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*[http://www.ancestry.co.uk/cs/uk/AlanCumming Who Do You Think You Are? - Alan Cumming]. Alan’s grandfather was treated during World War 2 at Deolali - well known for housing psychiatric patients. However, this section was removed from his Army service record, perhaps because of the stigma attached to mental illness at the time. ancestry.co.uk
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20130603064451/http://www.scotsatwar.org.uk/veteransreminiscences/rhgirdwood.htm Reminiscences of Professor R H Girdwood, Royal Army Medical Corps, WW2]. He served at Deolali for a short period of time. scotsatwar.org.uk. now archived.
*[http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ww2peopleswar/stories/67/a3158967.shtml Teenage Memories of World War 2: Part 3] by Stan Wood, part of the Royal Army Ordnance Corps. He left England for India in May 1943, travelling via Durban. In 1943 Deolali had a predominance of tents. (Scroll down). BBC's ww2peopleswar
*[http://www.chinditslongcloth1943.com/voyage-and-training.html Voyage and Training] from “Chindit Chasing, Operation Longcloth 1943” Scroll down to the section which mentions Deolali and includes a '''map''' of the Deolali Army Camp c 1945
*[http://500px.com/photo/23071749 Photograph: Cathay Picture House, Deolali] Captioned "My Grandfather, James Wilson. Serving with the Royal Artillery in India during WW2. Taken in Deolali, India in the 1940s."
