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Recommended reading
==Recommended reading==
*''Tales of the Mountain Gunner'' : an anthology Anthology compiled by those who served with them '' and edited by C. H. T. MacFetridge and J. P. Warren. Edinburgh : Blackwood, 1973. Second edition, with amendments 1974, which may be the preferred edition.
:An anthology of tales and short stories about one of the most unusual and colourful units in the history of the British Empire: the Mountain Artillery. Its reputation for action attracted a collection of adventurous, able and eccentric officers; usually with a combination of all three qualities. See [[Military reading list#Other| Military reading list - Army - Other]] - List of books recommended by Peter Moore. Another reader said "I cannot recommend too highly ''Tales of the Mountain Gunners''. It is simply enthralling, moving, funny, inspiring and wonderful. It would be in my top 10 books never to part with.<ref>Muerrisch. [http://1914-1918.invisionzone.com/forums/index.php?/topic/247013-royal-artillery-in-india-pack-battery-query/&do=findComment&comment=2488531 Royal Artillery in India, Pack Battery query] ''Great War Forum'' 28 January 2017. Retrieved 29 January 2017.</ref>
:Chapters include: in the days work, good fighting, the soldier, the mule, the gun, some characters and more.<ref>[http://www.military-naval-history.co.uk/pages/artillery.htm Books on Artillery and Fortifications] DP&G Publications.</ref>
*''Pick Up Your Parrots and Monkeys: The Life of a Boy Soldier in India'' by William Pennington. First published by Cassell UK 2003, paperback edition Phoenix, an imprint of Orion Books, London 2004 ISBN-10: 0753817837 ISBN-13: 978-0753817834
:This very interesting and ‘easy to read’ autobiography covers the Army career of Temporary Captain Joseph William Pennington, Royal Artillery, 151372, from his training in 1934 as a Boy Trumpeter at age 14 in England, his posting to India at age 15 where he remained until 1939, to his World War 2 experiences in Burma where he was awarded the Military Cross as a Forward Observation Officer. For more details, see [[History reading list]].
 
==See also==
*[[Stations of the Royal Artillery in India]]
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