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117 Battery, Royal Field Artillery
XXVI Brigade, Royal Field Artillery, made up of 116, 117 and 118 Batteries, served with 1st Division. 1st Division was one of the first British formations to proceed to France in August 1914, and fought on the Western Front throughout the war, taking part in most of the major actions. In 1914 they were involved in The Battle of Mons and the subsequent retreat, The Battle of the Marne, The Battle of the Aisne, the First Battle of Ypres and the Winter Operations of 1914-15. On the 4th of February 1915, 118 Battery moved to 31 Brigade RFA, 28th Division. In 1915 they were in action during The Battle of Aubers and The Battle of Loos. On 22nd of May 1916 40 (Howitzer) Battery, less one section, joined from 43 (Howitzer) Brigade, 1st Division. In 1916 they were in action in the Battles of the Somme. On the 14th of January 1917, 26th Brigade RFA left 1st Division to become an Army Field Artillery Brigade. 40 Battery transferred to 25 Brigade RFA, 1st Division and was replaced by A Battery from 165 Brigade RFA, 33rd Division. In 1917 they saw action in The German retreat to the Hindenburg Line and the Third Battle of Ypres. In 1918 the Battles of the Lys, the Second Battles of Arras, the Battles of the Hindenburg Line, The Battle of the Selle and The Battle of the Sambre, in which the Division fought the Passage of the Sambre-Oise Canal. At the Armistice, 1st Division was selected to advance into Germany and formed part of the Occupation Force at Bonn.
22nd of November 1914 In the Line 
31st of January 1918 Training
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Those known to have served with117 Battery, Royal Field Artillery during the Great War 1914-1918. - Baxtrem Albert. Cpl (d.28th November 1916)
- Roach Cyrus Owen. FarrierQMS. (d.23rd Aug 1915)
- Shave DCM.. Albert Henry. Cpl.
- Trull George Henry. Gnr. (d.30th Oct 1917)
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254840 Cpl. Albert Henry Shave DCM. 117th Battery Royal Field Artillery Albert Shave was awarded the DCM for gallant conduct near Veldhoek on 31st of October 1914, when his battery was enfiladed by high explosive shell fire, and assailed by shrapnel and rifle fire from the front. He served as gun-layer with the last gun of the battery until forced to retire by the approach of the enemy in force.
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221094 FarrierQMS. Cyrus Owen Roach Royal Field Artillery (d.23rd Aug 1915)  Cyrus Roach served during Anglo Boer War and was apparently serving in India for 10yrs. He received the Royal Humane Society Medal for bravery for saving the life of a pallbearer on the Brahmaputra River. However this has been told through family members but cannot find evidence of this. His original Headstone at Bodmin has been replaced with CWWGC which apparently was put on after the death of Cyrus Owens' spouse Naomi Edith Ethel Maud Roach and the Original headstone was not put back, but it has been told to me by my father that there were a lot of decorations on the original headstone. Unfortunately a lot of photos and information have been burnt and I only have snippets told to me by surviving relatives. Cyrus Owen apparently was a Farrier Quarter Master Sergeant who also was a Veterinary Surgeon or what we now today would call Animal Husbandry.
He served with the 17th Battery Royal Field Artillery during WW1 and died at Ayot Exeter on the 23rd August 1915. From the photo he was with C Battery (Farriers), 46th Brigade, RFA
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218739 Gnr. George Henry Trull 117th Bty. Royal Field Artillery (d.30th Oct 1917) Gunner George Henry Trull served with 117th Battery Royal Field Artillery during WW1 and as killed in action on the 30th October 1917. He is buried in Vlamertinghe New Military Cemetery in Belgium.
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