340:
1052:
488:
277:
1505:
REGIMENT/ 3RD EAST YORKSHIRE ARTILLERY VOLUNTEERS 2ND EAST YORKSHIRE ARTILLERY VOLUNTEERS 2ND EAST RIDING OF YORKSHIRE/ RGA VOLUNTEERS 2ND NORTHUMBRIAN BRIGADE RFA T.F. EAST RIDING RGA T.F. 77TH SIEGE BATTERY RGA T.F./ 165 SIEGE BATTERY RGA T.F. 251ST BRIGADE T.F. 73RD NORTHUMBRIAN FIELD BRIGADE RA T.A. EAST RIDING HEAVY/ BRIGADE RA T.A. 62ND HEAVY A.A. REGIMENT RA T.A. 422 EAST RIDING COAST REGIMENT RA T.A. 462 MIXED HEAVY/ A.A. REGIMENT RA T.A. 676 A.A. REGIMENT RA T.A. 440 HUMBER LIGHT A.A. REGIMENT RA T.A.
1333:) led to further reductions in coast defences in April 1944. On 1 April 1944 513th (ER) Coast Rgt passed into suspended animation (later regarded as having disbanded) and the war-formed 545th Coast Rgt was disbanded; 316, 317 and 320 Btys went to 526th (Durham) Coast Rgt, the remainder (319, 349, 351, 383, 437 and 445) all came under 512th (ER) Coast Rgt; all the attached coast observation detachments were also disbanded. But by this stage of the war many of the coast battery positions were manned by
610:
844:
39:
63:
80:
706:
586:, Beaucourt Redoubt and finished up at Baillescourt Farm'. Unfortunately, these lifts were premature, the Germans being able to man their trenches once the guns lifted, and the infantry of VIII Corps failed to penetrate much beyond the enemy front line trench. Gunner T. Tharratt, ERRGA, was later awarded the
1504:
THIS TABLET WAS PLACED HERE TO MARK THE CENTENARY/ YEAR IN 1960 OF THE FORMATION OF THE EAST YORKSHIRE/ ARTILLERY VOLUNTEERS AND IN RECOGNITION OF THE/ FAITHFUL AND GALLANT SERVICES OF THOSE CITIZENS OF/ KINGSTON UPON HULL AND OTHERS WHO SERVED IN PEACE AND/ WAR AS ARTILLERY MEN IN THE UNDERMENTIONED
1325:
in March 1943, a newly formed 445 Bty joined 545th Rgt in June, and 545th also took over 29 Coast
Observer Detachment from 526th (Durham) Coast Rgt by November 1943. In March 1944 the East Riding and Lincolnshire Coast Artillery HQ was scrapped, and the regiments came directly under Northern Command.
894:
to protect the advancing infantry, the howitzers would switch to laying down a 'standing barrage' on the German support trench. When the creeping barrage reached this line, the standing barrage would then lift onto the phase two objectives (the 'Blue Line'). Once the infantry had achieved their phase
1320:
By late 1942 the threat from German attack had diminished and there was demand for trained gunners for the fighting fronts. A process of reducing the manpower in the coast defences began. 270 and 320 Coast Btys had disappeared from the order of battle before the end of the year, and 350 Bty in April
284:
The 4th East Riding AVC competed with other Hull volunteer units for recruits, increasing its establishment in 1877 from eight to 12 batteries with a total of 965 men in 1878. One battery was formed by employees of Messrs Rose, Downs & Thompson (a manufacturer of oilseed crushing machinery), and
478:
As the war progressed, RGA coastal units supplied trained manpower to batteries raised for other purposes. The RGA opened a Siege
Artillery School in the Humber Garrison and the ERRGA manned 77th and 164th Siege Batteries, RGA, and it appears that by the end of 1916 many of its remaining TF gunners
1450:
The War Office deemed that as 513th Coast Rgt had been disbanded, it was inappropriate for the second Hull regiment to be assigned the number 423, and it had been decided to reduce the number of TA coast regiments. The new regiment was therefore renumbered on 21 February 1948 as 676 (East Riding)
582:, VIII Corps had one heavy gun for every 44 yards of its attack frontage. 77th Siege Battery joined in the 'general bombardment' that began at 06.00, and then after the infantry 'went over' at 07.30 the guns extended their range in six 'lifts'. 77th 'took part in lifts through Beaumont Hamel,
813:, supported by cavalry, cyclists, tanks and artillery, including 84th Heavy Bde. Once the Selle was reached, Third Army ordered it to be crossed by a surprise moonlight attack on 20 October without preliminary bombardment but with heavy artillery support once the attack was launched (the
629:, covering the whole northern sector of the Somme battlefield. After registering new targets, the battery carried out a 'steady bombardment of trenches' on 26 August, and then on 3 September fired a large number of rounds in support of an unsuccessful attack by
895:
two objectives, the field guns would move forward into No man's land and the 6-inch howitzers would move up into their vacated positions to shorten the range to targets deeper behind the German lines. The attack went in on 9 April with
Canadian Corps and
1549:'165 Siege Battery' is either an error on the tablet, or a mistranscription in the War Memorials register: authoritative sources confirm that it was 164th Siege Bty that was raised from the Humber Garrison on 23 May 1916, and that 165th Siege Bty was a
1530:
522nd Siege
Battery had been formed in November 1917 and arrived on the Western Front on 2 April 1918.It joined Second Army on 6 April and was immediately broken up to reinforce existing batteries: one section was posted to 15th Siege Bty, the other to
915:
The battery moved again to 64th HAG on 15 April, to 78th HAG (Third, then First Army) on 13 July and to 12th HAG (Third Army) on 7 September. Finally it moved to 52nd HAG in Second Army on 27 September 1917 with which it remained until the
702:, which was preceded by a preliminary bombardment lasting 18 days, during which British batteries suffered badly from CB fire. The attack was generally successful, but the guns had to be moved forward to prepare for the next phase.
605:
W.N. Leggett, and his driver were killed when the battery car was hit by a shell. After a short period under a temporary commander, Captain C.D. Allderidge, a pre-war officer of the ERRGA, was promoted to take command on 2 August.
670:
Line they passed out of range of 77th Siege Bty's howitzers, so on 9 and 10 March they were moved up from Sailly to
Hebuterne and opened fire again on 12 March. Soon, however, the Germans had moved many miles out of range.
659:(MC) 'for conspicuous gallantry in action. He displayed great courage and determination while observing under very heavy fire. Later, although wounded, he continued to remain at his post. He has previously done fine work'.
407:
was disarmed as the war progressed, a number of new batteries were established to defend the Humber
Estuary, so that by April 1918 the dispositions of the Humber Garrison in Nos 15 and 16 Fire Commands were as follows:
3698:
759:, was put completely out of action by direct hit from a German 24 cm shell. Again, on 26 November, after the end of the major fighting, 77th Siege Bty lost a number of men killed and wounded from German CB fire.
