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British Library holdings
==Records==
===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://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://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a/records.aspx?cat=059-iorlps_7-1&cid=1-1-8-69#1-1-8-69 '''IOR/L/PS/20/H143'''] Roll of rewards and promotions of officers and men of the Indian Army and departments, and of Royal Artillery and Royal Engineer officers and men attached to Indian units, serving in the undermentioned forces:- France (A) East Africa, including Cameroons (B) Mesopotamia (D) Egypt, including Sudan (E) Gallipoli, including Salonica (G) Indian Frontier Indian area, including Aden, Perim, Somaliland, Gulf of Oman, and China Up to and including [https://www.thegazette.co.uk/ "London Gazette"] dated 11th May 1917 and "Indian Gazette" dated 3rd February 1917 [?London: India Office, 8th edn, 1917]
*[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://hviewer.bl.uk/IamsHViewer/Default.aspx?mdark=ark:/81055/vdc_100000000047.0x0001ed '''IOR/L/MIL/17/5/2380-2420'''] Military Department Library: Indian Army First World War - General ‎ (1914-1931)
*[http://hviewerdiscovery.blnationalarchives.gov.uk/IamsHViewerbrowse/Default.aspx?mdark=ark:r/8105538fde128-a3e0-4e61-80ac-fdb7e735a81f/vdc_100000000047.0x0001ee 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
29,535
edits

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