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*Article [http://www.blackcountrybugle.co.uk/News/Son-tells-us-of-gunners-service-in-1930s-India-24052012.htm "Son tells us of gunner's service in 1930s India"] by Dan Shaw briefly mentions Albert Bakewell, stationed in India with Royal Artillery 17th Light Battery, between 1929 and 1936, a lot of the time in the tribal territories. blackcountrybugle.co.uk
*[http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=451224.0 Photographs India 1930s. F Sphinx Battery RHA and 4th Light Battery Royal Artillery] .rootschat.com. Includes names of the men pictured.
*[http://www.raga.com/generalsirjohnwilton/generalsirjohnwilton.pdf "The Diary and Journal of General Sir John Wilton"] (born 1910) He was an officer in India and Burma from December 1931, initially with the 69 Fd Bty Royal Artillery (page 3) and left in May 1939 (page 12) www.raga.com
*Listen to the [http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/80014873 1995 interview with Ronald William Swann] British NCO with 238 Bty, 115th Field Regt, Royal Artillery in GB, France and Belgium and India 1939-1942; served with 160th Jungle Field Regt, Royal Artillery in Bengal, India, 1943; officer served with artillery unit during Second Chindit Expedition in Burma, 1944 Imperial War Museums
*[http://ww2talk.com/forums/blog/21-zahonados-blog-before-the-show/ zahonado's Blog "Before the Show" Diary of a junior officer in India (69th LAA) and Chindit attached to Lancashire Fusiliers] Note: latest diary dates are listed first. To read from the beginning, January 1st 1943, scroll to the bottom of the last page. WW2 Talk Forum Blog. [http://ra39-45.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/laa/page63.html 69th LAA <nowiki>[</nowiki>Light Anti-Aircraft<nowiki>]</nowiki> Regiment] was part of the Royal Artillery.
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