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*[http://www.cgsc.edu/carl/nafziger.htm The Nafziger Collection of Orders of Battle] from the [http://www.cgsc.edu/carl/index.asp Combined Arms Research Library] of the Command and General Staff College, Fort Leavenworth Kansas. Contains a PDF catalogue document for the 7000 PDF documents in the collection in addition to a search facility.
*[http://www.britishmedals.us/kevin/intro.html The Asplin Military History Resources], about British Army history in the Victorian era, includes pages relevant to the British Army in India.
*[http://www.soldiersofthequeen.com/page4-India.html Soldiers of the Queen: The Jewel in the Crown]. Photographs of soldiers in India, Ceylon,The North-West Frontier Afghanistan. Includes [http://www.soldiersofthequeen.com/page4c-TwoPrivatesaServantaDogandaMonkey.html Two Privates with a servant and pets], [http://www.soldiersofthequeen.com/page4v-SergeantEvansandWife.html Sergeant E. J. Evans in the tropical version of his regimental "Mess Dress" uniform, with wife], [http://www.soldiersofthequeen.com/page4hh-FusilierSergeantandFamily.html Fusilier Sergeant and family c 1900]
*[http://www.hargreave-mawson.demon.co.uk/46thmen.htmlhttp://www.46thfoot.com/ 46th Foot.com] includes a detailed account of the 1834 attestation of a private, Frederick Crosland.
*[http://www.archhistory.co.uk/taca/home.html The Army Children Archive (TACA)] contains information about children and wives, with themes such as [http://www.archhistory.co.uk/taca/accomm.html Accommodation] and [http://www.archhistory.co.uk/taca/move.html On the Move]. [http://www.archhistory.co.uk/taca/history.html History Matters] (scroll down) gives details of the enlistment of an orphan boy age five,the son of a soldier, as a drummer in 1786. There are references to India in a number of the themes.
*[http://www.royalengineers.ca/femnkid.html On the Strength: Wives and Children of the British Army], a Canadian website. Some of the information, particularly in respect of physical work performed, may not be applicable to India.
*[http://royalartillery1815.co.uk/index.php?page=british-soldiers-wives British Soldiers' Wives in the Napoleonic Era] Royalartillery1815.co.uk*History of the British Army Vol II by J W Fortescue [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=6bGPphR9_ToC&pg=PA171&dq=A+History+of+the+British+Army+These+were+the+first+British+troops+to+land+in+India&lr=&as_brr=3&cd=2#v=onepage&q&f=false First British troops to land in India p171]
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