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[[British Army]] Records of Courts Martial are held at [[The National Archives]].
* For full details of Courts Martial and reports relating to General Courts Martial see the online research guide produced by the National Archives, [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/cataloguerecords/rdleafletresearch-guides/army-courts-17th-20th.htm Courts martial and desertion in the British Army 17th-20th centuries (Military Records Information 22)]**[http://discovery.aspnationalarchives.gov.uk/SearchUI/browse/C14296?sLeafletIDv=28&j=1 British Armyr WO 88] 1878-1945 Judge Advocate General's Office: District Courts MartialRegisters, 17thIndia. This series comprises registers of district courts martial in India from the Judge Advocate General's Office. These district courts martial tried only non-20th Centuriescommissioned officers and other ranks. The registers of charges give, in tabulated form, the name, rank and regiment of each prisoner, place of trial, nature of the charge and sentence. The registers cover the period 1878 to the end of the Second World War, with some twentieth century gaps.**[http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/SearchUI/browse/C14298?v=r WO 90] (Note there are separate references relating to 1779-1960. Judge Advocate General's Office: General Courts Martial held Registers, Abroad. The registers of charges give, in India). tabulated form, the name, rank and regiment of each prisoner, place of trial, nature of the charge and sentence, and cover trials of both officers and other ranks
*(There are no similar records for minor offences handled by regimental courts martial – but mention of these may be found on a soldier’s record of service).
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