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295 Brigade, Royal Field Artillery
7th of July 1918 Gas Shelling
12th of July 1918 Back Areas Bombed
18th of July 1918 Our Guns Active
24th of July 1918 Relief Completed
28th of July 1918 Quiet
31st of July 1918 Relief Completed
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295 Brigade, Royal Field Artillery
during the Great War 1914-1918.
- Kear MiD.. Osman William Henry. Dvr.
- McConnel MID.. Merrick Hugh. Mjr. (d.14th Sep 1917)
- Webber MM.. Harry. Gnr.
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256189Dvr. Osman William Henry Kear MiD. 295th Brigade, D Battery Royal Field Artillery
Will Kear was my grandfather. Born in 1897, he joined the Territorial Force on the outbreak of WWI. He served with 124th Brigade RFA, supporting 37th Infantry Division and later D Battery, 295th Brigade RFA, part of 59th Division.This is his diary entry for 11th of November 1918, "Got up at 6 and groomed and had breakfast. Clean parade and stables at 10am. Five minutes past we all fell in and the wireless telegram was read out. The war is napoo, peace proclaimed! Too excited to write. Some experience with all the bells ringing. The boys are going mad. A remarkable thing, the war finished at 11 am on the 11th day of the 11th month of 1918. Waiting for mail as we have not had any this last three days. It will be up this afternoon. So, it won't be long before we are off to Blighty! Started a green letter to my Darling Girl. Finish it after the mail is come in. Got paid 10Frs. No mail up. I have finished the letter and off to kip."
He was demobilised in 1919, but rejoined the Territorial Army in 1933, this time the Sappers. He served until 1941, having been evacuated from the beaches at Dunkirk. By then he was a sergeant having been Mentioned in Despatches for distinguished Service on operations during the period March- June 1940.
I F Watts
236402Gnr. Harry Webber MM. 295th (North Midlands) Brigade Royal Field Artillery
Harry Webber was my Grandfather, he arrived in Australia in 1924 with his family in tow, with my Grandmother, Aunty and Uncle. He was a strong but gentle man, they worked hard to survive and had 3 more children. The country they settled in is some of the toughest country to establish a farm in. They ended up retiring to the city 30 years later. I heard a lot of stories from my grandmother, about my grandfather. He was tough, stubborn, and lead from the front. I was told he did the same in WW1 and was demoted as often as he was promoted. But I was told by a gentleman that he was respected by all, including his officer at the end of the war. A proud era in time, such a sad loss of life to go with it. He died in 1972Kathy Webber
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