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*[http://www.archive.org/stream/reminiscencesofi00westuoft#page/n3/mode/2up ''Reminiscences of an Indian Cavalry Officer''] by Colonel John Sutton Edward Western 1922 Archive.org. Born in India in 1857, he returned after schooling in England in 1876 , the greater part of his service being with the Punjab Frontier Force.
*[https://archive.org/details/fromkabultokumas00will ''From Kabul to Kumassi: Twenty-Four Years of Soldering and Sport''] by Brigadier-General Sir James Willcocks 1904 Archive.org. He arrived in India in 1878 with the [[100th Regiment of Foot]]. He later joined the Indian Army, and served until 1897, when he transferred to West Africa.
:[https://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015074830525?urlappend=%3Bseq=9 ''The Romance of Soldiering and Sport''] by General Sir James Willcocks 1925 Hathi Trust Digital Library. Also available [https://archive.org/details/dli.csl.4958/page/n1/mode/2up Archive.org]. Covers the content of the previous book more briefly, together with his time in India from 1902-1914, and subsequently.
:Also see [[Western Front]] for his WW1 book ''With the Indians in France''.
*[https://archive.org/details/khakigownautobio0000bird/page/n7 ''Khaki and Gown : an Autobiography''] by Field–Marshal Lord Birdwood 1941. Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library. Born in India in 1865, he lived in England from age 3, and was then posted, aged 19 to the British Army regiment XII (12th) Lancers at Bangalore in 1885. In 1887 he joined the XI (11th) Bengal Lancers; 1893 The Viceroy’s Bodyguard. He served in the Boer War, appointed again to India 1902, where he was on Kitchener’s Staff until Kitchener left India in 1909; Commander of the Kohat Independent Brigade for 4 years; 1912 appointed Quartermaster-General; c 1913 appointed Secretary to Government in the Army Dept; 1914 Corps Commander Australian and New Zealand contingent in Egypt, Gallipoli, France; Commander of the Fifth Army In France c 1918; 1920 Commander of the Northern Army in India for 4 years; 1925-1930 Commander-in Chief in India.
