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[http://www.archive.org/stream/kitchenersarmyte00walluoft#page/164/mode/2up/search/India Page 164] from ''Kitchener's Army and the Territorial Forces'' by Edgar Wallace<ref>[http://www.archive.org/stream/kitchenersarmyte00walluoft#page/164/mode/2up/search/India ''Kitchener's Army and the Territorial Forces: the Full Story of a Great Achievement''], page 164 by Edgar Wallace 1915 Archive.org</ref> and [http://www.archive.org/stream/undertenviceroys00woodiala#page/254/mode/2up "The Territorials in India"], by Major-General Nigel Woodyatt<ref>[http://www.archive.org/stream/undertenviceroys00woodiala#page/254/mode/2up "The Territorials in India"],page 255 from ''Under Ten Viceroys: the Reminiscences of a Gurkha by Major-General Nigel Woodyatt, Colonel 7th Gurkhas. 1922 Archive.org</ref> provide some background.
"''Engaged in War; The Letters of Stanley Goodland, 1914-1919'' is quite instructive of the manner in which Territorial battalions of Westcountry regiments sent drafts throughout the War from India to their sister units fighting elsewhere in the Middle East"<ref> Great War Forum thread [http://1914-1918.invisionzone.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=130333 Somerset Regiments in India], post by Petroc 04 September 2009</ref>
→British Army Territorial Force troops in India: moved doubled cites to ext links
*The 44th (Home Counties) Division - All units that were going to India assembled at Southampton and sailed on 30 October. They all went to Bombay, landing between 1 and 3 December.<ref> [http://www.1914-1918.net/44div.htm The Long, Long Trail - The 44th (Home Counties) Division] 1914-1918.net accessed 18 Feb 2014 </ref>
*The 45th (2nd Wessex) Division On 25 November 1914 it was decided to send from the 2nd Wessex 10 battalions of infantry and the artillery. Two battalions (2/4th Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry and 2/4th Hampshire Regiment went to Karachi (arriving 9 January 1915) via Aden; the rest landed at Bombay (4-8 January 1915).<ref> [http://www.1914-1918.net/45div.htm The Long, Long Trail - The 45th (2nd Wessex) Division] 1914-1918.net accessed 18 Feb 2014 </ref>
===Garrison Battalions===
*[http://www.marxists.org/history/etol/revhist/backiss/vol8/no2/putkowski2.html Mutiny in India in 1919] by Julian Putkowski marxists.org By March 1919, the Territorials were disillusioned, and their increasingly bitter complaints featured in a series of anonymous letters that were published by the ''Bombay Chronicle''. As well as complaining generally about the corruption and snobbery they had experienced during their service in India, the correspondents drew attention to the slow pace at which they were being shipped back to Britain by the Army.
====Historical books online====
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/kitchenersarmyte00walluoft#page/164/mode/2up/search/India ''Kitchener's Army and the Territorial Forces''] page 164 by Edgar Wallace 1915 Archive.org
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/undertenviceroys00woodiala#page/254/mode/2up ''Under Ten Viceroys: the Reminiscences of a Gurkha''], by Major-General Nigel Woodyatt, page 255 "The Territorials in India" 1922 Archive.org
*[http://www.scribd.com/doc/17735398/Memoirs-of-the-Great-War ''Memoirs of the Great War''] by James Racine c 1920s Scribd.com. Pages 70-101 cover his period in India as an officer with the 2/5th Battalion of the [[37th Regiment of Foot|Hampshire Regiment]] in Secunderabad c 1915-1916 until the Battalion was transferred to Egypt. [http://www.archive.org/details/memogw Pdf version] available from Archive.org
*[http://archive.org/stream/mesopotamia00palmuoft#page/n3/mode/2up ''Letters from Mesopotamia in 1915 and January, 1916''] from Robert Palmer 1916 Archive.org. He went with a draft from the 6th Hants, ([[37th Regiment of Foot|Hampshire Regiment]]) in India since November 1914, to reinforce the 4th Hants. Both these regiments were part of the Territorial Force. He was killed June 21, 1916, aged 27 years. The initial letters were written in India.
