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*Details of the book, (webpage now archived) [http://web.archive.org/web/20100815011905/http://www.stewartbooks.com/Temperance_Medal.htm ''A Guide to Military Temperance Medals of the British Army and Royal Navy''] by David A. Harris. 2nd Edition with a [https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:-CkW-SYaCNEJ:stewartbooks.com/images/images/images/Temperance_Medals_Contents.pdf+guide+military+temperance+medals&hl=en&gl=au&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEESiyLPRMRv7NFb1YjRxXJPbkmI43X3cWKDc7phjUFNgJ8uDLg4J0O-TsCH6d0pnW3EUHJSf95Acz-AsjYsAY4rZsl_4prSbyk5dM0uV9074GxwqDoNsQ_vYmkSKZS2ABb1l2EK0H&sig=AHIEtbT-QvrGGJ2sgrrYeve93pvXUIocIw link] to the Contents and Foreword. The book includes chapters on the Army Temperance Association India (ATAI), the Royal Army Temperance Association: India/Home (RATA) and the Indian Army Temperance Association
*[http://www.medal-medaille.com/product_info.php?cPath=248&products_id=7388 Army Temperance Association: India, six-month medal (Crookshank Cross), 1889] medal-medaille.com. Another [http://www.jkmilitaria.com/Eng/Eng-91.JPG view] jkmilitaria.com
*[http://www.liveauctioneers.com/item/1216142 Army Temperance Association: India, six month Medal 1889 (x2) in copper and silvered copper] liveauctioneers.com
*[http://www.medal-medaille.com/product_info.php?cPath=248&products_id=7387 Army Temperance Association: India, one-year silver medal, 1897 onwards issue c 1914] medal-medaille.com
*[http://www.medal-medaille.com/product_info.php?cPath=248&products_id=7371 Army Temperance Association: India, Five Year Medal, silver c 1914] medal-medaille.com Heavy silver Maltese cross the face with an oval central medallion with St. George slaying the dragon.
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Temperance organisations active in India include the International Order of Good Templars (IOGT), the Army Temperance Association India (ATAI), the Royal Army Temperance Association: India/Home (RATA) and the Indian Army Temperance Association<ref name=DAH>[https://web.archive.org/web/20180529090354/http://www.stewartbooks.com:80/Temperance_Medal.htm ''A Guide to Military Temperance Medals''] by David A. Harris. 2nd Edition (with additional information) 2006. Note, now an archived website. Published by Stewart Publishing and Printing, Ontario, Canada. The author died in 2016.</ref>
==Journal articles==
"A Treatise on the Temperance Movement in H. M. Forces" by W. P. Dawson published by the Orders and Medals Research Society (OMRS) in 1967, [Journal, Volume 6, Part 1, Supplement] including both Army and Naval varieties. Also the subsequent three page article "Some Additions to the Temperance Supplement" of 1968 in which he added to, and corrected, some of his information.<ref name=DAH/> Most likely available at the British Library, see [[The Orders and Medals Research Society]].
==External links==
===Medals===
*[http://nms.scran.ac.uk/database/record.php?usi=000-000-100-245-C Silver medal of the Army Temperance Association, India] The medal is in the shape of a Maltese Cross, with an elephant in the centre. It was awarded for accomplishing 8 years temperance . National Museums Scotland
*[http://www.prafulthakkar.in/my-hobbies/indian-numismatic/indian-numismatics/numismatic-exhibits/indian-temperance-medals.html Numismatic Exhibits: Indian Temperance Medals] prafulthakkar.in. :Previous website, archived, with different format, [https://web.archive.org/web/20210128065704/http://indiannumismatics.com/products.php?id=76 British India Historic Medals: Army Temperance Medals] from Praful Thakkar’s Indian Numismatics. Images can be enlarged.*Three photographs from [http://www.soldiersofthequeen.com/page24-BytheLevelandtheSquareFraternal.html Soldiers of the Queen: By the Level and the Square]British Soldiers in Fraternal Regalia**[http://www.soldiersofthequeen.com/page24Fraternal-UnidentifiedPrivateArmyTemperanceAssociation.html Photograph of a Private wearing Temperance medals] by L.C. Mullick – Photographer Quetta c 1902. The medals link him with both the Army Temperance Association and the Soldier's Total Abstinence Association. **[http://www.soldiersofthequeen.com/page24Fraternal-PrivateCheshireRegimentInternationalOrderOfGoodTemplars.html Private of the 1st Battalion, The Cheshire Regiment a member of the International Order of Good Templars India c 1897] **[http://www.soldiersofthequeen.com/page24Fraternal-PrivateKingsLiverpoolRegimentIOGT.html A Private of the King's (Liverpool) Regiment, a member of the International Order of Good Templars] Ramji & Co. – Photographer Dalhousie, Punjab, India c 1905*[https://web.archive.org/web/20160330210147/http://www.fusiliermuseumlondon.org/uncategorized/504/ Falling off the wagon] The Temperance movement and medals. fusiliermuseumlondon.org, an archived page.
