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- ↑ The Cavalry Reserve Regiments The Long, Long Trail
- ↑ Rinaldi 2008, p. 35
- ↑ Ciaran Byrne, The Harp and Crown, the History of the 5th (Royal Irish) Lancers, 1902 - 1922, p. 105
- ↑ General J.G. Maxwell, From the General Officer, Commanding-in-Chief, The Forces in Ireland. To the Field-Marshal, Commanding-in-Chief, The Home Forces. 25 May 1916