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*[http://www.soldiersofthequeen.com/India.html Soldiers of the Queen: The Jewel in the Crown]. Photographs of soldiers in India, Ceylon,The North-West Frontier Afghanistan. Includes [http://www.soldiersofthequeen.com/India-TwoPrivatesaServantaDogandaMonkey.html Two Privates with a servant and pets], [http://www.soldiersofthequeen.com/india-SergeantEdgarJobEvansandWife.html Sergeant E. J. Evans in the tropical version of his regimental "Mess Dress" uniform, with wife], [http://www.soldiersofthequeen.com/India-ArtillerySergeantandFamily.html Artillery Sergeant and family c 1900]
*[http://www.littlehamptonfort.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/Kings-Shilling-3.pdf "The King’s Shilling: Life in army barracks 1855-1871"] in England. littlehamptonfort.co.uk.
*[https://www.jstor.org/stable/44230867 "Beyond The Queen's Shilling: Reflections on the Pay of Other Ranks in the Victorian British Army"] by Cameron Pulsifer, ''Journal of the Society for Army Historical Research'' Volume 80, 2002, pages 326-334. A comparative survey of rates of military and civilian pay, 1860-1900. Read online for free on the website Jstor.org, subject to registration with Jstor.org, and restrictions apply. For more details about Jstor, and the restrictions, see the page [[Miscellaneous tips]]. Alternatively you may be able to log in with a Library card.
*[https://www.victorianforts.co.uk/tommyatkins.htm Tommy Atkins]. A series of five articles including [https://www.victorianforts.co.uk/flipbook/atkinsdomestic/index.html#p=1 "The Domestic Life of Tommy Atkins"], [https://www.victorianforts.co.uk/flipbook/atkinsmarried/index.html#p=1 "Tommy Atkins Married"], about aspects of life in the Army in the late Victorian period.<ref> Originally published in ''The Redan'', journal of The Palmerston Forts Society, three articles by Duncan Williams , (originally published in 1999-2001 (issues 46, 50, 53)) and two articles by David Moore (issues 72,74). From the website [https://www.victorianforts.co.uk/index.htm Victorian Forts and Artillery].</ref> These articles in turn include quotes from a series of articles which appeared in ''Navy and Army Illustrated'' commencing in June 1898 which gave insight into the life of an ordinary soldier.
*[https://pearl.plymouth.ac.uk/handle/10026.1/4359 ''Tommy Atkins, War Office Reform and the Social and Cultural Presence of the Late-Victorian Army in Britain, c.1868-1899''] by Edward Peter Joshua Gosling 2016 Doctorate Thesis Plymouth University. “This thesis will examine the public and political treatment of the soldier in the late-nineteenth century and question how far the conflicting ideas of soldier-hero and soldier-beggar were reconciled”. Plymouth University website.
*[https://www.dover.gov.uk/Planning/Conservation/Conservation-Areas/Dover-Western-Heights-Conservation-Framework.pdf Built Heritage Conservation Framework for Dover Western Heights] by Liv Gibbs, February 2012. dover.gov.uk. Dover Western Heights is a series of forts at Dover, England. Includes a detailed chronology with information about Quarters for all ranks, facilities provided, military features etc, an indication of military life in a fort (and probably more generally applicable to Army life elsewhere.)
*[http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/09612020000200233 "‘Delicate duties’: issues of class and respectability in government policy towards the wives and widows of British soldiers in the era of the Great War"] by Janis Lomas ''Women's History Review'', 9:1, 2000 pages 123-147. For rank and file soldiers, “on the strength” widows pensions applied from 1901, and “off the strength” widows pensions applied from the beginning of the First World War, although there was a delay before payments were actually made, which caused terrible hardship.
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*[http://www.angelfire.com/mp/memorials/memindz1.htm Stephen Lewis' Soldiers Memorials] lists NCO and other ranks graves in India by surname, amongst other memorials. [http://glosters.tripod.com/memindex3.htm Officers Died] is the equivalent commissioned ranks site. [https://web.archive.org/web/20130730175449/http://www.redcoat.info/memindex3.htm Alternative link] redcoat.info, archived.
