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There is a War Diary for service in Palestine, April 1917 to December 1918. In July 1917, when stationed at El Arish (Arish), Egypt, (this part of) the Calcutta Volunteer Battery was renamed 204th "Calcutta" Battery RGA <ref>Porter, David [http://1914-1918.invisionzone.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=225519&p=2237636 Online 1916 article re Calcutta Volunteer Battery] ''Great War Forum'' 11 March 2015. Retrieved 15 March 2015</ref>
'''Note''': For some Army record purposes, it seems this Battery had no formal existence, and the men are regarded as part of their original Volunteer Regiments.
==Also see==
==Records==
*National Archives catalogue reference [http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C7247323 WO 329/2939 Calcutta Volunteer Battery, East Africa miscellaneous: medal rolls. 1914-15 Star]
*Ancestry database for the British War Medal and Victory Medal roll, Indian Army/ The Cal.Port Def. Garr.Arty. AF page 494 (of 618) contains a list of names for Mesopotamia and East Africa, and pages 431 and 432 are stated to have more Calcutta Artillery Volunteers for Africa.<ref>charlie962 [http://1914-1918.invisionzone.com/forums/index.php?/topic/225519-online-1916-article-re-calcutta-volunteer-battery-artillery-east-afr/&do=findComment&comment=2507288 Online 1916 article re Calcutta Volunteer Battery [Artillery<nowiki>]</nowiki>-East Afr] ''Great War Forum'' 23 March 2017. Retrieved 26 March 2017.</ref>
*National Archives catalogue reference [http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C7360107 WO 95/4728 War Diary: Lines of communication Palestine: 204 Calcutta Battery Royal Garrison Artillery 1917 Apr. - 1918 Dec.]
*''Seventeenth Annual Report of the Calcutta Port Defence Volunteer Corps, season 1915-1916'' is available at the [[British Library]]. This may '''possibly''' contain a reference to those serving overseas.
