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*See [[72nd Regiment of Foot]] and [[93rd Regiment of Foot]] for the story of Colour-Sergt David Douglas Mackie and his son, James Mackie, including the latter's divorce proceedings.
*[http://blogs.bl.uk/untoldlives/2017/07/a-soldiers-life-the-memoir-of-william-young-76th-regiment-of-foot.html "A Soldier’s Life – the memoir of William Young 76th Regiment of Foot"] British Library Untold lives blog. Written for his family in 1871 whilst stationed in [[Bangalore]]. Includes comments about his marriage in India without Army permission, one of the reasons for refusal being there was no vacancy for a wife to be taken on the strength. There is also a comment about the uncouth behaviour of the women of the regiment.
*[http://www.littlehamptonfort.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/Kings-Shilling-3.pdf "The King’s Shilling: Life in army barracks 1855-1871"] in England. littlehamptonfort.co.uk.
*‪[https://www.victorianforts.co.uk/tommyatkins.htm Tommy Atkins]. A series of five articles including [https://www.victorianforts.co.uk/flipbook/atkinsdomestic/index.html#p=1 "The Domestic Life of Tommy Atkins"], [https://www.victorianforts.co.uk/flipbook/atkinsmarried/index.html#p=1 "Tommy Atkins Married"], about aspects of life in the Army in the late Victorian period.<ref> Originally published in ''The Redan'', journal of The Palmerston Forts Society, three articles by Duncan Williams , (originally published in 1999-2001 (issues 46, 50, 53)) and two articles by David Moore (issues 72,74). From the website [https://www.victorianforts.co.uk/index.htm Victorian Forts and Artillery].</ref> These articles in turn include quotes from a series of articles which appeared in ''Navy and Army Illustrated'' commencing in June 1898 which gave insight into the life of an ordinary soldier.
*[http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/09612020000200233 "‘Delicate duties’: issues of class and respectability in government policy towards the wives and widows of British soldiers in the era of the great war"] by Janis Lomas ''Women's History Review'', 9:1, 2000 pages 123-147. For rank and file soldiers, “on the strength” widows pensions applied from 1901, and “off the strength” widows pensions applied from the beginning of the First World War.
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