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*''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>
*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, 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!] ''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.
