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:Note that publications such as ''Army and Navy Gazette'' and ''Naval & Military Gazette'' used as the source of the Nafziger data, are now available online for some years, see [[Military periodicals online]].
*The publication [[Army List for British Army online#Monthly Army List|''Monthly Army List'']], many of which are available as part of [[Army List for British Army online]] usually contains information on a '''monthly''' basis about regiments and the Royal Artillery, both under individual regiments, but also in a section "Commands of the Army", where the information is listed geographically (example for [https://booksarchive.google.com.auorg/details/monthly-army-list-1927-sep/page/n63/mode/books?id=uXJEAQAAIAAJ&pg=PP58 2up 1927 September] (Google BooksArchive.org), commencing page 18), for both UK and overseas Commands, including for India, generally listed under East Indies, which may also include Burma and Aden. Ceylon is listed under Dominions, Colonies and Protectorates etc. This information is generally '''not''' available during war time and perhaps some other periods.:The publications [[Army List for British Army online#New Annual Army List| ''New Annual Army List'']] and [[Army List for British Army online#New Army List|''New Army List'']], some of which are available on [[Army List for British Army online]] contain details of the regiments in the British Army for each year of publication. The details of each regiment in each volume will usually include where the regiment is garrisoned at that point of time. This is often located at the very top of the page which gives details of the regiment. As an [httphttps://booksarchive.google.com.auorg/details/newannualarmylis1873hart/page/271/mode/books?id=XysdAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA276 1up example], (Archive.org) the 2nd Battalion of the [[24th 25th Regiment of Foot]] was stationed at Secunderabad, Madras, Jubbulpore Bengal page 276 269 ''The New Annual Army List for 18691873'', shown in the top left right hand corner.
:*[https://web.archive.org/web/20120808222131/http://www.remthepast.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/location.html Location of British Army Infantry and Cavalry Regiments 1878-1891] Remembering The Past, now archived. Transcriptions from Army Lists. Note, data is spread across the web page, and you may need to widen out the web page.
*''Indian Army List''s will generally provide full details of British Cavalry and British Infantry Regiments in India and contain a Distribution of the Royal Artillery in India. Refer to the Content pages to locate the entries. Some earlier publications may also provide similar information. For editions online, see [[Indian Army List online]].
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