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48th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery    XLVIII Brigade, Royal Field Artillery, served as Divisional Artillery with 14th (Light) Division. The Division was formed as part of Kitchener's First New Army. After training they proceeded to France. They fought in the The Action of Hooge, being the first division to be attacked by flamethrowers. They were in action in The Second Attack on Bellewaarde. In 1916 they were on the Somme seeing action in The Battle of Delville Wood and The Battle of Flers-Courcelette. 48th Brigade RFA left 14th Division on the 7th of January 1917.    XLVIII Brigade comprised of 154, 155 and 156 Batteries RFA, each armed with six-guns, and the Brigade Ammunition Column. They proceeded to France with 14th (Light) Division in May 1915. 14th Jan 1915 Reorganisation 18th Feb 1915 Training 24th May 1915 Reorganisation 21st May 1915 On the Move 27th May 1915 On the Move 16th Jun 1915 In Action 16th Jun 1915 Demonstration   21st Jun 1915 Orders to Attack   22nd Jun 1915 In Action 22nd Jun 1915 Ammunition Allocation 22nd of June 1915 Attacks ordered 23rd September 1915 Order 25th Sep 1915 In Action 1st Feb 1916 Misty   1st Feb 1916 Shelling   2nd Feb 1916 Bombardment   2nd Feb 1916 Artillery Active   2nd Mar 1916 Objective Captured 20th Sep 1916 In Action   7th Jan 1917 Reorganisation 9th Jan 1917 Reliefs   16th Feb 1917 Reorganisation 11th of April 1917 Reliefs   24th of April 1917 Orders 3rd Apr 1918 Artillery In Action If you can provide any additional information, please add it here. Want to know more about 48th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery? There are:5256 items tagged 48th Brigade, 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 48th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery during the Great War 1914-1918. Cannon Charles Herbert. Gnr. McHale John Thomas S.. Gnr. (d.7th July 1918) 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 48th Brigade, 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? 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We also have a section on World War Two. and a Timecapsule to preserve stories from other conflicts for future generations. 235939 Gnr. Charles Herbert Cannon 48th Brigade, 155 Battery Royal Field Artillery Apparently, my grandfather, Charles Cannon volunteered on the 4th of August 1914 aged 19. Before the war he had worked as a gardener, but his father was a drayman in Hertford for the McMullen Brewery, so he was familiar with horses, hence I believe his recruitment to the RFA. The 48th Brigade was part of the 14th (Light) Division that was sent to France in May 1915. From the available material he would have seen action several times, including the Somme. The Brigade left the Division in January 1917 to form a new Army Brigade, but I have been unable to trace him after this time. However he was in England in December 1917 when he married my grandmother in Hertford. He returned to civilian life as a gardener in Ingatestone and for the Colchester Parks Department. He died in 1957. Steve Cannon Add to this record. 216531 Gnr. John Thomas S. McHale 48th Bde. Royal Field Artillery (d.7th July 1918) John McHale served in D Battery, 48th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery and died on the 7th July 1918. He is remembered at St. Paul's Church and is buried in Villers Station Cemetery, Villers-au-Bois. His medal card shows the award of the War and Victory Medals. John was born in Sunderland in 1894, son of John and the late Florence McHale nee Littlefair of 60 McIntyre Street, Jarrow. In the 1911 census the family is living at that address with John(42) a widower, working as a barman in a public house. 5 children were born but only 3 survived and are living here. John(16) is a butchers assistant, Florence(14) is a domestic servant and Margaret(12) is still at school. Vin Mullen Add to this record. Recomended Reading. Available at discounted prices.

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