Indian Mutiny medal roll

Findmypast has recently published Kevin Asplin's Indian Mutiny medal roll: 56,608 officers and men who were awarded this medal and the various clasps.

This is at least the third version of this roll that now appears online and there are differences with each.

1. Dix Noonan Webb publishes a free version HERE which is a transcript that does not include regimental numbers. But it is free.
2. Ancestry publishes the images and a thin index which you need to pay to see. In my opinion, this is the best version.
3. FindmyPast's version is also accessible only if you have a sub or Pay Per View Credits but like Ancestry you can search for free. The FindmyPast version has been augmented with information from sources other than the medal rolls and could arguably be said to be the most complete version - although you don't get images.

The image above appears on the North East Medals website.

Medal Rolls - India Office Library

I know that Ancestry has recently published a number of medal rolls but I just came across this National Archives link which lists medal rolls in the India Office Library.

Contents

1 L/MIL/5/42-141
1.1 Summary
2 L/MIL/5/42-44 East India Company's General Service Medal 1799-1826 (Army of India Medal)
3 L/MIL/5/45-65 India General Service Medal 1854
4 L/MIL/5/46-51 North West Frontier 1849-63 and Umbeyla 1863
5 L/MIL/5/52-54 Pegu 1852-53
6 L/MIL/5/55-56 Persia 1856-57
7 L/MIL/5/57-60 Bhootan 1864-66 and Hazara 1868
8 L/MIL/5/61-62 Looshai 1871-72
9 L/MIL/5/63 Jowaki 1877-78
10 L/MIL/5/64 Naga 1879-80
11 L/MIL/5/65 Burma 1885-87
12 L/MIL/5/66 "Marine Medals" 1801-1860
13 L/MIL/5/67 China 1842
14 L/MIL/5/68 Jellalabad 1842 (Second Issue)
15 L/MIL/5/69 Scinde 1843
16 L/MIL/5/70 Sutlej 1845-6
17 L/MIL/5/71-72 Punjab 1848-9
18 L/MIL/5/73-105 Indian Mutiny 1857-8
19 L/MIL/5/106-107 China 1857-60
20 L/MIL/5/108-109 Abyssinia 1867-8
21 L/MIL/5/110-121 Afganistan 1887-79-80
22 L/MIL/5/122-124 Kabul-Kandahar 1880
23 L/MIL/5/125 Egypt 1882
24 L/MIL/5/126 Delhi Durbar 1903
25 L/MIL/5/127 Delhi Durbar 1911
26 L/MIL/5/128-141 Miscellaneous 1845-1911
27 L/MIL/15/1-4 Officers of British Army Regiments in India 1806-1865
28 L/MIL/15/5-12 Officers formerly on the Indian Establishment now belonging to the British Army 1863-1868
29 L/MIL/15/16-19 Royal Engineers' Indian Establishment 1868-1930
30 L/MIL/15/23-26 British Army Transfers to the Indian Establishment 1859-1861
31 L/MIL/15/27-30 Monthly Casualty Returns of the New Line Regiments and Artillery Brigades 1862-1863
32 L/MIL/15/31-36 Nominal and Casualty Rolls of Jager Corps Volunteers 1860-1866
33 L/MIL/15/38-41 Registers of Indian Transports 1860-1873
34 L/MIL/15/42-46 British Troops embarked for India 1871-1889
35 L/MIL/15/47-48 Indian Troop Service Embarkation and Disembarkation Returns 1909-1914

Click HERE for more information.

UK Military Campaign Medal & Award Rolls 1793-1949

I've just been alerted to this collection which is new on Ancestry:

"This database contains lists of more than 2.3 million officers, enlisted personnel and other individuals entitled to medals and awards commemorating their service in campaigns and battles for the British Army between 1793 and 1949. The original medal rolls were compiled by the War Office and are housed at the National Archives of the UK in Kew, Surrey. The rolls include medals awarded for British campaigns in Europe, India, Egypt, Sudan, South Africa, West and Central Africa, China, the Middle East, and elsewhere during the height of the British Empire. The collection does not include WWI or WWII medal and award rolls.

While medal rolls do not provide very detailed information, the records can include the name, date, and location of a campaign or service, the soldier’s name, and the regiment or unit name and regimental number. Most rolls were arranged by campaign (or battle), then regiment, rank and surname.

The records in this collection can be searched by name, campaign, service location and date, and regimental number. Volumes may also be browsed by region, campaign, and regiment or unit."

This is a very nice addition to Ancestry's offering, and of particular benefit to medal researchers. It is however, not available on the basic subscription package.