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*[[Medal Rolls]]

*[[Unattached List]]

*[[Postal Service]] for some details during Military Campaigns.

*[[5th Regiment of Bengal (Light) Infantry|5th Light Infantry]] for 1915 Singapore Mutiny

British in this context refers to those of British/European background.

*Officers were British, although there were additionally lower ranked native Indian Officers who were Viceroy Commissioned Officers.

*There were some British support staff, mainly Warrant Officers and Sergeants. Most of them were not attached to a regiment, however at times a British soldier could be in a role such as Quartermaster Sergeant in a Native Infantry Regiment. See [[Unattached List]] for further details.

*Generally, all members of the volunteer or auxiliary regiments were British, including Anglo-Indians (formerly known as Eurasians). See [[Auxiliary Regiments]].

==Indians in the British Army==

Some Indian served in the British Army, or were attached to the British Army. See [[British Army#Indians in the British Army|British Army - Indians in the British Army]].

*Refer [[Directories online]] and [[Military periodicals online]] for Army Lists available online. On the latter page, there is information about British, Indian Army Officers in the ''New Annual Army List'', also known as ''Hart's Annual Army List'' which is searchable through the National Library of Scotland website. There may be references to Indian Army Officers in British Army ''Quarterly List''s available online to 1946.

*Some issues of the ''Gazette of India'' and the ''Calcutta Gazette'' (refer [[Indian Army#British Library|British Library above]]) are available online, refer [[Newspapers and journals online]] and [[Gazette of India online]].

*For Prisoner of War records from the [[First World War]] which include members of the Indian Army, see [[British Army#Prisoners of War|Prisoners of War]] on the British Army page.

*[https://www.archive.org/stream/armiesofindia00macmuoft#page/n29/mode/thumb Illustrations (thumbnails)] from ''The Armies of India'' painted by Major A. C. Lovett 1911 Archive.org. Click to enlarge. The image title is generally on the page prior to the image. Also see below for this book. Some images are on [https://www.soldierssoldiers.com/item-tag/armies-of-india/?product_count=48 soldierssoldiers.com] tagged armies of india, [https://web.archive.org/web/20181012002252/http://www.soldierssoldiers.com/sales_military_prints_section.php?section=ArmiesOfIndia page 2], archived.

*[https://collection.nam.ac.uk/detail.php?acc=1956-02-882-2 Photograph: Officer's full dress uniform worn by Major J A C May-Somerville, 11th King Edward's Own Lancers (Probyn's Horse), 1913 (c)] includes a separate image of a kurta. National Army Museum.

*[http://www.militarysunhelmets.com/2013/turbans-of-the-indian-army#more-13633 "Turbans of the Indian Army"] by Peter Suciu MilitarySunHelmets.com. Provides details of the various styles.

*[https://collection.nam.ac.uk/detail.php?acc=1956-02-882-11 Photograph: Pugri, 11th King Edward's Own Lancers (Probyn's Horse), 1913 (c)] Also known as a lungi. Additional photograph shows a kullah. National Army Museum

*[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

:[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.

*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.

*[http://www.archive.org/stream/reminiscencesofi00westuoft#page/n3/mode/2up ''Reminiscences of an Indian Cavalry Officer''] by Colonel John Sutton Edward Western 1922 Archive.org. Born in India in 1857, he returned after schooling in England in 1876 , the greater part of his service being with the Punjab Frontier Force.

*[https://archive.org/details/fromkabultokumas00will ''From Kabul to Kumassi: Twenty-Four Years of Soldering and Sport''] by Brigadier-General Sir James Willcocks 1904 Archive.org. He arrived in India in 1878 with the [[100th Regiment of Foot]]. He later joined the Indian Army, and served until 1897, when he transferred to West Africa.

:Also see [[Western Front]] for his WW1 book ''With the Indians in France''.

