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*:[http://www.archive.org/stream/historicalrecor01cartgoog#page/n12/mode/2up ''Historical Record of the Forty-Fourth, or the East Essex Regiment''] by Thomas Carter updated 2nd edition 1887 Archive.org. With updated history to 1881.
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Charles Dixon, was in B Company based at Inkerman Barracks, Nasirabad. There is a photograph taken at [[Landi Kotal]] Fort, NWF. He was also based at [[Mount Abu]] Sanitorium in May 1918<ref>[https://sites.google.com/site/charlesgeorgedixon18961917/lest-we-forget-my-family-s-military-memorial/charles-dixon-1871-1918 Charles Dixon 1871- 1918]</ref> This was during the hot season when many troops were sent to [[Hill station|hill stations]].
A company is reported to have gone to Basra in Mesopotamia for work on Lines of Communication.<ref>[http://www.longlongtrail.co.uk/army/regiments-and-corps/the-british-infantry-regiments-of-1914-1918/essex-regiment/ Essex Regiment] longlongtrail.co.uk</ref>
==FIBIS resources==
The flash, also known as a pagri (puggaree) badge, or Foreign Service Helmet badge, was generally affixed to the pagri on the sun helmet. Based on the regimental nickname the Purple Pompadours, the flash was a tall strip of purple material.<ref> Bates, Stuart. [http://gmic.co.uk/topic/8447-wolseley-pattern-foreign-service-helmet/?do=findComment&comment=172664 Wolseley Pattern Foreign Service Helmet] ''GMIC Forum'' 30 Apr 2007. Retrieved 6 March 2016.</ref>
==Regimental histories==
*''The Essex Regiment. 1st Battalion (44th) 1741-1919'' by John Wm. Burrows [1923]. Series: [Essex Units in the War 1914-1919. vol. 1.] Available at the [[British Library]] UIN: BLL01001096553 and UIN: BLL01009576055
*''The Depot, 1st & 2nd Garrison, 3rd, 4th (Res), 12th, 14th, 18th, 19th & Training Res Bns, the Essex Regiment 1914-1921''. Series: Men of essex ; v. 6 The Essex Branch of the Western Front Association [2002?] Limited ed. of 50 numbered copies. Available at the BL UIN: BLL01009917819
*''The Essex Regiment, 1929-1950'' by Colonel T. A. Martin. 1952. Available at the BL UIN: BLL01001096547
==Regimental journal==
''The Essex Regiment Gazette'' commenced in 1909 and was suspended from 1914-1921.<ref>owen4256. [https://www.greatwarforum.org/topic/115512-2nd-bn-essex-regiment/?do=findComment&comment=1103713 2nd Bn Essex Regiment] ''Great War Forum'' 23 January 2009. Retrieved 12 November 2019.</ref>
<br>The [[British Library]] holds copies from Vol. 7, no. 1 (July 1921) UIN: BLL01001096549
== External Links ==
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/44th_(East_Essex)_Regiment_of_Foot 44th Foot] Wikipedia<br>
*[https://war-experience.org/lives/desmond-earley-lt-essex-regiment/ Desmond Earley - Lt. Essex Regiment] He fought the Japanese in Assam in 1944. [http://www.war-experience.org The Second World War Experience Centre]
==== Historical Books Online books online ====
*''Historical Record of the Forty - Fourth, or the East Essex Regiment of Foot'' by Thomas Carter 1864 [http://books.google.com/books?id=iGYVAAAAQAAJ Google Books]. Indian service commences [http://books.google.com/books?id=iGYVAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA114 page 114] in 1822 in Calcutta
*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=raQEAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA308 "Report on Ophthalmia in H. M. 44th Regt."] by Wm. Daunt M. D. ''Transactions of the Medical and Physical Society of Calcutta Volume 4 1829'', page 308 Google Books. Includes names of some of the soldiers who became ill.
*[http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/12410282 "Narrative Of Serjeant-Major Lissant, 37th Regt. N. I., from the 6th to the 13th January, 1842"]. ''The Sydney Morning Herald'' Wednesday 5 October 1842. Originally from the ''Englishman''. trove.nla.gov.au. There are references to the 44th Regiment during the [[Retreat from Kabul to Gundamak]], part of the [[1st Afghan War]].
