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*[[Artillery elephants]] for Elephant Brigades.
*[[:Category:Indian Army Artillery|Indian Army Artillery]]
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==Records==
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Artillery_Barracks Royal Artillery Barracks, Woolwich, London] Wikipedia<br>
*[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=HvE_Pa_ZlfsC&pg=PA268&lpg=PA24&dq=Artillery&source=bl&ots=8BC29vkD0x&sig=ONYPQAN3-W8X9y785PowrLFzUq8&hl=en&ei=DsDASfCbB-TGjAe0icEo&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=9&ct=result#PPA24,M1 British Army Artillery] ''Victorians at War'' Google Books<br>
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gunner_(rank) Gunner (rank)] Wikipedia
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombardier_(rank) Bombardier] Wikipedia<br>
*Great War Forum thread [http://1914-1918.invisionzone.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=184081 Driver and Gunner - ranks in the RFA] This [http://1914-1918.invisionzone.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=184081&#entry1792205 post] says: A Driver RA, was one trained to drive a horse drawn vehicle, including gun teams and ammunition wagons. When the guns were in action, the drivers remained at the wagon lines, and assisted in the supply of ammunition.
*Great War Forum thread [http://1914-1918.invisionzone.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=78564&st=0 Drivers Royal Field Artillery] . This [http://1914-1918.invisionzone.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=78564&st=25#entry1742731 post] says: The horses, according to position, were known as leaders, centres and wheelers. [http://1914-1918.invisionzone.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=78564&st=25#entry1741934 Photograph] (must be [[Mailing lists#Military|logged in to GWF]] to view)
*Ian Paterson’s page on the history of many Artillery Regiments including Royal Horse Artillery, [http://www.btinternet.com/~ian.a.paterson/orgartillery.htm Artillery Regiments That Served With The 7th Armoured Division]. Includes details of regiments whose history dates back to the [[Bengal Artillery|Bengal]], [[Madras Artillery|Madras]] and [[Bombay Artillery]].
*[http://www.victorianwars.com/viewtopic.php?f=82&t=3151 Victorian Wars Forum thread] mainly about the Royal Artillery. Includes discussion of boy soldiers, images of sleeve insignia and a photograph of the Left Division of 11th Battery, 9th Brigade, Royal Artillery, India, August 1881.
*[https://www.facebook.com/archive150/photos_stream#!/photo.php?fbid=582231551801927&set=pb.301806946511057.-2207520000.1368451730.&type=3&theater Photograph: c 1914: British 5th Battery RFA – Multan]. Mainly the Indian servants. Archive150 on Facebook
*[http://2heavybtyra.co.uk 2 Heavy Battery Royal Artillery Hinds Company] includes [http://2heavybtyra.co.uk/HISTORY.htm History], with details of India 1883-1920 and [http://2heavybtyra.co.uk/HISTORY2.htm deployments] and battery names during that time.
*Barkachha, (Barkacha) located about five miles south of [[Mirzapur]], was the site of an Artillery camp c 1900. This [http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/19125697#pstart1536263 newspaper article] advises: Barkacha had, previous to this year's work, been exclusively an artillery camp for the annual practice of batteries and brigade divisions, a certain number of senior officers of the other arms being detailed to attend for instruction... There is no doubt that Barkacha is one of the finest artillery practice grounds in India. ''The Brisbane Courier'' (Qld.) Saturday 16 March 1901 page 12 from trove.nla.gov.au*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/It_Ain't_Half_Hot_Mum ''It Ain't Half Hot Mum''] Wikipedia . British sitcom about the adventures of a Royal Artillery Concert Party, broadcast on the BBC between 1974 and 1981. It was set in during the last months of the Second World War in [[Deolali]] (where soldiers were kept before being sent to fight at the front lines), and Burma, located very near the front lines. In 8 series, 56 episodes. The complete set is available to buy through Amazon.co.uk from the [http://astore.amazon.co.uk/faminbriindso-21/detail/B003ZUXZAY FIBIS Shop]
====Individuals====
*[http://www.flickr.com/photos/hliguy/8225442006/ Photograph: Royal Artillery Officer in India c 1860] flickr.com
*Photographs from Soldiers of the Queen: [http://www.soldiersofthequeen.com/page4-India.html The Jewel in the Crown]
**[http://www.soldiersofthequeen.com/page4w-LtKiethRA.html Lt. John Keith], R.A. and the newspaper article relating to his death after being attacked by a wounded tiger. He was commissioned into the Royal Artillery on 1 April 1861 and was assigned to the 13th Brigade, 8th Battery in [[Secunderabad]], India on in May 1861. He died 24 April, 1867 at [[Nagpore]]. He was stationed at the nearby cantonment of [[Kamptee]] where he was buried
*[http://www.stevenleake.co.uk/leake_history.asp Henry Frederick Leake] joined the Royal Artillery 18 September 1859. He sailed almost immediately for Madras and remained in India until he was discharged in 1881. Family website.
