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References
- Glover, Gareth (2010), Waterloo Archive Vol 1: British Sources, vol. 1 (illustrated ed.), Frontline Books, p. 246, ISBN 9781848325401
- Urban, Sylvanus, ed. (January–June 1843), "Obituary: Major-Gen. Percy Drummond C.B.", Gentleman's Magazine , 173: 320
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