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52nd Brigade, Royal Field Artillery
LII Brigade, Royal Field Artillery, served with 9th Scottish Division. 9th (Scottish) Division was formed in late August 1914, part of Kitchener's First New Army. Following training in Scotland, they moved to Salisbury in late August and to Bordon in September. They proceeded to France between the 9th and 12th of May 1915 and went into action in the The Battle of Loos. In 1916 they were in action in the Battle of the Somme, including the capture of Longueval, The Battle of Delville Wood and The Battle of Le Transloy. 52nd Brigade RFA left 19th Division on the 8th of January 1917.
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264508Dvr. John William Duncan MM. C Bty. 52nd Brigade Royal Field Artillery (d.11th Aug 1918)
John Duncan was my great uncle. He enlisted in August 1914 and died in Flanders on 11th of August 1918.Craig Jones
263432Sgt. George Thomas Eastman 52nd Brigade Royal Horse Artillery
George Eastman enlisted 28th of October 1905. He joined E Battery RHA on the 20th of March 1914 as a Bombadier. Promoted to Corporal on 5th of August 1914 he went to France with the Battery later that month. He served with the Battery until posted to C Battery, 52nd Brigade, RFA. he survived the war and died in 1947.Ray Eastman
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