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rate of fire on the wadis behind to block the enemy's retreat. 160th
Brigade then attacked in the darkness, guided by the glow of smoke shells fire by the artillery. The 3rd Battalion, 152nd Punjabis, had the severest fighting in attempting to capture Malul at the end of 'Nairn Ridge': in this area the Turks did not actually occupy their trenches, so the bombardment was ineffective. When the artillery lifted and the infantry attacked they were met by fire from untouched Turkish machine guns. The attack was broken up, though some parties of the regiment hung on within 150 yards (140 m) of the crest. The telephone line was cut by Turkish artillery fire, so the battalion could not call down a repeat bombardment; by the time a runner could get through with the request, the battalion had withdrawn after two more attempts to reach the top. Apart from this failure, the main enemy positions had been taken. The afternoon of 19 September was quiet on 53rd Division's front, though one Turkish force was discovered eating a meal, and five batteries were turned onto them. This disaster to the Turks that probably contributed to the division's easy advance that evening, when Malul was secured, allowing the guns to move forward. However, a Turkish counter-attack while the guns were moving temporarily retook some of their lost positions. The division now blocked the enemy's line of retreat eastwards across the Jordan. The pressure was kept up on 20 September and by the end of the next day the Turkish army was shattered and could be seen streaming north – to the annoyance of the gunners who were out of range.
544:. Despite the darkness and morning fog – 158th Brigade lost its way and arrived late – the infantry were in position by 08.30 and at 10.10 CCLXVI Bde opened fire on Ali Muntar. However, the attack orders were late reaching the infantry, and the main bombardment did not begin until 12.00. The division's attack went well, with 158th Bde establishing a lodgement at Ali Muntar, but the artillery was too weak to suppress the Turkish fire – CCLXVI Brigade had to support the frontage of two infantry brigades, and there were not enough forward observation officers (FOOs) or signal cable – and casualties were heavy. By 18.30 the division had taken all its objectives and its troops were in the eastern streets of Gaza when the attack was stopped for lack of water. Although 53rd (W) Division consolidated its position, it was very congested by next morning, with the guns of 53rd (W) and
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fighting went on all day while the peak was taken, lost, and retaken, followed by four more
Turkish counter-attacks before it was secured. That night the division also took Chipp Hill, which had defied the neighbouring division during daylight. The advance was resumed on 10 March and the ridges in front were captured with the help of a heavy and well-directed bombardment. The artillery was now able to move forward, but the wadi in front was too steep to climb. A number of other hilltop positions were captured on 12 March, after which the artillery passed over the wadi during darkness. The fighting died down and the new line was held through the summer months. CCLXVI Brigade moved down to the
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614:(RWF), made a wide movement out to the east where there was a track over comparatively flat ground. There were several sharp actions with enemy detachments, and 5th RWF was called from escort duty to support the attack on the Khuweilfe heights. Water was so short that the artillery horses had to be sent back to Beersheba for the night and afterwards only brought forward when guns actually had to be moved. Over following days 53rd (W) Division kept up pressure on the enemy in the hills so that the EEF could roll up the main trench lines (the
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shells. The CP was quickly re-established, partly due to the actions of Lt. Trevor
Scholes, Royal Signals, who won an MC in this action for his efforts to make good the radios and to continue to relay fire orders to the guns. The battery's defensive fire tasks were instrumental in defeating an attack that got within 20 yards (18 m) of 158th Bde's positions. On 16 October 83rd Regiment took part in Operation Winkle: an intense fire programme by all arms rising to a crescendo, followed by loudspeaker appeals to German soldiers to
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1185:. The Commanding Officer of the 133rd Field Regiment was responsible for firing a large-scale smokescreen, which was maintained for over 11 hours during the operation, which was described as 'textbook'. Further operations were halted by winter weather. On 20 January 1945 the division moved to the Eindhoven area to refit and train for a special operation. On the night of 4/5 February the gunners moved into concealed positions near Nijmegen.
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and one with 4.5-inch howitzers, all of World War I patterns. However, the batteries only held four guns in peacetime. The guns and their first-line ammunition wagons were still horsedrawn and the battery staffs were mounted. Partial mechanisation was carried out from 1927, but the guns retained iron-tyred wheels until pneumatic tyres began to be introduced just before
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771:. Some ammunition wagons arrived in September, and eight more 90 mm guns in October. Training began to speed up, with the 90 mm guns standing in for 15-pounders. When the brigade arrived at Bedford it took over 12 x 15-pounders from the 1st Line. In December 1915 these in turn were replaced by modern 18-pounders.