774:
on 31 July 1916. and had arrived in France on 17 January 1917. It had served with various HAGs until
December when it was broken up to reinforce other batteries and subsequently re-raised as a 6-inch howitzer unit.
2991:
Order of Battle of Non-Field Force Units in the United
Kingdom, Part 30: Coast Artillery, Defence Troops, Royal Artillery, and AA Defence of Merchant Ships, 14 May 1942, with amendments, TNA file WO 212/122.
3014:
Order of Battle of Non-Field Force Units in the United
Kingdom, Part 30: Coast Artillery, Defence Troops, Royal Artillery, and AA Defence of Merchant Ships, 12 December 1942, with amendments, TNA file WO
1437:
In 1991, 73 Engineer Rgt re-roled as an air support unit and 129 (ER) Sqn was broken up: part was absorbed by a
Commando Sqn, but part of it went to form 'E' (Humber Artillery) Company in 2nd Battalion
953:
The TF was reconstituted on 7 February 1920, and the ERRGA was reformed, with Nos 1–4 Companies reorganised as two batteries initially titled A & B, then 1 & 2. The TF was reorganised as the
3708:
3703:
3693:
998:. The Humber Estuary (the Defended Port of Humber) was defined as a Class A Port with defences already in place and the East Riding Heavy Rgt was responsible for manning the following guns:
2103:
927:, bringing it up to a strength of six 6-inch howitzers. 52nd HAG (redesignated LII or 52nd Brigade, RGA, from 1 February) moved to First Army on 1 May 1918. Officially, 52nd Brigade was a
903:. The only hold-up on 9 April was at Hill 145, near the north end of the Canadian attack, and the capture of this position was completed the next day. Fighting in the southern sector (the
383:
The East Riding RGA's wartime role, together with other TF and Regular RGA units, was to man guns defending major ports on the North East Coast of England. It was responsible for the four
3035:
Order of Battle of Non-Field Force Units in the United Kingdom, Part 7: Coast Artillery, Defence Troops, Royal Artillery, and AA Defence of Merchant Ships (July 1943) TNA file WO 212/124.
2222:
824:
VI Corps pushed on after its success at the Selle, and on 26 October 84th Bde once again joined the cavalry and cyclists in supporting the pursuit, this time by 3rd Division. During the
3355:, "History of the Second World War: United Kingdom Military Series: Victory in the West", Volume II: "The Defeat of Germany", London: HMSO, 1968/Uckfield: Naval & Military, 2004,
1238:
370:
The East Riding RGA shared Londesborough Barracks in Park Street with the 1st and 2nd East Riding Batteries and the ammunition column of the 2nd Northumbrian RFA and other TF units.
938:
in October 1918, when the 'heavies' were principally employed on harassing fire on the roads used by the retreating enemy and concentrations of fire on HQs and exits from villages.
546:
to dig gun positions, collect ammunition and stores, and move in the guns. On 2 May 1916 it began firing registering shots against targets in its area and later constructed its
2776:
920:. The battery was therefore with Second Army during the later stages of the Third Ypres offensive, and remained with it when it was redesignated Fourth Army in December 1917.
994:
On the outbreak of war, the East Riding Heavy Rgt comprising Regiment Headquarters (RHQ), 182 and 183 Btys mobilised at Hull and formed part of the coastal defences under
770:
On 16 December 1917, the battery was joined by a section of 218th Siege Bty, bringing it up to a strength of six 8-inch howitzers. 218th Siege Battery had been formed at
767:
The battery joined 84th HAG in Fourth Army on 14 December, with which (except for a short detachment to 50th HAG later that month) it remained for the rest of the war.
308:. The unit took part in national gunnery competitions, and won the Queen's Prize on several occasions. From 1886 the coastal artillery batteries were supplemented by
3082:
Order of Battle of the Forces in the United Kingdom, Part 7, Coast Artillery and AA Defence of Merchant Ships (1 April 1944), with amendments, TNA file WO 212/120.
1353:, thereby releasing trained infantry for frontline service. In consequence, 512th Regiment handed its batteries over to 526th (Durham) Coast Rgt and became RHQ of
1322:
690:
The British now also reorganised their front, Fifth Army HQ and its Army Troops, including 40th HAG (which 77th Siege Bty joined on 9 July), moving north to the
636:
During the Somme fighting, the battery had been transferred to 4th HAG on 4 July, back to 17th HAG on 12 July, to 16th HAG on 29 July, to 56th HAG (V Corps in
355:
in 1908, the RGA Volunteers were extensively reorganised. In the original plans, the 2nd East Riding RGA would have become the 3rd Northumbrian Brigade in the
740:
However, the wet weather and consequent mud was now so bad that it was extremely difficult to move guns and ammunition. The next phases of the offensive (the
652:
1349:
began to reorganise surplus coastal artillery regiments in the UK into infantry battalions, primarily for line of communication and occupation duties in
196:
At times of national crisis volunteers were regularly called upon to defend the vulnerable harbours on the coast of East Yorkshire. At the time of the
3219:
339:
270:
3274:
3245:
1051:
1358:
851:
164th Siege Battery, RGA, was raised from the Humber Garrison on 23 May 1916, and disembarked in France on 4 September. It was equipped with four
2977:
Order of Battle of Non-Field Force Units in the United Kingdom, Part 20: Coast Artillery, 16 December 1941, with amendments, TNA file WO 212/118.
208:. These were the first volunteer artillery units formed in Yorkshire, though there may have been others manning the cannon in the fort covering
1442:, recreating the Humber Artillery lineage of the former 2nd East Riding Artillery Volunteers until it was absorbed by another company in 1992.
795:
1321:
1943. The regiments guarding the Humber Estuary did, however, receive a number of reinforcements: 316 and 317 Btys joined 513rd (ER) Rgt from
3488:
1662:
1361:. The RHQ details of 512nd Coast Rgt were disbanded on 15 February 1945 and the remaining batteries transferred to 526th (Durham) Coast Rgt
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2968:
Order of Battle of Non-Field Force Units in the United Kingdom, Part 20: Coast Artillery, 1 June 1941, with amendments, TNA file WO 212/117.
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1456:
1424:
360:
248:
1376:. Following the end of the war, 617 Regiment carried out occupation duties until it was placed in suspended animation on 31 October 1945.
