698:
1257:
947:
65:
928:
46:
1140:. On 18 July, A (Howitzer) Battery of XXCCIII Brigade (formerly 1/4th Kent (Howitzer) Battery of 1/IV Home Counties (Howitzer) Brigade) joined the brigade as D (Howitzer) Battery. With the breakup of XXCCIII Brigade, CCCXVIII Brigade was redesignated XXCCIII Brigade on 31 July. On 31 August, the batteries of the brigade were made up to 6 guns apiece and the battery now consisted of six 18 pounders.
1124:
Between 8 and 22 May 1916, the artillery of 63rd (2nd
Northumberland) Division was reorganized. The brigades were numbered (CCCXV, CCCXVI, CCCXVII, and CCCXVIII) and the batteries lettered (so 2/1st Northumberland Battery became A Battery, CCCXV Brigade). The howitzer batteries of CCCXVIII Brigade
1366:), three batteries (5 and 193 each), and a brigade ammunition column (4 and 154) had a total strength just under 800 so was broadly comparable to an infantry battalion (just over 1,000) or a cavalry regiment (about 550). Like an infantry battalion, an artillery brigade was usually commanded by a
1116:
consisted of 2/I Northumberland
Brigade, RFA (with 2/1st, 2/2nd and 2/3rd Northumberland Batteries, RFA), 2/II Northumberland Brigade, RFA (with 2/1st, 2/2nd and 2/3rd East Riding Batteries, RFA), 2/III Northumberland Brigade, RFA (with 2/1st, 2/2nd and 2/3rd Durham Batteries, RFA) and 2/IV
653:. Therefore, TF units were split into 1st Line (liable for overseas service) and 2nd Line (home service for those unable or unwilling to serve overseas) units. 2nd Line units performed the home defence role, although in fact most of these were also posted abroad in due course.
796:
was transferred from the ANZAC to the
Yeomanry Mounted Division on 6 July 1917. With a reduction to three brigades, there was a corresponding reduction in the artillery to three batteries. The Leicestershire Battery departed on 20 June to join
648:
into being, the TF was intended to be a home defence force for service during wartime and members could not be compelled to serve outside the country. However, on the outbreak of war on 4 August 1914, many members volunteered for
1237:, the battery (six 18 pounders) was still with CCXXIII Brigade, RFA serving with 63rd (Royal Naval) Division. The division did was not selected to form part of the Army of Occupation and by April 1919 it had been disbanded.
2747:
2732:
2712:
2707:
2702:
897:, the division was withdrawn to Egypt. The Australian brigades departed for home in March and April 1919 and the New Zealanders by the end of July. The brigade was broken up some time after April 1919.
2792:
2258:
2268:
627:
2787:
2742:
2727:
1270:
2782:
2737:
2722:
879:
204:
1370:. Artillery brigades were redesignated as regiments in 1938. Note that the battery strength refers to a battery of six guns; a four-gun battery would be about two thirds of this.
2228:
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in August 1914 where it remained until
September 1915. In late September 1915, the 2nd South Western Mounted Brigade (without the battery) was dismounted and left Essex for
2263:
2797:
2298:
2253:
2323:
2293:
1354:. When grouped together they formed brigades, in the same way that infantry battalions or cavalry regiments were grouped together in brigades. At the outbreak of the
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2192:
620:
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to provide artillery support. In practice, the batteries were permanently attached to the mounted brigades of the division and
Somerset RHA joined the Australian
1971:
Order of Battle of
Divisions Part 2B. The 2nd-Line Territorial Force Divisions (57th–69th) with The Home-Service Divisions (71st–73rd) and 74th and 75th Divisions
2273:
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The 63rd (2nd
Northumberland) Division was broken up on 21 July 1916 and the Royal Naval Division immediately adopted its number as 63rd (Royal Naval) Division.