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20200507064325/http://www.britishmedals.us/kevin/intro.html The Asplin Military History Resources], now archived, about British Army history in the Victorian era, includes pages relevant to the British Army in India. Some, but not all, internal pages are available as archived links. In addition from [https://web.archive.org/web/20090225112111/http://www.britishmedals.us/kevin/profiles.html Soldier's Profiles] there are some pages archived from Google cache versions of the pages: [https://web.archive.org/web/20200711063254/http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:KmxhW1hH-wIJ:www.britishmedals.us/kevin/profiles/boorman.html Boorman], [https://web.archive.org/web/20200711061616/http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:lXEAy-Hk7UAJ:www.britishmedals.us/kevin/profiles/fry.html Fry], [https://web.archive.org/web/20200712012239/http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache%3AhxmkL_94x78J%3Awww.britishmedals.us%2Fkevin%2Fprofiles%2Fkimpton.html Kimpton], [https://web.archive.org/web/20200712013943/http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:bjCeYG4Bx6sJ:www.britishmedals.us/kevin/profiles/morgan.html Morgan], [https://web.archive.org/web/20200712015328/http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache%3AxmEk5CYz5NcJ%3Awww.britishmedals.us%2Fkevin%2Fprofiles%2Freeves.html Reeves], [https://web.archive.org/web/20200712011443/http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache%3AuHFPoU4aKQsJ%3Awww.britishmedals.us%2Fkevin%2Fprofiles%2Fsykes.html Sykes], [https://web.archive.org/web/20200711041646/http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache%3AwaW_zl7SRdAJ%3Awww.britishmedals.us%2Fkevin%2Fprofiles%2Ftaylor.html Taylor].
*[http://www.soldiersofthequeen.com/India.html Soldiers of the Queen: The Jewel in the Crown]. Photographs of soldiers in India, Ceylon,The North-West Frontier Afghanistan. Includes [http://www.soldiersofthequeen.com/India-TwoPrivatesaServantaDogandaMonkey.html Two Privates with a servant and pets], [http://www.soldiersofthequeen.com/india-SergeantEdgarJobEvansandWife.html Sergeant E. J. Evans in the tropical version of his regimental "Mess Dress" uniform, with wife], [http://www.soldiersofthequeen.com/India-ArtillerySergeantandFamily.html Artillery Sergeant and family c 1900]
*[http://www.ceylondatabase.net/military.html International Ceylon Database: Military] from Kyle Joustra’s [http://www.ceylondatabase.net/Genealogy.html website]. Includes lists of names by regiment.
*[https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/626107/2017-03109.pdf "Army Dress Regulations (All Ranks)"] UK Ministry of Defence paper January 2011 including history.
*Illustrated notes on the various late Victorian to Great War "Stars, stripes and chevrons" which were awarded variously for good conduct, efficiency, proficiency and re-engagement, by David Langley and Toby Brayley. Also notes on "Rank and Appointment badges" by David Langley. (''Great War Forum'' Blog details.<ref> Meurrisch [Langley, David] and Brayley, Toby. [https://www.greatwarforum.org/blogs/blog/681-stars-stripes-and-chevrons/ Stars, Stripes and Chevrons] ''Great War Forum'' Blog 17 February 2020. With links to Chapters 2-7. Retrieved 1 April 2020. <br> Meurrisch [Langley, David]. [https://www.greatwarforum.org/blogs/entry/2642-rank-and-appointment-badges/ Rank and Appointment badges] ''Great War Forum'' Blog 27 April 2020. Retrieved 20 January 2021.</ref>)
*[http://www.royalengineers.ca/femnkid.html On the Strength: Wives and Children of the British Army], a Canadian website. Some of the information, particularly in respect of physical work performed, may not be applicable to India.
*[http://www.warof1812.ca/family.htm "A Soldier's Family in the British Army
during the War of 1812"]
by Robert Henderson warof1812.ca
*Sample pages [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=iPo8AAAAIAAJ&lpg=PP1&pg=PP7 ''Women of the Regiment: Marriage and the Victorian Army''] by Myna Trustram 1984 Google Books. Available at the British Library UIN: BLL01008755340 .
