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*''Navvies To The Fourteenth Army'' by AH Pilcher [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a/records.aspx?cat=059-msseur_12&cid=5-16-500#5-16-500 ''' Mss Eur F174/1316''' 1947]. Other sources<ref> marelibri.com, page no longer accessible</ref> indicate this book (55 pages) was published in Calcutta for Private Circulation and was illustrated with black and white plates and line drawing maps. The author was Col: A H Pilcher who at the outbreak of the second world war commanded The Assam Valley Light Horse. In March 1942 he was put in charge of raising a labour force from the Tea Plantations to build the Manipur/Burma Road to evacuate the 14th Army and also the many civilians who were fleeing Burma. Eventually he raised and commanded a labour force of 82000 <ref> Scroll down to comments section [http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ww2peopleswar/stories/40/a2776340.shtml Jungle Work: A Civil Engineer in Burma] BBC ww2peopleswar</ref> Text from this book is available online, refer below.
==Individuals==*Major George Plummer Montague was adjutant of the Assam Valley Light Horse during World War 2, located in Dibrugarh, and was shown as father of the bride in a October 1943 wedding photograph on page 34 ''The story of Sam and Marg Acomb'' He was briefly mentioned on pages 38-39. (Previously available online at BYU Digital Collections, but not available 2020/11). ==External Linkslinks==
*[http://www.koi-hai.com/Default.aspx?id=485075 Assam Valley Light Horse] from Koi-hai.com including many photos from various era.
*[httphttps://wwwweb.lokatantraarchive.comorg/mediaweb/288420101129062922/assam-valley-light-horse.html Photograph AVLH 1930s] from Lokantra.com*[http://www.stepneyrobarts.co.uk/5459.htm Col Sir Charles Thorp Jessop CIE, VD] from “Ancestors of David Robarts”, now archived. A tea planter in Assam who joined the [[Sibsagar Mounted Rifles]] in 1886 and transferred to the Assam Valley Mounted Rifles in which he served for more than 20 years; the last ten years as Commandant.*Major George Plummer Montague was adjutant of the Assam Valley Light Horse during World War 2, located in Dibrugarh, and is shown as father of the bride in this [http://contentdm.lib.byu.edu/u?/FH40,67299 October 1943 wedding photograph] page 34 ''The story of Sam and Marg Acomb'' He is briefly mentioned on [http://contentdm.lib.byu.edu/u?/FH40,67303 page 38] and 39. BYU Digital Collections
===Historical books online===
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/historyoflumsden00pearrich#page/n9/mode/2up ''The history of Lumsden's Horse; a complete record of the corps from its formation to its disbandment''] by Henry H. S Pearse, p4 advises that Lt Col Dugald Mactavish Lumsden, commander of [[Lumsden's Horse]] in South Africa in 1900, was appointed Captain in the [[Darrang Mounted Rifles|Durrung Mounted Rifles]] on its 1887 formation and later became commandant of the Assam Valley Light Horse until 1893.
