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===Historical books online===
*''History of the 2nd King Edward's Own Goorkha Rifles (The Sirmoor Rifles)'' by Colonel L W Shakespear 2nd KEO Goorkha Rifles.
:[http://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015012317171?urlappend=%3Bseq=11 Volume I] from 1815, published 1912. HathiTrust Digital Library. [https://archive.org/details/hist2ndgookharifles-v1/page/n11/mode/2up Archive.org mirror version]. Also available [http://pahar.in/wpfb-file/1912-history-of-2nd-king-edwards-own-goorkha-rifles-sirmoor-rifles-by-shakespear-s-pdf/ PAHAR Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset (MCADD)] (link to a pdf download). If the download button does not display, locate under Books/Indian Subcontinent/1912.:[http://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.b4522146?urlappend=%3Bseq=9 Volume II 1911-1921], published 1924. HathiTrust Digital Library. [https://archive.org/details/hist2ndgoorkhas-v2/page/n9/mode/2up Archive.org mirror version]. Volume II is also available [https://www.fold3.com/browse/251/hTGb85NZ8EamDdOvsXTJ-PEPl online on fold 3] (Ancestry owned pay website) in a Naval & Military Press reprint edition, located in International/Military Books/India (where possibly images and maps may be clearer).
:Volume III, by G R Stevens, is for the period 1921-1948, and is available at the British Library, part of UIN: BLL01013084299, which advises there is also a Volume IV, 1948-2003.
*[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.72740 ''The Gurkhas''] 1928 Archive.org, mirror from Digital Library of India. Full title: ''The Gurkhas: their Manners, Customs and Country'' by Major W Brook Northey, late 1st KGO Gurkha Rifles and Captain C J Morris 3rd QAO Gurkha Rifles. Also available as a download from [http://pahar.in/wpfb-file/1928-the-gurkhas-their-manners-customs-and-country-by-northey-s-pdf/ PAHAR] Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset.
