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*[https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.384692898307975.1073742003.303855399725059&type=3#!/photo.php?fbid=385066408270624&set=a.384692898307975.1073742003.303855399725059&type=3&theater Drawing: The relief of Chakdara: The First Field Battery to cross the Malakand Pass] 11 September 1897: ''Weekly Graphic''. Photo Archives of Pakistan on Facebook
*[https://www.facebook.com/archive150/photos_stream#!/photo.php?fbid=582231551801927&set=pb.301806946511057.-2207520000.1368451730.&type=3&theater Photograph: c 1914: British 5th Battery RFA – Multan]. Mainly the Indian servants. Archive150 on Facebook
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*"The History Of 8 (Alma) Battery Royal Artillery" Royal Artillery Historical Society Spring Meeting 22nd April 2004 [http://www.army.mod.uk/documents/general/spring04_8btytext.doc Word version], [https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:NuMC5bhanVcJ:www.army.mod.uk/documents/general/spring04_8btytext.doc+the+royal+artillery+historical+society&hl=en&gl=au&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEESjR1Xc3RczrHdd5qP0lPZSNzVccAsvhF8p-L9350AUamx598_c1IkLoLzDyfgQc_DaUZHKLkuoN6QCmIwwAWlQekynE3yi3YIOLaJ00rMTHkNmAUmPZfenVz6NTURZ0w7dQLCqT&sig=AHIEtbQ--hYhpO86g2Kn7iJjMWBfKmTJog html version]. This Battery was raised in 1755 and immediately proceeded to India, until it returned to England in 1765. It took part in the [[2nd China War]] and the [[3rd China War|Boxer Rebellion]] in addition to further garrison duty in India.
*"The History of 1st Battery Royal Artillery (The Blazers)" Royal Artillery Historical Society Spring Meeting 26th April 2006 [http://www.army.mod.uk/documents/general/spring06_1btyra.doc Word version], [https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:f-qkTY9zeP0J:www.army.mod.uk/documents/general/spring06_1btyra.doc+%22Royal+Field+Artillery%22+change+of+battery+names+1888+1889&hl=en&gl=au&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEESiHzKV9fT5Blc55gfG3l74V3d9ly2eRgDb99luQGikx6WVkSBwZXSxY8pM_SlQHzVkIAniyiRhXv_2eNQ-mW4ltZdDFIZ-PSsdRDPQC0o8-vJjoVXbVDfxmuvA2EDFMZr9wF7Lk&sig=AHIEtbTMRAk3wZwNd85W7TXUZwrHhIqaUw html version]. This Battery was in India 1926 to 1940, and was then part of the Divisional Artillery of the 5th Indian Division
*[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
