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**[http://www.livemint.com/Leisure/rYeYeqLcF8kAdCJ1T2U6KI/Brighton-England--Remains-of-a-faraway-battle.html Brighton, England : Remains of a faraway battle] by Sidin Vadukut May 11 2013. www.livemint.com. The Chattri Memorial to Indian soldiers who fought in World War I
*The Lady Hardinge Hospital at Brockenhurst, in the New Forest, was for wounded Indian soldiers 1915-mid 1916. For more details see [[Nurse#First World War hospital for wounded Indian soldiers|Nurse]]
====Historical books online====
*[http://archive.org/stream/withindiansinfra00will#page/n3/mode/2up ''With the Indians in France''] by Sir James Willcocks 1920 Archive.org [http://archive.org/stream/withindiansinfra00will#page/382/mode/2up Index], page 383
**[http://archive.org/stream/withindiansinfra00will#page/346/mode/2up List of 'Promotions and Rewards'] page 347-382
*[http://archive.org/stream/ourindiansatmars00bibiuoft#page/n7/mode/2up ''Our Indians at Marseilles''] by Massia Bibikoff ; with an introduction by Maurice Barrès ; translated by Leonard Huxley ; with 50 illustrations by the author. 1915 Archive.org
==Mesopotamia==
*[http://www.northeastmedals.co.uk/britishguide/british_war_medal_1914_1918_1920.htm The British War Medal 1914-1920] northeastmedals.co.uk. Includes eligibility and images of the medals.
*India List [http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/INDIA/2012-10/1349869035 post] by Noel Clark advises the issue of the British War Medal by itself indicates service in India but that the recipient (a member of the Indian Medical Service) saw no action.
*[http://www.petergh.f2s.com/vm1914.htm Eligibility criteria for the Victory Medal 1914 - 1919] includes the actions in India which are regarded as theatres of war (Scroll down). Peter Ghiringhelli‘s [http://www.petergh.f2s.com/medals.htm British Gallantry, Orders, Decorations, and Campaign ribbons']*[http://archive.org/stream/withindiansinfra00will#page/346/mode/2up List of ‘Promotions and Rewards'] page 347-382 ''With the Indians in France'' by Sir James Willcocks 1920 Archive.org 
===FIBIS resources===
*"Medals to a Nurse" by Allan Stanistreet ''FIBIS Journal Number 28 (Autumn 2012)'' pages 39-40. Miss W McGregor was a member of the '''Temporary Nursing Service, India''' during the First World War. See [[FIBIS Journals]] for details of how to access this article
**IOR/L/PS/11/121 [http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=IOR/L/PS/11/121 1917 Political and Secret Annual Files] includes “Indian Journalists Tour of Mesopotamia” Newspaper articles written in Indian newspapers June 1917
**IOR/L/PS/11/129 [http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Ior/l/ps/11/129 1917 Political and Secret Annual Files] includes P 4640/1917 The Turkish campaigns in Mesopotamia, Palestine and Hedjaz; P 4700/1917 The War: arrest in Persia of certain Indian Army deserters, case of one Abdul Manun; P 4973/1917 The War: military situation in Turkey
*[http://archive.org/stream/ourindiansatmars00bibiuoft#page/n7/mode/2up ''Our Indians at Marseilles''] by Massia Bibikoff ; with an introduction by Maurice Barrès ; translated by Leonard Huxley ; with 50 illustrations by the author. 1915 Archive.org
*''Current History: A Monthly Magazine of the New York Times''. Initial volumes also had the title ''The European War''. A similar series issued quarterly (same content) included the title ''European War'' for all quarterly volumes up to Volume XX to October 1920. Archive.org
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