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*See [[British Army Territorial Force troops arriving in 1914]] for some of the Royal Field Artillery Batteries which arrived at the end of 1914.=====2nd Kent Battery=====*[http://wwwIn 1916 and 1917 there was a renaming and renumbering of Artillery Brigades and Batteries.dovergrammar.co.uk/archives/old-pharos/No-019.html Letter to his old school] from Sidney D. Igglesden 2nd Kent BatteryAs an example, in 1916, the IV Wessex Brigade was renamed, R.F.A. becoming the 218th (T.IV Wessex)Brigade, JubbulporeRFA. ''The Pharos. The Magazine of Dover County SchoolIn 1917, the component batteries were numbered, with the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Devonshire Batteries becoming 1094th, No. 19. July1095th, 1915. Vol. VI''and 1096th Batteries. Scroll down to “Letters from Old Boys”*<ref> Great War Forum thread [httpshttp://www1914-1918.flickrinvisionzone.com/photosforums/sunnybrook100/4083822623/ Photograph: Driver J Goodwin 2nd Kent Battery index.php?showtopic=100251 218th RFA May 1916in India]. Probably</possibly in India. flickr.comref>
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*[http://www.1914-1918.net/rfa_units_16.html XVI Brigade, RFA] A unit of Britain's pre-war regular army and comprising 89, 90 and 91 Batteries, this brigade came under command of the 1st (Peshawar) Division of the Indian Army and was based at Nowshera. It remained in India throughout the war, only leaving Nowshera for Rawalpindi in November 1918.
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*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
*2nd Kent Battery
**[http://www.dovergrammar.co.uk/archives/old-pharos/No-019.html Letter to his old school] from Sidney D. Igglesden 2nd Kent Battery, R.F.A. (T.), Jubbulpore. ''The Pharos. The Magazine of Dover County School, No. 19. July, 1915. Vol. VI''. Scroll down to “Letters from Old Boys”
**[https://www.flickr.com/photos/sunnybrook100/4083822623/ Photograph: Driver J Goodwin 2nd Kent Battery RFA May 1916]. Probably/possibly in India. flickr.com
*[http://picasaweb.google.com/paulnsheila/FrancisDownAndIndiaPhotos# Photographs by Francis William Downs “A Bty., 218th Bde., R.F.A.] Calcutta c 1916 (Picasa Web Albums)
*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://5thsussex.blogspot.co.uk/ The 5th Sussex (Reserve) Battery] was formed on the South Coast and spent time in England until October 1917 when it joined the Indian Division in Mesopotamia and subsequently took part in the [[3rd Afghan War|Afghanistan War of 1919]]. Includes photographs from the collection of Edward Midmore who was based at [[Karachi]], [[Quetta]] and Charriam in India, and was associated with the Capture of Spin Boldak in Afgahnistan in 1919, although he was not directly involved in the fighting.
*[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
