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Volunteer Artillery Battery

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==Records==
*The National Archives, Kew**War Diaries: Part VI: Mesopotamia, Iraq and North Persia***[http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C7362234 WO 95/5119 1915 July - Oct.] "Attached Troops: Volunteer Artillery Battery" 6 Indian Division***[http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C7362541 WO 95/5188 1916 Jan. - 1917 Mar], 15 Indian Division***[http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C7361734 WO 95/5028 1917 Apr. - 1918 Aug] Euphrates Defence and Communications*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 AJA 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).
==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.
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