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*[https://www.findmypast.com/blog/discoveries/troop-ship "Life on board a troop ship"] Findmypast Blog 10 September 2020. Stated to from February 1898 ''Army and Navy Gazette'', however this article could '''not''' be located in the Findmypast newspapers database.
*[http://www.shippingwondersoftheworld.com/troopships.html "Troopships and Trooping"] Transcript of an article from ''Shipping Wonders of the World'', part 39, published 3 November 1936.
*[http://archive.is/U0G6 Troopships and Trooping] by R G Robertson movcon.org.uk, now archived, archive.is. Includes mention of troopships to India. [https://web.archive.org/web/20120224181422/http://www.movcon.org.uk/History/Documents/DID/D-MCHS%200290.10.htm ArchiveTroopships and Trooping] by R G Robertson movcon.org link]. uk, now archived. Includes mention of troopships to India.
*Bad conditions on troop ships coming to India in the late 1700s are mentioned in [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1081841/?page=14 "The soldier's friend—Sir Jeremiah Fitzpatrick"] by Richard L. Blanco ''Med Hist. 1976 October; 20(4): 402–421'', particularly 415-417
*[http://www.jstor.org/stable/44223063 First page "A Soldier's Life in Burma and India 1854-1874"] by W. G. Shelton, ''Journal of the Society for Army Historical Research'' Vol. 52, No. 209 (Spring 1974), pp. 17-33. Based on a memoir by Sergeant-Major Alexander Morton of the [[35th Regiment of Foot]]. jstor.org. Contains a description of the conditions on board the ship to India. Register with jstor.org and read online for free, see [[Miscellaneous tips]], including details of conditions.
