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*[http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/SearchUI/browse/C90993 WO 100/498-499 India General Service Medal 1936-1939 Clasp NWF 1936-37 Clasp NWF 1937-39] Although the implication is that all records in WO 100 are available as a download, these records do not have a download link.
==British Library records==As stated above, many of the medal rolls are reprinted in books on the open access shelves at the British Library. Catalogue references are*[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a/records.aspx?cat=059-iorlmil_2-2&cid=1-2-2#1-2-2 Medal Rolls IOR/L/MIL/5/42-141] 1799-1911 with links to the [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a/records.aspx?cat=059-iorlmil_2-2&cid=1-2-2-2#1-2-2-2 sub categories]. (These records are those covered in the "Your Archives" link above, but the catalogue references are given again, as the accompanying information may be slightly different)Additional to the catalogue references for Medal Rolls IOR/L/MIL/5/42-141 the following list contains both medal roll catalogue references and some catalogue references which do not specifically mention rolls but which may '''possibly''' contain medal rolls, listed (approximately) according to date of the military action.*[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a/records.aspx?cat=059-iorlmil_3-2_1-4&cid=1-1-35-4&kw=Medal#1-1-35-4 Collection 257/4 Medal rolls of men of Tennasserim or Suakin 1884 operations. IOR/L/MIL/7/11202] 1888-1889*[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a/records.aspx?cat=059-iorlmil_3-2_1-4&cid=1-1-53-25&kw=Medal#1-1-53-25 Collection 274/25 Egyptian Medal granted by Khedive: medal rolls. IOR/L/MIL/7/12730] 1897-1901*[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a/records.aspx?cat=059-iorlmil_3-2_1-4&cid=1-1-53-30#1-1-53-30 Collection 274/31 Soudan Medal 1898: grant of to Indian contingent at Suakin 1896. IOR/L/MIL/7/12735] 1899-1900*[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a/records.aspx?cat=059-iorlmil_3-2_1-6&cid=1-1-38-9&kw=Medal#1-1-38-9 Collection 322/9 Grant of medal for operations in British Central Africa 1894-1898, Army Order 135 of 1899. IOR/L/MIL/7/14412] 1899*[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a/records.aspx?cat=059-iorlmil_3-2_1-3&cid=1-1-13-101 Collection 132/101 Delhi Durbar 1911 medal rolls: replacement of lost medals, claims for issue of medal. IOR/L/MIL/7/5864 ]1911-1922*[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a/records.aspx?cat=059-iorlmil_3-2_1-7&cid=1-1-25-1688#1-1-25-1688 Collection 425/1596 Medal rolls for 1914-1915 Star. IOR/L/MIL/7/18841] 1919-1920*[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a/records.aspx?cat=059-iorlmil_3-2_1-7&cid=1-1-3-69#1-1-3-69 Collection 403/68 Minor operations on North West Frontier 1914-1915: operations on or beyond frontiers of India to be regarded as part of First World War for award of 1914-1915 Star. IOR/L/MIL/7/16888] 1915-1919*[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a/records.aspx?cat=059-iorlmil_3-2_1-7&cid=1-1-25-1778#1-1-25-1778 Collection 425/1683 Report on operations of Bushire Field Force April 1918 to March 1919, and recommendations for rewards. IOR/L/MIL/7/18931] 1919-1920*[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a/records.aspx?cat=059-iorlmil_3-2_1-7&cid=1-1-25-1694#1-1-25-1694 Collection 425/1602 Honours and rewards for minor operations May 1919 to April 1920 (North West Frontier, Persia, Aden). IOR/L/MIL/7/18847] 1919-1921*[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a/records.aspx?cat=059-iorlmil_3-2_1-2&cid=1-1-24-103#1-1-24-103 Collection 89/97 Grant of India General Service Medal with Waziristan 1919-21 or Mahsud 1919-20 clasps to Royal Air Force personnel. IOR/L/MIL/7/4052] 1922*[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a/records.aspx?cat=059-iorlmil_3-2_1-2&cid=1-1-24-102#1-1-24-102 Collection 89/96 Rewards for services in connection with Malabar operations (Moplah) of 1921-1922. IOR/L/MIL/7/4051] 1921-1927*[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a/records.aspx?cat=059-iorlmil_3-2_1-2&cid=1-1-24-107#1-1-24-107 Collection 89/102 Grant of India General Service Medal with Waziristan 1921-24 clasp to Royal Air Force personnel. IOR/L/MIL/7/4056] 1925-1926*[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a/records.aspx?cat=059-iorlmil_3-2_1-2&cid=1-1-24-125&kw=Medal#1-1-24-125 Collection 89/119 General Service Medal rolls. IOR/L/MIL/7/4074] 1923-1928*[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a/records.aspx?cat=059-iorlmil_3-2_1-2&cid=1-1-24-99#1-1-24-99 Collection 89/94 Part 1 Award of India General Service Medal for Afghan operations. IOR/L/MIL/7/4048] 1920-1925*[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a/records.aspx?cat=059-iorlmil_3-2_1-2&cid=1-1-24-100&kw=Medal#1-1-24-100 Collection 89/94 Part 2 Award of India General Service Medal for Afghan operations. IOR/L/MIL/7/4049] 1922-1927*[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a/records.aspx?cat=059-iorlmil_3-2_1-2&cid=1-1-24-115#1-1-24-115 Collection 89/109 Grant of medal for operations ("disturbances") on North West Frontier 1930-31 and Burma 1930-31. IOR/L/MIL/7/4064] 1930-1945*[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a/records.aspx?cat=059-iorlmil_3-2_1-2&cid=1-1-24-118#1-1-24-118 Collection 89/112 Grant of war medal and clasp for Mohmand (Peshawar) operations of 1933. IOR/L/MIL/7/4067] 1933-1935*[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a/records.aspx?cat=059-iorlmil_3-2_1-7&cid=1-1-3-155#1-1-3-155 Collection 403/146 Part 1 Waziristan operations 1936-1937: recommendations for awards. IOR/L/MIL/7/16974] 1937-1938*[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a/records.aspx?cat=059-iorlmil_3-2_1-7&cid=1-1-3-156#1-1-3-156 Collection 403/146 Part 2 Waziristan operations 1937-1938: recommendations for awards. IOR/L/MIL/7/16975] 1939-1940*[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a/records.aspx?cat=059-r20_3&cid=1-1-1-2-946&kw=Medal#1-1-1-2-946 File 201/40 Con. General Service Medal for operations in the Aden Protectorate IOR/R/20/C/953] Jan 1940-Feb 1940*[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a/records.aspx?cat=059-iorv_9-1&cid=1-1-4-2&kw=Medal#1-1-4-2 List of recipients in India of the Imperial Service Medal, 1924-1941. Calcutta, Delhi, 1925-41 IOR/V/25/72/2] 1925-1941 Annual. Lacking 1936, 1940===Medal Rolls for Indian Native Troops===
The information in respect of [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a/records.aspx?cat=059-iorlmil_2-2&cid=1-2-2#1-2-2 Medal Rolls '''IOR/L/MIL/5/42-141'''] 1799-1911 states that the names of Indian recipients rarely appear (except, however, in '''L/MIL/5/87-103)'''. These latter records are detailed [http://yourarchives.nationalarchives.gov.uk/index.php?title=Medal_Rolls_in_the_India_Office_Library Your Archives - Medal Rolls in the India Office Library], which also lists a few entries such as '''L/MIL/5/60''' Nominal rolls of Indian Army native troops. 1870-1878. These entries may possibly be included in the Ancestry website, refer below, but it is not known whether they are or not.
