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*See Hong Kong Government Reports Online, below. A researcher advised that he found details of a relative who worked for the Hong Kong lighthouse service in these online government publications.<ref> Who Do You Think You Are? Forum thread [http://www.whodoyouthinkyouaremagazine.com/forum/topic10068.html Lighthouse keeper in the dark]</ref> The information was found in an official publication know as the ''Blue Book'' in a section "Civil Establishments of Hongkong" which lists information about Civil Servants.
*The [[British Association for Cemeteries in South Asia|BACSA]] Archive at the [[British Library]] holds information on both Happy Valley and Stanley cemeteries under file reference Mss Eur F370/81
*The book ''Garrison Memorials in Hong Kong: Some Graves and Monuments at Happy Valley'' by Solomon Bard 1997 is available at the [[British Library]] in the [[BACSA]] Archive, catalogue reference Mss Eur F370/1242 . By the same author, but not held in the BACSA Archive, ''Study of Military Graves and Monuments: Hong Kong Cemetery'' 1991, (Hong Kong Antiquities and Monuments Office) thought to be available at the Public Record Office, Hong Kong, possibly as a typescript.
*The book ''British and Indian Armies on the China Coast 1785-1985'' by Alan Harfield 1990 is available at the [[British Library]], UIN: BLL01009472436 . Includes lists such as “List of Known Recipients of the Hong Kong Plague Medal 1894” and “List of Officers who served with the Hong Kong Regiment 1892-1902”. This [https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/uk.people.ex-forces/v3LqubdrU1k link] lists some “Military Commanders of Hong Kong and China” from the book (pages 483-484).
**[http://www.casademacau.org.au/history/historyarticlepages/calamity.htm 'An unexampled calamity' - The Hong Kong Plague of 1894] by Stuart Braga. Originally in ''Casa de Macau Australia Newsletter'', September 2007 and January 2008 issues. www.casademacau.org.au
**Also see Historical books online, below.
*[https://www.amo.gov.hk/en/whatsnew_20160520.php "Three historic buildings at old Lei Yue Mun Barracks declared monuments"] amo.gov.hk. The Barracks was one of the earliest and most important British Army fortifications in Hong Kong.
*[http://www.queensroyalsurreys.org.uk/hongkong_china/hkc_list.shtml The Regiments in China and Hong Kong 1860 - 1935] Battalions of [[2nd Regiment of Foot|The Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey)]] and the East Surrey Regiment. queensroyalsurreys.org.uk
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KLmQZOf8cpI Britain's Gateway To Troubled China (1932)] Short (1 minute) British Pathé video on YouTube. Full title reads: "Hong Kong. Britain's gateway to troubled China. Loyal Indian Troops impress natives with magnificent spectacle of military precision and discipline." (retrieved 15 May 2014)
