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===The ''' National Army Museum ''' (NAM)===Another, more general, source of information is the National Army Museum in Chelsea. The Museum does have has a library relating to more general Army/regimental histories (requiring a reader's ticket). Click on the information link for the answers to many frequently asked questions[[British Army]] musters, attestation papers, pension records and records of officer's services are not kept here but at [[The National Archives]].

For a more comprehensive information on individuals, the best place to start is ==Information sheets==Refer [[The National ArchivesArmy Museum#External links|External links]].below

If you know your ancestor==Presidency army officers==There is a card index at the National Army Museum, prepared by Major V.C.P.Hodson (who published ''Hodson’s List of Officers of the Bengal Army'')<ref>Ms Brenda M. Cook. [https://lists.rootsweb.com/hyperkitty/list/india.rootsweb.com/thread/7730512/ The Hodson Index] ''Rootsweb India Mailing List'' 7 April 2004 and EM Neil. [https://lists.rootsweb.com/hyperkitty/list/india.rootsweb.com/thread/7730777 National Army Museum and Hodson's regimentIndex] ''Rootsweb India Mailing List'' 19 April 2004. Retrieved 14 September 2019.</ref>. Unlike the published List, these cards hold the details of not just officers of the [[Bengal Army]], but also those of the [[Bombay Army]] and [[Madras Army]] and include Civil Servants, Officers of Eastindiamen, Chaplains & other clergy. The list went on to include a good many people from the post [[East India Company]] period up to and including serving officers of the Second World War. There are also some card indexes/papers prepared by Lt Col H K Percy Smith (1897-1975) who also prepared the Percy Smith card index collection at the [[Society of Genealogists]] For many years there was no mention on the National Army Museum’s website regarding these index cards and they were not publicised. However they were for a time mentioned in the NAM’s now archived guide "Information Sheet No 1: Researching soldiers of the East India Company’s Armies and the Indian Army", refer below, but do not appear to be currently mentioned anywhere. ==British Army==For guides written by the NAM, about records generally , including those available elsehere, refer [[British Army#Other sources|British Army Records-Other sources]].  ===Soldiers’ effects records===These records relate to monies paid to the named relatives of deceased soldiers and those discharged insane. They do not give details of the personal possessions of dead personnel, but provide next of kin details. Transcripts of records between 1901 and 1960 are many regimental available, at a charge. They are not viewable at the Museum as they are stored off site.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20161012195846/http://www.nam.ac.uk/collection/collection-news/soldiers-effects-records-1901-60 Soldiers Effects Records 1901-60] NAM, now an archived webpage.</ref>They are also mentioned in Information Sheet 5 (see below) '''Update''' January 2015. Some of these records are now available on the pay website Ancestry, record category Military, with the dataset titled UK, Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects, 1901-1929.<ref>[http://search.ancestry.co.uk/search/db.aspx?dbid=60506 UK, Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects, 1901-1929] Ancestry.com</ref> ==FIBIS Resources==Strongly recommended is the article entitled ''“The India-related holdings of the National Army Museum” by Marion Harding and Jenny Spencer-Smith'' which appeared in FIBIS journal no 15. This is a most comprehensive account over nine pages long. FIBIS members can read this article online - see [[FIBIS Journals]] - or the relevant journal is available for purchase via the [https://www.fibis.org/product-category/fibis-books-and-publications/fibis-journals/ FIBIS online shop] ==External links==*[https://www.nam.ac.uk National Army Museum].**[https://www.nam.ac.uk/series/regiments-corps The Regimental System: Regiments and Corps] including***[https://www.nam.ac.uk/subjects/cavalry Cavalry] ***[https://www.nam.ac.uk/subjects/Ireland Ireland [Regiments<nowiki>]</nowiki>]****[https://www.nam.ac.uk/soldiers-records/persons Irish Soldiers' Records] Search the enlistment books of the disbanded Irish regiments 1920-22.**Information previously available pre 2017 no longer appears to be included on the current website, but is available as archived webpages. [https://web.archive.org/web/20170206155503/http://www.nam.ac.uk/research Research], now an archived page***[https://web.archive.org/web/20170206181803/http://www.nam.ac.uk/research/family-history websitesFamily History], now an archived page, with links to a number of**** Information sheets including*****[https://web.archive.org/web/20160205050129/http://www.nam.ac.uk/sites/default/files/research-information-5.pdf National Army Museum Information Sheet 5: Researching Family History at the NAM], now an archived page, details records available at the NAM.*****[https://web.archive.org/web/20101218024843/http://www.national-army-museum.ac.uk/oldResearch/files/tscInfo1.pdf Information Sheet No 1: Researching soldiers of the East India Company’s Armies and the Indian Army], now an archived page. == References ==<references /> {{#widget:Google PlusOne|size=small|count=true}} [[Category:Records]]