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*[http://books.google.com/books?id=w1IBAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA35 ''The Victoria Cross; an official chronicle of the deeds of personal valour achieved in presence of the enemy during the Crimean and Baltic campaigns, the Indian mutinies, and the Persia, China, and New Zealand wars'] (1865) Google Books
*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=R24BAAAAQAAJ&pg=PR1 ''How I won the Victoria Cross''] by Thomas Henry Kavanagh, Assistant Commissioner in Oudh, 1860 Google Books
*[https://catalog.hathitrustarchive.org/Recorddetails/012224477 victoriacrossindia/page/n7/mode/2up ''The Victoria Cross in India''] by Major Knollys c 1886, first published c 1877. Awards for Archive.org. Part of the series ''Deeds of Daring Library''. The Victoria Cross awarded in India during the [[Indian Mutiny]]. HathiTrust Digital Library, available to those in areas such as North America. Also [https://www.google.com.au/books/edition/_/DnY4AQAAMAAJ Google Books version]:[http://pahar.in/wpfb-file/1880-the-victoria-cross-in-the-colonies-and-gallant-sepoys-and-soward-by-knollys-s-pdf/ ''The Victoria Cross in the Colonies and Gallant Sepoys and Sowars''] by William Wallingford Knollys. Catalogued 1880. (Note: catalogued title includes ''Soward''.) Link to a pdf download PAHAR Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset. [https://archive.org/details/dli.pahar.0972 Archive.org mirror version]. Includes details of the Victoria Cross awarded in India after the Indian Mutiny. First part to page 85; 2nd part to page 176. Part of the series ''Deeds of Daring Library''.
*''The Victoria Cross in Afghanistan and on the frontiers of India during the years 1877, 1878, 1879 & 1880 : how it was won'' related by W.J. Elliott 1882. Part of the series ''Deeds of Daring Library''. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.80165/page/n3 Archive.org version], missing map. [http://pahar.in/wpfb-file/1882-the-victoria-cross-in-afghanistan-and-on-the-frontiers-of-india-by-elliott-s-pdf/ Pahar version], link to a pdf download, PAHAR Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset. If download does not display, locate under Books/Afghanistan/1882.
*[http://archive.org/stream/mythreeyearsinm01grimgoog#page/n316/mode/2up "Major Grant’s Narrative"], page 283 ''My Three Years in Manipur and Escape from the Recent Mutiny'' by Ethel St. Clair Grimwood 1891 Archive.org. Major Grant of the [[72nd Punjab Regiment|12th Regiment ( 2nd Burma Bn) Madras Infantry]] was awarded the V.C. for the actions in [[Manipur]] in 1891
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