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*[[:Category:Organisations]] has links to a number of military historical societies which publish journals containing articles about India, including the now closed [[Indian Military Historical Society]], which publishes published the journal ''Durbar''.
*[[Postal Service]] for some details during Military Campaigns.
*[[5th Regiment of Bengal (Light) Infantry|5th Light Infantry]] for 1915 Singapore Mutiny
The links for the following catalogue references are National Archives Discovery links. For British Library equivalent links, search directly in the British Library’s "Search our Catalogue Archives and Manuscripts" link above.
There are India Office records in the British Library, reference [http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/browse/r/h/30346e87-7f04-47dc-9c3f-6176d4596cba '''IOR L/MIL/14''']. The records include Indian Army Records of Service [http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/8104f4f4-178f-4c70-bdc4-ac5e570e256d '''IOR/L/MIL/14/239-72481'''] c 1901-1947, stated to "cover mainly European personnel". 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 Archives and Manuscripts search]. '''Note''' <nowiki>*</nowiki>The majority of files date from the 1930s. '''<nowiki>*</nowiki>''' "It was the policy for a very long time that on retirement of a regular IA officer to give them their service record when they did retire, and in the case of officers died in service the papers were sent on to the family as a rememberence. That is why if you are researching a regular IA officer of the period say 1900 - 1930 the papers will '''not''' be there. After 1930 you get a selection of papers but not the full lot - these seem to be a mixed bag.<ref>Matthew B. [https://www.greatwarforum.org/topic/97932-3rd-skinners-horse/?do=findComment&comment=950005 3rd Skinner's Horse] ''Great War Forum'' 30 June 2008. Retrieved 13 December 2018.</ref> This policy is illustrated by a researcher who found a relative’s British Army, and Indian Army service records through to 1947, in an old family suitcase.<ref>ShirlD [https://www.greatwarforum.org/topic/247349-indian-army-miscellanea/?do=findComment&comment=2494314 Indian Army Miscellanea] ''Great War Forum'' 14 February 2017. Retrieved 13 December 2018.</ref> '''<nowiki>*</nowiki>'''It is not known whether the search facility only locates names where there is an open file. <br>Note, index records for this database are also available on [[Findmypast]] in the dataset "Indian Army Records Of Service 1900-1947" located in Military, Armed Forces & Conflict/Regimental & Service Records.
Additionally, there are publications from the Military Department Library in respect of the Indian Army, catalogue entry [http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/browse/r/h/6f45402b-a1fb-457d-963e-237c34a24729 '''IOR/L/MIL/17/5'''] 1854-1947 including
====Other records in India====
*[https://usiofindia.org/cafhr-2cmhcs/ Centre For Armed Forces Historical Research (CAFHR)], The United Service Institution of India. This Centre may be able to offer advice about military records in India.
*Article [http://tribune.com.pk/story/204911/treasure-trove-awesome-/ "Treasure trove: Awesome collection in awful condition"] by Sonia Malik 8 July 2011, ''The Tribune'', Pakistan, gives details of records held at the Lahore Museum in respect of over 100,000 Indian soldiers who served in the British Army during the [[First World War]].
:'''Update''' [https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/ludhiana/british-indian-army-undivided-punjab-soldiers-recordes-world-war-i-7615838/ "Registers accessed from Lahore Museum digitised, records of WW-1 soldiers from undivided Punjab now a click away"] by Divya Goyal 10 November 2021. indianexpress.com. Phase-1 of the platform [http://www.punjabww1.com Punjab & World War One] will be launched with details of three districts – Ludhiana, Jalandhar (then Jullundur) and Sialkot (now in Pakistan).
*State Archives in India, such as West Bengal State Archive, may have records. See [[Indian Libraries and Archives]]. Note however, access may be restricted to persons connected with a university or recognised institution.
