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*One online source providing incomplete but highly useful information, is:
:[https://web.archive.org/web/20190330085422fw_/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. ([https://web.archive.org/web/20200507070713/http://isp.ans.com.au/~rampais/genelogy/india/indexes/kitz.htm Regiments], [https://web.archive.org/web/20190330085628/http://isp.ans.com.au/~rampais/genelogy/india/indexes/kitz2.htm Locations]) . From Bob Holland’s Rampais website, archived. Kitzmillers's two volume book is available at the British Library UIN: BLL01010128905
*[https://carlcgsc.libguides.com/Home Ike Skelton Combined Arms Research Library [CARL<nowiki>]</nowiki>] (U.S. Army Command and General Staff College, Fort Leavenworth USA) includes an . Then select Resources/Digital Collections and scroll down to, and select the online collection, 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 ''.
:To access the contents, there is the [http://cgsc.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/singleitem/collection/p4013coll11/id/1277/rec/3 Nafziger orders of battle collection : finding aid] (link to a pdf download which 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.
:The finding aid is Searchable. There are title headings such as ''Stations of British Troops in 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]] . Also on that page (near the bottom) is a version of the Nafziger finding aid available on Archive.org.
:*[[Stations of the Royal Artillery in India]]