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Artillery (RA), and the word 'Field' was inserted into the titles of its brigades and batteries. The establishment of a TA divisional artillery brigade was four 6-gun batteries, three equipped with 18-pounders
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from August 1915) did not concentrate at
Northampton until Spring 1915, the brigade joining it on 29 April. It moved to Earlswood on 4 August 1915 and then arrived at Bedford to replace the 1st Line brigade on 2 November. Training of the units was made difficult by the lack of arms and equipment, and
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bridgehead captured during Market Garden. Both positions were under frequent fire: on 13 October the 330 Battery of the 83rd
Regiment was shelled as the Germans prepared a counter-attack against 158th Bde; the battery lost seven killed and 12 wounded when the battery command post (CP) was hit by two
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on 25 September, Capt Frank Smith of 133rd Fd Rgt with his signaller accompanied a company of 6th RWF as FOO. The company became engaged in house-to-house fighting and after all the officers were wounded Smith took command, and led it within 300 yards (270 m) of the objective before the company
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against
Turkish batteries. At 07.20, 10 minutes before Zero, the 18-pounders began engaging the objectives, CCLXVI Bde firing at Samson's Ridge. The infantry attacked punctually at 07.30 and 53rd (W) Division got onto Samson's Ridge. However, it could not push straight on to the redoubt on the ridge
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in appalling weather. The city was to be captured by XX Corps after a rapid advance by a flying column known as 'Mott's
Detachment' based on 53rd (W) Division. It included the howitzer batteries of the divisional artillery in its advance guard and main body, while the field batteries of CCLXVI Bde
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were in position to attack at 22.00 and a 20-minute bombardment crashed down before the regiment went in with the bayonet. Coming from an unexpected direction, the attack was completely successful, and the rest of 159th Bde attacked. The divisional commander ordered the artillery to increase their
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at 05.15. The attack took the crest but was then held up, so the barrage was re-arranged and from 07.20 to 07.40 all the 18-pdrs concentrated on ez Zamby and 'the Wall'. Bringing up ammunition through the rough country was difficult, and many artillery horses died under the harsh conditions. On 27
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defences and closing on the
Stoppelberg. That feature was taken during the morning and the division pushed on to the edge of the forest, but it was hard to get guns and vehicles along the muddy forest tracks. The regiments deployed on German soil for the first time on 11 February. It took several
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was launched early on the morning of 9 March. The leading battalions began crossing the wide Mo man's land at 02.00, but the guns remained silent while the infantry picked their way forward in fog. The subsequent fighting was confused, with false reports that Tell 'Asur had been captured, and the
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carried the redoubt later in the day, but were still short of the main
Turkish defence position. Casualties had been high and gains minimal, and the EEF dug in for a summer of trench warfare. The artillery batteries were regularly ordered to fire test rounds at specified map coordinates to prove
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issued instructions to separate those men who had signed up for Home Service only, and form these into reserve units, and on 31 August, the formation of a reserve or 2nd Line unit was authorised for each 1st Line unit where 60 per cent or more of the men had volunteered for Overseas Service. The
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The units of the Welsh Division had just departed for their annual summer camp when the order to mobilise was received on 4 August 1914. They then returned home and assembled at their drill halls to mobilise. The 4th Welsh Brigade mobilised at Newport under the command of Lt-Col D.E. Williams,
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On 25 January 1917, C(H)/CXXVI Bty (the former 2/1 Monmouth Bty) was broken up and its Right and Left Sections used to make up D(H)CXXIII and D(H)CXXIV Btys up to six howitzers each. These two batteries served with 37th Divisional Artillery on the Western Front for the rest of the war.
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their targets. Early in the morning a mist rose, preventing the gunners from seeing their targets, and causing a delay in the attack. After confused fighting the position was taken and then held with the support of the divisional artillery breaking up Turkish counter-attacks.
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Although the War Office was unable to provide more divisions for the EEF, it could send guns: 53rd (W) Division's batteries were temporarily brought up to a strength of eight rather than six guns, until further troops arrived. The reorganised EEF renewed its offensive (the
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53rd Division was positioned on the right flank above the Jordan Valley. The division launched its attack late on the first day (18 September). the artillery opened slow fire on 'Keen's Knoll' to drown the sound of the leading infantry scrambling down from the heights.
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was that the two-battery organisation did not work: field regiments were intended to support an infantry brigade of three battalions. As a result, they were reorganised into three 8-gun batteries. On 8–9 February 1941 83rd (W) Fd Rgt formed 460 Fd Bty at
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The Home Defence divisions continually supplied drafts to units fighting overseas. In the autumn of 1916, A/CCCXLIII Bty was detached tand replaced by a newly raised 502 (H) Bty, RFA. A Battery was then given back its old Territorial Force title as
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titles of these 2nd Line units would be the same as the original, but distinguished by a '2/' prefix. In this way duplicate batteries, brigades and divisions were created, mirroring those Territorial Force formations being sent overseas.
