Download or read book With a Siege Battery in France written by J. O. K. Delap and published by Naval & Military Press. This book was released on 2003 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a record of the 303rd Siege Battery R.G.A. in England, Belgium, France and Germany, ending in December 1918 on the Rhine. The Battery was formed at Crown Hill, Plymouth, on 17th November 1916, to be equipped with six 6 Howitzers towed by four-wheel drive tractors. The first chapter discusses the employment of heavy artillery in the two basic roles: counter-bombardment and bombardment. It describes changes in tactics and techniques, support for surprise assaults (first used at Cambrai in 1917) involving secrecy and concealment. The Battery left for France in April 1917 and fought on the Western front for the rest of the war - at Messines, Ypres, Cambrai, during the German 1918 offensive, at Amiens, Arras, Valenciennes and Mons and took part in the march to the Rhine; the last illustration in the book shows No 1 Gun in position beside the Rhine at Bonn. There is the Roll of all who served with the Battery which shows in each case final rank, date of joining, departing, why and where to. All casualties, dead, wounded, gassed, sick etc are also shown against the relevant name on the roll. At the end are two chapters, one on O.P.s and the other on Signals, wireless and Lewis guns. Finally there is a table summarising casualties; in all there were 222 and there is breakdown showing the nature of the casualty, i.e., killed, died of wounds, gassed etc.
Download or read book With a Siege Battery in France 303 Siege Battery R G a 1916 1919 written by J. O. K Delap and published by . This book was released on 2006-06 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book 178 Siege Battery R G A written by J.J. Webber and published by Andrews UK Limited. This book was released on 2012-03-30 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The battery was raised at Forth in June 1916, equipped with four 6in Howitzers. The book describes the origin of the battery and opens with the nominal roll of the original battery, six officers and 128 men, with a group photo. To this roll are added, separately, the names of 14 officers who joined later. At the end is the nominal roll at the start of demobilization, six officers and 130 men, again with a group photo. The battery left for France on 8 October 1916, joining the 54th Heavy Artillery Group in the Arras sector, where it was in action in the offensive of April 1917 and in May. In June 1917 it moved to Ypres and took part in the Third Ypres fighting. In November the battery was in action at Cambrai and in March 1918 it was involved in the retreat and then in the counter-offensive leading to the final advance. An ammunition report gives the total expenditure in the two years the battery was on the Western Front as 108,271 rounds, a weight of 4,833 tons.There is a list of honours and awards and of promotions and postings out of the battery. The roll of honour gives date of death and place of burial (there were no officers among the dead), and there is a separate roll of the wounded, again with date. Most useful is the diary of events detailing the battery's moves, locations, and periods in action.
Download or read book 178 Siege Battery R G A B E F France 1916 1918 written by Great Britain. Army. Royal Garrison Artillery. Siege Battery, 178 and published by . This book was released on 1919 with total page 127 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Two Eleven written by Great Britain. - Army. - Royal Artillery. - Royal Garrison Artillery. - 211 Siege Battery and published by . This book was released on 1925 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Covers the entire life of the Battery, from its formation in 1916 until its disbandment in 1919.
Download or read book Siege Battery 94 During the World War 1914 18 written by C.E. B. Lowe and published by . This book was released on 2005-02 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This little history is a gem, a delight for the researcher, the medallist, the historian and for the general reader with an interest in the war of the guns on the Western Front. It was compiled as a basis for the creation of a 94 Siege Battery Old Comrades Association and as such would contain a nominal roll of all ranks who served in the battery, and it is much more than a simple nominal roll. 94 Siege Battery (9.2 inch Howitzers) began its existence on 16th December 1916 at Tynemouth under the command of Capt D.A.Sandford who was to command it right through to 4th September 1918. Forty percent of the personnel consisted of Regulars and New Army men from the Tynemouth R.G.A. garrison, the remainder were Territorials from the Durham R.G.A (West Hartlepools). The Battery went to France on 30th May 1916 and subsequently fought on the Somme, at Arras, Messines, on the Flanders coast, in the March 1918 retreat and the counter offensive and advance to victory. It was demobilised in June 1919. Taking up nearly half of the book is the final chapter headed Nominal Rolls. This is made up of eight parts: Roll of Honour giving date, place and nature of death; Honours and Awards, giving date and where obtained. Then follow a series of nominal rolls, in each case giving home address, period with the unit and reason for leaving, and these rolls are: Officers; NCOs and men who joined the battery on formation and served with it throughout its time in France; the rest of the original unit who landed in France with it in May 1916; reinforcements, including attached; RASC (MT ) officers and men. Finally there is a table giving a summary of battery positions occupied, arranged in chronological order.
