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→Attestation, or Enlistment books (Army Book 358) from 1920
====Attestation, or Enlistment books (Army Book 358) from 1920====
Following the restructure of the Army in 1920, new Attestation, or Enlistment books (Army Book 358) were introduced, the originals of which were sent to various Regimental Museums in the early 2000s <ref>
Great War Forum thread [http://1914-1918.invisionzone.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=214248&hl= Attestation books - where they were sent by the MOD/Nat Archives] started by Justin 11 July 2014</ref> Some of these records are now in regional Record Offices and Archives. The [[National Army Museum]] holds these records for some regiments, including the five Irish Regiments disbanded in 1922 - the latter may be [http://www.nam.ac.uk/soldiers-records/persons Searched online], and images viewed, on the NAM website for free (released online c September 2016/9). The index records from the NAM also are in a [[findmypast]] dataset "British Army, Irish Regimental Enlistment Registers 1877-1924", (released 2017/11) but the images are only on the NAM website.
The attestation records for the Royal Artillery and the Tank Corps<ref>[http://search.findmypast.co.uk/search-world-Records/royal-artillery-attestations-1883-1942 Royal Artillery Attestations 1883-1942]. This is a misleading title. Records have been seen from 1919, and possibly there may be some for 1918, but not before. [http://search.findmypast.co.uk/search-world-Records/royal-tank-corps-enlistment-records-1919-1934 Royal Tank Corps Enlistment Records, 1919-1934] findmypast.</ref>are available from 1919 online on the pay website [[Findmypast|findmypast]], located in the category Armed forces & conflict/Regimental & service records.
