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*[http://www.25thlondon.com/hpalbum/168_-_Wellington_Nilghiri_Hills_pages_-_untitled_6.html Photograph: Wellington [Barracks?<nowiki>]</nowiki>]  c 1918 25thlondon.com. Retrieved 25 August 2014
*[http://www.25thlondon.com/hpalbum/168_-_Wellington_Nilghiri_Hills_pages_-_untitled_6.html Photograph: Wellington [Barracks?<nowiki>]</nowiki>]  c 1918 25thlondon.com. Retrieved 25 August 2014
*[http://www.lancs-fusiliers.co.uk/gallerynew/2LFindia1927/Tom_Dalton/dalton/dal06.jpg  Photograph: Sgt's Mess at Wellington India 1928] from [http://www.lancs-fusiliers.co.uk/gallerynew/2LFindia1927/2lfindia1927-31.htm 2nd Bn XX The Lancashire Fusiliers Wellington India 1927 – 1931] www.lancs-fusiliers.co.uk
*[http://www.lancs-fusiliers.co.uk/gallerynew/2LFindia1927/Tom_Dalton/dalton/dal06.jpg  Photograph: Sgt's Mess at Wellington India 1928] from [http://www.lancs-fusiliers.co.uk/gallerynew/2LFindia1927/2lfindia1927-31.htm 2nd Bn XX The Lancashire Fusiliers Wellington India 1927 – 1931] www.lancs-fusiliers.co.uk
*"Every Day A Bonus" by Ken Clarke from ''Regimental Association of The Queen's Own Buffs (PWRR): The Journal'' issues No 11-14 Autumn 2005- Spring 2007. The pages covering the voyage to India in 1933, time in India, and voyage back to England in 1938 are (11)48-49; (12)29-39; (13)15-25; (14)38.
: [http://thequeensownbuffs.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/Journal-No-11-Autumn-2005.pdf  Issue 11], [http://thequeensownbuffs.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/Journal-No-12-Spring-2006.pdf 12], [http://thequeensownbuffs.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/Journal-No-13-Autumn-2006.pdf 13], [http://thequeensownbuffs.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/Journal-No-14-Spring-2007.pdf 14] thequeensownbuffs.com
:Issues 12 and 13. His time in India as a Boy Musician from age 15, with the [[50th Regiment of Foot|1st Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment]]  in Gough Barracks in the cantonment of [[Trimulgherry]], and time spent at Wellington
*[http://www.kingsownmuseum.plus.com/ko2940.htm Album of Photographs: 1st Battalion, King's Own Royal Regiment, India 1937-40]  King's Own Royal Regiment Museum. Includes photographs taken at Wellington.
*[http://www.kingsownmuseum.plus.com/ko2940.htm Album of Photographs: 1st Battalion, King's Own Royal Regiment, India 1937-40]  King's Own Royal Regiment Museum. Includes photographs taken at Wellington.
*[http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ww2peopleswar/stories/66/a2838666.shtml A Queen Alexandra's Nurse in India]  by Margaret Ledger.  WW2. Her postings included Wellington.  bbc.co.uk/ww2peopleswar  
*[http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ww2peopleswar/stories/66/a2838666.shtml A Queen Alexandra's Nurse in India]  by Margaret Ledger.  WW2. Her postings included Wellington.  bbc.co.uk/ww2peopleswar  

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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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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

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References

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