There are now some Indian Army Lists for the war years available as pdfs from the Digital Library of India. Links have been added to the FIBIS Fibiwiki page Indian Army List online, with the links in chronological order, from 1890 through to the 1940s Most of these have been recently scanned from the from the Library of the United Service Institution of India. There is also a reference to a few older editions which use a TIFF format (and may require a TIFF plug-in) http://wiki.fibis.org/index.php/Indian_Army_List_online Cheers Maureen
Maureen Thank you very much for creating the FIBIS links and this post. Thanks too David for the tip off. I have downloaded many of the Indian Army Lists already and have looked at a few. Most are very acceptable scans and appear to be complete. One or two are not as advertised - for instance October 1946 Parts 1 & 2 appears to be only Part 2. The 1947 Special Edition is very poor - scans at strange angles, blurred scans, missing pages - this seems to be the copy I gave up trying to read using the old system. [SIZE=11.6667px]These are not grumbles - just additional information - this is an invaluable resource. If I find other points of interest on the files would you be interested to note them? If so should I post them here?[/SIZE] [SIZE=11.6667px]Thanks again - much appreciated.[/SIZE] [SIZE=11.6667px]Steve[/SIZE]
Thanks Steve for your comments about the files. It is great to get this feedback, so if you have further comments, please post here in this thread. Cheers Maureen
Being a self-confessed techno duffer, can anyone explain how I can see these records without having to wait hours and hours to download? I'm interested in 1943-4 records. Lionboxer
Lionboxer I found it best to download directly to my computer before opening - is that what you have tried? If not, when on the appropriate DLI page, 'right click' over the link to the file and click on 'Save link as' or similar depending on which browser you use. The download should then start. Some of the 1943-1946 files are very large - over 1Gb - and the Indian server is slow. Each of these large files can take an hour or so to download, depending on the speed of your connection. Early morning UK time seems to be the best time for a faster download. I found I could download two files from the DLI site at the same time. I tried to get more than two downloads running at the same time and the server just dropped them all. Steve
Lionboxer The lists are, well, lists of officers (and senior warrant officers) of the Indian Army. The precise format and content changes over time however for the period of publication, say 'July 1926' a given officer will be listed under the battalion/regiment with which he was serving or other lists and appointments such as higher command, the 'Special Unemployed List' and so on. It is possible to build up a military biography by tracing a person's career through successive volumes. The entry for each battalion/regiment also provides details of the unit's lineage, history and location Here is a sample page http://www.rothwell.force9.co.uk/burmaweb/images/Indian Army List sample page - July 1926.pdf Steve
Hi Maureen Another update to the quality of the files. The April 1939 file has only 358 pages, ending at page 292-293. Around 500+ pages and the index are missing. Steve
Thanks Steve for the information dated 26 October, 2015. Sorry I must have missed it at the time, but I will now add this information to the Fibiwiki page. I have been advised of three additional Lists which are now available - two were catalogued incorrectly, and one was included with another List. These are 1905 January 1926 April and 1937 April I have updated the FIBIS Fibiwiki page , URL is http://wiki.fibis.org/index.php/Indian_Army_List_online Cheers Maureen
Hi Maureen Just downloading some more Indian Army Lists and noticed a bad link for 1893-January. The link given is http://www.new.dli.in/handle/2015/278911 It should be "The Quarterly Indian Army List For Jan I 1893" which is correct as I'm currently downloading it. Best wishes Steve