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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. [http://1914-1918.invisionzone.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=238187&p=2389435 1/4th Hampshire after Kut] ''Great War Forum'' 16 April 2016. Retrieved 17 April 2016.</ref>
==FIBIS Resources==
*[https://archive.org/stream/memogw/memoirs_of_the_great_war#page/n79/mode/2up ''Memoirs of the Great War''] by James Racine c 1920. Pages 80-102 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 until the Battalion was transferred to Egypt. Archive.org
*[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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