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The official title was Army in India Reserve of Officers or A.I.R.O, but it was also known as the Indian Army Reserve of Officers, or I.A.R.O. Applications to the I.A.R.O are held in the British Library and itemised online in the [http://searcharchives.bl.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do Catalogue] Browse by searching under term IARO or by entering name of soldier (surname first!)
Some, or perhaps all, appointments were promulgated in the ''London Gazette'', which may be searched online [httphttps://www.london-gazettethegazette.co.uk/search hereLondon Gazette]'', which may be searched online.
There are India Office Records at the British Library called Collection 397 Reserve of Officers [http://hviewer.bl.uk/IamsHViewer/Default.aspx?mdark=ark:/81055/vdc_100000000028.0x0000f8 '''IOR/L/MIL/7/16215-16279'''] 1886-1940 .Another item is the publication ''Regulations for the Army in India Reserve of Officers 1939''. Delhi: Defence Dept, 1939. [http://hviewer.bl.uk/IamsHViewer/Default.aspx?mdark=ark:/81055/vdc_100000001395.0x00035b '''IOR/L/MIL/17/5/654'''] 1939