2165:
2679:
2303:
2603:
2308:
933:
809:
108:
51:
1126:
613:
2608:
2593:
2283:
707:
104:
2777:
2613:
2598:
2588:
1288:
821:
798:
650:
2583:
2396:
2391:
641:
285:
737:(4 – 14 August 1916) as part of No. 3 Section, Suez Canal Defences. This saw the repulse of the final Turkish attempt to cut the
2223:
1100:. These were numbered I, II, III and IV within each division and consisted of three gun brigades (each of three batteries, equipped with four
2436:
2426:
2278:
2133:
1296:
813:
2717:
2431:
2416:
2114:
1759:
715:
2684:
2674:
2669:
2567:
2547:
2522:
2185:
1083:
982:
1112:). Artillery for 2nd Line divisions were formed in a similar manner, with a fractional designation, for example the artillery for the
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2649:
2644:
2562:
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2542:
2517:
2497:
2451:
1113:
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2537:
2527:
2512:
2502:
2492:
2456:
2095:
2076:
2057:
2038:
2016:
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1959:
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1616:
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875:
369:
355:
200:
100:
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1049:
990:
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Order of Battle of
Divisions Part 2A. The Territorial Force Mounted Divisions and the 1st-Line Territorial Force Divisions (42–56)
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2507:
2487:
2441:
2421:
2406:
2333:
2288:
2248:
2243:
2238:
2233:
871:
289:
2401:
2178:
1292:
1227:
1180:
817:
267:
from 1916 to 1918. It was disembodied after the end of the war and was not reconstituted in the
Territorial Force in 1920.
2694:
1309:
2664:
2659:
840:
730:
711:
293:
252:
151:
2411:
2373:
2368:
2363:
2358:
1215:
1168:
1148:
1144:
1054:
1019:
785:
681:. The battery remained in the United Kingdom until February 1916 when it (and its ammunition column) was embarked at
264:
260:
2348:
2343:
2338:
2328:
2318:
2313:
1321:
Frederick makes clear that XVIII Brigade was distinct from III and IV Brigades and was not either one redesignated.
856:
848:
828:. The batteries were still equipped with 18 pounders when the new brigade was organised but were re-equipped with
448:
190:
180:
697:
2353:
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Divisions Part 5A. The Divisions of Australia, Canada and New Zealand and those in East Africa
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789:
781:
1330:
1219:
1059:
579:
565:
396:
1207:
1101:
1044:
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In June 1917, the Desert Column was reorganised from two mounted divisions of four brigades each (ANZAC and
723:
661:
The battery was embodied with the 2nd South Western Mounted Brigade on 4 August 1914 at the outbreak of the
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1029:
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887:
852:
719:
493:
351:
256:
214:
185:
136:
132:
128:
2202:
1262:
1176:
1034:
769:
237:
175:
1136:
On 2 July 1916, the 63rd (2nd Northumberland) Division's artillery left for France where it joined the
1832:
1558:
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were transferred to CCCXV and CCCXVI brigades and the brigade was reformed with three gun batteries.
1137:
883:
844:
833:
793:
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509:
209:
171:
1152:
1024:
894:
330:
304:
1367:
1334:
1312:. Leicestershire RHA had been formed in 1908 for this brigade and was mobilised with it in 1914.
1184:
1109:
867:
753:
195:
161:
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joined as A Battery and 2/1st Somerset RHA as B Battery. The batteries each consisted of four
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2129:
2110:
2091:
2072:
2053:
2034:
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1974:
1955:
1351:
1203:
1199:
1195:
1191:
1090:
1039:
972:
645:
570:
555:
319:
315:
281:
240:
234:
90:
839:
The brigade, and its batteries, remained with the ANZAC Mounted Division for the rest of the
1363:
1172:
734:
482:
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on 30 September 1908 (and the ammunition column on 2 December 1908). The unit consisted of
156:
1245:
The Somerset Royal Horse Artillery was not reconstituted in the Territorial Force in 1920.
2026:
1355:
1347:
1094:
1014:
749:
662:
575:
312:
248:
146:
2033:. History of the Royal Regiment of Artillery. Woolwich: The Royal Artillery Institution.
1990:
Order of Battle of Divisions Part 3B. New Army Divisions (30–41) & 63rd (RN) Division
757:
678:
418:
166:
1505:
1443:
878:(21 March – 2 April). It returned to the Desert Mounted Corps for the
2771:
2170:
745:
1359:
952:
805:
476:
70:
788: – Imperial Mounted Division renamed – and the new
682:
665:. The brigade was assigned to the Third Army of Central Force and moved to the
1755:
1252:
1130:
829:
761:
738:
686:
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521:
470:
464:
453:
412:
259:
from 1916 to 1918. A second line battery, 2/1st Somerset RHA, served on the
1223:
1160:
962:
674:
80:
1781:
812:, was formed for the division and took command of the Somerset Battery and
804:
This led to a reorganization of ANZAC Mounted Division's artillery. A new
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throughout the rest of the war. With the division, it saw action at the
435:
301:
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244:
1121:) Brigade, RFA (with 2/4th and 2/5th Durham (Howitzer) Batteries, RFA).
