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*India List [http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/INDIA/2012-07/1343232005 post] by 'Tim B' dated 25 July 2012 which indicates that the medal rolls for the Commissariat Department in the HEIC and Indian Army are to be found at the British Library and are different to the medal rolls for the Commissariat Department of the British Army.
*Victorian Wars Forum [http://www.victorianwars.com/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=962#p11661 thread] which includes reference to the service of the [[Surma Valley Light Horse]] in the [[Manipur]] Expedition of 1891 which led to the award of the India General Service Medal, 1854-95 with the clasp ‘N. E. Frontier 1891’. A later [http://www.victorianwars.com/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=962#p31665 post] advises the definitive work is the book by William Henry Sidney Wood ''Through Fifty Years: A History of the Surma Valley Light Horse'' available at the [[British Library]] which includes a list of medals awarded.
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**[http://search.ancestry.co.uk/search/db.aspx?dbid=1262 British Army WWI Medal Rolls Index Cards, 1914-1920] Based on records from the Army Medal Office ''WWI Medal Index Cards''. "The Medal Index Cards collection is the most complete listing of individuals who fought in the British Army in WWI, containing approximately 90% of soldiers’ names"
**[http://search.ancestry.co.uk/search/db.aspx?dbid=1687 UK, Naval Medal and Award Rolls, 1793-1972] Based on the National Archives records ADM 171. "The rolls include medals awarded for British campaigns and service in Europe, India, Africa, Asia, the Middle East, and elsewhere during the height of the British Empire and into the 20th century. This database also includes medal rolls from the First and Second World Wars".
*Geoff Sullivan’s [http://www.hut-six.co.uk/WW2data/awardindex.html Geoff's WO 373 Lists: Recommendations for Honours and Awards], [[Second World War]] includes
**[http://www.hut-six.co.uk/WW2data/WO373-Burma%20and%20India.html Burma and India]
