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*[https://web.archive.org/web/20120313145717/http://gaebler.info/politik/indien-1.htm Reports of Germans about the time of the First World War in British India] Includes two reports concerning Ahmednager, and reports from missionaries in the camps. In German language, but use Google translate, or Google Chrome provides an automatic translation. From the website "Gaebler info and Genealogy", section India
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*[http://ancestry24.com/boers/ Boers],( ancestry24.com) includes a section “Boer Prisoners of War – Camps” (scroll down) including general mention of the camps in India. ([https://web.archive.org/web/20130917032246/http://ancestry24.com/boers/ archive.org] link)
*[http://www.angloboerwar.com/other-information/89-prisoner-of-war-camps/1840-camp-for-boers-india Camps for Boers - India] angloboerwar.com (This link may be slow to load and is found at Miscellaneous information/Prisoner of war camps/ Camps for Boers – India).
*Article "South-South Gothic" by Isabel Hofmeyr, University of the Witwatersrand “A haunting tale of suspense featuring a cemetery in the punjab, boer prisoner of war graves, cold war neo-medievalism and much more” [httpshttp://docs.google.com/viewer?aurl=v&q=cache:XEWh-77E5VQJ:wwwhttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.jwtc.org.za/resources/docs/salon%2Fresources%2Fdocs%2Fsalon-volume-2/isabelhofmeyer_southsouthgothic%2Fisabelhofmeyer_southsouthgothic.pdf+pow+camp+india&hl=en&gl=au&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEEShznQqtlxi_aPWcyWP3dMEUhE-Mhj2m-G-j0nhE_7CZkUUexSF5kzUiwg7riqiS-myVHvclUlEDpIY3ZUXUsYndgxa-xgY3yCZY8VFXdCjVsMO8YuslITqxUXeObTvthzPrfyXq&sig=AHIEtbSKbsyvoPlk2j_L80I-DXnZKlqISw html version], [http://www.jwtc.org.za/resources/docs/salon-volume-2/isabelhofmeyer_southsouthgothic.pdf original pdf]*Article "The Indian Ocean Civil Dead: Boer Prisoner-of-War Graves in India" by Isabel Hofmeyr, University of the Witwatersrand. Paper presented at "The Politics of Heritage" 8-9 July 2011 Museum Africa, Johannesburg [httpshttp://docs.google.com/viewer?aurl=v&q=cache:Gw_ntkh19OkJ:sitemakerhttp%3A%2F%2Fsitemaker.umich.edu/politics%2Fpolitics.of.heritage/files/hofmeyr_war_graves%2Ffiles%2Fhofmeyr_war_graves.pdf+pow+camp+india&hl=en&gl=au&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEEShv_AQMFyCV-rQUrA-kcSXC7EQys_rP-XLqES7YEfiOx1rcuvERPCUsAQHQ1vjXoatDa9GV19vgXsjfhAUjdnJgOXKmalg2Fv484U1EhOlcaq3713siWg2wiFApqkS0E0ZVWgF9&sig=AHIEtbTp299TZ0XpzVRhBLkClhfEA85JRg html version], [http://sitemaker.umich.edu/politics.of.heritage/files/hofmeyr_war_graves.pdf original pdf]
*Article [https://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.geocities.com/enugareddy/southafrica/1991-1992-Boer_Prisoners_of_War_in_India.pdf "Boer Prisoners Of War In India"] by E S Reddy written in 1991-1992. Now an archived webpage.
**Contains “Inscriptions on Gravestone at Ambala Cemetery, Ambala, Haryana State, India, for Boer Prisoners of War Who Died At Ambala”.
