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*''The Telegraph'' [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/military-obituaries/gurkha-obituaries/1565768/Major-General-Derek-Horsford.html Obituary of Major-General Derek Horsford] (1917-2007). He was promoted to command the 4th Battalion 1st Gurkha Rifles in 1944 at Kohima in the Burma campaign.
*[http://www.152hyderabad.co.uk/index.htm 152(Hyderabad) F Squadron 1939-1967] Served in India from 19th December 1943 as part of Calcutta’s defence and later moved to the front. Disbanded at R.A.F. Risalpur in 1947
 
===Borneo===
*''The Telegraph'' [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/9605570/Philip-Crosland.html Obituary of Philip Crosland] (1918-2012). In October 1938 he joined ''The Statesman'' in Calcutta. He became a member of the [[Calcutta Light Horse]]. During World War 2 he accompanied the [[26th Regiment of Punjab Infantry|2nd Battalion 15th Punjab Regiment]] to Sarawak and other parts of Borneo from May 1941. He became a Japanese POW April 1942-September 1945.
===Hong Kong===
===Miscellaneous===
*[http://www.psywarrior.com/AxisPropIndia.html Axis and Allied Propaganda to Indian Troops] by Herbert A Friedman (psywarrior.com)
 
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