847:, the division took part in the Third Battle of Gaza, in particular the
1097:
559:
550:
515:
498:
338:
308:
118:
527:
430:
424:
401:
373:
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Somerset RHA formed a 2nd line in 1914, initially designated as the
2157:
1482:
346:
2nd South Western Mounted Brigade Ammunition Column also at Taunton
2011:. Vol. 94 of New Vanguard Series. Oxford: Osprey Publishing.
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696:
670:
583:
760:(9 January 1917). The batteries were then re-equipped with four
702:
British artillerymen loading an 18 pounder gun at Romani in 1916
2174:
855:(13 and 14 November), and the defence of Jerusalem against the
284:(TF) was formed on 1 April 1908 following the enactment of the
1175:(28 and 29 April). At the end of 1917, it took part in the
784:) to three mounted divisions of three brigades each (ANZAC,
870:(19 – 21 February) and then formed part of
729:
The battery served with the ANZAC Mounted Division in the
1700:. Australian Light Horse Studies Centre. 10 November 2009
1271:
List of Territorial Force horse artillery batteries 1908
1190:
In 1918, the division faced the German offensive in the
329:
was proposed as a new unit and it was recognized by the
2052:. Wakefield, Yorkshire: Microform Academic Publishers.
1619:. Australian Light Horse Studies Centre. 9 October 2009
862:
At the beginning of 1918, the division was attached to
288:(7 Edw.7, c.9) which combined and re-organised the old
1308:
22nd Mounted Brigade was originally designated as the
1206:(5 April). Then followed the advance to victory: the
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and Somerset Batteries, RHA. It was assigned to the
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Military units and formations disestablished in 1919
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infantry divisions were generally supported by four
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1333:was exceptional in that it had three field and one
1159:(20 January – 27 February 1917) and
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30:
23:
327:Somerset Royal Horse Artillery (Territorial Force)
2788:Military units and formations established in 1908
1163:(17 and 18 February). It then took part in the
748:and with it took part in the advance across the
2031:The Forgotten Fronts and the Home Base, 1914–18
1582:
1580:
1578:
1576:
354:guns and allocated as artillery support to the
2009:British Artillery 1914–19 Field Army Artillery
2783:Artillery units and formations of World War I
2186:
2050:Lineage Book of British Land Forces 1660–1978
1183:(26 October – 5 November) and
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8:
1541:
1539:
1078:and later given a fractional designation as
1992:. London: His Majesty's Stationery Office.
1973:. London: His Majesty's Stationery Office.
1954:. London: His Majesty's Stationery Office.
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1394:
1218:(27 September – 1 October),
859:(27 November – 3 December).
810:XVIII Brigade, Royal Horse Artillery (T.F.)
247:in 1908. It saw active service during the
16:Former British Army horse artillery battery
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1151:. With the division, it took part in the
1143:The battery, and the brigade, served with
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2798:Military units and formations in Somerset
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708:III Brigade, Royal Horse Artillery (T.F.)
2107:Order of Battle of the British Army 1914
2090:. Newport: Ray Westlake Military Books.
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1289:IV Brigade, Royal Horse Artillery (T.F.)
1155:(13 – 15 November 1916),
824:. Somerset RHA was now attached to the
822:IV Brigade, Royal Horse Artillery (T.F.)
768:(26 – 27 March 1917) and
1922:
1742:
1518:
1390:
1281:
882:(30 April – 4 May), the
642:Territorial and Reserve Forces Act 1907
368:
286:Territorial and Reserve Forces Act 1907
1463:
904:
20:
2748:150th (South Nottinghamshire Hussars)
2733:107th (South Nottinghamshire Hussars)
1910:
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300:. On formation, the TF contained 14
24:Somerset Royal Horse Artillery (T.F.)
7:
1760:Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom)
1698:"1st Australian Light Horse Brigade"
1617:"2nd Australian Light Horse Brigade"
772:(17 – 9 April 1917).
311:. Each yeomanry brigade included a
2166:The Great War Royal Horse Artillery
2146:. France: General Staff, GHQ. 1918.
1835:. Great War Forum. 19 November 2010
1561:. The Great War Forum. 15 June 2011
1297:Inverness-shire Battery, RHA (T.F.)
