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===British Library holdings===
*'''Also see [[Medal Rolls]]''' for British Library records in respect of '''rolls of honours and rewards'''.
*[http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/rd/0b5342e7-83de-4b2a-ac2f-75c1a7f1080e '''IOR/L/MIL/14/142'''] 1914-1921. Indian Army Officers Casualty Returns: Alphabetical lists of casualties by death among British officers of the Indian Services in the Great War giving rank, age, unit, date, place and cause. Possibly may provide information additional to the Commonwealth War Graves Commission database information (refer below). [http://britishlibrary.typepad.co.uk/untoldlives/2014/07/indian-army-officer-deaths-in-world-war-one.html British Library article] about these records, which indicates Warrant Officer (Conductor) deaths are included.
*[http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/rd/fc8fd140-56ee-4636-b79b-2059d5a88176 '''IOR/L/MIL/15/22'''] British Army in India: Burial returns of officers and others in India, 1914-1918. Also available on LDS microfilm [https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/774124?availability=Family%20History%20Library 2029981] ([[FamilySearch Centres#Ordering microfilms|Ordering microfilms]]). Possibly may provide information additional to the Commonwealth War Graves Commission database information (refer below)
*[http://hviewer.bl.uk/IamsHViewer/Default.aspx?mdark=ark:/81055/vdc_100000000028.0x000124 '''IOR/L/MIL/7/17154-18939'''] Collection 425 First World War 1914-1918 (1914-1920)
*[http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/browse/r/38fde128-a3e0-4e61-80ac-fdb7e735a81f/cfirst '''IOR/L/MIL/17/5/2421-4246'''] 1914-1921. Military Department Library: Indian Army First World War - War Diaries. These volumes include Indian Army Casualty Returns, explained in the British Library article [http://britishlibrary.typepad.co.uk/untoldlives/2014/09/finding-indian-soldiers-who-served-in-world-war-one.html "Finding Indian soldiers who served in World War One"].
*The Military Department Library also contains items relating to the First World War catalogued according to regions including [http://hviewer.bl.uk/IamsHViewer/Default.aspx?mdark=ark:/81055/vdc_100000000047.0x000215 '''IOR/L/MIL/17/15/41-138'''] Iraq (1914-1944)
*''History of the Great War based on official documents by direction of the Historical Section of the Committee of Imperial Defence''. Consists of 108 volumes published 1920-1949. The different volumes are explained in this link from [http://www.1914-1918.net/official.html www.1914-1918.net]. Includes **Mesopotamia: ''The Campaign in Mesopotamia, 1914-1918, Volumes 1-4'' by Brigadier-General F.J. Moberly , Some volumes are available online, see below, and **Egypt. The British Library catalogue entry is: ''Military Operations, Egypt & Palestine, etc.'' [With maps and plans.] by MacMunn, George Fletcher, Sir, K.C.B., and Falls (Cyril B.) 5 pt. London, 1928-30. Series: ''History of the Great War based on Official Documents''. One volume is available online, see below.
*''An account of the operations of the 18th (Indian) Division in Mesopotamia, December 1917 to December 1918, with the names of all the units which served with the division and a nominal roll of all the officers'' by Walter Edward Wilson-Johnston 1919.
*See also Temporary Commissions & Indian Army Reserve of Officers 1917-1921, above
