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56th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery
LVI Brigade, Royal Field Artillery, served with 10th (Irish) Division, which was formed in August 1914 as part of Kitchener's First New Army. After initial training at the regimental depots, in 1915 the Division moved to the Curragh, Newbridge and Kildare. They moved to England in May concentrating around Basingstoke. They departed from Liverpool on the 9th of July for Lemnos. Most of the Division landed at Sulva Bay on the 6th and 7th of August 1915 and made an attack on Chocolate Hill on the 7th and 8th. The 29th Brigade landed at Anzac Cove and went into action on Sari Bair between the 6th and 10th of August then went on to attack Hill 60 later in the month. They were withdrawn from Gallipoli on the 29th of September 1915 to Mudros, moving to Salonika, landing between the 5th and 10th of October. On the 7th and 8th of December they were in action at Kosturino, in the retreat from Serbia. Some units of the Division were in action at the Karajakois and Yenikoi in late September and early October. In January 1916 they transferred to 13th Division who had taken part in The last Turkishh attacks at Helles. They were evacuated from Helles to Egypt and concentrated at Port Said, holding forward posts in the Suez Canal defences.
On the 12th of February 1916 they moved to Mesopotamia, to join the force being assembled near Sheikh Sa'ad for the relief of the besieged garrison at Kut al Amara. They joined the Tigris Corps on the 27th of March and were in action in the unsucessful attempts to relieve Kut. 56th Brigade RFA transferred to 7th (Meerut) Division on 2nd of July 1916 and 527 (Howitzer) Battery joined. In early 1918 they moved from to Palestine in early 1918 then on 1st of April 1918 transferred to 52nd (Lowland) Division and moved with the 52nd Division to serve on the Western Front.
10th Nov 1915 Registration 
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224767 Gnr. Ernest Canby 56th Bde. Small Arms Ammunition Sect. Royal Field Artillery (d.1st July 1916) Ernest Canby died of disease on 1st July 1916, aged 23. He is buried in the Basra War cemetery in Iraq.
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222642 Gnr. Ernest Canby 56th Btn. Royal Field Artillery (d.1st July 1916) Ernest Canby died of disease on the 1st July 1916, aged 23 and is buried in the Basra War Cemetery in Iraq.
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