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*[http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armyunits/gurkha/1stgurkhas.htm 1st Gurkha Rifles] British Empire Website<br>
*[http://ww2talk.com WW2 Talk portal],
*''The Telegraph'' [https://web.archive.org/web/20190306042623/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/military-obituaries/gurkha-obituaries/1565768/Major-General-Derek-Horsford.html Obituary of Major-General Derek Horsford] (1917-2007)dated 11 October 2007, now archived. He was commissioned into the 8th Gurkha Rifles and joined the 1st Battalion at Quetta in 1938, and was promoted to command the 4th Battalion 1st Gurkha Rifles in 1944 at Kohima in the Burma campaign.*[httphttps://web.archive.org/web/20200507012612/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/10380829/Major-Rex-Carr.html Obituary: Major Rex Carr] (1922-2013) 15 October 2013 ''The Telegraph'', now archived. In 1944 he joined the 4th Battalion 1st King George V’s Own Gurkha Rifles (4/1 GR) and took part in the Battle of Kohima as a company commander. After Indian Independence he joined the 2nd Battalion [[7th Gurkha Rifles]] (2/7 GR) and accompanied the battalion to Malaya. He was subsequently awarded two Military Crosses for operations in the Malayan jungle.
*Two articles [http://www.koi-hai.com/Default.aspx?id=490750 Partition, and Last Days of the Raj] by Duncan Allan. Scroll down to the first article dated May 1, 2014. Scroll further down to the 2nd article dated September 17, 2012. The author was in the 2/1st Gurkha Rifles at the time of Partition and witnessed many dead bodies. Prior to this the regiment was part of the North West Frontier Reserve Brigade. He also mentions the regimental pipe band which played at weddings in [[Peshawar]]. Koi-Hai website.
*[https://www.tribuneindia.com/1999/99feb20/saturday/regional.htm#2 "Museum that showcases heroic deeds of Gurkhas"] by R D [probably Romesh Dutt] ''The Tribune'' Saturday, February 20, 1999. The Museum is located at [[Subathu]] and contains memorabilia of the Ist and the 4th Gurkha Rifles.
