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76 Battery, Royal Field Artillery



   X Brigade, Royal Field Artillery, made up of 76, 81 and 82 Batteries served with 6th (Poona) Division, Indian Army. 63 Battery replaced 81 before the Division sailed for Mesopotamia in autumn 1914 and saw service in the Tigris campaigns before being besieged at Kut-al-Amara. On 29 April 1916 the gunners were taken prisoner when the garrison of Kut surrendered.

9th Sep 1914  Orders Received

6th Nov 1914 On the Move

8th Nov 1914 On the Move

9th Nov 1914 On the Move

14th Nov 1914 On the Move

15th Nov 1914 On the Move

16th Nov 1914 On the Move

17th Nov 1914 On the Move

17th Nov 1914 In Action

18th Nov 1914 At Rest

19th Nov 1914 At Rest

20th Nov 1914 At Rest

21st Nov 1914 On the March

22nd Nov 1914 At Rest

23rd Nov 1914 Procession

24th Nov 1914 On the Move

25th Nov 1914 On the Move

26th Nov 1914 Arrival

28th Nov 1914 On the Move

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76 Battery, Royal Field Artillery

during the Great War 1914-1918.

  • Kirk DCM. Edward Ernest. Gnr. (d.7th Feb 1917)
  • Munns Robert Henry. Dvr. (d.19th August 1916)

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Gnr. Edward Ernest Kirk DCM 76 Bty. Royal Field Artillery (d.7th Feb 1917)

Edward Kirk was a serving soldier at the start of WW1 having joined the Army in 1911. He was sent to fight in an area known then as Mesopotamia in November 1914. He took part in the battle of Barjisiyah (Turkey) in 1915, where he was awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal. The following year things took a turn for the worse when his Battery were trapped at the siege of Kut al Amara, and they and many others were forced to surrender.

He died in captivity on 7 February 1917 and is buried in the Baghdad War Cemetery.





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Dvr. Robert Henry Munns 76th Battery Royal Field Artillery (d.19th August 1916)

Robert Munns was born in 1888 to Alfred and Ellen, he had five siblings. In 1891 he was living with his parents and siblings at Woolmer's Lodge Hertingfordbury. In 1901 he was living with his parents and siblings at East Barnet, Hertfordshire. In 1908 he joined the Army, The Royal Horse and Royal Field Artillery service No 59687, on the 17th December 1909 he converted service 6 years with the Colours and 6 years in the Reserves. On the 29th November 1911 Robert was serving with the Regiment in India.

On the 19th of August 1916 Robert died. This date was accepted as the official date as he was a prisoner of war in Turkey at the time.

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