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on the objective. On 3 November 53rd (W) Division was ordered to advance to the Tel es Sheria road led by 158th Brigade. It was a difficult march over broken country in hot weather and CCLXVI Bde, escorted by 5th Battalion,
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The AVCs were intended to serve as garrison artillery manning fixed defences, but a number of the early units manned semi-mobile 'position batteries' of smooth-bore field guns pulled by agricultural horses. However, the
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of 1938, and most regiments split to form duplicates. Part of the reorganisation was that field artillery regiments changed from four six-gun batteries to an establishment of two batteries, each of three four-gun
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and left for France, while the new battery in CCCXLIII Bde was renumbered as 545 (H) Bty. 502 (2/1 Monmouth) (H) Bty disembarked at Le Havre on 6 October 1916, left two days later and joined CXXVI Bde RFA in
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onto its objectives of 'Scrag Hill' and 'Sussex Ridge'. The division moved on to attack Ras ez Zamby and White Hill on 21 December, with CCLXVI Bde participating in a preliminary bombardment and then a
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supported by an intense bombardment by all its own guns and a heavy battery. The guns had been dragged into position using double horse teams, and simply lined up alongside batteries that had already
263:. Recruitment picked up in Monmouthshire during the 1880s, and by the end of the decade it was large enough to be an independent corps once more, with six batteries, and the HQ returned to Newport.
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at Newport, with the latter contributing P (1 Monmouthshire) Bty to the merger. On 1 May 1961 the regiment merged again, this time with two of the original field regiments of 53rd (W) Division,
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to work alongside the Volunteer infantry brigades. The six garrison batteries of the revived 1st Monmouthshire AVC were organised into three position batteries, named heavy batteries from 1903.
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After the battle the pursuit was continued by the cavalry and air force, and 53rd Division was used to clear the battlefield and repair roads. It was then withdrawn to Alexandria before the
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and the Zig Canal as 21st Army Group closed up to the River Maas. On 14 November the corps carried out Operation Mallard to cross the Wessem Canal. Both regiments fired in support of
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from 15 July, capturing Cahier and holding on to it by hard fighting. When the breakout from the Normandy beachhead began in early August, 53rd Division cleared the banks of the
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air attack on the night of 18–19 September while crossing the canal. 133rd came into action and crossed the canal the following day in support of 160th Bde. During an attack on
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the requirement to provide drafts to the 1st Line overseas. In June the first saddlery and horses began to arrive, but no guns until August, when the brigade received four
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December the Turks counter-attacked to try to regain Jerusalem. They retook the crest of White Hill, but the divisional artillery rendered it untenable, and it remained in
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threatened a breakthrough. In the summer of 1918 the 53rd Division was 'Indianised', with three quarters of the infantry battalions replaced by others drawn from the
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on 11 February. By 22 February the artillery had rejoined the division at Beni Salama. For the rest of the year the recuperating division was stationed in the
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was laid down to protect the assaulting columns. At 10.30 the full barrage made its first lift and the advance began. Both regiments supported the advance of
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of the brigade. His son, Lt-Col C.R. Lyne, became commanding officer in 1883. When the artillery volunteers were consolidated in 1880, the brigade became the
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to refit. On 30 January 1916 the divisional artillery was ordered to rejoin the rest of the division. The batteries entrained at Pont-Remy, embarked at
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37th Division had been in France since the middle of 1915, but it had still not taken part in a major operation. Now it was involved in the
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began on 20 December and was completed in June 1919. CCLXVI Brigade was placed in suspended animation.
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firing back to back. The infantry were withdrawn to Wadi Guzzeh the following day.
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660:
436:
3067:
2975:
The Volunteer Artillery 1859–1908 (Their Lineage, Uniforms and Badges)
2926:, Woolwich: Royal Artillery Institution, 1988/London: Brasseys, 1996,
205:
on 4 October 1860. Two additional batteries were raised by 1863: C at
1144:
to the Allied lines, covered by a smokescreen fired by the regiment.
1112:
845:(TA) in 1921. The howitzer battery was formed from a squadron of the
685:
When the weather improved in February 1918, XX Corps advanced to the
1037:
53rd (Welsh) Division was among the follow-up troops landing after
2948:, Vol II, Wakefield: Microform Academic, 1984, ISBN 1-85117-009-X.
1226:
1182:
1146:
1082:
1070:
1038:
1024:
919:
914:
753:
634:
550:
507:
466:
410:
366:
The Newport Cadet Corps, RFA, was also affiliated to the brigade.
354:
332:
306:
when the divisional organisation was abolished on 1 January 1902.
265:
3077:
2941:, Vol I, Wakefield: Microform Academic, 1984, ISBN 1-85117-007-3.
1245:, ending the fighting on 21st Army Group's front, came on 4 May.
