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==External links==
*[http://www.griffonmerlin.com/2009/12/08/the-last-great-hero/ The Last Great Hero: The Extraordinary Life of Field Marshal Alexander] who commanded the Nowshera Brigade along the North-West Frontier during both the Loe Agra Campaign February and the Mohmand Campaign (scroll down). By James Holland 8th December 2009, griffonmerlin.com<br>'''The Loe Agra Campaign'''.
*Newspaper article [http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/37281058 "British Official Killed In India: Clash Between Tribesmen And Troops"] ''The Advertiser'' (Adelaide, SA) Monday 15 April 1935
*Listen to the [http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/80000931 1977 interview with John Clabby], British officer served with Royal Army Veterinary Corps in India, 1933- 1947. Reel 3 includes "nature of operations at Loe Agra". Imperial War Museums. Interview 937.<br>
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:British_military_personnel_of_the_1935_Mohmand_Campaign British military personnel of the 1935 Mohmand Campaign] Wikipedia
*[http://www.khyber.org/publications/041-045/armyininda.shtml Army in India & Frontier Warfare 1914-1939] by Tim Moreman ( Khyber.org and originally from [http://www.king-emperor.com/Frontier%20Warfare%201914-1939.html king-emperor.com]) has a section "The Mohmand Campaign (Aug-Sep 1935)" (scroll down).
*[https://www.noonans.co.uk/auctions/archive/past-catalogues/668/catalogue/444420/ "The Attack on Point 4080, 29 September 1935"] with details of the DSO (Distinguished Service Order) awarded to (then) Lieutenant G. J. Hamilton, 5th Battalion, 12th Frontier Force Regiment (Queen Victoria’s Own Corps of Guides). Hamilton became a career soldier, transferring to the British Army in 1948, retiring in 1967 with the rank of Major-General. noonans.co.uk. In the 1940s Hamilton married the well known novelist [[M M Kaye]].
*[http://www.flickr.com/photos/pjbullous/sets/72157625855561476/with/5367770493 Photographs: India 1930s 14th Corunna Field Battery] taken by the father of Peter Bullous. Includes photographs at Ghalanai during the 1935 Mohmand Operations. Flickr.com. This Battery is now called [http://www.26thregra-asc.com/17bty.html 17 (Corunna) Battery] and appears to have been in India until 1939.
* Listen to the [http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/80019789 2000 interview with Jack Vardy], born 1913, British private (bandsman) served with 1st Bn Hampshire Regt in India 1929-1935. Reel 3 includes a short segment "acting as stretcher-bearer at Gallenoi, 1935". Imperial War Museums
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