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*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>
*:He died at Shamras on 2 May 1916, and had previously been employed by Burma Oil Co. at Rangoon.<ref>rflory [http://1914-1918.invisionzone.com/forums/index.php?/topic/248822-vincent-allen-alfred-pearse-volunteer-artillery-battery/&do=findComment&comment=2508977 Vincent Allen Alfred Pearse, Volunteer Artillery Battery] ''Great War Forum'' 29 March 2017. Retrieved 29 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</nowiki></ref>
*"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.
