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58th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery
LVIII Brigade, Royal Field Artillery, served with 11th (Northern) Division. 11th (Northern) Division was formed in August 1914 as part of Kitchener's First New Army. After initial training close to home, the units of the Division concentrated with the Artillery training at Leeds, Sheffield, Norwich and Weedon. On the 4th of April 1915 the Division assembled at Witley and Frensham for final training. They sailed for Gallipoli from Liverpool via Mudros at the end of June 1915. They landed near Lala Baba at Suvla Bay on the 6th and 7th of August. On the 19th and 20th of December 1915 the Division was withdrawn from Gallipoli, moving to Imbros then to Egypt at the end of January. They concentrated at Sidi Bishr and took over a section of the Suez canal defences on the 19th of February. On the 17th of June 1916 the Division was ordered to France to reinforce Third Army on The Somme. They departed from Alexandria on with the last units leaving on the 3rd of July. By the 27th July, they were in the front line on the Somme and took part in The capture of the Wundt-Werk, The Battle of Flers-Courcelette and The Battle of Thiepval. In 1917 58th Brigade RFA were in action in Operations on the Ancre then moved north to Flanders for The Battle of Messines, The Battle of the Langemarck, The Battle of Polygon Wood, The Battle of Broodseinde and The Battle of Poelcapelle. In 1918 they were at Arras for The 1918 Battle of the Scarpe and The Battle of the Drocourt-Quant Line and fought in the Battles of the Hindenburg Line and The Battle of the Sambre including the passage of the Grand Honelle. At the Armistice the Division was on high ground east of Havay.
10th Nov 1915 Registration 
25th Jun 1916 Transfers 118 Brigade RFA transferred from 1 (Canadian) Div to 11 (Northern) Div which had just arrived in France from Egypt. 118 Brigade was then broken up with the 3 x 4.5 how batteries being sent to the existing 3 x 18lb brigades in 11 Div. This now gave the 11 Div 3 field artillery brigades containing 3 batteries of 18 lb field guns and 1 battery of 4.5" howitzers. 461 Battery 118 Brigade therefore became D Battery 58 Brigade RFA. All guns and equipment were left with the Canadians and only the manpower transfered to 11 Div, collecting new guns and equipment on arrival.
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3rd of January 1918 Location of Divisional Units
12th of January 1918 Weather Very Cold
13th of January 1918 More Snow - More Training
21st of January 1918 Reliefs
24th of January 1918 Artillery Very Quiet
25th of January 1918 MG Fire All Night
27th of January 1918 Night Patrols
28th of January 1918 Enemy Aircraft Brought Down
3rd of February 1918 Dugout Attacked
10th of February 1918 A Large Explosion
17th of February 1918 Shelling
24th of February 1918 A Daylight Patrol
26th of February 1918 Enemy Heavies Active
1918-03-01 Sectors Defined
2nd of March 1918 Heavy Gas Shelling
10th of March 1918 5th Dorsets on Patrol
12th of March 1918 Enemy Fire "Above Normal"
17th of March 1918 Seventeen Balloons Spotted
19th of March 1918 A Bit Quieter on the Front
24th of March 1918 Germans on Short Rations
31st of March 1918 Allied Gas Operations
3rd of April 1918 Le Rutoire Shelled
7th of April 1918 A Relief Ordered
14th of April 1918 Dumps Destroyed
20th of April 1918 Gas Attack Cancelled
21st of April 1918 Heavy Bombardment
26th of April 1918 Slight Shelling
28th of April 1918 Demolition Plans
30th of April 1918 Retaliatory Fire
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246274 Sjt. Thomas Franklin MM. 58th (Tottenham) Brigade. D"Bty. Royal Field Artillery Serjeant Thomas Franklin's WWI service record have not survived. According to his Medal Index Card, his Theater of War and Qualifying Date were France and 14th of July 1915, respectively. In addition to the Military Medal, he was awarded the 1914-15 Star, the British War Medal and the Victory Medal. His MM was announced in the 4th Supplement to the London Gazette 31405 of Friday 13th of June 1919, on Tuesday 17th June 1919, page 7649. When his award was recommended in October 1918, possibly associated with the Battle of the Selle. Thomas served with D Battery, 58th (Tottenham) Brigade, Royal Artillery, part of the 11th (Northern) Division. D Battery was equipped with six 4.5" howitzers.
