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*The National Archives have the following research guides:
**[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/records/looking-for-person/britisharmyofficerbefore1913.htm Looking for records of a British Army officer up to 1913]
***Regarding records mentioned in this link, note that WO 76 records are available to download free as pdf files from [httpthe National Archives' Discovery catalogue. See "Free online records://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documentsonline/digital-microfilm.asp National Archives: Documents Online: Digital Microfilm]" (link follows later in this section). For Army Lists, see [[Military periodicals online#New Annual Army List|Military periodicals online-New Annual Army List]]
***[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/records/research-guides/army-officers-1660-1913.htm British Army officers up to 1913: further research] (Military Records Information 4)
**[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/records/looking-for-person/officerbritisharmyafter1913.htm Looking for records of a British Army officer after 1913]
***[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/records/research-guides/british-army-soldiers-discharge-and-pension-records.htm British Army soldiers up to 1913: further research] (Military Records Information 5)
***[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/records/research-guides/army-muster-1730-1898.htm British Army: Muster Rolls and Pay Lists, c1730-1898] (Military Records Information 7)
**[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/records/looking-for-person/britisharmysoldierafter1913.htm Looking for records of a British Army soldier after 1913] **[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/help-with-your-research/research-guides/free-online-records-digital-microfilm/ Free online records: digital microfilm]. Includes a number of records in the WO series, including WO 25, War Office and predecessors Registers; WO 42 War Office: Officers’ Birth Certificates, Wills and Personal Papers; WO65 War Office: Printed Annual Army Lists; WO 76 War Office: Records of Officers’ Services, etc. Download through the record references in the National Archives' Discovery catalogue.
*The National Archives has published the book ''Army Records: A Guide for Family Historians '' by William Spencer 2008. 160 pages. It is mainly about records in the National Archives and the India Office at the British Library. It contains a chapter "The British Army in India and the Indian Army", in addition to over twenty chapters about British Army records.
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