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174 Brigade, Royal Field Artillery
CLXXIV Brigade, Royal Field Artillery was raised by the Thames Ironworks Company and served as Divisional artillery with 39th Division. The Division was formed in the Winchester area in early August 1915 moving to the Marlborough Lines at Aldershot on the 28th of September where additional units joined and they moved to Witley in October, where the full compliment was reached. The Division, minus 118th Brigade who were behind with their training, proceeded to France in late February 1916, concentrating near Blaringhem and receiving five battalions from other divisions to replace those of 118th Brigade. On the 30th June 1916 they were in action in an attack near Richebourg l'Avoue with the Sussex battalions suffered heavy casualties. They were in action during the Battles of the Somme, including, the fighting on the Ancre, The Battle of Thiepval Ridge, The Battle of the Ancre heights and the capture of Schwaben Reddoubt and Stuff Trench as well as The Battle of the Ancre. In 1917 they fought in The Battle of Pilkem Ridge, The Battle of Langemarck, The Battle of the Menin Road Ridge, The Battle of Polygon Wood and The Second Battle of Passchendaele. In 1918 they were in action at The Battle of St Quentin, The actions at the Somme crossings, The Battle of Bapaume and The Battle of Rosieres before moving to Flanders. They took part n The fighting on Wytschaete Ridge, The First and Second Battle of Kemmel and The Battle of the Scherpenberg. The Division had suffered heavy losses and they were reduced to a cadre by the 1st of June 1918 and took on a role supervising courses of instruction for newly arrived American troops, beginning with units of the 77th American Division at Wolphus. They moved to Varengeville on the 15th of August. By the Armistice the order had already been given to disband the training cadres and they took over the role of operating embarkation camps and reinforcement depots as demobilization began.
2nd Apr 1916 Enemy Active 
3rd Apr 1916 Shelling
4th Apr 1916 Misty
5th Apr 1916 Shelling
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Those known to have served with174 Brigade, Royal Field Artillery during the Great War 1914-1918. - Fryer Charles Wager. Gnr. (d.12th January 1918)
- Hubble MM.. Thomas Harry. Sgt. (d.25th May 1918)
- Morrow Frederick Roulstone. Cpl. (d.27th Sep 1917)
- Watmough Walter. Gnr. (d.9th Apr 1918)
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261761 Cpl. Frederick Roulstone Morrow D Bty. 174th Brigade Royal Field Artillery (d.27th Sep 1917) Frederick Morrow was born in Belfast in 1895, son of Alexander and Frances Morrow. The family moved to Londonbridge Rd., Dublin, and Frederick was educated at Pembroke Technical school (now the Ballsbridge College of Further Education on Shelbourne Road). He joined the Boys’ Brigade in St. Matthew’s and was a keen footballer, captaining the Irish Boys’ Brigade team against England at the age of 15. He became a law clerk, but continued his football, playing for Bohemians, Shelbourne, and Tritonville. He also played as a junior Irish international.
He enlisted in the Royal Field Artillery in August 1915 and served with the Expeditionary Force in France from February 1916. He became a corporal, and at the time of his death he was Acting Sergeant. His commanding officer wrote “I can only say what a loss he is to the battery and also that I was sending him home for his commission as soon as we came out of action”. He was badly injured on 25th of September 1917 and died in the casualty clearing station the next day. He is buried in Outtersteene Cemetery near Bailleul in France.
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254799 Gnr. Charles Wager Fryer 174th Brigade Royal Field Artillery (d.12th January 1918) Charles Fryer was my uncle, he served with 174th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery.
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217354 Sgt. Thomas Harry Hubble MM. 8th Battery, 174 Brigade Royal Field Artillery (d.25th May 1918) My Grandfather. Sgt. Thomas Hubble originated from Enville, near Stourbridge, and from there joined the army and spent some time in India. He left the army to become a Yorkshire coal miner at Normanton, where he met and married Annie Louisa, by whom he had three children.
On the outbreak of WW1 , as a reservist, he was called up and served in the Royal Field Artillery 8th Battery 174 Brigade for four years, before being killed by a single bullet in the vicinity of Arras.
He was awarded the Military Medal but the citation is lost.
He is buried in the Cabaret Rouge cemetery, Souchez - just below the Vimy Ridge, France.
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216086 Gnr. Walter Watmough 174th Bde. Royal Field Artillery (d.9th Apr 1918) Walter Watmough enlisted at Preston, Lancashire and served in 'A' Battery, 174th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery. He died age 30 on the 9th April 1918 and is remembered at Jarrow Library and is buried in Namps-au-Val British Cemetery. His is medal card records the award of the War and Victory Medals.
Walter was born in St Peters, Lancaster 1888, son of Thomas and Elizabeth Ann Watmough. In the 1901 census the family were living at 114 Bedford Street, Preston. Thomas(40) was a Coal Dealer and Elizabeth Ann(38) his wife. Walter(13) was a reacher in a cotton mill. Ethel(10) and Thomas(7) were at school and Doris was 1 year old. Walter was married to Florence Watmough nee Brown of 69 Howard Street, Jarrow.
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