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*[http://ww1.nam.ac.uk/stories/captain-walter-bagot-chester/ Soldiers' Stories: Captain Walter Bagot-Chester] 3rd Battalion The 3rd Queen Alexandra’s Own Gurkha Rifles, awarded the Military Cross (MC) for his part in the Third Battle of Gaza, Palestine, in November 1917. National Army Museum. Includes Diary extracts with details of "good kukri work" against Turks.
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20140508061255/http://www.bcmh.org.uk/archive/conferences/2012AgonyMessenger.pdf "The Agony Of The Opt: The Transfer Of Gurkha Regiments From The Indian To The British Army In 1948"] by Charles Messenger, BCMH Summer Conference 2012 – Indian Armies (The British Commission for Military History bcmh.org.uk, now an archived webpage).
*[https://www.tribuneindia.com/1999/99feb20/saturday/regional.htm#2 "Museum that showcases heroic deeds of Gurkhas"] by R D [probably Romesh Dutt] ''The Tribune'' Saturday, February 20, 1999. The Museum is located at [[Subathu]] and contains memorabilia of the Ist 1st and the 4th Gurkha Rifles.*[https://thegurkhamuseum.co.uk The Gurkha Museum] Peninsula Barracks, Winchester, Hampshire, England. Covers the [[2nd Gurkha Rifles|2nd]], [[6th Gurkha Rifles|6th]], [[7th Gurkha Rifles|7th]] and [[10th Gurkha Rifles]], those Gurkha Regiments which became part of the British Army.
*[https://www.flickr.com/photos/23268776@N03/galleries/72157645141750245 Photographs: Salute to the Gurkhas] flickr.com (retrieved 18 June 2014)
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20150304120617/http://colensostudy.id.au/John%20Eric%20Colenso%20-%20a%20british%20gurkha%2002.pdf ''John Eric Colenso: British Officer in the Gurkha Rifles''] by Ann Collins 24th August 2014. now an archived webpage. colensostudy.id.au. He was appointed to the 2/7th Gurkha Rifles in 1907 and seconded to the Burma Military Police (BMP) in1909. During WW1 was with the 2/7th Gurkha Rifles in Egypt and then on the Western Front with the 2/39th Garhwal Rifles, and then with the 2nd/2nd Gurkhas. Back in India, he took part in the 3rd Afghan War with the 2/7th Gurkhas and was then with the BMP 1919- c 1922, when he was transferred to the 3rd Gurkha Rifles and took part in the actions in Waziristan 1922-1923. He retired in 1932
