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*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medal_for_Long_Service_and_Good_Conduct_(Military) Medal for Long Service and Good Conduct (Military)] Wikipedia.
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MacGregor_Medal The MacGregor Medal] (Wikipedia) is awarded to Indian Armed Forces personnel for valuable military reconnaissance.
*[https://blogs.bl.uk/asian-and-african/2017/04/campaign-medals-from-the-india-office-collections.html "Campaign medals from the India Office collections"] April 2017. British Library Blog
*[http://www.king-emperor.com/Campaign%20Medals.html Campaign Medals 1902-39 - www.king-emperor.com] Medals issued to Indian Army Officers and Other Ranks
*[http://www.northeastmedals.co.uk Northeastmedals.co.uk]
*[https://www1.defence.gov.au/adf-members-families/honours-awards/medals/imperial-awards Medals: Imperial Awards]: Select World War One. Department of Defence, Australian Government. Includes links to source documents for eligibility criteria for the main medals, including the Mercantile Marine Medal.
** Includes [https://www1.defence.gov.au/adf-members-families/honours-awards/medals/imperial-awards/world-war-one/victory-medal The Victory Medal 1914 - 1919] which links to definitions of Theatres of War including the actions in India which are regarded as theatres of war. Note, there were three versions of these definitions, published 1919, 1920 and 1923, the [https://www1.defence.gov.au/sites/default/files/doc/files/WWI-criteria-Victory-Medal-1914-19-Australian-transcribed.pdf 1923 final version] is provided.
**In respect of the 1914-15 Star, additional to the information on the Australian Government website, a limited number of 1914-15 Stars were awarded for entry to the 'Bay of Bengal' War zone, or 'Bay of Bengal Patrol'. It appears that these were in connection with gun running patrols.<ref>Stiles, Richard et al. [https://www.greatwarforum.org/topic/292164-the-bay-of-bengal-war-zone-1914-15-star/ The Bay of Bengal War Zone > 1914-15 Star] ''Great War Forum'' 28 July 2021. Retrieved 16 August 2021.</ref>
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silver_War_Badge Silver War Badge] Wikipedia. Issued in World War One to service personnel who had been honourably discharged due to wounds or sickness from military service.
*[http://www.empirefaithwar.com/tell-their-story/research-your-soldier/helpful-guides/indian-army-medals A Guide to Indian Army Medals: Understanding Medals Awarded to Indian Army Soldiers in WW1] empirefaithwar.com
*[https://archive.org/stream/goldwarmedalsawa00whal#page/6/mode/2up "Seringapatam Medal"] page 7 ''Gold War Medals awarded to British Military & Naval Forces from Elizabeth to Victoria'' by J Lawson Walley 1888 Archive.org
*''Medals and Decorations of the British Army and Navy With numerous coloured plates and illustrations'' by John Horsley Mayo 1897 [http://archive.org/stream/medalsanddecora00mayogoog#page/n8/mode/2up Volume 1] [http://archive.org/stream/medalsanddecora01mayogoog#page/n4/mode/2up Volume 2] [http://archive.org/stream/medalsanddecora00mayogoog#page/n22/mode/2up Contents] [http://archive.org/stream/medalsanddecora00mayogoog#page/n24/mode/2up List of Medals] Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/early-indian-campaigns-decorations ''Early Indian Campaigns and the Decorations Awarded for them''] by Major H Biddulph c 1899. ''Reprinted from The Royal Engineers Journal''. Archive.org. [https://hdl.handle.net/2027/hvd.32044081391922?urlappend=%3Bseq=5 HathiTrust Digital Library version] with rotatable pages.
*[https://archive.org/details/warmedalsdecorat00irwiuoft ''War Medals and Decorations issued to the British Military and Naval Forces and Allies 1588 to 1910''] By D Hastings Irwin Fourth edition, enlarged and corrected 1910 Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/warmedalstheirhi00stewrich War ''Medals and their History''] by William Augustus Steward 1915 Archive.org
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