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*[http://wegunners.webs.com/deolali.htm Deolali] or Devlali. wegunners.webs.com
*[http://home.the-wire.com/~raga/bhs.html Barnes In Retrospect] by W. R. Coles. Barnes School, Devlali. Opened in 1925, when the Boarding sections of the Byculla Central Schools, run by the Bombay Education Society, were relocated. The senior boys at the school joined a Cadet Company of the [[Great Indian Peninsula Railway Regiment]].
*[http://theviewspaper.net/deolali-an-idyllic-town/ Deolali: An Idyllic Town] by Nidhi Kulkarni January 11, 2009 theviewspaper.net. Mentions an Artillery Museum,
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*[http://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/onlineex/apac/photocoll/v/019pho0000125s1u00010000.html 1870 Photograph: A view of the Deolali cantonment near Nasik]
*[http://web.archive.org/web/20120710213611/http://www.ramcjournal.com/2006/jun06/martin.pdf "The madness at Deolali" by N A Martin] ''Journal of the Royal Army Medical Corps''. 2006 Jun; 152 (2):94-5 , now an archived page.
*[http://www.awm.gov.au/journal/j36/nurses.asp Reading between unwritten lines: Australian Army nurses in India, 1916-19] by Ruth Rae Australian War Memorial website. Describes the 34th 34 Welsh General Hospital (34 WGH) at in Deolaliduring WW1**:From notes in the Australian Archives regarding 34 Welsh General Hospital in Deolali : Sister Alma L. Bennett, Matron in 1917, said: ‘containing 3000 beds – 4 hrs train journey from Bombay'. ... Our cases were all from Mesopotamia – some direct – others individually coming from various Bombay Hospitals… We also had 200 Turkish Prisoners of War, almost all Surgical cases, some with shocking wounds – septic.’ Matron Gertrude Davis said: ‘When we became a P. of W. hospital our number of beds was increased to 700, 200 for British and 500 for prisoners as later we had the German prisoners from East Africa also an occasional one from Mespot’. <ref> Great War Forum [https://www.greatwarforum.org/topic/112227-concentration-camp-_-deolali/?do=findComment&comment=2022171 post] by kjharris (Kirsty) dated 23 January 2014, part of a thread 'Concentration Camp Deolali'. Retrieved 27 January, 2019.</ref>**:[https://web.archive.org/web/20160323003112/https://www.awm.gov.au/journal/j36/nurses/ Reading between unwritten lines: Australian Army nurses in India, 1916-19] by Ruth Rae Australian War Memorial website, archived page. Describes the 34th Welsh General Hospital (34 WGH) at Deolali:[http://blogs.slq.qld.gov.au/ww1/2016/01/12/anzac-girls-in-india/ Anzac Girls In India] slq.qld.gov.au. Nurse Annie Grant Sim enlisted in the Australian Army Nursing Service, on 19 May 1917 and subsequently was assigned to No 34 Welsh Hospital, Deolali. She served in Bombay until April 1919.*[httphttps://www.ancestry.coyoutube.ukcom/cs/uk/AlanCumming watch?v=p-T2Wp91v9E 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.coyoutube.ukcom
*[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://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."
*[http://www.britain-at-war.org.uk/ww2/Transport_Home/Westward_Bound/index.htm Westward Bound: Advice and Help for your Journey Home] including "Part I:-What you need to know whilst you are at Deolali" and "Part IV Games, Amusements, Activities (Deolali)". Transcript of a booklet given to soldiers about to travel from Deolali back to the UK at the end of WW2. britain-at-war.org.uk
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