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*[http://www.salisburyplainheritagecentre.com Salisbury Plain Heritage Centre] Home of the Royal Artillery Collection. Not expected to open until c 2020.
*[https://web.archive.org/web/*/http://7fd-regt-raa-association.com/Documents/UK%20Artlillery%20terms%20and%20abbreviations.doc Glossary of Royal Artillery. Terms and Abbreviations (Historical and Modern) by Philip Jobson]. 7fd-regt-raa-association.com, now an archived website. This is a (Word document) download to your computer, to a downloads folder, which must then be opened. Appear to be extracts from the book [http://op-ack.tripod.com/royalartilleryglossaryoftermsandabbreviations/index.html ''Royal Artillery Glossary of Terms and Abbreviations''] by Philip Jobson 2008
*Victorian Wars Forum is now no longer operating, and parts only of the Forum are still available in an archived form: if you have a previously saved URL, check in the [https://archive.org/web/web.php#forum Internet Archive Wayback Machine] whether that particular URL has been archived. (Archive.org). Alternatively scroll through [https://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.victorianwars.com/index* URLs which have been captured for this domain [victorianwars.php Victorian Wars com<nowiki>]</nowiki>]. Note results can be reordered for dates etc. Scroll through and select URLs which contain viewtopic as part of the URL. Archive.org. Unfortunately the entire site was never archived.*[https://www.greatwarforum.org Great War Forum] *[http://1914-1918.invisionzoneww2talk.com/forums/index.php Great War WW2Talk Forum]
*[http://www.gutenberg-e.org/mas01/index.html ''"The Infantry cannot do with a gun less": The Place of the Artillery
in the British Expeditionary Force, 1914-1918''] by Sanders Marble gutenberg-e.org. Colombia University Press. Based on the author's Ph D thesis, University of London, 1998.
*Ian Paterson’s page on the history of many Artillery Regiments including Royal Horse Artillery, [http://www.desertrats.org.uk/orgartillery.htm Artillery Regiments That Served With The 7th Armoured Division]. Includes details of regiments whose history dates back to the [[Bengal Artillery|Bengal]], [[Madras Artillery|Madras]] and [[Bombay Artillery]]. desertrats.org.uk
*[http://2heavybtyra.co.uk 2 Heavy Battery Royal Artillery Hinds Company] includes [http://2heavybtyra.co.uk/HISTORY.htm History], with details of India 1883-1920 and [http://2heavybtyra.co.uk/HISTORY2.htm deployments] and battery names during that time.
*Barkachha, (Barkacha) located about five miles south of [[Mirzapur]], was the site of an Artillery camp c 1900. This [http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/19125697#pstart1536263 newspaper article] advises: Barkacha had, previous to this year's work, been exclusively an artillery camp for the annual practice of batteries and brigade divisions, a certain number of senior officers of the other arms being detailed to attend for instruction... There is no doubt that Barkacha is one of the finest artillery practice grounds in India. ''The Brisbane Courier'' (Qld.) Saturday 16 March 1901 page 12 from trove.nla.gov.au
*[http://www.flickr.com/photos/pjbullous/sets/72157625855561476/with/5367770493/ Photographs: India 1930s 14th Corunna Field Battery] taken by the father of Peter Bullous. Includes photographs at Ghalanai during the 1935 Mohmand Operations. Flickr.com. This Battery is now called [http://www.26thregra-asc.com/17bty.html 17 (Corunna) Battery] and appears to have been in India until 1939.
*Photographs from the collection of James Wilson, Royal Artillery 1940s WW2-1947 500px.com.
