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'''WO 120''' and '''WO 121''' records may be helpful.<ref> Murphy, Sylvia. [https://web.archive.org/web/20201031005657/https://mlarchives.rootsweb.com/listindexes/emails?listname=india&thread=1315759 ThomaSs Pittmans pension record] ''Rootsweb India Mailing List'' 22 April 2011, archived.</ref> Catalogue references are:
*[http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/SearchUI/browse/C14328?v=r '''WO 120'''] "From about 1812 dates of death have been noted and in the last series these dates extend to 1877" The WO 120 records do not appear to be available online but are available on [[LDS|FamilySearch]] digitised microfilm, [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/315468 catalogue entry]. See [[FamilySearch Centres]] for details.
**The book ''British Army Pensioners Abroad, 1772-1899'' by Norman K. Crowder includes all British Army pensioners who retired to any place outside of Great Britain for which records are available (1772-1899). There are 8,934 entries, transcribed from [http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/SearchUI/browse/C1923393?v=r WO 120/35] and [http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/SearchUI/browse/C1923427?v=r WO 120/69-70]. Each entry has one line, in the form "51st Regiment of Foot; Josh ABBOTT; pension awarded 27 Sept 1842; residence - Hobart Town, Australia; died 22 Apr 1871. Source WO120 Volume 69 page 206".<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20140327042222/http://grthom.info/cpindex.html Chelsea Pensioners - Out Pensions] by Grahame Thom, archived.</ref> Available at the [[British Library]] UIN: BLL01008881220, including open access shelves. A "transcription of those entries with relevance or reference to India" of 1135 records may be found on the [https://fibis.ourarchives.online/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=browse_dataset&id=98&s_id=211&sort=1290 FIBIS database].
*[http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/SearchUI/browse/C14329?v=r '''WO 121'''] records. These records are available online on findmypast , refer above. The records include "Register of men discharged without pension", 1884 to 1887. Although the catalogue does not mention this, there are many records of men leaving the army in India under the heading "Nominal list of men discharged by the Commander-in-Chief in India." As the register provides name, regimental number, rank, corps, date and cause of discharge, attestation date (and a few other administration details) it is an invaluable resource for those not able to find these details elsewhere.
