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Northumberland Batteries, Royal Field Artillery    Northumberland Batteries, Royal Field Artillery were units of the Territorial Force with its HQ at The Drill Hall, Barrack Road, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. They consisted of the 1st, 2nd and 3rd Northumberland Batteries and their Ammunition Column and together made up the 1st Northumbrian Brigade Royal Field Artillery. 1st & 2nd Northumberland Bty's and the Ammunition Column were based at the HQ. 3nd Northumberland Bty was based at The Drill Hall, Dunn St, Newcastle. They proceeded to France with 50th Division. In 1916 they were reorganised. 1st Northumbrian Brigade became 250th Brigade R.F.A. with 1st, 2nd and 3rd Northumberland batteries renamed A, B and C Batteries. 24th of April 1915 Artillery Orders 26th of April 1915 Confusion 19th of May 1915 Artillery movements 27th of May 1915 Artillery relief 19th Sep 1915 Artillery In Action 20th September 1915 Bombardment 24th September 1915 Letter 24th of September 1915 Orders 24th September 1915 Orders   24th September 1915 Programme 25th Sep 1915 Artillery In Action 25th September 1915 Wind 25th September 1915 Artillery   13th Oct 1915 Diversion 16th Oct 1915 The Derby Scheme 23rd October 1915 Quiet 26th October 1915 Ammunition 1st November 1915 Warnings 2nd November 1915 Ammunition 4th November 1915 Training Programme 7th November 1915 Orders Issued 7th November 1915 Reliefs 9th November 1915 Ammunition 10th November 1915 Shelling 23rd November 1915 Guns 25th November 1915 Guns 30th November 1915 Artillery Equipped 1st Dec 1915 Derby Scheme Armlets 11th Sep 1915 Last day of Derby Scheme Recruitment 11th December 1915 Orders 13th December 1915 Reliefs   13st December 1915 Orders   13th December 1915 Reliefs   13th December 1915 Orders   15th December 1915 Advance Parties 20th of December 1915    31st Dec 1915 Reliefs 1st Jan 1916 In Reserve 1st January 1916  Intelligence   2nd January 1916 Intelligence   3rd January 1916 Quiet   3rd January 1916 Trench Work   4th January 1916 Artillery Active   5th January 1916 Artillery Active   6th January 1916 Whizz bangs   7th Jan 1916 Enemy Active   7th January 1916 Patrols   8th Jan 1916 Artillery Bombardment   8th January 1916 Patrols 8th January 1916 Shelling   9th January 1916 Artillery in Action 9th January 1916 Enemy Trenches   10th Jan 1916 Group System Reopens 10th January 1916 Artillery Action   11th January 1916 Shelling   14th January 1916 Artillery Active 16th January 1916 Visit 16th January 1916 Reorganisation   18th January 1916 Enemy active 19th January 1916 Bombs 21st January 1916 Shelling 26th January 1916 Strafe   31st January 1916 Casualties 2nd February 1916 Aeroplane Photographs   4th February 1916 Artillery Active   4th February 1916 Enemy Guns 4th February 1916 Enemy Artillery   5th February 1916 Shelling 5th February 1916 Shelling   5th February 1916 Snipers 5th February 1916 Uniforms 6th Feb 1916 Reliefs 6th February 1916 Artillery Active   7th February 1916 Shelling   7th February 1916 Artillery Active   9th Feb 1916 Aircraft Active   9th February 1916 Call Ups 10th Feb 1916 Artillery In Action   11th February 1916 Warning 12th February 1916 Gas Alert   14th February 1916 Bomardment   19th of February 1916 Shelling   20th of February 1916 Railways   21st February 1916 Snow 21st of February 1916 Observation   22nd of February 1916 Machine Guns   23rd of February 1916 Shrapnel   26th of February 1916 Mining   27th of February 1916 Exchange of Fire   28th Feb 1916 Situation Normal   28th of February 1916 Gas Shells   29th Feb 1916 Artillery In Action   29th of February 1916 Artillery Active   1st of March 1916 Bombardment   1st of March 1916 Air Photos   1st of March 1916 Orders   2nd Mar 1916 Artillery In Action   2nd of March 1916 Attack Made   2nd of March 1916 Bombardment   3rd of March 1916 Craters   4th of March 1916 Quiet   5th of March 1916 Shellfire   7th of March 1916 Orders   7th of March 1916 Orders 8th of March 1916 Mining   12th of March 1916 Mine Shafts   18th of March 1916 Orders   20th of March 1916 Orders   21st of March 1916 Shoot   23rd of March 1916 Reliefs   9th Apr 1916 Attack Made   10th Apr 1916 Attack Made 10th of April 1916 Busy   11th Apr 1916 Reliefs Completed   14th Apr 1916 Field Gun Targetted   22nd Apr 1916 Artillery Exchange 23rd of April 1916 Enemy Active   24th of April 1916 Quieter   25th of April 1916 Shelling   5th of May 1916 Demonstration 11th of May 1916 Reorganisation 4th Jun 1916 Strafe   7th Jun 1916 Strafe   25th Jun 1916 Wire Cutting 27th Jun 1916 Artillery Bombardment 28th Jun 1916 Bombardment 25th Sep 1916 In Divisional Reserve If you can provide any additional information, please add it here. Want to know more about Northumberland Batteries, Royal Field Artillery? There are:5357 items tagged Northumberland 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 Northumberland Batteries, Royal Field Artillery during the Great War 1914-1918. Brown Edward Wilkin. Dvr. Campbell Joseph. Gnr. (d.25th Apr 1916) Duffy Thomas. Dvr. Embleton John. Dvr. Gregg John William. Bmdr. (d.8th May 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 Northumberland 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. If you have any unwanted photographs, documents or items from the First or Second World War, please do not destroy them. The Wartime Memories Project will give them a good home and ensure that they are used for educational purposes. Please get in touch for the postal address, do not sent them to our PO Box as packages are not accepted. World War 1 One ww1 wwII greatwar great battalion regiment artillery Did you know? We also have a section on World War Two. and a Timecapsule to preserve stories from other conflicts for future generations. 