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59th Heavy Artillery Brigade, Royal Garrison Artillery    59th Heavy Artillery Brigade, Royal Garrison Artillery served with 2nd Army on the Western Front. 27th Jun 1916  Mobilisation 28th Jun 1916  Appointment 1st Jul 1916  Mobilisation 5th Jul 1916  Arrival 8th Jul 1916  Medical Officer 7th Aug 1916  Arrival 20th Aug 1916  Arrival 24th Aug 1916  Orders Received 29th Aug 1916  On the Move 30th Aug 1916  On the Move 31st Aug 1916  On the Move 1st Sep 1916  HQ Established   3rd Sep 1916  Reliefs Complete   5th Sep 1916  Artillery in Action   6th Sep 1916  Artillery in Action   7th Sep 1916 Orders Received   8th Sep 1916 In Action   9th Sep 1916 Objectives Taken   10th Sep 1916 Enemy Counter Attack   11th Sep 1916 Artillery Active   12th Sep 1916 Rounds Fired   13th Sep 1916 Artillery Active   18th December 1917 Brigade structure Changed 19th December 1917 New Headquarters 27th December 01917 Gunnery accident 31st January 1918 Relief and move to Rest Area 1st February 1918 Completion of move to Rest Area  59th Heavy Artillery Brigade The remaining sections of the 37th, 335th & 350th SB pulled out to rest. Stripped guns only were left in position for the relieving batteries. 15th February 1918 Orders to relieve 65th Bde 16th February 1918 Return to the Front Line 17th February 1918 Relieving 65th by sections 18th February 1918 Completion of Relief 22nd March 1918 Enemy targetting 37 battery 1st April 1918 Further enemy shelling 8th April 1918 Further enemy shelling 12th April 1918 59th Heavy Artillery Brigade Relocate 13th April 1918 HQ Relocation 59th Heavy Artillery Brigade 25th April 1918 German spring offensive 26th April 1918 Withdrawal to new defences 27th April 1918 Further Withdrawal Preparations 28th April 1918 Defensive bombardments 29th April 1918 Continuous bombardment of enemy positions 2nd May 1918 Attacking enemy battery 5th May 1918 37th SB gas attack on enemy 7th May 1918 gas attacks and counters 8th May 1918 More gas attacks 12th May 1918 Relocation in extended Front 13th May 1918 Relief and relocation 15th June 1918 Alternative positions 27th June 1918 37thSB crossing Yser Canal 30th June 1918 Monthly activity summary 1st July 1918 Targetting enemy crossroads 2nd July 1918 gun relocation 26th July 1918 37th SB Fatal misfire 30th July 1918 Increase in size 37th Siege Battery 1st August 1918 Recce. Orders for New positions 6th August 1918 Visit King George V. 9th August 1918 Bombardment of Voormezel 17th August 1918 Heavy enemy shelling 19th August 1918 Star shell test 20th August 1918 Combined Bombardment 27th August 1918 Assist Belgian Army 31st August 1918 Regaining Mount Kemmel 1st September 1918 Start of Final Advance 8th September 1918 Further Belgian Advances 16th September 1918 Further unit moves 17th September 1918 Preparing new positions 22nd September 1918 Move to new forward positions 23rd September 1918 New positions targetted by enemy 25th September 1918 Corps Commander visit 27th September 1918 Forward move completed 28th Sep 1918 Advance 30th September 1918 Batteries out of range 1st October 1918 Taking up new forward positions 6th October 1918 Quiet spell for Batteries. 12th Oct 1918 Further forward moves  59th Heavy Artillery Brigade report on the 12th of October, 37th SB moved one section to a forward position in front of Waterdamhoek. The following day, 350th SB moved one section to a forward position in front of Waterdamhoek 14th Oct 1918 Next phase of Advance 15th Oct 1918 Continuing Advance 17th Oct 1918 Recce for new positions 18th Oct 1918 Further Advances 19th Oct 1918 HQ Relocation 20th Oct 1918 Crossing the River Lys. 24th October 1918 Batteries across the Lys 25th October 1918 Further attacks by II Corps 28th October 1918 30th SB rejoins Brigade  59th Heavy Artillery Brigade 30th SB moved up from Ypres, where they had remained parked since the beginning of the Flanders battles owing to their lorries not being available. The battery crossed the (river) Lys today and parked in Harlebeke. 30th October 1918 Further Advances 31st October 1918 II Corps reaches River Escault. 1st November 1918 Continued forward moves 2nd November 1918 Seeking new Battery positions 3rd November 1918 II Corps relief 4th November 1918 Preparing Forward Positions 6th Nov 1918 Hostile Shelling 8th November 1918 Final forward movement of Batteries 10th November 1918 Armistice news and rumours 11th November 1918 End of the Great War 13th November 1918 Settling into Billets 15th November 1918 Change of Command and End of War Diary Extract. If you can provide any additional information, please add it here. Want to know more about 59th Heavy Artillery Brigade, Royal Garrison Artillery? 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