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- 1 2 Major Julian Quixano Henriques, The War History of the 1st Battalion Queen's Westminster Rifles 1914-1918 (Medici Society Ltd; London, 1923), page xiii
- 1 2 3 "Military Uniform". Heatons of Tisbury.
- ↑ 'Forthcoming Events', Volunteer Service Gazette and Military Dispatch, 25 May 1861, page 12
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