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There are India Office records in the British Library, reference [http://hviewer.bl.uk/IamsHViewer/Default.aspx?mdark=ark:/81055/vdc_100000000015.0x0002fc '''IOR L/MIL/14''']. The records include Indian Army Records of Service [http://hviewer.bl.uk/IamsHViewer/Default.aspx?mdark=ark:/81055/vdc_100000000026.0x000010 '''IOR/L/MIL/14/239-72481'''] c 1901-1947. It appears unlikely that these records contain men in the Volunteer or [[Auxiliary Regiments]]. Previously the catalogue entry advised that 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. However, this wording does not now appear. 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]] or it can be searched by name on [http://searcharchives.bl.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?vid=IAMS_VU2 British Library archive search]. '''Note''' <nowiki>*</nowiki>The majority of files date from the 1930s. '''<nowiki>*</nowiki>'''Generally there will not be files for officers who retired, as officer papers were presented to them on retirement.,<ref>Matthew B [http://1914-1918.invisionzone.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=226713&p=2251459 Major CAK Johnson, 1st Bengal Lancers (Skinner's Horse) Great War?] ''Great War Forum'' 15 April 2015.Retrieved 15 April 2015</ref> which is illustrated by a researcher finding a relative’s Indian Army service records in an old family suitcase.<ref>ShirlD [http://1914-1918.invisionzone.com/forums/index.php?/topic/247349-indian-army-trivia/&do=findComment&comment=2494314 Indian Army Trivia] ''Great War Forum'' 14 February 2017. Retrieved 17 February 2017.</ref> '''<nowiki>*</nowiki>'''It is not known whether the search facility only locates names where there is an open file.