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*IWM catalogue entry for [http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/80008540 Interview with Bertie Grenville Livingstone Rendall] British private served with 2/5th Bn Somerset Light Infantry in GB and Burma, 1914-1917, and subsequently NCO served as driver with No 2 Mechanical Transport Coy, Army Service Corps on North West Frontier, India, 1917-1919. Catalogue gives details of the 23 reels in total, not yet available online.
*[http://www.1914-1918.net/somersets.htm 4th and 5th Battalions and 1st Garrison Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry
] 1914-1918.net.
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20130721143247/http://www.britains-smallwars.com/India/last.html Sunset on the Raj: The Last to Leave] The last British troops to leave India were the 1st Battalion Somerset Light Infantry on 28 February 1948 at Bombay. britains-smallwars.com. now archived
**This event is mentioned in [http://www.tajmahalfoxtrot.com/?p=1672 Maxine Steller’s Bombay]. (Scroll down) Born in 1930, she describes her early life, and the conditions before and after independence, until she left in 1950 for Australia. tajmahalfoxtrot.com
