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*[http://blogs.bl.uk/untoldlives/2016/07/the-high-cost-of-life-in-india.html "The high cost of life in India"] 14 July 2016. British Library Untold lives blog. States that inspection of two pages of the Bombay Burial Register, covering 26 March-9 July 1812 reveals nineteen entries for burials of individuals connected with the 47th Regiment, and a further 15 for the 2/56th Regiment.
*[http://www.maltaramc.com/regmltgar/56th.html 2nd Bn The Essex Regiment embarked for India from Malta in Sept 1892], but left behind in Malta a depot detachment of 67 men. maltaramc.com
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20071115203916/http://www.indian-cemeteries.org/viewimage.asp?mode=mon&ID=15 Memorial to those who died 2nd Bn The Essex Regiment 1925-1928] at All Souls Church, [[Cawnpore]]. indian-cemeteries.org, now archived.
*From a collection of postcards at the [http://ba.e-pics.ethz.ch ETH-Bibliothek Zürich], sent by F.G. Prew, a soldier, believed to be in the 2nd Battalion, Essex Regiment, to Adolf Feller of Switzerland, during the late 1920s and early 1930s
**[http://www.e-pics.ethz.ch/index/ETHBIB.Bildarchiv/ETHBIB.Bildarchiv_Fel_043223-RE_171819.html Trooping the Colours at Landikotal] probably sent 1928/1929 (although stated to be 1931) with [http://www.e-pics.ethz.ch/index/ETHBIB.Bildarchiv/ETHBIB.Bildarchiv_Fel_043223-VE_216209.html message] "A View of my Regt. trooping the colours on Arras Day 28th March in recognition of the victory won on that day in the Great War. Our Band & Drums are seen on the right of the colour company." Note: As a result of the battalion’s heroics on 28 March 1918 the 2nd Battalion Essex Regiment annually celebrated, between the years 1919-1939, what was known as "Arras Day" to commemorate their distinguished action.<ref> [http://www.stanwickwarmemorial.co.uk/63.html Stanwick War Memorial-John George Morris, 201997, Private, 2nd Battalion, Essex Regiment] (Scroll down)</ref>
