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*The National Archives, Kew
**War Diaries: Part VI: Mesopotamia, Iraq and North Persia
***[http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C7362234 11d67342c8e14e118cfce8975134a67d WO 95/5119 /12 1915 July - Oct.] "6 Indian Division Attached Troops: Volunteer Artillery Battery" 6 Indian Division. ***[http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C7362541 df252503ecaf47289cebdf59d197e4b2 WO 95/5188 /6 1916 Jan. - 1917 Mar], 15 Indian DivisionDivisional Troops: Volunteer Artillery Battery.***[http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C7361734 838e5f1d82214632bf5b67cd6bde0307 WO 95/5028 /4 1917 Apr. - 1918 Aug] Euphrates Defence and Communications, Headquarters and Troops: Volunteer Artillery Battery.
*The Imperial War Museums, Department of Documents holds the papers of Major Sir Alexander James Anderson, who commanded the Volunteer Artillery Battery, catalogue reference AJA<ref>Discovery [http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/browse/r/f33813e5-7b63-429d-8a6b-603604e83d9a?src=1&sK=062-aja2.txt catalogue entry]. Previous [https://web.archive.org/web/20141027110711/http://apps.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a/records.aspx?cat=062-aja2&cid=-1#-1 catalogue entry]</ref> The papers Include a manuscript diary, with later transcription, kept during September 1915 - April 1916, during which time the Battery was involved in the defence of Kut . The diary includes a list of officers, NCOs and men in his unit, giving their civil occupations and ultimate fates. (pp.1-5).
==Individuals==
*''The Rangoon Times'' says:- It is regrettable that the first news of the Moblie Battery should be the sad news of the drowning of J C Jordan,… who was accidentally drowned in Mesopotamia on 31 July… the son of Mr Chater Jordan, the late well-known barrister of Rangoon.<ref>"India And The War" (1915, Aug 17), page 7 ''The Times of India'' Retrieved from <nowiki>http://search.proquest.com/docview/500180775?accountid=13902</nowiki></ref>. He was buried at Amara Cemetery, [http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/629055/JORDAN,%20J%20C CWGC record], where his regiment is recorded as Madras Artillery Volunteers.*Rangoon, June 5. An official communication has been received from the Adjutant-General in India, giving the following twenty-eight names of non-commissioned officers and men from the Volunteer Artillery Battery, who were made prisoners at Kut. Sergeants Heals and Rollo; Bombardier Baroni, Christison, and Gunners Wells, Abrahams, Archer, Ariss, Dias, Illingworth, Lether, Ghosh, Macgowan, Grant, Mitchell, Prazer, Wall, Foley, Lecky, Thompson, Loader, Pearse, Sharp, Sirt[appears to be Sirr<ref>clive_hughes [http://1914-1918.invisionzone.com/forums/index.php?/topic/248745-on-soldiers-effects-not-on-cwgc-help-please-kut-vol-arty-battery/&do=findComment&comment=2507853 On Soldiers Effects not on CWGC? Help please! Kut - Vol Arty Battery] ''Great War Forum'' 25 March 2017. Retrieved 25 March 2017.</ref>], Warson, Blazey, Dawes, Webb and Wilcox.<ref>"Rangoon Volunteers In Kut". (1916, Jun 07), page 7. ''The Times of India''. Retrieved from <nowiki>http://search.proquest.com/docview/596274855?accountid=13902</nowiki></ref>**[http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/158634493 "Bombardier Pearse. How He Died. Unwholesome Turkish Biscuits"]. ''National Advocate'' (Bathurst, NSW) 27 Nov 1917 Page 3 trove.nla.gov.au <ref>charlie962. [http://1914-1918.invisionzone.com/forums/index.php?/topic/248745-on-soldiers-effects-not-on-cwgc-help-please/&do=findComment&comment=2507559 On Soldiers Effects not on CWGC? Help please! Kut - Vol Arty Battery] ''Great War Forum'' 24 March 2017. Retrieved 25 March 2017.</ref>
*Believed Prisoners of War: Volunteer Artillery Battery: Major A J Anderson, Captain K F Freeland, Lieutenant R Spence, 2nd Lieutenant E H Jones.<ref>"The Roll Of Honour: Losses in the War" (1916, Jul 31), page 8 ''The Times of India''. Retrieved from <nowiki>http://search.proquest.com/docview/310895555?accountid=13902
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*"Kut Heroes: Bombay's Welcome": Corpl. Hutt and Gunners Archer, Gosh, Anderson, Ariss, Mitchell and Dias, all R.F.A. Volunteer Field Battery<ref>''The Times of India'' 30 Dec 1918: page 9</ref>
* See [[Calcutta Volunteer Battery]] for two POW death records from the CWGC website.
==External links==
*''En-Dor Unveiled : The Story behind The Road to En-dor'' by Tony Craven Walker February 2014. [http://docs.google.com/viewer?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.hesperuspress.com%2Fthe-road-to-en-dor%2Fdownloads%2FEndorUnveiled.pdf html version], [https://www.hesperuspress.com/the-road-to-en-dor/downloads/EndorUnveiled.pdf pdf], [http://www.hesperuspress.com/the-road-to-en-dor/download-free-ebook.htm link to other downloads] hesperuspress.com. Retrieved 26 October 2014. Contains correspondence from E H Jones, refer "Historical books online" below. He was part of the Contingent from Burma.
