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*The National Archives [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/podcasts podcasts] have a [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/podcasts/military-history.htm military history] category including
**[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/podcasts/sahib.htm Sahib, the British soldier in India, 1750 – 1914] by Professor Richard Holmes
*The life of a soldier in India in the early 1900s is discussed in this Victorian Wars Forum [http://www.victorianwars.com/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=6187#p24669 thread]. Includes reference to the book ''Old Soldier Sahib'' by Frank Richards, "an excellent read", which is about this period in India and Burma. First published in 1936, a reprint is available to purchase through Amazon.co.uk from the [http://astore.amazon.co.uk/faminbriindso-21/detail/1843425580 FIBIS Shop]. Also available at the [[British Library]]. Victorian Wars Forum [http://www.victorianwars.com/viewtopic.php?f=93&t=7862&p=34986#p34937 thread] about a 2005 edition , annotated by Krijnen and Langley, with many footnotes and illustrations. "Each page is annotated to give information on Frank Richards’s friends, his officers, the places where he served in India and Burma, dates, events and the language, for example". Stated to be available at the [[British Library]] (although not in the catalogue).
*This [http://1914-1918.invisionzone.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=161038&view=findpost&p=1561465 Great War Forum thread] advises the book ''A Strange War: Burma, India and Afghanistan 1914-1919'' by C P Mills 1988 describes experiences of Territorials in India during the Great War. The book is available at the [[British Library]]. The Regiment was the 2/5th Battalion of the [[13th Regiment of Foot|Somerset Light Infantry]]
*Recruiting regions of Irish infantry regiments in the British Army from 1881 until 1922. A list of regiments, depots, counties together with a map. Select page 5 of this [http://www.nuigalway.ie/geography/documents/Heritage-Chapter.pdf pdf]<ref>[http://www.nuigalway.ie/geography/documents/Heritage-Chapter.pdf "A Lost Heritage: The Connaught Rangers and Multivocal Irishness"] by John Morrissey, 2005 , Chapter 3 of ''Ireland’s Heritages: Critical Perspectives on Memory and Identity'' edited by M Mc Carthy 2005. Website: Geography Dept, National University of Ireland, Galway.</ref>
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