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35 Battery, Royal Field Artillery
VIII (Howitzer) Brigade, Royal Field Artillery, comprised 37, 61 and 65 (Howitzer) Batteries, and was in Ireland serving with 5th Division when war broke out in August 1914. They proceeded to France, landing at Le Havre in mid August 1914. They were in action in The Battle of Mons and the subsequent retreat, The Battle of Le Cateau, The Battle of the Marne, The Battle of the Aisne, The Battles of La Bassee and Messines and The First Battle of Ypres. On the 21st of February 1915, 61 (Howitzer) battery transferred to 27th Division. In 1915 they were in action at The Second Battle of Ypres and the Capture of Hill 60. VIII (Howitzer) Brigade was broken up on the 21st of May 1916 with 37 (Howitzer) Battery minus one sections transferring to to 27 Brigade RFA and 65 (Howitzer) Battery less one section transferring to 28 Brigade RFA and the two remaining sections became D Battery, 15 Brigade RFA.
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1st Sep 1914 On the March
4th Sep 1914 At Rest
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252789 Dvr. Fred Couzens 35th Battery Royal Field Artillery Fred Couzens signed up on 7th of July 1914. He held the rank of driver. His pension record says he suffered from nerves on discharge when examined in Edinburgh in Dec 1918.
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239008 Dvr. Thomas William Thomas 35th Bty, 32nd Brigade Royal Field Artillery (d.22nd Jan 1917) Thomas Thomas served as a driver with the RFA. He had enlisted on the 17 October 1907 and served four years in India before the war, completinghis service in october 1913.
In august 1914 he was mobilized and joined 35th Battery, 32nd Brigade Royal Field Artillery as a driver at Woolwich.
He was discharged as no longer physically fit for war service on the 1st of June 1915.
Thomas died at home on 22nd January 1917.
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