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:The links for the following catalogue references are National Archives Discovery links. For British Library equivalent links, search directly in the British Library’s [http://searcharchives.bl.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?vid=IAMS_VU2 "Search our Catalogue Archives and Manuscripts"].
*[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] (see [[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/a57e57ab-3203-48d8-a165-e0563119d72b '''IOR/L/MIL/17/5/1133-1231'''] Military Department Library: Indian Army Divisional and Brigade Movement Programmes/Distribution Lists. The dates appear to be for 1914/early 1915, and 1920 only. Most are titled "Distribution of the troops...."
*[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 '''IOR/L/MIL/17/5/2421-4246'''] 1914-1921. Military Department Library: Indian Army First World War - '''War Diaries'''. These :The entries which include War Diary in the individual entry are from IOR/L/MIL/17/5/3001. War diary, Army Headquarters India, Indian Expeditionary Force 'A' [France]. IOR/L/MIL/17/5/3086-3149; IE Force 'B' and ‘C’ [East Africa] IOR/L/MIL/17/5/3150-3222; IE Force 'D' [Mesopotamia] IOR/L/MIL/17/5/3223-3892, including IOR/L/MIL/17/5/3788 A table of the contents of the war diaries of the Mesopotamian Campaign; IE Force 'E'/'E' & 'G'/Egypt and F. IOR/L/MIL/17/5/3893-3950; IE Force 'G' [Mediterranean] IOR/L/MIL/17/5/3951- 3953; Aden Force IOR/L/MIL/17/5/3954-4056; India, Afghan War IOR/L/MIL/17/5/4057-4065; India, Frontier Operations IOR/L/MIL/17/5/4066-4121; Persia IOR/L/MIL/17/5/4122-4223.:Some of these volumes include are 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.
