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*Margaret Mulvihill, "'Peculiar Circumstances': Catholic Chaplains of the Victorian British Army in India" ''FIBIS Journal No 24 (Autumn 2010)'', pages 26-28. For details of how to access this article, see [[FIBIS Journals]].*Ainslie Sharpe, "Boy Soldier to Lancer: John Arnfield in the Anglo -Sikh Wars" ''FIBIS Journal No 26 Autumn 2011'', pages 31-40. For details of how to access this article, see [[FIBIS Journals]].<br> :John Arnfield joined his father's regiment, the [[3rd Regiment of Foot]], the Buffs in India in 1833, as a Boy soldier, aged 14 years and became a Private on his 18th birthday.<br>:He went on to serve with the [[16th Lancers]] in the [[Gwalior Campaign]] and the [[1st Sikh War]], and with the [[9th (The Queen's Royal) Lancers|9th Lancers]] in the [[2nd Sikh War]].<br>:He resigned in 1853 having spent 20 years in the British Army, all in India. However, his years as a Boy were not counted as years of service, so he was not entitled to any pension.