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*[http://www.merchantnavyofficers.com/richardtrooping.html British India Steam Navigation Company Ltd. Trooping with Richard Douglas Crow] includes a short account of transporting a Mule Corps from Bombay to Marseilles in WW2
*[http://www.hindustantimes.com/punjab/chandigarh/force-k6-indian-troops-in-france/article1-1062520.aspx "Force K6: Indian troops in France"] by Mandeep Singh Bajwa, ''Hindustan Times'' May 19, 2013. Consisted of 22, 25, 29 and 32 Mule Companies and a supply depot, a reinforcement unit, part of an Indian General Hospital, and a remount section sent to France, reaching there in December 1939. The men were subsequently evacuated from Dunkirk and then spent time in Britain.
**[https://web.archive.org/web/20151007003206/http://www.cwgc.org/foreverindia/stories/men-of-royal-indian-army.php The men of the Royal Indian Army Service Corps (RIASC) Mule Companies - the retreat to Dunkirk] cwgc.org, now an archived webpage.
**In Wales: [http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/wales/archive/bbc-north-west-wales-history-ww2-royal-indian-army-visit.pdf BBC North West Wales] The 22nd company got captured by the Germans just before Dunkirk
**In Scotland
*Listen to the [http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/80011995 1991 interview with Francis William Geoffrey Turner] British officer served as brigade animal <nowiki>[mule]</nowiki> transport officer with 111 Indian Infantry Bde during First and Second Chindit Expeditions in Burma, 1943-1944. Imperial War Museums.
*[http://14usaaf27tcs.4mg.com/Mules.html The Stubborn but Courageous Mule] in Burma WW2. 14usaaf27tcs.4mg.com.
*[http://www.qmmuseum.lee.army.mil/WWII/mules_of_mars.htm The Mules of Mars] by 1st Lt. Don L. Thrapp, Q.M.C.''The Quartermaster Review'' May-June 1946. The Mars Task Force in Burma, 1944, USA Army. ([http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:R7U3pTaegpAJ:www.qmmuseum.lee.army.mil/WWII/mules_of_mars.htm+&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=au Cached] URL)*[http://www.lrgaf.org/military/mules.htm Mules for China] by Captain John A. Rand. Some were selected from other elements of the Mars Task Force. ([http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:6qoeTxHri40J:www.lrgaf.org/military/mules.htm+&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=au Cached] URL)
*[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/military-obituaries/army-obituaries/5845146/Major-Victor-Warren.html Obituary of Major Victor Warren] 16 Jul 2009 ''The Telegraph''. In 1943 he commanded an Indian mule company which journeyed by train from the foot of the Khyber Pass to Karachi, sailed to Iraq and then made a 600-mile march through northern Syria to Tripoli in Lebanon; finally, it landed in Italy in 1944 to play a vital role in supplying forward infantry units with ammunition and blankets at the battle of Monte Cassino.
*[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1500292/Brigadier-Hector-Wilkins.html Obituary of Brigadier Hector Wilkins 1916-2005] 10 Oct 2005 ''The Telegraph''. In 1944 He was a supervising veterinary officer of "A" Group Indian Pack Transport consisting of nearly 1,000 animals in Italy.
