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*[http://www.google.com/books?id=q94KAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA1 "Journal of the Siege of Bhurtpoor"] from ''The British Indian Military Repository Volume 3 1824'' Google Books
*[https://archive.org/details/memoirsofextraor00shiprich/page/n7/mode/2up ''Memoirs of the extraordinary military career of John Shipp, late a lieut. in His Majesty's 87th Regiment''] written by himself. A new illustrated edition with an Introduction by H Manners Chichester 1890 Archive.org. Originally published 1829 in 3 volumes [https://archive.org/details/memoirsofextraor01shipiala/page/n9/mode/2up Volume 1] [https://archive.org/details/memoirsofextraor02shipiala/page/n7/mode/2up Volume 2] [https://archive.org/details/memoirsofextraor03shipiala/page/n7/mode/2up Volume 3] and [https://archive.org/details/memoirsofextraor00ship/page/n5/mode/2up 1843 edition] with a further chapter. Archive.org
:He first enlisted in 1797 age 13 (born 1784) and was with the [[22nd Regiment of Foot]] in India, where he took part in the siege of Bhurtpore (page 99) and as a result he was promoted to be an officer in 1805. He sold out in 1808 and re-enlisted and went to India again. In 1815 he was promoted and became an ensign in the 87th Royal Irish Fusiliers, Chapter 9, commencing page 155. He left India in 1825.
