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Hebbal Camp and Gaza Camp were in existence during the [[First World War]] period and Hebbal Camp continued at least until the late 1920s.
During at least the [[Second World War]] there was an Officer Officers' Training School - O T S Bangalore.
The Royal Air Force during the [[Second World War]] had a base in Bangalore which included Jalahalli and RAF Yelahanka.
**[[:Category:Bangalore: St Patrick's Cathedral| Fibiwiki images of St Patrick's Cathedral]]
*[http://www.tigerandthistle.net/india55.htm St Mark's Cathedral Church], MG Road
*[http://www.standrewschurch.org.in/ St Andrew's Church]. A researcher advised that when she visited St Andrew's Bangalore in 2013-2014, the church adamantly refused to help regarding records, and was the worst of six churches visited.<ref>Barbur, Shirley. [httphttps://archiverlists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/thhyperkitty/readlist/india@rootsweb.com/INDIAthread/2015-09221085/1441941811 Visit to India (Madras) Chennai] ''Rootsweb India Mailing List'' 11 10 September 2015. Retrieved 12 July 201610 October 2018.</ref>
== Schools and Colleges ==
*[http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Default/Layout/Includes/TOI/ArtWin.asp?From=Archive&Source=Page&Skin=TOI&BaseHref=TOIBG%2F2010%2F08%2F27&ViewMode=HTML&PageLabel=16&EntityId=Ar01600&AppName=1 "Marching to a different beat. Armed forces are a large presence in Bangalore"] by Deepti Ganapathy ''Times of India''
*[http://www.confluence.mobi/blog/a-boer-in-bangalore/ "A Boer in Bangalore"] by Adam Yamey 14 September 2016 ''Confluence''. George Glaeser Munnik, a Boer Officer, was a POW at [[Trichinopoly]] and later [[Amritsar]]. During his stay in India he was able to visit Bangalore and the Kolar Gold Fields. He wrote an account ''A Boer in India'' published 1903. He subsequently became a Senator in South Africa.
*[http://www.auctiva.com/hostedimages/showimage.aspx?gid=1326121&image=675977719&images=675977719,675977580,675977468,675977370,675977166,675977062,675977270,675976963&formats=0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0&format=0 Image: Christmas Menu “No 3 and Furlough Coys, IWT , RE” Gaza Camp, Bangalore India, Christmas 1918]. auctiva.com. Retrieved 16 August 2014. IWT is presumably Inland Water Transport, part of the Royal Engineers, but it is not otherwise known to have been in India. Lists Officers, WOs and NCOs.*[http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ww2peopleswar/stories/26/a4678626.shtml The O.T.S Bangalore] by John Forster bbc.co.uk/ww2peopleswar. The Officer Officers' Training School during WW2.:[http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ww2peopleswar/stories/58/a9001658.shtml "Voyage to India (1945) Final Stage"] by Des McDougall. Travelling to India, to the Officers’ Training School, Bangalore. bbc.co.uk/ww2peopleswar.:[http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ww2peopleswar/stories/10/a9001810.shtml "A Jaundiced View"] by Des McDougall. He was admitted to the BMH (British Military Hospital) in Bangalore. bbc.co.uk/ww2peopleswar. Includes details of the Italian POWs working in the hospital.
:[http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ww2peopleswar/stories/07/a3517607.shtml Nazis on the Playing Field] by Gerald Wheatley mentions the O.T.S Bangalore. bbc.co.uk/ww2peopleswar.
:[http://blogs.bl.uk/untoldlives/2018/04/papers-of-major-geoffrey-herbert-blake-royal-indian-army-service-corps-.html Geoffrey Herbert Blake] attended Officers’ Training School for six months from June 1943 after which he took up duties in Air Despatch, Royal Indian Army Service Corps. British Library Untold Lives Blog.