*Article "India and the Anglo-Boer War" by E S Reddy 29 July 1999 [https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:bcYW58v9fasJ:www.geocities.com/enugareddy/southafrica/1999-India_and_the_Anglo-Boer_War.pdf+POW+Camp+India+Boer&hl=en&gl=au&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEEShYNo1YF40HGHDZhlFiuc1EHJw1kmVyu8hOAn-_KytBFAQt906soL3NK3a4eXkWR32092nuPaG7OzkUb40YEtM-W8K8lkKK-vF5Tga2oa8CfU6ogDQtAu1TmMgvJ3LBTLHauI1O&sig=AHIEtbRXl59r063fFyGR3GfE74xJ93OXLA html version], [http://wayback.archive.org/web/*/http://www.geocities.com/enugareddy/southafrica/1999-India_and_the_Anglo-Boer_War.pdf original pdf "India and the Anglo-Boer War"] by E S Reddy 29 July 1999 now archived], [https://web.archive.org/web/20130310232326/http://mkgandhi.org/articles/boer_war.htm version from mkgandhi.org], without footnotes
*Hansard transcripts
**[http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/commons/1901/jun/13/boer-prisoners-internment-in-india Boer Prisoners - Internment In India]. 13 June 1901
**Reference: FO 383/436 1918 Description: Germany: Prisoners, including: Lists (in docket nos. 97151 and 109002) of German civilians transferred from East Africa to camps at Ahmednagar and Belgaum, India, with printed correspondence relating to individual cases.
*[http://www.icrc.org/eng/resources/documents/feature/2013/india-first-mission-1917.htm India: first mission led to long tradition of humanitarian action in Asia] icrc.org. Includes photograph taken at Belgaum, WW1.
*The POW Camp at [[Belgaum]] is mentioned in the entry for 6 April 1918 from [http://web.archive.org/web/20040407134248/http://home.clara.net/nhpendall/fpdiary.htm The Diary of Frederick Pendall], a member of the Norfolk regiment who was in Belgaum from March 1917 to March 1918 (archived website)
*[http://www.stampcommunity.org/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=20627 Postcard to Germany from Ahmednagar POW camp 1919] stampcommunity.org. ([https://web.archive.org/web/20131128053807/http://www.stampcommunity.org/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=20627 archive.org] link)
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20120313145717/http://gaebler.info/politik/indien-1.htm Reports of Germans about the time of the First World War in British India] Includes two reports concerning Ahmednager, and reports from missionaries in the camps. In German language, but use Google translate, or Google Chrome provides an automatic translation. From the website "Gaebler info and Genealogy", section India
*Turkish POWs at [[Deolali]] are mentioned in [http://www.awm.gov.au/journal/j36/nurses.asp Reading between unwritten lines: Australian Army nurses in India, 1916-19] by Ruth Rae. Australian War Memorial website. ([https://web.archive.org/web/20131020125644/https://www.awm.gov.au/journal/j36/nurses.asp archive.org] link)
**From notes in the Australian Archives regarding 34 Welsh General Hospital in Deolali : Sister Alma L. Bennett, Matron in 1917, said: ‘containing 3000 beds – 4 hrs train journey from Bombay'. ... Our cases were all from Mesopotamia – some direct – others individually coming from various Bombay Hospitals… We also had 200 Turkish Prisoners of War, almost all Surgical cases, some with shocking wounds – septic.’ Matron Gertrude Davis said: ‘When we became a P. of W. hospital our number of beds was increased to 700, 200 for British and 500 for prisoners as later we had the German prisoners from East Africa also an occasional one from Mespot’. <ref> Great War Forum [http://1914-1918.invisionzone.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=112227&p=2022171 post] by 'KateH' dated 23 January 2014, part of a thread 'Concentration Camp Deolali'</ref>
*Turkish POWS on the ship S.S. Ellenga in Bombay Harbour in late December 1915 are mentioned in a poem written by Rifleman John Layton of the 18th Battalion, Rifle Brigade, who wrote "Those barbarious Turkish brutes, who looked a deplorable sight. They were dirty and covered with vermin, dying like rotten sheep"<ref>stiletto_33853 [http://1914-1918.invisionzone.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=53333 18th Rifle Brigade] Great War Forum 30 May 2006 et al. Retrieved 8 December 2014</ref>
