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*[http://www.cumbriasmuseumofmilitarylife.org Cumbria’s Museum of Military Life]. It houses the collections of Cumbria’s County Infantry Regiment – the 34th Cumberland and [[55th Regiment of Foot| 55th]] Westmorland Regiments 1702-1881, which became The Border Regiment 1881-1959.
*[http://sites.google.com/site/laurieletters/1-introduction Irregular Correspondence] is a collection of letters by the three eldest sons of John and Eliza Laurie, to their parents. Includes the letters, enroute to India in 1857 and from India 1858-1861, of Julius Laurie of the 34th Foot. He arrived in India as a Lieutenant and became a Captain by purchase in 1861. (Website by William Dyson-Laurie)
*[http://www.longlongtrail.co.uk/army/regiments-and-corps/the-british-infantry-regiments-of-1914-1918/border-regiment/ Border Regiment] longlongtrail.co.uk. [[First World War#British Army Territorial Force troops in India|Territorial Force]] !/4 and 2/4 (Cumberland and Westmoreland) Battalion, Border Regiment sailed for India 29 September 1914 and 4 March 1915 , and were in Burma and was in India throughout the [[First World War]] [http://www.1914-1918.net/border.htm 1914-1918.net]
*[http://www.king-emperor.com/2-4%20Border%20Regiment.html 2/4 Border Regiment in India 1916-1919] includes photographs taken at Gharial, ([[Murree]] Hills), and the Mohmand Blockade Line. king-emperor.com
*9th Battalion, The Border Regiment in Assam and Burma by tikhaiall BBC WW2 People’s War
:[http://www.archive.org/stream/ahistoricalacco01noakgoog#page/n88/mode/1up Page 72] advises that the practice of providing an evening meal was started in the 34th Regiment and was later adopted generally in the Army.<br>
*[https://archive.org/details/sketchesofindia00sherrich ''Sketches of India''] by 'An Officer for Fire-Side Travellers At-Home' [Captain Moyle Sherer] 2nd edition, with additions 1824 Archive.org. The author arrived in Madras in July 1818, and left a year later for Calcutta. The author's [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moyle_Sherer Wikipedia] page indicates he was with the 34th Regiment of Foot.
*[https://archive.org/details/flyonwheelorhowi00lewiiala/page/n7/mode/2up ''A fly on the wheel; or, How I helped to govern India''] by Lieut.-Col. Thomas H Lewin 1912. [https://archive.org/details/dli.csl.6879/page/n1/mode/2up 1885 edition] with illustrations. Archive.org. He arrived in India 1857, expecting to join the Bengal Army, but was appointed as an officer in the 34th Regiment. 1861 onwards he was with a battalion of military police, and then became a District Superintendent of Police.
*[http://archive.org/stream/diaryof24thbatta00carliala#page/n3/mode/2up ''Diary of 2/4th Battalion the Border Regiment, 1914-19''] in India and Afghanistan. This Battalion was formed during the [[First World War]] and was part of the Territorial Force. Archive.org
**Includes a [http://archive.org/stream/diaryof24thbatta00carliala#page/24/mode/2up list of those who died]
