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- 1 2 Westlake p.40
- ↑ Westlake p.41
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- ↑ Westlake, Ray (2020). Guide to the Volunteer Training Corps 1914-1918. Uckfield: Naval and Military Press. pp. 4–7. ISBN 9781783315390.
- 1 2 3 4 5 "Cheshire Regiment" . Retrieved 21 August 2020.
- 1 2 3 4 5 "Unit History: Cheshire Regiment" . Retrieved 21 August 2020.
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- 1 2 Whittaker p. 108
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- 1 2 Whittaker pps. 116-117
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- ↑ "2nd Battalion, Cheshire Regiment during the Second World War" . Retrieved 22 August 2020.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "The Second World War and Post War Years". Archived from the original on 1 September 2005. Retrieved 22 August 2020.
- ↑ "History of the Home Guard" . Retrieved 29 June 2022.
- 1 2 "1st Battalion, 22nd Regiment of Foot / 1st Battalion, The Cheshire Regiment / 1st Battalion, The Mercian Regiment". Archived from the original on 23 October 2007. Retrieved 22 August 2020.
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- Ray Westlake. Tracing the Rifle Volunteers: A Guide for Military and Family Historians, Casemate Publishers, 2010