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*[http://www.saintandrewssociety-sf.org/document/May_2009_SASSF_Newletter.pdf The Calcutta Scottish] (pdf) ''Volume 145, No. 9, May 2009 Newsletter of the Saint Andrew's Society of San Francisco'', pages 1, 5, 7-9. Includes a photograph c 1916. [https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:-r7dMHmBhWoJ:www.saintandrewssociety-sf.org/document/May_2009_SASSF_Newletter.pdf+calcutta+light+horse+members&hl=en&gl=au&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEESjRjHIhF1sUydT8nn9uFjmH3c0i24MBPP062fRsJnyaKPhvXwm34N5V4FXuoimKGvjAJYo2ElaGhQkPExrxhsOhOtijDwIZBeILTOhu3RaKtsfTN2bBlLmbNUGsuhRhYoq6aUe_&sig=AHIEtbRhRi6lsCTWv76KMHZTrXwtyG_67Q html version]
**Four members of the Calcutta Scottish, along with 15 members of the Calcutta Light Horse took part in the raid on Axis shipping in 1943 in Goa. The party sailed a barge into Goa harbour and caused the sinking of three German merchantmen. See [[Calcutta Light Horse]] for more details.
*Details of the [http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/80010402 1989 interview with Frank Wildish], Indian Army Officer from 1940. Reel 1 includes joining Calcutta Scottish auxiliary forces (c late 1930s). Currently (Novenber 2013) not availablle to listen to online, but check at later dates. Imperial War Museums
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