*This [http://samilitaryhistory.org/vol141jb.html article]<ref>[http://samilitaryhistory.org/vol141jb.html "Lieutenant-Colonel Seton Churchill and the financial lessons of the African campaigns, 1879-1902"] by J Black ''Military History Journal Volume 14 No 1 - June 2007'' South African Military History Society. ([https://web.archive.org/web/20130726010522/http://samilitaryhistory.org/vol141jb.html archive.org] link)</ref> briefly states that "in South Africa [2nd Anglo-Boer War, 1899–1902] there were a large number of officers and natives lent by India" and favourably mentions the Indian Military Accounts Department. [http://www.ladysmithhistory.com/a-to-z/indians/indians-in-the-boer-war/ Indian Army units in the Boer War] from "Ladysmith History & The Boer War". ([https://web.archive.org/web/20131127090736/http://www.ladysmithhistory.com/a-to-z/indians/indians-in-the-boer-war/ archive.org] link). Also see [[Boer War]]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20141224003551/http://www.indianmilitaryhistory.org/ Center for Indian Military History] from Orders of Battle (orbat.com). now archived, is an index page which has links to articles such as “British-Indian Army: Imperial Service Troops 1888-1918”, “Indian Infantry Regiments of World War I: 1st Brahmans through 30th Punjabis “, “Indian Army, 1939” and the “British Indian Army”. The page [https://web.archive.org/web/20141030135904/http://www.orbat.com/site/history/index.html History] also has some links about the Indian Army pre 1947 which do not appear to be included in the previous index page. As this site is now archived, some articles may not be available.
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20210126022531/http://www.king-emperor.com/index.html For the King-Emperor.com] ''The Indian Army during on campaign 1901-1939'', now archived. Photos, histories, profiles etc.*[httphttps://cgsc.cdmhostcontentdm.comoclc.org/cdm4digital/item_viewer.php?CISOROOT=collection/p4013coll3&CISOPTR=/id/384&CISOBOX=1&REC=/rec/1 "British colonial experience in Waziristan and its applicability to current operations"] by Matthew W Williams, 2005 from Combined Arms Research Library Digital Library. [https://archive.org/details/DTIC_ADA436296 Archive.org mirror version]. *[httphttps://cgsc.cdmhostcontentdm.oclc.comorg/cdm4digital/item_viewer.php?CISOROOT=collection/p4013coll3&CISOPTR=/id/1209&CISOBOX=1&REC=/rec/1#metajump "The Indian Army in Africa and Asia 1940-1942 Implications for the planning and execution of two nearly- simultaneous campaigns"] by Major James Scudieri, 1995 from Combined Arms Research Library Digital Library . [https://archive.org/details/DTIC_ADA300990 Archive.org mirror version].
*[http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armyunits/indiancavalry/indiancavalrypre1857.htm Indian Cavalry] British Empire website
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=eJ-avmU6o80C&printsec=frontcover&dq=Bengal+Cavalry+Regiments+1857-1914&ei=-nDGSZukMpHaMbqWvOwN Bengal Cavalry Regiments 1857-1914] Google Books
*[https://collection.nam.ac.uk/detail.php?acc=1978-11-17-1 Photograph: Kullah, other ranks' (Sepoys'), Field Service Order, Universal pattern, Indian Army, 13th Frontier Force Rifles, 1937 (c)]. National Army Museum
*[http://www.europeana1914-1918.eu/en/europeana/record/9200176/BibliographicResource_3000047052622 Photograph: Officers of the 4th Cavalry [Neuf Berguin, France, WW1<nowiki>]</nowiki>]. Photographer: H. D. Girdwood . To enlarge photograph, click on "View item at: The British Library"
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20190607141723/http://www.king-emperor.com/12th%20Cavalry-%20Lt.Col.H.W.Grace%20MC%20Probyns%20Horse-ke.jpg Photograph: Lt.Col.H.W.Grace M.C., Probyn’s Horse] ''King-Emperor.com. , The Indian Army on campaign 1900-1939'', now archived. Photograph is located in Photos/Officers & Other Ranks/[https://web.archive.org/web/20200220124136/http://king-emperor.com/Photographs%20-%20Indian%20Army%20British%20Officers.html Indian Army British Officers]. *[https://booksarchive.google.com.auorg/details/lastofbengallanc0000inga/page/n115/mode/books?id=PUt-AwAAQBAJ&pg=PA92-IA6 1up Photograph: Francis Ingall when commanding the bodyguard to H E the Governor of the Punjab, Governor’s Cup Day, 1934 [Lahore Racecourse<nowiki>]</nowiki>] and [https://booksarchive.google.com.auorg/details/lastofbengallanc0000inga/page/n110/mode/books?id=PUt-AwAAQBAJ&pg=PA92-IA1 1up Photograph: Francis Ingall at Miri Khel Camp, October 1930] ([[6th Duke of Connaught's Own Lancers|6th Lancers]]) following page 92 ''The Last of the Bengal Lancers'' by Francis Ingall Google 1988 Archive.org Booksto Borrow/Lending Library.