3330:
2077:
359:(RFA). However, these plans were revised in 1910, so that the Hull-based RGA formed two field batteries and an ammunition column in the
266:
3593:
3565:
3536:
3521:
3506:
3454:
3439:
3424:
3405:
3386:
3345:
2784:
2025:
995:
954:
296:
a hall that had been built adjacent to the Corporation Field in Park Street for a working men's exhibition. The government supplied
185:
2051:
2777:"British Northern Command on 3 September 1939 :: The Patriot Files :: Dedicated to the preservation of military history"
858:
The battery joined 5th HAG with Second Army on 11 September 1916, moving to 1 HAG with Reserve Army on 4 October 1916, during the
227:
in 1802. When the peace broke down in 1803, the Bridlington Volunteer Artillery reformed, but the guns at Hull were manned by the
817:). Once again, 84th Bde supported VI Corps in this successful attack, the heavy gunners taking care to avoid hitting the town of
806:
313:
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3117:
1033:
agreed a programme of coast defence emergency batteries, which included amongst its highest priorities the installation of two
829:
487:
258:
941:
Postwar, 164th Siege Bty was intended to become C Battery in a new 64th Brigade, RGA, but these plans were scrapped after the
3606:
3142:
1364:
After infantry training in Scotland, 301st Brigade came under the orders of 21st Army Group on 9 May 1945, and landed on the
745:
722:
431:
223:, and a mixed unit of infantry and artillery manned the fort at Bridlington harbour. These units existed from 1794 until the
756:
633:
along the Ancre. In November, six months after the bombardment began, 77th Siege Bty was still firing at Beaucourt Redoubt.
527:
1966:
1111:
3664:
799:
741:
637:
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1350:
1276:
970:
718:
539:
276:
1015:
1003:
507:, formed that month to operate the Ammunition Column (Motor Transport) for 77th Siege Bty. The two units entrained for
437:
2307:
1334:
871:
859:
825:
714:
679:
648:
641:
535:
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of the Humber defences. During the early part of World War I in the Humber Garrison under No 15 Coastal Fire Command (
157:
2150:
1423:. In 1969, the squadron absorbed part of P Bty of The Humber Regiment, RA, lineal successor to the other half of the
1048:
In July 1940, while Britain faced the threat of invasion, the East Riding Heavy Rgt expanded to form two regiments:
651:) on 15 December and then was rested from 15 February 1917 until early March, when it joined 43rd HAG. In February,
3637:
2386:
1034:
1009:
416:
388:
384:
17:
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1022:
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84th HAG became LXXXIV or 84th (Mixed) Brigade, RGA, on 1 February 1918, and joined Third Army on 14 March 1918.
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in 1859–60, including the 4th to 9th Companies at Hull. These were formed into a battalion in 1860, becoming the
220:
3659:
3546:, London: Royal Artillery Institution, 1959/Uckfield: Naval & Military Press, 2005, ISBN 978-1-845740-31-3.
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1208:
1195:
896:
787:
630:
504:
443:
324:
149:
2682:
ACI 1104, 31 May 1916, "Army Council Instructions Issued During May 1916", London: HM Stationery Office, 1916.
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from 22 March 1917 (joining 28 March) and to 1st Canadian HAG from 8 April. The artillery preparation for the
583:
551:
3024:
3000:
969:, and the 'Coast Brigades, RGA' became 'Heavy Brigades, RA'. The unit served as coastal defence troops under
1802:
1201:
699:
695:
675:
305:
197:
177:
169:
121:
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As an established TA unit 513rd (ER) Rgt was placed in 'suspended animation', but it was disbanded in 1947.
1219:
until November 1942 when a new HQ Coast Artillery, East Riding and Lincolnshire District, was established.
285:
another from members of the Hull Gymnastic Society. Other units having disappeared, the 4th was renumbered
1476:
1400:
When coastal artillery was abolished in the TA on 31 December 1956, 422 (ER) Coast Rgt transferred to the
917:
904:
734:
726:
721:, which had taken over responsibility for part of the Third Ypres offensive. This included the successful
602:
579:
571:
173:
125:
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717:
on 2 August 1917, then back to 40th HAG with Third Army on 4 September. On 19 September, 40th HAG joined
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3249:
1181:
By the peak of coastal defences in September 1941, the Humber Estuary had the following guns installed:
883:
730:
644:
and then returned to V Corps on 16 October – all without the battery shifting its position from Sailly.
609:
356:
934:
52nd Brigade served with Fifth Army from 7 July until the Armistice, taking part in the pursuit to the
882:
had begun on 20 March, with the batteries of 1st Canadian HAG firing from behind Bois de Berthonval in
622:
257:
A number of new artillery companies were formed in the East Riding during the first enthusiasm for the
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3374:
1439:
942:
928:
887:
879:
752:
594:
204:
formed four volunteer artillery companies, equipped with 20 nine-pounder cannon from a ship lying in
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590:(MM) for conspicuous good work as a telephonist and line repairman under heavy shellfire on 1 July.
3447:
History of the Royal Regiment of Artillery: The Years of Defeat: Europe and North Africa, 1939–1941
2361:
1373:
814:
567:
566:
77th Siege Battery had been positioned at Sailly to take part in the artillery preparation for the
165:
117:
2466:
2441:
1666:
1501:, in 1960 to mark the centenary of the East Yorkshire Artillery Volunteers. Its full wording is:
1365:
1330:
598:
427:
213:
201:
145:
107:
1854:
1521:
Major Wilfred Noel Leggett, RGA, killed 14 July 1914, was buried in Martinsart British Cemetery.
843:
613:
8-inch Howitzer being towed by a Holt caterpillar tractor during the Battle of the Somme, 1916.
323:(later transferring to the Western Division). All Volunteer Artillery units became part of the
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3561:
3532:
3517:
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3484:
3450:
3435:
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3401:
3382:
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2273:
2081:
1485:
1030:
348:
297:
83:
3574:, London: War Office, 7 November 1927; RA sections also reprinted in Litchfield Appendix IV.
1991:
973:. In 1927 it was decided that the coast defences of the UK would be manned by the TA alone.
891:
547:
309:
293:
224:
647:
During the winter, 77th Siege Bty moved to 72nd HAG (still in Reserve Army, now designated
3632:
3432:
History of the Royal Regiment of Artillery: The Forgotten Fronts and the Home Base 1914–18
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1941:
1401:
1384:
When the TA was reconstituted in 1947, the 512th and 513th Coast Rgts reformed at Hull as
966:
790:
on 8 October 84th was among the six heavy artillery brigades that supported the attack of
663:
448:
421:
352:
320:
269:, a prominent local engineer and shipbuilder, whose brother Alexander Samuelson served as
141:
79:
38:
2274:'Allocation of Siege Batteries RGA', The National Archives (TNA), Kew, file WO 95/5494/4.
