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9th Battery, Royal Field Artillery
11th Nov 1914 9th, 16th & 17th Batteries RFA in action 17th Battery, XL1 Brigade, RFA, 1st Corps, 2nd Div. are in action in the Battle of Nonnes Boschen (Nun's Wood) near Westhoek. When the final charge of the Prussian Guards regiments broke through the British trenches, only the guns of the 9th, 16th and 17th Batteries stood between the German advance and the City of Ypres. The line held, with the gunners aided by cooks, batmen, HQ office staff with rifles, succeeding in stopping the enemy's advance to the sea and the Channel Ports.
29th Oct 1915 Shelling
20th Jan 1916 Enemy Active
12th February 1916 Daily Battery Activity 236th London Brigade 236th London Brigade Royal Field Artillery report, very quiet day. Batteries fired very little during day. During the night the 15th London Battery fired on a new trench and down Lens Road. The 8th London Battery fired on trenches & down road at M.18.a.
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248179 Dvr. George Ivord Ferrett 9th Battery Royal Field Artillery George Ferrett was born in Devon in 1893. As a young boy he worked with horses on the farm. In 1914 he joined the Royal Horse Artillery, later incorporated in to the R F A. He was the lead driver on the horses taking the guns up to the front lines. He was fortunate enough to survive the war and died in 1950 of heart failure.
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242587 Gnr. William "Scott" Bloxham 41st Brigade, 9th Bty. Royal Field Artillery (d.4th November 1918) William Bloxham was my grandfather, he died when my father was only 4 years old.
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