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*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Engineers Royal Engineers] Wikipedia<br />
*[http://web.archive.org/web/20071007122401/www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/art-eng-sig/RE.htm Corps of Royal Engineers] regiments.org
*[http://www.re-museum.co.uk Royal Engineers Museum, Library and Archive] Gillingham, Kent.
*[http://www.instre.org The Institution of Royal Engineers (InstRE)] publishes “The Royal Engineers Journal” and Corps Histories
*[http://www.reubique.com/indiaeng.htm Military Engineers in India in the 20th Century] from [http://www.reubique.com/ Royal Engineers and Engineers of the British Empire and Commonwealth]
*[http://www.holdiches.com/sir-thomas-hungerford-holdich-1843-1929/ "Sir Thomas Hungerford Holdich 1843 – 1929"] His Life Story, Chapters 1-5 cover his time in India. (click on the drop down menu). He became a Royal Engineer and he was sent to India on attachment to the Survey Department. His first campaign was in [[Duar War|Bhutan in 1865]]. This led to his permanent appointment to the Survey Department. He subsequently served in the [[2nd Afghan War]]. he was appointed as Surveyor to the Historical Boundary Commission which was to settle the boundary between Russia and Afghanistan, and then Chief Commissioner to settle the boundary between Persia and Baluchistan He was involved with the [[Tirah Campaign|1898 campaign against the Afridis]], but soon had to retire as he had reached the age of 55. The Holdich Family History Society (retrieved 14 April 2014). [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Holdich Thomas Holdich] Wikipedia. For online books, refer below.