*Article: [http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1229067/One-British-soldiers-diaries-bloody-battle-Afghanistan-130-years-ago-provide-haunting-insight-horrors-troops-face-now.html "The amazing story of Bobbie, the bravest dog of war, as told in a British soldier's diary of a bloody battle in Afghanistan 130 years ago"] by Geoffrey Wansell 19 November 2009 www.dailymail.co.uk. Describes letters written by Captain John Slade of the Royal Horse Artillery about the [[Battle of Maiwand]] in 1880, an action in the [[2nd Afghan War]]
*[http://www.members.dca.net/fbl/obrien.html Master Gunner, later Major & Quarter Master, John O'Brien, Royal Artillery] His first active service was as an underage Trumpeter in the 2 nd Afghan War 1878-1880, attached to the 6th Battery, 8 th Brigade, Royal Artillery. He saw active service in India to 1888. members.dca.net
*[http://picasaweb.google.com/paulnsheila/FrancisDownAndIndiaPhotos# Photographs by Francis William Downs “A Bty., 218th Bde., R.F.A.] Calcutta c 1916 (Picasa Web Albums) mentioned in a [http://1914-1918.invisionzone.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=100251&view=findpost&p=940848 Great War Forum] thread for India
*Charles George Thomas Barnes was in the 1/2nd Sussex, Royal Field Artillery (Territorial Force) in [[Mhow]], Central India from 1915-1917, when the Brigade was sent to Mesopotamia where it joined the 17th (Indian) Division. Two photographs taken in Mhow may be seen [http://www.barnesfamilyhistory.org.uk/guerra__sons.htm here], and service details may be seen [http://www.barnesfamilyhistory.org.uk/firstworldwar/those_who_served.htm here] Barnes Family History website.
*[http://www.king-emperor.com/page53.html 17 Pack Battery RGA in India] www.king-emperor.com. Contains photographs from an album belonging to Harry Lamming, Battery Sergeant-Major of the 17th Pack Battery RGA. The 17th Pack Battery served in India from 1920 to 1927, and was posted to various stations including [[Razmak]] in North Waziristan.
*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~derekboddington/album_5/slides/artillery_gp.html Photograph: A group of off-duty Artillerymen from No. 3 Bty, 3rd Bde relaxing in fatigues and solar "topees"] by Lance Sergeant Thomas Boddington, [[Quetta]], Baluchistan, about 1926. Family website
*Article [http://www.blackcountrybugle.co.uk/News/Son-tells-us-of-gunners-service-in-1930s-India-24052012.htm "Son tells us of gunner's service in 1930s India"] by Dan Shaw briefly mentions Albert Bakewell, stationed in India with Royal Artillery 17th Light Battery, between 1929 and 1936, a lot of the time in the tribal territories. blackcountrybugle.co.uk
*Listen to the [http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/80014873 1995 interview with Ronald William Swann] British NCO with 238 Bty, 115th Field Regt, Royal Artillery in GB, France and Belgium and India 1939-1942; served with 160th Jungle Field Regt, Royal Artillery in Bengal, India, 1943; officer served with artillery unit during Second Chindit Expedition in Burma, 1944 Imperial War Museums
