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*''Historical Record of the 39th Royal Garhwál Rifles'' by John Thorold Evatt 1923
**''Volume I 1882-1922'' by H.C. James. "For private circulation", Dehra Dun 1923**''Volume II 1923-1947'' compiled by Sir Ralph B. Deedes. Dehra Dun 1962?(UIN: BLL01012503809)
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==Regimental Histories==
The following histories are available at the [[British Library]]
*''Historical Record of the 39th (18th) Royal Garhwal Rifles''.
*''With The Royal Garhwal Rifles In The Great War, From August 1914 To November 1917'' by D. H. Drake-Brockman CMG 1933. This book is the memoir of an officer serving with the 2nd Battalion on the western front, in which the regiment was the first regular Indian army force to see service in the trenches, fighting at Aubers RIdge, Festubert and Loos. <ref>A reprint edition is available from Naval and Military Press [http://www.naval-military-press.com/with-the-royal-garhwal-rifles-in-the-great-war-from-august-1914-to-november-1917.html ''With The Royal Garhwal Rifles In The Great War, From August 1914 To November 1917''] by D. H. Drake-Brockman CMG 1933</ref>
*''18th Royal Garhwal Rifles: Register of Casualties, World War II'' by A Nath Himalayan Institute, 1992
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20150304120617/http://colensostudy.id.au/John%20Eric%20Colenso%20-%20a%20british%20gurkha%2002.pdf ''John Eric Colenso: British Officer in the Gurkha Rifles''] by Ann Collins 24th August 2014. now an archived webpage. colensostudy.id.au. He was appointed to the 2/7th Gurkha Rifles in 1907 and seconded to the Burma Military Police (BMP) in1909. During WW1 was with the 2/7th Gurkha Rifles in Egypt and then on the Western Front with the 2/39th Garhwal Rifles, and then with the 2nd/2nd Gurkhas. Back in India, he took part in the 3rd Afghan War with the 2/7th Gurkhas and was then with the BMP 1919- c 1922, when he was transferred to the 3rd Gurkha Rifles and took part in the actions in Waziristan 1922-1923. He retired in 1932.
===Historical books online===
*[http://pahar.in/wpfb-file/1922-historical-record-of-the-39th-royal-garhwal-rifles-vol-1-1887-1922-by-evatt-s-pdf/ ''Historical Record of the 39th Royal Garhwal Rifles Volume 1 1887-1922''] by John Thorold Evatt 1923 Link to a pdf download, PAHAR Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset.
*[https://archive.org/details/acrossroofofworl00etherich ''Across the roof of the world; a record of sport and travel through Kashmir, Gilgit, Hunza, the Pamirs, Chinese Turkistan, Mongolia and Siberia''] by Lieut P T Etherton, 39th Garhwal Rifles (Indian Army). 1911 Archive.org. The author set out from the regiment at [[Lansdowne]], and his servants included a Rifleman from the regiment, who accompanied him on the entire trip.
