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*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kukri Kukri] Wikipedia
*[http://web.archive.org/web/20071228105027/http://www.regiments.org/nations/southasia/nepal.htm Nepal including Gurkha Regiments] Regiments.org, an archived website.
*"Regimental Histories and Army Handbooks: A Bibliography of the Gurkha Regiments" by Mary Des Chene, Dept of Anthropology, Stanford University ''SALNAQ - Issue 21 / 22 (Fall 1986 / Spring 1987) '' (SALNAQ: South Asia Library Notes & Queries | CONSALD) [http://docs.google.com/viewer?url=http%3A%2F%2Fconsald.org%2Fsites%2Fdefault%2Ffiles%2FSALNAQ%2FIssue_21-22%2F2122_198687_24_RegimentalHistories.pdf Docs. Google html version], [http://consald.org/sites/default/files/SALNAQ/Issue_21-22/2122_198687_24_RegimentalHistories.pdf original pdf]
*[http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/hampshire/hi/people_and_places/history/newsid_8452000/8452508.stm Gurkha kukri knife's historic role in war and peace] BBC.
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20140508061255/http://www.bcmh.org.uk/archive/conferences/2012AgonyMessenger.pdf "The Agony Of The Opt: The Transfer Of Gurkha Regiments From The Indian To The British Army In 1948"] by Charles Messenger, BCMH Summer Conference 2012 – Indian Armies (The British Commission for Military History bcmh.org.uk, now an archived webpage).
*[https://www.flickr.com/photos/23268776@N03/galleries/72157645141750245 Photographs: Salute to the Gurkhas] flickr.com (retrieved 18 June 2014)
*''John Eric Colenso: British Officer in the Gurkha Rifles'' by Ann Collins 24th August 2014. [http://docs.google.com/viewer?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.colensostudy.id.au%2FJohn%20Eric%20Colenso%20-%20a%20british%20gurkha%2002.pdf html version], [http://www.colensostudy.id.au/John%20Eric%20Colenso%20-%20a%20british%20gurkha%2002.pdf pdf]. colensostudy.id.au. He was appointed to the 2/7th Gurkha Rifles in 1907 and seconded to the Burma Military Police (BMP) in1909. During WW1 was with the 2/7th Gurkha Rifles in Egypt and then on the Western Front with the 2/39th Garhwal Rifles, and then with the 2nd/2nd Gurkhas. Back in India, he took part in the 3rd Afghan War with the 2/7th Gurkhas and was then with the BMP 1919- c 1922, when he was transferred to the 3rd Gurkha Rifles and took part in the actions in Waziristan 1922-1923. He retired in 1932
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