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*[http://web.archive.org/web/20120731052801/http://www.ramcjournal.com/2009/mar09/starling.pdf “War in Burma-the Award of the Victoria Cross to Ferdinand Simeon Le Quesne"] (pdf) by PH Starling from ''Journal of the Royal Army Medical Corps March 2009'', now an archived page. The award was for action in [[Burma]] 4 May 1889 when he was a Surgeon Captain with the [[9th Regiment of Foot|2nd Norfolk Regiment]]. He would have been part of the British Army Medical Services at this time, not the Indian Medical Service. He had later (broken) service in Burma and India until 1909.
*[http://intotibet1903-04.blogspot.com/2008/12/2nd-rajput-mess-alipore-calcutta.html Field Force to Lhasa 1903-1904]. Fifty letters home by Captain Cecil Mainprise of the Royal Army Medical Corps who took part in the [[Tibet Expedition]]. His [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2068462/?page=2 obituary] in the ''British Medical Journal'' 3 March 1951 indicates he had further service in India, including the [[3rd Afghan War]] of 1919.
*[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1460018/Brigadier-Peter-Lassen.html Brigadier Peter Lassen] 23 Apr 2004 ''The Telegraph''. Born 1908, he joined the RAMC in 1934. Initially posted to a military hospital in Rawalpindi, he saw action on the North West Frontier in the [[Mohmand Campaign 1935| Mohmand Campaign of 1935]] and in the Khaisora operation of 1936-37. He left India in 1940.
*[http://www.scotsatwar.org.uk/veteransreminiscences/rhgirdwood.htm Reminiscences of Professor R H Girdwood, Royal Army Medical Corps, WW2] scotsatwar.org.uk