2029:
1777:
1121:, formed as a 6-inch battery at 72nd Coast Training Rgt 19 June, joined 26 September 1941
890:
fire in the days before the assault. Then at Zero hour, while the field guns laid down a
3674:
3167:
2055:
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unit, but in fact three out of its four batteries were equipped with 6-inch howitzers.
875:
818:
656:
587:
575:
543:
523:
68:
2178:
1392:
respectively. The two regiments formed part of 103 Coast Brigade based at Darlington.
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3625:
691:
228:
1727:
828:, the last set-piece battle of the war, 84th Bde was up in support of the attack by
3352:
1216:
737:(9 October), all of which were characterised by extremely heavy artillery support.
554:
on 30 May, only two of which burst properly, reflecting the notoriously unreliable
531:
496:
301:
232:
205:
181:
3665:
Land Forces of Britain, the Empire and Commonwealth (Regiments.org) – archive site
3400:, London: HM Stationery Office, 1947/Imperial War Museum and Battery Press, 1993,
618:
1702:
617:
During August, the battery remained at Sailly, but it dug new gun pits closer to
578:, the preliminary bombardment of the German trenches beginning on 6 June. On the
2104:"Royal Artillery depots, training and home defence units – The Long, Long Trail"
810:
805:
By now the German line was breaking up, and during 10 October, VI Corps ordered
412:
392:
209:
161:
1297:
350 Bty from 513th (ER) Coast Rgt 7 July 1942 (at Sunk Island by November 1942)
899:
successfully capturing Vimy Ridge while Third Army attacked further south near
1346:
1141:
1118:
1038:
1026:
508:
404:
2223:"The Siege Batteries of the Royal Garrison Artillery – The Long, Long Trail"
1212:
319:
In 1882, the 2nd East Riding AV became part of the Northern Division of the
1329:
The manpower requirements for the forthcoming Allied invasion of Normandy (
1275:
66 Coast Observer Detachment – joined October 1942 from 544th Coast Rgt at
1222:
Between May and July 1942 the three regiments were completely reorganised:
1172:
30 Coast Observer Detachment – joined January 1942 from 553rd Coast Rgt at
1104:
383 Bty – formed at Paull 31 December 1940, at Sunk Island by December 1941
976:
The RA's heavy brigades were redesignated as regiments on 1 November 1938.
534:
to tow them. The battery was posted to 17th Heavy Artillery Group (HAG) in
3620:
1173:
1107:
350 Bty – at Hornsea, joined from 6 Coast Artillery Group 1 February 1941
1082:
962:
802:), which made an advance of over 300 yards and took about 500 prisoners.
771:
626:
516:
3514:
The Territorial Artillery 1908–1988 (Their Lineage, Uniforms and Badges)
2328:'Allocation of Mechanical Transport Companies ASC', TNA file WO 95/5494.
1300:
321 Bty became independent 20 August 1942 (disbanded on 3 February 1944)
705:
570:. During June the battery was engaged in shoots against targets such as
3572:
Titles and Designations of Formations and Units of the Territorial Army
3379:
History of the Great War: Military Operations, France and Belgium, 1916
1468:
1247:
270 Bty commenced disbandment 10 October, completed by 1 November 1942
1042:
935:
667:
304:
and four were placed in a battery built on the Humber Bank adjacent to
3529:
The Volunteer Artillery 1859–1908 (Their Lineage, Uniforms and Badges)
3449:, Woolwich: Royal Artillery Institution, 1988/London: Brasseys, 1996,
3394:
History of the Great War: Military Operations, France and Belgium 1918
961:, with the two batteries numbered 182 and 183 and Major Allderidge as
1369:
153:
1089:; at this point the three regiments had the following organisation:
3551:
Militia, Yeomanry and Volunteer Forces of the East Riding 1689–1908
3464:, Vol II, Wakefield: Microform Academic, 1984, ISBN 1-85117-009-X.
1434:, transferred to 73 Engineer Rgt based at Bilborough, Nottingham.
1431:
1409:
1050:
900:
842:
704:
608:
486:
338:
275:
3649:
3417:
History of the Royal Regiment of Artillery: Western Front 1914–18
3323:
Riflemen Form: A Study of the Rifle Volunteer Movement 1859–1908
835:
After the war, 77th Siege Bty was disbanded on 26 October 1919.
555:
500:
219:
Hull Trinity House organised a new artillery company during the
3642:
3118:"British Army units from 1945 on – 414 – 443 Regiments 1947–67"
172:
and played a role in the pursuit of the German army during the
3392:
Brig-Gen Sir James E. Edmonds & Lt-Col R. Maxwell-Hyslop,
1211:, which commanded both the field forces and coast defences in
1150:
Coast Artillery Searchlight Detachment formed 11 December 1941
3699:
Military units and formations in the East Riding of Yorkshire
2430:'Headquarters Heavy Artillery Groups', TNA file WO 95/5494/1.
1337:
detachments or in the hands of care and maintenance parties.
957:(TA) the following year and the unit was redesignated as the
621:, which gave it an arc of fire from the sunken lane north of
1992:"The Drill Hall Project> Database> Yorkshire> Hull"
1415:
The TA was reduced in 1967, and 129 Construction Rgt became
1244:
100 Bty joined from 521st (K&S) Coast Rgt on 6 July 1943
1231:
RHQ at Kilnsea in Spurn Head Fire Command by 7 December 1942
923:
On 6 April 1918, 164th Siege Bty was joined by a section of
886:'s sector. The artillery plan for the heavy guns emphasised
1459:, descended from the 2nd East Riding Artillery Volunteers.
1140:
318 Bty – at Grimsby, formed 10 June 1940, originally from
1124:
64, 65 Coast Observer Detachments – joined by December 1941
662:
In March 1917, the Germans began a phased retreat to the
3669:
593:
As the battle continued, 77th Siege Bty concentrated on
367:(ERRGA) with four companies of coast defence artillery.
300:
in June 1860. Eight were used for drill purposes at the
3499:
Passchendaele in Perspective: The Third Battle of Ypres
3381:, Vol I, London: Macmillan,1932/Woking: Shearer, 1986,
1073:
Each regiment was initially organised as A and B Btys.
3615:
698:. Fifth Army opened the offensive on 31 July with the
188:
included anti-aircraft artillery and field engineers.
329:
2nd East Riding Royal Garrison Artillery (Volunteers)
263:
4th (Yorkshire East Riding) Artillery Volunteer Corps
3709:
Defended ports units of the Royal Garrison Artillery
1451:
Coast Rgt. Shortly afterwards it was converted into
1207:
From early in 1942 these regiments were assigned to
1147:
351 Bty – formed at Stallingborough 31 December 1940
327:(RGA) in 1899 and in 1902 the unit was redesignated
3704:
Military units and formations in Kingston upon Hull
3553:, York: East Yorkshire Local History Society, 1965.
