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*[http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/Viewer.aspx?ref=Photo_24!(98)_f176r Photograph: [1/4th<nowiki>]</nowiki> Gurkhas at kit inspection showing kukris [Le Sart, France<nowiki>].</nowiki>] Photographer: H. D. Girdwood. Date: 24 Jul 1915. [http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Photo_24/(98) Catalogue record] British Library Digitised Manuscripts.
*[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
*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===
*''Bugles And A Tiger'' 1965 edition, may be read online on the [[Online books#Digital Library of India| Digital Library of India]] website. [http://dliwww.sercnew.iiscdli.ernet.in/handle/2015/278629 Pdf download 1] [http://dli.serc.iisc.ernet.in/handle/2015/201985 Pdf download 2]
*[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]
*''Handbooks for the Indian Army: Gurkhas''. Compiled under the orders of the Government by Lieut- Colonel Eden Vansittart 2nd Bn 10th Gurkha Rifles. revised by Major B U Nicolay 1st Bn, 4th Gurkha Rifles 1915 (Reprint 1918), is available to read online on the [[Online books#Digital Library of India| Digital Library of India]] website. Catalogued as Gurkhas (1915): [http://dliwww.sercnew.iiscdli.ernet.in/handle/2015/237136 Pdf download]
*‪''A History of the 4th Prince of Wales’s Own Gurkha Rifles 1857-1937 Volume II'' by Ronald Macdonell and Marcus Macaulay may be read online on the [[Online books#Digital Library of India| Digital Library of India]] website, as a [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/502938 pdf download]. (Catalogue title includes ''Riples''). Covers the history from 1919. This appears to be a reprint edition published in 1960- the first author's first name is elsewhere stated to be Ranald. (Second of three volumes, first published 1940-1952. The third volume by J.N. Mackay covers the period to 1938-1948)). The first and third volumes are available at the [[British Library]], (UIN: BLL01001795371).
*[http://dliwww.sercnew.iiscdli.ernet.in/handle/2015/126645 ''The Gurkhas''] Pdf download, Digital Library of India. A regimental history. This appears to be a reprint edition, for which no author is given, and which advises first published 1960. However the text refers to events in 1964.The most likely publication appears to be ''The Gurkhas'' by Harold James and Denis Sheil-Small published 1965, London.
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