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*The following letter from Reginald Heber, Bishop of Calcutta, written in 1826 to the Archbishop of Canterbury sets out the situation applying to Army soldiers and permission to marry. In Church records of marriages, marriage is by licence or by banns. In India, at least in this period, marriage by banns included marriage under the conditions mentioned by Bishop Heber. From ''Narrative of a journey through the upper provinces of India, from Calcutta to Bombay, 1824-1825; (With notes upon Ceylon,) an Account of a journey to Madras and the southern provinces, 1826, and letters written in India, Volume 2'' [http://books.google.com/books?id=FwRFAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA251 Page 251] Google Books
** This letter also contains the wording “...while the miseries and dangers to which an unprotected woman is liable in India are such as to make it highly desirable that widows and female orphans should remain as short a time unmarried as possible”. (page 252)
*Article [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/bookreviews/9429264/The-Fishing-Fleet-Husband-Hunting-in-the-Raj-by-Anne-de-Courcy-review.html "The Fishing Fleet: Husband-Hunting in the Raj"] by Frances Wilson 30 July 2012 ''The Telegraph''*Article [http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2169532/Husband-hunters-Raj-How-fishing-fleet-1920s-society-girls-drawn-sexual-intrigues-India-steamier-climate.html "Husband hunters of the Raj: How a 'fishing fleet' of 1920s society girls were drawn into sexual intrigues in India even steamier than the climate"] by Annabel Venning dated 6 July 2012 MailOnline
*[http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/latenightlive/husband-hunting-in-the-raj/4164578 Husband-hunting in the Raj] Download a radio interview with Anne de Courcy, journalist and author by presenter Phillip Adams, broadcast Tuesday 31 July 2012 ABC (Australian Broadcasting Commission)
*[http://www.royalengineers.ca/femnkid.html On the Strength: Wives and Children of the British Army], a Canadian website. Some of the information, particularly in respect of physical work performed, may not be applicable to India.
