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*''The Dorset regimental journal : a paper for Dorset men and men of the Dorsets''. Vol. 1, no. 1 (May 1912)-v. 3, no. 27 (July 1914) is available at the [[British Library]]
*''The Dorsetshire regimental quarterly''. Vol. 1, no. 1 (June 1926)-v. 19, no. 2 (June 1951) is available at the [[British Library]]
==First World War==
The 2nd Battalion, Dorset Regiment fought in [[Mesopotamia Campaign|Mesopotamia]], and were captured at the fall of Kut. See [[Prisoners of the Turks (First World War)]] for general information about their fate.
== External Links ==
**[http://www.keepmilitarymuseum.org./malabar.php?&dx=1&ob=3&rpn=history&sid=b520d6b10d214e4670b1537bac968b07 The Malabar Campaign (Moplah Rebellion) 1921]
**[http://www.keepmilitarymuseum.org./resources.php?&dx=1&ob=3&rpn=army_numbers&sid=13fcc180765a5847cbd1888fff9a6bdc Resources Held at the Museum]
*[https://poolemuseumsociety.wordpress.com/2014/10/01/dorset-and-mesopotamia/ Dorset and Mesopotamia] 01/10/2014 Poole Museum Society.
*[http://calicutheritage.blogspot.com/2009_02_01_archive.html British Graves], with an earlier [http://calicutheritage.blogspot.com/2008/12/trikkulam-and-demise-of-history-team.html post] from calicutheritage.blogspot.com. Privates Eley and Hutchings were killed in August 1921
===Historical books online===
*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=vQVXAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA1 ''Narrative of the burning of the "Sarah Sands" screw steam ship, with the head quarters of H. M. 54th Regiment on board''] by a late an old 54th officer. [Frederick Schlotel] 1869. Google Books. [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=KUlHAAAAYAAJ&pg=PR5-IA1 1870 edition] Google Books. Full title and some text appear to differ. A vessel charted by the East India Company, for the conveyance of troops to Calcutta on the news of the Indian Mutiny reaching England, which sailed from Portsmouth on 15 August 1857 .
[[Category: British Army Infantry Regiments]]
