82 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

20th Nov 1914 At Rest

21st Nov 1914 On the March

22nd Nov 1914 At Rest

23rd Nov 1914 Procession

26th Nov 1914 Arrival

28th Nov 1914 On the Move

16th of September 1915 Reliefs

18th of September 1915 Heavy Gunfire Heard

19th of September 1915 A Quiet Night

20th of September 1915 Catapults Effective

21st of September 1915 Catapults Active

23rd of September 1915 Hostile Patrol Seen

25th of September 1915 1st Army Success Cheered

26th of September 1915 A Marsh Patrol

27th of September 1915 Deserter Comes In

1st of November 1915 East Surreys Shoot German

4th of November 1915 Bugle Calls

5th of November 1915 MG Fire Causes Confusion

6th of November 1915 Heavies in Action

7th of November 1915 Gun is Bulged

8th of November 1915 A Newspaper Delivery

9th of November 1915 Orders

10th of November 1915 Enemy Explode Mine

11th of November 1915 Persistent Shelling

13th of November 1915 Sausages Fired

14th of November 1915 A Flag Removed

15th of November 1915 Heavy Snow

18th of November 1915 Transport Heard

20th of November 1915 Enemy Guns Active

21st of November 1915 Patrol

22nd of November 1915 Three Enemy Killed

25th of November 1915 Enemy Building Redoubts

26th of November 1915 Air Raid

27th of November 1915 Heavies Retaliate

28th of November 1915 Working Party Dispersed

29th of November 1915 Enemy Transport Shelled

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