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*[https://archive.org/details/lordcardwellatwa00bidduoft/page/n10 ''Lord Cardwell at the War Office : a history of his administration, 1868-1874''] by General Sir Robert Biddulph 1904 Archive.org
::[http://www.victorianweb.org/history/armyrefs.html "Cardwell's Army Reforms 1870--1881"] by Marjie Bloy. victorianweb.org
*[https://archive.org/details/waroffice032377mbp ''The War Office''] by Hampden Gordon, Assistant Secretary at the War Office 1935 Archive.org. A volume in the ''Whitehall Series''. :[https://archive.org/details/warofficelist00grea/page/n3/mode/2up ''The War Office List 1914. 45th Publication'']. Archive.org. The publication ''War Office List'' [of employees], full title varied including ''The War Office List and Directory for the Civil Departments of the British Army'', and ''The War Office List, and Administrative Directory for the British Army'', published for years to 1937, is available at The National Archives WO 346 and STAT 14/1027, and the British Library, the latter has a number of catalogue entries including UIN: BLL01001121472. [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/575630 FamilySearch catalogue entry] for a series of microfiche, currently only available at the Family History Library Salt Lake City, which possibly may become more widely available after digitisation.
*[https://archive.org/details/militarymannersc00farrrich/page/n7 ''Military Manners and Customs''] by James Anson Farrer 1885 Archive.org
*[http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks13/1306081h.html ''Smithy Abroad: Barrack-Room Sketches''] by Edgar Wallace 1909 Project Gutenberg Australia. Some of the tales are set in India. Between 1904 and 1918 Edgar Wallace, who subsequently became known as the ‘King of Thrillers’ wrote a large number of mostly humorous sketches about life in the British Army.