3483:. Uckfield, East Sussex: Naval and Military Press.
2601:
Army Council Instructions Issued During August 1916
2308:
77th Siege Battery War Diary, TNA file WO 95/396/2.
1663:"2nd East Riding Artillery Volunteers [UK]"
809:to continue the pursuit across 8 miles towards the
495:In March 1916, 77th Siege Battery was stationed at
479:had been mobilised to man anti-aircraft batteries.
113:
103:
89:
74:
56:
48:
31:
18:
512th (East Riding) Coast Regiment, Royal Artillery
3544:The History of Coast Artillery in the British Army
3398:26 September – 11 November, The Advance to Victory
3143:"British Army units from 1945 on – Coast Brigades"
1967:"Geograph:: WW1 Great War Centenary – Drill Halls"
1581:Norfolk, pp. 14, 21, 24 and Appendices III and IV.
1309:90 Coast Observer Detachment – joined October 1942
1253:94 Coast Observer Detachment – joined October 1942
1153:77 Coast Observer Detachment – joined January 1942
847:A 6-inch 26 cwt Howitzer in action, February 1918.
152:. It provided coastal defence artillery along the
3694:Military units and formations established in 1908
1488:-Colonel F. Holman, TD, appointed 2 February 1938
1291:320, 383 Btys to 513th (ER) Coast Rgt 7 July 1942
597:(CB) fire, sometimes directed by aircraft of the
458:The ERRGA companies were distributed as follows:
212:harbour. The companies were stood down after the
156:from 1908 to 1956, manned siege batteries on the
2849:
280:Preserved 32-pounder gun on traversing carriage.
3660:The Regimental Warpath 1914–1918 – archive site
3434:, Woolwich: Royal Artillery Institution, 1988,
3419:, Woolwich: Royal Artillery Institution, 1986,
3269:
3267:
3052:
3050:
2847:
2845:
2843:
2841:
2839:
2837:
2835:
2833:
2831:
2829:
2737:
2735:
2733:
2731:
2690:
2688:
2205:
2203:
2201:
2199:
1890:
1888:
1886:
1884:
1430:Then, in 1977, 129 (ER) Sqn, based at Hull and
522:On 9 April, the battery and MT company went to
2630:Edmonds & Maxwell-Hyslop, pp. 335, 339–42.
1603:
1601:
1599:
1269:320, 383 Btys from 545th Coast Rgt 7 July 1942
1055:A 9.2-inch coastal defence gun in August 1941.
713:77th Siege Bty was transferred to 68th HAG in
312:, and the 2nd East Riding AV trained with the
3481:Orders of Battle: Second World War, 1939–1945
3462:Lineage Book of British Land Forces 1660–1978
3368:The Development of the British Army 1899–1914
2217:
2215:
1918:
1916:
1914:
1912:
1910:
1908:
1906:
1904:
1902:
1900:
1294:349 Bty from 513th (ER) Coast Rgt 7 July 1942
748:(26 October – 10 November)) were disastrous.
491:An 8-inch Howitzer in action, September 1916.
8:
2269:
2267:
2265:
2263:
1657:
1655:
1653:
1651:
1649:
1457:462nd (Northumbrian) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Rgt
1266:349, 350 Btys to 545th Coast Rgt 7 July 1942
1101:271, 272, 273 Btys – from B Bty 1 April 1941
474:No 5 Co – a war-formed unit – at Sunk Island
3638:Imperial War Museum, War Memorials Register
3621:Grace's Guide to British Industrial History
3010:
3008:
2987:
2985:
2983:
2261:
2259:
2257:
2255:
2253:
2251:
2249:
2247:
2245:
2243:
1647:
1645:
1643:
1641:
1639:
1637:
1635:
1633:
1631:
1629:
1453:676th (East Riding) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Rgt
1406:422 (East Riding Coast) Field Park Squadron
43:Cap Badge of the Royal Artillery (pre-1953)
2678:
2676:
1408:at Hull, in 129 Construction Rgt based at
821:, which was occupied by French civilians.
709:Chateau Wood, near Hooge, 29 October 1917.
550:(OP). The battery fired 16 rounds against
140:(ERRGA) was a part-time unit of Britain's
37:
2582:
2580:
2052:"Coast defence at the Regimental Warpath"
1803:"Earle's Shipbuilding and Engineering Co"
1688:
1686:
1684:
1619:
1617:
1615:
1613:
1589:
1587:
1303:437 Bty new battery joined 20 August 1942
1081:In June 1941, 7 Coast Artillery Group at
1045:on the south side of the Humber Estuary.
395:) and No 16 Coastal Fire Command (Hull).
3064:
3062:
2953:
2951:
2936:
2934:
2919:
2917:
2903:
2901:
2899:
2897:
2895:
2881:
2879:
2877:
2875:
2873:
2806:
2804:
2802:
2749:
2747:
2725:Edmonds & Maxwell-Hyslop, pp. 404–5.
2670:Edmonds & Maxwell-Hyslop, pp. 484–6.
2612:Edmonds & Maxwell-Hyslop, pp. 206–8.
2303:
2301:
2173:
2171:
1144:personnel, transferred 31 September 1940
965:. In 1924 the RGA was subsumed into the
3275:"73 Engineer Regiment (V) [UK]"
3246:"72 Engineer Regiment (V) [UK]"
3112:
3110:
3108:
3106:
2299:
2297:
2295:
2293:
2291:
2289:
2287:
2285:
2283:
2281:
1760:
1758:
1756:
1754:
1752:
1750:
1748:
1565:
1514:
1134:274, 275 Btys – from A Bty 1 April 1941
1098:269, 270 Btys – from A Bty 1 April 1941
3527:Norman Litchfield & Ray Westlake,
3338:Battleground Europe: Arras: Vimy Ridge
3325:, Aldershot, The Ogilby Trusts, 1982,
1372:), where it came under the command of
1234:269, 271, 272, 273, 274, 275, 276 Btys
1085:across the Humber was redesignated as
28:
3581:, London: Longmans, 1959/Corgi, 1966.
3579:In Flanders Fields: The 1917 Campaign
2661:Edmonds & Maxwell-Hyslop, p. 391.
2621:Edmonds & Maxwell-Hyslop, p. 241.
2603:, London: HM Stationery Office, 1916.
2425:
2423:
2421:
2419:
2417:
2415:
2413:
2411:
2409:
2407:
2179:"East Yorkshire Artillery Volunteers"
1692:Litchfield & Westlake, pp. 176–9.
