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*[http://www.queensroyalsurreys.org.uk/reg_in_india/india45_1.html Razmak. 1940] The Queen's Royal Surrey Regiment
*[http://www.ex-cbi-roundup.com/documents/1955_july.pdf ''Ex-CBI Roundup'' July 1955] pages 26-27 contains an article by former American GI Phil Aldrich who travelled to Razmak in a convoy of 80 lorries in 1944. There were two convoys each week. Every fifth lorry carried a squad of riflemen for security.
*[http://victor-morgan.com/2012/09/19/razmak-north-west-frontier-circa-1946-47/ Razmak North West Frontier. Circa 1946-47]. victor-morgan.com. Alternative views, some photographs may be better. [https://web.archive.org/web/20080509135715/http://homepages.tesco.net/~victor.morgan/soldier1a.htm 1], [https://web.archive.org/web/20080513114312/http://homepages.tesco.net/~victor.morgan/razmak2a.htm 2], [https://web.archive.org/web/20080513114207/http://homepages.tesco.net/~victor.morgan/ongun3a.htm 3], [https://web.archive.org/web/20080706154551/http://homepages.tesco.net/~victor.morgan/razmak.htm 4]. Victor Morgan was a member of 56 Heavy Regiment, [[Royal Artillery]] at Razmak and was subsequently with 123 Field Regt.
===Photographs===
*[http://www.panoramio.com/photo/73539817 Razmak Camp and the mountains beyond (1930s)] panoramio.com ([https://web.archive.org/web/20131122041644/http://www.panoramio.com/photo/73539817 archiveRazmak Camp and the mountains beyond (1930s)] panoramio.com, now archived.org] link)
*[http://www.flickr.com/photos/northampton_museum/5692466611/in/photostream/ Razmak Seen From The Air] flickr.com
*[http://www.flickr.com/photos/northampton_museum/8476123254/ Razmak Camp, Waziristan c 1936] flickr.com
*[http://www.flickr.com/photos/northampton_museum/5692458557 Barracks, Razmak] flickr.com
*[http://www.flickr.com/photos/northampton_museum/sets/72157608579921184/with/2994847626 The 1st Battalion Northamptonshire Regiment in Waziristan 1936/37 Collection] Waziristan And The March to Razmak flickr.com
*[https://www.flickr.com/photos/drregor/albums/72157626914281837 Photograph collection: Colonel Les Andrew: Razmak] flickr.com. [[74th Regiment of Foot|2nd Battalion Highland Light Infantry]].*[https://web.archive.org/web/20131122022432/http://www.walksinwaziristan.com/gallery/?pid=3 Photograph taken at Razmak c 1945-47] "Nobody had seen fit to tell me that the mountains in which the Razmak column operated were at 9,000 feet. Nor did anyone mention the icy wind so what we nowadays call the "wind chill factor" brought the temperature down to well below zero". From [https://web.archive.org/web/20131122022301/http://www.walksinwaziristan.com/about-the-book/ Walks in Waziristan], now an archived website  ===Historical books online=== *[http://jramc.bmj.com/content/44/3/204.full.pdf "Waziristan District"] by Lieutenant-Colonel B. B. Burke ''Journal of the Royal Army Medical Corps'' 1925;44:3 pages 204-207. "Every officer must carry a loaded revolver when travelling on account of the possibility of fanatical attacks".*[http://jramc.bmj.com/content/49/2/143.full.pdf "Notes on a Tour Through Waziristan"] by Major A. D. Stirling ''Journal of the Royal Army Medical Corps'' 1927;49:2 pages 143-151.
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