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A limited number Additionally, there are publications from the Military Department Library in respect of [[LDS]] (Mormon) microfilms are available. the Indian Army, catalogue entry [http://www.familysearchnationalarchives.gov.org/eng/libraryuk/fhlcataloga2a/supermainframesetrecords.aspaspx?displaycat=titlehitlist059-iorlmil_8-2_3-1&columnscid=1-1-1#1-1-1 '''IOR/L/MIL/17/5''' ] 1854-1947 including*%2C0%2C0&keyword''Indian Army List'' [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a/records.aspx?cat=%22Indian+Army%22+%22India+Office%22059-iorlmil_8-2_3-1&prekeywordcid=%22Indian+Army%22+%22India+Office%22 Library catalogue entries1-1-1-1#1-1-1-1 '''IOR/L/MIL/17/5/1-219'''] using keyword search “Indian Army” and “India Office” include "The India Office list, 1886 1889-1940 : containing an account 1947*Stations of the services Army in India Distribution Lists/Lists of the officers in the Indian service and other information" available on microficheUnits [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a/records.aspx?cat=059-iorlmil_8-2_3-1&cid=1-1-1-23#1-1-1-23 '''IOR/L/MIL/17/5/771-1132'''] 1908-1947
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There are India Office records in the British Library, reference [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a/records.aspx?cat=059-iorlmil_8-1&cid=1-2#1-2 '''IOR L/MIL/14''']. The records include Indian Army Records of Service [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a/records.aspx?cat=059-iorlmil_8-1&cid=1-2-13#1-2-13 '''IOR/L/MIL/14/239/1-72481'''] c1901-1947. The closure period for these files has been set at 75 years from the date of entry of the serviceman/woman into the service. The files are opened on an annual basis. On 1 January 2010, files relating to persons joining the service in 1934 were opened. A complete alphabetical index to the opened files is now available on open access in the Asian & African Studies Reading Room at the [[British Library]]
Earlier Indian Army Lists may be found in India Office Serials [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a/records.aspx?cat=059-iorv_1&cid=1-6#1-6 '''IOR/V/6'''] 1768-1948 including*''Indian Army and Civil Service'' List'', from January, 1861 '''IOR/V/6/125-156''' 1861-1876*''India List Civil and Military, from January, 1877 '''IOR/V/6/157-191'' 1877-1895 These are available as LDS microfilms and appear in the [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=778871 LDS catalogue] as ''An East-India register and directory''. The LDS catalogue also has an [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=578082&disp=The+India+Office+list%2C+1886%2D1940&columns=*,0,0 entry] for "The India Office list, 1886-1940 : containing an account of the services of the officers in the Indian service and other information" available on microfiche. These may be equivalent to the Indian Army Lists (see above), but the range of dates is slightly different, so the exact relationship between the two Lists is unclear. A limited number of additional [[LDS]] (Mormon) microfilms are available in respect of the Indian Army with [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlehitlist&columns=*%2C0%2C0&keyword=%22Indian+Army%22+%22India+Office%22&prekeyword=%22Indian+Army%22+%22India+Office%22 Library catalogue entries] using keyword search “Indian Army” and “India Office” [http://www.naval-military-press.com/indian-army-list-1919.html Naval and Military Press] has published the Indian Army List 1919, a four-volume comprehensive list of the Indian Army during the Great War. It includes its British officers and gives details of ranks, promotions, background, honours and awards of all who served in India and other theatres. It is unclear Refer [[Directories online]] for mainly pre 1861 Army Lists available online included in the ''East-India Register & Directory''. However currently (December 2010) there is an 1869 Indian Army List available online.
[http://www.unithistories.com/officers/IndianArmy_officers_A01.html Indian Army Officers 1939-1945] from World War II Unit Histories & Officers
