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==India Office records at the British Library==
FIBIS Chairman Peter Bailey wrote the following about officers in the [[Second World War]], but his advice is generally applicable:
"Generally speaking the Personal Files of those who served as officers in the RIN during the Second World War, are to be found in the India Office Records at the British Library under Catalogue Number [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a/records.aspx?cat=059-iorlmil_8-1&cid=1-4-2#1-4-2 L/MIL/16/10 et sequ]. However, since there is some chance that the persons concerned may still be alive, you may have to show proof that you are the person concerned or that they are no longer with us and that you are directly related to them. Some records of service for Seamen as well as officers may be available in [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a/records.aspx?cat=059-iorlmil_8-1&cid=1-4-1#1-4-1 L/MIL/16/1-9] which cover the period c1840-1947 and an index is available on the open shelves.
Records of leave and duty pay from 1886-1950 are to be found in [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a/records.aspx?cat=059-iorlag_1&cid=1-20-13#1-20-13 L/AG/20/13] and leave accounts and records of the payment of gratuities for officers released in the UK from 1945-47 may be found in [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a/records.aspx?cat=059-iorlag_1&cid=1-20-13-37#1-20-13-37 L/AG/20/13/37-45]. Finally, records of service pensions paid to retired officers in the UK from 1886-1968 are in [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a/records.aspx?cat=059-iorlag_2&cid=1-1-21#1-1-21 L/AG/21/21] or [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a/records.aspx?cat=059-iorlag_2&cid=1-1-11#1-1-11 L/AG/21/11]"<ref>British Raj List [http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/INDIA-BRITISH-RAJ/2012-10/1350659800 post] dated 19 October 2012</ref>
=== Military Department Records===
*[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a/records.aspx?cat=059-iorlmar_5&cid=1-2#1-2 Marine Miscellaneous Records] '''IOR/L/MAR/C''' 1600-1879. These records include “personnel records of the Company's maritime service (at all levels of employment, but including particularly the appointment and services of commanders and mates of East Indiamen), the [[Bombay Marine]], the [[Indian Navy]], and the [[Bengal Pilot Service]]”. <ref>Martin Moir, A General Guide to the India office Records 1996</ref>
==Second World War==
*Hans Houterman & Jeroen Koppes’ [http://www.unithistories.com/units_index/default.asp?file=../officers/personsx.html World War II unit histories and officers] includes
**[http://www.unithistories.com/officers/rin_officers.html Royal Indian Navy (RIN) Officers 1939-1945]
**[http://www.unithistories.com/officers/RINR_officers.html Royal Indian Naval Reserve (RINR) Officers 1939-1945]
**[http://www.unithistories.com/officers/RINVR_officers.html Royal Indian Naval Volunteer Reserve (RINVR) Officers 1939-1945]
**[http://www.unithistories.com/officers/BRNVR_officers.html Burma Naval Volunteer Reserve (BRNVR) Officers 1939-1945]
== Related articles ==
==External Links==
*[http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/NAVY/ Indian Navy] Bharat Rakshak including
**[http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/NAVY/History.html Indian Naval History]
*This India List [http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/INDIA/2010-07/1279878133 thread] is about the occupation of Master Attendant, equivalent to Harbour Master. Initially it appears these men were part of [[Maritime Service|EIC Marine]], and later the Royal Indian Marine.
*Details of the 3 volume [http://www.britishmedals.us/files/chinarolls.htm ''China Medal Roll 1856-60''] by K.J. Asplin Savannah Publications London 2004 from The Asplin Military History Resources. Includes ''Volume 1: Royal Navy '' including '''Indian Marine''', which is described in this [http://www.victorianwars.com/viewtopic.php?f=22&t=696 link]<ref>
[http://www.victorianwars.com/viewtopic.php?f=22&t=696 Thread] from Victorian Wars Forum dated August/September 2008</ref>. Available to buy through Amazon.co.uk from the [http://astore.amazon.co.uk/faminbriindso-21/detail/1902366328 FIBIS Shop]. It appears that this volume should be available at the [[British Library]] (legal deposit requirement) but it does not appear in the British Library catalogue. Also see [[2nd China War]]
*[http://www.naval-history.net/index.htm Naval-History.net] includes various information relating to Indian Navy during WW1 and subsequent years including [http://www.naval-history.net/xDKCas2520-RIN.htm ROYAL INDIAN NAVY Royal Indian Navy Ship Histories, Convoy Escort Movements, Casualty Lists 1939-1947]
===Historical Books Online===
