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*[http://colonialfilm.org.uk/node/6501 Film footage of gunners of the Indian Mountain Artillery], probably of 5th Indian Division, manning their 3.7-inch howitzers in action on the Tiddim Road in India/Burma in September 1944. colonialfilm.org.uk
*[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1535642/Colonel-John-Kenyon.html Obituary of Colonel John Kenyon, 1921-2006] who won an immediate MC as a mountain gunner in the Burma campaign during the critical battle of Kohima. In 1944 Kenyon, a lieutenant, was serving with 5 (Bombay) Indian Mountain Battery, part of 25th Indian Mountain Regiment. telegraph.co.uk
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20131122022324/http://www.walksinwaziristan.com/preview / In action in Waziristan with a Mountain Gun Regiment c 1945-1947] by Graham F Reed from He was the Signals Officer. [https://web.archive.org/web/20131122022546/http://www.walksinwaziristan.com/ gallery/?pid=4 Photograph: Thirty-Eight Mountain Regiment Signal Section]. "Walks in Waziristan]", now an archived website. He was the Signals Officer
*[http://www.flickr.com/photos/59036290@N07/5942659099/in/set-72157626153213485 Photograph of 31st Mountain Battery: Mule with part of a dismantled gun] flickr.com. [http://www.flickr.com/photos/59036290@N07/5954014741/in/set-72157626153213485 No.3 Mule carrying the carriage assembly] Probably 31st Mountain Battery. flickr.com
====Historical books online====
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/IndianMountainArtillery/mountainartillery#page/n3/mode/2up ''The History of the Indian Mountain Artillery''] by Brigadier-General C A L Graham 1957 Archive.org. This book is also available to read online on the [[Online books#Digital Library of India|Digital Library of India]] website, where the print quality is better. 
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