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**[http://www.peterpickering.com/aden/page282/page284/page307/page307.html Infantry Battalions in Aden 1883-1908] (category Army)
**[http://www.peterpickering.com/aden/page282/page303/page336/page336.html Troopships and the trooping season between India and the United Kingdom].(category Navy). This lasted for about seven months each year, with the full programme being published some months in advance. The five-month gap (April- August) was the same each year – to avoid the worst of the heat in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden.
**[http://www.peterpickering.com/aden/page66/page216/page216.html Religion: Churches] with further subcategories.
*[http://christchurchaden.org/about-us/history/ Christ Church, Aden], built 1863
*[http://www.kaiserscross.com/304501/462522.html Aden 1901-04: Fighting in the Aden Hinterland. Delineating an international boundary] by Harry Fecitt from Harry’s Sideshows.kaiserscross.com. The force included men from the 5th Bombay Light Infantry (soon to be re-titled the [[105th Mahratta Light Infantry]]) the 4th Company, [[Bombay Sappers and Miners]] and subsequently men from the [[102nd Prince of Wales's Own Grenadiers |102nd King Edward’s Own Grenadiers]].
*[http://www.js-ww1.bham.ac.uk/articles/issue3_Connelly.pdf "The British Campaign in Aden, 1914-1918"] by Mark Connelly ''Journal of the Centre for First World War Studies Vol. 1, No. 3, 2005''. pages 65-96. Includes brief mention of [[26th Light Cavalry| 26/ King George's Own Light Cavalry]], [[7th (Duke of Connaught's Own) Rajput Regiment of Bengal Infantry‎|7/Rajputs]], [[9th Gurkha Rifles |9/Gurkhas]], [[23rd Punjab Pioneers| 23/Sikh Pioneers]], [[1st Regiment of Sikh Infantry, Punjab Frontier Force| 51/Sikhs]],[[2nd Regiment of Madras Native Infantry| 62/Punjabis]], [[15th Regiment of Madras Native Infantry| 75/Carnatics]], [[108th Infantry|108/Infantry]], [[109th Infantry| 109/(Indian) Infantry]] , [[126th Baluchistan Infantry |126/Baluchistans]]. Also mentions the British Army Territorial Force regiment [[24th Regiment of Foot|4/South Wales Borderers (Brecknockshire battalion)]] where there were deaths from heatstroke.
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