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*[[Medals]]
*[[Medal Rolls]]
 
==FIBIS resources==
*[http://www.fibis.org/shop/researching-ancestors-indian-army-1858-1947/ ''FIBIS research guide No. 3: Researching ancestors in the Indian Army, 1858-1947''] by Peter A Bailey 2014.
:The book guides the reader through the various stages of the development of the Indian Army and covers aspects including the structure of the army, campaigns, the various regiments, as well as details of how to find information on officers, NCOs and other ranks; attestation, training, service history, leave, pensions, wills, etc. There is also a soldier’s detailed career path illustrating what can be found in the various records cited in the book. Available from the FIBIS Store.
*FIBIS database: [http://search.fibis.org/frontis/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=browse_components&id=679&s_id=137 Soldiers’ and Widows’ Pension details -1896] IOR/L/MIL/14/214 & 215. Includes previous members of the [[Bengal Army|Bengal]], [[Madras Army|Madras]] and [[Bombay Army|Bombay Armies]], including men from the [[Unattached List]]. May also include a few members of the Indian Army which officially was formed in 1895. These records are available on LDS microfilm 2029979 Items 1-2 with [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/show?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fcatalog-search-api%3A8080%2Fwww-catalogapi-webservice%2Fitem%2F774116 catalogue entry], however the FIBIS database record contains all the information available in the microfilm.
*Review by Richard Morgan of ''A Soldier’s Story'' in ''FIBIS Journal Number 26 Autumn 2011'', page 52. For details of how to access this article, see [[FIBIS Journals]]. The review may also be read in this [http://www.newhavenpublishing.co.uk/review.html link], along with other reviews.
:[http://www.newhavenpublishing.co.uk/publishing.html Details] of the book ''A Soldier’s Story-From the Khyber Pass to the Jungles of Burma: The Memoir of a British Officer in the Indian Army 1933-1947'' by John Archibald Hislop, edited by Penny Kocher 2010.
== British Indian Army Cavalry==
===Prince Consort's Library===
The [[Prince Consort's Library]], Aldershot, Hampshire contains a large number of pre Independence Indian Army regimental histories.
 
==FIBIS resources==
*[http://search.fibis.org/frontis/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=browse_components&id=679&s_id=137 Soldiers’ and Widows’ Pension details -1896] IOR/L/MIL/14/214 & 215. Includes previous members of the [[Bengal Army|Bengal]], [[Madras Army|Madras]] and [[Bombay Army|Bombay Armies]], including men from the [[Unattached List]]. May also include a few members of the Indian Army which officially was formed in 1895. These records are available on LDS microfilm 2029979 Items 1-2 with [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/show?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fcatalog-search-api%3A8080%2Fwww-catalogapi-webservice%2Fitem%2F774116 catalogue entry], however the FIBIS database record contains all the information available in the microfilm.
*Review by Richard Morgan of ''A Soldier’s Story'' in ''FIBIS Journal Number 26 Autumn 2011'', page 52. For details of how to access this article, see [[FIBIS Journals]]. The review may also be read in this [http://www.newhavenpublishing.co.uk/review.html link], along with other reviews.
:[http://www.newhavenpublishing.co.uk/publishing.html Details] of the book ''A Soldier’s Story-From the Khyber Pass to the Jungles of Burma: The Memoir of a British Officer in the Indian Army 1933-1947'' by John Archibald Hislop, edited by Penny Kocher 2010.
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