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*Northeastmedals.co.uk**[http://www.northeastmedals.co.uk/britishguide/british_index.htm The Guide to British War Medals] includes images of British Campaign and Gallantry medals, including many relating to India, including***[http://www.northeastmedals.co.uk/britishguide/indiageneralservice1854.htm India General Service Medal 1854-1895]***[http://www.northeastmedals.co.uk/britishguide/indiageneralservice1895.htm The India Medal 1895]***[http://www.northeastmedals.co.uk/britishguide/india_general_service_1908.htm India General Service Medal 1908] with details of [http://www.northeastmedals.co.uk/britishguide/india_general_service_1908_award.htm eligibility for the clasps] "North West Frontier 1908" to "North West Frontier 1935" (twelve clasps in total)***[http://www.northeastmedals.co.uk/britishguide/india_general_service_1936.htm India General Service Medal 1936-1939] with details of [http://www.northeastmedalsNortheastmedals.co.uk/britishguide/india_general_service_1936_award.htm eligibility for the clasps] "North West Frontier 1936-37" and "North West Frontier 1937-1939"**[http://www.northeastmedals.co.uk/british_regiment/main/reg_index.htm Medals of the Regiments]. Contains information categorised by Regiment*[http://www.victorianwars.com/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=548A VWF Guide to Campaign Medals of the Victorian era]. Includes medals for actions relating to India with images. Victorian Wars Forum*[http://www.britishmedalforum.com/ British Medals Forum]. Its website says "The objective of the British Medal Forum is to develop and further the interest, research and collecting of British and Commonwealth medals; researching their recipients; and assisting each other with specialist issues such as research, naming styles, clasp combinations, etc". It is necessary to register.*[http://www.omrs.org.uk/ The Orders and Medals Research Society] including [http://www.omrs.org.uk/Medals_FAQs_47.asp Medals Research FAQ]
*Details about the Hong Kong Plague Medal (1894) may be found in [http://www.discovershropshire.org.uk/html/search/verb/GetRecord/theme:20070316120518 The K.S.L.I. and the Hong Kong Plague, 1894]. discovershropshire.org.uk and [http://archive.org/stream/medalsanddecora00mayogoog#page/n63/mode/1up page lvii of the Introduction] of Mayo's book, refer below.
*[http://www.northeastmedals.co.uk/britishguide/ww1_1914_15_star.htm 1914-1915 Star] including [http://www.northeastmedals.co.uk/britishguide/ww1_1914_15_star_award.htm eligibility criteria]. Includes some actions in India (scroll down) northeastmedals.co.uk*[http://www.northeastmedals.co.uk/britishguide/british_war_medal_1914_1918_1920.htm The British War Medal 1914-1920] Includes eligibility and images of the medals. northeastmedals.co.uk.*Great War Forum [http://1914-1918.invisionzone.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=198022 thread], includes [http://1914-1918.invisionzone.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=198022&#entry1941400 image] of bronze British War Medal awarded to "Native" Labourers including various Indian Labour Corps Units. (Image only available to [[Mailing lists#Military| logged in members of GWF]])*[http://www.petergh.f2s.com/vm1914.htm Eligibility criteria for the Victory Medal 1914 - 1919] includes the actions in India which are regarded as theatres of war (Scroll down) Peter Ghiringhelli's *[http://www.petergh.f2s.com/medals.htm British Gallantry, Orders, Decorations, and Campaign ribbons]*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MacGregor_Medal The MacGregor Medal] (Wikipedia) is awarded to Indian Armed Forces personnel for valuable military reconnaissance. ''History of the MacGregor Medals (1889-1989)'' by Major Robert Hamond (Retd) c 1994 is available to buy from the [http://www.usiofindia.org/Publications/Books/View/?bid=150 United Service Institution of India]. It is also available at the [[British Library]]*''Indian Princely Medals : a record of the orders, decorations and medals of the Indian Princely States'' by Tony McClenaghan, Lancer Publishers 1996 is in the collection of the [http://explore.bl.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?vid=BLVU1 British Library] and the [http://www.nam.ac.uk/inventory/books National Army Museum]*[http://www.omsa.org/photopost/showgallery.php?cat=641 Awards Orders and Medals Society of the Indian "Princely States", pre-1947America] omsa.org
Transfer WWI medal data. Remove broken links & form posts. Remove ref to book avail at BL. ALL books pub in Britain are at BL by law
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Victoria_Cross_recipients_of_the_Indian_Army Indian Army recipients of the VC] Wikipedia
*[http://www.king-emperor.com/medals-campaign.htm Campaign Medals 1902-39 - www.king-emperor.com] Medals issued to Indian Army Officers and Other Ranks
*[http://www.mod.uk/DefenceInternet/DefenceFor/Veterans/Medals/MedalFaqs.htm Medal FAQs] Ministry of Defence (U.K.)
