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*[http://www.longlongtrail.co.uk/army/regiments-and-corps/the-british-infantry-regiments-of-1914-1918/south-wales-borderers/ South Wales Borderers] "The Long, Long Trail". 1/1st Brecknockshire Battalion, South Wales Borderers
 arrived in Bombay 3 December 1914, almost immediately went to Aden, subsequently returned to India and remained in India throughout the war, probably stationed at [[Mhow]].
*[http://www.voyagetoindia.co.uk Voyage to India: Memoirs of the 1st/3rd Kent Battery 1914] Frank William Critchley was 22 years old and a sergeant in the 1st/3rd Kent Battery, Royal Artillery. He travelled to India on the troopship Grantully Castle which departed Southampton 29 Oct 1914 and arrived Bombay 2 December 1914. One board were: Artillery 450. [[East Surrey Regiment|East Surreys]] 400. [[50th Regiment of Foot|4th Queens]] 800. voyagetoindia.co.uk
* See [[50th Regiment of Foot#Kent Cyclist Battalion (Territorial Force)| Kent Cyclist Battalion]]
*The Diary of Sergeant Ben Nicholas 1914 to 1917. [[53rd Regiment of Foot|4th (Service Battalion) Kings Shropshire Light Infantry]]. "A record of his exploits in India, Burma, Singapore and Malaysia during World War One". Includes the [[5th Regiment of Bengal (Light) Infantry|1915 Singapore Mutiny]]. [http://docs.google.com/viewer?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwulfrunianinlondon.files.wordpress.com%2F2014%2F01%2Fthe-diary-of-ben-nicholas-1915-to-19174.pdf html version] [http://wulfrunianinlondon.files.wordpress.com/2014/01/the-diary-of-ben-nicholas-1915-to-19174.pdf pdf] wulfrunianinlondon.files
*[https://greatwarlondon.wordpress.com/2014/09/05/deg-quelch-far-from-flanders/ DEG Quelch, far from Flanders] He was in the 18th (London) Battalion of the [[Rifle Brigade]], based at Table Island, where there was a wireless station, near the Cocos Islands. "Great War London"
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