===Other===
*The [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Order_of_Good_Templars International Order of Good Templars] ( IOGT) (Wikipedia) originated as one of a number of fraternal organizations for temperance or total abstinence founded in the 19th century and with a structure modeled on Freemasonry, using similar ritual and regalia.
*Roman Catholic Temperance Society. “The League of the Cross.” **[httphttps://www.aasrschenectadyalcoholproblemsandsolutions.org/libcatholic-total-abstinence-league-of-the-cross/FreemasonryCatholic Total Abstinence League of the Cross] alcoholproblemsandsolutions.org**[http://sites.nd.edu/irishstories/Ritual%20Monitors,%20Manuals,%20Guidesfiles/2010/08/Indian%20Templar%20Handbook%20-%20GL%20of%20India%201907000012.pdf jpg Image of the title page] of ''Indian Templar HandbookRoman Catholic Temperance Society. “The League of the Cross.” Manual of Temperance''] Compiled by the Literature Committee of the International Order of Good Templars, Grand Lodge of IndiaFather James Doogan O. Published 1907S. Includes Chapter III "Good Templary in India", page 40 aasrschenectadyF.orgC. Membership included both military personnel Calcutta: Thacker, Spink and othersCo. 1896.***Image from a University of Notre Dame [httphttps://userdocsites.ancestrynd.comedu/userdocstoreirishstories/download.ashx?fileid=e9c66345student-39e7projects/summer-46bc-8bae-b2c270394db7&mac=8CECA3217A9D4000000rWo5160DzRI=.boards Image of have a silk clothprojects/temperance/ webpage] (slightly shorter than A4 size) relating **Scroll to pages 24-25 in the following link for a Bro. Evans and given to him photograph of "Soldiers of 1st April 1914 Connaught Rangers, who were members of the League of the Cross, at Calcuttatheir Station in Daghshai, India 1908. He Founded in 1873, the League was a regular member of Pride Catholic organisation whose members took oaths of Lhassa, Lodge No M-7, Grand Lodge of Indiatotal abstinence. " [httphttps://boards.rootswebissuu.com/localities.asia.india.generalobrienpress/2541docs/mb.ashx coward_if_i_return Rootsweb India Message Board"Introduction": ''A Coward if I Return, A Hero if I Fall - Irishmen in World War I'' ] by Neil Richardson 2020. issuu.com*Article "The Cautionary Tale of Pte Patrick O’Hare", of the 1st Leinsters. Details the temperance tract published 1897 regarding the murders in 1894 at Ahmedabad committed while under the influence of alcohol, and subsequent execution of Private O Hara. pages 4-6 [https://web.archive.org/web/20150925223846/http://www.oldsite.leinster-regiment-association.org.uk/download/journal/LeinsterJournalDec09.pdf ''The 40/10 The Journal of the Prince of Wales’s Leinster Regiment (Royal Canadians) Regimental Association'' December 2009 ], archived. ===Historical books online===*[httpshttp://docsbooks.google.com.au/viewerbooks?aid=vwjk9AQAAMAAJ&qpg=cache:prmZorL82n4J:wwwRA1-PA84 "Military Temperance Societies" [in Bengal<nowiki>]</nowiki>] page 84, "Asiatic Intelligence", ''The Asiatic Journal and Monthly Register''.leinster Volume 27 September-regiment-associationDecember 1838 Google Books*[https://archive.org.uk/downloaddetails/journal/LeinsterJournalDec09ritualofindepend00inteiala ''Ritual of the Independent Order of Good Templars for Subordinate Lodges under the jurisdiction of the Right Worthy Grand Lodge of North America''] 1864 Archive.pdf+Temperance+Society+Army+India&hl=en&gl=au&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEESiSPMKDwjznWQWktAx1dkTsVL935Y_9_yeSoHoj7m47iySpyEO8jcwv3sj1W6TuY94rbsDgOJdTLm91lHZAE3lCvWNBXFBD6JvXeQYzpT2hi_sMYmHof_rq5yt-IaUNqJceDh0G&sig=AHIEtbRqdt_JeDYY_JM2VFTlxZlDdxoeLQ html version] org*[httphttps://www.leinster-regiment-associationarchive.org.uk/downloaddetails/journal/LeinsterJournalDec09goodtemplars00turn ''The Good Templars: A History of the Rise and Progress of the Independent Order of Good Templars''] Jubilee Volume 1851-1901. Archive.pdf original pdf]org*This India List *[httphttps://archiverarchive.rootsweb.ancestry.comorg/thstream/readgoodtemplars00turn#page/india153/1997-07mode/0870152340 post] states "1up The Soldiers' Total Abstinence Association was formed at Agra situation in India in 1858 by a Baptist missionary, the Revd1901] page 153. John Gregson, to which regimental branches The members were affiliated"mainly military.*This India List [httphttps://archiverarchive.rootsweb.ancestry.comorg/thdetails/read/india/2006-06/1150750751 postindiantemplarhan00inte ''Indian Templar Handbook''] briefly mentions Compiled by the Madras Total Abstinence League (established 1882)Literature Committee of the International Order of Good Templars, Grand Lodge of India. Published 1907. Includes Chapter III "Good Templary in India", page 41 Archive.org. Membership included both military personnel and others. == References ==<references />
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