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20051123211700/http://faculty.winthrop.edu/haynese/india/medals/IOM/IOM.html The Indian Order of Merit (1837-1947)] by Edward S. Haynes (archived web page)
*[http://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/coins/collection/watson/page64.html First China War Medal, rejected issue proof piece, 1842] Fitzwilliam Museum, University of Cambridge
*"Gold and silver medals of the Honourable East India Company" by Charles Winter. ''The British Numismatic Journal Volume 17'' (1923-24), 281-87. [http://www.britnumsoc.org/publications/Digital%20BNJ/pdfs/1923_BNJ_17_16.pdf pdf version], [https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:6Wjb4BnJ06oJ:www.britnumsoc.org/publications/Digital%2520BNJ/pdfs/1923_BNJ_17_16.pdf+%E2%80%98Gold+and+silver+medals+of+the+Honourable+East+India+Company%E2%80%99&hl=en&gl=au&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEESjuzetuVe76HdBLWz2IujCiMDUBY1JsSgiCuuW8BkAljUD7D68mfZkmXGIIDt260dk9y5IsnxFxC7O2_MdMhKKR516xXMtNGtF-i2y5OqA3z9b4qzG7VgKpabkEMQpM60hJlRI9&sig=AHIEtbR2HzNaShIAZKd8CFuPdWwM9EG7Rw html version] These are medals issued to native troops.
*"The Army of India Medal" by Charles Winter. The ''British Numismatic Journal Volume 18'' (1925-26), 165-72. [http://www.britnumsoc.org/publications/Digital%20BNJ/pdfs/1925_BNJ_18_10.pdf pdf version], [https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:ZYwQ63Oyo-MJ:www.britnumsoc.org/publications/Digital%2520BNJ/pdfs/1925_BNJ_18_10.pdf+army+of+india+medal+roll&hl=en&gl=au&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEESgjc1PkGp4KCkCi6pi4WuDyx0mPjl0foKn1i4i0v_wqZYAUbDIvYVRDLPzQEJ_gU4ZkVM1HXm4WShQKbMK9jAkMb8TAds3zf2d91xwKh9Dc2aexFl1B-wjdMI0VK7r3T4E_4CYP&sig=AHIEtbRFYyqcy2DToLoK2NKMoPq6YKskeA html version]
*"War medals issued for services in India, 1852-1924, also the first and second issue of the Most Eminent Order of the Indian Empire" by Charles Winter. ''The British Numismatic Journal Volume 20'' (1929-30), 271-77. [http://www.britnumsoc.org/publications/Digital%20BNJ/pdfs/1929_BNJ_20_22.pdf pdf version], [https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:101tn2cGCAAJ:www.britnumsoc.org/publications/Digital%2520BNJ/pdfs/1929_BNJ_20_22.pdf+War+medals+issued+for+services+in+India,+1852-1924,+also+the+first+and+second+issue+of+the+Most+Eminent+Order+of+the+Indian+Empire%E2%80%99,&hl=en&gl=au&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEESihqvpnEhff0WuN42e5qxtU0EspOPHn3EJRoeFqD3tzfLZxmF3rZuVxHFRbzVRAdmyT0TD0js8BYOZgyGr16TuDJIZJkhT53P14Vmp0lVSJoq53G0cwOtlelBvJ7pT04P2V1A_C&sig=AHIEtbRolNr_Fi0lU0SR2N7NdzTfwYTy1A html version]
*[http://www.nam.ac.uk/online-collection/detail.php?q=searchType%3Dsimple%26simpleText%3Dindian%2520mutiny%26themeID%3D%26resultsDisplay%3Dlist%26page%3D9&pos=5&total=299&page=9&acc=1963-08-176-1 East and Central Africa Medal 1897-99 with clasp: Uganda 1897-98], awarded to Sepoy Ahmad Khan, 27th (1st Baluch Battalion), Regiment of Bombay Light Infantry. The 27th (1st Baluch Battalion), Regiment of Bombay Light Infantry were one of three Indian Army regiments that took part in the suppression of a mutiny by the Sudanese troops used by the Colonial Government in Uganda. National Army Museum
*[http://www.military-research.co.uk/a-guide-to-british-and-commonwealth-campaign-medals-of-ww2/ A Guide to British and Commonwealth Medals of WW2] military-research.uk
*[https://www.gov.uk/medals-campaigns-descriptions-and-eligibility Medals: campaigns, descriptions and eligibility] Ministry of Defence. Includes WW2 medals.
