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11th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery
XI Brigade, Royal Field Artillery, made up of 83, 84 and 85 Batteries, was part of 7th (Meerut) Division, Indian Army. The Brigade transferred to 3rd (Lahore) Division on the 22nd of November 1914.and were based in India before the war. They travelled to France via Suez, landing at Marseilles in September 1914. They were in action during the Battle of La Bassee then transferred to 3rd (Lahore) Division on the 22nd of November 1914. They were involved in the defence of Givenchy in December and in 1915 they fought in The Battle of Neuve Chapelle, The Battle of St Julien, The Battle of Aubers and The Battle of Festubert. The Artillery remained in France when the Lahore Division moved to Mesopotamia in December 1915. The brigade came under command of the 3rd Canadian Division and were in action during The Battle of Mount Sorrel and on the Somme. They transferred to 4th Canadian Division in October 1916, seeing action on Vimy Ridge and in the battle of Arras In July 1917. 7 Brigade RFA became an Army Brigade and served with Fourth Army in August 1917, Fifth Army in November 1917, Fourth Army again in December 1917, Second Army in February 1918.
28th September 1915 Orders
9th Jan 1917 Counter Attacks
10th Jan 1917 Steady Progress
11th Jan 1917 Assault Fails
13th Jan 1917 Progress Made
14th Jan 1917 Aircraft shot down
16th Jan 1917 Slight Advance
17th Jan 1917 Hard Fighting
18th Jan 1917 Heavy Bombardment
18th Jan 1917 Ground Gained
21st of April 1917 Operations Postponed 
5th of April 1918 One Prisoner Captured
6th of April 1918 Line Adjustments
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258048 Gnr Henry "Harry" Holden 11th Brigade Royal Field Artillery (d.13th Apr 1918)  Henry Holden, served as a Gunner with 11th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery. and later as a Private with 2nd Battalion, Irish Guards. 11th Brigade RFA had arrived in France from India in September 1914 but Henry did not arrive in France until the 7th November that year. Henry had seen some service in India before the First World War.
Henry served for the majority of the war with the Royal Field Artillery and only transferred to the Irish Guards in February 1918.
It was not uncommon for soldiers to be compulsorily transferred to different regiments from 1916, but it is not common to see a transfer between corps, in this case a transfer from the corps of artillery to the infantry.
Remember too, that Henry was a career soldier and a career artilleryman.
However, the destruction of Henry's papers by German bombing in September 1940 almost certainly destroyed the last hope of ever ascertaining why he transferred to the Irish Guards in February 1918. He was certainly home in the UK in August 1917, possibly as a sick or wounded soldier, as evidenced by his marriage certificate.
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213576 Capt. Lawrence Ughtred Kay-Shuttleworth 11 Bde, D Battery Royal Field Artillery (d.30th Mar 1917) Captain Lawrence Ughtred Kay-Shuttleworth served in the Royal Field Artillery. At the time of his death he was commanding D Battery, 11th Brigade RFA. He was killed in action during the Battle of Vimy Ridge on the 30th March 1917.
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