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14th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery
XIV Brigade, Royal Field Artillery, comprised 39th, 68th and 88th Batteries and served as Divisional artillery with 4th Division. The Division was held back from the original British Expeditionary Force by a last minute decision to defend England against a possible German landing. The fate of the BEF in France and the lack of any move by the Enemy to cross the channel, reversed this decision and they proceeded to France in late August. 14th Brigade, RFA were in action at the The Battle of the Marne, The Battle of the Aisne and at The Battle of Messines in 1914. 39th Battery transferred to XIX Brigade on the 8th of February 1915. In 1915 they fought in The Second Battle of Ypres. In 1916 they moved south and 86 (Howitzer) Battery (less one section) joined in May. They were in action during the Battles of the Somme. They left 4th Division on the 14th January 1917 to become an
Army Brigade. B Battery, 188th Brigade RFA joined and became A Battery of the Brigade and 86th (Howitzer) Battery transferred to XXXII Brigade RFA.
18th Aug 1914 Concentration
19th Aug 1914 Concentration
26th Aug 1914 Shellfire
27th Aug 1914 Enemy Advance
27th August 1914 On the Move
30th Aug 1914 Rear Guard
30th of August 1914 A Hot March
30th Aug 1914 On the March
31st Aug 1914 Rear Guard
31st August 1914 Continued withdrawals
31st Aug 1914 On the March
1st Sep 1914 Rear Guard
1st Sep 1914 A Rude Awakening
1st September 1914 Continued withdrawals
1st Sep 1914 On the March
2nd Sep 1914 Rear Guard
2nd September 1914 Continued withdrawals
2nd Sep 1914 On the March
3rd Sep 1914 Rear Guard
3rd September 1914 Continued withdrawals
3rd of September 1914 Across the Marne
3rd Sep 1914 On the March
4th Sep 1914 Rear Guard
5th Sep 1914 Rear Guard
6th Sep 1914 Advance Guard
6th Sep 1914 On the March
7th Sep 1914 Advance Guard
8th Sep 1914 Advance Guard
9th September 1914 Battle of Marne
9th Sep 1914 Bridging
10th of September 1914 Marching
12th September 1914 Bad Weather
13th September 1914 Strong Opposition
15th September 1914 Shelling
16th September 1914 Difficulties
17th September 1914
19th September 1914 Attack Repulsed
21st Sep 1914 Defences
23rd September 1914 Patrols
29th September 1914 Ongoing fighting on all fronts
4th Oct 1914 Orders Received
5th Oct 1914 On the Move
6th Oct 1914 On the Move
7th Oct 1914 On the Move
8th Oct 1914 On the Move
9th Oct 1914 Anxiety
10th Oct 1914 Withdrawal
11th Oct 1914 Hostile Forces
11th Oct 1914 Orders
12th Oct 1914 On the March
13th Oct 1914 On the March
13th Oct 1914 Enemy Closes
14th Oct 1914 On the March 
15th Oct 1914 Hostile Column
16th Oct 1914 Line Advanced
17th Oct 1914 Enemy Active
18th Oct 1914 Planning
19th Oct 1914 Hard Fighting
20th Oct 1914 Defensive Line
21st Oct 1914 Hard Fighting
22nd Oct 1914 Bombardment
22nd Oct 1914 Enemy attack
23rd Oct 1914 Under Fire
24th Oct 1914 Enemy Break Through
25th Oct 1914 Enemy Break Through
26th Oct 1914 Forced Back
27th Oct 1914 Defensive improvements
27th Oct 1914 Orders Received
28th Oct 1914 Artillery Active
29th Oct 1914 Hard Fighting
30th Oct 1914 4th Divison under pressure On the 30th of October 1914 the German forces launched an attack on the line from from le Gheer to the river Douve in the souther Ypres Sector. The British 4th Division extended its line from St. Yves to Messines, now covering a front of 12 miles. At St. Yves, German Infantry broke through, but the advance was halted by a counter attack by the 1st Battalion Somerset Light Infantry under the command of Major C B Prowse. (Prowse Point Cemetery which was later built on the site, was named after him.)
