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*[http://www.cardiffcastlemuseum.org.uk/ Firing Line: Cardiff Castle Museum of the Welsh Soldier] covers [[1st Dragoon Guards]], [[2nd Dragoon Guards]] or The Queen’s Bays, [[23rd Regiment of Foot|23rd]], [[24th Regiment of Foot|24th]] , [[41st Regiment of Foot|41st]] and 69th Regiments of Foot.
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20100922100136/http://www.wellingboroughrec.org.uk/blackh/blackarm.htm Black Soldiers in Northamptonshire Regiments of the British Army] wellingboroughrec.org.uk, now archived. William Damerun, a [[Anglo Indian| Eurasian]] enlisted at age 7 and served in the [[74th Regiment of Foot|74th Foot]] 24/09/1800-27/09/1805 (under age), the [[94th Regiment of Foot|94th Foot]], period not noted, but under age, the 69th Foot 25/09/1807-19/07/1824, the [[48th Regiment of Foot|48th Foot]] 20/07/1824-31/07/1834, and the [[55th Regiment of Foot|55th Foot]], 01/07/1834-30/11/1837 when he was discharged on medical grounds. He was a musician by trade. His brother James joined the 69th Foot 01/08/1808 as a drummer, aged 7 or 8, served in the same regiments and was discharged on medical grounds 30/11/1842
*[http://www.karkeeweb.com/soldiers_three_main.html ''Soldiers Three'', Landi Kotal, 1935]. karkeeweb.com. Describes the filming of footage for a never released movie based on a Kipling short story, with the majority of the shots, including the climactic battle scenes, filmed at Landi Kotal, involving 2nd Battalion, The Welch Regiment. Refers to an article "'Soldiers Three': the ‘lost’ Gaumont British imperial epic" by Jeffrey Richards in the ''Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television'', Volume 15, Issue 1, 1995, [https://doi.org/10.1080/01439689500260081 first page], and to a book by the director's wife ''Thirty Thousand Miles for the Films. The story of the filming of “Soldiers Three” and “Rhodes of Africa”'' by Natalie Barkas 1937, which is available at the [[British Library]], UIN: BLL01000200647, and also BLL01007543560 . [http://archive.spectator.co.uk/article/22nd-october-1937/34/thirty-thousand-miles-for-the-films-by-natalie-bar Review of the book] ''The Spectator'' 2 October 1937, page 34.
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