*[http://www.militarysunhelmets.com/2012/british-puggarees-2-3-4-and-6-folds "British Puggarees 2, 3, 4 and 6 Folds"] by Stuart Bates. MilitarySunHelmets.com
*[https://archive.org/details/dli.granth.106413/page/n440/mode/1up 1895 photograph] of two British officers wearing Peshawari, or North West Frontier Chaplis (military sandals) made of thick leather with studded sole, as favoured by PFF [Punjab Frontier Force] (‘piffer’) units.<ref>Photograph is between pages 358-359 ''Chitral: the Story of a Minor Siege'' by Sir George S Robertson 1898 Archive.org. Also see Frogsmile et al. [https://web.archive.org/web/20180312231252/http://www.victorianwars.com/viewtopic.php?f=80&t=12325 Chitral Uniform Capt. Charles VF Townshend] ''Victorian Wars Forum'' 3 Mar 2018, now archived. Retrieved 27 August 2019.</ref>
*[http://books.google.co.nz/books?id=WgYTAAAAYAAJ&pg=PP11 ''East India Military and Budget Estimates. Session 5 February-21 August 1867''] ''House of Commons Accounts and Papers, Volume 15'' Google Books
*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=xSNYAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA1 ''Abolition of the bonus system in the Indian Army''] compiled by Lt.-Col. J.C. Phillips, retired list, late Bengal Army. 1869 Google Books
*[https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/012224477 ''The Victoria Cross in India''] by Major Knollys 1886, first published c 1877. Awards for the [[Indian Mutiny]]. HathiTrust Digital Library, available to those in areas such as North America. Also [https://wwwbooks.google.com.au/books/edition/_/?id=DnY4AQAAMAAJ Google Books version], USA etc access only.
:[http://pahar.in/wpfb-file/1880-the-victoria-cross-in-the-colonies-and-gallant-sepoys-and-soward-by-knollys-s-pdf/ ''The Victoria Cross in the Colonies and Gallant Sepoys and Sowars''] by William Wallingford Knollys. Catalogued 1880. (Note: catalogued title includes ''Soward''.) Link to a pdf download PAHAR Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset. [https://archive.org/details/dli.pahar.0972 Archive.org mirror version]. Includes details of the Victoria Cross awarded in India after the Indian Mutiny. First part to page 85; 2nd part to page 176, or 91 pages of text.
:[https://wwwbooks.google.com.au/books/edition/Gallant_Sepoys_and_Sowars/eZABAAAAQAAJ?hlid=en&gbpv=1eZABAAAAQAAJ&pg=PP1 PA5 ''Gallant Sepoys and Sowars''] by Major Elliott and Lieut-Col. Knollys 1882 (although catalogued 1889). 176 pages of text. Google Books. Both books were part of the series ''Deeds of Daring Library''.
*Series title ''Her Majesty's Army; a descriptive account of the various regiments now comprising the Queen's forces, from their first establishment to the present time'', by Walter Richards. [https://archive.org/details/dli.venugopal.405/page/n1/mode/2up [Volume III<nowiki>]</nowiki> ''Her Majesty's Army: Indian And Colonial Forces''] With Coloured Illustrations. [https://archive.org/details/dli.venugopal.402/mode/2up 2nd file, Vol III] c 1891 Archive.org, K.K. Venugopal Collection.
*[https://archive.org/stream/armybookforbrit00daltgoog#page/n472/mode/2up "Part III The Army in India and Colonial Forces"] page 442 ''The Army Book for the British Empire: A Record of the Development and Present Composition of the Military Forces and their Duties in Peace and War'' by William Howley Goodenough R A and James Cecil Dalton R A. 1893. HMSO. Archive.org. Includes Indian Army.
*[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.285040 ''Indias Fighters''] Full title: ''India's Fighters: their Mettle, History and Services to Britain'' by Saint Nihal Singh 1914 Archive.org, Digital Library of India Collection.
