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- ↑ "Duke of Edinburgh's Royal Regiment". Palace Barracks Memorial Garden. Retrieved 25 January 2010.
- ↑ "The bombing of Sandes Soldiers Home, Ballykinler". 1st Bn Duke of Edinburgh's Royal Regiment. Farmersboys.com. 19 July 2006. Archived from the original on 21 April 2012. Retrieved 5 December 2023.