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*''A Memoir of Lieut-Colonel William Morris'' published by R. White-Thomson in 1903 [https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:25PopAgE6YcJ:www.medalcollector.co.uk/pdf/1350.pdf+Captain+Morris,+17th+Lancers&hl=en&gl=au&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEESgz7VTZllR5gZCzWz9200qfxv15OmvMpJ75ynuOAFBM-O_zA6ScHyCg_Yu1j6IArCqaHcG2z8r6If-WGZU2kpdESqlHPTkyjswuxTbdV-fSPHIryaYuouPP-7cABt0oOh2XCSpx&sig=AHIEtbR2bDiB7HhE4-zgPHnaPQptwWP9qA html version], [http://www.medalcollector.co.uk/pdf/1350.pdf original pdf] (medalcollector.co.uk). Refer extract above. He was gazetted to a Cornetcy in the 16th Lancers and joined his Regiment at Meerut in April 1843 , serving in the [[Gwalior Campaign]] and the [[1st Sikh War]]
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**[http://www.qrlassociation.co.uk/m_history_16.htm History: 16th The Queen's Lancers]
**[http://www.qrlassociation.co.uk/m_history_165.htm History: 16th/5th The Queen's Royal Lancers]
*[http://www.angelfire.com/mp/memorials/16lancersx.htm Memorial in Bangalore (on Stephen Lewis' website)] - a transcription of names of Officers and men who died whilst the 16th were in India between 1865 and 1876. Names of those who died during the Sutlej Campaign ([[1st Sikh War]] 1845-46) are also on the site (linked above).
*[http://www.worldmilitarybands.com/tag/16th-lancers/ The Band of the 16th Lancers] worldmilitarybands.com
*[http://www.archive.org/details/tenyearsinindiai00gouluoft ''Ten years in India, in the 16th Queen's Lancers''] by WJD Gould (1837-1846) [Archive.org]. In 1846 when the Regiment left India for England, those who wished to stay in India could transfer to either the [[3rd The King's Own Hussars|3rd Light Dragoons]] or the [[9th (The Queen's Royal) Lancers|9th Lancers]] ([http://www.archive.org/stream/tenyearsinindiai00gouluoft#page/108/mode/2up page 108]).
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=zJ-P21_amTEC ''Military service and adventures in the Far East: including sketches of the campaigns against the Afghans in 1839 and the Sikhs in 1845-6''], Volume 2 by Daniel Henry Mackinnon (1849) Google Books
*''A Memoir of Lieut-Colonel William Morris'' published by R. White-Thomson in 1903 [https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:25PopAgE6YcJ:www.medalcollector.co.uk/pdf/1350.pdf+Captain+Morris,+17th+Lancers&hl=en&gl=au&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEESgz7VTZllR5gZCzWz9200qfxv15OmvMpJ75ynuOAFBM-O_zA6ScHyCg_Yu1j6IArCqaHcG2z8r6If-WGZU2kpdESqlHPTkyjswuxTbdV-fSPHIryaYuouPP-7cABt0oOh2XCSpx&sig=AHIEtbR2bDiB7HhE4-zgPHnaPQptwWP9qA html version], [http://www.medalcollector.co.uk/pdf/1350.pdf original pdf] (medalcollector.co.uk). He was gazetted to a Cornetcy in the 16th Lancers and joined his Regiment at Meerut in April 1843 , serving in the [[Gwalior Campaign]] and the [[1st Sikh War]]. Refer extract in [[Battle of Aliwal]].
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