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27 Battery, Royal Field Artillery
XXXII Brigade, Royal Field Artillery, made up of 27, 134 and 135 Batteries and their Ammunition Column, served as Divisional Artillery with 4th Division. 32nd Brigade RFA were were in action at the The Battle of the Marne, The Battle of the Aisne and at The Battle of Messines in 1914. In 1915 they fought in The Second Battle of Ypres. D Battery, 32 Brigade RFA, formed by a section joining from each 86 (Howitzer) Battery and 128 (Howitzer) Battery ex 127 Brigade joined by June 1916. In 1916 moved south and were in action during the Battles of the Somme. On the 14th of January 1917, D Battery was dissolved and the two sections returned to their original Batteries, being replaced 86 (Howtizer) Battery arriving from 127 Brigade. In 1917 they were at Arras, in action during the The First and Third Battles of the Scarpe, before heading north for the Third Battle of Ypres, where they fought in The Battle of Polygon Wood, The Battle of Broodseinde, The Battle of Poelcapelle and The First Battle of Passchendaele. In 1918 they were in action on The Somme, then returned to Flanders fighting in the Defence of Hinges Ridge during The Battle of Hazebrouck and in The Battle of Bethune, The Advance in Flanders The Second Battles of Arras, the Battles of the Hindenburg Line and the Final Advance in Picardy.
18th Aug 1914 Concentration
19th Aug 1914 Concentration
22nd Aug 1914 Move
23rd Aug 1914 On the Move
24th Aug 1914 On the Move
25th Aug 1914 Guns Saved
26th Aug 1914 Shellfire
27th Aug 1914 Enemy Advance
27th August 1914 On the Move
28th Aug 1914 Enemy Advance
28th Aug 1914 On the March
29th Aug 1914 In Action
29th Aug 1914 On the March
30th Aug 1914 Rear Guard
30th of August 1914 A Hot March
30th Aug 1914 On the March
31st Aug 1914 Rear Guard
31st August 1914 Continued withdrawals
31st Aug 1914 On the March
1st Sep 1914 Rear Guard
1st Sep 1914 On the March
1st Sep 1914 On the March
2nd Sep 1914 Rear Guard
2nd Sep 1914 On the March
3rd Sep 1914 Rear Guard
3rd of September 1914 Across the Marne
3rd Sep 1914 On the March
4th Sep 1914 Rear Guard
4th Sep 1914 At Rest
5th Sep 1914 Rear Guard
6th Sep 1914 Advance Guard
6th Sep 1914 On the March
7th Sep 1914 Advance Guard
8th Sep 1914 Advance Guard
9th September 1914 Battle of Marne
9th Sep 1914 Bridging
10th of September 1914 Marching
17th September 1914
30th Oct 1914 Under Shellfire
5th December 1914 Quiet
9th December 1914 Uniforms
19th Dec 1914 British attack
19th Dec 1914 Attack Made
1st July 1916 Bombardment 
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261486 Drv. John Cornelius Albert Farley 32nd Brigade, 27th Bty. Royal Field Artillery (d.9th Nov 1914) I don't know much about John Farley, only that he has no known grave and is listed on the Menin Gate. He joined the 27th Battery RFA on 13th of October 1914. He left a young wife and unborn son.
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234804 Dvr. Henry Bibbins MM. 27th Battery Royal Field Artillery My grandfather Henry Bibbins served as a Driver with 27th Battery RFA and was shipped to France in 1915 as I think his regiment was held back in case of a German invasion.
He served in many campaigns according to the records including The Somme and Paschendale.
He was awarded the Military Medal at Cambrai. I have the page of the war diary for that period. Being a very modest man he would never mention the war and would not be involved in any discussions. I have a letter asking if he would like an official presentation of the MM but preferred it to be delivered by registered post.
Now here is the irony of the story. When he received the medal he placed the citation in the fire and refused to discuss it. I think he wondered why he had been awarded the medal as he had seen so much bravery and why some of his compatriots had been overlooked.
Sad to say his Royal Artillery records were destroyed in WW2 bombing raid.
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226255 Sgt. George Grant MM. 27th Battery 32nd Brigade George Grant was my great uncle. He was born on 6th October 1896 at Sheppey, Kent, the fourth child and third son of Lewis and Fanny Grant. By the age of fourteen George had joined the Royal Field Artillery, 43rd Brigade, and was recorded at Woolwich Barracks in the 1911 census. He was a trumpeter. By the time the First War started he was in 32nd Brigade, 27th Battery, and also spent two years with the Brigade's Ammunition Column between 1915 and 1917.
He received the Military Medal for bravery in the field, and the General Service Medal with Iraq clasp.
After the war George married Minnie and had two sons, one of whom described him as "always the life and soul of the party". He died in Brighton.
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