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*[https://archive.org/details/sportonnilgirisi00flet ''Sport on the Nilgiris and in Wynaad''] by F. W. F  Fletcher 1911 Archive.org including
*[https://archive.org/details/sportonnilgirisi00flet ''Sport on the Nilgiris and in Wynaad''] by F. W. F  Fletcher 1911 Archive.org including
**[https://archive.org/stream/sportonnilgirisi00flet#page/n24/mode/1up Map of the Nilgiri District] approximately page xx (towards the front of the book)
**[https://archive.org/stream/sportonnilgirisi00flet#page/n24/mode/1up Map of the Nilgiri District] approximately page xx (towards the front of the book)
*[http://pahar.in/wpfb-file/1959-indian-cavalryman-by-guest-s-pdf/ ''Indian Cavalryman''] by Captain Freddie Guest, [Reginald Edwin Guest] 1959. Pdf download, PAHAR Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset.
:Recommended by Peter Moore in [[Military reading list#Other|Military reading list]] who says "Selected in England to be trained as an Officer Cadet in Wellington, Southern India..."
*[http://jramc.bmj.com/content/50/1/59.full.pdf  "Another Bit of India" [Wellington<nowiki>]</nowiki>] by Mrs. H. V. Bagshawe ''Journal of the  Royal Army Medical Corps ''1928;50:1 59-68. The author was the wife of a medical officer in the RAMC.
*[http://jramc.bmj.com/content/50/1/59.full.pdf  "Another Bit of India" [Wellington<nowiki>]</nowiki>] by Mrs. H. V. Bagshawe ''Journal of the  Royal Army Medical Corps ''1928;50:1 59-68. The author was the wife of a medical officer in the RAMC.
*[https://archive.org/details/EconomicPlantsOfTheNilgiris ''Horticultural and economic plants of the Nilgiris''] edited by S Krishnamurthi  1953  Archive.org.  Includes Tea, coffee chinchona etc
*[https://archive.org/details/EconomicPlantsOfTheNilgiris ''Horticultural and economic plants of the Nilgiris''] edited by S Krishnamurthi  1953  Archive.org.  Includes Tea, coffee chinchona etc

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Ootacamund
Presidency: Madras
Coordinates: 11.38°N, 76.7°E
Altitude: 2,486 m (8,156 ft)
Present Day Details
Place Name: Udhagamandalam
State/Province: Tamil Nadu
Country: India
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Ootacamund, now frequently known as Ooty (but officially called Udhagamandalam), is a town in the Nilgiri Hills. Ooty was the Madras Presidency summer capital and the headquarters of the Nilgiris District. It was founded in the 1820s by John Sullivan (1788 -1855). Lovedale is an area to the south west of the town where the Lawrence Asylum is located.

The cantonment at Wellington is situated about eight miles from Ootacamund, and one and a half miles north of Coonoor. Until 1860, the cantonment was known as Jackatalla (spelling variants: Jackatallah, Jakkatalla, Jakatala).

Keti (Kaiti) three miles south-east of Ootacamund was the location of a Boer prisoner of war camp from March 1902 to August 1902, when the prisoners were repatriated.[1]

Spelling variants

Modern spelling: Udhagamandalam
Variants: Ootacamund/Ooty/Utakamand

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Schools and institutions

Related aricles

External links

Issue 11, 12, 13, 14 thequeensownbuffs.com
Issues 12 and 13. His time in India as a Boy Musician from age 15, with the 1st Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment in Gough Barracks in the cantonment of Trimulgherry, and time spent at Wellington
  • 20th Century Barracks in India Includes Wellington. From Photo Gallery: Accommodation for Soldiers and Officers. King's Own Royal Regiment Museum, Lancaster.
Album of Photographs: 1st Battalion, King's Own Royal Regiment, India 1937-40 King's Own Royal Regiment Museum. Includes photographs taken at Wellington.

Historical books online

Recommended by Peter Moore in Military reading list who says "Selected in England to be trained as an Officer Cadet in Wellington, Southern India..."

References

  1. Page 332 Madras District Gazetteers: The Nilgiris by W Francis 1908 Archive.org