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158 Brigade, Royal Field Artillery
CLVIII (Accrington and Burnley) Brigade, Royal Field Artillery served with 35th Division. The Division was largely comprised "Bantam" units, with troops who were under the normal regulation minimum height of 5 feet 3 inches. After initial training close to home, the new division concentrated around Masham, North Yorkshire June 1915. The Division moved to Salisbury Plain for final training in August. They were ordered to Egypt in late 1915, but the order was soon cancelled and they proceeded to France in the last week of January 1916, the division concentrated east of St Omer. They were in action during the Battles of the Somme at Bazentin Ridge, Arrow Head Copse, Maltz Horn Farm and Falfemont Farm. CLVIII Brigade, was broken up on the 28th of February 1917
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1205973 Capt. Thomas Riley 158th Bde. C Bty. Royal Field Artillery (d.5th Aug 1916) Thomas Riley was killed in action on the 5th of August 1916, aged 33 and is buried in the Corbie Communal Cemetery Extension in France.
He was the son of Mrs. and the late Mr. Richard Riley, of Hambleton, Poulton-le-Fylde, Preston
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250177 Richard Yates A Bty, 158th Howitzer Brigade Royal Field Artillery Richard Yates was in Laventie in March 1916. He was on the Somme, near Maricourt at Southern extremity of British line on the 19th of July 1916. Dick was in Arras in April and May 1917 but did not take part in the 3rd Battle of Ypres. He was attached to 1st Army Tunnelling School from 31st of January 1918 to 19th of February 1918 (he was a collier so it fits but didn't last long).
He was gassed during the Georgette Offensive on the Lys in Spring 1918,
on 11th of April 1918 he was admitted to No.11 Stationary Hospital in Rouen, then transferred by hospital ship to the UK and was in hospital at West Didsbury and Ripon. He went back to the Front for the last 100 days.
He suffered a Gun Shot Wound to his back and leg on the 18th of October 1918 and was sent to hospital via 76th Field Ambulance then went back to duty.
He was severely reprimanded, twice for going absent without leave.
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246149 Sjt. William Lawrie Rae 158th Brigade, 381st Battery Royal Field Artillery (d.30th June 1917) William Rae, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Rae of Ashdale, Dundrennan, Kirkcudbright, served with 381st Battery, 158th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery. He was killed in action on 30th June 1917 age 27 years and is buried in Brandhoek Military cemetery, Belgium.
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246103 2Lt. Ralph Bourne 158th Brigade Royal Field Artillery (d.10th September 1917 ) Ralph Bourne, son of Arthur Mason & Edith Mary Bourne was born on the 10th January 1894 in Buenos Aires, Argentine Republic, his father was a mining engineer. He travelled to the UK in 1899 with his parents and siblings John & Marjery. The 1901 census shows him living with his mother and siblings at the home of his widowed paternal grandmother Ethel Bourne of Hilderstone Manor, House, Stone, Staffordshire. At some time before 1905 the family move to Bedford where he attends Bedford Modern School. In 1908 he then attends Bridgnorth Grammer School, his mother is still living in Bedford whilst his father is believed to be working in Mexico. He leaves school in 1910 but does not appear on the 1911 census with his mother and siblings, it is possible he returned to Argentina. At the time the CWGC records are compiled his mother is living at 101 St. George's Square, London. He initially served with the Royal Field Artillery as a Private before he was commissioned and moved to the 158th Brigade Royal Field Artillery( new unit formed in April 1917) He was killed in action on 10th September 1917 during the Ypres Salient, his battery was at Nieuport-les-Bains, and is buried in Coxyde Military Cemetery, Belgium. He is remembered on the Bridgnorth War Memorial. A pupil of Bedford Modern School 1905-08, he is commemorated on the School War Memorial, which was unveiled in 1923 and in the Roll of Honour, published in The Eagle, December 1923. The Old Boys of this School who, as in duty bound, laid down their lives in a great cause. Information courtesy of www.roll-of-honour.com
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