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British Library holdings
*[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)
*'''IOR/L/MIL/7/17154-18939''' Collection 425 First World War 1914-1918 ‎ (1914-1920). There is no TNA catalogue link, but it appears most of the records have been destroyed.
*[http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/browse/r/h/2245a61e-db5d-4ed7-a900-7e41e407bfaa '''IOR/L/MIL/17/5/245-299'''] 1903-1947. Military Department Library: Indian Army Orders. Includes volumes coving the war years from '''IOR/L/MIL/17/5/256''' 1914*[http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/browse/r/h/132e4f2a-85f4-4e25-b244-dc0281cbd3c8 '''IOR/L/MIL/17/5/2380-2420'''] Military Department Library: Indian Army First World War - General ‎ (1914-1931)*[http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/browse/r/h/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://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/browse/r/h/2c7b217f-7802-4c2d-b617-e55a03fd22c6 '''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]. Some volumes are available online.
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