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*[http://archive.org/stream/cu31924012890970#page/n7/mode/2up ''Social Life in the British Army''] by "A British Officer" Illustrated by R. Caton Woodville. 1899 Archive.org
**[http://archive.org/stream/cu31924012890970#page/n83/mode/2up The officer in India, page 55],[http://archive.org/stream/cu31924012890970#page/n137/mode/2up The soldier in India, page 94], [http://archive.org/stream/cu31924012890970#page/n119/mode/2up The soldier’s wife’s view of India, page 81]
*[https://archive.org/details/followingdrum00wyndrich/page/n9/mode/2up ''Following the Drum''] by Horace Wyndham 1912 Archive.org. Life in the British Army, in Britain and abroad (but not in India) until discharge by purchase after seven years service. He also wrote ''The Queen's Service : being the experiences of a private soldier in the British infantry at home and abroad'' by Horace Wyndham 1899. [https://books.google.com.au/books?vid=MSU:31293032082095 Google Books, Public Domain in USA], restricted in some other areas. The two titles appear likely to be the same book or else very similar. Elsewhere it is stated that Horace Wyndham, as a gentleman ranker, enlisted in the army in 1890.*[https://archive.org/details/cihm_05361 ''Mr. Thomas Atkins''] by E J Hardy, Chaplain to the Forces.1900 [microform] Archive.org. Aspects of life in the Army
**[https://archive.org/stream/cihm_05361#page/407/mode/2up "Mrs Thomas Atkins"] page 370
*[https://archive.org/details/victorianarmyinp00clam ''The Victorian Army in Photographs''] by David Clammer 1975. Archive.org Lending Library
*[https://archive.org/details/armyinvictorians0000harr/page/n5 ''The Army in Victorian Society''] by Gwyn Harries-Jenkins 1977. Archive.org Lending Library
*[https://archive.org/details/ramblingsoldierl0000unse ''The Rambling Soldier : life in the lower ranks, 1750-1900, through soldiers' songs and writings''] edited by Roy Palmer 1977. Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library.
*[https://archive.org/details/mrkiplingsarmy00farw/page/n5 ''Mr. Kipling's Army''] by Byron Farwell 1981 Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library.
*[https://archive.org/details/victoriansoldier0000nals/mode/2up ''The Victorian Soldier''] by David Nalson 2000. Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library.
*[https://archive.org/details/redcoatbritishso0000holm_l6u9 ''Redcoat : the British soldier in the age of horse and musket''] by Richard Holmes 2001. [https://archive.org/details/redcoatbritishso0000holm/page/n3/mode/2up 2nd file]. Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library.
:[https://archive.org/details/soldiersarmylive0000holm/mode/2up ''Soldiers : Army Lives and Loyalties from Redcoats to Dusty Warriors''] by Richard Holmes 2011. Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library.
*[https://archive.org/details/followingdrumliv0000venn ''Following the Drum : the lives of army wives and daughters, past and present''] by Annabel Venning 2004. Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library.
*[https://archive.org/details/militarydictiona00voyliala/page/n5/mode/2up ''A military dictionary, comprising terms, scientific and otherwise, connected with the science of war''] by Major-General G E Voyle, retired Royal (Bengal) Artillery. 3rd edition 1876 Archive.org. Contains some Indian words.
*The subscription website ''UK Parliamentary Papers'' includes many Papers and Reports in respect of the British Army. See [[Subscription websites-online newspapers, journals and directories#Other British and Irish publications|Subscription websites-online newspapers, journals and directories - Other British and Irish publications]] for details and suggested access. Your Library needs to have subscribed for the module for your period of interest.