*''Five Years in India: Comprising a Narrative of Travels in the Presidency of Bengal, a Visit to the Court of Runjeet Sing, Residence in the Himalayah Mountains, an Account of the Late Expedition to Cabul and Affghanistan, Voyage Down the Indus, and Journey Overland to England'' by Henry Edward Fane, late Aide-de-Camp to his Excellency the Commander-In-Chief in India. [https://archive.org/details/fiveyearsinindiavol1 Volume I], [https://archive.org/details/fiveyearsinindi00fanegoog Volume II] 1842 Archive.org. The author travelled with his regiment to Ceylon in 1835, where he was soon appointed to the staff of his uncle, General Sir Henry Fane, who was Commander-In-Chief in India.
*[https://archive.org/details/dli.pahar.1610/page/n1/mode/2up ''Leaves from the Diaries of a Soldier and Sportsman during twenty years’ service in India Afghanistan Egypt and other countries 1865-1885''] by Lt.-General Sir Montagu Gilbert Gerard 1903 Archive.org, mirror from PAHAR: Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset. [https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Dictionary_of_National_Biography,_1912_supplement/Gerard,_Montagu_Gilbert Biographical details from Dictionary of National Biography, 1912 supplement] wikisource. Born 1842, he had a varied Army career, including Royal Artillery, Bengal Staff Corps, various missions and commissions, and took part in many military campaigns.
*[https://archive.org/details/avariedlifearec00gordgoog ''A varied life: a record of military and civil service, of sport and of travel in India, Central Asia and Persia 1849 -1902''] by Gen. Sir Thomas Edward Gordon. 1906 Archive.org. He initially served in the British Army with the [[61st Regiment of Foot]], with the 52nd (briefly), became on attachment, 2nd in command, and then in command, of the [[7th Regiment of Punjab Infantry|7th Punjab Infantry]], Bengal Army for approximately 20 months, during the [[Indian Mutiny]], [https://archive.org/stream/avariedlifearec00gordgoog#page/n46/mode/2up page 21], was then with the 25th (in England) and exchanged into the [[95th Regiment of Foot|95th]] in order to return to India, which he did in in 1860, appointed to the Indian Army Indian Staff Corps 1862, appointed to the Kashgar Mission in 1873. Finished his service in India in February 1887. To Persia in 1889, as Military Attache and Oriental Secretary to Her Majesty’s Legation at Tehran until late 1892.
*[https://archive.org/details/flyonwheelorhowi00lewiiala/page/n7/mode/2up ''A fly on the wheel; or, How I helped to govern India''] by Lieut.-Col. Thomas H Lewin 1912. [https://archive.org/details/dli.csl.6879/page/n1/mode/2up 1885 edition] with illustrations. Archive.org. He arrived in India 1857, expecting to join the Bengal Army, but was appointed as an officer in the British [[34th Regiment of Foot|34th Regiment]]; was with the Police from 1861. In 1866 he was appointed to officiate as Superintendent of Hill Tribes in the Chittagong Hill Tracts, then permanently appointed Deputy Commissioner and Political Agent of the Hill Tracts of Chittagong. He was also appointed as a Captain in the Bengal Staff Corps, so he appears to have been "attached" as a Political Agent. He retired due to health issues c mid 1870s.
*[https://archive.org/details/dli.venugopal.824/page/n17/mode/2up “The Simplicity of Yesterday”] by Field–Marshal Sir Claude Auchinleck page 8 ''The Times of India Annual 1949''. Note missing pages 11-12. Then continues [https://archive.org/details/dli.venugopal.824/page/n73/mode/2up page 77] and pages 79 and 81. Archive.org, K.K. Venugopal Collection. This volume is also available at the British Library UIN: BLL01002827019 . Auchinleck joined the 62nd Punjabis in 1904. The latter pages include details about the structure of a regiment c 1904, and the training of men.
*[https://archive.org/details/lifeinindianoutp00cassiala/page/n9 ''Life in an Indian Outpost''] [Buxa Duar, North East India] by Major Gordon Casserly, Indian Army, first published c 1910. Archive.org. Also see Fiction, below.
*[httphttps://searchfind.slv.vic.gov.au/MAIN:Everything:SLV_VOYAGER197595 permalink/61SLV_INST/s6pvau/alma991975953607636 ''The Indian Army A B C : being a record of some of those depressing events that occur in the daily life of every Officer of the Indian Army''] by Myauk [John William Jerome Alves] 1915. With download link, State Library of Victoria. [http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/87039 Direct link]. The quoit mentioned in Q for Quoit is known as a Chakram or Chakkar. [http://www.whoosh.org/issue8/rudnick6.html 'What The Heck Is A Chakram, Anyway?"] by Bret Ryan Rudnick.