643:
After breaking through the Gaza positions, the EEF pressed on to
226:
1st Administrative Brigade of Glamorganshire Artillery Volunteers
2845:
Riflemen Form: A Study of the Rifle Volunteer Movement 1859–1908
1453:
1325:
1238:
1219:
1166:
Next XII Corps was switched to clearing the country between the
1009:
District, then from 15 May 1943 in XII Corps it became part of
245:
1st Administrative Brigade, Worcestershire Artillery Volunteers
1225:
53rd Division was not involved in the assault crossing of the
238:
1st Administrative Brigade, Monmouthshire Artillery Volunteers
2540:
Medal recommendation for Capt Smith, TNA file WO 373/51/132.
1085:. On 12 September 83rd Regiment moved into the outskirts of
1388:
today, currently as a close support unit equipped with the
1264:
in 53rd (Welsh) Division. In 1953 the title was changed to
1218:
days for the division to push on through Pfalzdorf towards
36:
Crest of the !st Monmouthshire Artillery Volunteers, c.1902
2860:
Monty's Men: The British Army and the Liberation of Europe
977:
On returning to mainland Britain, the division served in
698:
with 158th Infantry Bde in late March to cover the EEF's
2990:
The History of the Fifteenth Scottish Division 1939–1945
423:
At the end of August the Welsh Division concentrated at
1081:
and was working its way through the canal area west of
304:
1st Monmouthshire Royal Garrison Artillery (Volunteers)
3041:
Army Council Instructions Issued During November 1916
3027:
History of the 53rd (Welsh) Division (T.F.) 1914–1918
1915:
MacMunn & Falls, Vol I, pp. 286–97, 301–3, 310–5.
458:. It embarked on 20 November and had concentrated at
431:, but this was cancelled and in December it moved to
1005:
on 11 November. On 8 April 1942 it was assigned to
369:
The new brigade was part of the Territorial Force's
2311:
Scottish Command 3 September 1939 at Patriot Files.
1097:There was a pause at the Meuse-Escaut Canal before
118:
108:
98:
86:
67:
49:
41:
18:
1285:282nd (Glamorgan and Monmouthshire) Field Regiment
1237:to Dingden. It then took part in the drive to the
841:when the Territorial Force was reorganised as the
326:of 1908, the 1st Monmouthshire transferred to the
270:16-Pounder RML gun manned by Artillery Volunteers.
3127:Military units and formations established in 1860
2223:Army Council Instruction 2063 of 1 November 1916.
853:, giving the brigade the following organisation:
492:) Bde and became C (Howitzer) Bty, equipped with
2657:
2655:
2284:
2282:
2280:
1946:MacMunn & Falls, Vol I, pp. 335–7, 343, 348.
337:15-pounder gun, issued to the Territorial Force.
3132:Military units and formations in Newport, Wales
3083:The Regimental Warpath 1914–1918 (archive site)
2911:, Woolwich: Royal Artillery Institution, 1988,
2255:
2253:
2251:
2249:
2247:
2245:
2243:
1837:
1835:
1833:
1131:, and two days later 133rd Regiment moved with
528:desert and advancing against Turkish forces at
236:was attached to it, and the following year the
3117:Military units and formations in Monmouthshire
1681:
1679:
1583:
1581:
1579:
1505:
1503:
1501:
1499:
1497:
1495:
1424:Col W.C. Phillips, VD, appointed 31 March 1922
1372:D (Brecknockshire and Monmouthshire) Troop at
1350:F (Brecknockshire and Monmouthshire) Troop at
1013:training for the Allied invasion of Normandy (
947:331 (Monmouthshire) Field Bty at Griffithstown
869:331 (Monmouthshire) Field Bty at Griffithstown
3112:Artillery Volunteer Corps of the British Army
2946:Lineage Book of British Land Forces 1660–1978
2939:Lineage Book of British Land Forces 1660–1978
2875:The Development of the British Army 1899–1914
2676:266–288 Regiments RA at British Army 1945 on.
1677:
1675:
1673:
1671:
1669:
1667:
1665:
1663:
1661:
1659:
373:and the batteries were each issued with four
362:IV Welsh Brigade Ammunition Column at Newport
8:
2748:
2746:
2711:
2709:
2707:
1807:
1805:
1803:
1801:
1446:St Peter's and St Paul's Church, East Sutton
1414:, appointed (to 1st Monmouth) 4 October 1890
1151:25-pounders in action during the advance on
997:53rd (W) Division returned to England under
702:, then rejoined the rest of the division at
3073:Imperial War Museum, War Memorials Register
2551:83 Fd Rgt Roll of Honour at RA Netherlands.
2326:
2324:
2322:
2320:
2318:
1622:
1620:
1127:in the Market Garden 'corridor' supporting
1069:. By late August its units were across the
1033:tractors advancing in Normandy August 1944.