751:On 4 November, 77th Siege Bty was at
666:; when they reached the intermediate
7:
3531:, Nottingham: Sherwood Press, 1982,
3516:, Nottingham: Sherwood Press, 1992,
3220:"West Riding Engineers [UK]"
1425:2nd East Riding Artillery Volunteers
1421:72nd (Tyne Electrical Engineers) Rgt
1023:German invasion of the Low Countries
755:engaged in CB work when No 2 gun, a
601:. On 14 July the battery commander,
454:Godwin's Battery – 2 × 6-inch Mk VII
287:2nd East Riding Artillery Volunteers
249:2nd East Riding Artillery Volunteers
138:East Riding Royal Garrison Artillery
32:East Riding Royal Garrison Artillery
1826:Litchfield & Westlake, pp. 4–6.
1455:. In 1954, it was amalgamated with
971:50th (Northumbrian) Divisional Area
558:of the 8-inch shells at that time.
267:Lieutenant-Colonel Martin Samuelson
3616:Commonwealth War Graves Commission
3277:. 22 November 2005. Archived from
3248:. 26 November 2005. Archived from
3222:. 23 November 2005. Archived from
2080:. 19 February 2006. Archived from
1665:. 27 December 2005. Archived from
1482:R. Hall, TD, appointed 20 May 1921
1067:513th (East Riding) Coast Regiment
1061:512th (East Riding) Coast Regiment
25:
3655:Orders of Battle at Patriot Files
1623:Norfolk, pp. 35–8 and Appendix V.
1272:64, 77 Coast Observer Detachments
1239:521st (Kent and Sussex) Coast Rgt
1137:276 Bty – from B Bty 1 April 1941
403:Although the existing battery at
2853:Frederick, pp. 607–11, 626, 636.
2512:Wolff, pp. 142–4, 148–9, 153–60.
1572:Norfolk, pp. 7–8 and Appendix I.
1497:A memorial plaque was placed in
1446:676 Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment
1396:422 (East Riding Coast) Squadron
1390:423 (East Riding) Coast Regiment
1386:422 (East Riding) Coast Regiment
1263:RHQ at Filey by 7 December 1942
1110:349 Bty – at Filey, joined from
678:in January 1917 and awarded the
511:, where they embarked on the SS
314:Humber Division Submarine Miners
78:
61:
945:and the battery was disbanded.
830:62nd (2nd West Riding) Division
655:G.W. Sainsbury was awarded the
640:) on 14 August, which moved to
3588:, Barnsley: Leo Cooper, 2000,
3558:The Army and Society 1815–1914
3340:, Barnsley: Leo Cooper, 1996,
3147:british-army-units1945on.co.uk
3122:british-army-units1945on.co.uk
2028:. 17 June 2011. Archived from
959:East Riding Coast Brigade, RGA
746:Second Battle of Passchendaele
723:Battle of the Menin Road Ridge
298:32-pounder muzzle-loading guns
200:, the Wardens and Brethren of
1:
3475:, Edinburgh: Blackwood, 1948.
3070:"RA 1939–45 617 Infantry Rgt"
2716:Cave, pp. 119–27, Map p. 121.
2151:"Siege Artillery School Hull"
1259:513th (East Riding) Coast Rgt
1227:512th (East Riding) Coast Rgt
1130:513th (East Riding) Coast Rgt
1094:512th (East Riding) Coast Rgt
874:where it was attached to the
184:. Its successor units in the
3586:Army Service Corps 1902–1918
3501:, London: Leo Cooper, 1997,
2503:Liddle, pp. 33, 36–7, 111–2.
1479:, appointed 13 November 1909
1306:30 Coast Observer Detachment
1277:Scarborough, North Yorkshire
1250:65 Coast Observer Detachment
729:(26 September – 3 October),
674:Acting-Major Allderidge was
468:No 3 Co at Kilnsea and Spurn
3168:"THE TERRITORIAL ARMY 1947"
2707:, pp. 164–6, 174–6, Map 23.
1345:Then, in January 1945, the
860:Battle of the Ancre Heights
680:Distinguished Service Order
503:together with 654 Company,
424:Battery – 2 × 6-inch Mk VII
214:Jacobite defeat at Culloden
176:. It served as infantry in
3725:
3560:, London: Longmans, 1980,
2942:"RA 1939–45 513 Coast Rgt"
2925:"RA 1939–45 512 Coast Rgt"
2078:"The King (Field Marshal)"
2026:"Royal Garrison Artillery"
1778:"Rose, Downs and Thompson"
1241:at Newhaven on 6 July 1943
515:on 27 March and landed at
462:No 1 Co at Stallingborough
442:Spurn Point Battery – 2 ×
3677:The Territorial Army 1947
3670:Royal Artillery 1939–1945
3542:Col K. W. Maurice-Jones,
3445:Gen Sir Martin Farndale,
3430:Gen Sir Martin Farndale,
2958:RA 1939–45 545 Coast Rgt.
2763:Titles & Designations
2599:ACI 1544, 8 August 1916,
1499:Holy Trinity Church, Hull
1355:617 Infantry Regiment, RA
1341:617 Infantry Regiment, RA
1037:(initially manned by the
870:164th Siege Bty moved to
853:6-inch (26 cwt) Howitzers
532:Holt caterpillar tractors
347:With the creation of the
221:French Revolutionary Wars
36:
3512:Norman E.H. Litchfield,
3370:, London: Methuen, 1938.
2864:"RA 1939–45 171 Hvy Rgt"
1467:The following served as
1368:on 15 May (a week after
1323:526th (Durham) Coast Rgt
788:Second Battle of Cambrai
361:2nd Northumbrian Brigade
325:Royal Garrison Artillery
150:East Riding of Yorkshire
3631:23 October 2015 at the
3479:Joslen, H. F. (2003) .
3191:Litchfield, Appendix 5.
2565:Liddle, pp. 112, 262–8.
2227:www.longlongtrail.co.uk
2108:www.longlongtrail.co.uk
1593:Beckett, Appendix VIII.
1288:318, 319, 349, 351 Btys
1087:545th Special Coast Rgt
700:Battle of Pilckem Ridge
694:in preparation for the
676:Mentioned in dispatches
343:Londesborough Barracks.
198:Jacobite rising of 1745
178:Allied-occupied Germany
3609:The British Army, 1914
3584:Lt-Col Michael Young,
3497:Peter H. Liddle (ed),
3299:Maurice-Jones, p. 276.
3209:Maurice-Jones, p. 277.
2823:Maurice-Jones, p. 220.
2753:Maurice-Jones, p. 206.
2015:Maurice-Jones, p. 187.
1931:Maurice-Jones, p. 166.
1922:Litchfield, pp. 250–2.
1359:301st Infantry Brigade
1056:
918:Armistice with Germany
907:) continued into May.