*[https://www.gov.uk/the-ministry-of-defence-medal-office The Ministry of Defence Medal Office] Ministry of Defence. Includes instructions for application for unclaimed WW2 medals. For details of WW2 Index Medal Cards held by the Medal Office, see [[Second World War#Medals|Second World War-Medals]]
*The National Archives research guide [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/records/medal-index-cards-ww1.htm British Army medal index cards 1914-1920]. Includes a Search facility, information about the medals and how to read the cards, and reference to the Indian Army Medal Index Cards, catalogue references [http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/SearchUI/browse/C11437822?v=r WO 372/25 to WO 372/29], for the period to 31 December 1918.
*[http://search.ancestry.co.uk/search/db.aspx?dbid=1262 Images of the medal index cards] are also available on the commercial site Ancestry. A researcher has commented, in respect of some particular cards, that the images are clearer on Ancestry, and you can also view the back of the cards.<ref>By email to User:Maureene dated 14 January 2011</ref>. The backs of the cards sometimes contain information. The Ancestry website advises some records including '''Indian Army cards are not''' included.
*[http://www.1914-1918.net/soldiers/interpretmic.html How to interpret a campaign medal index card] The Long, Long Trail
*Lost or stolen medals cannot be reissued officially (by the Ministry of Defence), replicas may be obtained from medal companies or dealers. <ref>[http://www.mod.uk/DefenceInternet/DefenceFor/Veterans/Medals/MedalFaqs.htm Medal FAQs] Ministry of Defence (U.K.)</ref>
*[http://www.1914-1918.net/grandad/themedals.htm The British campaign medals of 1914-1918] The Long, Long Trail
*[http://www.northeastmedals.co.uk/britishguide/ww1_1914_15_star.htm 1914-1915 Star] including [http://www.northeastmedals.co.uk/britishguide/ww1_1914_15_star_award.htm eligibility criteria]. Includes some actions in India (scroll down) northeastmedals.co.uk
*[http://www.northeastmedals.co.uk/britishguide/british_war_medal_1914_1918_1920.htm The British War Medal 1914-1920] northeastmedals.co.uk. Includes eligibility and images of the medals.
*[http://www.petergh.f2s.com/vm1914.htm Eligibility criteria for the Victory Medal 1914 - 1919] includes the actions in India which are regarded as theatres of war (Scroll down). Peter Ghiringhelli‘s [http://www.petergh.f2s.com/medals.htm British Gallantry, Orders, Decorations, and Campaign ribbons']
*[http://www.northeastmedals.co.uk/britishguide/territorial_force_war_medal_1914.htm The Territorial Force War Medal, 1914-1920], with eligibility criteria. northeastmedals.co.uk .
*Territorial Force Efficiency Medal, awarded after 12 years service, but war service was counted double. [http://www.medal-medaille.com/sold/product_info.php?products_id=9190 Photographs of a medal] medal-medaille.com.
*Image from the [http://www.gallery.fibis.org/picture.php?/728/category/23 FIBIS Gallery: Discharge papers] of Alfred Cecil Gregory who served in the 5th Bn.[[East Surrey Regiment]] in various parts of India during WWI. The first page shows he was eligible for six medals, (one for subsequent service in Persia) including the two Territorial Force medals. Click on the ”Photo size” icon on the top left hand side of the image to enlarge.
*[http://archive.org/stream/withindiansinfra00will#page/346/mode/2up List of ‘Promotions and Rewards'] page 347-382 ''With the Indians in France'' by Sir James Willcocks 1920 Archive.org
*[http://www.findmypast.co.uk/distinguished-conduct-medal-citations-search-start.action?product=DCM Distinguished Conduct Medal Citations 1914-1920] findmypast.co.uk
===Historical books online===
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=cREaAAAAIAAJ&printsec=frontcover ''Medals of the British Army and how they were won. Volume 3 India, China etc''] by Thomas Carter. 1861 Google Books
