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==John Morris==
John Morris served as a commissioned officer in the Indian Army with the 3rd Queen Alexandra’s Own Gurkha Rifles from 1918 until 1934 in Palestine, Afghanistan (the Third Afghan War in 1919), Waziristan and the North West Frontier of India.<ref> [http://koara.lib.keio.ac.jp/xoonips/modules/xoonips/download.php?file_id=14440 "John Morris at Keio University 1938-1942"] by William Snell, page 2 of the pdf</ref>
His autobiography ''Hired to Kill, Some Chapters of Autobiography'' was published in 1960. (London, Rupert Hart-Davis ). "Chapter Fifteen, in which he describes how he and his company were ambushed by Mahsud tribesmen on the frontier is a little masterpiece. In a quiet way, Mr Morris is one of the living masters of English prose style." <ref>[http://www.unz.org/Pub/Encounter-1961jan-00071 "Times and Lives"] by Stephen Spender in ''Encounter, January 1961'', page 71 unz.org</ref>Available at the [[British Library]], and online, refer below.
== External Links ==
*[http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/505973 ''The Gurkhas'']. 1928. Pdf download, Digital Library of India. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.72740 Archive.org version, different DLI file]. Full title: ''The Gurkhas: their Manners, Customs and Country'' by Major W Brook Northey, late 1st KGO Gurkha Rifles and Captain C J Morris 3rd QAO Gurkha Rifles. Also available as a download from [http://pahar.in/wpfb-file/1928-the-gurkhas-their-manners-customs-and-country-by-northey-s-pdf/ PAHAR] Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset.
*''Handbooks for the Indian Army: Gurkhas''. Compiled under the orders of the Government by Major C J Morris, late 2nd Bn, 3rd QAO Gurkha Rifles Second edition 1936, revised by the author, first published 1933, is available to read online on the [[Online books#Digital Library of India| Digital Library of India]] website, catalogued as Gurkhas (1936): [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/238360 Pdf download]. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.238360 Archive.org mirror version]. An earlier edition with the same title by another author was published in 1915.
:[http://pahar.in/wpfb-file/1960-hired-to-kill-some-chapters-of-autobiography-by-morris-s-pdf/ ''Hired to Kill: Some Chapters of Autobiography''] by Charles John Morris 1960. Link to a pdf download, PAHAR Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset.*[http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/126645 ''The Gurkhas''] Pdf download, Digital Library of India. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.126645 Archive.org mirror version]. A regimental history. This appears to be a reprint edition, for which no author is given, and which advises first published 1960. However the final chapter refers to events in 1964.The most likely publication appears to be ''The Gurkhas'' by Harold James and Denis Sheil-Small published 1965, London.
:[http://pahar.in/wpfb-file/1965-the-gurkhas-by-james-s-pdf/ ''The Gurkhas''] by James, 1965. Link to a pdf download, PAHAR Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset.
