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==Dogs==
"In the Indian Army dogs were practically part of the Officers equipment, because they slept on our beds and ensured that marauders didn’t steal our arms and gave the alarm if anybody came in".<ref>Lt Col R. Banks [[15th (Ludhiana) Regiment , account of Sikh Infantry|15th Sikhs]] [http://www.s-asian.cam.ac.uk/archive/audio/collection/lt-col-r-banks/ Audio: 1980 Interview], with [http://media.s-asian.cam.ac.uk/pdf/082.pdf transcript] Indian Army life and career 1914-c 1937 . Centre of South Asian Studies, University of Cambridge. Refer [[Indian Army#External links|External links]], above.</ref>
== External links ==
*[http://swarajyamag.com/ideas/how-indian-officers-came-to-be-recruited-for-the-rajs-army "How The British Raj’s Army Opened Its Doors For ‘Indian’ Officers"] by Srinath Raghavan June 26, 2016 swarajyamag.com. Includes mention of the establishment of the Royal Indian Military Academy in Dehradun in October 1932.
*[http://www.angloburmeselibrary.com/abro-overview.html The Army in Burma Reserve of Officers (A.B.R.O.)] by Vivian Rodrigues. angloburmeselibrary.com
*[http://www.s-asian.cam.ac.uk/archive/audio/collection/lt-col-r-banks/ Audio: 1980 Interview Lt Col R. Banks], with [http://media.s-asian.cam.ac.uk/pdf/082.pdf transcript] Indian Army life and career 1914-c 1937 Centre of South Asian Studies, University of Cambridge. Initially he was with the [[15th (Ludhiana) Regiment of Sikh Infantry|15th Sikhs]], then joined the Judge Advocate General’s Department, part of the Indian Army dealing with court martial work, military law and any uprisings, and subsequently officiated as Judge Advocate General in India, until he was medically retired in 1937 (rabies related). His experience with riots resulted in an appointment to Palestine c 1938-39.
*[http://www.indian-tales.com/pages0-9.asp ''Indian Tales''] by Patrick O‘Meara (born 1930) describes his childhood in India, spent in Army cantonments. His father was in the Royal Indian Army Service Corps (RIASC). Indian-tales.com
*Obituary of [https://web.archive.org/web/20100924063518/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1448007/Charles-Chenevix-Trench.html Charles Chenevix Trench], c 1914 -2003 (telegraph.co.uk, archive.org link) He served as an Indian Army officer in the 1930s, commissioned into [[Hodson's Horse]], and winning an MC during the Second World War . In 1946 he retired from the Army to follow his father into the Indian Political Service for the 18 months until Partition. His 19 books included three classic accounts of British India: ''The Indian Army and the King's Enemies, 1900-1947''; ''The Frontier Scouts''; and ''The Viceroy's Agent'', all published in the 1980s and available at the [[British Library]]
