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*[http://www.npr.org/2012/08/21/159363999/deaths-tell-the-story-of-life-in-old-hong-kong?sc=emaf Deaths Tell The Story Of Life In Old Hong Kong] by Louisa Lim August 21, 2012 npr.org. An article about Patricia Lim and the Hong Kong Cemetery*[https://www.hkmemory.hk/ Hong Kong Memory] Leisure and Cultural Services Department. Hong Kong Government. “Hong Kong Memory (HKM) is a multi-media web site that gives free and open access to digitized materials on Hong Kong’s history, culture and heritage”. Includes **[https://www.hkmemory.hk/collections/hong_kong_cemetery/about/index.html "Hong Kong Cemetery"] Searchable and browsable database is created by Ms Patricia Lim, with images.
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*The book ''Garrison Memorials in Hong Kong: Some Graves and Monuments at Happy Valley'' by Solomon Bard 1997 is available at the [[British Library]] in the [[BACSA]] Archive, catalogue reference Mss Eur F370/1242. By the same author, but not held in the BACSA Archive, ''Study of Military Graves and Monuments: Hong Kong Cemetery'' 1991, (Hong Kong Antiquities and Monuments Office) thought to be available at the Public Record Office, Hong Kong, possibly as a typescript. May possibly include information about Stanley Cemetery.<ref>''Challenging Dead. A Look into Foreigners’ Cemeteries in Macau, Hong Kong, and Taiwan'' by Gotelind Müller 2018, page 16, footnote 72 and page 18, footnote 85. See [[Hong Kong#External links|External links]], above.</ref>
*The book ''British and Indian Armies on the China Coast 1785-1985'' by Alan Harfield 1990 is available at the [[British Library]], UIN: BLL01009472436 . Includes lists such as “List of Known Recipients of the Hong Kong Plague Medal 1894” and “List of Officers who served with the Hong Kong Regiment 1892-1902”. This [https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/uk.people.ex-forces/v3LqubdrU1k link] lists some “Military Commanders of Hong Kong and China” from the book (pages 483-484).
*The book ''Traders of Hong Kong: Some Foreign Merchant Houses, 1841-1899'' by Solomon Bard Hong Kong: Urban Council, 1993 is available at the British Library UIN: BLL01012493829 . [https://books.google.com.au/books/about/Traders_of_Hong_Kong.html?id=IXeHAAAAIAAJ Searchable but not viewable Google Books]. "A very useful summary of the wide range of foreigners, from Germans and Americans to Armenians, Parsees and Jews"<ref> "Annotated Bibliography The Basics" ''Hong Kong History Project''. Refer External links, above.</ref>
==Hong Kong Volunteers==
:*''Overland China Mail'' was the weekly edition of ''China Mail'', also containing articles from ''Evening Mail'' and ''Sunday Herald'', and was published 1848 to 1941.<ref>[http://www.hkpl.gov.hk/en/common/attachments/hkcl/resources/resources_ra_01_reading_area.pdf Hong Kong Public Library] page. Also [https://blog.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/2021/02/15/new-titles-15-february-2021/ "Hot Off The Press – New Titles This Week"] February 15, 2021. The British Newspaper Archive Blog.</ref>
::''Overland China Mail'' is available on [[Findmypast]], category "Newspapers & periodicals/British Newspapers ", with 'County' classified as Hong Kong China, with the same contents also available on the British Newspaper Archive, both pay websites, added Feb 9, 2021. The date range when added was January 11, 1853 to December 30, 1915 being 1853-1861, 1863-1894, 1897-1915 (with 1848–1916 planned), with details on a [https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/titles/overland-china-mail BNA page]. For BNA, the 'Region' is classified as South Central China, and the 'County' is classified as Hong Kong, China. It is possible to browse individual editions on BNA, in addition to searching. To browse the Findmypast editions, use the filters under "Narrow your search results" (left hand side of the webpage) "By Newspaper" and "By Date".
