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→Attestation, or Enlistment books (Army Book 358) from 1920
''Great War Forum'' thread [https://www.greatwarforum.org/topic/214248-attestation-books-where-they-were-sent-by-the-modnat-archives/ Attestation books - where they were sent by the MOD/Nat Archives] started by Justin 11 July 2014. Retrieved 14 May 2018.</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 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 enlistment 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. Records for the Coldstream Guards and the Scots Guards are also on Findmypast as part of the database "British Army Service Records", see [[British Army#Findmypast|above]].
Enlistment book records for the Royal Army Service Corps and Royal Army Ordnance Corps are available on the pay website RLC Digital Library, see [[Royal Army Service Corps#External links|Royal Army Service Corps]]
