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''India’s Army'' by Major D. Jackson 1940 contains a "potted history" of every Regiment & Corps (including the auxiliary & princely state forces). With 70 chapters, over 100 B & W photos & illustrations, 14 full Colour plates. Now available online, refer below, but the inclusion of, and/or standard of, photographs and illustrations is unknown.
''Regiments : Regiments and Corps of the British Empire and Commonwealth, 1758-1993 : a critical bibliography of their published histories'' by Roger Perkins 1994, is available at the BL UIN: BLL01009529783. For those with suitable University access, also available on the HathiTrust Digital Library. Originally (A few sample pages.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20200227012142/https://www.rookebooks.com/product?prod_id=44049 ''Regiments : Regiments and Corps of the British Empire and Commonwealth''] by Roger Perkins 1994, rookebooks.com.</ref>) An expanded edition, originally published 1989 as ''Regiments of the Empire: A Bibliography of their published histories''. This The 1994 publication is also available in a reprint edition as part of a CD-ROM.<ref>[https://www.naval-military-press.com/product/armies-of-the-crownthe-bibliographies-of-their-regimental-histories-great-britian-the-empire-and-the-commonwealth/ Armies of the Crown. The Bibliographies of Their regimental Histories Great Britian, The Empire and the Commonwealth] Naval & Military Press</ref>
A good source of military information is the annual publication of Indian Army Orders '''IOR/L/MIL/17/5/245-299''' 1903-1947, issued by the Adjutant General's Department and Army Headquarters India. Volumes 245-85 (to 1942, and partially 1943) contain annual indexes.
