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*[http://archive.org/stream/mesopotamia00palmuoft#page/n3/mode/2up ''Letters from Mesopotamia in 1915 and January, 1916''] from Robert Palmer 1916 Archive.org. He went with a draft from the 6th Hants, ([[37th Regiment of Foot|Hampshire Regiment]]) in India since November 1914, to reinforce the 4th Hants. Both these regiments were part of the Territorial Force. He was killed June 21, 1916, aged 27 years.
*[https://archive.org/details/wreathofmemories00gosciala/page/62 Mesopotamia] page 62 ''A Wreath of Memories: George Joachim Goschen'' (Viscount) 1917. Archive.org. At the end of 1915, he came with his regiment 1/5th Bn. [[3rd Regiment of Foot|East Kent Regiment]] (TF) from India. He died 19 January 1916 of wounds received 7 January at the [[Battle of Sheikh Sa'ad|battle of Sheikh Saad]].
*[https://archive.org/details/the-connaught-rangers-vol-1/page/n11/mode/2up ''The Connaught Rangers Volume 1, 1st Battalion, formerly 88th Foot''] by Lieut.-Colonel HF N Jourdain and Edward Fraser 1924 Archive.org. During the Great War, the Battalion fought in Mesopotamia, on the Western Front and in Palestine.*[https://archive.org/details/histeastsurreyregimentvol3/page/n9/mode/2up ''History of the East Surrey Regiment Volume 3 1917-1919''] by Colonel H W Pearse and Brigadier-General H S Sloman 1924 Archive.org. Includes Mesopotamia, including punitive operations in Southern Khurdistan (Kurdistan) in 1919.
*[https://archive.org/details/dli.ministry.19498/page/n3/mode/2up ''The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment 1914 to 1919''] by C T Atkinson 1924. Archive.org. Includes two chapters on Mesopotamia, in 1915 and 1917, and mentions of Mesopotamia in Chapters 31-32. Also available as a [https://web.archive.org/web/20140224123824/http://janetandrichardsgenealogy.co.uk/QORWK%20C%20T%20Atkinson.html transcription]
*[https://archive.org/details/norfolkregimentvol2/page/n9/mode/2up ''The History of the Norfolk Regiment 1685-1918. Volume 2, 4th August 1914 to 31st December 1918''] by F Loraine Petre c 1925 Archive.org. Includes Mesopotamia.
