36th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery

25th Aug 1914 Fierce Fighting

4th Dec 1914 Missing his Wife

23rd April 1915 Daily Battery Activity 6th London Brigade RFA   6th County of London Brigade RFA report 16th london Bty began to register a new zone, but the Observing Officer was shelled out of his observation station. Later 16th Bty registered trenches from S.27A.0.3 to A.3.A.0.5, 23 rounds fired. Ranges 3375-3575 yards. 17th London Bty did not fire. 15th London Bty came into position again from reserve, at daybreak 23rd April 1915.
The 15th & 16th Batteries are now under the tactical command of Colonel Hall RA (36th Brigade RFA), the 17th Bty remains under the tactical command of Colonel Parry (34th Brigade RFA). Brigade Headquarters moved from the banks of the La Bassee to Loisne.

7th June 1915 6th London Brigade RFA work with 36th Div  6th County of London Brigade RFA hosted OC Batteries and Officer Commanding of the 36th Bde. RFA, who examined positions and observation stations of the batteries with a view to taking over. 15th & 17th London Batteries did not fire. 16th London Battery fired 5 rounds at a working party.

9th June 1915 Reliefs  The remaining sections of each battery of the 6th London Brigade RFA were relieved by sections of batteries of the 36th Brigade RFA and, together with the Brigade Headquarter Staff, proceeded to Lapugnoy, which was reached in the early hours of Thursday morning. The whole Small Arms Ammunition section of the Brigade Ammunition Column, and one section of gun ammunition, was detached from the Brigade, and was stationed at Drovin under 2/Lt H.B. Wells, to supply the 140 Infantry Brigade and the 19th London Battery (who remained in action) with ammunition.

20th June 1915 Back to Action  6th County of London Brigade RFA: This evening the 15th & 16th London Brigades proceeded into action, the former being attached to the 36th Brigade RFA, and occupying its former position at Vermelles, and the latter to the 41st Brigade RFA near Cambrin F.30.c.5.5. The 6th London Ammunition Column was divided, part going with each battery. Brigade Headquarters and the 17th London Brigade remains at rest at Lapugnoy.

26th Dec 1915 Attachments

30th Dec 1915 Attachments

4th Jan 1918 In Reserve

5th Jan 1918 In Reserve

6th Jan 1918 In Reserve

7th Jan 1918 Training

9th Jan 1918 Snow

10th Jan 1918 Snow

11th Jan 1918 Poor Weather

12th Jan 1918 Training

13th Jan 1918 Snow and Frost

14th Jan 1918 Training

15th Jan 1918 Training

16th Jan 1918 Bad Weather

17th Jan 1918 Poor Weather

19th Jan 1918 Orders

20th Jan 1918 Orders

21st Jan 1918 Heavy Rain

24th Jan 1918 In the Line

25th Jan 1918 Artillery Active

26th Jan 1918 Orders

27th Jan 1918 Fog

28th Jan 1918 Artillery Active

29th Jan 1918 Artillery Active

30th Jan 1918 Artillery Active

31st Jan 1918 Thick Mist

1st Feb 1918 Trenches Improved

2nd Feb 1918 Trenches Improved

3rd Feb 1918 Orders

4th Feb 1918 Shelling

5th Feb 1918 Warmer

6th Feb 1918 Orders

7th Feb 1918 Fraternisation

8th Feb 1918 Quiet

9th Feb 1918 Reorganisation

10th Feb 1918 Shelling

11th Feb 1918 Quiet

12th Feb 1918 Quiet

13th Feb 1918 Some Shelling

14th Feb 1918 Patrols

15th Feb 1918 Artillery Active

16th Feb 1918 Artillery Active

17th Feb 1918 Enemy Aircraft

18th Feb 1918 Misty

19th Feb 1918 Quiet

20th Feb 1918 Gas Shells

21st Feb 1918 Reorganisation

22nd Feb 1918 Patrols

23rd Feb 1918 Shelling

24th Feb 1918 Shelling

25th Feb 1918 Shelling

26th Feb 1918 Artillery Active

27th Feb 1918 Artillery Active

28th Feb 1918 Shelling

1st Mar 1918 Raids

2nd Mar 1918 Snow

3rd Mar 1918 Patrols

4th Mar 1918 Quiet

5th Mar 1918 Patrols

6th Mar 1918 Gas

7th Mar 1918 Enemy Active

8th Mar 1918 Enemy Active

9th Mar 1918 Mist

10th Mar 1918 Enemy Active

11th Mar 1918 Gas

12th Mar 1918 Gas

13th Mar 1918 Raids

14th Mar 1918 Artillery Active

15th Mar 1918 Intense Fire

16th Mar 1918 Trench Raid

17th Mar 1918 Patrols

18th Mar 1918 Raids

19th Mar 1918 Patrols

20th Mar 1918 Reliefs

21st Mar 1918 Arrangements

21st Mar 1918 In Action

22nd Mar 1918 Fighting Withdrawal

22nd Mar 1918 Messages

23rd Mar 1918 Messages

23rd Mar 1918 Fighting Withdrawal

24th Mar 1918 Messages

24th Mar 1918 In Defence

25th Mar 1918 Fighting Withdrawal

26th Mar 1918 Fighting Withdrawal

27th Mar 1918 In Defence

27th Mar 1918 Moves

31st Mar 1918 Shelling

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Dvr. Claude William Hendy Butcher 15th Battery, 36th Brigade Royal Field Artillery

Claude Butcher was in the Middlesex Volunteer Artillery Regiment, which I think was a Territorial Army unit. He enlisted at Holloway on 3rd of December 1915 was discharged 28th of July 1919 having served 3 years 155 days on active service and 83 days in the reserves. He was discharged "physically unfit para 802 (XVI) K.R.".
He was wounded by shrapnel and his horse killed under him. He was treated in Parkhurst Military Hospital on the Isle of Wight. I still have the shrapnel they removed from him along with his spurs, bayonet holder and cap badge. I do not know exactly what part of his body was hit but he did not exhibit any disability in later life. Claude was torpedoed in February or March 1916 while crossing the channel from France. This came from a note sent to his mother on 2nd of March 1916.
After WW1 he was a clerk in an insurance office until his retirement. He was my uncle by marriage and I remember him as a dapper little man, very kind and gentle. He and my aunt did not have children. Unfortunately I did not ask him anything about his war service while he was alive.
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Capt. Robert Cummings Elliott Royal Army Chaplains Department

Reverend R.C Elliott was a Presbyterian minister. He joined up 1917 as a temporary Chaplain to the forces 4th class, and was attached to the 36th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery throughout the war. He brought his horse with him and both he and the horse survived the war. He was mentioned in dispatches twice, in 1918 and 1919. It would appear he wasn't demobilized until July 1919.
Andrea Catherwood

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