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*[http://www.rgjmuseum.co.uk/home.asp The Royal Green Jackets (Rifles) Museum] covers the [[43rd Regiment of Foot|43rd]], 52nd and [[60th Regiment of Foot|60th]] Regiments,and [[The Rifle Brigade|the Rifle Brigade]]. <br>
**Some regimental archives are available at [http://www3.hants.gov.uk/archives Hampshire Archives and Local Studies]
*This link from [http://www.longlongtrail.co.uk/army/regiments-and-corps/the-british-infantry-regiments-of-1914-1918.net/oxbucksoxfordshire-buckinghamshire-light-infantry Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry] longlongtrail.htm wwwco.1914-1918.net] uk, advises that the 1st (Garrison) Battalion was formed in Portland in September 1915, and moved to India in February 1916, where it then remained.<br>*There was a company called the No. 1 Reserve Battalion which appears to have been stationed in India from June 1916 to 1918 at Bangalore.<ref>Alfred Madgwick’s service record (service number 19150) , available on the commercial site Ancestry.co.uk, indicates that he served with the B Company No. 1 Reserve Battalion Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry from June 1916 to November 1918 stationed at Wellington (possibly Wellington Barracks, Bangalore) and Bangalore. Discussion on the ''Rootsweb India List [http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/INDIA/2011-07/1309718897 thread] '', and email to User: Maureene dated 6 July 2011.</ref>*[http://jang.com.pk/thenews/mar2008-weekly/nos-02-03-2008/foo.htm#1 British era cemeteries in the Khyber Pass, including that at Landi Kotal] jang.com.pk March 2008. "A good number of them [graves] belong to the soldiers of 2nd battalion of the Oxford Light Infantry (O.L.I.)" and there is reference to the [[Tirah Campaign]]. Some photographs of headstones are included in this additional link [http://wwwsites.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~pakwgw/british_cemeteries_fata_landi_kotal.html linkLandi Kotal Cemetery, Khyber Pass] by Dr Ali Jan.
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