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Locating a regiment
*The publications [[Military periodicals online #New Annual Army List| New Annual Army List]] and [[Military periodicals online #New Army List|New Army List]], some of which are available on [[Military periodicals online]] contain details of the regiments in the British Army for each year of publication. The details of each regiment in each volume will usually include where the regiment is garrisoned at that point of time. This is often located at the very top of the page which gives details of the regiment. As an [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=XysdAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA276 example], the 2nd Battalion of the [[24th Regiment of Foot]] was stationed at Secunderabad, Madras, page 276 ''The New Annual Army List for 1869'', shown in the top left hand corner.
**[https://web.archive.org/web/20120808222131/http://www.remthepast.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/location.html Location of British Army Infantry and Cavalry Regiments 1878-1891] Remembering The Past, now archived. Transcriptions from Army Lists. Note, data is spread across the web page, and you may need to widen out the web page.
*''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. 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.
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