*[http://glosters.tripod.com/afghStaf.htm Memorials: Afghanistan 1878-80] Scroll down for Artillery Officers from Stephen Lewis’ [http://glosters.tripod.com/memindex3.htm Officers Died]
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*[https://web.archive.org/web/20170726072557/http://www.leighanddistricthistory.com/index.php/law/indian-mutiny-1857-1858 Leigh and District History: Indian Mutiny 1857-1858], now an archived webpage. Personal accounts from soldiers in India, sent to family in the Leigh District, Greater Manchester, England. The account by James Ramsdale, stated to be of the "14th Battalion Royal Infantry", appears to be a transcription error - it is considered he was actually in No. 3 Coy/14th Bn. Royal Artillery.<ref>Snook, Mike. [https://web.archive.org/web/20170819034041/http://www.victorianwars.com/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=11969&sid=132751e5450348d8a925c2d2a7154561#p63140 How did new troops get to Roorkee in 1858?] ''Victorian Wars Forum'' 3 August 2017, now an archived website. Retrieved 19 August 201731 October 2019.</ref>
*[http://www.flickr.com/photos/hliguy/8225442006/ Photograph: Royal Artillery Officer in India c 1860] flickr.com
*Photographs from Soldiers of the Queen: [http://www.soldiersofthequeen.com/India.html The Jewel in the Crown]
**[http://www.soldiersofthequeen.com/India-ArtillerySergeantandFamily.html Artillery Sergeant & family] c 1900
**[http://www.soldiersofthequeen.com/India-LtLeonardGeorgeWatkins.html Leonard George Watkins] Bombay 1886, with previous information on the [http://www.soldiersofthequeen.com/India.html India Home page]. He was appointed a Gentleman Cadet at the Royal Military Academy on 20 September, 1878 Although is seems the Watkins remained in the Royal Artillery for his entire career to c 1914 it was while seconded to the Indian Ordnance Department
*Details<ref> BingandNelsonFan. [The no longer available link <nowiki>http://www.victorianwars.com/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=12921 </nowiki> A Funeral in India (1872)] ''Victorian Wars Forum'' 11 March 2019. Retrieved 12 March 2019. Originally from ''Broad Arrow'' 06 Jan 1872, page 28, available online on findmypast, and the British Newspaper Archive.</ref> of the funeral of Dudley Maryon Wilson, Lieutenant and Local Captain, Royal Artillery who died at [[Rawal Pindi]] November 1871.
*Article: [http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1229067/One-British-soldiers-diaries-bloody-battle-Afghanistan-130-years-ago-provide-haunting-insight-horrors-troops-face-now.html "The amazing story of Bobbie, the bravest dog of war, as told in a British soldier's diary of a bloody battle in Afghanistan 130 years ago"] by Geoffrey Wansell 19 November 2009 www.dailymail.co.uk. Describes letters written by Captain John Slade of the Royal Horse Artillery about the [[Battle of Maiwand]] in 1880, an action in the [[2nd Afghan War]]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20120204203118/http://www.members.dca.net/fbl/obrien.html Master Gunner, later Major & Quarter Master, John O'Brien, Royal Artillery] His first active service was as an underage Trumpeter in the 2nd Afghan War 1878-1880, attached to the 6th Battery, 8 th 8th Brigade, Royal Artillery. He saw active service in India to 1888. members.dca.net, now archived.
*[http://blogs.bl.uk/untoldlives/2018/01/forfeiting-a-victoria-cross.html "Forfeiting a Victoria Cross"] 2 January 2018 British Library Untold Lives blog. Edward James Collis was serving as a Gunner with the Royal Horse Artillery during the Second Afghan War when an act of bravery gained him the country's highest military honour, the Victoria Cross. He subsequently forfeited the medal due to dishonourable behaviour (the committing of bigamy).
*''Anzac Hero, Police Legend: An Adventure like no other'' by Lawrence J Harvey. The Story of William Harvey MC [http://www.anzacheropolicelegend.com/E-book_availability_files/AnzacHeroPoliceLegendBook.pdf pdf], [http://docs.google.com/viewer?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.anzacheropolicelegend.com%2FE-book_availability_files%2FAnzacHeroPoliceLegendBook.pdf html version] William Harvey was initially with the 1st Essexs in India, c 1906 then with the Royal Horse Artillery on the North West Frontier. C 1911 he and an Australian soldier friend, deserted and went to Australia. Note, the Gallipoli extracts within by Digger Craven are considered to be a fictional account, see [[Gallipoli]].
