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*[http://archive.org/stream/cu31924012890970#page/n7/mode/2up ''Social Life in the British Army''] by "A British Officer" Illustrated by R. Caton Woodville. 1899 Archive.org
**[http://archive.org/stream/cu31924012890970#page/n83/mode/2up The officer in India, page 55],[http://archive.org/stream/cu31924012890970#page/n137/mode/2up The soldier in India, page 94], [http://archive.org/stream/cu31924012890970#page/n119/mode/2up The soldier’s wife’s view of India, page 81]
*[https://archive.org/details/followingdrum00wyndrich/page/n9/mode/2up ''Following the Drum''] by Horace Wyndham 1912 Archive.org. Life in the British Army, in Britain and abroad (but not in India) until discharge by purchase after seven years service. He also wrote ''The Queen's Service : being the experiences of a private soldier in the British infantry at home and abroad'' by Horace Wyndham 1899. [https://books.google.com.au/books?vid=MSU:31293032082095 Google Books, Public Domain in USA], restricted in some other areas. The two titles appear likely to be have different text but perhaps the same book or else very content is similar. Elsewhere it is stated that Horace Wyndham, as a gentleman ranker, enlisted in the army in 1890.
*[https://archive.org/details/cihm_05361 ''Mr. Thomas Atkins''] by E J Hardy, Chaplain to the Forces. 1900 [microform] Archive.org. Aspects of life in the Army
**[https://archive.org/stream/cihm_05361#page/407/mode/2up "Mrs Thomas Atkins"] page 370
*[https://archive.org/details/britainherarmy150000barn/page/n3 ''Britain and her Army, 1509-1970: a military, political and social survey''] by Correlli Barnett 1970. Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library.
*[https://archive.org/details/historyofbritish00youn ''History of the British Army''] edited by Brigadier Peter Young and Lt-Col. J P Lawford 1970. Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library.
*[https://archive.org/details/sevenagesofbriti0000carv/mode/2up ''The Seven Ages of the British Army''] by Field Marshal Lord Carver 1984. Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library.
*[https://archive.org/details/britishmilitaryi00thom/mode/2up ''British Military Intelligence, 1870-1914 : the development of a modern intelligence organization''] by Thomas G Fergusson 1984. Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library.
*[https://archive.org/details/britisharmycrisi0000jeff/page/n5 ''The British Army and the Crisis of Empire, 1918-22''] by Keith Jeffery 1984. Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library. Includes a chapter titled India.
* ''History of the British Army'' by Charles Messenger. [https://archive.org/details/historyofbritish0000mess/mode/2up 1986 edition], [https://archive.org/details/historyofbritish0000mess_e6s2/mode/2up 1993 edition]. Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library.
:[https://archive.org/details/calltoarmsbritis0000mess/mode/2up ''Call to Arms : the British Army 1914-18''] by Charles Messenger 2006, first published 2005. Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library.
*[https://archive.org/details/beggarsinredbrit0000stra/mode/2up ''Beggars in Red : the British Army 1789-1889''] by John Strawson 2003, first published 1991. Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library.
:[https://archive.org/details/gentlemeninkhaki0000stra_r1m8/mode/2up ''Gentlemen in Khaki and Camouflage : the British Army 1890-2008''] by John Strawson 2009 (updated), first published 1989. Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library.
