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*[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*[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*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/It_Ain't_Half_Hot_Mum ''It Ain't Half Hot Mum''] Wikipedia . British sitcom about the adventures of a Royal Artillery Concert Party, broadcast on the BBC between 1974 and 1981. It was set in during the last months of the Second World War in [[Deolali]] (where soldiers were kept before being sent to fight at the front lines), and Burma, located very near the front lines. In 8 series, 56 episodes. The complete set is available to buy through Amazon.co.uk from the [http://astore.amazon.co.uk/faminbriindso-21/detail/B003ZUXZAY FIBIS Shop]==Other==Individuals====
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*"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
*[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
*[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
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/It_Ain't_Half_Hot_Mum ''It Ain't Half Hot Mum''] Wikipedia . British sitcom about the adventures of a Royal Artillery Concert Party, broadcast on the BBC between 1974 and 1981. It was set during the last months of the Second World War in [[Deolali]] (where soldiers were kept before being sent to fight at the front lines), and Burma, located very near the front lines. In 8 series, 56 episodes. The complete BBC set on DVD (Region 2 (may not be viewable outside Europe)) is available to buy through Amazon.co.uk from the [http://astore.amazon.co.uk/faminbriindso-21/detail/B003ZUXZAY FIBIS Shop]
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*[http://archive.org/stream/miscellaneagenea02bann#page/138/mode/2up Monument to those who died in Cawnpore 1892-1895, 31st Field Battery Royal Artillery]. Monumental Inscriptions from Cawnpur Cantonment Cemetery , page 139 ''Miscellanea Genealogica Et Heraldica: Fourth Series Volume 2'' 1908 Archive.org
*[http://www.indian-cemeteries.org/viewimage.asp?mode=mon&ID=301 Monument to those who died 67th Battery Royal Field Artillery 1904-1906] at Tehkal Cemetery, [[Peshawar]] indian-cemeteries.org
**[http://www.angelfire.com/mp/memorials/RGARM1.htm Royal Garrison Artillery] Quetta 1888-1902, Peshawar 1909-1921 Rawalpindi 1895-1913, Rangoon 1904-1911
*[http://glosters.tripod.com/afghStaf.htm Memorials: Afghanistan 1878-80] Scroll down for Artillery Officers from Stephen Lewis’ [http://glosters.tripod.com/memindex3.htm Officers Died]
*[http://www.flickr.com/photos/hliguy/8225442006/ Photograph: Royal Artillery Officer in India c 1860] flickr.com
*Photographs from Soldiers of the Queen: [http://www.soldiersofthequeen.com/page4-India.html The Jewel in the Crown]
