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The [[British Association for Cemeteries in South Asia|BACSA]] Archive at the [[British Library]] has the following items:
shelfmark Mss Eur F370: Cemetery Files
<br>no.740: Quetta 1, Pakistan: Baleli Road: 1884-,[Note: This cemetery is probably the "Quetta Cantonment Christian Cemetery on Baleli Road"]<ref>[http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/b/e/a/Jeremy-G-Beaty/WEBSITE-0001/UHP-0038.html George Henry Montague Beaty (b. January 07, 1899, d. May 31, 1935)] </ref><br>no.741: Quetta 2, Pakistan: Shaldara: closed; Lytton Road: closed; Earthquake[Note: Lytton Road is now known as Zarghoon Road]
==External links==
*[http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=59512833&postcount=1 Photograph of the memorial known as the Quetta Sphinx] for the Second Battalion of the Gloucestershire Regiment in respect of those who died in Baluchistan/Southern Afghanistan circa October 1880-January 1883. This memorial has now been destroyed. skyscrapercity.com, originally from flickr.com. Victorian Wars Forum [http://www.victorianwars.com/viewtopic.php?f=80&t=6693&p=27611#p27611 thread] about the inscription. [http://www.thefridaytimes.com/beta3/tft/article.php?issue=20121221&page=30 Quetta Sphinx (c1930)] advises one photograph is from the Bettman Photo Archive. thefridaytimes.com December 21-27, 2012
*[http://tribune.com.pk/story/363609/mummy-dearest/ "‘Mum’my dearest!"] by Muhammad Adil Mulki April 15, 2012 tribune.com.pk
*Note about the [http://nq.oxfordjournals.org/content/CLXIII/oct29/312-a.extract Afghan War Cemetery at Quetta] by H Bullock, situated near the village of Kasi , two miles from Quetta. Contains men who died during the [[1st Afghan War]]. Lists four names and advises a large number of NCOs and men of the [[40th Regiment of Foot]] were buried here. ''Notes and Queries Volume CLXIII, Issue Oct 29 1932'',' page 312
*Photographs: [http://quetta-city.blogspot.de/2007/06/quetta-before-1935.html Quetta Before 1935 Earthquake] June 18, 2007 quetta-city.blogspot
*[http://www.imagesofasia.com/html/pakistan/lytton-road.html Postcard: Lytton Road, Winter, Quetta] Images of Asia*WW2Talk Forum thread [http://ww2talk.com/forums/topic/42819-officer-cadet-training-college-quetta Officer Cadet Training College-Quetta] includes some photographs.(Images may only be available to [[Mailing lists#Military| logged in members of WW2Talk Forum]*[http://balochistanarchives.gob.pk/other-resources Libraries and Collections In Balochistan])Balochistan Archives
==== Historical books on-line ====
''A gazetteer of the countries adjacent to India on the northwest Volume 2'' by Edward Thornton 1844 [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=_vVAAAAAcAAJ&pg=PP7&dq=A+gazetteer+of+the+countries+adjacent+to+India+on+the+northwest+...,+Volume+2+By+Edward+Thornton++generally+mentioned+by+British+writers&as_brr=3&cd=1#v=onepage&q&f=false Shawl - scroll to page 187] Google Books
 
====Maps====
*[http://balochistanarchives.gob.pk/Virtual-Maps-hd/19 Map of Quetta Civil Station] Surveyed 1911-12 Corrected 1931-32 Balochistan Archives
 
== References ==
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