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/undertenviceroys00woodiala#page/n7/mode/2up ''Under Ten Viceroys: the Reminiscences of a Gurkha''] by Major-General Nigel Woodyatt 1922 Archive.org . The author, who was in a British Army regiment, arrived in India c 1883, and was subsequently appointed to the Indian Army where he held many positions.
*[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.38633/page/n321 "The Defence of India"] page 273 ''The Life of General Lord Rawlinson of Trent: from his journals and letters'' edited by Major-General Sir Frederick Maurice 1928 Archive.org. Rawlinson became Commander-in Chief in India at the end of 1920, until he died in March 1925. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Rawlinson,_1st_Baron_Rawlinson Henry Rawlinson, 1st Baron Rawlinson] Wikipedia.
:[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.276895/page/n1/mode/2up ''The Pattern Of War''] by Lieut. General Sir Francis Tucker 1948 Archive.org.
*[https://archive.org/details/life-among-the-pathans-khattaks/mode/1up ''Life Among The Pathans (Khattaks)''] by Buster Goodwin 2nd edition 1999, first published 1969. Archive.org. Colonel Eric Goodwin of the Indian Army was posted to Jatta in the Kohat District, [[North West Frontier Province]] in 1927. He subsequently also held civilian roles. He remained in Pakistan after Partition, until he died in 1981, and appears in the following [https://es-la.facebook.com/QissaKhwani/videos/farewell-british-india-1947/1076838415782370/ Qissa Khwani video]. [https://web.archive.org/web/20200625214245/https://www.himalayanclub.org/hj/39/25/in-memoriam-39/ Obituary]. '''Note''': The book has been filmed two pages to each digital page, also some pages are "on the side" so difficult to read on a fixed computer screen.
*[https://archive.org/details/lastofbengallanc0000inga/mode/2up ''The Last of the Bengal Lancers''] by Francis Ingall 1988. Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library.
*[https://archive.org/details/dli.pahar.3453/page/n1/mode/2up ''Memories of the British Raj: a Soldier in India''] by Brigadier R C B Bristow 1974. Archive.org, mirror from PAHAR: Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset. Born 1900, Bristow joined the Indian Army in 1918, and spent most of his career with the 38th/17th Dogras until he left India January 1948, having been involved with trying to protect refugees from the massacres which followed Independence.
*''The Travels of Risaldar Shahzad Mir Khan'' of the 11th K E O Lancers (Probyn’s Horse), who enlisted 14th February 1882, died 1924. Translated extracts from his autobiography ''Shah Safar Sair-i-Dunya'', in Urdu, official text-book for the elementary Urdu examination. [https://archive.org/stream/in.ernet.dli.2015.284708/2015.284708.Usi-Journal#page/n345/mode/2up '''Part I'''] includes the Herat Boundary Commission under General Lumsden in 1885, page 326-340 and [https://archive.org/stream/in.ernet.dli.2015.284708/2015.284708.Usi-Journal#page/n569/mode/2up '''Part II'''], Journey to Tibet and China, with Capt. M S Wellby 18th Hussars 1895-1896, pages 543-553 ''Journal of the United Service Institution of India, Volume 62, 1932'' Archive.org; [https://archive.org/stream/in.ernet.dli.2015.280027/2015.280027.Usi-Journal#page/n121/mode/2up '''Part III'''] Africa with Captain Wellby in 1898-99, pages 114-122; [https://archive.org/stream/in.ernet.dli.2015.280027/2015.280027.Usi-Journal#page/n211/mode/2up '''Part IV'''] England, pages 204-214. ''Journal of the United Service Institution of India, Volume 63, 1933'' Archive.org. (Captain Wellby wrote two books about these expeditions, see [[11th Prince of Wales's Own Lancers]]). Published later as ''The life & adventures of K.B. Risaldar Shahzad Mir : O.B.I. (1863-1924) : 11th (K.E.O.), Bengal Lancers (Probyn's Horse)'' with the contents given in this [https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/6491400 catalogue entry] (nla.gov.au).
