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There is also a record series, consisting of of printed volumes at the [[British Library]] called "Indian Army First World War - War Diaries" IOR/L/MIL/17/5/2421-4246 : 1914-1921, which includes Western Front War Diaries. The relevant records appear to be IOR/L/MIL/17/5/2421-2499.
The Australian War Memorial website<ref>[https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/awm4/ Australian Imperial Force unit war diaries, 1914-18 War]</ref> contains Australian and New Zealand Army War diaries (available for free).
*First World War regimental diaries of the Indian Infantry units deployed to the Western Front are available online to download via The National Archives's [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/first-world-war/ First World War 100] portal.<ref> [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/news/962.htm Indian infantry unit war diaries go online] The National Archives</ref> At September 2014, 171 were available. They are not personal diaries. See TNA’s [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/records/war-diaries-ww1.htm British Army war diaries 1914-1922] for more details about this type of record. Searching is free, but there may be a charge to download documents. Also see [[Western Front#War Diaries|War Diaries]] above.
*[http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/worldwars/wwone/india_wwone_01.shtml India and the Western Front] Article by Dr David Omissi on BBC History website.
*[http://www.academia.edu/15196760/The_experiences_of_the_Indian_Infantry_on_the_Western_Front_between_August_1914_and_December_1915 ''What were the experiences of the Indian Infantry on the Western Front between August 1914 and December 1915?''] by Riyaz Husein Dhalla 2006, A dissertation, probably/possibly University of Nottingham. academia.edu
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20151029054959/http://www.cwgc.org/foreverindia/stories/khudadad-khan-ghulam-haider-hollebke-east-africa.php Khudadad Khan and Ghulam Haider of the 129th (Duke of Connaught's Own) Baluchis] cwgc.org, now an archived webpage. For his remarkable courage, at the village of Hollebeke, near Ypres in Belgium. Khudadad Khan was the first Indian soldier to be awarded the Victoria Cross.
*[http://www.nam.ac.uk/microsites/ww1/stories/lieutenant-frank-de-pass/#.VHbUllYWFFw Lieutenant Frank de Pass] nam.ac.uk. Lieutenant Frank de Pass of the [[34th Prince Albert Victor's Own Poona Horse|34th Prince Albert Victor’s Own Poona Horse]] was the first Jewish recipient of the Victoria Cross (VC) and also the first Indian Army officer to win the award in the First World War. It was awarded for conspicuous bravery near Festubert, in the Artois region of France on the western front, on the 24th November 1914.
