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53rd (Howitzer) Brigade, Royal Field Artillery    LIII (Howitzer) Brigade, Royal Field Artillery, served as Divisional Artillery 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 and The Battle of Delville Wood. 53rd (Howitzer) Brigade RFA was broken up on the 11th of September 1916. 11th May 1915 Motor Vehicles 15th May 1915 Concentration 15th May 1915 Orders   15th May 1915 Report 15th May 1915 Orders 16th May 1915 Orders 17th May 1915 On the March   18th May 1915 Orders   21st May 1915 53rd RFA arrives  Lt. Macleod taken around trenches of 1/Cameronians by Lt. Robertson for instruction, also to 5/Scottish Rifles by Lt. Clark. 53 Btn Royal Field Artillery (9 Div) arrived in 19 1B area. 28th May 1915 Cerebrospinal  Meningitis 31st May 1915 Instruction   Jul 1915 Training Instruction Jul 1915 Billets 31st Aug 1915 Artillery 1st Sep 1915 Instructions 1st Sep 1915 Orders 1st Sep 1915 Orders 2nd Sep 1915 Orders   7th Sep 1915 Observation Precautions   10th Sep 1915 Instructions   14th Sep 1915 Instructions 15th Sep 1915 Defence Scheme 17th Sep 1915 Reliefs   21st Sep 1915 Orders   13th December 1915 Reliefs   23rd Oct 1916 Bombardment   24th Oct 1916 Reliefs   If you can provide any additional information, please add it here. Want to know more about 53rd (Howitzer) Brigade, Royal Field Artillery? There are:5257 items tagged 53rd (Howitzer) Brigade, Royal Field Artillery available in our Library   These include information on officers, regimental histories, letters, diary entries, personal accounts and information about actions during the Great War. Those known to have served with 53rd (Howitzer) Brigade, Royal Field Artillery during the Great War 1914-1918. This page is new, as yet no names have been submitted. All names on this list have been submitted by relatives, friends, neighbours and others who wish to remember them, if you have any names to add or any recollections or photos of those listed, please Add a Name to this List Records of 53rd (Howitzer) Brigade, Royal Field Artillery from other sources. The Wartime Memories Project is the original WW1 and WW2 commemoration website. 1st of September 2024 marks 25 years since the launch of the Wartime Memories Project. Thanks to everyone who has supported us over this time. Want to find out more about your relative's service? Want to know what life was like during the Great War? Our Library contains many many diary entries, personal letters and other documents, most transcribed into plain text. Looking for help with Family History Research?    Please see Family History FAQ's Please note: We are unable to provide individual research. Can you help? The free to access section of The Wartime Memories Project website is run by volunteers and funded by donations from our visitors. If the information here has been helpful or you have enjoyed reaching the stories please conside making a donation, no matter how small, would be much appreciated, annually we need to raise enough funds to pay for our web hosting or this site will vanish from the web. If you enjoy this site please consider making a donation. Announcements 19th Nov 2024     Please note we currently have a massive backlog of submitted material, our volunteers are working through this as quickly as possible and all names, stories and photos will be added to the site. If you have already submitted a story to the site and your UID reference number is higher than 264989 your submission is still in the queue, please do not resubmit. Wanted: Digital copies of Group photographs, Scrapbooks, Autograph books, photo albums, newspaper clippings, letters, postcards and ephemera relating to the Great War. If you have any unwanted photographs, documents or items from the First or Second World War, please do not destroy them. The Wartime Memories Project will give them a good home and ensure that they are used for educational purposes. Please get in touch for the postal address, do not sent them to our PO Box as packages are not accepted. World War 1 One ww1 wwII greatwar great battalion regiment artillery Did you know? We also have a section on World War Two. and a Timecapsule to preserve stories from other conflicts for future generations. Recomended Reading. Available at discounted prices.

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