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*[http://www.britishmedals.us/kevin/intro.html The Asplin Military History Resources], about British Army history in the Victorian era, includes pages relevant to the British Army in India.
*Victorian Wars Forum [http://www.victorianwars.com/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=7266#p31139 post] on "Terms of Engagement" by grumpy dated 16 July 2012
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20131117052045/http://www.hargreave-mawson.demon.co.uk/46thmen.html 46th Foot.com] includes a detailed account of the 1834 attestation of a private, Frederick Crosland.
*[http://armyservicenumbers.blogspot.com/2009/07/army-service-numbers-1881-1918-index.html Army Service Numbers 1881-1918: Index] armyservicenumbers.blogspot.com
*[http://www.1914-1918.net/renumbering20.htm Renumbering of the army in 1920] 1914-1918.net. A seven-digit number was issued in 1920 to all men then serving in regular or Territorial units. Once issued, the man retained the same number irrespective of his transfers and postings within the army. Generally the new numbers did not have prefixes but the Royal Army Service Corps was an exception. RASC numbers were prefixed S (Supplies), T (Transport), M (Mechanical Transport) or R (Remounts).
*Recruiting regions of Irish infantry regiments in the British Army from 1881 until 1922. A list of regiments, depots, counties together with a map. Select page 5 of this [http://docs.google.com/viewer?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nuigalway.ie%2Fgeography%2Fdocuments%2FHeritage-Chapter.pdf docs.google version] or [http://www.nuigalway.ie/geography/documents/Heritage-Chapter.pdf pdf]<ref>[[http://docs.google.com/viewer?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nuigalway.ie%2Fgeography%2Fdocuments%2FHeritage-Chapter.pdf "A Lost Heritage: The Connaught Rangers and Multivocal Irishness"] (docs.google version) by John Morrissey, 2005 , Chapter 3 of ''Ireland’s Heritages: Critical Perspectives on Memory and Identity'' edited by M Mc Carthy 2005. Website: Geography Dept, National University of Ireland, Galway. [http://www.nuigalway.ie/geography/documents/Heritage-Chapter.pdf original pdf]</ref>
*"Information Document on the Irish Regiments of the British Army up to 31st July 1922". Irish Military Archives Dublin [https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:gru7mwoB39wJ:www.militaryarchives.ie/fileadmin/user_upload/documents/Information_Document_on_the_Irish_Regiments_of_the_British_Army.pdf+East+India+Company+Army+Officer+transferred+to+British+Army&hl=en&gl=au&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEESgCmZns12hkE99NCTwYnZKxBIa4CjLHDnw00dDl-G-8dtP1fL8-uTOAW7hmuWptxLNBj6KyIKcTQks7CUK3bSgfr0dHI1OD9SJBPt_WF5uJfUQv6u4xXrgLdcVyfwHGhwNS1tiQ&sig=AHIEtbQcITGpWlwjYSS1F9kR0LlOKkmu4A docs.google version], [http://www.militaryarchives.ie/fileadmin/user_upload/documents/Information_Document_on_the_Irish_Regiments_of_the_British_Army.pdf original pdf] ([http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:LjXeAT9eDP0J:www.military.ie/fileadmin/user_upload/images/Info_Centre/Docs2/archives_docs/summary_information_document_on_the_irish_regiments_of_the_british_army.pdf+&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=au Cached] URL)
*[http://jameshenrymiller.petermillerphotoworld.co.uk/index.html James Henry Miller], born 1910. He was in India October 1932-1935 with the [[2nd Bombay (European) Fusiliers|2nd Battalion, Durham Light Infantry]]. His memories of daily life in a regiment performing garrison duties. [https://web.archive.org/web/20131114013901/http://jameshenrymiller.petermillerphotoworld.co.uk/16.html His Story, His Words Part Four] (scroll down), [httphttps://jameshenrymillerweb.petermillerphotoworldarchive.co.uk/17.html Part Five], [http:org/web/jameshenrymiller.petermillerphotoworld.co.uk20131114014056/18.html Part Six] Includes photographs. Family website. ([http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:ndr41UqPklwJ:www.jameshenrymiller.petermillerphotoworld.co.uk/1617.html+&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=au Cached 4Part Five], [httphttps://webcacheweb.googleusercontentarchive.comorg/search?q=cache:VUV_Dr2_RuQJ:jameshenrymiller.petermillerphotoworld.co.ukweb/20131114014327/17.html+&cd=2&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=au cached 5], [http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:LMQDwmoU1JYJ:jameshenrymiller.petermillerphotoworld.co.uk/18.html+&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=au cached 6Part Six] URLsIncludes photographs. Family website. (archived links)
*[http://www.davidhorsfield.org.uk/index.asp ''From Semaphore to Satellite The memoirs of Major General David Horsfield, Royal Signals''] may be read online. He served in Burma during World War 2 and was then in India 1942-1946. ([http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:9BDKXd8louQJ:www.davidhorsfield.org.uk/+&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=au Cached] URL)
*[http://docs.google.com/viewer?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.hmvf.co.uk%2Fpdf%2FHORSE_TRANSPORT.pdf "British Army Horse Transport"] (docs.google version) by Clive Elliott 2008 hmvf.co.uk [http://www.hmvf.co.uk/pdf/HORSE_TRANSPORT.pdf original pdf]
