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*''The Telegraph'' [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/military-obituaries/gurkha-obituaries/1565768/Major-General-Derek-Horsford.html Obituary of Major-General Derek Horsford] (1917-2007). He was promoted to command the 4th Battalion 1st Gurkha Rifles in 1944 at Kohima in the Burma campaign.
→China-Burma-India (CBI)
*[http://www.historyofwar.org/articles/campaign_burma_japanese.html Japanese conquest of Burma, December 1941-May 1942] historyofwar.org
*[http://www.ww2talk.com/forum/burma-india/ WW2 Talk] Forum has a category "Theatres of War: India and Burma"
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Kohima Battle of Kohima] Wikipedia; [http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-20270730 <nowiki>[</nowiki>Buckingham<nowiki>]</nowiki> Palace honours Battle of Kohima veterans] Includes some newsreel footage. 9 November 2012 www.bbc.co.uk
*''The Telegraph'' [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/military-obituaries/gurkha-obituaries/1565768/Major-General-Derek-Horsford.html Obituary of Major-General Derek Horsford] (1917-2007). He was promoted to command the 4th Battalion 1st Gurkha Rifles in 1944 at Kohima in the Burma campaign.
*[http://www.flickr.com/photos/loumorgan/sets/72157625123489075/ Photographs taken in India 1943-44 by Major E Brookman] flickr.com. He is stated to be a RAPC [Royal Army Pay Corps] officer
*[http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/History/WW2.html The Indian Air Force in the Second World War] bharat-rakshak.com
*[http://www.thehindu.com/life-and-style/metroplus/article2771785.ece Memories of Madras - The Summer of 1942] The Hindu 3 January 2012
* Joseph Robert Milner describes his time in India and Burma performing primarily clerical duties c 1945 to 1947. He was drafted for India [https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:tPRVSEAwqwUJ:ronbaileyscarvings.com/armylife2.doc+Army+Life+Chapter+4+India+ronbaileyscarvings.com&hl=en&gl=au&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEEShRovvyXCRlJz_fbALslMs9BHOM6yDsoClDFDTYkzem35FrFssOC-MNo6Jq87RG1U71g8m5oEOvAyuc3f3vZ4dUerfY2u9XLj_vIyVxB9Vvp-og7KrkqT7IHtKQ_ht9DFSY65hL&sig=AHIEtbSXY3Fg2wviY-df4wVRrOZl7hF1dg page 19] of this document. His time in India and Burma is described in this [https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:KFT6z10X6pwJ:ronbaileyscarvings.com/armylife3.doc+Turkish+POWs+Deolali&hl=en&gl=au&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEESiSh0z7TSq6ps1Not2Bjig1XpLgiaT_jqmyQ1Gdxy7txbH0G2B-kj5T7gEqdfOpWPzLkfBBxLrFzdcbNjgnJp9Rx06W5C6obtKIAwlpF0K_wRFbETqG4Qd--AKma_n9WBb10Zr9&sig=AHIEtbRpAlapu5pvt9s3TWgqsgLf4zs88g document] [http://ronbaileyscarvings.com/milner.htm ronbaileyscarvings.com]
*[http://www.152hyderabad.co.uk/index.htm 152(Hyderabad) F Squadron 1939-1967] Served in India from 19th December 1943 as part of Calcutta’s defence and later moved to the front. Disbanded at R.A.F. Risalpur in 1947
