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{{Places of Interest|title=Rawalpindi|name=Rawalpindi |link=http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?msa=0&msid=211401480495186034184.0004baabb19022754519f&ie=UTF8&t=m&z=14&vpsrc=1}}
'''Rawalpindi''' was the headquarters of [[Rawalpindi District]] in the [[Rawalpindi Division]] of [[Punjab|Punjab Province]] during the British period. In 1907 "The cantonment is the largest and most important in the Punjab, and perhaps in India"<ref name=name>Page 228, computer page 251 ''Punjab District Gazetteers, Volume XXVIIIA, Rawalpindi District 1907'', published 1909, available to read online on the [[Online books#Digital Library of India| Digital Library of India]] website.</ref>. Barracks were located in at least two areas, Victoria Barracks and at West Ridge. Roberts Barracks, an Infantry Barracks, was located at West Ridge<ref>Lane, Trudy [http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/INDIA/2001-01/0980214191 Mortimer L.D.] ''Rootsweb India Mailing List'' 23 January 2001. Retrieved 15 January 2015</ref>
'''Chaklala''' is an area in Rawalpindi and was the location of a cantonment and an RAF airfield. During World War 2, from 1942 RAF Chaklala was the location of a Paratroopers Training School<ref>[http://indianairforce.nic.in/show_page.php?pg_id=139 Paratroopers Training School] indianairforce.nic.in</ref>
==External links==
*[http://www.queensroyalsurreys.org.uk/reg_in_india/india42_1.html Rawalpindi - 1st Surreys and a Pindi Poppet] 1926-1930, from Regimental India 1825-1947 -The Queen's Royal Surrey Regiment. Includes a description of Victoria Barracks, and the less favourable barracks at West Ridge.*[http://www.pakarmymuseum.com/exhibits/single-men-barrack-no-5-1853-1857/ Victoria Barracks, for single men, was built 1853-1857] Pak Army Museum, Rawalpindi*[http://nativepakistan.com/wp-content/uploads/Rawalpindi-Memorabilia-Old-Photo-of-Victoria-Barracks-Rawalpindi-Rawalpindi-Mementos-for-Pindi-Lovers.jpg Photograph: Victoria Barracks, Rawalpindi], possibly c 1920s nativepakistan.com*[http://www.imagesofasia.com/html/pakistan/rawalpindi-barracks.html Postcard: British Cavalry Barracks - Rawalpindi 1910] imagesofasia.com. The British barracks in West Ridge
*[http://www.flickr.com/search/?w=13305961@N00&q=Rawalpindi Images of Rawalpindi] from "History of Pakistan"'s collection flickr.com
*From a collection of postcards at the ETH-Bibliothek Zürich, sent by F.G. Prew, a soldier, probably in the [[56th Regiment of Foot| 2nd Battalion, Essex Regiment]] to Adolf Feller of Switzerland. It appears he was not based in Rawalpindi , rather in transit to and from [[Murree]]
