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==Regimental histories==
*''The History of the Somerset Light Infantry-Prince Albert's-, 1685-1914'' by Major-General Sir Henry Everett 1934. Available at the British Library UIN: BLL01001097364
*''The History of the Somerset Light Infantry, Prince Albert's, 1914-1919'' by Everard Wyrall 1927. Available at the BL UIN: BLL01001097365
*''The History of the Somerset Light Infantry, Prince Albert's, 1919-1945'' by George Molesworth. Regimental Committee, Somerset Light Infantry 1951. Appears to be available at the BL UIN: BLL01014292979, although the date range does not appear in the title.
*''History of the Somerset Light Infantry, Prince Albert's, 1946-1960'' by Kenneth Whitehead 1961. Available at the BL UIN: BLL01001097366
: These four histories are available in reprint editions<refname=fd3> From [https://www.naval-military-press.com/?s=History+of+the+Somerset+Light+Infantry&post_type=product Somerset Light Infantry] titles Naval & Military Press.</ref>, and the first two are available on a pay website, refer below.
==First World War==
The 4th and 5th Battalions of the Somerset Light Infantry arrived in India in November 1914. A regimental history was written about the 2/5th Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry, which describes experiences of the Territorials in India called ''A Strange War: Burma, India and Afghanistan 1914-1919'' by C P Mills. The story is told through the diary of Company Quarter Master Sergeant Ed Ewens written in 1928, and the memories of Bertie Rendell recorded for the IWM. The book includes many photographs taken by Bertie Rendell.
''The History of the Somerset Light Infantry (Prince Albert’s) 1914-1919'' by Everard Wyrall 1927, page 93 give the history of the 4th and 5th Battalions in India. The majority of the 1/4th (apart from "sick" and "infirm" who remained in India) left for Mesopotamia in February 1916.<ref> At one time ''The History of the Somerset Light Infantry (Prince Albert’s) 1914-1919'' by Everard Wyrall 1927 was available onlinefor free, but currently (November 2019) it is notonly appears to be available on the pay website fold3.</ref>
===Garrison Battalion===
*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=dckDAAAAQAAJ&pg=PR3 ''Personal Narrative of the Campaigns in Affghanistan, Sinde, Beloochistan, etc. Detailed in a series of letters of the late Colonel William H. Dennie, C.B.''] 1843 Google Books. Includes additions and corrections to the content appearing in the ''Dublin University Magazine''.
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=6OcKAAAAYAAJ&pg=PR6 ''Camp and Barrack-room, Or, The British Army as It Is''] by John Mercier McMullen, a late Staff Sergeant of the 13th Light Infantry (1846). He joined the regiment in India at some point after the [[1st Afghan War]]
*[https://www.fold3.com/browse/251/hTGb85NZ8wIfXXI19WeLW881D ''History of the Somerset Light Infantry (Prince Albert's)''] is available online on the Ancestry owned pay website fold3 located in World War II/Military books/ Britain (under H). This appears to be the volume for the period 1685-1914, and is a reprint edition published by Naval & Military Press.<ref name=fd3/>*[https://www.fold3.com/browse/251/hTGb85NZ8wIfXXI1986lBtBDU ''The Somerset Light Infantry''] is available online on the Ancestry owned pay website fold3 located in World War II/Military books/ Britain under T. This appears to be ''The History of the Somerset Light Infantry (Prince Albert's) 1914-1919'' and is a reprint edition published by Naval & Military Press.<ref name=fd3/>
==Notes==
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[[Category:British Army Infantry Regiments]]
