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China-Burma-India (CBI)
*[http://www.ww2talk.com/forum/burma-india/ WW2 Talk] Forum has a category "Theatres of War: India and Burma"
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Kohima Battle of Kohima] Wikipedia; [http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-20270730 <nowiki>[</nowiki>Buckingham<nowiki>]</nowiki> Palace honours Battle of Kohima veterans] Includes some newsreel footage. 9 November 2012 www.bbc.co.uk
*[http://www.army.mod.uk/documents/general/Kohima_60_booklet.pdf Second World War: 60th Anniversary: Battle of Kohima] (24 page pdf) www.army.mod.uk
*''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.flickr.com/photos/loumorgan/sets/72157625123489075/ Photographs taken in India 1943-44 by Major E Brookman] flickr.com. He is stated to be a RAPC [Royal Army Pay Corps] officer
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