British Indian Army

[WkdWitch]

Thanks for all of that Casalguidi, I have found all you have posted for me. Phew! I got there in the end. Lol

The middle name Charles comes from my Mum and no official data so far. 

I had another stab at finding where the British Indian Army Records might be stored today but again am coming up empty. Would you know where I might find them?

 

[casalguidi]

Guessing here (perhaps somebody else knows more) I would suggest contacting the British Library to see if they have or know of any service records for the Indian Medical Service WW2.  There may be a closure rule on them if they survive but they should know if there is anything and where they are I would think http://www.bl.uk/

Casalguidi

[WkdWitch]

Thanks again Casalguidi, I have taken a quick look and it appears some records are only made available to 'Next of Kin' I am not sure if that will apply to my Dads but it won't hurt to try.

I have also found the 'Jesuit Archive' site which is based in Dublin so I will be emailing them aswell.

 

[rjb1984]

Hi,

I too have been researching an ancestor in the British army in India. I've had some sucess in finding service records for him, there are two avenues to go down -

(You'll need a copy of his death certificate for these)

Contact the MOD to get a copy of his army service records. In short you can apply for his service records as he has been deceased for over 25 years. You have to prove this (que death certificate). There is also a fee for this service. £30 last time I applied for some records. It is worth doing, the amount of information revealed does vary though.

Full information and forms to fill in can be found here -
 https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ministry-of-defence/about/publication-scheme#how-to-apply-for-records-of-service-of-deceased-service-personnel

Secondly, contact the British Library Asia and India office. The staff I spoke to were kind enough to conduct a search to see if there were any files there which I would be interested in. You then have to prove the person is deceased and I think, explain why you want the records. In my case, I found service records for my ancestor who had gone from the British Army to the British Indian army (until the end of the British Raj in 1947) and then into the Pakistan army. The British Library had records of my ancestors time in the Pakistan army. I'm still missing service records relating to his time as an officer in the British Indian army.....

Take a look here...
http://www.bl.uk/reshelp/findhelpregion/asia/india/indiaofficerecords/indiaofficehub.html

I don't know if you have seen these websites, could be of some help -

http://indiafamily.bl.uk/ui/home.aspx

http://www.new.fibis.org/research

Good luck!