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*:[https://archive.org/details/memogwwanderingsoftemp00bacoiala/page/n8 ''The Wanderings of a Temporary Warrior : a territorial officer'Memoirs s narrative of the Great Warservice (and sport) in three continents''] by James Racine c 1920sCaptain Alban F L Bacon (late Hampshire Regiment) [2/4 Battalion] 1922. Archive.org. India, [[Egypt, Palestine, Syria (First World War)| Egypt/Palestine]], [[Western Front]].*[https://archive.org/stream/memogw/memoirs_of_the_great_war#page/n89n79/mode/2up ''Memoirs of the Great War''] by James Racine c 1920. Pages 9080-102] cover the author's voyage to India from October 1916 and his period in India as an officer with the 2/5th Battalion of the Hampshire Regiment in Secunderabad c 1915-1916 until the Battalion was transferred to Egypt. Archive.org
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==First World War==
1/4th, 2/4th, 1/5th, 2/5th, 1/6th, 1/7th, 2/7th, and 1/9th (Cyclist), Battalions, spent at least some time in India, before being transferred elsewhere, including [[Mesopotamia Campaign|Mesopotamia]].
During their time in India, many drafts were provided for Hampshire Regiments in Mesopotamia. As an example, two War Diaries show that 1/4 Hants received drafts from 1/4 Bn India, 2/4, 1/6 Bn, 1/7 Bn, 2/7 Bn India.<ref> sotonmate. [https://www.greatwarforum.org/topic/238187-14th-hampshire-after-kut/?do=findComment&comment=2389435 1/4th Hampshire after Kut] ''Great War Forum'' 17 April 2016. Retrieved 25 April 2019.</ref>
1/5th Battalion "arrived in Bombay on 9th November, 1914, and proceeded to Allahabad. Volunteers were called for to go to Mesopotamia (1 officer and 50 o.r.), and in 1915 the battalion was split up and detachments sent to various spots until reassembling at Fyzabad in March 1916. They then appear to have done a Grand Tour of cantonments, even taking in several months in Burma in 1918 (!). More fun in the Punjab in early 1919, dealing with riots, before taking part in the Afghan campaign in May/June 1919 (temperatures of 125 degrees F in the tents ... nice) before departing in October and arriving back in Southampton on 8th November 1919".<ref> Broomfield, Steven. [https://www.greatwarforum.org/topic/254102-15th-hampshires/?tab=comments#comment-2570581 1/5th hampshires] ''Great War Forum'' 6 October 2017, with details from the book ''History of the Hampshire Territorial Force Association and War Records of Units, 1914-1919'', authors Brigadier General G H Nicholson and Col H L Powell, published 1921. Retrieved 25 April 2019.</ref>
Oswald S. Early was a First World War wireless operator with the 1/9th Battalion Territorial Force of the Royal Hampshire Regiment, serving from 1916 to 1919 in India, Iraq and Afghanistan. He kept a diary which was later published.<ref>''The Messenger'' by Oswald Early, compiled and edited by Russell Early. First published 2014 by Mereo Books. ISBN: 9781861512352 </ref>
Refer next section for photographs.
==FIBIS Resources==
*[[:Category :Hampshire Regiment images| Hampshire Regiment images]]*[http://www.gallery.fibis.org/index.php?/category/70 1/5th Hampshire Regiment in India 1914-1918] FIBIS Gallery
==Regimental journal==
*[http://www.hgs-online.org.uk/ Hampshire Genealogical Society]
*[http://www.maltaramc.com/regmltgar/1hamp.html 1st Battalion Hampshire Regiment left Malta 9 Jan 1886 for Bombay]. maltaramc.com
*[http://www.longlongtrail.co.uk/army/regiments-and-corps/the-british-infantry-regiments-of-1914-1918.net/hants.htm hampshire-regiment/ The Hampshire Regiment] from The Long, Long Trail:The British Army in the Great War. There were Territorial Force battalions in India and Mesopotamia.**Article: [http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1258286/All-quiet-eastern-The-amazing-photo-album-shows-boys-fared-India-WWI.html All quiet on the Eastern Front: The amazing photo album which shows how our boys fared in India in WWI] 16 March 2010 ''Daily Mail''. With photographs. Private Wally Langrish 1/9 Cycle Battalion of the Hampshire Regiment. He was stationed in [[Bangalore]] and [[Dagshai]], before going to Mesopotamia.*[http://1rhamps.com/ww1/DiaryAug2001.htm A 1/4th Hampshire Regiment Signallers Diary November 1916 To September 1919] by Arthur James Foster
(1899-1973) (Ex Corporal Of The Hampshire Regiment), Edited by his son Richard Carfax-Foster. The author was in Mesopotamia, and then took part in Dunsterforce, see [[Norperforce]]* Listen to the [http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/80019789 2000 interview with Jack Vardy], born 1913, British private (bandsman) served with 1st Bn Hampshire Regt in India 1929-1935. He was sixteen when he arrived in India. Includes time spent in [[Multan]], [[Dalhousie]], [[Razmak]] where he spent sixteen months, a brief mention of the [[Mohmand Campaign 1935]] where he acted as a stretcher bearer, [[Peshawar]] and [[Nowshera]]. Imperial War Museums
====Historical books online====
*[http://hdl.handle.net/2027/coo.31924022998615?urlappend=%3Bseq=7 ''The Hampshire Men (37th Regiment) in Upper Burmah in 1889''] by Lieut-Colonel F Cochran, Commanding 1st Battalion The Hampshire Regiment 1890 Hathi Trust Digital Library
*[http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/199044 ''2/4 Battalion. Hampshire Regiment 1914-1919''] Published 1920?. State Library of Victoria. May be slow to open. The Battalion was in India January 1915-April 1917, where it provided many drafts for Mesopotamia, and was then in Palestine and France.
*[http://archive.org/stream/mesopotamia00palmuoft#page/n3/mode/2up ''Letters from Mesopotamia in 1915 and January, 1916''] from Robert Palmer 1916 Archive.org. He went with a draft from the 6th Hants, in India since November 1914, to reinforce the 1/4th Hants. Both these regiments were part of the Territorial Force. He was killed June 21, 1916, aged 27 years. The initial letters were written in India.
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