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6th Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery
6th Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery was formed from men of the 23rd, 39th and 107th Companies RGA. They proceeded to France in September 1914 with the BEF, armed with horse-drawn 6 inch Howitzers of the older 30 cwt type.
The Siege Batteries were deployed behind the front line, tasked with destroying enemy artillery, supply routes, railways and stores. The batteries were equipped with heavy Howitzer guns firing large calibre 6, 8 or 9.2 inch shells in a high trajectory.
3rd of November 1914 Situation Report 
10th of February 1915 Message
17th Sep 1915 Trench Work
Dec 1917 Reorganisation
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236453 Gnr. Walter Reed No.6 Siege Battery Royal Garrison Artillery My father, Walter Reed, was born in Plymouth on 24th January 1893 and became a railway clerk. On 11th November, 1915, when living in Southampton, he enlisted in the Royal Garrison Artillery, Dover. On 26th of July, 1917, he was sent to France with the BEF in the 6th Siege Battery. He returned to England on 13th of December 1917, and was discharged on 27th of March, 1918, unfit for further service through neurasthenia. He never spoke to me of his experiences in the war.
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230705 Gnr. James Frederick Burling 6th Seige Bty., 12 Coy Royal Garrison Artillery Gunner James Frederick Burling enlisted on 12th December 1915. He arrived in France on 13th August 1916. He was repatriated to the UK on 6th September 1916 because he had been injured after a shell attack on his gun position.
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210205 Acting Bomb. Thomas Alfred Hutson 6th Siege Battery Royal Garrison Artillery (d.19th December 1915) Thomas Alfred Hutson was born in Romford in 1886, he enlisted to the British Army in 1914 in Great Yarmouth.
He fought with the Royal Garrison Artillery in France and Belgium, on the 19th of December 1915 he was killed in the early hours of the morning at the second battle of Ypres.
The Germans launched a massive gas and artillery attack on the British front line and Artillery line. It was the first known use of the new Chlorine gas.
Thomas Alfred Hutson was awarded with 3 campaign medals; Victory Medal, British War Medal and the 1914-1915 star.
He will be remembered.
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