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*[http://web.archive.org/web/20071228105027/http://www.regiments.org/nations/southasia/nepal.htm Nepal including Gurkha Regiments] Regiments.org, an archived website.
*"Regimental Histories and Army Handbooks: A Bibliography of the Gurkha Regiments" by Mary Des Chene, Dept of Anthropology, Stanford University ''SALNAQ - Issue 21 / 22 (Fall 1986 / Spring 1987) '' (SALNAQ: South Asia Library Notes & Queries | CONSALD) [https://web.archive.org/web/20140506043740/http://consald.org/sites/default/files/SALNAQ/Issue_21-22/2122_198687_24_RegimentalHistories.pdf Archived link]. Also available [http://pahar.in/wpfb-file/1987-regimental-histories-and-army-handbooks-a-bibliography-of-gurkha-regiments-by-des-chene-pdf/ PAHAR Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset] - if the download button does not display, locate in Books/Indian Subcontinent/1987.
:Mary K. DesChene was the author of the 1991 Stanford University PhD thesis ''Relics of Empire: a Cultural History of the Gurkhas 1815-1987'' which has not been published but is/was available from University Microfilms. This thesis is possibly available through "ProQuest Dissertations & Theses" which may be available though some Libraries ([[Subscription websites-online newspapers, journals and directories|subscription website basis]]), or for purchase through [https://dissexpress.proquest.com/search.html "Dissertation Express (ProQuest)"].
*[https://www.himalmag.com/the-gurkha-guide/ "The Gurkha Guide"] by Harka Gurung 1 July 1991 himalmag.com. A bibliography.
*[http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/hampshire/hi/people_and_places/history/newsid_8452000/8452508.stm Gurkha kukri knife's historic role in war and peace] BBC.
*[http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/Viewer.aspx?ref=Photo_24!(98)_f176r Photograph: [1/4th<nowiki>]</nowiki> Gurkhas at kit inspection showing kukris [Le Sart, France<nowiki>].</nowiki>] Photographer: H. D. Girdwood. Date: 24 Jul 1915. [http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Photo_24/(98) Catalogue record] British Library Digitised Manuscripts.
*[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://academicworks.cuny.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1015&context=qb_pubs "Gurkha Soldiers as an Intercultural Moment on the European Battlefields of the Great War"] by Frank Jacob 2015. City University of New York (CUNY).
*[https://bootcampmilitaryfitnessinstitute.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/british-gurkha-recruitment-a-historical-perspective-rathaur-2001.pdf "British Gurkha Recruitment : A Historical Perspective"] by Kamal Raj Singh Rathaur ''Voice of History'', Vol. XVI, No. 2 (Dec. 2001) , pages 19-24.
*[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 1st and the 4th Gurkha Rifles.
**''Handbooks for the Indian Army: Gurkhas'' Compiled under the orders of the Government by Lieut- Colonel Eden Vansittart 2nd Bn 10th Gurkha Rifles. revised by Major B U Nicolay 1st Bn, 4th Gurkha Rifles 1915 (Reprint 1918), catalogued as Gurkhas (1915). [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.237136 Archive.org mirror version], from Digital Library of India.
**''Handbooks for the Indian Army: Gurkhas'' Compiled under the orders of the Government by Major C J Morris, late 2nd Bn, 3rd QAO Gurkha Rifles Second edition 1936, revised by the author, first published 1933, catalogued as Gurkhas (1936). [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.238360 Archive.org mirror version] from Digital Library of India.
*[https://archive.org/details/cu31924073030821/page/166/mode/2up "Review of Nepalese Troops at Delhi"] page 167 ''Speeches by Lord Chelmsford, Viceroy and Governor General of India''] Archive.org. A speech 5 February 1919 in respect of the Nepalese Contingent, 10 Battalions of Nepalese troops under their own Generals, sent from Nepal for general service in India from March 1915. Three battalions, the 1st Rifle Regiment, the Mahindradal Regiment and the Shere Regiment took part in operations in Waziristan in 1917, especially on 21 June.
:[https://archive.org/details/gurkhasspecialfo0000bell/page/158/mode/2up?q=%22Nepalese+Contingent%22 The Nepalese Contingent] page 159 ''The Gurkhas : Special Force'' by Chris Bellamy 2011 Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library
*[https://archive.org/details/undertenviceroys00woodiala ''Under Ten Viceroys: the Reminiscences of a Gurkha''] by Major-General Nigel Woodyatt 1922 Archive.org. Chapters XII and XIII are specifically about the Gurkhas.
*[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.72740 ''The Gurkhas'']. 1928. Archive.org, Public Library of India Collection. Full title: ''The Gurkhas: their Manners, Customs and Country'' by Major W Brook Northey, late 1st KGO Gurkha Rifles and Captain C J Morris 3rd QAO Gurkha Rifles. Also available as a download from [http://pahar.in/wpfb-file/1928-the-gurkhas-their-manners-customs-and-country-by-northey-s-pdf/ PAHAR] Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset.
*[http://pahar.in/wpfb-file/2009-gorkhas-of-the-indian-army-by-bammi-s-pdf/ ''Gorkhas of the Indian Army''] by Y M Bammi 2009. Link to a pdf download, PAHAR - Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset (MCADD). If download button does not display, locate in Books/Indian Subcontinent
*[https://archive.org/details/britainsgurkhas0000bull/mode/2up ''Britain's Gurkhas''] by Christopher Bullock 2009. Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library.
*[https://archive.org/details/gurkhasspecialfo0000bell/mode/2up ''The Gurkhas : Special Force''] by Chris Bellamy 2011 Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library
 
*For personal accounts by officers, see [[3rd Gurkha Rifles]] for John Morris's autobiography, and [[4th Gurkha Rifles]] for John Masters's autobiographies.
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