937:330 (Monmouthshire) Field Bty at Cross Keys
872:332 (Radnorshire) Field Bty (Howitzers) at
139:1st Monmouthshire Artillery Volunteer Corps
2524:
2522:
2520:
2518:
2516:
2514:
2512:
2233:
2231:
2229:
1862:
1860:
1858:
1856:
1765:
1763:
1761:
1759:
1757:
1755:
1753:
1743:
1741:
1739:
1737:
1735:
1733:
1731:
1729:
1727:
1330:211 (South Wales) Battery, Royal Artillery
1324:Finally, when the TA was reduced into the
1073:and driving over open country towards the
818:before 37th Division took over the front.
286:The 1st Worcesters had formed part of the
257:1st Worcester (Worcester and Monmouth) AVC
2482:
2480:
2478:
2476:
2474:
2472:
2267:
2265:
2172:Falls, Vol II, pp 488–91, 496–7, 499–500.
1604:, 8 July 1901 at Welsh Newspapers Online.
1595:
1593:
1527:
1525:
1523:
1521:
1519:
1517:
1515:
1317:Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers
1277:281st (Glamorgan Yeomanry) Field Regiment
1123:On 4 October, the 83rd Regiment moved to
1053:. 53rd Division was then involved in the
652:in its preliminary attack on 7 December.
2717:"South Wales Artillery at Regiments.org"
2671:
2669:
2667:
2641:
2639:
2141:Falls, Vol II, pp. 412, 418; Appendix 3.
934:329 (Monmouthshire) Field Bty at Newport
860:329 (Monmouthshire) Field Bty at Newport
25:283rd (Monmouthshire) Field Regiment, RA
2862:, London: Yale University Press, 2013,
1813:"53 (W) Division at Regimental Warpath"
1557:
1464:
1369:C (Glamorgan Yeomanry) Troop at Cardiff
1361:for a new 217 (County of Gwent) Bty at
1347:E (Glamorgan Yeomanry) Troop at Cardiff
1271:On 10 March 1955 the regiment absorbed
950:332 (Radnorshire) Field Bty at Knighton
347:HQ at Drill Hall, Lime Street, Monmouth
342:IV Welsh Brigade, Royal Field Artillery
3122:Military units and formations in Wales
2973:Norman Litchfield & Ray Westlake,
2213:RFA at When the Welsh Came to Bedford.
1555:
1553:
1551:
1549:
1547:
1545:
1543:
1541:
1539:
1537:
1328:in 1967, the combined regiment became
1326:Territorial and Army Volunteer Reserve
1077:. On 4 September the division cleared
990:and 133rd Fd Rgt formed 497 Fd Bty at
981:. One of the lessons learned from the
496:. The brigade itself was redesignated
302:(RGA), the 1st Monmouths becoming the
19:1st Monmouthshire Artillery Volunteers
15:
3043:, London: HM Stationery Office, 1916.
1531:Litchfield & Westlake, pp. 131–2.
1319:, and 533 Co Royal Army Service Corps
908:The TA was doubled in size after the
796:502 (2/1 Monmouth) (Howitzer) Battery
359:3rd Monmouth Battery at Griffithstown
281:16-pounder Rifled Muzzle-Loading guns
224:In 1864 the unit was included in the
7:
2977:, Nottingham: Sherwood Press, 1982,
2962:, Nottingham: Sherwood Press, 1992,
2773:IWM War Memorial Register Ref 16279.
2762:104 Regiment history at MoD website.
1770:53 (W) Division at Long, Long Trail.
1720:Griffithstown at Drill Hall Project.
1266:283rd (Monmouthshire) Field Regiment
849:and a company of the 1st Battalion,
542:158th (North Wales) Infantry Brigade
177:. Its successors serve with today's
2633:Ellis, Vol II, pp. 293, 305–6, 310.
1421:, former CO, appointed 13 June 1914
1380:211 (South Wales) Bty continues in
1340:, with the following organisation:
1287:, with the following organisation:
573:their readiness for defensive fire
2847:, Aldershot: Ogilby Trusts, 1982,
1344:D (Monmouthshire) Troop at Newport
1338:104 Light Air Defence Regiment, RA
1243:German surrender at Lüneburg Heath
251:. Charles Lyne retired and became
14:
2039:Falls, Vol II, pp. 238–44. 250–6.
1626:Litchfield and Westlake, pp. 3–6.
1587:Litchfield & Westlake, p.172.
1573:Litchfield & Westlake, p. 81.
1412:John Rolls, 1st Baron Llangattock
863:330 (Monmouthshire) Field Bty at
473:on 3 February and disembarked at
2430:Ellis, Vol I, pp. 408, 440, 470.
2392:The National Archives (TNA), Kew
2288:Sainsbury, pp. 15–7; Appendix 2.
