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*C 1933 , the 8th Armoured Car Co. was at [[Delhi]] (for [[Peshawar]]). <ref name=RTC />
*1934 burial record <ref name=fmp />: Peshawar. Private James Rutledge. 8th AC Company, Royal Tank Corps, age 22 died 4 June 1934 due to Enteric. (Possible no. 7883069)
*Landships WW1 Forum thread about a grandfather who served in the 8th Armoured Car Company in the 1930s with a photograph of Armoured Car 'Agincourt', a Crossley (in original and restored versions). <refname=Agin>Crashmanet al. [http://landships.activeboard.com/t53186987/rolls-royce-armoured-car-india-pattern/?page=1#comment-53186987 Rolls Royce Armoured Car india Pattern] '' Landships WW1 Forum'' 1 April 2013. Retrieved 22 June 2018. Note however, it is stated the Armoured Car is a Crossley, not a Rolls Royce</ref>
*The 8th Light Tank Co. took part in operations in Waziristan during 1937<ref name=Wazi/>
*Awards to soldiers of the 8th Light Tank Company, Royal Tank Corps for "gallant and distinguished service in action in connection with the operations on the North West Frontier of India, 1937"
*The 9th Armoured Car Company arrived in India in April 1921, with the 10th ACC.
*This [http://homepages.force9.net/rothwell/burmaweb/ArmdCarBAF.htm link] (scroll down) describes the Rolls Royce Indian Pattern armoured cars, dating from 1922, issued to the 9th Armoured Car Company, Royal Tank Corps <ref name=Roth />
*Landships WW1 Forum thread [http:<ref name=Agin//landships.activeboard.com/t53186987/rolls-royce-armoured-car-india-pattern/ thread] > which states that the Tank Museum advised that Rolls-Royces only ever served with 9th Armoured Car Company, they could only afford enough of them for one company. ([https://web.archive.org/web/20130930074055/http://landships.activeboard.com/t53186987/rolls-royce-armoured-car-india-pattern/ archive.org] link)
*1923, October. Headquarters were at Manzai.<ref name= IAL2310 />
*In late 1931 "The 9th Armoured Car Company, commanded by Major Simpson, recently left [[Kirkee]] and proceeded to [[Belgaum]], where it linked up with the 6th Armoured Car Company and engaged in technical training for a week...” (more details)<ref> [http://newspapers.nl.sg/Digitised/Article/straitstimes19311211-1.2.8.aspx ''The Straits Times'', 11 December 1931, Page 6]</ref>
*[http://www.flickr.com/photos/trevira/8871823 Photograph: strange military vehicle, India] Subsequently stated to be a be a Crossley Armoured Car, built between 1923 and 1928 approximately. Flickr.com. A lighter version of the photograph, which shows more detail<ref>sherlock. [https://www.greatwarforum.org/topic/30601-rolls-royce-armoured-car/?do=findComment&comment=241510 Rolls-Royce armoured car] ''Great War Forum'' 12 April 2005. Retrieved 25 May 2018.</ref>
*Photographs: [http://www.flickr.com/photos/60340724@N05/5797899332/in/set-72157626885034022/ Armoured Car 1 North West Frontier - c 1925], [http://www.flickr.com/photos/60340724@N05/5797895804/in/set-72157626885034022/ Armoured Car 2], [http://www.flickr.com/photos/60340724@N05/5797896766/in/set-72157626885034022 Armoured Car 3], [http://www.flickr.com/photos/60340724@N05/5797895470/in/set-72157626885034022 Armoured Car 4] PeteBoro’s photostream on flickr.com. These are labelled elsewhere <ref name=Warn />Jack Warner, 10th Armoured Car Co., Crossley Armoured Car, North West Frontier 1920s/late 1920s .One is labelled Practice Range.
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20180622063900/https://s3.amazonaws.com/files.activeboard.com/1289993?AWSAccessKeyId=1XXJBWHKN0QBQS6TGPG2&Expires=1530748800&Signature=rNnpEb3W%2Bk%2FDJSJRdclJNk4HFMs%3D Photograph: Armoured Car 'Agincourt'] which is stated to be a Crossley. (Restored version of the photograph, original [https://web.archive.org/web/20180622063453/https://s3.amazonaws.com/files.activeboard.com/1289612?AWSAccessKeyId=1XXJBWHKN0QBQS6TGPG2&Expires=1530748800&Signature=vd%2Bf2CdHzonxl4wF7VXzY76Ukbc%3D here]).<ref>Crashman. [http://landships.activeboard.com/t53186987/rolls-royce-armoured-car-india-pattern/?pagename=1#comment-53186987 Rolls Royce Armoured Car india Pattern] ''Landships WW1 Forum'' 1 April 2013. Retrieved 22 June 2018. Note however, it is stated the Armoured Car is a Crossley, not a Rolls Royce<Agin/ref>
*[http://www.flickr.com/photos/austin7nut/5166156911 Photograph: 1930s Crossley India Pattern Armoured Car on the North West Frontier] flickr.com
*Two photographs taken by Sergeant Harry Ewin with the Royal Artillery in India during the early 1930s. Imperial War Museum
