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==External links==
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Corps_of_Signals Royal Corps of Signals] Wikipedia
*The King's Shilling by Neil Walker [http://www.bbc.co.uk/cr/stories/76/a8543676.shtml Part 2a - India] c 1937 [http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ww2peopleswar/stories/48/a8543748.shtml Part 2b - India] ([http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ww2peopleswar/stories/38/a8542938.shtml Part 1-Joining Up]) He was a member of the Royal Signals .WW2People’s War bbc.co.uk.*1941-1945 Eastern Travels, Parts 1-9 by Cecil John Callis, Royal Corps of Signals, in India and Ceylon. [http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ww2peopleswar/stories/12/a4427912.shtml Part 1], [http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ww2peopleswar/stories/58/a4427958.shtml Part 2], [http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ww2peopleswar/stories/85/a4427985.shtml Part 3], [http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ww2peopleswar/stories/38/a4428038.shtml Part 4], [http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ww2peopleswar/stories/83/a4428083.shtml Part 5], [http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ww2peopleswar/stories/73/a4428173.shtml Part 6], [http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ww2peopleswar/stories/72/a4428272.shtml Part 7], [http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ww2peopleswar/stories/44/a4428344.shtml Part 8], [http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ww2peopleswar/stories/71/a4428371.shtml Part 9] WW2People’s War bbc.co.uk. The author trained as a mechanic, or Fitter (motor vehicle) . His job was to maintain and repair the unit’s lorries, cars, motorbikes and portable charging engines.
*[http://www.theguardian.com/books/2012/oct/09/eric-lomax Eric Lomax obituary] (1919-2012) ''The Guardian'' 10 October 2012. He was in Singapore at the surrender in 1942 and became a POW working on the Burma-Siam railway. His memoir is ''The Railway Man'', now also released as a film of the same name. Also see [[Royal Corps of Signals#FIBIS resources|FIBIS resources above]]
*[http://www.davidhorsfield.org.uk ''From Semaphore to Satellite The memoirs of Major General David Horsfield, Royal Signals''] may be read online. He served in Burma in 1942 and was then in India 1942-1946.
