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Lancashire Batteries, Royal Field Artillery    Lancashire Batteries Royal Field Artillery were part of the Territorial Force. The 1st, 2nd and 3rd Lancashire Batteries along with their Ammunition Column were based in Liverpool and together formed the 1st West Lancashire Brigade, RFA which had its HQ at Windsor Barracks, Spekeland Street, Liverpool. The 4th (Blackburn) Lancashire Battery along with the 5th (Church) and 6th (Burnley) Lancashire Batteries and their Ammunition Column made up the 1st East Lancashire Brigade, RFA and had their HQ at 50 King Street, Blackburn. The 7th and 8th Lancashire Batteries, along with their Ammunition Column made up the 4th West Lancashire (Howitzer) Brigade and were based in Edge Lane, Liverpool. The 9th Lancashire Battery had its HQ in Stanley Street, Preston and was part of the 2nd West Lancashire Brigade which had its HQ at 46 Miller Archade, Preston, along with the 10th Lancashire Battery based in Dallas Road, Lancaster, the 11th Lancashire Battery based in Yorkshire Street, Blackpool and their Ammunition Column which was based in Dallas Road, Lancaster. The 12th Lancaster Brigade had its HQ at 65 Admiral Street Liverpool, which was also the HQ of the 3rd West Lancashire Brigade, which was made up of the 12th, 13th (Widnes) and 14th (Garston) Lancashire Batteries and their Ammunition Column. The 15th, 16th and 17th Lancashire Batteries, along with their Ammunition Column made up the 2nd East Lancashire Brigade, known as The Manchester Artillery. They had their HQ in Hyde Road, Manchester. The 18th, 19th and 20th Lancashire Batteries along with their Ammunition Column were based in Bolton and made up the 3rd East Lancashire Brigade, RFA known as The Bolton Artillery. 1st Oct 1915 On the Move 2nd Oct 1915 On the Move 4th Oct 1915 Recce 5th Oct 1915 Into Position   6th Oct 1915 Registration   7th Oct 1915 Conference   8th Oct 1915 Communications   9th Oct 1915 In Action   10th Oct 1915 Ammunition   12th Oct 1915 Orders   13th Oct 1915 SOS   14th Oct 1915 Misty   15th Oct 1915 Inspection   16th Oct 1915 The Derby Scheme 16th Oct 1915 Mist   17th Oct 1915 Communication   18th Oct 1915 Gun Positions   19th Oct 1915 Recce   20th Oct 1915 Recce   21st Oct 1915 Artillery Active   22nd Oct 1915 Misty   24th Oct 1915 Misty   25th Oct 1915 Orders   26th Oct 1915 Artillery Active   27th Oct 1915 Royal Inspection   30th Oct 1915 Recce   31st Oct 1915 Experiment   1st Dec 1915 Derby Scheme Armlets 11th Sep 1915 Last day of Derby Scheme Recruitment 10th Jan 1916 Group System Reopens 9th February 1916 Call Ups If you can provide any additional information, please add it here. Want to know more about Lancashire Batteries, Royal Field Artillery? There are:5261 items tagged Lancashire Batteries, 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 Lancashire Batteries, Royal Field Artillery during the Great War 1914-1918. Browning DSO. John Cowan. Major Cross Richard William. L/Bdr. (d.23rd April 1918) Haseley Arthur. Gnr. (d.15th June 1915) 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 Lancashire Batteries, Royal Field Artillery from other sources. 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If the information here has been helpful or you have enjoyed reaching the stories please conside making a donation, no matter how small, would be much appreciated, annually we need to raise enough funds to pay for our web hosting or this site will vanish from the web. If you enjoy this site please consider making a donation. Announcements 19th Nov 2024     Please note we currently have a massive backlog of submitted material, our volunteers are working through this as quickly as possible and all names, stories and photos will be added to the site. If you have already submitted a story to the site and your UID reference number is higher than 264989 your submission is still in the queue, please do not resubmit. Wanted: Digital copies of Group photographs, Scrapbooks, Autograph books, photo albums, newspaper clippings, letters, postcards and ephemera relating to the Great War. 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Royal Field Artillery (d.23rd April 1918) Richard Cross attended the 4th Army Art School and served with the 1st West Lancs. Brigade Divisional Ammunition Column. He died age 45. He was born in Jarrow in 1872, registered as Robert William Cross the son of William and Elizabeth Cross. He was the husband of Mrs. Cross of 5 Liberty Street Wavertree Liverpool. He enlisted in Liverpool. Richard is buried in Picquigny British Cemetery. Vin Mullen Add to this record. Recomended Reading. Available at discounted prices.

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