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231629 Sgt. Joseph Lynch MiD. 58th Brigade Royal Field Artillery My Grandfather, Joseph Lynch was mentioned in despatches whilst serving with 58th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery.
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218037 Gnr. Howard Denley 58th Brigade Royal Field Artillery (d.26th Aug 1917) Gnr. Howard Denley was my grandfather's brother. He served with the Royal Field Artillery 58th Brigade.
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213534 Sgt. Albert Edward Victor Doggett DCM. 58th Brigade, D Bty. Royal Field Artillery Albert Doggett joined the army on the 17th Nov 1913 age 16 years 3 months. He was promoted Bombardier 16 June 14. Later posted to 57 (H) battery andmobilised on 5 Aug 14 into 43 Bde RFA 1Div. He fought at Mons, Great Retreat, Marne and Aisne. He transferred to Ypres 16/19 Oct 14 and was wounded by German shell 4th Nov 14. Albert was evacuated to Norwich and treated at Norfolk Hospital, Norwich.
Albert was promoted Cpl on the 8th Jan 1915. (age 17years & 5 mths). Posted to A Bty, 81 Bde RFA 17 (Northern) Div. at Swanage. Promoted Sgt 7 May 15 (age 17y 10mths). 17 Div moved to Winchester in June 1915, and proceeded to France on the 13th of Jul 1915. 17th Div went into the Ypres sector and on the 5th of Aug 1915, were in action at Hooge. On 11th Aug 1915 A/81 Battery, including Sgt Doggett and a portion of the Ammunition Column withdrawn and posted to 118(H) Bde 1(Canadian) Div at Ploegstreet. from Sept to December 1915 they shelled German trenches and rear areas around Ploegstreet including Petite Douve Farm and Messines Town. On the 25th of Sep 1915 A/81 was renamed 460 Battery then on the 15th Dec 1915 460 Battery was renamed 461 Battery.
Albert spent Christmas 1915 in the line and as 461 Battery Sgt's Mess Sgt Doggett was to sing "Old Soldiers Never Die". On the 4th of Apr 1916 118(H) Bde moved North to the Ypres area and were engaged in shelling Hill 60 and St Eloi. On the 15th of July 1916 118(H) Bde broken up. 461 Battery (including Sgt Doggett) transferred to 58 Bde RFA 11 (Northern) Div who were freshly arrived from Egypt. The Battery was located at Dainville until the 4th of Sep 16 when they moved to Mash Valley for ops against Thiepval, Mouquet Farm, Schwaben Redoubt.
Sgt Doggett remained with D/58 till Feb 1919 fighting through the Battles of Messines, Third Ypres, and through to the Armistice just South East of Mons. He won a DCM on 7 Nov 1918 at Eth Wood. As a regular soldier he was posted to Cork in Feb 1919 and transferred to the reserve in Dec 1920. He died in 1990 aged 93.
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212926 Dvr. Samuel Edmonds 58th Brigade Royal Field Artillery My paternal grandfather Sam Edmonds joined the British Army in Dublin in 1915, was trained at Woolwich in the Royal Horse Artillery and was shipped to France in 1916. Not sure when he changed to Royal Field Artillery but he survived and was demobbed in March 1919. His discharge papers spell his name incorrectly as Edmunds.
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1770 Bdr. Thomas A Sumner 58th Brigade Royal Field Artillery We are trying to find records of our grandfather, Thomas Sumner born 19th October 1883, Hanley, Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire. We never met him and are anxious to trace perhaps a member of his family or any relatives who can help us to track his last days which we believe were spent in Madras, India where he served in the Police Force as a high ranking officer, being Superintendent of Police in Travancore and Trevandrum. We would very much like to know where he was laid to rest as we do not seem able to get any information on this.
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