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- ↑ "Regimental Band (London) - British Army Website". MOD. Retrieved 4 January 2017.
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- ↑ "Queen's Own Yeomanry - British Army Website". MOD. Retrieved 4 January 2017.
- ↑ "Scottish and North Irish Yeomanry - British Army Website". MOD. Retrieved 4 January 2017.
- ↑ "E (Lothians and Border Yeomanry) Sqn". MOD. Retrieved 6 November 2015.
- ↑ "A (Ayrshire (EOCO) Yeomanry) Sqn". MOD. Retrieved 6 November 2015.
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- ↑ "The Royal Bucks Hussars". Archived from the original on 19 March 2015. Retrieved 4 January 2018.