1084:2/2nd South Western Mounted Brigade
983:2/2nd South Western Mounted Brigade
832:(four per battery) in time for the
350:The battery was equipped with four
1114:63rd (2nd Northumberland) Division
801:in the Yeomanry Mounted Division.
14:
2126:British Territorial Units 1914–18
1833:"Leicestershire Battery RHA (TF)"
1291:was formed at the same time with
1210:(21 – 23 August),
644:(7 Edw.7, c.9) which brought the
370:2nd South Western Mounted Brigade
356:2nd South Western Mounted Brigade
101:2nd South Western Mounted Brigade
2071:. London: Samson Books Limited.
1782:"What was an artillery brigade?"
1255:
1198:(21 – 23 March),
945:
926:
710:was formed in April 1916 in the
63:
44:
2778:Royal Horse Artillery batteries
1358:, a field artillery brigade of
1147:for the rest of the war on the
1108:brigade (two batteries of four
764:each before taking part in the
2067:James, Brigadier E.A. (1978).
1346:The basic organic unit of the
1228:Passage of the Grande Honnelle
1212:Battle of Drocourt-Quéant Line
1181:Second Battle of Passchendaele
1076:Somerset (Reserve) Battery RHA
1050:Battle of Drocourt-Quéant Line
231:Somerset Royal Horse Artillery
34:30 September 1908 – April 1919
1:
1310:North Midland Mounted Brigade
744:The division then joined the
564:Transport and Supply Column,
381:Organisation on 4 August 1914
2027:Farndale, General Sir Martin
1293:Ayrshire Battery, RHA (T.F.)
1226:(both on 8 October) and the
1086:was formed in January 1915.
987:CCCXVIII Brigade, RFA (T.F.)
841:Sinai and Palestine Campaign
836:at the end of October 1917.
731:Sinai and Palestine Campaign
712:Egyptian Expeditionary Force
294:Honourable Artillery Company
253:Sinai and Palestine Campaign
2105:Rinaldi, Richard A (2008).
1483:"The Royal Horse Artillery"
1216:Battle of the Canal du Nord
1202:(24 and 25 March), and the
1169:Second Battle of the Scarpe
1145:63rd (Royal Naval) Division
1080:2/1st Somerset Battery, RHA
1055:Battle of the Canal du Nord
991:CCXXIII Brigade, RFA (T.F.)
756:(23 December 1916) and the
343:Somerset Battery at Taunton
265:63rd (Royal Naval) Division
152:Sinai and Palestine 1916-18
2814:
2743:149th (Lancashire Hussars)
2728:106th (Lancashire Hussars)
2048:Frederick, J.B.M. (1984).
1988:Becke, Major A.F. (1945).
1969:Becke, Major A.F. (1937).
1950:Becke, Major A.F. (1936).
1192:First Battles of the Somme
1171:(23 and 24 April) and the
1040:First Battles of the Somme
782:Imperial Mounted Divisions
776:Service with XVIII Brigade
449:Royal North Devon Yeomanry
2159:The Royal Horse Artillery
2069:British Regiments 1914–18
908:2/1st Somerset RHA (T.F.)
790:Yeomanry Mounted Division
205:Second Trans-Jordan Raids
109:XVIII Brigade, RHA (T.F.)
26:1/1st Somerset RHA (T.F.)
1506:"The British Army, 1914"
1444:"The British Army, 1914"
1331:51st (Highland) Division
1127:2/1st Leicestershire RHA
1060:Battle of Cambrai (1918)
880:Second Trans-Jordan Raid
693:Service with III Brigade
397:Royal 1st Devon Yeomanry
307:and 14 mounted yeomanry
2161:on The Long, Long Trail
1200:First Battle of Bapaume
1157:Operations on the Ancre
1045:Battle of Albert (1918)
876:First Trans-Jordan Raid
857:Turkish counter-attacks
826:1st Light Horse Brigade
724:2nd Light Horse Brigade
640:In accordance with the
105:III Brigade, RHA (T.F.)
2738:147th (Essex Yeomanry)
2723:104th (Essex Yeomanry)
2124:Westlake, Ray (1992).
1784:. The Long, Long Trail
1485:. The Long, Long Trail
1187:(30 and 31 December).
1030:Battle of Arras (1917)
1005:Ordnance QF 18-pounder
1001:Ordnance QF 15-pounder
853:Battle of Mughar Ridge
799:XX Brigade, RHA (T.F.)
