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*[https://web.archive.org/web/20170121083345/http://www.stephen-stratford.co.uk/history_cm.htm History of the British Courts Martial system], now an archived webpage.
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Court-martial Court Martial] Wikipedia, including information on the British and Indian armies.
*National Archives, (Kew) guide, in respect of the British Army: [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/help-with-your-research/research-guides/courts-martial-desertion-british-army-17th-20th-centuries/ "Courts martial and desertion in the British Army 17th-20th centuries"]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20111106195346/http://wellcomelibrary.blogspot.com/2010/08/hot-night-in-bengal.html A hot night in Bengal]. Circumstances leading to a court martial on the 1st of August 1840 of Gunner Shehan at Dinapore. Wellcome Library Blog, now an archived webpage.
*[http://yourarchives.nationalarchives.gov.uk/index.php?title=Shortt,_Captain_James_Symington:_Court_Martial_transcript,_21_Jan_1847,_Kamptee,_India Shortt, Captain James Symington: Court Martial transcript, 21 Jan 1847, Kamptee, India] Your Archives. he was an officer in the [[4th Regiment of Foot]].
:[http://www.kingsownmuseum.com/kolib0224.htm Court Martial Records from the 1840s] [[4th Regiment of Foot|King's Own Royal Regiment]] Museum.
*[http://www.s-asian.cam.ac.uk/archive/audio/collection/lt-col-r-banks/ Audio: 1980 Interview Lt Col R. Banks], with [http://media.s-asian.cam.ac.uk/pdf/082.pdf transcript] Indian Army life and career 1914-c 1937 Centre of South Asian Studies, University of Cambridge. Initially he was with the [[15th (Ludhiana) Regiment of Sikh Infantry|15th Sikhs]], then joined the Judge Advocate General’s Department, part of the Indian Army dealing with court martial work, military law and any uprisings, and subsequently officiated as Judge Advocate General in India, until he was medically retired in 1937 (rabies related). His experience with riots resulted in an appointment to Palestine c 1938-39.
===Historical books online===
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=zV9HAAAAYAAJ&pg=PR1 ''A collection of the charges, opinions, and sentences of general courts martial: as published by authority; from the year 1795 to the present time; intended to serve as an appendix to Tytler's Treatise on military law, and forming a book of cases and references; with a copious index''] by Charles James 1820. A search using the words Bengal, Madras, Bombay shows courts martial in India. [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=zV9HAAAAYAAJ&pg=PR1 Index to Charges] page 849. Google Books
