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*[http://readinggivesmewings.wordpress.com/2012/01/09/the-arracan-expedition-andaman-islands-1867 The Arracan Expedition, Andaman Islands 1867] A detachment of 3 officers and 100 men of the 2nd Battalion, 24th Regiment of Foot was dispatched from Rangoon on the steamship Arracan to rescue crew members of the ship Assam Valley who had been captured. As a result 5 Victoria Cross awards were made. readinggivesmewings.wordpress.com
*[http://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:z88LWFZj4bIJ:www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2257545/pdf/brmedj04747-0041.pdf+%22volunteer+regiments%22+bengal&hl=en&gl=au&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEESjsrJkHAxSoX8FCMQ92ug46qSQxrvaWyrDhsc0_e9aKMF-ljxQ_8PW8m2lDn2Md3ywGx4MjKPrsOSb8qKlvR11q1N8WxFnMJKZhQdSPpzvqAsyzkdzsow2ywN0cVBNTCkqgqaqr&sig=AHIEtbTm6CO42igkpsVJ8rKrnHU0tAX4QA Burma 1886]. Sickness and death from the British Medical Journal
*[http://www.rorkesdriftvc.com/stories/m_everett.htm An Indian Pilgrimage
] by Martin Everett. rorkesdriftvc.com. Appears to be written 2003 or earlier. This article describes
**A Regimental Memorial, located in the old cantonment cemetery at Allahabad, dedicated to those soldiers and families of the 24th Regiment who died of fever at [[Ranikhet]] and [[Allahabad]] from 1889 to 1891.
**Headstones in the old cantonment cemetery near [[Mhow]] railway station relating to some twenty deaths from Spanish ‘flu in September 1918 of men from the Brecknockshire Battalion, South Wales Borderers.
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