1061:and then fought its way towards
742:came into effect on 31 October.
620:assaulted the Khuweilfe position
294:(RA) from 1882 to 1889, and the
71:
54:
30:
3063:British Army units from 1945 on
2259:Frederick, pp. 491–3, 522, 531.
1309:509 (Motor Transport) Company,
1281:282nd (Welsh) Heavy AA Regiment
350:1st Monmouth Battery at Newport
23:83rd (Welsh) Field Regiment, RA
3012:The Army and Society 1815–1914
2784:Illustrated at RA Netherlands.
1382:104th Regiment Royal Artillery
1193:The Battle of the Reichswald (
656:to the EEF the following day.
395:, who had been CO since 1911.
1:
2529:133 Fd Rgt at RA Netherlands.
1435:, appointed 19 September 1936
1291:P (Glamorgan Yeomanry) Bty –
1051:Battle of 'Scottish Corridor'
663:, with CCLXVI Bde supporting
546:54th (East Anglian) Divisions
217:. Charles Lyne was appointed
2487:83 Fd Rgt at RA Netherlands.
2008:Falls, Vol II, pp. 84–7, 94.
1709:Risca at Drill Hall Project.
1357:In 1986, 211 Bty provided a
1262:283rd (Welsh) Field Regiment
1001:on 1 May 1941, and moved to
706:at the beginning of April.
639:18-pounder with sand wheels.
616:Battle of Hareira and Sheria
540:, with CCLXVI Bde following
522:Sinai and Palestine Campaign
518:Egyptian Expeditionary Force
415:18-pounder preserved at the
123:Sinai and Palestine Campaign
929:83rd (Welsh) Field Regiment
816:63rd (Royal Naval) Division
452:British Expeditionary Force
318:were subsumed into the new
3148:
3014:, London: Longmans, 1980,
2624:Ellis, Vol II, pp. 257–67.
2506:Martin, pp. 145–6, 149–50.
2466:Martin, pp. 120, 127, 143.
2101:Falls, Vol II, pp. 312–21.
2070:Falls, Vol II, pp. 265–90.
839:83rd (Welsh) Brigade, RFA,
769:French De Bange 90 mm guns
127:North West Europe Campaign
3095:The Territorial Army 1947
2922:Gen Sir Martin Farndale,
2561:Ellis, Vol II, pp. 123–4.
2448:Martin, pp. 108–9, 118–9.
1747:Becke, Pt 2a, pp. 117–23.
1305:from 283rd Field Regiment
1293:from 281st Field Regiment
1250:British Army of the Rhine
1055:Second Battle of the Odon
764:68th (2nd Welsh) Division
758:French De Bange 90 mm gun
45:4 October 1860–1 May 1961
29:
2958:Norman E.H. Litchfield,
2877:, London: Methuen, 1938.
1977:Falls, Vol II, pp. 44–7.
1866:Becke, Pt 2b, pp. 83–90.
1400:The following served as
1311:Royal Army Service Corps
1172:51st (Highland) Division
1043:15th (Scottish) Division
847:Montgomeryshire Yeomanry
776:First Army (Home Forces)
555:18-pounder gun in Sinai.
353:2nd Monmouth Battery at
300:Royal Garrison Artillery
153:. After transfer to the
141:was a unit of Britain's
21:4th (Welsh) Brigade, RFA
3003:Lt-Col J.D. Sainsbury,
2362:Collier Maps 17 and 20.
2272:Titles and Designations
2237:Becke, Pt 3b, pp. 71–9.
1489:Beckett, Appendix VIII.
1299:from 282nd HAA Regiment
1168:Wessem-Nederweert Canal
1099:Operation Market Garden
1065:to help in closing the
837:, and redesignated the
810:(the last phase of the
750:2/IV Welsh Brigade, RFA
711:German spring offensive
486:CCLXVIII (268) Bde, RFA
407:1/IV Welsh Brigade, RFA
189:The enthusiasm for the
3068:The Drill Hall Project
3056:The British Army, 1914
3025:Maj C.H. Dudley Ward,
2588:Ellis, Vol II, p. 160.
1685:Litchfield, pp. 181–2.
1156:
1034:
925:
851:Herefordshire Regiment
835:3rd Welsh Brigade, RFA
759:
700:First Transjordan raid
640:
593:to finish cutting the
556:
513:
420:
338:
271:
234:1st Worcestershire AVC
2890:The Defeat of Germany
2497:Ellis, Vol II, p. 44.
2412:Ellis, Vol I, p. 334.
2381:Farndale, pp. 99–100.
2339:Joslen, pp. 346, 348.
1955:Ward, pp. 101–9, 116.
