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*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/8th_Gurkha_Rifles 8 Gorkha Rifles] Wikipedia<br>
*''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 commissioned into the 8th Gurkha Rifles and joined the 1st Battalion at Quetta in 1938, and was promoted to command the 4th Battalion 1st Gurkha Rifles in 1944 at Kohima in the Burma campaign.
*WW2Talk Forum thread discusses topics discuss aspects of the Regiment during [[ Second World War|WW2]].<ref>Zahonado. [http://ww2talk.com/index.php?threads/8th-ghurka-rifles.26614/ 8th Ghurka Rifles] ''WW2Talk Forum thread '' 22 December 2010. Retrieved 6 October 2018. </ref><ref> dryan67. [http://ww2talk.com/forumsindex.php?threads/topic/266141st-battalion-8th-ghurkagurkha-rifles.60259/ #post-696547 1st Battalion 8th Gurkha Rifles]''WW2Talk Forum'' 21 January 2016. David A Ryan is co author of books on the Indian Army in WW2, see the ''WW2Talk Forum'' post [http://ww2talk.com/index.php?threads/indian-army-an-organisational-history.52920/ Indian Army: An Organisational History]. Retrieved 6 October 2018.</ref>
==Historical books online==
*[https://archive.org/details/cu31924023224490 ''With Mounted Infantry In Tibet''] by Brevet Major W J Ottley, 34th Sikh Pioneers 1906 Archive.org. The dedication mentions members of the 8th Gurkha Rifles.
*[http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/126645 ''The Gurkhas''] Pdf download, Digital Library of India. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.126645 Archive.org version]. A regimental history. This appears to be a reprint edition, for which no author is given, and which advises first published 1960. However the text refers to events in 1964.The most likely publication appears to be ''The Gurkhas'' by Harold James and Denis Sheil-Small published 1965, London.
:[http://pahar.in/wpfb-file/1965-the-gurkhas-by-james-s-pdf/ ''The Gurkhas''] by James, 1965. Link to a pdf download, PAHAR Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset.
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