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*[http://www.krrcassociation.com The King’s Royal Rifle Corps Association]
**[http://www.krrcassociation.com/index.php/association/20-swift-bold-stories/139-goddard-childhood-memories-of-india "Childhood Memories of India"] by John Goddard, KRRC. The author was born in 1923 and lived most of the time until 1933 in India. His father was officers’ mess sergeant in a battalion of the King’s Royal Rifle Corps
*[http://www.rgjmuseum.co.uk/home.asp The Royal Green Jackets (Rifles) Museum] covers the [[43rd Regiment of Foot|43rd]], [[52nd Regiment of Foot|52nd]] and 60th Regiments, and [[The Rifle Brigade|the Rifle Brigade]].**[http://wwwrgjmuseum.co.uk/our-collection/research/ Museum archives] states that the archives have been deposited with Hampshire Record Office (HRO) and that a reader's ticket is necessary. Includes a link to the HRO website. The Museum holds, separate to the archives, a substantial library of books, including regimental histories and chronicles.**[http://rgjmuseum.co.uk/pages_photophoto-archive-item/kuram-river/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. Click to see the slideshow which includes 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.