*[https://archive.org/details/khakigownautobio0000bird/page/n7 ''Khaki and Gown : an Autobiography''] by Field–Marshal Lord Birdwood 1941. Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library. Born in India in 1865, he lived in England from age 3, and was then posted, aged 19 to the British Army regiment XII (12th) Lancers at Bangalore in 1885. In 1887 he joined the XI (11th) Bengal Lancers; 1893 The Viceroy’s Bodyguard. He served in the Boer War, appointed again to India 1902, where he was on Kitchener’s Staff until Kitchener left India in 1909; Commander of the Kohat Independent Brigade for 4 years; 1912 appointed Quartermaster-General; c 1913 appointed Secretary to Government in the Army Dept; 1914 Corps Commander Australian and New Zealand contingent in Egypt, Gallipoli, France; Commander of the Fifth Army In France c 1918; 1920 Commander of the Northern Army in India for 4 years; 1925-1930 Commander-in Chief in India.

*[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.

*[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.

*[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/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/in.ernet.dli.2015.72295 ''Compendium of the More Important Army Order''] 1919. Archive.org, Public Library of India Collection. Full title: ''Compendium of the More Important Orders of the Government of India, Army Department and India Army Orders issued from the 1st August 1914, to the 31st December 1917''.

:Additional editions are available at the British Library with catalogue entry Indian Army Orders ‎ (1903-1947) IOR/L/MIL/17/5/245-299

: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.

