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*[http://photo-sleuth.blogspot.com/2009/05/artillery-officer-and-crimean-hero-of.html Colonel James William Howard Fitzmayer] , born 1813, with his wife spent nearly six years in India from 1864, first in command of the Artillery at Meerut until January 1866, then at Benares, and in command of an army division at Oude until April 1867, during which time he was promoted to the rank of Major-General. Photo-sleuth,blogspot.com
*[http://www.stevenleake.co.uk/leake_history.asp Henry Frederick Leake] joined the Royal Artillery 18 September 1859. He sailed almost immediately for Madras and remained in India until he was discharged in 1881. Family website.
*Article: [http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1229067/One-British-soldiers-diaries-bloody-battle-Afghanistan-130-years-ago-provide-haunting-insight-horrors-troops-face-now.html "The amazing story of Bobbie, the bravest dog of war, as told in a British soldier's diary of a bloody battle in Afghanistan 130 years ago"] by Geoffrey Wansell 19 November 2009 www.dailymail.co.uk. Describes letters written by Captain John Slade of the Royal Horse Artillery about the [[Battle of Maiwand]] in 1880, an action in the [[2nd Afghan War]]
*[http://picasaweb.google.com/paulnsheila/FrancisDownAndIndiaPhotos# Photographs by Francis William Downs “A Bty., 218th Bde., R.F.A.] Calcutta c 1916 (Picasa Web Albums) mentioned in a [http://1914-1918.invisionzone.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=100251&view=findpost&p=940848 Great War Forum] thread for India
*Charles George Thomas Barnes was in the 1/2nd Sussex, Royal Field Artillery (Territorial Force) in [[Mhow]], Central India from 1915-1917, when the Brigade was sent to Mesopotamia where it joined the 17th (Indian) Division. Two photographs taken in Mhow may be seen [http://www.barnesfamilyhistory.org.uk/guerra__sons.htm here], and service details may be seen [http://www.barnesfamilyhistory.org.uk/firstworldwar/those_who_served.htm here] Barnes Family History website.
