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The '''Volunteer Artillery Battery''' took part in the [[Mesopotamia Campaign]] during the [[First World War]] and was . Detachments of the Battery were captured at Kut.

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 Volunteer Artillery Battery included several men of the [[Bombay Volunteer Artillery]] possibly may have been part , "some of this groupwhom made the great sacrifice".<ref name=TOI>"Volunteers At Kut: How the Gunners Fought" ''The Times of India'' 16 Oct 1919: page 12 </ref><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]].

The Battery, soon after arrival from India, was divided into two sections, one preceding up the Euphrates and the other up the Tigris river. <ref name=TOI/> The portion of the Volunteer Artillery Battery that went through the siege of Kut comprised four 15 pr. detachments, two being stationed at one period of the siege in the Fort and two others near the north-west section trenches.<ref name=TOI/> The total strength of the Battery was 67, of whom 50 were from Burma. Of the total Battery of 67, 38 became casualties. 45 of the men were taken POW with 18 of them dying during captivity.<ref>Flory, Dick [http://1914-1918.invisionzone.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=219723&p=2175374 Bombardier A N Christison Indian Volunteer Artillery] ''Great War Forum'' 26 October 2014 et al., quoting Major A J Anderson. Retrieved 27 October 2014</ref>Appendix II of Major Sandes' book ''In Kut and Captivity'', see below, advises 5 British Officers, 53 British Other Ranks and 10 Followers, total 68.