Download or read book History of the 6th Canadian Siege Battery France Belgium and Germany 1916 1919 written by F. G. (Steve) Green and published by . This book was released on 1969 with total page 70 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Battery A 103rd Field Artillery in France written by Frederick Ambrose 1891- [From McKenna and published by Andesite Press. This book was released on 2015-08-11 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Download or read book Battery A 103rd Field Artillery in France written by Frederick Ambrose McKenna and published by . This book was released on 1921 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book History of the 135th Siege Battery R G a written by D.J Walters and published by . This book was released on 2004-04 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 135th Siege Battery came into being in May 1916, at Tynemouth, equipped with 8 Howitzers, four at first, made up to six in January 1918. Only three months after it had been formed the battery landed in France, in August 1916, and went straight into the Somme battle. Subsequently it was in action in the Arras sector from March to July 1917, then on the coast at Nieuport where it remained till December. From December 1917 to December 1918 it was part of the 83rd Brigade, R.G.A. and in that period it was in action at Vimy Ridge in support of the 47th and 56th Divisions. It played a significant part in the defence against and defeat of enemy assaults on that feature. At the end of July the battery moved to the Amiens sector to take part in the allied counter-offensive and in the final advance. All this activity is well covered in the narrative and well supported by maps, and diagrams with good photos. Where this book scores highly is in the appendices and the information they contain, the first of which (most unusual) is the record of one of its howitzers, on display at the Crystal Palace after the war, in the form of a diary describing how it was employed between January 1918 and the armistice. There is a Roll of Honour listing the twenty-nine killed or died of wounds stating where and when the casualty occurred and where the dead man is buried. Another appendix lists all the wounded with date, nature of casualty and disposal. There is the monthly summary of casualties from August 1916 to October 1918 and there are tables showing monthly ammunition expenditure in 1916,1917 and 1918. Another table gives the record of the brigade in action between 8 August and 11 November 1918, showing its employment with dates, number of rounds fired, the nature of the action and casualty figures (150,051 rounds fired, total casualties 269). Finally there is the nominal roll of officers and men. A very workmanlike history.
Download or read book Battery E in France written by Kilner Frederic Richard and published by Hardpress Publishing. This book was released on 2016-06-23 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made available for future generations to enjoy.
Download or read book 76 Siege Battery written by Penstone and published by . This book was released on 2005-05-01 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The battery was formed at Harwich in August 1915 and in the early days of its existence there had to be a measure of improvisation and inspiration since there were no guns. Old lumber and any sort of equipment took the place of guns but, blessed with one or two expert carpenters in the battery, it wasn t long before very creditable productions in the way of imitation directors and dial sights were soon available. When the battery started training, it had to use 8 inch and 6.6 muzzle- loading howitzers with black powder charges. The battery went to France in March 1916, equipped with four 9.2 inch, and took up positions near Albert. On 1st July the 76th took part in the bombardment that opened the Somme offensive; it was in support of X Corps at Thiepval. It was at Vimy Ridge in April 1917, supporting the Canadians; it was in the Salient during Third Ypres and back on the Somme in 1918 during the German offensive and then the advance to victory. These sub-unit histories are aimed at those who served in them, to bring back memories of personalities, casualties, places, times in the line, times back at rest, and above all - comradeship. Nevertheless this is a good account of the war as experienced by a 9.2 inch battery and a most useful source of information on the artillery war. It ends with the Roll of Honour, the list of Awards and the nominal roll of the original members of the battery, showing what happened to each man - promotion, posting, casualty etc.
Download or read book The History of 76 Siege Battery R G A written by L.F. Penstone and published by Andrews UK Limited. This book was released on 2012-03-29 with total page 111 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The battery was formed at Harwich in August 1915 and in the early days of its existence there had to be a measure of improvisation and inspiration since there were no guns. Old lumber and any sort of equipment took the place of guns but, blessed with one or two expert carpenters in the battery, it wasn't long before very creditable productions in the way of imitation directors and dial sights were soon available. When the battery started training, it had to use 8 inch and 6.6 muzzle- loading howitzers with black powder charges. The battery went to France in March 1916, equipped with four 9.2 inch, and took up positions near Albert. On 1st July the 76th took part in the bombardment that opened the Somme offensive; it was in support of X Corps at Thiepval. It was at Vimy Ridge in April 1917, supporting the Canadians; it was in the Salient during Third Ypres and back on the Somme in 1918 during the German offensive and then the advance to victory. These sub-unit histories are aimed at those who served in them, to bring back memories of personalities, casualties, places, times in the line, times back at rest, and above all - comradeship. Nevertheless this is a good account of the war as experienced by a 9.2 inch battery and a most useful source of information on the artillery war. It ends with the Roll of Honour, the list of Awards and the nominal roll of the original members of the battery, showing what happened to each man - promotion, posting, casualty etc.
Download or read book BATTERY A 103RD FIELD ARTILLER written by Frederick Ambrose 1891 McKenna and published by Wentworth Press. This book was released on 2016-08-24 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Download or read book London Gunners the Story of the H A C Siege Battery in Action written by William Randolph Kingham and published by . This book was released on 1919 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
