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→Temporary Commissions & Indian Army Reserve of Officers 1917-1921
Finally the volume contains an index of 815 British Army other ranks commissioned into the Indian Army during the First World War. Fuller reference is shown as WO339 (pieces 139092 -139906) held at [[The National Archives]] – (See War Office: Officers' Services, First World War, Long Number Papers (numerical) in [[First_World_War#External_links_2|External links]]
The British Library has the book, in five volumes, covering the First World War, ''Alphabetical list giving particulars of officers of the Indian Army Reserve of Officers / [issued by] Army Headquarters, India, Military Secretary’s Branch''. The catalogue entry states "Contents: [v.1]. 26th June 1916 _ v.2. 24th January 1917 _ v.3. 31st December 1917 _ v.4. 30th June 1918 _ v.5. 31st December 1918". The shelfmark is OIR 355.37 Open Access . There are also the records, Applications for appointments to the India Army Reserve of Officers (1916-1918) IOR/L/MIL/9/552 to IOR/L/MIL/9/552. Search by name, in the [http://searcharchives.bl.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?dscnt=1&dstmp=1486166294496 British Library's Archives and Manuscripts] catalogue.
:[http://search.fibis.org/frontis/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=browse_components&id=1039&s_id=176# FIBIS database: A List of Officers (I.A.R.O.) recruited to or Re-engaged during the Year 1916 and up to the middle of January 1917]
