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Clyde Batteries, Royal Garrison Artillery    The Clyde Royal Garrison Artillery was a territorial unit with their HQ in King William Street, Port Glasgow. At the outbreak of war in 1914 there were three Garrison Companies, No.1 (Port Glasgow) Coy., No2 (Helensburgh and Dunbarton) Coy. and No.3 (Dunbarton) Coy.    Fort Matilda is situated on the River Clyde at Whitefarline Point. Construction began in 1814 as an ‘L’ shaped battery for eleven guns on traversing platforms. During the mid 19th century the fort was remodled and it became home to a submarine mining establishment which operated a minefield between Greenock and Kilcreggin from the mid 1880's until 1904, with two 6pdr. Quick Fire guns mounted at the fort. In 1904 the Fort was remodelled for two 4.7-inch Quick Fire guns and two searchlights. In autumn 1914 the battery was manned by 2/1 Company, Clyde Royal Garrison Artillery and a large military camp was established in the ajacent parkland as the training camp for the 3rd Battalion, Royal Scots Fusiliers. Initally a tented camp, huts were constructed and buildings in the town were taken over with Drumslea beaing used as the officers' mess. The Esplanade on the seafront was used as the parade ground. 480 officers and 15,486 men passed through Fort Matilda during the Great War. If you can provide any additional information, please add it here. Want to know more about Clyde Batteries, Royal Garrison Artillery ? There are:5231 items tagged Clyde Batteries, Royal Garrison 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 Clyde Batteries, Royal Garrison Artillery during the Great War 1914-1918. Hussey Thomas Joseph. Gnr. Jordan William John. Gnr. (d.4th Nov 1917) Perkins William. Cpl. White William Spencer. A/Bdr. 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 Clyde Batteries, Royal Garrison 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. 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If you have already submitted a story to the site and your UID reference number is higher than 265120 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. 221367 Gnr. Thomas Joseph Hussey Clyde Royal Garrison Artillery Thomas J Hussey, (1878-1951) known as Joe. was my grandfather. He was born and raised in a rural area outside Mullingar, County Westmeath, Ireland. He was the only son of Patrick Hussey and Mary Hussey (nee Flynn). He served in the First World war as a Gunner in the Artillery. I don't know too much about his service. He served in the RFA and the RHA (671490) and also in the RGA (Clyde). I think he may have served with the RGA early in the war and then went overseas or even the other way round. I know from family stories that he served in Palestine and Mesopotamia at one time (I think in 1917). He was in Jerusalem around the time it was taken. I think he also served in France and Flanders at some stage. According to records he was with the Clyde RGA also. I do have a memory of my uncle telling me that my grandfather had been in Scotland, but I didn't associate this with the war. I have a copy of a letter he wrote home from Baddow in Essex in Oct 1916 and I also have his 2 service medals. He survived the war and married in 1919 and had 5 children. He worked in a saw mill and also as a farmer. He passed away on September 1st 1951. I never met him. Patrick Hussey Add to this record. 216234 Gnr. William John Jordan Royal Garrison Artillery (d.4th Nov 1917) William John Jordan was a Gunner with the Royal Garrison Artillery. (formerly of the Clyde Royal Garrison Artillery). Born in Jarrow in 1884, he was aged 33 when he died on 4th November 1917. He lived in Clydebank and was the son of Mary Jane McLeod (formerly Jordan nee Wilkinson) of II Gordon Street Kilbowie and the late Arthur James Jordan (one time Librarian in Mechanics Institute Jarrow). He enlisted in Dunbarton. William is buried in Kilbowie Cemetery. Vin Mullen Add to this record. Recomended Reading. Available at discounted prices.

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