848:
782:Hundred Days Offensive
735:Battle of Poelcappelle
727:Battle of Polygon Wood
710:
614:
580:First day on the Somme
572:Hawthorn Ridge Redoubt
492:
363:, RFA, and a separate
344:
281:
174:Hundred Days Offensive
126:Hundred Days Offensive
3025:Collier, Chapter XXI.
3001:Collier, Chapter XIX.
2209:Frederick, pp. 702–8.
1807:www.gracesguide.co.uk
1782:www.gracesguide.co.uk
1732:www.gracesguide.co.uk
1728:"Alexander Samuelson"
1707:www.gracesguide.co.uk
1607:Frederick, pp. 671–2.
1417:129 (East Riding) Sqn
1054:
884:1st Canadian Division
846:
731:Battle of Broodseinde
708:
696:Third Ypres Offensive
612:
584:Beaucourt-sur-l'Ancre
490:
357:Royal Field Artillery
342:
292:The unit leased from
279:
265:under the command of
122:Third Battle of Ypres
99:Air Defence Artillery
3650:The Long, Long Trail
3366:Col John K. Dunlop,
3044:Ellis, pp. 369, 380.
2781:www.patriotfiles.com
2775:Files, The Patriot.
2351:Edmonds, pp. 427–44.
2183:Imperial War Museums
1440:Yorkshire Volunteers
1163:319 Bty – at Grimsby
943:Treaty of Versailles
880:Battle of Vimy Ridge
826:Battle of the Sambre
757:Mk V 8-inch howitzer
682:(DSO) in June 1917.
542:and began moving to
436:Green Battery – 2 ×
273:of the 6th Company.
3308:Frederick, p. 1030.
3281:on 22 November 2005
3252:on 26 November 2005
3226:on 23 November 2005
3100:Frederick, p. 1012.
2543:Wolff, pp. 191–235.
2534:Liddle, pp. 219–21.
2084:on 19 February 2006
1971:www.geograph.org.uk
1844:Spiers, Chapter 10.
1835:Dunlop, Chapter 14.
1669:on 27 December 2005
1374:First Canadian Army
839:164th Siege Battery
815:Battle of the Selle
725:(20–25 September),
568:Battle of the Somme
118:Battle of the Somme
3556:Edward M. Spiers,
3460:J.B.M. Frederick,
3321:Ian F.W. Beckett,
3056:Frederick, p. 881.
2741:Frederick, p. 615.
2694:Frederick, p. 703.
2574:Wolff, pp. 247–64.
2366:, 9 December 1916"
2140:Frederick, p. 646.
2058:on 4 February 2012
1996:www.drillhalls.org
1894:Frederick, p. 697.
1878:Frederick, p. 680.
1703:"Martin Samuelson"
1475:Major A.T. Downs,
1331:Operation Overlord
1166:320 Bty – at Filey
1057:
1035:6-inch Mk VII guns
849:
711:
615:
599:Royal Flying Corps
505:Army Service Corps
493:
483:77th Siege Battery
449:Haile Sand Battery
345:
282:
259:Volunteer Movement
247:See main article:
202:Hull Trinity House
108:Kingston upon Hull
3490:978-1-84342-474-1
3200:Litchfield, p. 6.
1419:at Hull, joining
1351:North West Europe
929:9.2-inch Howitzer
744:(12 October) and
552:Beaucourt Redoubt
513:Princess Victoria
349:Territorial Force
335:Territorial Force
131:
130:
84:Territorial Force
16:(Redirected from
3716:
3601:External sources
3549:R.W.S. Norfolk,
3494:
3473:A Soldier's Saga
3375:James E. Edmonds
3309:
3306:
3300:
3297:
3291:
3290:
3288:
3286:
3271:
3262:
3261:
3259:
3257:
3242:
3236:
3235:
3233:
3231:
3216:
3210:
3207:
3201:
3198:
3192:
3189:
3183:
3182:
3180:
3178:
3164:
3158:
3157:
3155:
3153:
3139:
3133:
3132:
3130:
3128:
3114:
3101:
3098:
3092:
3089:
3083:
3080:
3074:
3073:
3066:
3057:
3054:
3045:
3042:
3036:
3033:
3027:
3022:
3016:
3012:
3003:
2998:
2992:
2989:
2978:
2975:
2969:
2966:
2960:
2955:
2946:
2945:
2938:
2929:
2928:
2921:
2912:
2905:
2890:
2883:
2868:
2867:
2860:
2854:
2851:
2824:
2821:
2815:
2808:
2797:
2796:
2794:
2792:
2783:. Archived from
2772:
2766:
2760:
2754:
2751:
2742:
2739:
2726:
2723:
2717:
2714:
2708:
2701:
2695:
2692:
2683:
2680:
2671:
2668:
2662:
2659:
2653:
2650:
2644:
2637:
2631:
2628:
2622:
2619:
2613:
2610:
2604:
2597:
2591:
2584:
2575:
2572:
2566:
2563:
2557:
2550:
2544:
2541:
2535:
2532:
2526:
2519:
2513:
2510:
2504:
2501:
2495:
2488:
2482:
2481:
2479:
2477:
2463:
2457:
2456:
2454:
2452:
2438:
2432:
2427:
2402:
2401:
2399:
2397:
2383:
2377:
2376:
2374:
2372:
2358:
2352:
2349:
2343:
2336:
2330:
2325:
2319:
2316:
2310:
2305:
2276:
2271:
2238:
2237:
2235:
2233:
2219:
2210:
2207:
2194:
2193:
2191:
2189:
2175:
2166:
2165:
2163:
2161:
2147:
2141:
2138:
2132:
2125:
2119:
2118:
2116:
2114:
2100:
2094:
2093:
2091:
2089:
2074:
2068:
2067:
2065:
2063:
2054:. Archived from
2048:
2042:
2041:
2039:
2037:
2022:
2016:
2013:
2007:
2006:
2004:
2002:
1988:
1982:
1981:
1979:
1977:
1963:
1957:
1956:
1954:
1952:
1946:14 October 1910"
1938:
1932:
1929:
1923:
1920:
1895:
1892:
1879:
1876:
1870:
1869:
1867:
1865:
1851:
1845:
1842:
1836:
1833:
1827:
1824:
1818:
1817:
1815:
1813:
1799:
1793:
1792:
1790:
1788:
1774:
1768:
1767:, various dates.
