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34th Divisional Ammunition Column, Royal Field Artillery
34th (Nottingham) Divisional Ammunition Column, Royal Field Artillery served with 34th Division. The Division was formed as part of Kitchener's Fifth New Army and was mainly comprised of locally raised Pals Battalions. After initial training near home, they concentrated at Ripon in Yorkshire in mid 1915, In late August they moved to Salisbury Plain to begin final training. They proceeded to France in January 1916 and concentrated at La Crosse, east of St Omer. They were in action during the Battles of the Somme, including the capture of Scots and Sausage Redoubts, The Battles of Bazentin Ridge and Pozieres Ridge. 103rd Brigade and the Divisional Pioneers also saw action in The Battle of Flers-Courcelette. In 1917 they fought in the The First and Second Battles of the Scarpe and the The Battle of Arleux during the Arras Offensive. In August they were involved in the fighting at Hargicourt and in October they took part in The Third Battles of Ypres at the Broenbeek. In 1918 they were in action in The Battle of St Quentin and then moved to Flanders seeing action in The Battle of Estaires, The Battle of Bailleul and The First Battle for Kemmel Ridge during the Battles of the Lys, suffering heavy losses. The 34th Division was then withdrawn from fighting and on the 21st of April they moved to the area west of Poperinge for reorganisation and was engaged in digging a new defensive line between Abeele and Watou. On the 13th of May the infantry units moved to the area around Lumbres and reduced to a cadre which was then employed in the training of newly arrived American troops. By the 1st of July 1918 34th Division had been reconstituted and returned to action, at The Battles of the Soissonais, the Ourcq and the capture of Baigneux Ridge. They took part in the Final Advance in Flanders and at the Armistice was at rest in the area east of Courtrai. 34th Division was selected to join the Army of Occupation and began to move towards Germany on the 14th of November. On the 22nd of December a large number men with industrial and mining skills were demobilised. By the end of January 1919 the Division was occupying the Cologne bridgehead.
3rd of February 1918 Weather Fine 
28th of February 1918 On the Move
31st of March 1918 Relief Completed
3rd Apr 1918 On the March
5th Apr 1918 On the March
6th Apr 1918 On the March
7th Apr 1918 On the March
8th Apr 1918 Reliefs Commence
9th Apr 1918 Heavy Bombardment
28th Jul 1918 Preparations
28th Jul 1918 In Action
30th Jul 1918 In Action
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210994 Gunner John Edward Anderson 34th Brigade, C Battery Royal Field Artillery (d.22nd Apr 1917) John Anderson was an American citizen from Pensylvania. He came over with the Canadian Expeditionary Force (CEF) and married Mary Ann Darby. I have a photo of him and his unit but family do not know much about him and how he died.
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