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*[http://books.google.com/books?id=jIUEAAAAQAAJ&pg=PP7 ''Memoirs of the early life and service of a field officer on the retired list of the Indian army''] by Major David Price 1839 Google Books. Recruitment into the East India Company Army in London in 1780 is mentioned on [http://books.google.com/books?id=jIUEAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA11 page 11]
*[https://archive.org/details/nedfortescueorro00forruoft ''Ned Fortescue; or, Roughing it through life; a story founded on fact''] by EW Forrest, late Her Majesty’s Indian Army. 1869 Archive.org. It seems likely that the author arrived in India c 1841 and took part in actions during the 1840s and 1850s, from the [[Sind Campaign]] to the [[Indian Mutiny]]. Ned meets a recruiting party for the East India Company on [https://archive.org/stream/nedfortescueorro00forruoft#page/26/mode/2up page 26]
*[https://archive.org/details/britishofficerh00stocgoog/page/n6 ''The British Officer: his Position, Duties, Emoluments and Privileges…''] by J H Stocqueler 1851 Archive.org. Includes "Part VI The East India Company’s Service", from page 260. [https://archive.org/details/britishofficerh00stocgoog/page/n18/mode/1up Contents, Part VI]
*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=yE0MAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA1 ''Remarks on the Native Troops of the Indian Army''] by Major John Jacob 1854 Google Books
*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=B_Y2AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA1 ''Opinions on the Indian Army : (originally published at Meerut in 1850, under the title of "Musings on military matters.")''] by Colonel John Studholme Hodgson Bengal Army. Brigadier, late Commanding the Punjab Irregular Force 1857 Google Books
