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*[[British Army#Other Pension Records|British Army - Records - Other pension records]]
*[[British Army#Other sources|British Army - Records - Other sources]]
**[[British Army#Soldiers’ wills| Soldiers’ wills]]
**[[British Army#Soldiers’ effects records at the National Army Museum|Soldiers’ effects records at the National Army Museum]]
**[[British Army#WFA WW1 pension record cards|WFA WW1 pension record cards]]
**[[British Army#WW1 Prisoners of War - ICRC Archives|WW1 Prisoners of War - ICRC Archives]]
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*Yeats-Brown, Francis ''Lives of a Bengal Lancer'' . An autobiographical account of a Bengal Lancer covering the period from 1905 until the end of the First World War. Describes his deployment in India, France and Mesopotamia. See review in [[Biographies reading list]].
* Spencer, William ''First World War army service records : a guide for family historians'' The National Archives, 2008 See Review in [[Military reading list]].
==Records=====British Library holdings===
*[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://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)
**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
*See also [[Indian Army]]
===Other===
*See also
**[[British Army#Other Pension Records|British Army - Records - Other pension records]]
**[[British Army#Other sources|British Army - Records - Other sources]]
***[[British Army#Soldiers’ wills| Soldiers’ wills]]
***[[British Army#Soldiers’ effects records at the National Army Museum|Soldiers’ effects records at the National Army Museum]]
***[[British Army#WFA WW1 pension record cards|WFA WW1 pension record cards]]
***[[British Army#Prisoners of War - ICRC Archives|Prisoners of War - ICRC Archives]]
* British Red Cross [http://www.redcross.org.uk/About-us/Who-we-are/History-and-origin/First-World-War First World War Volunteers]. Free online Search of British Red Cross record cards for their Volunteers during WW1, many of whom were women. This is a work in progress, and surnames starting with A through E are currently (January 2015) available.
== Related articles ==
*[[Salonica and the Balkans]]
*[[Medals]]
*[[Medal Rolls]]
*[[POW Camps in India#First World War|POW Camps in India - First World War]]
*[[50th Regiment of Foot#Kent Cyclist Battalion (Territorial Force)| Kent Cyclist Battalion]]
*[[Imperial Service Troops]]. Troops provided by the [[Princely States]]
