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*[http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/worldwars/wwone/india_wwone_01.shtml India and the Western Front] Article by Dr David Omissi on BBC History website.
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20151029054959/http://www.cwgc.org/foreverindia/stories/khudadad-khan-ghulam-haider-hollebke-east-africa.php Khudadad Khan and Ghulam Haider of the 129th (Duke of Connaught's Own) Baluchis] cwgc.org, now an archived webpage. For his remarkable courage, at the village of Hollebeke, near Ypres in Belgium. Khudadad Khan was the first Indian soldier to be awarded the Victoria Cross.
*[http://www.nam.ac.uk/microsites/ww1/stories/lieutenant-frank-de-pass/#.VHbUllYWFFw Lieutenant Frank de Pass] nam.ac.uk. Lieutenant Frank de Pass of the [[34th Prince Albert Victor's Own Poona Horse|34th Prince Albert Victor’s Own Poona Horse]] was the first Jewish recipient of the Victoria Cross (VC) and also the first Indian Army officer to win the award in the First World War. It was awarded for conspicuous bravery near Festubert, in the Artois region of France on the western front, on the 24th November 1914.
**[http://www.nam.ac.uk/online-collection/detail.php?acc=1995-06-59-1 Lieutenant de Pass in uniform 1914] nam.ac.uk
**[http://www.army.mod.uk/news/26740.aspx Memorial honours first Jewish WW1 hero] Ministry of Defence.
*[http://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/feb/21/found-translation-indias-first-world-war "The last post: letters home to India during the first world war"] by Daljit Nagra 21 February 2014. ''The Guardian''. [http://britishlibrary.typepad.co.uk/untoldlives/2015/09/letters-from-indian-soldiers-26-september-1915.html "Letters from Indian Soldiers, 26 September 1915"] 26 September 2015. British Library Untold lives blog. [http://www.generalist.org.uk/blog/2012/letters-from-the-west/ Letters from the West] Reports of the Censor of Indian Mails in France. generalist.org.uk.
:[http://www.nam.ac.uk/events/lunchtime-lectures/video-archive/illiterate-literary-censored-correspondence-indian-soldiers- Video and transcript: "Illiterate but Literary: The Censored Correspondence of Indian Soldiers in France, 1914-18"] by Dr David Omissi, recorded on 2 November 2015 nam.ac.uk, including YouTube video.