*Cemeteries**[https://hkjo.lib.hku.hk/archive/files/8684b2e7b8d0256b3529f07addef9651.pdf "Notes for a visit to the Government Cemetery at Happy Valley"] by Carl T. Smith ''Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong Branch'' Vol. 25 (1985) hkjo.lib.hku.hk**[https://www.jstor.org/stable/23889722 "Review of Development of Cemeteries in Hong Kong: 1841-1950"] by Ko Tim-Keung ''Journal of the Hong Kong Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society Vol. 41 (2001)'', pp. 241-280 (40 pages). jstor.org. Register with jstor.org and read online for free. Limits apply.*:[https://www.history.cuhk.edu.hk/CourseWeb/200809/his4400/pdf/L4_Voices%20from%20the%20stones-cemeteries.pdf "Voices from the Stones"] by Ko Tim-keung. history.cuhk.edu.hk**[https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/37955053.pdf ''Name studies in a special form of real estate – an empirical study of the choice of christian names as recorded on gravestones''] by Chan Man Hin, Roger. A dissertation submitted to the Faculty of Architecture, University of Hong Kong April 2010. Contains some old maps and images, some extracted from the 1997 book by Solomon Bard, see Records above.**First two chapters, with Notes of [https://hkupress.hku.hk/pro/con/900.pdf ''The Happy Valley A History and Tour of the Hong Kong Cemetery''] by Ken Nicolson 2010 hkupress.hku.hk**[http://crossasia-repository.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/4145/1/Challenging%20Dead_final.pdf ''Challenging Dead. A Look into Foreigners’ Cemeteries in Macau, Hong Kong, and Taiwan''] by Gotelind Müller 2018. crossasia-repository.ub.uni-heidelberg.de.**[https://www.dva.gov.au/sites/default/files/files/commems-memorials/cwgc_hongkong.pdf "The War Cemeteries and Memorials in Hong Kong"] Commonwealth War Graves Commission Information Sheet. dva.gov.au**[http://www.npr.org/2012/08/21/159363999/deaths-tell-the-story-of-life-in-old-hong-kong?sc=emaf "Deaths Tell The Story Of Life In Old Hong Kong"] by Louisa Lim August 21, 2012 npr.org. An article about Patricia Lim and the Hong Kong Cemetery
*David’s [http://gwulo.com/ Gwulo: Old Hong Kong] including
**[http://gwulo.com/hong-kong-cemeteries Cemeteries in Hong Kong]
***details of an [http://gwulo.com/node/8734 online database of the 6,000+ burials in the Hong Kong Cemetery]. For the database, see [[Hong Kong#Records|Records]] above.
**[https://gwulo.com/atom/27872 [Plan of<nowiki>]</nowiki> Stanley Military Cantonment 1853]
*[https://www.chinafamilies.net China Families], previously called China Coast Family History, and part of the Chinese Maritime Customs project, University of Bristol. The website provides "a growing body of information about men and women of many different nationalities, professions and ages, who lived and worked in China between the 1850s and 1940s. These records have been drawn from government department lists, legal and diplomatic records, cemetery lists, and during research undertaken for a number of projects on the history of modern China and of the foreign relations of China". There is a Search facility and links to a number of online Directories.
*[https://www.houghton.hk/?p=22 Hong Kong 1836-1844] in three parts, from "A Peoples' History 1793 – 1844 from the newspapers" houghton.hk. Extracts from Chinese region newspapers, ''Canton Register'' and ''Friend of China''.
*Rudi Butt’s [http://hongkongsfirst.blogspot.com/ Hong Kong’s First]. A blog about historical aspects of Hong Kong
*British Army regiments in Hong Kong are included in the following which is mainly about British Army Regiments in India. Note, may not be complete. [https://web.archive.org/web/20190330085422fw_/http://isp.ans.com.au/~rampais/genelogy/india/indexes/kitz1.htm Indian portion of ''In Search of the 'Forlorn Hope': A Comprehensive Guide to Locating British Regiments and their Records (1640-WWI)'' by John M Kitzmiller] - lists the location/year of all British regiments that served in India and related regions. ([https://web.archive.org/web/20200507070713/http://isp.ans.com.au/~rampais/genelogy/india/indexes/kitz.htm Regiments], [https://web.archive.org/web/20190330085628/http://isp.ans.com.au/~rampais/genelogy/india/indexes/kitz2.htm Locations]) . From Bob Holland’s Rampais website, archived. Kitzmillers's two volume book is available at the British Library UIN: BLL01010128905 *[https://www.mardep.gov.hk/theme/port_hk/en/index.html "History of the Port of Hong Kong and Marine Department"] Marine Department Hong Kong includes**[https://www.mardep.gov.hk/theme/port_hk/en/p1ch3_5.html Leading foreign firms in Hong Kong]
*1894 Plague
**"The Great Plague of Hong Kong" by E G Pryor ''Journal of the Hong Kong Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society'' (Hong Kong: Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland. Hong Kong Branch (Hong Kong Branch)) 1975: 61-70. [https://web.archive.org/web/20080920184921/http://humanum.arts.cuhk.edu.hk/~lha/middle_ages/plagueHK.pdf Pdf]
*[http://www.royalnavyresearcharchive.org.uk/Cyril%20H%20Poole/default.htm Cyril H H Poole photographs] including Submarines of the 4th Submarine Flotilla based at Hong Kong, Singapore, and Wei Hei Wei c 1930s. royalnavyresearcharchive.org.uk
*Listen to the [https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/80005208 1981 interview with Robert Charles Beckett Anderson] born 1895, British officer… served with 2nd Bn Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders in New Zealand, Jamaica, China, Hong Kong and India, 1925-1935; served with Hong Kong Defence Force, 1936-1939 Imperial War Museums. Catalogue number 5251.
*[https://www.hkhistory.net/annotated-bibliography-by-vaudine-england/the-basics/ "Annotated Bibliography The Basics"] by Vaudine England ''Hong Kong History Project''.
===Second World War===
