938/http://maltaramc.com/imgsellstromr/2northampt.jpg WO 379/15 details for the 48th Regiment], both now archived webpages, but previously from respective regiments pages from the website [http://maltaramc.com/index.html maltaramc.com]. These records are part of the [http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/SearchUI/browse/C14583?v=r '''WO 379'''] series "Disposition and Movement of Regiment, Returns and Papers (Regimental Records)"
:'''WO 25''' records [http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/browse/r/h/C77309 Embarkation Returns] and [http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/browse/r/h/C77310 Disembarkation Returns] may also be useful. Records are filed in date of sailing sequence.<ref>sotonmate. [https://www.greatwarforum.org/topic/275141-troop-transports/?do=findComment&comment=2806891 Troop transports] ''Great War Forum'' 30 September 2019. Retrieved 30 September 2019.</ref> Embarkation records show Officers (named), the number of Other Ranks per unit, and the military cargo carried. As an example, an image of a record from WO 25/3544 shows officers and men from M M Gun No. 22 Battery leaving on the Ship 'Beltana' for India from Devonport on 26th February 1916.<ref>pjwmacro. [https://www.greatwarforum.org/topic/249397-22nd-battery-machine-gun-corps-motors/?do=findComment&comment=2517355 22nd Battery Machine Gun Corps (Motors)] ''Great War Forum'' 22 April 2017. Retrieved 22 May 2018.</ref> '''Note''': Selected WO 25 records are available as a free download from the National Archives, through TNA's Discovery catalogue, and selected WO 25 records are also available on the Ancestry database "Canada, British Regimental Registers of Service, 1756-1900. <ref>[http://search.ancestry.co.uk/search/db.aspx?dbid=3253 Canada, British Regimental Registers of Service, 1756-1900] Ancestry. Contains WO 25/266–558, 632–634, 677–683, 686–688, 3913–3914, 5411-5516.</ref>
