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*[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
''The Gazette of India'', 1864-1947, and other Government Gazettes [http://hviewer.bl.uk/IamsHViewer/Default.aspx?mdark=ark:/81055/vdc_100000000015.0x000136 IOR/V/11] may be a '''possible''' source of information.
===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.
For details of some medals awarded to Indian troops in the Boer War, see External links below.
