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235 Battery, Royal Field Artillery    LXXV Brigade, Royal Field Artillery, initially made up of 235, 236 and 237 Batteries RFA and the Brigade Ammunition Column, served with 16th (Irish) Division, which was established by Irish Command in September 1914, as part of Kitchener's Second New Army. They moved to England and into barracks in Aldershot by the end of the month. On 23 January 1915 the three six-gun batteries were reorganised to become four four-gun batteries and were titled as A, B, C and D. In July 1915 they left the 16th (Irish) Division and underwent training on Salisbury Plain. They landed at Le Havre on the 3rd of September 1915 and joined the Guards Division. In Autumn 1915 they were in action in The Battle of Loos. The Brigade Ammunition Column left the brigade on the 13th of May 1916 merging with the other columns of the divisional artillery to form the Guards Divisional Ammunition Column. They fought on the Somme at the The Battle of Flers-Courcelette and The Battle of Morval, in which the Division captured Lesboeufs. The batteries were reorganised on 14th of November 1916 becoming six-gun units. Two guns of B Battery joined A and C Batteries. B Battery, 61 Brigade RFA joined, merging with half of D Battery 76th (Howitzer) Brigade to become D (Howitzer) Battery, 75th Brigade. In 1917 they saw action during The German retreat to the Hindenburg Line and Third Battle of Ypres including The Battle of Pilkem, The Battle of the Menin Road, The Battle of Poelkapelle and The First Battle of Passchendale. In 1918 They fought on the Somme during The Battle of St Quentin, The Battle of Bapaume, The Battle of Albert and The Second Battle of Bapaume. Also The 1918 First Battle of Arras, The Battle of Havrincourt, The Battle of the Canal du Nord, The Battle of Cambrai 1918, The pursuit to The Selle, The Battle of the Selle and The Battle of the Sambre 8th October 1916 Reliefs  236th London Brigade Royal Field Artillery report from Bazentin le Grand and High Wood Road. 236th Brigade RFA was relieved by 237th Brigade RFA. D236 battery remained in action under 237th Brigade RFA. D235 battery was taken over later by 236th Brigade RFA. All batteries held at their Wagon Lines in Bottom Wood except C236 Battery which took over C237 Battery gun position at Marlboro Wood and kept in charge of the depot guns of 47th Division Artillery. D235 Battery acts as depot Howitzer battery. Brigade Headquarters were moved to 237th Brigade Headquarters near Mametz. 4th May 1917 Relocations  The remaining sections of each Battery and Headquarters Staff of 236th London Brigade Royal Field Artillery await night action on the Bluff and Canal sectors immediately South of Ypres and with three Batteries of 235th Brigade remaining in newly formed Chateau Group, covering the whole of the 47th Divisional front. Lt Colonel W B Grandage OC. 235 Brigade RFA remained in command of the Group with HQ Staff 236th Brigade. Two, two inch Trench Mortars Batteries and one 9.45 Trench Mortar also form part of the Group. If you can provide any additional information, please add it here. Want to know more about 235 Battery, Royal Field Artillery? There are:5232 items tagged 235 Battery, Royal Field Artillery available in our Library   These include information on officers, regimental histories, letters, diary entries, personal accounts and information about actions during the Great War. Those known to have served with 235 Battery, Royal Field Artillery during the Great War 1914-1918. Dewar MM.. Wiliam Reginald. Sjt. Heath MM.. George Henry. Bmdr. All names on this list have been submitted by relatives, friends, neighbours and others who wish to remember them, if you have any names to add or any recollections or photos of those listed, please Add a Name to this List Records of 235 Battery, Royal Field Artillery from other sources. The Wartime Memories Project is the original WW1 and WW2 commemoration website. 1st of September 2024 marks 25 years since the launch of the Wartime Memories Project. Thanks to everyone who has supported us over this time. Want to find out more about your relative's service? Want to know what life was like during the Great War? Our Library contains many many diary entries, personal letters and other documents, most transcribed into plain text. 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George Henry Heath MM. 176th Brigade, 235 Battery Royal Field Artillery George Heath was born at Leicester on 15th April 1892, the son of Henry and Mary Elizabeth Heath (nee Goodman). After leaving school he became a shoe hand. He married Charlotte Mary Goodman at Leicester Register Office on 8 November 1913 and they initially lived at Asfordby Street, Leicester. He joined the 176th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery at Leicester on 15th of June 1915 and received the number 32235. Assigned to the 235th Battery, he was a Bombardier and driver with the said unit. He underwent an operation for varicose veins at Frensham Hill in February 1919, and following the success of that operation he was transferred on 6th April 1919. Transferred to Class Z Army reserve on 2nd May 1919 and subsequently discharged. Returning to Leicester and 3 Ullswater Street, he was awarded the Military Medal on 19th August 1919 (received 24th February 1921). As of 1939 he was still at 3 Ullswater Street, Leicester, and employed as a tramway conductor. He died at Leicester in 1973, having had three sons with Charlotte, namely Henry Alfred (b.1914), George Arthur (b.1916) and John Edward (b.1922). I am conducting research on behalf of a Mr. John Heath of Wigston, Leicester, a kinsman of George. Shane Beaver Add to this record. 212920 Sjt. Wiliam Reginald Dewar MM. 235th Bty. Royal Field Artillery William Dewar served with the RFA, 235 Battery, he was recommended for a bar to his Military Medal on the 14th of August 1917. How do I find the original medal citation? Rae Add to this record. Recomended Reading. Available at discounted prices.

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