*[https://archive.org/stream/illustratednava05unkngoog#page/n143/mode/2up "Indian Life: The Cantonment Magistrate"] by Major-General de Berry, page 120 ''The Illustrated Naval and Military Magazine, Volume 8, 1888''. Archive.org. The Cantonment Magistrate was invariably a military officer of one of the Indian Staff Corps.
**[https://archive.org/stream/in.ernet.dli.2015.206513/2015.206513.Report-Of#page/n133/mode/2up "Conditions of Service of Followers"] page 87 . Recommendations.
:[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.35547 ''Report Of The Army In India Committee 1919-20 Part II''] Archive.org, Public Library of India Collection.
*[httphttps://dspace.gipe.ac.in/xmlui/handle/10973/36694 ''The Army in India and Its Evolution: Including an account of the establishment of the Royal Air Force in India''] 1924. Compiled Officially. Digital Repository of GIPE (Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics [Pune, India]). A pdf download to your computer. Also available [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.207847 Archive.org version].
*[http://cslrepository.nvli.in//handle/123456789/7986 ''India's Army''] by Major Donovan Jackson 1940. Central Secretariat Library (CSL) [Delhi] Digital Repository. [https://archive.org/details/dli.csl.7986/mode/2up Archive.org mirror version].
*[http://wellcomelibrary.org/item/b19395371#?c=0&m=0&s=0&cv=0 ''Short History of the Indian Army''] by Lieutenant Colonel B.N. Majumdar 1971. Reprinted from ''The Bulletin'', Military Historical Society. Wellcome Library Digital Collection.
*[https://archive.org/details/matterofhonour0000maso ''A Matter of Honour''] by Philip Mason 1974. Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library. Additional title on cover: ''An account of the Indian Army, its officers and men''.
*[https://archive.org/details/indianarmygarris0000heat/page/n1/mode/2up ''The Indian Army : The Garrison of British Imperial India, 1822-1922''] by T A Heathcote 1974. A volume in the series ''Historic Armies and Navies''. A comment elsewhere said [contains] "... important detail concerning organisation, recruitment and pay". Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library.
*[https://archive.org/details/sonsofjohncompan0000gayl/mode/2up ''Sons of John Company : the Indian and Pakistan Armies 1903-91''] by John Gaylor 1992. Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library.
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/catalogueofbooks00cockrich#page/n1/mode/2up ''A catalogue of books relating to the military history of India''] drawn up by Maurice J.D. Cockle 1901 Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.278755 ''Handbook For Indian Cavalry''] By F.W.P. [Frederick William Pakenham] Angelo 1898. Published at Allahabad. Archive.org, Public Library of India Collection.
*[https://archive.org/details/cavalry-journal-1934-vol24/page/375/mode/2up "The Silladar Cavalry of India"] by Thistle page 376 ''The Cavalry Journal'' Volume 24 1934. Archive.org
:A follow on article [https://archive.org/details/cavalry-journal-1935-vol25/page/191/mode/2up "The Indian Cavalry of To-day"] by Major-General E D Giles page 192 ''The Cavalry Journal'' Volume 25 1935. Archive.org
*''India Army Orders''. Include Appointments, Promotions, Long Service Medals etc. Originally from the Digital Library of India, with mirror images on Archive.org. Based on catalogue details unless otherwise specified. Some volumes are catalogues as ''Indian Army Orders''.
:[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.116147 1908] (catalogued Jan,vi Th, 1945); [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.72282 1910] (catalogued Jan,thired 1855); [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.548370/page/n1 1911]; [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.72288 1912]; [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.108702/page/n1 1913]; [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.108703/page/n3 1914]; [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.108686/page/n1 1915]; [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.108822/page/n1 1916]; [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.548369/page/n1 1919], [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.548567/page/n1 1919 Special Orders]; [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.108866/page/n1 1920]; [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.108847 1922]; [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.108844 1923]; [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.108855 November 1924]; [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.548590/page/n1 1925] [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.117224 1927]; [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.548368 1928]; [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.108848 1929]; [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.72293 1931]; [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.117202 1932]; [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.117213 1933].
:[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.548441 1918]; [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.72286 1919]; [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.108867 1920]; [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.548554 No.2 Of 1920]; [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.515142 1921]; [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.515144 1922]; [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.548422 Index To Army Instructions India January To December 1922]; [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.515155 1923]; [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.552730 2nd Jan.1923]; [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.69273 Index To Army Instructions India] 1924; [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.548540 1926].
