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:Scroll to the article [http://www.kiplingjournal.com/acrobat/KJ334.pdf "A Military Execution in India"] by Ray Beck in ''The Kipling Journal'' December 2009 pages 22-30. This article gives an account of the execution by hanging of No.2638 Private George Flaxman of the 2nd Battalion Leicestershire Regiment at Lucknow on 10 January 1887, including an eyewitness account, “for the wilful murder of Lance Sergeant William Carmody of the 1st Battalion Leicestershire Regiment at Ranakit on or about the 9th of September 1886” kiplingjournal.com
*[http://eddieolliffe.wordpress.com/2012/08/22/social-history-george-olliffe-victorian-army-bandsman-british-india/ George Olliffe – Victorian army bandsman, British India] Family website. He served in the 1st Battalion, Leicestershire Regiment 1901-1913 and was in India March 1903 to October 1906. Includes some pages from ''The Green Tiger''. ([http://eddieolliffe.wordpress.com/2012/04/10/social-history-george-william-olliffe-victorian-pauper-and-bandsman-in-british-india/ Part 1, Childhood]).
*[https://www.flickr.com/photos/runninginsuffolk/albums/72157660779215281 Photograph Collection: Snaps India 1930]. Many seem to be related to the Leicestershire Regiment. flickr.com
*[http://www.royalleicestershireregiment.org.uk The Royal Leicestershire Regiment]
**Citation for the Military Medal: 1st Bn The Leicestershire Regiment 4533116 Lance Corporal John Farry, June 1939 near Razmak Zerai in Waziristan. [httphttps://www.royalleicestershireregiment.org.uk/_uiarchive/citations/5%20Farry%20MM%20citation%2026%20Sep%2039.pdf pdf287133-5r-farry-mm-citation-26-sep-39-revised-21-jun-12jpg 4533116 Lance Corporal John Farry], [https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:CZNJQ1gcQZsJ:www.royalleicestershireregiment.org.uk/_ui/citations/5%2520Farry%2520MM%2520citation%252026%2520Sep%252039.pdf+June 1939 near Razmak+Brigade+Zerai in Waziristan+1939&hl=en&gl=au&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEESjEy0oBWkzlmwTlBXegmxp_FEAy6vArkm7uUi31S6tkMJNqqw9CYe9CfCc5EWy1MHnJBnjQftSxPApqT4HJA6McuZqm5ZZfhEvn10P5CGjcGOI7fGqP-J7rhyppIt6nbzSB6BNV&sig=AHIEtbRplKsBZ-SVYv4G43Eail_HoE4CrA html version]. **Citation for the Military Medal: 1st Bn The Leicestershire Regiment 4857405 Lance Sergeant Harold Blake, 21 August 1939 against Bandiza in Waziristan [http://www.royalleicestershireregiment.org.uk/_ui/citations/6%20Blake%20DCM%20citation%207%20Nov%2039.pdf pdf], [https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:o5GUgj_QGnQJ:www.royalleicestershireregiment.org.uk/_uiarchive/citations/6%2520Blake%2520DCM%2520citation%25207%2520Nov%252039.pdf+Razmak+Brigade+Waziristan+1939&hl=en&gl=au&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEEShuDTTWXRz68UmShSgUf_drWB2UoMLZqrez8EuTRgqya_h5l287132-6r-blake-dcm-citation-7-nov-39-revised-21-ZWfKflyd1p7u9bbTXvfHQUqT7V6zvme9LynXuAXJeSXjFOwuMFbcF4VI4KB8ymumY07saQDNT9WtdmVdSUX5lo&sig=AHIEtbRfmXYaXt__OMjtOu6tjun-b7vVX7PtQ html version12jpg 4857405 Lance Sergeant Harold Blake], 21 August 1939 against Bandiza in Waziristan.**Citation for the Military Cross: 1st Bn The Leicestershire Regiment 69129 Lieutenant Richard Thomas Henry Lonsdale, 14 November 1939 near Razmak in Waziristan, [httphttps://www.royalleicestershireregiment.org.uk/_uiarchive/citations/286889-13%20Lonsdale%20MC%20citation%2025%20Oct%2040.pdf pdf], [https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:-bgdQCUMRY8J:www.royalleicestershireregiment.org.uk/_ui/citations/13%2520Lonsdale%2520MC%2520citation%252025%2520Oct%252040.pdf+Razmak+Brigade+Waziristan+1939&hl=en&gl=au&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEESgbmRnylPUFE70YivzdkUE_Ly7ivQc2AAQZYHYPFVZxv4MjZRuhTFdaUkXtd5mGDQzg0cGYAM1GPPog5lonsdale-mc-citation-25-SNCLdfXAoB_1_qRNBR9oD0Hv0irnCTXyiUAd9xTE5UkHM1VwTwHPby&sig=AHIEtbRHEoct-okzAJVoYpplCsUHfeddEBqPg html version40jpg 69129 Lieutenant Richard Thomas Henry Lonsdale], 14 November 1939 near Razmak.
*[http://storyofwar.com/about/ A Story of War] Colin Diarmid Campbell Dunford Wood, 1st Battalion Leicestershire Regiment kept war diaries continuously from early 1939. ([http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:cisANLWVfAwJ:storyofwar.com/about/+&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=au Cached] URL)
**[http://storyofwar.com/category/waziristan-campaign-north-west-frontier-1938-1939/page/8/ Diary commences "January 2nd 1939–Razani–1st Leicestershire Regiment"] (scroll to bottom of page). At the top of each page click on newer posts, but then scroll down to the bottom of the page to commence reading. Diary ends "September 14th 1939–Razani"
