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**[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.
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20110921083709/http://www.britishmedals.us/kevin/profiles/joyce.html "James Joyce –RA, AOD & RAOC"] James Joyce was enlisted at Churat, Bengal 22nd Oct 1875 aged 14 years and 6 months old by his Armourer Sergeant father. His army career extended to 1918 in East Africa. Asplin Military History Resources, now archived.
*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, 8th Brigade, Royal Artillery. He saw active service in India to 1888. members.dca.net, now archived.