:Additional editions are available at the British Library with catalogue entry Indian Army: Army Instructions (India) (1918-1946) IOR/L/MIL/17/5/501-529
*[https://archive.org/details/1928ukfspbpt2india/page/n2/mode/1up ''Field Service Pocket Book. Part II – India. Corrected to January 1928''] Government of India publication Calcutta 1928. Archive.org, Vickers MG Collection & Research Association Collection.
*[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.108708/page/n1 ''The Army in India: [Regulations<nowiki>]</nowiki> Corrected up to, and including, amendments to Regulations, Books and Forms, dated 1st April 1930''] Archive.org, Public Library of India Collection.
*''Armaments Year-Book : General and Statistical Information''. Published by the League of Nations at Geneva from 1924. These books have been digitised separately in [https://wayback.archive-it.org/6321/20160901214707/http://digital.library.northwestern.edu/league/otcgi/digilib/llscgi60-4a08.html Chapters]. Northwestern University Library Evanston, IL, USA, archived webpages. Chapters relating to British Empire/ India or India, which contain details about the structure of the Army, training schools etc. Catalogue entries for India, followed by pdf links.
**[https://archive.org/stream/Sikhs#page/n137/mode/2up "Recruiting"] , Chapter V, page 106 ''Handbooks for the Indian Army: Sikhs'' by Captain A H Bingley, 7th (Duke of Connaught’s Own) Bengal Infantry. Compiled under the orders of the Government of India. 1899 Archive.org
***[https://archive.org/stream/sikhsofpunjab00parruoft#page/104/mode/2up "Recruiting Methods"] [WW1] Chapter VI page 104 ''The Sikhs of the Punjab'' by R E Parry late Indian Army Reserve of Officers; sometime Acting Captain and adjutant 2/15th Ludhiana Sikhs. Sometime attached 35th Sikhs. [1921] Archive.org.
** ''Handbook for the Indian Army: Sikhs'' by A E Barstow 2/11th Sikh Regiment (late 15th Ludhiana Sikhs) 1928. 1940 reprint of 1928 edition, is available to read on line on the [http://www.panjabdigilib.org/webuser/searches/displayPage.jsp?ID=2673&page=1&CategoryID=1&Searched= Panjab Digital Library].[https://archive.org/details/sikhs-handbook-for-indian-army/mode/2up Archive.org 1928 edition]
**[https://archive.org/details/dli.granth.92297/page/n3/mode/2up ''Handbooks for the Indian Army: Pathans''] by Major R. T. I. Ridgway, 40th Pathans. 1910. Archive.org, mirror from Granth Sanjeevani Asiatic Society of Mumbai.
**[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.499098 ''Handbooks for the Indian Army: Hindustan Musalmans and Musalmans of the Eastern Punjab''] by W. Fitz G. Bourne 1914 Archive.org, Public Library of India Collection.
*[https://archive.org/details/dli.ernet.162536/mode/2up ''Indian Munitions Board : Industrial Handbook 1919''] Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/guidetohindustan00rank/page/96 "Military Phrases"] page 96 ''A guide to Hindustani in Persian and Roman character : specially designed for the use of officers and men serving in India, including colloquial phrases, a collection of arzis, with transliteration and English translations'' by G S A Ranking Surg.-Lieut.-Col., Indian Medical Service. Fourth Edition, Revised and enlarged 1897, first published 1889. Archive.org.
*[https://archive.org/details/language-of-the-camp/mode/2up ''Dictionary: Language of the Camp. Army Hindustani and Other Soldier Slang''] by Charles Tustin Kamps 2022. Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/defenceofduffers0000swin_r2s8/page/n7/mode/2up ''The Defence of Duffer's Drift''] by Major-General Sir Ernest Swinton with a foreword by Field Marshal Earl Wavell 1949 reprint, first published 1904. It is stated "Translated into Urdu for use of the Indian Army". [https://archive.org/details/defenceofduffers0000swin/mode/2up 1986 edition] Both Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library. [https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/24842 Gutenberg.org 1905 USA edition] A book on small unit tactics. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Defence_of_Duffer%27s_Drift Wikipedia article].
*Fiction
**[https://archive.org/details/junglegirl00cass_0/page/n5 ''The Jungle Girl''] by Gordon Casserly 1922
