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"I enquired at the National Archives in Delhi and received 150 pages of my grandfather's service record. An enquiry doesn't cost any money until they copy documents for you. The process is slow but well worth the wait". D. Fielder 14 April 2011.<ref> WW2Talk Forum thread [http://ww2talk.com/index.php?threads/british-indian-army-records-where-are-they.18823/#post-360157 British Indian Army records - where are they?] by D. Fielder dated 14 April 2011.</ref> Subsequently he advised "My grandfather was in the IMS… I received it [the record] within 3-4 months".<ref>Fielder, David.
[http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/india/2016-06/1466544649 IAMC Records] ''Rootsweb India Mailing List'' 21 June 2016. Retrieved 22 June 2016.</ref> Some earlier advice is contained in “How to Retrieve Indian War Records” a WW2Talk Forum post dated 2 July 2009.<ref>[http://ww2talk.com/forumsindex.php?threads/topic/15940-how-to-retrieve-indian-war-records .15940/ How to Retrieve Indian War Records ], a WW2Talk Forum post dated 2 July 2009 by 'Elven6'</ref>
The writer of this section sent an email request in October 2013, using the email address previously quoted. A reply was received seven weeks later, but unfortunately no record is available, (nor is there a record at the British Library).