1427:Lt-Col T.W. Pearson,
1303:R (1 Monmouth) Bty –
1150:
1028:
923:
757:
638:
612:Royal Welsh Fusiliers
561:Second Battle of Gaza
554:
511:
414:
336:
328:Royal Field Artillery
269:
215:Blackwood, Caerphilly
159:53rd (Welsh) Division
103:53rd (Welsh) Division
3078:The Long, Long Trail
2988:Lt-Gen H.G. Martin,
2951:Lt-Col H.F. Joslen,
2873:Col John K. Dunlop,
2597:Buckley, pp. 239–40.
2457:Ellis, Vol II, p. 6.
1384:(Volunteers) in the
1199:Counter-battery fire
942:133rd Field Regiment
732:17th Indian Infantry
691:Battle of Tell 'Asur
603:Desert Mounted Corps
599:Beersheba had fallen
579:Third Battle of Gaza
534:First Battle of Gaza
247:, with HQ moving to
145:raised in 1860 from
2752:Litchfield, p. 183.
2740:Frederick, p. 1040.
2661:Frederick, p. 1001.
2606:Buckley, pp. 240–1.
2570:Buckley, pp. 244–5.
2439:Buckley, pp. 188–9.
1850:Becke, Pt 2b, p. 6.
1644:Spiers, Chapter 10.
1635:Dunlop, Chapter 14.
1614:Beckett, pp. 178–9.
1195:Operation Veritable
1189:Operation Veritable
808:Battle of the Ancre
740:Armistice of Mudros
715:British Indian Army
605:and XX Corps could
417:Imperial War Museum
211:Crumlin, Caerphilly
157:it served with the
3010:Edward M. Spiers,
2944:J.B.M. Frederick,
2937:J.B.M. Frederick,
2843:Ian F.W. Beckett,
2701:Litchfield, p. 78.
2615:Martin, pp. 214–9.
2579:Martin, pp. 173–4.
2394:, file WO 212/238.
2123:Ward, pp. 183–200.
1841:Frederick, p. 694.
1783:British Army, 1914
1653:Frederick, p. 682.
1509:Frederick, p. 666.
1480:Spiers, pp. 163–8.
1201:was resumed and a
1157:
1155:, 23 October 1944.
1035:
1015:Operation Overlord
926:
760:
687:Capture of Jericho
680:
641:
557:
516:Early in 1917 the
514:
494:4.5-inch howitzers
421:
339:
272:
230:Lieutenant-Colonel
191:Volunteer movement
92:Position artillery
90:Garrison artillery
2998:978-1-78331-085-2
2868:978-0-300-13449-0
2421:Martin, pp. 73–6.
2403:Martin, pp. 51–5.
2330:Joslen, pp. 87–8.
2194:Ward, pp. 221–43.
2092:Ward, pp. 167–81.
2061:Ward, pp. 142–64.
2030:Ward, pp. 124–37.
1396:Honorary Colonels
1231:Operation Plunder
874:Llandrindod Wells
727:Battle of Megiddo
725:At the climactic
650:Cheshire Regiment
581:) on 27 October.
320:Territorial Force
310:Territorial Force
171:North West Europe
155:Territorial Force
132:
131:
77:Territorial Force
3139:
3048:External sources
2786:
2781:
2775:
2770:
2764:
2759:
2753:
2750:
2741:
2738:
2732:
2731:
2729:
2728:
2719:. Archived from
2713:
2702:
2699:
2693:
2684:
2678:
2673:
2662:
2659:
2650:
2643:
2634:
2631:
2625:
2622:
2616:
2613:
2607:
2604:
2598:
2595:
2589:
2586:
2580:
2577:
2571:
2568:
2562:
2559:
2553:
2548:
2542:
2537:
2531:
2526:
2507:
2504:
2498:
2495:
2489:
2484:
2467:
2464:
2458:
2455:
2449:
2446:
2440:
2437:
2431:
2428:
2422:
2419:
2413:
2410:
2404:
2401:
2395:
2388:
2382:
2379:
2373:
2372:Farndale, p. 99.
2370:
2364:
2359:
2353:
2346:
2340:
2337:
2331:
2328:
2313:
2308:
2302:
2295:
2289:
2286:
2275:
2269:
2260:
2257:
2238:
2235:
2224:
2221:
2215:
2210:
2204:
2203:Ward, pp. 244–5.
2201:
2195:
2192:
2186:
2183:Forgotten Fronts
2179:
2173:
2170:
2164:
2163:Ward, pp. 213–5.
2161:
2155:
2152:Forgotten Fronts
2148:
2142:
2139:
2133:
2132:Ward, pp. 203–6.
2130:
2124:
2121:
2115:
2112:Forgotten Fronts
2108:
2102:
2099:
2093:
2090:
2084:
2081:Forgotten Fronts
2077:
2071:
2068:
2062:
2059:
2053:
2050:Forgotten Fronts
2046:
2040:
2037:
2031:
2028:
2022:
2019:Forgotten Fronts
2015:
2009:
2006:
2000:
1999:Ward, pp. 122–3.
