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The '''Volunteer Artillery Battery''' took part in the [[Mesopotamia Campaign]] during the [[First World War]] and was captured at Kut.
The majority of the men were from Burma. They were known as the Volunteer Artillery Battery (Rangoon Contingent) and probably had a connection to the [[Rangoon Port Defence Volunteer Corps]] , which had an Artillery section.
They sailed from Bombay 16 July 1915, arriving in Basra 24th July.<ref>''En-Dor Unveiled : The Story behind The Road to En-dor'' by Tony Craven Walker, refer External links, above</ref>
Men from the [[Bombay Volunteer Artillery]] possibly may have been part of this group<ref> 'Searle of the Bombay Artillery' (with a footnote specifying Bombay Volunteer Artillery ) is mentioned as a POW following the fall of Kut in "Trumpeter Inwood, an Anglo-Indian hero of the Kut Garrison" by Rosemary Reardon page 25, ''[[FIBIS Journal]]'' No 32, Autumn 2014, quoting TNA WO 157/1059. However, his name does not appear on a list of Volunteer Artillery Battery members.(see following Reference)</ref>.Alternatively, and perhaps more likely, the Bombay Volunteer Artillery men may have been part of the [[First World War#Anglo-Indians|Anglo Indian Battery]].
