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*[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://www.voyagetoindia.co.uk Voyage to India: Memoirs of the 1st/3rd Kent Battery 1914] Frank William Critchley was 22 years old and a sergeant in the 1st/3rd Kent Battery, Royal Artillery. He travelled to India on the troopship Grantully Castle which departed Southampton 29 Oct 1914 and arrived Bombay 2 December 1914. The Battery then travelled to [[Jubbulpore]]. voyagetoindia.co.uk
*[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.
