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1/4th, 2/4th, 1/5th, 2/5th, 1/6th, 1/7th, 2/7th, and 1/9th (Cyclist), Battalions, spent at least some time in India, before being transferred elsewhere, including [[Mesopotamia Campaign|Mesopotamia]].
During their time in India, many drafts were provided for Hampshire Regiments in Mesopotamia. As an example, two War Diaries show that 1/4 Hants received drafts from 1/4 Bn India, 2/4, 1/6 Bn, 1/7 Bn, 2/7 Bn India.<ref> sotonmate. [httphttps://1914-1918www.invisionzonegreatwarforum.comorg/forumstopic/238187-14th-hampshire-after-kut/index.php?showtopicdo=238187findComment&pcomment=2389435 1/4th Hampshire after Kut] ''Great War Forum'' 16 17 April 2016. Retrieved 17 25 April 20162019.</ref>
1/5th Battalion "arrived in Bombay on 9th November, 1914, and proceeded to Allahabad. Volunteers were called for to go to Mesopotamia (1 officer and 50 o.r.), and in 1915 the battalion was split up and detachments sent to various spots until reassembling at Fyzabad in March 1916. They then appear to have done a Grand Tour of cantonments, even taking in several months in Burma in 1918 (!). More fun in the Punjab in early 1919, dealing with riots, before taking part in the Afghan campaign in May/June 1919 (temperatures of 125 degrees F in the tents ... nice) before departing in October and arriving back in Southampton on 8th November 1919".<ref> Broomfield, Steven. [httphttps://1914-1918www.invisionzonegreatwarforum.com/forumsorg/topic/254102-15th-hampshires/?dotab=findComment&comments#comment=-2570581 1/5th hampshires] ''Great War Forum'' 6 October 2017, with details from the book ''History of the Hampshire Territorial Force Association and War Records of Units, 1914-1919'', authors Brigadier General G H Nicholson and Col H L Powell, published 1921. Retrieved 6 October 201725 April 2019.</ref>
See next section for photographs.
*[http://www.hgs-online.org.uk/ Hampshire Genealogical Society]
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princess_of_Wales%27s_Royal_Regiment Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment] Wikipedia
*[http://www.longlongtrail.co.uk/army/regiments-and-corps/the-british-infantry-regiments-of-1914-1918.net/hants.htm hampshire-regiment/ The Hampshire Regiment] from The Long, Long Trail:The British Army in the Great War. There were Territorial Force battalions in India and Mesopotamia.
**Article: [http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1258286/All-quiet-eastern-The-amazing-photo-album-shows-boys-fared-India-WWI.html All quiet on the Eastern Front: The amazing photo album which shows how our boys fared in India in WWI] 16 March 2010 ''Daily Mail''. With photographs. Private Wally Langrish 1/9 Cycle Battalion of the Hampshire Regiment. He was stationed in [[Bangalore]] and [[Dagshai]], before going to Mesopotamia.
*[http://1rhamps.com/ww1/DiaryAug2001.htm A 1/4th Hampshire Regiment Signallers Diary November 1916 To September 1919] by Arthur James Foster
(1899-1973) (Ex Corporal Of The Hampshire Regiment), Edited by his son Richard Carfax-Foster. The author was in Mesopotamia, and then took part in Dunsterforce, see [[Norperforce]]
*[http://www.walkingthebattlefields.com/2013/08/the-67th-regiment-of-foot-south.html The 67th Regiment of Foot (South Hampshire) in China – 1860] Blog by Phil Curme 17 August 2013 walkingthebattlefields.com
====Historical Books Onlinebooks online====
*''Historical Record of the Sixty - Seventh, or the South Hampshire Regiment of Foot: containing an account of the formation of the regiment in 1758, and of its subsequent services to 1849'' by Richard Cannon 1849 [http://books.google.com/books?id=ldNcfb8QydMC Google Books]. Indian Service commences [http://books.google.com/books?id=ldNcfb8QydMC&pg=PA12 page 12] in 1805 in Calcutta
*[http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/199044 ''2/4 Battalion. Hampshire Regiment 1914-1919''] Published 1920?. State Library of Victoria. May be slow to open. The Battalion was in India January 1915-April 1917, where it provided many drafts for Mesopotamia, and was then in Palestine and France.
