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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>*[https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/80014558 Detailed description of a 1995, 5 reel oral history, catalogue number 14962] by Harry A Bainbridge, officer 3/8th Bn Gurkha Rifles 1943-45 in India, Burma and Saigon, Vietnam. Note, the audio is not available online. Imperial War Museums.
==Historical books online==
*[https://archive.org/details/memoriesofsevenc00thorrich/page/104 Page 104]''Memories of Seven Campaigns: a record of thirty-five years' service in the Indian Medical Department in India, China, Egypt, and the Sudan'' by James Howard Thornton, Deputy Surgeon General, Indian Medical Service, late Principal Medical Officer Punjab Frontier Force. 1895 Archive.org. (The author was in the Bengal Medical Service 1856-1891). The author was appointed as Medical officer of the 44th Regiment of Native Infantry in March 1862, which took part in operations around Jowai. He was subsequently based at Cherra Poonjee in the Khasi Hills, Assam, took part in the [[Duar War|Bhutan War]], and was then based at [[Shillong]], until October 1868, when he took leave and left the regiment (page 154).
*[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.
*[https://archive.org/details/dli.pahar.2253/mode/2up ''Sport and Service in Assam, and Elsewhere''] by Lt.-Col Alban Wilson, late 1st Battalion, 8th Gurkha Rifles. 1924. Archive.org, mirror from Pahar-Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset. Some of the contents first appeared in the ''Fishing Gazette'' and Indian papers such as the ''Pioneer''. Covers the period from c 1890.*[http://pahar.in/wpfb-file/1952-history-of-8th-gurkha-rifles-1824-1949-by-huxford-s-pdf/ ''History of the 8th Gurkha Rifles, 1824-1949''] by H. J. Huxford. 1952. Link to a pdf download, PAHAR Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset.*If download does not display, locate under Books/Indian Subcontinent/1952. [httphttps://wwwarchive.org/details/dli.newpahar.dli2967 Archive.ernetorg mirror version].in/handle/2015/126645 * ''The Gurkhas''] Pdf download, Digital Library of India. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.126645 Archive.org version], mirror from Digital Library of India . 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.
* ''Shikar Memories'' by Lieut.-Col. H S Wood [Henry Stotesbury], IMS (Late M O 2/8th Gurkhas and Civil Surgeon, Assam) 1934. Full title: ''Shikar Memories. A record of sport and observation in India and Burma''. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.211390 Archive.org version], mirror from Digital Library of India.
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