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**Relating to India: [http://www.archive.org/stream/historyofbritish02fortuoft#page/170/mode/2up Volume 2, page 167], [http://archive.org/stream/historyofbritish02fortuoft#page/170/mode/2up First British troops to land in India p 171]; [http://www.archive.org/stream/historyofbritish03fortuoft#page/48/mode/2up Volume 3 page 49], [http://www.archive.org/stream/historyofbritish04fortuoft#page/402/mode/2up Volume 4 page 402], [http://www.archive.org/stream/ahistorybritish00fortgoog#page/n137/mode/2up Volume 4, Part II, page 711], Volume 5, 1803 to 1807, includes detailed treatment of the situation and operations in the East Indies and Ceylon, [https://archive.org/stream/historyofbritis06fort#page/40/mode/2up Volume 6 page 40], [http://www.archive.org/stream/historyofbritis07fortuoft#page/n5/mode/2up Volume 7 page 563], Volume 11, 1815-1838, includes the War with Nepal, the Pindari War, the War in Ceylon and the War with Burma. Volume 12, 1839-52. This volume is mainly concerned with India, and covers operations in Afghanistan and on the Khyber Pass, together with internal security operations in India itself. Volume 13, 1852-1870, includes the Indian Mutiny.
*''British Battles on Land and Sea'' by James Grant. First published c 1873 [https://archive.org/details/cu31924091765655 Volume I: to 1743] [https://archive.org/details/cu31924091765663 Volume II: 1745-1826]. [https://archive.org/details/recentbritishba00grangoog ''Recent British Battles on Land and Sea''] [1875-1884] by James Grant 1884. Later called Volume IV. Archive.org
*[http://pahar.in/wpfb-file/1880-the-victoria-cross-in-the-colonies-and-gallant-sepoys-and-soward-by-knollys-s-pdf/ ''The Victoria Cross in the Colonies and Gallant Sepoys and Sowars''] by William Wallingford Knollys. Catalogued 1880. (Note: catalogued title includes ''Soward''.) Link to a pdf download, or if this is not available, locate under 'Books'/Indian Subcontinent. PAHAR Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset. Part of the series ''Deeds of Daring Library''. Includes details of the Victoria Cross awarded in India after the Indian Mutiny, those during the Mutiny being covered in a previous book ''The Victoria Cross in India''. First part to page 85, 2nd part to page 176.:''The Victoria Cross in Afghanistan and on the frontiers of India during the years 1877, 1878, 1879 & 1880 : how it was won'' related by W.J. Elliott 1882. Part of the series ''Deeds of Daring Library''. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.80165/page/n3 Archive.org version], missing map. [http://pahar.in/wpfb-file/1882-the-victoria-cross-in-afghanistan-and-on-the-frontiers-of-india-by-elliott-s-pdf/ Pahar version], link to a pdf download, PAHAR Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset. If download does not display, locate under Books/Afghanistan/1882.
*[https://archive.org/details/afamiliarhistor00stocgoog ''A Familiar History of the British Army, from the Restoration in 1660 to the Present Time''] by J H Stocqueler 1871 Archive.org
*''Her Majesty's Army; a descriptive account of the various regiments now comprising the Queen's forces, from their first establishment to the present time'', by Walter Richards. First published 1887. Stated on the title page to be “In Four Divisions”, this appears to consist of Volumes I and II, each in two Parts. Although there are references to coloured illustrations, these appear to be missing in most of the digital files. [https://archive.org/details/hermajestysarmyd01richuoft Volume I: [Division I<nowiki>]</nowiki>] to page 176. [https://archive.org/details/hermajestysarmyd02richuoft Division II] pages 177-352. [https://archive.org/details/hermajestysarmyd03richuoft Division III] to page 176, Volume II. [https://archive.org/details/hermajestysarmyd04richuoft Division IV] pages 177-348. The last volume includes [https://archive.org/stream/hermajestysarmyd04richuoft#page/349/mode/1up Index], [https://archive.org/stream/hermajestysarmyd04richuoft#page/n186/mode/1up Contents Volume I], [https://archive.org/stream/hermajestysarmyd04richuoft#page/n193/mode/2up Contents: Volume II]. Archive.org. Alternative file: [http://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.c3113623?urlappend=%3Bseq=15 Volume II] (complete). Does contain Illustrations. HathiTrust Digital Library. There is also another Archive.org digital file available, titled [https://archive.org/details/hermajestysarmyd02rich Volume II] which appears to consist pages 241-352 of Volume I, together with [https://archive.org/stream/hermajestysarmyd02rich#page/n122/mode/1up Volume II page 1-128] This volume includes [https://archive.org/stream/hermajestysarmyd02rich#page/n57/mode/1up Illustration: The 68th – Durham Light Infantry]
:[https://archive.org/details/britishmilitaryu00carm/page/n7 ''British Military Uniforms from Contemporary Pictures: Henry VII to the present day''] by W Y Carman 1957. Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library
:[https://archive.org/details/richardsimkinsun00carm_0/page/n5 ''Richard Simkin's Uniforms of the British Army. Infantry, Royal Artillery, Royal Engineers and other Corps''] by W. Y. Carman. From the collection of Captain K J Douglas-Morris RN. 1985. Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Simkin Richard Simkin] (1850–1926) Wikipedia
* [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=UycAAAAAQAAJ&pg=PR1 ''The colours of the British army; comprising the standards, guidons, and flags of every Regiment in Her Majesty's Service''] by Robert French McNair 1867 Google Books. The first c 25 pages are general information, although the latter part of the digital file is about the Grenadier Guards.: ''The British Army : its regimental records, badges, devices, etc.'' by Major J.H. Lawrence-Archer 1888. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.284894 Archive.org version], mirror from Digital Library of India.
:[https://archive.org/details/flagsofourfighti00johniala/page/n7 ''The Flags of our Fighting Army, including Standards, Guidons, Colours and Drum Banners''] by Stanley C Johnson 1918 Archive.org. [https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/56830 Gutenberg.org version] where the images have been enlarged. The Preface refers to a previous book whose full title is ''The Standards and Colours of the Army from the Restoration, 1661, to the introduction of the Territorial System, 1881'' by SM Milne 1893 (available at the British Library UIN: BLL01002500364 ) stating "Students of Army Flags should consult this book whenever possible"; also ''Rank and Badges, precedence, salutes, colours, and small arms, in Her Majesty's Army and Navy and Auxiliary Forces'' by Ottley Lane Perry 1887, (available at the BL UIN: BLL01002877261).
*[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.459367 ''The Army in 1906. A Policy and a Vindication''] by H O Arnold-Forster 1906 Archive.org.
*[https://archive.org/details/militarymannersc00farrrich/page/n7 ''Military Manners and Customs''] by James Anson Farrer 1885 Archive.org
*[http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks13/1306081h.html ''Smithy Abroad: Barrack-Room Sketches''] by Edgar Wallace 1909 Project Gutenberg Australia. Some of the tales are set in India. Between 1904 and 1918 Edgar Wallace, who subsequently became known as the ‘King of Thrillers’ wrote a large number of mostly humorous sketches about life in the British Army.
*[https://archive.org/details/britainherarmy150000barn/page/n3 ''Britain and her Army, 1509-1970: a military, political and social survey''] by Correlli Barnett 1970. Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library.
*[https://archive.org/details/britisharmycrisi0000jeff/page/n5 ''The British Army and the Crisis of Empire, 1918-22''] by Keith Jeffery 1984. Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library. Includes a chapter titled India.
*[https://archive.org/details/oxfordillustrate00davi ''The Oxford Illustrated History of the British Army''] by David Chandler 1994. Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library.
