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61st Regiment of Foot

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== External Links ==
===Historical Books Onlinebooks online===*''Historical Record of the Sixty - First, or the South Gloucestershire Regiment of Foot: containing an account of the formation of the regiment in 1758, and of its subsequent services to 1844'' [http://books.google.com/books?id=qKMQAAAAYAAJ Google Books] 1844. [http://books.google.com/books?id=qKMQAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA47 Page 47] indicates the Regiment went to Ceylon in 1828*[https://archive.org/details/avariedlifearec00gordgoog ''A varied life: a record of military and civil service, of sport and of travel in India, Central Asia and Persia 1849 -1902''] by Gen. Sir Thomas Edward Gordon. 1906 Archive.org. He initially served with the 61st Regiment of Foot.
===Other===
*[http://www.britisharmedforces.org/i_regiments/glosters_index.htm The Gloucestershire Regiment] from British Armed Forces & National Service
*[http://glosters.tripod.com/India30.html India 1933-36] 1st Battalion, Glosters, when the regiment was stationed at Mhow, from [http://glosters.tripod.com/second.html The Glorious Glosters], which also contains links to service in Burma.
*WW2Talk Forum thread about the 10th Battalion, The Gloucestershire Regiment, in India and Burma during WW2<ref>WW2Talk Forum thread [http://ww2talk.com/forums/topicindex.php?threads/42986-10th-btn-glosters-in-indiaburmaindia-burma.42986/?p=511089 10th Btn, Glosters In India/Burma] reply by 'dryan67'</ref>
*[http://www.gloucestershire.gov.uk/index.cfm?articleid=17206 Sources for Military History held at Gloucestershire Archives], prior to June 2006 known as the Gloucestershire Record Office
*[http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=59512833&postcount=1 Photograph of the memorial known as the Quetta Sphinx] for the Second Battalion of the Gloucestershire Regiment in respect of those who died in Baluchistan/Southern Afghanistan circa October 1880-January 1883. This memorial has now been destroyed. skyscrapercity.com, originally from flickr.com. Victorian Wars Forum [http://www.victorianwars.com/viewtopic.php?f=80&t=6693&p=27611#p27611 thread] about the inscription
*[http://maltaramc.com/regmltgar/61st.html 61st (South Gloucestershire)] Regiments of the Malta Garrison. The 61st left Malta for Bombay 19 August–1 September 1880
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