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<br>The editions for 1901-1913, 1920-1939 and 1944 are available online on the pay website [http://www.militaryarchive.co.uk/the-library/summary-list-of-books.html#A3 The Military Archive], as part of the Library, on an individual item or subscription basis.
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==Service in India==
A post from the Victorian Wars Forum provides provided the following details in respect of the 4th Battalion<ref>No longer available Victorian Wars Forum [ post dated 18 July 2012 <nowiki>http://www.victorianwars.com/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=7269#p31207 post] dated 18 July 2012</nowiki></ref>
*"2 Nov 1876 - 4th Bn sailed from Queenstown (having been serving in Dublin) on HMS Serapis
*6 Dec 1876 - Arrived Bombay and then moved to Agra (I think that is some 600 miles, by train ?)
<br> The 1904 edition is available online at Archive.org, see below.
<br>Restricted access: Available from 1901 to viewers in North America and some other countries from Hathi Trust, and Google Books, see below.
== External Links ==
**[http://www.rgjmuseum.co.uk/pages_photo/photo_0003.asp Photograph: 1st Battalion, The Kings Royal Rifle Corps, Crossing The Kuram River, 1926]
**Some regimental archives are available at [http://www3.hants.gov.uk/archives Hampshire Archives and Local Studies]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20140211060228/http://www.derbytelegraph.co.uk/Poisoned-gas-shot-ribs-piecing-dad-Albert-s-World/story-20595145-detail/story.html "Bygones: Poisoned by gas and shot in the ribs ... piecing together dad Albert's First World War days"] February 10, 2014 ''Derby Telegraph'', now an archived webpage. Albert King was in 3rd Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps (KRRC) 1906-1913, the latter part in India. The Click to see the slideshow which includes two photographs a group regimental photograph taken in India.**:[https://web.archive.org/web/20140211055955/http://www.derbytelegraph.co.uk/DRAMATIC-ESCAPE-BOMB-ATTACK/story-20595152-detail/story.html "Bygones: Dramatic escape from Indian assassination bid"] February 10, 2014 ''Derby Telegraph'' , now an archived webpage. An accounts of the attempted assassination of Lord Hardinge on the occasion of his state entry into Delhi in 1912 from a letter written by Bugler George King of the 3rd Battalion King's Royal Rifles, brother of Albert King, above.
===Historical books online===
*[https://archive.org/stream/entericfeverinin00roberich#page/240/mode/1up Enteric fever in the 4/60th Regiment c 1877] page 240 ''Enteric fever in India and in other tropical and sub-tropical regions : a study in epidemiology and military hygiene'' by Ernest Roberts, Major Indian Medical Service 1906 Archive.org
** [https://archive.org/stream/kingsroyalrifle00commgoog#page/n162/mode/2up "Shooting"] at Kanna near [[Rawal Pindi]]
:Restricted access: Available from 1901 to viewers in North America and some other countries from Hathi Trust, catalogue entries [http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/100535265 1] and [http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/000533721 2], and Google Books
:[[Findmypast]], pay website, includes a database "King's Royal Rifle Corps Chronicle 1900-1920",<ref>[https://search.findmypast.co.uk/search-world-Records/kings-royal-rifle-corps-chronicle-1900-1920 King's Royal Rifle Corps Chronicle 1900-1920] findmypast</ref> located in Armed Forces & Conflict/Regimental & Service Records, 1901 to 1920 with gaps for 1915 and 1919. This database is searchable, (by name or keyword) with the search result showing a page of the ''Chronicle'' (and if required adjoining pages). It is possible browse the various editions, although it is a slow process. From the findmypast page, "Browse Title" and select a year, then click on Search (leaving all details blank). This will bring up a long list of all pages for that year. Once you have selected a page, you can scroll to the previous, or next page, using buttons located near the top of the findmypast page. If you need to increase the size of the pages in order to read them you may need to download (3rd or 4th icons at the bottom of each page, run your mouse over button near the bottom top of the findmypast page if they are not visible) but this must be done page by page.
*''Large Game Shooting in Thibet and the North West'' by Alexander Kinloch, [[Rifle Brigade]] and later King’s Royal Rifle Corps. ''Part I'' 1869, ''Part II'' 1876. Later editions have titles…''in Thibet, the Himalayas, and Northern India'' (1885) and … ''in Thibet, the Himalayas, Northern and Central India'' (1892). [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=aUcCAAAAQAAJ&pg=PR3 ''Part I''] 1869 Google Books; [http://hdl.handle.net/2027/hvd.hnb61r?urlappend=%3Bseq=11 ''Part II''] 1876 Hathi Trust Digital Library; [https://archive.org/details/largegameshootin00kinl Revised edition 1885] Archive.org; [https://archive.org/details/largegameshooti02kinlgoog 3rd edition, revised and enlarged 1892] Archive.org.
*[https://archive.org/details/innermostasiatra00cobbiala ''Innermost Asia : travel & sport in the Pamirs''] by Ralph P Cobbold (late 60th Rifles) 1900 Archive.org
