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*[http://www.lokatantra.com/media/2884/assam-valley-light-horse.html Photograph AVLH 1930s] from Lokantra.com
*[http://www.stepneyrobarts.co.uk/5459.htm Col Sir Charles Thorp Jessop CIE, VD] from “Ancestors of David Robarts”. A tea planter in Assam who joined the [[Sibsagar Mounted Rifles]] in 1886 and transferred to the Assam Valley Mounted Rifles in which he served for more than 20 years; the last ten years as Commandant.
*Major George Plummer Montague was adjutant of the Assam Valley Light Horse during World War 2, located in Dibrugarh, and is shown as father of the bride in this [http://contentdm.lib.byu.edu/u?/FH40,67299 October 1943 wedding photograph] page 34 ''The story of Sam and Marg Acomb'' He is briefly mentioned on [http://contentdm.lib.byu.edu/u?/FH40,67303 page 38] and 39. BYU Digital Collections
===Historical books online===
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/historyoflumsden00pearrich#page/n9/mode/2up ''The history of Lumsden's Horse; a complete record of the corps from its formation to its disbandment''] by Henry H. S Pearse, p4 advises that Lt Col Dugald Mactavish Lumsden, commander of [[Lumsden's Horse]] in South Africa in 1900, was appointed Captain in the [[Darrang Mounted Rifles|Durrung Mounted Rifles]] on its 1887 formation and later became commandant of the Assam Valley Light Horse until 1893.