1997:
1991:
1988:Forgotten Fronts
1984:
1978:
1975:
1969:
1966:Forgotten Fronts
1962:
1956:
1953:
1947:
1944:
1938:
1935:Forgotten Fronts
1931:
1925:
1924:Ward, pp. 83–97.
1922:
1916:
1913:
1907:
1904:Forgotten Fronts
1900:
1894:
1891:
1885:
1882:
1876:
1873:
1867:
1864:
1851:
1848:
1842:
1839:
1828:
1827:
1825:
1824:
1815:. Archived from
1809:
1796:
1793:
1787:
1778:
1772:
1767:
1748:
1745:
1722:
1717:
1711:
1706:
1700:
1692:
1686:
1683:
1654:
1651:
1645:
1642:
1636:
1633:
1627:
1624:
1615:
1612:
1606:
1597:
1588:
1585:
1574:
1571:
1565:
1564:, various dates.
1559:
1532:
1529:
1510:
1507:
1490:
1487:
1481:
1478:
1472:
1469:
1402:Honorary Colonel
1297:Q (Welsh) Bty –
1161:'s-Hertogenbosch
1153:'s-Hertogenbosch
1029:25-pounders and
983:Battle of France
979:Northern Ireland
843:Territorial Army
784:CCCXLIII Brigade
665:4th Royal Sussex
524:by crossing the
498:CCLXVI (266) Bde
296:Western Division
253:Honorary Colonel
81:Territorial Army
75:
60:
58:
57:
34:
16:
3147:
3146:
3142:
3141:
3140:
3138:
3137:
3136:
3102:
3101:
3100:
3093:Graham Watson,
3050:
2905:Martin Farndale
2828:Maj A.F. Becke,
2813:Maj A.F. Becke,
2798:Maj A.F. Becke,
2794:
2789:
2782:
2778:
2771:
2767:
2760:
2756:
2751:
2744:
2739:
2735:
2726:
2724:
2715:
2714:
2705:
2700:
2696:
2685:
2681:
2674:
2665:
2660:
2653:
2647:Years of Defeat
2644:
2637:
2632:
2628:
2623:
2619:
2614:
2610:
2605:
2601:
2596:
2592:
2587:
2583:
2578:
2574:
2569:
2565:
2560:
2556:
2549:
2545:
2538:
2534:
2527:
2510:
2505:
2501:
2496:
2492:
2485:
2470:
2465:
2461:
2456:
2452:
2447:
2443:
2438:
2434:
2429:
2425:
2420:
2416:
2411:
2407:
2402:
2398:
2389:
2385:
2380:
2376:
2371:
2367:
2360:
2356:
2350:Years of Defeat
2347:
2343:
2338:
2334:
2329:
2316:
2309:
2305:
2299:Years of Defeat
2296:
2292:
2287:
2278:
2270:
2263:
2258:
2241:
2236:
2227:
2222:
2218:
2211:
2207:
2202:
2198:
2193:
2189:
2180:
2176:
2171:
2167:
2162:
2158:
2149:
2145:
2140:
2136:
2131:
2127:
2122:
2118:
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1990:, pp. 98–9.
1937:, pp. 87–9.
1906:, pp. 81–4.
1374:Abertillery
1181:, opposite
1093:Netherlands
1075:River Somme
988:Downpatrick
968:25-pounders
880:, later at
878:Radnorshire
595:barbed wire
425:Northampton
381:World War I
213:, and D at
167:World War I
119:Engagements
109:Garrison/HQ
3106:Categories
2888:, Vol II:
2882:L.F. Ellis
2792:References
2727:2005-12-27
2649:, Annex M.
2645:Farndale,
2352:, Annex D.
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2181:Farndale,
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1059:River Orne
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1047:River Odon
865:Cross Keys
681:Tell 'Asur
624:registered
565:gas shells
481:defences.
479:Suez Canal
475:Alexandria
471:Marseilles
435:, then to
400:War Office
322:under the
316:Volunteers
277:War Office
2154:, p. 124.
1562:Army List
1450:Maidstone
1352:Ebbw Vale
1135:into the
1133:160th Bde
1108:Luftwaffe
1103:XXX Corps
1007:XII Corps
999:III Corps
992:Portadown
645:Jerusalem
631:Jerusalem
587:Beersheba
530:Gaza City
460:Pont-Remy
441:Gallipoli
433:Cambridge
314:When the
249:Worcester
163:Palestine
2903:Gen Sir
2687:Watson,
1781:Conrad,
1471:Beckett.
1440:Memorial
1283:to form
1207:71st Bde
1137:Nijmegen
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