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2nd Divisional Ammunition Column, Royal Field Artillery
2nd Divisional Ammunition Column, Royal Field Artillery served with 2nd Division. 2nd Division was one of the first British formations to proceed to France in August 1914, and fought on the Western Front throughout the war, taking part in most of the major actions. In 1914 they were involved in The Battle of Mons and the subsequent retreat, The Battle of the Marne, The Battle of the Aisne, the First Battle of Ypres and the Winter Operations of 1914-15. In 1915 they were in action during The Battle of Aubers and The Battle of Loos. In 1916 they were in action in the Battles of the Somme. In 1917 they saw action in The German retreat to the Hindenburg Line and the Third Battle of Ypres. In 1918 the Battles of the Lys, the Second Battles of Arras, the Battles of the Hindenburg Line, The Battle of the Selle and The Battle of the Sambre, in which the Division fought the Passage of the Sambre-Oise Canal. At the Armistice, 2nd Division was selected to advance into Germany and formed part of the Occupation Force at Bonn.
4th Jan 1918 In Reserve
5th Jan 1918 In Reserve
6th Jan 1918 In Reserve
7th Jan 1918 Training
9th Jan 1918 Snow
10th Jan 1918 Snow
11th Jan 1918 Poor Weather
12th Jan 1918 Training
13th Jan 1918 Snow and Frost
14th Jan 1918 Training
15th Jan 1918 Training
16th Jan 1918 Bad Weather
17th Jan 1918 Poor Weather
19th Jan 1918 Orders
20th Jan 1918 Orders
21st Jan 1918 Heavy Rain
24th Jan 1918 In the Line
25th Jan 1918 Artillery Active 
26th Jan 1918 Orders
27th Jan 1918 Fog
28th Jan 1918 Artillery Active
29th Jan 1918 Artillery Active
30th Jan 1918 Artillery Active
31st Jan 1918 Thick Mist
1st Feb 1918 Trenches Improved
2nd Feb 1918 Trenches Improved
3rd Feb 1918 Orders
4th Feb 1918 Shelling
5th Feb 1918 Warmer
6th Feb 1918 Orders
7th Feb 1918 Fraternisation
8th Feb 1918 Quiet
9th Feb 1918 Reorganisation
10th Feb 1918 Shelling
11th Feb 1918 Quiet
12th Feb 1918 Quiet
13th Feb 1918 Some Shelling
14th Feb 1918 Patrols
15th Feb 1918 Artillery Active
16th Feb 1918 Artillery Active
17th Feb 1918 Enemy Aircraft
18th Feb 1918 Misty
19th Feb 1918 Quiet
20th Feb 1918 Gas Shells
21st Feb 1918 Reorganisation
22nd Feb 1918 Patrols
23rd Feb 1918 Shelling
24th Feb 1918 Shelling
25th Feb 1918 Shelling
26th Feb 1918 Artillery Active
27th Feb 1918 Artillery Active
28th Feb 1918 Shelling
1st Mar 1918 Raids
2nd Mar 1918 Snow
3rd Mar 1918 Patrols
4th Mar 1918 Quiet
5th Mar 1918 Patrols
6th Mar 1918 Gas
7th Mar 1918 Enemy Active
8th Mar 1918 Enemy Active
9th Mar 1918 Mist
10th Mar 1918 Enemy Active
11th Mar 1918 Gas
12th Mar 1918 Gas
13th Mar 1918 Raids
14th Mar 1918 Artillery Active
15th Mar 1918 Intense Fire
16th Mar 1918 Trench Raid
17th Mar 1918 Patrols
18th Mar 1918 Raids
19th Mar 1918 Patrols
20th Mar 1918 Reliefs
21st Mar 1918 Arrangements
21st Mar 1918 In Action
22nd Mar 1918 Fighting Withdrawal
22nd Mar 1918 Messages
23rd Mar 1918 Messages
23rd Mar 1918 Fighting Withdrawal
24th Mar 1918 Messages
24th Mar 1918 In Defence
25th Mar 1918 Fighting Withdrawal
26th Mar 1918 Fighting Withdrawal
27th Mar 1918 In Defence
27th Mar 1918 Moves
31st Mar 1918 Shelling
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223775 Gnr. Alexander Cretney 45 Brigade, 5 Bty. Royal Field Artillery (d.4th Oct 1917) My great grandfather Alexander Cretney was born on 20 April 1876 in Liverpool to Alexander and Elizabeth (nee Timms) Cretney. According to the 1891 census he was already working as a shop boy at the age of 14. In 1898 he married my great grandmother Agnes Duncan whose parents were from Scotland. By 1911 he was an inmate at the Walton on the Hill Workhouse. This may have prompted him to join the army. He enlisted at Seaforth, Lancashire. According to his 1914 Star medal record he was first attached to the 2nd Divisional Ammunition Column, Royal Field Artillery and was sent to France on 16 Aug 1916. Records indicate he was then transferred or assigned to 8th Division 5th Battery 45th Brigrade. According to the war diaries he was fighting with this division at Ploegsteert at the time of his death on 4 October 1917. He was one of six who died that day. He is buried at Trois Arbres Cemetery Steenwerck in France.
He received the 1914 Star, British War Medal and the Victory Medal.
May he rest in peace.
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