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*[https://archive.org/details/narrativeoflifet00butlrich ''Narrative of the Life and Travels of Serjeant B''] Written by Himself. [Robert Butler, born 1784] 1823 Archive.org He arrived in [[Penang]] or Prince of Wales Island in 1807, 2nd Battalion of the [[1st Regiment of Foot|Royals]].
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=6OcKAAAAYAAJ&pg=PR6 ''Camp and Barrack-room, Or, The British Army as It Is''] by John Mercier McMullen, a late Staff Sergeant of the 13th Light Infantry (1846) Google Books
* For additional online accounts by soldiers who were not officers, see '''[[7th Regiment of Foot|7th]]''', '''[[9th Regiment of Foot|9th]]''', and [[32nd Regiment of Foot|'''32nd''' Regiments of Foot]], published respectively 1883, 1853 and 1853. Also [[Royal Artillery]] for the book ''Pick up your parrots and monkeys'' which includes training as a Boy Trumpeter at age 14 in 1934. For details of other accounts, see [[3rd (The King's Own) Hussars|3rd Hussars]] and [[9th (The Queen's Royal) Lancers|9th Lancers]], dating from the 1840s-50s; [[26th Regiment of Foot]] from 1829, (pub. 1857); [[Royal Artillery]] 1857-1930s. Also see [[:Category:British Military commanders]], which includes British Army personnel, including [[Robert Rollo Gillespie]], originally a Cavalry officer, in India 1805-1814.
*For accounts by husband and wife Colonel H A Ouvry and Mrs M H Ouvry, including the Indian Mutiny period, see [[9th Lancers]].
*[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=DEFYAAAAcAAJ&pg=PR1 ''98° versus 130°, or, the Infantry Soldier in the Tropics''] by Jones Lamprey Assistant Surgeeon, H M’s 15th Regiment. 1852 Google Books. [Remarks on the dress worn by the army in Ceylon].
