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11th Divisional Ammunition Column, Royal Field Artillery     11th Divisional Ammunition Column, Royal Field Artillery served with 11th (Northern) Division. 11th (Northern) Division was formed in August 1914 as part of Kitchener's First New Army. After initial training close to home, the units of the Division concentrated with the infantry at Grantham, the artillery at Leeds, Sheffield, Norwich and Weedon, the Engineers at Newark, RAMC at Sheffield and ASC at Lichfield in Staffordshire. On the 4th of April 1915 the Division assembled at Witley and Frensham for final training. They sailed for Gallipoli from Liverpool via Mudros at the end of June 1915. They landed near Lala Baba at Suvla Bay on the 6th and 7th of August. On the 19th and 20th of December 1915 the Division was withdrawn from Gallipoli, moving to Imbros then to Egypt at the end of January. They concentrated at Sidi Bishr and took over a section of the Suez canal defences on the 19th of February. On the 17th of June 1916 the Division was ordered to France to reinforce Third Army on The Somme. They departed from Alexandria on with the last units leaving on the 3rd of July. By the 27th July, they were in the front line on the Somme and took part in The capture of the Wundt-Werk, The Battle of Flers-Courcelette and The Battle of Thiepval. In 1917 they were in action in Operations on the Ancre then moved north to Flanders for The Battle of Messines, The Battle of the Langemarck, The Battle of Polygon Wood, The Battle of Broodseinde and The Battle of Poelcapelle. In 1918 they were at Arras for The 1918 Battle of the Scarpe and The Battle of the Drocourt-Quant Line and fought in the Battles of the Hindenburg Line and The Battle of the Sambre including the passage of the Grand Honelle. At the Armistice the Division was on high ground east of Havay. 3rd of January 1918 Location of Divisional Units   13th of January 1918 More Snow - More Training   21st of January 1918 Reliefs   23rd January 1918 Harassing Fire   24th of January 1918 Artillery Very Quiet   25th of January 1918 MG Fire All Night   27th of January 1918 Night Patrols   28th of January 1918 Enemy Aircraft Brought Down   3rd of February 1918 Dugout Attacked   17th of February 1918 Shelling   24th of February 1918 A Daylight Patrol   26th of February 1918 Enemy Heavies Active   2nd of March 1918 Heavy Gas Shelling   5th of March 1918 Garrison Orders   10th of March 1918 5th Dorsets on Patrol   12th of March 1918 Enemy Fire "Above Normal"   17th of March 1918 Seventeen Balloons Spotted   19th of March 1918 A Bit Quieter on the Front   24th of March 1918 Germans on Short Rations   31st of March 1918 Allied Gas Operations   3rd of April 1918 Le Rutoire Shelled   11th of April 1918 Enemy Guns Quieter   13th of April 1918 A Gas Bombardment   14th of April 1918 Dumps Destroyed   20th of April 1918 Gas Attack Cancelled   21st of April 1918 Heavy Bombardment   25th of April 1918 In Case of Attack   26th of April 1918 Slight Shelling   28th of April 1918 Demolition Plans   29th of April 1918 In a German Tunnel   30th of April 1918 Retaliatory Fire   If you can provide any additional information, please add it here. 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