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** The East Yorkshire Regiment (15th of Foot) (select in left hand panel)
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===Historical Books books online===
*[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=m8uYSGJS4qsC&pg=PP5 ''Historical Record of the Fifteenth, or The Yorkshire East Riding Regiment of Foot: containing an account of the formation of the regiment in 1685, and of its subsequent services to 1848''] by Richard Cannon 1848 Google Books. [http://books.google.com/books?id=m8uYSGJS4qsC&pg=PA80 Page 80] states the Regiment arrived in Ceylon in 1846.
*[https://archive.org/details/memoirsgeminige01wilkgoog ''The Memoirs of the Gemini Generals; Personal Anecdotes, Sporting Adventures, and Sketches of Distinguished Officers''] by Major-Generals Osborn Wilkinson and Johnson Wilkinson. 1896 Archive.org. Twin brothers Osborn and Johnson Wilkinson were born 1822. The former joined the Bengal Cavalry, and served in the 2nd Bengal Cavalry and 10th Light Bengal Cavalry, the latter HM 15th Regiment of Foot, which went to Ceylon in 1845, with a period at Poona.
*[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=DEFYAAAAcAAJ&pg=PR1 ''98° versus 130°, or, the Infantry Soldier in the Tropics''] by Jones Lamprey Assistant Surgeon, H M’s 15th Regiment. 1852 Google Books. [Remarks on the dress worn by the army in Ceylon].
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