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- ↑ Indian Army List January 1915
- ↑ Supplement to the Indian Army List January 1924 p 383
- ↑ London Gazette 15 August 1917
- ↑ various Indian Army Lists 1919-20
- ↑ various Indian Army Lists 1921-22
- ↑ "The Polo Begins". Time magazine . 5 September 1927. Archived from the original on 25 November 2010. Retrieved 12 April 2011.
No. 1. Capt. Claude Ernest Pert, 29, Army-in-India player, rugby player, boxer, War veteran.
- ↑ "International Polo Player Found Shot", The Times , 10 April 1929, p. 18.