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*[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=HvE_Pa_ZlfsC&pg=PA268&lpg=PA24&dq=Artillery&source=bl&ots=8BC29vkD0x&sig=ONYPQAN3-W8X9y785PowrLFzUq8&hl=en&ei=DsDASfCbB-TGjAe0icEo&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=9&ct=result#PPA24,M1 British Army Artillery] ''Victorians at War'' Google Books<br>
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombardier_(rank) Bombardier] Wikipedia<br>
*This [http://astore.amazon.co.uk/faminbriindso-21/detail/1846830621 FIBIS Shop] link describes the book ''Trumpeters: The Story of the Royal Artillery's Boy Trumpeters'' by Brian Cloughley 2008 , Woodfield Publishing Ltd (UK), including training and military service in India<br>*[http://www.papertigers.org/reviews/China/asianReview/PickUp.html Details] of the book ''Pick up your Parrots and Monkeys: The Life of a Boy Soldier in India'' by William Pennington 2003. Born 1920, he joined the Royal Horse Artillery aged 14 as a trumpeter and served in India c 1935-1939, and in Burma during World War 2. He was awarded the Military Cross. [http://www.amazon.co.uk/Pick-your-Parrots-Monkeys-Paperbacks/dp/0753817837#reader_0753817837 Look inside the book] amazon.co.uk
*Ian Paterson’s page on the history of many Artillery Regiments including Royal Horse Artillery, [http://www.btinternet.com/~ian.a.paterson/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]].
*[http://www.victorianwars.com/viewtopic.php?f=82&t=3151 Victorian Wars Forum thread] mainly about the Royal Artillery. Includes discussion of boy soldiers, images of sleeve insignia and a photograph of the Left Division of 11th Battery, 9th Brigade, Royal Artillery, India, August 1881.
