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==Regimental histories==
* ''A history of the 4th Prince of Wales's Own Gurkha Rifles, 1857-1937'' compiled by Ranald Macdonell and Marcus Macaulay with illustrations by Lieutenant-Colonel C.G. Borrowman.
:Vol.1 covers the history to 1919 and Vol. 2 covers the history 1919-1937 and is both are available online, refer below.
:Vol. 3, 1938-1948, compiled by J.N. Mackay, edited and illustrated by C.G. Borrowman.
:Available at the British Library UIN: BLL01001795371 Three volumes, first published 1940-1952.
**[http://collaborativecollections.org/WorldWarOne/2nd_Battalion_4th_Gurkha_Rifles,_Indian 2nd Battalion 4th Gurkha Rifles] Theatres of War: Mesopotamia and North Persia; Salonika, Black Sea and South Russia.
*[http://www.twgpp.org/downloads/news/TWGPP_Newsletter_Autumn_2012.pdf "Gurkha Connections"] by Jim Foulds, page 3 of Pdf "Autumn 2012 Newsletter of The War Graves Photographic Project". Article about the grave in Germany of Rifleman Kale Pun, of the 4th Gurkha Regiment During the conflict in North Africa in 1942, the 4GR were in the front line opposing superior German forces, taking grievous casualties. Rifleman Pun was one of the survivors who were rounded up and transferred to a POW camp in Germany. He died in Germany. There is mention of the book ''Bugles and A Tiger'' by [[John Masters]] recording his time as a young Officer of the 4th Gurkha Regiment and also on the North West Frontier in the 1930s. Available at the [[British Library]] and online, see below.
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20180909070419/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/10428544/Major-Dicky-Day-obituary.html Obituary: "Major 'Dicky' Day"] 1922-2013. He was serving with 1/4 GR in 1942 when, in one of worst disasters of the Burma Campaign, the Sittang river bridge was blown up stranding two-thirds of a division on the wrong bank. 5 November 2013 ''The Telegraph'', archived.
*[https://www.tribuneindia.com/1999/99feb20/saturday/regional.htm#2 "Museum that showcases heroic deeds of Gurkhas"] by R D [probably Romesh Dutt] ''The Tribune'' Saturday, February 20, 1999. The Museum is located at [[Subathu]] and contains memorabilia of the Ist and the 4th Gurkha Rifles.
*Listen to a [http://www.s-asian.cam.ac.uk/archive/audio/collection/john-masters/ 1978 interview with John Masters (1914-1983), including transcripts] s-asian.cam.ac.uk
===Online books===
*[https://archive.org/details/a-history-of-the-fourth-prince-of-waless-own-gurkha-rifles-1857-1937-volume-i_202111/page/n5/mode/2up ''A History of the 4th Prince of Wales's Own Gurkha Rifles 1857 - 1937 Volume I'' [1857-1919<nowiki>]</nowiki>] by Ranald MacDonell and Marcus Macaulay with illustrations by Lieutenant-Colonel C.G. Borrowman 1940 Archive.org.:[https://archive.org/details/dli.ernet.502938 ''A History of the 4th Prince of Walesʼs Own Gurkha Rifles 1857-1937, Volume II'' [1919-1937<nowiki>]</nowiki>] compiled by Ronald Macdonell and Marcus Macaulay with illustrations by Lieutenant-Colonel C.G. Borrowman 2nd edition catalogued 1960, first published c 1940. Archive.org, mirror from Digital Library of India. Spelling of author's name as appears on the title page. [https://archive.org/details/gurkha-rifles-2/page/n7/mode/2up 2nd file Archive.org].
*''Bugles And A Tiger'' by John Masters 1965 edition [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.278629 Archive.org mirror version 1]; [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.201985 Archive.org mirror version 2], both originally from Digital Library of India
:[http://archive.org/details/buglesandtigervo00mast ''Bugles and a Tiger, a Volume of Autobiography''] 1956 may be borrowed from the [http://archive.org/details/lendinglibrary Internet Archive Lending Library]. Only one person at a time is able to borrow, so you may need to wait for the book to be returned, First you must [http://openlibrary.org/account/create sign up with the Open Library]
