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==Online Resources== | ==Online Resources== | ||
*'''1746-1939''' [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/61468/ UK, Registers of Employees of the East India Company and the India Office, 1746-1939] at Ancestry - index & images | *'''1746-1939''' [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/61468/ UK, Registers of Employees of the East India Company and the India Office, 1746-1939] at Ancestry - index & images ($) | ||
*'''1840-1947''' [https://search.findmypast.com/search-world-records/indian-navy-records-of-service-1840-1947 Indian Navy Records Of Service 1840-1947] at Findmypast - index ($) | *'''1840-1947''' [https://search.findmypast.com/search-world-records/indian-navy-records-of-service-1840-1947 Indian Navy Records Of Service 1840-1947] at Findmypast - index ($) | ||
*'''1900-1947''' [https://search.findmypast.com/search-world-records/indian-army-records-of-service-1900-1947 Indian Army Records Of Service 1900-1947] at Findmypast - index ($)<br><br> | *'''1900-1947''' [https://search.findmypast.com/search-world-records/indian-army-records-of-service-1900-1947 Indian Army Records Of Service 1900-1947] at Findmypast - index ($) | ||
* [https://fibis.ourarchives.online/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=browse_dataset&id=2536&s_id=1257 Military, Rolls & Lists, Casualty Lists - WW1 CS Officers] at FIBIS — index ($) | |||
* [https://fibis.ourarchives.online/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=browse_dataset&id=2535&s_id=1257 Military, Rolls & Lists, Casualty Lists - WW1 Officers] at FIBIS — index ($) | |||
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Military records are potentially of great genealogical value and may provide information not found in any other source. These records identify individuals who served or were eligible to serve in the military. Military service (other than the militia) was usually a lifetime career. Officers came from the upper classes; soldiers usually came from the poor. A compulsory draft was seldom used except by the militia. | Military records are potentially of great genealogical value and may provide information not found in any other source. These records identify individuals who served or were eligible to serve in the military. Military service (other than the militia) was usually a lifetime career. Officers came from the upper classes; soldiers usually came from the poor. A compulsory draft was seldom used except by the militia. | ||
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== Service Records == | == Service Records == | ||
For records of service for officers, surgeons, departmental warrant officers, Non-Commissioned Officers (NCO) and privates, see Ian A. Baxter's ''India Office Library and Records:'' ''A Brief Guide to Biographical Sources'' ( | For records of service for officers, surgeons, departmental warrant officers, Non-Commissioned Officers (NCO) and privates, see Ian A. Baxter's ''India Office Library and Records:'' ''A Brief Guide to Biographical Sources'' (FS Library book 016.954 B334b). <br> | ||
For officers of the Bengal Army 1758-1834, see V.C.P. Hodson, [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/281774?availability=Family%20History%20Library ''List of the Officers of the Bengal Army''], 4 vols (London, 1927-1947) (FS Library book 942 M23h). <br> | |||
For surgeons, see D.G. Crawford's [https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSN4-29PJ-K?mode=g&cat=287926 ''Roll of the Indian Medical Service 1615-1930''](London, 1930) (FS Library film 454,945). Also see D.G. Crawford's [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/287922?availability=Family%20History%20Library ''A History of the Indian Medical Service, 1600-1913''] (FS Library film 454,944). <br> | |||
de Breffny, Brian. | de Breffny, Brian. Irish Soldiers Stationed on the Coast of Coromandel in India on 31st December, 1766. Alphabetical list of Irish - born soldiers serving in India. Gives name, ship on which soldier arrived in India, Branch of service, Country of origin, the Corps soldier was serving in, and date of enlistment, covering 1741-1766. <br> | ||
Article in The Irish Ancestor, vol. XVI, no. 1. 1984, pages 45-53, FS Library Ref. 941.5 B2i | |||
== Maritime Service == | == Maritime Service == | ||