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===Indian Medical Service===
*[http://www.flickr.com/photos/59036290@N07/5954799380/in/set-72157626153213485 Photograph of Surgeon-Major JW Rodgers, Indian Medical Service] flickr.com. Rodgers joined the [[2nd Regiment of Sikh Infantry, Punjab Frontier Force|2nd Sikhs]] as medical officer in 1886. He retired in 1911 with rank of Lt. Colonel.
*[https://archive.org/stream/besiegedinkutaft00barb#page/n7/mode/2up ''Besieged in Kut, and after''] by Major Charles Harrison Barber I M S 1918 Archive.org
*Captain Robert Douglas Scriven of the Indian Medical Service was awarded the Military Cross<ref>[http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/35670/supplements/3601/page.pdf London Gazette Tuesday 18 August 1942]</ref> for his escape in 1942 from a Japanese P.O.W. camp, following the fall of Hong Kong in December 1941 His story is told in this [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1469554/Colonel-Tony-Hewitt.html obituary of Colonel Tony Hewitt].<ref>
[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1469554/Colonel-Tony-Hewitt.html Obituary of Colonel Tony Hewitt] www.telegraph.co.uk 17 Aug 2004</ref>