792:). Consequently, the
770:Second Battles of Gaza
720:ANZAC Mounted Division
704:
494:West Somerset Yeomanry
257:ANZAC Mounted Division
186:Battle of Mughar Ridge
176:Second Battles of Gaza
137:Ordnance QF 13-pounder
133:Ordnance QF 18-pounder
129:Ordnance QF 15-pounder
2203:Royal Horse Artillery
2128:. Osprey Publishing.
2007:Clarke, Dale (2004).
1756:"The Royal Artillery"
1548:, pp. 17, 18, 28
1504:Conrad, Mark (1996).
1442:Conrad, Mark (1996).
1263:United Kingdom portal
1214:(2 and 3 September),
1196:Battle of St. Quentin
1177:Third Battle of Ypres
1035:Third Battle of Ypres
851:(31 October) and the
700:
238:Royal Horse Artillery
2086:Perry, F.W. (1992).
1224:Capture of Niergnies
1138:Royal Naval Division
884:Battle of Abu Tellul
849:Capture of Beersheba
845:Desert Mounted Corps
834:Third Battle of Gaza
794:22nd Mounted Brigade
752:. It fought at the
210:Battle of Abu Tellul
1204:Battle of the Ancre
1161:Battle of Miraumont
1153:Battle of the Ancre
1025:Battle of the Ancre
895:Armistice of Mudros
685:and transported to
352:Ehrhardt 15-pounder
243:that was formed in
191:Battle of Jerusalem
181:Battle of Beersheba
1368:Lieutenant-Colonel
1335:mountain artillery
886:(14 July) and the
843:. As part of the
818:Ayrshire Batteries
754:Battle of Magdhaba
705:
325:On 18 March 1908,
196:Capture of Jericho
162:Battle of Magdhaba
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2384:Territorial Force
2135:978-1-85532-168-7
1350:was, and is, the
1220:Battle of Cambrai
1091:Territorial Force
1069:
1068:
916:1914 – April 1919
646:Territorial Force
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571:Weston-super-Mare
556:Ammunition Column
320:ammunition column
282:Territorial Force
235:Territorial Force
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1918:
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1864:
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1526:
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1375:
1360:headquarters
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1244:
1232:
1189:
1179:notably the
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1135:
1123:
1110:5" howitzers
1104:guns) and a
1089:The pre-war
1088:
1079:
1075:
1073:
979:Part of
953:British Army
892:
872:Shea's Force
861:
838:
806:headquarters
803:
779:
743:
728:
706:
677:en route to
660:
639:
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547:Somerset RHA
546:
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492:
477:South Molton
447:
395:
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331:Army Council
326:
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230:
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115:peacetime HQ
97:Part of
71:British Army
18:
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2457:West Riding
1839:26 December
1822:, p. 6
1788:18 November
1765:18 November
1704:18 December
1623:18 December
1565:24 December
1489:27 November
1464:Clarke 2004
1449:27 November
1415:, p. 5
1403:, p. 3
1364:other ranks
1185:Welch Ridge
1131:18 pounders
1011:Engagements
830:13 pounders
762:18 pounders
683:Southampton
143:Engagements
2772:Categories
2713:13th (HAC)
2708:12th (HAC)
2703:11th (HAC)
2442:Shropshire
1911:Becke 1945
1896:Becke 1945
1884:Becke 1945
1869:Becke 1937
1857:Becke 1945
1820:Becke 1936
1808:Becke 1937
1673:Becke 1936
1649:Perry 1992
1604:Perry 1992
1546:James 1978
1531:James 1978
1386:References
1102:15-pounder
893:After the
786:Australian
739:Suez Canal
689:in Egypt.
687:Alexandria
667:Colchester
522:Bridgwater
510:Wellington
471:Barnstaple
465:Holsworthy
454:Barnstaple
413:Thorverton
2627:Regiments
2422:Hampshire
2407:Berkshire
2210:Batteries
1235:Armistice
997:Equipment
963:Artillery
714:with the
679:Gallipoli
675:Liverpool
305:divisions
276:Formation
263:with the
255:with the
125:Equipment
81:Artillery
2470:Brigades
2447:Somerset
2402:Ayrshire
2029:(1988).
1337:brigade.
1249:See also
1241:Post war
1119:Howitzer
1106:howitzer
1098:brigades
874:for the
864:XX Corps
669:area of
436:Cornwall
309:brigades
302:infantry
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