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:Catalogue reference: [http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/SearchUI/browse/C14533?v=r WO 329 War Office and Air Ministry: Service Medal and Award Rolls, First World War] includes a free download [http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/SearchUI/details?Uri=C4435219 Index and Key to War of 1914-1918 medal rolls]. This guide was written prior to the current catalogue, and the relationship between the original index references and the modern WO 329 are described [http://1914-1918.invisionzone.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=196717&p=2133756 here] <ref> aussienoel [http://1914-1918.invisionzone.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=196717&p=2133756 WO 329 Medal Rolls - Index Download] Great War Forum 6 August 2014. Retrieved 7 August 2014</ref>
:The medal rolls for the Indian Army in this series include British War Medal and Victory Medal: officers and other ranks [http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/SearchUI/browse/C4437602?v=r WO 329/2384-2391], Officers [http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/browse/r/r/C7246716 WO 329/2303 - Described at item level], [http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/browse/r/r/C4437522 WO 329/2304],[http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/browse/r/r/C4437565 W0 329/2347-2352]; 1914-15 Star: [http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/browse/r/h/C4438158 WO 329/2940], [http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/browse/r/r/C7247347 WO 329/2941]; Territorial Force War Medal: Officers: [http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/browse/r/h/C7248012 WO 329/3272- Described at item level.]
:'''Note''': The WO 329 medal rolls available at the National Archives appear to only contain some of the medal entitlements for soldiers in the Indian Army. It appears that some of the medals may have been issued in India but there are no known records for these medals, except possibly for what may be found in the following records, whose content is unknown.:*British Library IOR Records: Roll of rewards and promotions of officers and men of the Indian Army and departments, and of Royal Artillery and Royal Engineer officers and men attached to Indian units, serving in the undermentioned forces:- France (A) East Africa, including Cameroons (B) Mesopotamia (D) Egypt, including Sudan (E) Gallipoli, including Salonica (G) Indian Frontier Indian area, including Aden, Perim, Somaliland, Gulf of Oman, and China Up to and including "London Gazette" dated 11th May 1917 and "Indian Gazette" dated 3rd February 1917 [?London: India Office, 8th edn, 1917] [http://apps.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a/records.aspx?cat=059-iorlps_7-1&cid=1-1-8-69#1-1-8-69 IOR/L/PS/20/H143] 1917. It is not known whether there are later publications of this roll.
:*British Library IOR records: Records of the British Administration in Aden, 1839-1967 [http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/rd/c4cda5b5-1e2b-4680-ab94-51587d8f680a IOR/R/20/A/5014 - File 73 British War Medal & Mercantile Marine War Medal]. It is not known whether this is general correspondence or includes a list of names.
:Transcription of some/all of the WO 329 medal rolls are available on the pay site "Naval and Military Archive". See [[Medal Rolls#External links| External links below]].
*[http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/SearchUI/browse/C14592?v=r WO 388 War Office: Military Secretary's Honours and Awards Branch: Exchange of Army Decorations between Britain and the Allies Registers].This series of records contains medal rolls for awards from Allied foreign governments. Some of the records may be downloaded for free.