*''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://wayback.archive-it.org/6321/20160902000309/http://digital.library.northwestern.edu/league/otcgi/digilib/llscgi60-c818.html?DB=8&SORTBY=%4D%32%34%35&ACTION=View&QUERY=%61%72%6D%61%6D%65%6E%74%73%20%79%65%61%72%20%62%6F%6F%6B%20%67%65%6E%65%72%61%6C%20%61%6E%64%20%73%74%61%74%69%73%74%69%63%61%6C%20%69%6E%66%6F%72%6D%61%74%69%6F%6E&RGN=%4D%32%34%35%53&OP=and&SUBSET=SUBSET&FROM=1&SIZE=1000&ITEM=28 Volume 1 1924], [https://wayback.archive-it.org/6321/20160902000303/http://digital.library.northwestern.edu/league/le0282ak.pdf pdf]; [https://wayback.archive-it.org/6321/20160902000826/http://digital.library.northwestern.edu/league/otcgi/digilib/llscgi60-6c8a.html?DB=8&SORTBY=%4D%32%34%35&ACTION=View&QUERY=%61%72%6D%61%6D%65%6E%74%73%20%79%65%61%72%20%62%6F%6F%6B%20%67%65%6E%65%72%61%6C%20%61%6E%64%20%73%74%61%74%69%73%74%69%63%61%6C%20%69%6E%66%6F%72%6D%61%74%69%6F%6E&RGN=%4D%32%34%35%53&OP=and&SUBSET=SUBSET&FROM=1&SIZE=1000&ITEM=67 Vol. 2 1925/1926], [https://wayback.archive-it.org/6321/20160902000819/http://digital.library.northwestern.edu/league/le0283ak.pdf pdf]; [https://wayback.archive-it.org/6321/20160902001518/http://digital.library.northwestern.edu/league/otcgi/digilib/llscgi60-e583.html?DB=8&SORTBY=%4D%32%34%35&ACTION=View&QUERY=%61%72%6D%61%6D%65%6E%74%73%20%79%65%61%72%20%62%6F%6F%6B%20%67%65%6E%65%72%61%6C%20%61%6E%64%20%73%74%61%74%69%73%74%69%63%61%6C%20%69%6E%66%6F%72%6D%61%74%69%6F%6E&RGN=%4D%32%34%35%53&OP=and&SUBSET=SUBSET&FROM=1&SIZE=1000&ITEM=126 Vol. 3 1927], [https://wayback.archive-it.org/6321/20160902001509/http://digital.library.northwestern.edu/league/le0284ak.pdf pdf]; [https://wayback.archive-it.org/6321/20160902002123/http://digital.library.northwestern.edu/league/otcgi/digilib/llscgi60-f7a9-2.html?DB=8&SORTBY=%4D%32%34%35&ACTION=View&QUERY=%61%72%6D%61%6D%65%6E%74%73%20%79%65%61%72%20%62%6F%6F%6B%20%67%65%6E%65%72%61%6C%20%61%6E%64%20%73%74%61%74%69%73%74%69%63%61%6C%20%69%6E%66%6F%72%6D%61%74%69%6F%6E&RGN=%4D%32%34%35%53&OP=and&SUBSET=SUBSET&FROM=1&SIZE=1000&ITEM=189 Vol. 4 1928], [https://wayback.archive-it.org/6321/20160902002118/http://digital.library.northwestern.edu/league/le0285al.pdf pdf]; [https://wayback.archive-it.org/6321/20160902003027/http://digital.library.northwestern.edu/league/otcgi/digilib/llscgi60-3101.html?DB=8&SORTBY=%4D%32%34%35&ACTION=View&QUERY=%61%72%6D%61%6D%65%6E%74%73%20%79%65%61%72%20%62%6F%6F%6B%20%67%65%6E%65%72%61%6C%20%61%6E%64%20%73%74%61%74%69%73%74%69%63%61%6C%20%69%6E%66%6F%72%6D%61%74%69%6F%6E&RGN=%4D%32%34%35%53&OP=and&SUBSET=SUBSET&FROM=1&SIZE=1000&ITEM=253 Vol. 5 1928/1929], [https://wayback.archive-it.org/6321/20160902003022/http://digital.library.northwestern.edu/league/le0286al.pdf pdf]; [https://wayback.archive-it.org/6321/20160902003700/http://digital.library.northwestern.edu/league/otcgi/digilib/llscgi60-d7c4.html?DB=8&SORTBY=%4D%32%34%35&ACTION=View&QUERY=%61%72%6D%61%6D%65%6E%74%73%20%79%65%61%72%20%62%6F%6F%6B%20%67%65%6E%65%72%61%6C%20%61%6E%64%20%73%74%61%74%69%73%74%69%63%61%6C%20%69%6E%66%6F%72%6D%61%74%69%6F%6E&RGN=%4D%32%34%35%53&OP=and&SUBSET=SUBSET&FROM=1&SIZE=1000&ITEM=318 Vol. 6 1929/1930], [https://wayback.archive-it.org/6321/20160902003654/http://digital.library.northwestern.edu/league/le0287al.pdf pdf]; [https://wayback.archive-it.org/6321/20160902004754/http://digital.library.northwestern.edu/league/otcgi/digilib/llscgi60-0dcd.html?DB=8&SORTBY=%4D%32%34%35&ACTION=View&QUERY=%61%72%6D%61%6D%65%6E%74%73%20%79%65%61%72%20%62%6F%6F%6B%20%67%65%6E%65%72%61%6C%20%61%6E%64%20%73%74%61%74%69%73%74%69%63%61%6C%20%69%6E%66%6F%72%6D%61%74%69%6F%6E&RGN=%4D%32%34%35%53&OP=and&SUBSET=SUBSET&FROM=1&SIZE=1000&ITEM=388 Vol. 7 1930/1931], [https://wayback.archive-it.org/6321/20160902004747/http://digital.library.northwestern.edu/league/le0288al.pdf pdf]; [https://wayback.archive-it.org/6321/20160902005541/http://digital.library.northwestern.edu/league/otcgi/digilib/llscgi60-ff0c.html?DB=8&SORTBY=%4D%32%34%35&ACTION=View&QUERY=%61%72%6D%61%6D%65%6E%74%73%20%79%65%61%72%20%62%6F%6F%6B%20%67%65%6E%65%72%61%6C%20%61%6E%64%20%73%74%61%74%69%73%74%69%63%61%6C%20%69%6E%66%6F%72%6D%61%74%69%6F%6E&RGN=%4D%32%34%35%53&OP=and&SUBSET=SUBSET&FROM=1&SIZE=1000&ITEM=475 Vol. 8 1931/1932], [https://wayback.archive-it.org/6321/20160902005538/http://digital.library.northwestern.edu/league/le0289bd.pdf pdf]; [https://wayback.archive-it.org/6321/20160902010424/http://digital.library.northwestern.edu/league/otcgi/digilib/llscgi60-8bd4.html?DB=8&SORTBY=%4D%32%34%35&ACTION=View&QUERY=%61%72%6D%61%6D%65%6E%74%73%20%79%65%61%72%20%62%6F%6F%6B%20%67%65%6E%65%72%61%6C%20%61%6E%64%20%73%74%61%74%69%73%74%69%63%61%6C%20%69%6E%66%6F%72%6D%61%74%69%6F%6E&RGN=%4D%32%34%35%53&OP=and&SUBSET=SUBSET&FROM=1&SIZE=1000&ITEM=542 Vol. 9 1933], [https://wayback.archive-it.org/6321/20160902010419/http://digital.library.northwestern.edu/league/le0290be.pdf pdf]; [https://wayback.archive-it.org/6321/20160902011814/http://digital.library.northwestern.edu/league/otcgi/digilib/llscgi60-32f6.html?DB=8&SORTBY=%4D%32%34%35&ACTION=View&QUERY=%61%72%6D%61%6D%65%6E%74%73%20%79%65%61%72%20%62%6F%6F%6B%20%67%65%6E%65%72%61%6C%20%61%6E%64%20%73%74%61%74%69%73%74%69%63%61%6C%20%69%6E%66%6F%72%6D%61%74%69%6F%6E&RGN=%4D%32%34%35%53&OP=and&SUBSET=SUBSET&FROM=1&SIZE=1000&ITEM=613 Vol. 10 1934], [https://wayback.archive-it.org/6321/20160902011809/http://digital.library.northwestern.edu/league/le0291bf.pdf pdf]; [https://wayback.archive-it.org/6321/20160902012859/http://digital.library.northwestern.edu/league/otcgi/digilib/llscgi60-6c74.html?DB=8&SORTBY=%4D%32%34%35&ACTION=View&QUERY=%61%72%6D%61%6D%65%6E%74%73%20%79%65%61%72%20%62%6F%6F%6B%20%67%65%6E%65%72%61%6C%20%61%6E%64%20%73%74%61%74%69%73%74%69%63%61%6C%20%69%6E%66%6F%72%6D%61%74%69%6F%6E&RGN=%4D%32%34%35%53&OP=and&SUBSET=SUBSET&FROM=1&SIZE=1000&ITEM=686 Vol. 11 1935], [https://wayback.archive-it.org/6321/20160902012854/http://digital.library.northwestern.edu/league/le0292bh.pdf pdf].

