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*[http://www.kingscollections.org/_assets/archiosgallery/57/2344.jpg Photograph of Indian troops [7 Indian Mounted <nowiki>[Mountain?]</nowiki> Artillery Bde with mules, waiting to embark transport ship at Alexandria, Egypt. No 2278. 1916] from a [http://www.kingscollections.org/servingsoldier/collection/the-dardanelles-expedition#Gallery collection of official photographs of the Dardanelles Expedition, 1915-1916.] The Serving Soldier King’s College London
*[http://www.newrider.com/Library/How_it_Was/mules.html About Mules c 1937] Extracts from the ''Manual of Horsemastership, Equitation, and Animal Transport'' 1937 - Published by Her Majesty's Stationery Office: London.
*[http://www.merchantnavyofficers.com/richardtrooping.html British India Steam Navigation Company Ltd. Trooping with Richard Douglas Crow] includes a short account of transporting a Mule Corps from Bombay to Marseilles in WW2
*[http://www.hindustantimes.com/punjab/chandigarh/force-k6-indian-troops-in-france/article1-1062520.aspx "Force K6: Indian troops in France"] by Mandeep Singh Bajwa, ''Hindustan Times'' May 19, 2013. Consisted of 22, 25, 29 and 32 Mule Companies and a supply depot, a reinforcement unit, part of an Indian General Hospital, and a remount section sent to France, reaching there in December 1939. The men were subsequently evacuated from Dunkirk and then spent time in Britain.
**In Wales: [http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/wales/archive/bbc-north-west-wales-history-ww2-royal-indian-army-visit.pdf BBC North West Wales] The 22nd company got captured by the Germans just before Dunkirk
**In Scotland
***From the Historylinks Museum, Dornoch in the Highlands of Scotland
****[http://www.historylinksarchive.org.uk/picture/number865.asp Article] from the ''Northern Times'' 15/11/2002, concerning Muslim Indian Army WW2 soldiers buried at Proncynain Cemetery, Dornoch. Click on the “Open Document” at the bottom for a larger version.
****[http://www.historylinksarchive.org.uk/picture/number11122.asp Information about the Regiments in Scotland] by Hamish Johnston. Click on the "Open Document” at the bottom for page 2.
****[http://www.historylinksarchive.org.uk/picture/number11123.asp Image] of the first page of an 28 page article “A Corner of Pakistan in Scotland” by Hamish Johnston, told in two articles in the ''Highland Family History Society Journal 2012''. It may be possible to apply to the museum (<nowiki>enquiries@historylinks.org.uk</nowiki>) for a copy in terms of the following: "pdf files of larger size may be made available, copyright permitting, for a reasonable donation to cover administrative costs”.
***The Indian Army at Loch Ewe, Scottish Highlands: [http://www.russianarcticconvoymuseum.co.uk/wp/lochewe/indian-army-at-loch-ewe/ russianarcticconvoymuseum.co.uk] and [http://www.scotsman.com/lifestyle/heritage/sacrifice-remembering-the-scots-in-the-russian-arctic-convoys-1-2278975 scotsman.com]
*Listen to the [http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/80011995 1991 interview with Francis William Geoffrey Turner] British officer served as brigade animal <nowiki>[mule]</nowiki> transport officer with 111 Indian Infantry Bde during First and Second Chindit Expeditions in Burma, 1943-1944. Imperial War Museums.
*[http://14usaaf27tcs.4mg.com/Mules.html The Stubborn but Courageous Mule] in Burma WW2. 14usaaf27tcs.4mg.com.
*[http://www.lrgaf.org/military/mules.htm Mules for China] by Captain John A. Rand. Some were selected from other elements of the Mars Task Force. ([http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:6qoeTxHri40J:www.lrgaf.org/military/mules.htm+&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=au Cached] URL)
*[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/military-obituaries/army-obituaries/5845146/Major-Victor-Warren.html Obituary of Major Victor Warren] 16 Jul 2009 ''The Telegraph''. In 1943 he commanded an Indian mule company which journeyed by train from the foot of the Khyber Pass to Karachi, sailed to Iraq and then made a 600-mile march through northern Syria to Tripoli in Lebanon; finally, it landed in Italy in 1944 to play a vital role in supplying forward infantry units with ammunition and blankets at the battle of Monte Cassino.
*[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1500292/Brigadier-Hector-Wilkins.html Obituary of Brigadier Hector Wilkins 1916-2005] 10 Oct 2005 ''The Telegraph''. In 1944 He was a supervising veterinary officer of "A" Group Indian Pack Transport consisting of nearly 1,000 animals in Italy.
*WW2Talk Forum [http://ww2talk.com/forums/topic/49469-mules thread] on mules, in Italy, where Sikh muleteers are mentioned, and Burma. (Images only available to [[Mailing lists#Military| logged in members ]] of WW2Talk Forum)
*Video: [http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/1060030433 Evacuation of "special force" mules and men by waterborne craft made especially for the occasion] Burma WW2 contains some images of mules. Imperial War Museums