250769 Dvr. Thomas Duffy 315th Brigade Royal Field Artillery Thomas Duffy joined the 2/3rd Northumbrian Brigade, RFA Territorial Army in Seaham, and was soon posted to France as a Driver. He was wounded in line of duty in 1917 and transferred to 4th Reserve. He was honourable discharged in 1918 due to illness under King's regulations being unfit for service and was awarded the Silver War Badge in June 1918. Craig Robson Add to this record. 223724 Dvr. John Embleton 3rd Northumberland Battalion Royal Field Artillery John Embleton joined the 3rd Northumberland Bty. Royal Field Artillery at Durham 17th of May 1915, he was immediately dispatched as a driver to the Expeditionary Force in France. He continued driving and was posted to various areas and transferred right through 18th March 1915 till 1st March 1919 when he was discharged physically unfit to continue. He had pluricy and was unable to continue. He returned home to Sacriston to his wife Sarah and son Henry and recieved a disability pension of 8 shillings/week and 2 shillings /week for Henry. John Embleton was my grandad's Hans Major Embletons elder brother he did his duty under very trying conditions and I am proud of him. Derick Smith Add to this record. 217655 Dvr. Edward Wilkin Brown 1st Northumbrian Brigade Royal Field Artillery Edward Wilkin Brown was born in October 1896 and (at 17) was already a member of the 50th Northumbrian Division Artillery (Territorials), 1st Northumbrian Brigade Royal Field Artillery (RFA) TF when war began in August 1914. They were recalled from training and were billeted in Newcastle by October 1914 where he would have spent his 18th birthday with his family (including his older brother George Alfred who was also in the RFA). Territorials were not immediately obliged to sign up for overseas service, but most volunteered and they were entitled to wear the Imperial Service brooch for doing so. In the first photograph taken in 1914 Eddie is wearing the brooch and the original frame had three scrolls at the bottom with “The Allies – Britain, France and Russia”. 50th division were deployed to the Steenvoorde area (west of Ypres) by 23rd April 1915 and were immediately involved in the second battle of Ypres (which included the first use of Mustard gas by German forces on the unfortunate French trenches). He always jokingly referred to Ypres as “Wipers”. Eddie remained in France until 1919 (staying after the end of hostilities to 'clean up' and to play football!). I believe he was with the 250th Brigade RFA and finally the 251st Brigade RFA. He is pictured with some French civilians, and with other members of his football team, and finally in 1919 with the 251st Brigade. The placard reads “B/251 Cadre – First out/Last home.” The three eldest Brown boys from Newcastle Upon Tyne– George, Edward and William – all served and all survived as did Edward’s future brother-in-law Richard O’Brien. Edward married Nora O’Brien in 1924 and had 3 children – Peter (who served in WWII), Marjorie and Evelyn. He was my grandfather. Thanks to participants of the Great War Forum (http://1914-1918.invisionzone.com/forums) for help in interpreting photographs and advice. I would also recommend ‘The Fiftieth Division 1914-191’ by Everard Wyrall. I think that I have found Edward’s medal index card but it seems his war record is among those many destroyed by bombing in WWII. However, knowing the division and brigade he belonged to enabled me to get a much clearer picture of the life of a Northumbrian gunner. See also http://northumbriangunner.blogspot.com.au/search/label/1st%20Northumbrian%20Bde%20RFA%20%28TF%29 Christina James-Overheu Add to this record. 216384 Bmdr. John William Gregg 1st/4th (Northumbrian) Battery Royal Field Artillery (d.8th May 1915) John William Gregg served with the 1st/4th (Northumbrian) Battery Royal Field Artillery. He was born and lived Jarrow and died aged 20 on 8th May 1915. He was the son of George and Emma Louisa Gregg (nee Young). On the 1911 census John William Gregg age 13 Apprentice Plater in Shipyard is with his parents George and Emma Louisa Gregg and family at 48 Gladstone Street, Hebburn . John is remembered on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Addenda Panel and is commemorated on the Palmer Cenotaph (west face) Jarrow. Vin Mullen Add to this record. 214917 Gnr. Joseph Campbell 4th (Northumberland) Brigade Royal Field Artillery (d.25th Apr 1916) Joseph Campbell was aged 23 when he died on 25th April 1916 whilst serving with the 4th (Northumberland) Brigade Royal Field Artillery. Born and living Jarrow, he was the son of Eliza Forrester (formerly Campbell) and Samuel Forrester (stepfather) of 249 High Street Jarrow, his late father was John Campbell. On the 1911 census he is listed as Joseph Campbell age 19 Rivet Heater in Shipyard is with his mother Eliza Forrester (formerly Campbell) and his stepfather Samuel Forrester with their respective families at 249 High Street, Jarrow. Joseph is buried in Dranoutre Military Cemetery. He is commemorated on the Palmer Cenotaph (plaque on west face) Jarrow and is commemorated on the Triptych in St. Paul's Church, Jarrow. Vin Mullen Add to this record. Recomended Reading. Available at discounted prices.

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