30th Oct 1914 Under Shellfire
30th Oct 1914 Hard Fighting
31st Oct 1914 More enemy bombardment
31st Oct 1914 Hard Fighting
3rd of November 1914 Situation Report
7th Nov 1914 Continued Action
5th December 1914 Quiet
9th December 1914 Uniforms
16th of December 1914 Instruction
19th Dec 1914 British attack
19th Dec 1914 Attack Made
4th of January 1915 Trench Work
21st Mar 1915 Defence Adjusted
3rd May 1915 Ongoing action and withdrawal
24th of May 1915 Enemy occupy farm
24th of May 1915 Into attack
24th of May 1915 Zeppelin being followed
21st Sep 1915 Orders
2nd of February 1916 Moving to the Trenches
7th of February 1916 New Sector
8th of February 1916 Shelling
9th of February 1916 Villages Shelled
10th of February 1916 Shelling and Bombs
11th of February 1916 Shelling
12th of February 1916 A Line Rearrangement
13th of February 1916 German Trenches Shelled
16th of February 1916 Collapsing Trenches
19th of February 1916 Under Heavy Fire
21st of February 1916 Active German Patrols
23rd of February 1916 Weather Turns
24th of February 1916 Snowy Weather
25th of February 1916 Heavy Snow and a German Patrol
26th of February 1916 A Store Burns
27th of February 1916 36th Divisional Artillery Arrive
5th of March 1916 Relief Completed
1st July 1916 Bombardment
2nd Jul 1916 Attack and Counter Attack
24th January 1917 Reorganisation
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Those known to have served with14th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery during the Great War 1914-1918. - Coleman MID. Albert. Gunner
- Dickers MSM. William. Sgt.
- Hawkins . George Thomas. Dvr. (d.8th June 1918)
- Hicks MM.. Albert. Sgt.
- Porter Gavin Alexander. Capt (d.5th December 1915)
- Wallington William. Gnr.
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259702 Capt Gavin Alexander Porter 13 Squadron (d.5th December 1915) Gavin Porter was from Kalgoortie in West Australia, elder son of Alexander and Hannah Porter. He was originally in 68th Battery, Royal Field Artillery. He was killed in action on 5th of December 1915 with 13th Squadron RFC.
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238273 Sgt. William Dickers MSM 68 Bty. 14th Brigade My grandfather, Sgt. William Dickers, 68th Battery RFA was wounded in December 1914 at Rouen. He was was the Battery Sergeant Major of B Battery, 83rd Brigade RFA from 1916 to 1919.
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227499 Sgt. Albert Hicks MM. 39th Battery My Grandad Albert Hicks got to France just in time for the battle of Le Cateau with 39th Battery, XIV Brigade and the retreat to the Marne. He then fought his way back up to the Aisne.
Later he transferred to Howitzers in 460th Heavy Battery and joined the 29th Division to fight in the Dardanelles. Then returned to finish his time on the Western Front.
At the end of the war, he seems to have spent some time in Eastern command (the MOD will not release this part of his records yet), and it was during this time that he won the Military Medal.
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204792 Dvr. George Thomas Hawkins 14th Bde Ammunition Col. (d.8th June 1918) I recently found George Hawkins's death details via Ancestry. His only child, Theresa, was my grandmother. George's wife Edith Dane died 6 months later in December 1918, and Theresa was adopted by Edith's sister Emma Lufkin. I have not been able to locate George's war records, I suspect they were destroyed like so many others in WW2, so have no evidence that he ever saw his daughter Theresa.
George was listed as a driver in RFA 14th Bde Ammunition Col. I would like to know where and what the 14th Bde was up to around the time of George's death.
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