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*''Lists of the officers of His Majesty's and the Hon. Company's troops serving under the Presidency of Bombay'' from Adjutant General's Office January 1st 1798 [http://books.google.com/books?id=j0MIAAAAQAAJ&pg=PR12&dq=Lists+of+the+officers+of+His+Majesty's,+and+the+Hon.+Company's+troops++75th+Highland+Regiment&hl=en&ei=yowkTY7-F4qWhQe855HUAg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCMQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false Engineer Corps muster roll in Malabar] Google Books
*''History of the Corps of Royal Engineers'' by Whitworth Porter 1889 [http://www.archive.org/stream/historycorpsroy01portgoog#page/n8/mode/2up Volume 1], [http://www.archive.org/stream/historycorpsroy00portgoog#page/n12/mode/2up Volume 2] Archive.org
*[https://www.nzsappers.org.nz/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Indian-Sappers-and-Miners-1948.pdf ''The Indian Sappers and Miners''] by E. W. C Sandes [Edward Warren Caulfeild] 1948. (726p). nzsappers.org.nz. Covers the period from the pioneers in 1759 to the prelude to the Second World War.*[https://www.forces-war-records.co.uk/documents/2457/the-early-first-world-war-iraq-campaign-november-1914-april-1916-and-captivity-in-turkey/ ''The Early First World War Iraq Campaign, November 1914 - April 1916, and Captivity in Turkey''] by Brigadier KBS Crawford. A transcribed digitised account prepared by his son Nigel Crawford 2014. KBS Crawford was part of the Royal Engineers, with the 3rd Bombay Sappers and Miners. He was present at the fall of Kut, having been wounded in December 1915 when he was acting Major 17 Company and still on the sick list, and eventually arrived as a Prisoner of War at Afion Kara Hissar in Turkey. ''Forces War Records'', generally a pay website, but this digital file is accessible for free.
*"History of the 20th (Field) Company, Royal Bombay Sappers and Miners: Great War 1914-1918" by Major HWR Hamilton, RE, ''The Royal Engineers Journal''
:[https://www.nzsappers.org.nz/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/1926-December.pdf "Part I, France"] page 537 [first article] Vol XL No. 4 December 1926.
:[https://www.nzsappers.org.nz/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/1927-March.pdf "Part II Mesopotamia and part III, Palestine"] pages 41-62, Vol XLI No. 1 March 1927. nzsappers.org.nz
*[https://archive.org/details/THEROYALBOMBAYSAPPERSMINERS19391947 ''The Royal Bombay Sappers & Miners 1939 - 1947''] Laurie and Cecilia Norman (eds.) 1999 Archive.org.**[https://www.forces-war-records.co.uk/documents/2457/the-early-first-world-war-iraq-campaign-november-1914-april-1916-and-captivity-in-turkey/ ''The Early First World War Iraq Campaign, November 1914 - April 1916Filmed two print pages to each digital page, and Captivity in Turkey''] by Brigadier KBS Crawford. A transcribed digitised account prepared by his son Nigel Crawford 2014. so KBS Crawford was part of the Royal Engineers, with the 3rd Bombay Sappers and Miners. He was present at the fall for ease of Kutreading online, having been wounded in December 1915 when he was acting Major 17 Company and still select on the sick list, and eventually arrived as a Prisoner of War at Afion Kara Hissar in Turkey. ''Forces War Records'', generally a pay website, but this digital file is accessible for free single page viewing option.
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