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***[http://www.nam.ac.uk/online-collection/detail.php?q=searchType%3Dsimple%26acc%3D1977-02-39&pos=0&total=4&page=1&acc=1977-02-39-2 Riots in Peshawar, 1930] A despatch rider was killed and set on fire, (refer above), his body igniting the armoured car seen burning in this photograph.
***[http://www.nam.ac.uk/online-collection/detail.php?q=searchType%3Dsimple%26acc%3D1977-02-39&pos=3&total=4&acc=1977-02-39-1 Troops and armoured car during 1930 riots]
**Information may be found in Chapter 10, "Peshawar District 1930", page 253, [https://web.archive.org/save/_embed/http://lib.uofk.edu/multisites/UofK_lib/images/stories/libpdf/sud.lib.imperial%20policing.pdf ''Imperial Policing''] by Major-General Sir Charles W Gwynn 1939 Archive.org (pdf). Also available as a [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/275121 pdf download], Digital Library of India. The Armoured Cars involved were Bray, Bullicourt, Bethune and Bapaume.
*A member of the 1st Armoured Car Company gained the India General Service Medal with clasp North West Frontier 1930-31 [https://web.archive.org/web/20131114045826/http://charliesmedals.co.uk/item.php?i=219 Pte P J Goodard R Tank C] charliesmedals.co.uk
*C 1933, the 1st Armoured Car Co. was at Cawnpore and Calcutta. <ref name=RTC >[http://asmrb.pbworks.com/w/page/41987406/Royal%20Tank%20Corps Royal Tank Corps] by Michael, asmrb.pbworks.com Date not stated, but probably with details c 1933 ([https://web.archive.org/web/20131114063541/http://asmrb.pbworks.com/w/page/41987406/Royal%2520Tank%2520Corps archive.org link]) </ref>.
