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*1941-1945 Eastern Travels, Parts 1-9 by Cecil John Callis, [[Royal Corps of Signals]]. in India and Ceylon. WW2People’s War. The author's posting to Ceylon is covered in [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.kaiserscross.com/304501/499443.html A tale of two Mutinies: The Indian Ocean 1942] by Harry Fecitt from Harry’s Sideshows. Includes the mutiny by a detachment of No 1 Coast Regiment of the Ceylon Garrison Artillery on Horsburgh Island, one of the Cocos-Keeling Islands.
*[http://www.shakariconnection.com/ceylon-hunting-books.html Bibliography of Ceylon Hunting Books] shakariconnection.com *[http://www.aisls.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/Ceylon-photograph-guide-2014-edition.pdf "A Guide to Locating Photographs of Colonial Ceylon"] Compiled by Benita Stambler, American Institute for Sri Lankan Studies, November 2014. aisls.org ===Historical photographs online===*University of Cambridge Digital Library contains the [http://cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/collections/rcs Royal Commonwealth Society Collection] which contains many images/collections of Ceylon including**[http://cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/view/PH-Y-00303-A/1 Faviell Collection of Ceylon Railway views, 1867] relating to the construction and opening of the Colombo-Kandy line.**[http://cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/view/PH-Y-00303-F/1 Plumbago in Ceylon] c 1886. Plumbago or graphite was an important mineral export from Ceylon.
===Historical books online===
*[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=yFpTAAAAcAAJ&pg=PP7 ''An Historical Relation of the Island Ceylon in the East-Indies: together with an Account of the Detaining in Captivity the Author and…''] by Robert Knox , a Captive there near Twenty Years. 1681 Google Books
*[https://archive.org/details/twoyearsinjungle02horn ''Two Years in the Jungle : the Experiences of a Hunter and Naturalist in India, Ceylon, the Malay Peninsula and Borneo''] by William T Hornaday, Chief Taxidermist, US National Museum 1885 Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/twohappyyearsinc00gord ''Two Happy Years in Ceylon''] by C F [Constance Frederica] Gordon Cumming with [https://archive.org/stream/twohappyyearsinc00gord#page/n15/mode/2up Illustrations] New Edition 1901, first published 1892 Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/cu31924088807106 ''A Guide to Kandy, with maps. A handbook of information, useful alike to the visitor and the resident''] by George J.A Skeen 1903 Archive.org. Includes [https://archive.org/stream/cu31924088807106#page/n14/mode/1up Map of the Town of Kandy]
*[http://archive.org/stream/recollectionsab00bringoog#page/n10/mode/2up ''Recollections of a Boer Prisoner-Of-War at Ceylon''] by J N Brink, "late adjudant of General Crowther" 1904 Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/goldentipsdescri00caverich ''Golden tips. A Description of Ceylon and its Great Tea Industry''] by Henry W Cave 3rd edition 1904, first published 1900. With illustrations. Archive.org
:[https://archive.org/details/bookofceylonbein00cave ''The Book of Ceylon; being a guide to its railway system and an account of its varied attractions for the visitor and tourist''] by Henry W Cave 1908 Archive.org
:[https://archive.org/details/cu31924023977659 ''The Ceylon Government Railway : a descriptive and illustrated guide, mainly extracted from the author's larger work "The Book of Ceylon"''] By Henry W Cave 1910 Archive.org
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*[https://archive.org/details/b24758450 ''Around the world via India : a medical tour''] by Nicholas Senn 1905. Contains chapters on India and Ceylon, including hospitals. Archive.org
*''Twentieth Century Impressions of Ceylon: its History, People, Commerce, Industries, and Resources'' by Arnold Wright, reprint edition, first published 1907 is available to read online on the [[Online books#Digital Library of India| Digital Library of India]] website, in TIFF format. Contents digital file page 18. Includes Military and Volunteers, actual page 857, digital file page 864 Volunteers 865. It is also available as a [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/22966 pdf on DLI]. Sample pages are available on [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=eUF_rS8FEoIC&pg=PP7 Google Books].
:[https://archive.org/details/poemsincaptivity00stiluoft ''Poems in Captivity''] by John Still 1919 Archive.org. Includes poems about Ceylon.
*[https://archive.org/details/CeylonPastAndPresent ''Ceylon Past and Present''] by Major C. M. Enriquez. c 1927 (not 1815, as catalogued) Archive.org.
*[http://dlib.pdn.ac.lk/browse?type=author&value=Fernando%2C+C.+N.+V. Articles on Christianity and Christian Missions in Ceylon] by C. N. V. Fernando from ''University of Ceylon Review'' c 1948-1949. Pdf downloads, Digital Library of University of Peradeniya.
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