1762:
1743:
1742:
1740:
1738:
1724:
1718:
1717:
1715:
1713:
1699:
1693:
1690:
1679:
1678:
1676:
1674:
1659:
1624:
1621:
1608:
1605:
1594:
1591:
1582:
1579:
1573:
1570:
1554:
1547:
1541:
1538:
1532:
1528:
1522:
1519:
1469:Honorary Colonel
1463:Honorary Colonel
1025:in May 1940 the
996:Northern Command
955:Territorial Army
892:Creeping barrage
733:(4 October) and
548:Observation post
528:8-inch howitzers
471:No 4 Co at Spurn
465:No 2 Co at Spurn
306:Earle's shipyard
294:Hull Corporation
225:Treaty of Amiens
186:Territorial Army
82:
67:
65:
64:
41:
29:
21:
3724:
3723:
3719:
3718:
3717:
3715:
3714:
3713:
3684:
3683:
3682:
3675:Graham Watson,
3633:Wayback Machine
3626:Great War Forum
3603:
3491:
3478:
3413:Martin Farndale
3317:
3312:
3307:
3303:
3298:
3294:
3284:
3282:
3273:
3272:
3265:
3255:
3253:
3244:
3243:
3239:
3229:
3227:
3218:
3217:
3213:
3208:
3204:
3199:
3195:
3190:
3186:
3176:
3174:
3166:
3165:
3161:
3151:
3149:
3141:
3140:
3136:
3126:
3124:
3116:
3115:
3104:
3099:
3095:
3091:Joslen, p. 397.
3090:
3086:
3081:
3077:
3068:
3067:
3060:
3055:
3048:
3043:
3039:
3034:
3030:
3023:
3019:
3013:
3006:
2999:
2995:
2990:
2981:
2976:
2972:
2967:
2963:
2956:
2949:
2940:
2939:
2932:
2923:
2922:
2915:
2909:Years of Defeat
2906:
2893:
2887:Years of Defeat
2884:
2871:
2862:
2861:
2857:
2852:
2827:
2822:
2818:
2812:Years of Defeat
2809:
2800:
2790:
2788:
2787:on 12 June 2018
2774:
2773:
2769:
2761:
2757:
2752:
2745:
2740:
2729:
2724:
2720:
2715:
2711:
2702:
2698:
2693:
2686:
2681:
2674:
2669:
2665:
2660:
2656:
2652:Haldane,p. 359.
2651:
2647:
2638:
2634:
2629:
2625:
2620:
2616:
2611:
2607:
2598:
2594:
2585:
2578:
2573:
2569:
2564:
2560:
2551:
2547:
2542:
2538:
2533:
2529:
2520:
2516:
2511:
2507:
2502:
2498:
2489:
2485:
2475:
2473:
2465:
2464:
2460:
2450:
2448:
2446:, 3 March 1917"
2440:
2439:
2435:
2428:
2405:
2395:
2393:
2385:
2384:
2380:
2370:
2368:
2360:
2359:
2355:
2350:
2346:
2337:
2333:
2326:
2322:
2318:Young, Annex Q.
2317:
2313:
2306:
2279:
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905:Battle of Arras
888:counter-battery
868:
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353:Haldane Reforms
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764:
763:Reorganisation
761:
687:
684:
657:Military Cross
588:Military Medal
576:Beaumont-Hamel
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544:Sailly-au-Bois
519:the same day.
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336:
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2588:Western Front
2583:
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2568:
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2549:
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2524:
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2518:
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2497:
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2492:Western Front
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2079:
2073:
2070:
2057:
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2047:
2044:
2031:
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2021:
2018:
2012:
2009:
1997:
1993:
1987:
1984:
1972:
1968:
1962:
1959:
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1925:
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1917:
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1773:
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1462:
1460:
1458:
1454:
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1441:
1435:
1433:
1428:
1426:
1422:
1418:
1413:
1411:
1407:
1403:
1395:
1393:
1391:
1387:
1379:
1377:
1375:
1371:
1367:
1362:
1360:
1356:
1352:
1348:
1340:
1338:
1336:
1332:
1327:
1324:
1315:
1308:
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1302:
1299:
1296:
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1285:
1282:
1278:
1274:
1271:
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1265:
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1260:
1257:
1252:
1249:
1246:
1243:
1240:
1236:
1233:
1230:
1229:
1228:
1225:
1224:
1223:
1220:
1218:
1214:
1210:
1203:
1199:
1197:
1193:
1190:
1187:
1184:
1183:
1182:
1175:
1171:
1168:
1165:
1162:
1161:
1160:
1157:
1152:
1149:
1146:
1143:
1139:
1136:
1133:
1132:
1131:
1128:
1123:
1120:
1117:193 Bty – at
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1113:
1109:
1106:
1103:
1100:
1097:
1096:
1095:
1092:
1091:
1090:
1088:
1084:
1076:
1074:
1068:
1065:
1062:
1059:
1058:
1053:
1049:
1046:
1044:
1040:
1036:
1032:
1028:
1024:
1017:
1013:
1011:
1007:
1005:
1001:
1000:
999:
997:
989:
984:
979:
977:
974:
972:
968:
964:
960:
956:
948:
946:
944:
939:
937:
932:
930:
926:
921:
919:
910:
908:
906:
902:
898:
893:
889:
885:
881:
877:
873:
865:
863:
861:
856:
854:
845:
838:
836:
833:
831:
827:
822:
820:
816:
812:
808:
803:
801:
800:3rd Divisions
797:
793:
789:
781:
779:
776:
773:
768:
762:
760:
758:
754:
749:
747:
743:
738:
736:
732:
728:
724:
720:
716:
707:
703:
701:
697:
693:
692:Ypres Salient
685:
683:
681:
677:
672:
669:
665:
660:
658:
654:
650:
645:
643:
639:
634:
632:
628:
624:
620:
611:
607:
604:
600:
596:
591:
589:
585:
581:
577:
573:
569:
561:
559:
557:
553:
549:
545:
541:
537:
533:
529:
525:
520:
518:
514:
510:
506:
502:
498:
489:
482:
480:
473:
470:
467:
464:
461:
460:
459:
453:
450:
447:
445:
441:
439:
438:9.2-inch Mk X
435:
433:
432:12-pounder QF
429:
426:
423:
420:
418:
417:6-inch Mk VII
414:
411:
410:
409:
406:
398:
396:
394:
390:
389:4.7-inch guns
386:
378:
373:
371:
368:
366:
362:
358:
354:
350:
341:
334:
332:
330:
326:
322:
317:
315:
311:
307:
303:
299:
295:
290:
288:
278:
274:
272:
268:
264:
260:
251:
250:
245:
244:
243:
242:
238:
236:
234:
230:
229:Sea Fencibles
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222:
217:
215:
211:
207:
203:
199:
192:Early history
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189:
187:
183:
179:
175:
171:
167:
163:
159:
158:Western Front
155:
151:
147:
143:
139:
133:Military unit
127:
123:
119:
116:
112:
109:
106:
102:
92:
88:
85:
81:
77:
73:
70:
59:
55:
51:
47:
40:
35:
30:
27:
19:
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3577:Leon Wolff,
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