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*The National Archives, Kew
**War Diaries: Part VI: Mesopotamia, Iraq and North Persia
***[http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C7362234 11d67342c8e14e118cfce8975134a67d WO 95/5119 /12 1915 July - Oct.] "6 Indian Division Attached Troops: Volunteer Artillery Battery" 6 Indian Division. ***[http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C7362541 df252503ecaf47289cebdf59d197e4b2 WO 95/5188 /6 1916 Jan. - 1917 Mar], 15 Indian DivisionDivisional Troops: Volunteer Artillery Battery.***[http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C7361734 838e5f1d82214632bf5b67cd6bde0307 WO 95/5028 /4 1917 Apr. - 1918 Aug] Euphrates Defence and Communications, Headquarters and Troops: Volunteer Artillery Battery.
*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 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).