*[http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/09612020000200233 "‘Delicate duties’: issues of class and respectability in government policy towards the wives and widows of British soldiers in the era of the Great War"] by Janis Lomas ''Women's History Review'', 9:1, 2000 pages 123-147. For rank and file soldiers, “on the strength” widows pensions applied from 1901, and “off the strength” widows pensions applied from the beginning of the First World War, although there was a delay before payments were actually made, which caused terrible hardship.
*[http://www.littlehamptonfort.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/Kings-Shilling-3.pdf "The King’s Shilling: Life in army barracks 1855-1871"] in England. littlehamptonfort.co.uk.
*[https://www.jstor.org/stable/44230867 "Beyond The Queen's Shilling: Reflections on the Pay of Other Ranks in the Victorian British Army"] by Cameron Pulsifer, ''Journal of the Society for Army Historical Research'' Volume 80, 2002, pages 326-334. A comparative survey of rates of military and civilian pay, 1860-1900. Read online for free on the website Jstor.org, subject to registration with Jstor.org, and restrictions apply. For more details about Jstor, and the restrictions, see the page [[Miscellaneous tips]]. Alternatively you may be able to log in with a Library card.
*[https://www.victorianforts.co.uk/tommyatkins.htm Tommy Atkins]. A series of five articles including [https://www.victorianforts.co.uk/flipbook/atkinsdomestic/index.html#p=1 "The Domestic Life of Tommy Atkins"], [https://www.victorianforts.co.uk/flipbook/atkinsmarried/index.html#p=1 "Tommy Atkins Married"], about aspects of life in the Army in the late Victorian period.<ref> Originally published in ''The Redan'', journal of The Palmerston Forts Society, three articles by Duncan Williams , (originally published in 1999-2001 (issues 46, 50, 53)) and two articles by David Moore (issues 72,74). From the website [https://www.victorianforts.co.uk/index.htm Victorian Forts and Artillery].</ref> These articles in turn include quotes from a series of articles which appeared in ''Navy and Army Illustrated'' commencing in June 1898 which gave insight into the life of an ordinary soldier.
*[https://pearl.plymouth.ac.uk/handle/10026.1/4359 ''Tommy Atkins, War Office Reform and the Social and Cultural Presence of the Late-Victorian Army in Britain, c.1868-1899''] by Edward Peter Joshua Gosling 2016 Doctorate Thesis Plymouth University. “This thesis will examine the public and political treatment of the soldier in the late-nineteenth century and question how far the conflicting ideas of soldier-hero and soldier-beggar were reconciled”. Plymouth University website.
*[https://www.dover.gov.uk/Planning/Conservation/Conservation-Areas/Dover-Western-Heights-Conservation-Framework.pdf Built Heritage Conservation Framework for Dover Western Heights] by Liv Gibbs, February 2012. dover.gov.uk. Dover Western Heights is a series of forts at Dover, England. Includes a detailed chronology with information about Quarters for all ranks, facilities provided, military features etc, an indication of military life in a fort (and probably more generally applicable to Army life elsewhere.)
*Soldiers' Stories
**See [[21st Regiment of Foot]] for an article by D J Oddy about 19th Century Army family life, including three generations of family members who served in the same regiment 1829-1877.
**[https://web.archive.org/web/20070819162745/http://britains-smallwars.com/India/HealthHazards.html "Health Hazards …Stationed in India"] by former Sergeant Donald C. Thyer, Royal Engineers Survey 1945-1947 britains-smallwars.com, now archived.
**[http://www.davidhorsfield.org.uk ''From Semaphore to Satellite: The memoirs of Major General David Horsfield, Royal Signals''] He served in Burma in 1942 during World War 2 and was then in India 1942-1946.
*[https://media.nationalarchives.gov.uk Archives Media Player] The National Archives Podcast series - includes [https://media.nationalarchives.gov.uk/index.php/category/military-history/ Military history], which in turn includes [https://media.nationalarchives.gov.uk/index.php/sahib-the-british-soldier-in-india-1750-1914/ Sahib, the British soldier in India, 1750 – 1914] by Professor Richard Holmes.
*[https://www.era.lib.ed.ac.uk/handle/1842/6864 ''A social and domestic history of the kilted and Highland Based Regiments of Foot, 1820-1920''] by D M Henderson [Diana Mary] 1986 PhD Doctor of Philosophy Thesis, University of Edinburgh.
