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122 Brigade, Royal Field Artillery
CXXII (Howitzer) Brigade, Royal Field Artillery, served as Divisional artillery with 38th (Welsh) Division from August 1915. The Division was formed from volunteer units that had already been raised by public subscription and private projects. They proceeded to France between in late November and early December 1915. In July 1916 they were in action at Mametz Wood on The Somme, suffering severe casualties. The Division did not return to major action for more than a 12 months. In 1917 they were in action in the Third Battles of Ypres, in 1918 they were in action on The Somme, in the Battles of the Hindenburg Line and the Final Advance in Picardy Demobilisation began in December 1918 and was complete by June 1919.
8th Apr 1918 Reliefs Commence
9th Apr 1918 Heavy Bombardment
10th Apr 1918 Under Fire
11th Apr 1918 Orders to Withdraw
13th of April 1918 Under Heavy Attack
14th Apr 1918 Change of Duty
30th of April 1918 Reports
17th June 1919 Composition of Bus Column.If you can provide any additional information, please add it here.
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122 Brigade, Royal Field Artillery
during the Great War 1914-1918.
- Evans Evan James. (d.30th Oct 1918)
- Oliver Harry. Gnr. (d.23rd Oct 1918)
- Taylor John. Dvr. (d.7th Dec 1917)
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253871Gnr. Harry Oliver B Battery, 122nd Brigade Royal Field Artillery (d.23rd Oct 1918)
My grandmother talked fondly of her brother Harry Oliver. He died on the 23 Oct 1918, just a mere 19 days before the cessation of hostilities on the Western Front of World War I. He was 24 years old. It is likely that he died in the final advance in Picardy (Battle of the Selle) with the 38th (Welsh) Division, and he is buried in the Montay-Neuvilly Road Cemetery, Montay, France. There are 470 Commonwealth burials and commemorations of the First World War in this cemetery. All fell in the period October or November 1918.Karen Sheard
225242Dvr. John Taylor 122 Bde. B Bty. Royal Field Artillery (d.7th Dec 1917)
Driver John Taylor, W/4830 122 Bde RFA, died of wounds on 7th December 1917. He was buried at Estaires Communal cemetery Extension, and he is commemorated on Stockport Town Hall Employees WW1 memorial as he had been employed in Stockport Corporation Cleansing Department. There were obituaries in the Stockport Express & Stockport Advertiser (no photograph). His parents were Walter (MRCVS) & Sarah of Stockport. His wife Mary Ellen lived at 13 Grimshaw Street, Stockport.Terence Jackson
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