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*[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1580028/Letters-of-forgotten-VC-winner-found.html Letters of forgotten VC winner found]. 27 February 2008 ''The Telegraph''. Retrieved 23 August 2014. Brevet Captain Robert Shebbeare won his medal during the infamous siege of Delhi in September 1857. Afterwards he put together a Sikh regiment, the [[23rd Punjab Pioneers|15th Punjab]] [Pioneers], which later saw action in China. Includes photograph with officers of his 15th Punjab regiment, "taken by Mr Beato in the British camp at Talien Hwan, Manchuria, on either 10 or 11 July 1860". <ref>Snook, Mike [https://web.archive.org/web/20160717124103/http://victorianwars.com/viewtopic.php?f=80&t=9627&sid=828947c9be081b6556cc531e193c97cc&start=45 "mewafarosh"] ''Victorian Wars Forum'' 20 August 2014, now an archived webpage.</ref>
*[https://www.ourwarwickshire.org.uk/search?st%5B%5D=%22Letters+from+China%22&css_searchfield%5B%5D=text "Letters From China"] by Scott Pettitt. A series of 7 articles about the letters of Thomas Adkins, held at the Warwickshire County Record Office including [https://www.ourwarwickshire.org.uk/content/article/letters-from-china-the-second-opium-war "Letters From China: The Second Opium War"] and [https://www.ourwarwickshire.org.uk/content/article/letters-from-china-the-taiping-rebellion "Letters From China: The Taiping Rebellion"]. ourwarwickshire.org.uk. Obituary details.<ref>[http://www.adkins-family.org.uk/hist-china_thomas_1836_obit.htm Thomas 'China Tom' Adkins, b.1836] Obituary. adkins-family.org.uk</ref>
*[https://www.omsa.org/blood-is-thicker-than-water-taku-forts-1859/ "Blood is thicker than water, Taku Forts 1859"]. An engagement with the Chinese in an attack on Taku Forts at the mouth of the Pei Ho River 25th June 1859. Contains a transcript of a letter from William Tovell, Corporal, Royal Marines. omsa.org.
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