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- ↑ Indian Army List supplement 1930
- ↑ Officer casualties of the Indian Armies 1803-1946 by A. J. Farrington
- ↑ Monkton Combe School register 1868-1965
- ↑ Monkton Combe School Register 1868-1965
- ↑ Curzon Collection: Views of the North-West Frontier and the Gilgit-Chitral Frontier. British Library.
- ↑ "No. 27997". The London Gazette . 19 February 1907. p. 1193.
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- ↑ "No. 30451". The London Gazette . 1 January 1918. p. 83.
- ↑ Supplement to the Indian Army List January 1930
- ↑ Kennion, Roger Lloyd (1866-1942) Lieutenant Colonel Colonial Administrator National Register of Archives
- ↑ Person Page - 51372. The Peerage. Site accessed 24 June 2012.
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