**[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.

**[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/isbn_9780850453089 ''Bengal Cavalry Regiments, 1857-1914''] by R G Harris. Colour plates by Chris Warner. 2000 reprint, first published 1979. Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library. Digital file is rather pale, so unfortunately images, particularly photographs, could be better.

*[https://archive.org/stream/in.ernet.dli.2015.284668/2015.284668.Usi-Jounral#page/n83/mode/2up "Badges and Devices worn by the Sillidar Trooper"] by Yusuf page 72 ''Journal of the United Service Institution of India, Volume 68, 1938'' Archive.org.

*[https://archive.org/details/b2135957x ''Prevention of Disease and Inefficiency, with special reference to Indian Frontier Warfare''] by Lieut.-Col. Patrick Hehir IMS, Officiating Principal Medical Officer, Burma Division. 2nd Edition - Illustrated and Revised. 1911 Archive.org

*[http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100043188480.0x000001 ''Russian Advances in Asia''] Prepared at the Topographical and Statistical Department, War Office. (The first portion reprinted from a paper prepared by Colonel Cooke.) Great Britain. War Office. Intelligence Division. [London], 1873. British Library Digital. "For Official Circulation Only"

:[https://archive.org/details/defenceindiaast00macggoog ''The Defence of India: a Strategical Study''] by Major-General Sir C M Macgregor Quartermaster General of India 1884 Archive.org

*[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.121905 ''The Indian Army: Its Contribution to the Development of a Nation''] by Stephen P Cohen 1971. Archive.org, Public Library of India Collection.

*[https://archive.org/details/armiesofrajfromm00farw ''Armies of the Raj: From the Great Indian Mutiny to Independence 1858-1947''] by Byron Farwell 1989. Archive.org Lending Library.

* ''Resume - Horse And Mule Breeding Operations In India, 1880'' Government Central Branch Press Simla. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.35034 Archive.org version]. Mirror from Digital Library of India. Information about the Department of Horse-Breeding Operations under the Government of India, established March 1876.

:[https://archive.org/stream/horsebreedingi00gilb#page/52/mode/2up "Horse-Breeding in India"], page 52 ''Horse-Breeding in England and India: and Army Horses Abroad'' by Sir Walter Gilbey 1906 Archive.org