*The There was a POW Camp for Turkish prisoners at [[Belgaum]] is mentioned in the entry for 6 April 1918 from Kirkee<ref>Huw (PJI777) [http://web1914-1918.archiveinvisionzone.orgcom/webforums/20040407134248index.php?showtopic=111506&p=2208175 Kirkee India April 1919] Great War Forum 4 January 2015]. Retrieved 15 January 2015</ref>. An image of an tobacco tin was seen, with the inscription Prisoners of War Camp Kirkee India 1914-1918 A V Lawes 62515 8th Welch Pioneers<ref>[http://homewww.claraauctiva.netcom/nhpendallhostedimages/fpdiaryshowimage.htm The Diary aspx?gid=1896211&image=757901935&images=757901756,757901767,757901778,757901792,757901803,757901810,757901818,757901826,757901830,757901920,757901929,757901935,757901941,757901951,757901964,757901967,757901976,757901984,757902082,757902089,757902095,757902102,757902110,757902115&formats=0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0&format=0 Image of Frederick Pendalltobacco tin] inscribed Prisoners of War Camp Kirkee India 1914-1918 A V Lawes 62515 8th Welch Pioneers. Retrieved 15 January 2015</ref>, a member of perhaps indicating the Norfolk regiment who camp was in Belgaum from March 1917 to March 1918 (archived website) operation throughout the war.*British Library India Office Records catalogue entry [http://wwwhviewer.stampcommunitybl.orguk/topicIamsHViewer/Default.aspaspx?TOPIC_IDmdark=20627 Postcard to Germany from Ahmednagar POW camp 1919] stampcommunity.org. ([httpsark:/81055/webvdc_100000001177.archive.org0x0002f6 OR/webL/20131128053807PJ/6/1504, File 4110] includes a brief mention of Turkish War Prisoners Camp, Nowgong, Central India*[http://wwwamitavghosh.stampcommunity.orgcom/blog/topic.asp?TOPIC_IDp=20627 archive4657 Turkish POWs in India and Burma: First World War] by Vedica Kant September 14, 2012 amitavghosh.org] link)com
*[http://www.ottomanhistorypodcast.com/2012/12/world-war-indian-soldiers-prisoners.html "Indian Soldiers and POWs in the Middle East during World War I"] by Vedica Kant, Robert Upton, and Chris Gratien, Ottoman History Podcast, No. 86 (December 21, 2012) “ In this podcast, Vedica Kant talks about the experience of Indian POWs in the Ottoman Empire as well as that of Ottoman soldiers captured by the British army and brought to India and Burma, with additional commentary by Robert Upton regarding military recruitment in British India...” Webpage contains images of prisoners at Bellary and Thayetmyo. ([https://web.archive.org/web/20131114003647/http://www.ottomanhistorypodcast.com/2012/12/world-war-indian-soldiers-prisoners.html archive.org] link)
*[http://www.turkishreview.org/tr/newsDetail_getNewsById.action?newsId=223337 The history hidden in Haydarpaşa Cemetery] by Vedika Kant 01 August 2013. Includes a section on the Thayetmyo POW camp
==Second World War==
**[http://hviewer.bl.uk/IamsHViewer/Default.aspx?mdark=ark:/81055/vdc_100000001160.0x000264 Mss Eur F370/852] Boer POW Camps, India and Ceylon 1899-1903
**[http://hviewer.bl.uk/IamsHViewer/Default.aspx?mdark=ark:/81055/vdc_100000001160.0x000265 Mss Eur F370/853] Italian POW Camps, WWII
*See [[POW Camps in India#External links 2|First World War - External links]] for a brief mention of a Turkish POW camp at Nowgong
*For Italian records during WWII, see [[POW Camps in India#Italian prisoners of war|Italian prisoners of war]] above.
