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47th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery
XLVII Brigade, Royal Field Artillery, served as Divisional Artillery with 14th (Light) Division.
14th (Light) Division was formed as part of Kitchener's First New Army. After training they proceeded to France. They fought in the The Action of Hooge, being the first division to be attacked by flamethrowers. They were in action in The Second Attack on Bellewaarde. In 1916 they were on the Somme seeing action in The Battle of Delville Wood and The Battle of Flers-Courcelette. In 1917 they fought in The German retreat to the Hindenburg Line, The First and Third Battle of the Scarpe at Arras, The Battle of Langemark and The First and Second Battle of Passchendaele. In 1918 they returned to the Somme and were in action during The Battle of St Quentin and The Battle of the Avre, suffering very heavy casualties with almost 6,000 men of the Division killed or injured, 46th and 47th Brigade RFA lost all their guns. The Division was withdrawn from the front line and were engaged building a new defensive line to the rear. On the 26th of April, the infantry battalions were reduced to a training cadre and on the 17th of June the Division returned to England for re-establishment. They returned to France in the first week of July and joined Second Army, seeing action at Ypres 1918 and in the final advance in Flanders
18th Feb 1915 Training
27th May 1915 On the Move
30th of May 1915 Work Party Casualties 
16th Jun 1915 Demonstration
19th of June 1915 Tunnel Breached
21st Jun 1915 Orders to Attack
21st of June 1915 Situation Normal
22nd of June 1915 Attacks ordered
23rd September 1915 Order
23rd Sep 1915 Orders
25th Sep 1915 In Action
25th Sep 1915 Attack Made
25th Sep 1915 Attack Made
1st Feb 1916 Misty
1st Feb 1916 Shelling
2nd Feb 1916 Bombardment
2nd Feb 1916 Artillery Active
2nd Mar 1916 Objective Captured
7th Jan 1917 Reorganisation
11th of April 1917 Reliefs
24th of April 1917 Orders
6th of October 1918 Orders
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251970 2Lt. Harold William Hague D Battery, 47th Brigade Royal Field Artillery (d.16th June 1918 ) Harold Hague was killed in action on 16th of June 1918, and as the War Diary does not mention gas, presumably he died when the position was shelled. He was aged 23. He is buried in Chocques Military Cemetery, in France.
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