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*[http://www.kaiserscross.com/304501/527922.html "Kurdistan 1919: Military Operations in Mesopotamian Kurdistan: South Kurdistan, May–June 1919"] by Harry Fecitt. From Harry's Sideshows kaiserscross.com
*[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.
*[http://www.militarysunhelmets.com/2019/a-helmet-of-the-garhwal-rifles-39th-garhwal-regiment-bengal-army#more-19858 "A Helmet of the Garhwal Rifles 39th (Garhwal) Regiment Bengal Army"] by Stuart Bates and Steve Saunders. August 2019 militarysunhelmets.com . The helmet belonged to Henry Spencer Cardew, who joined the regiment 1906.
===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.
