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23rd Heavy Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery
23rd Heavy Battery was raised as divisional artillery for 23rd Divsion in September 1914, as part of Kitchener's Third New Army. The artillery units assembled at Mytchett Camp in November. As the winter set in, they moved to Aldershot. At the end of February 1915 they moved to Shorncliffe in Kent then moved to Bordon, Hampshire at the end of May. They left the Division in July 1915 and proceeded to France on the 15th of September 1915, joining No. 1 Group in I Corps. In November 1915 they ransferred to XXII HA Brigade.
15th Sep 1915 23rd Heavy Battery proceed to France 23rd Heavy Battery RGA arrive in France
1st Dec 1917 327th Siege Battery, RGA join 23 HAG. 327th Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery was resubordinated to 23 Heavy Artillery Group (HAG) from 14 HAG on 01 December 1917.
Australian Corps Heavy Artillery, X Group formed at an unspecified time in 1918 the British 23rd Garrison Artillery Brigade armed with 14 x 6" howitzers and 6 x 9.2" howitzers. The Brigade consisted of the 41st, 94th, 327th and 355th Siege Artillery Batteries.
17th of October 1918 
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Those known to have served with23rd Heavy Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery during the Great War 1914-1918. - Bailey Bernard Dudley. Gnr. (d.20th July 1917)
- Clarke Robert Barton. Sgt. (d.19th Aug 1917)
- Goodwin Daniel Benjamin. Gunner
- Hall MiD.. George William. 2nd Lt.
- Irwin MM.. John William Ferrington . Gnr.
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262563 Sgt. Robert Barton Clarke 23rd Heavy Battery Royal Garrison Artillery (d.19th Aug 1917) Robert Clarke is my grandfather and he is buried in Godewaersvelde British Cemetery France
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254570 2nd Lt. George William Hall MiD. 23rd Heavy Battery Royal Garrison Artillery George Hall was Mentioned in Despatches twice, he served with 23rd Heavy Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery.
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252499 Gunner Daniel Benjamin Goodwin 23rd Heavy Battery Royal Garrison Artillery Daniel Goodwin applied for a war pension having been gassed twice but was refused. Owing to this he threw his medals in the street early one morning through the bedroom window. They were never seen again.
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249279 Gnr. Bernard Dudley Bailey 23rd Heavy Battery Royal Garrison Artillery (d.20th July 1917) Bernard Bailey was a postman in the town of Hythe, Kent when the War started. He entered military service in April 1916. He had been serving in the R.G.A with the British Expeditionary Force for some months before being called to fight for King and Country.
July 1917, Bernard was a Medical Orderly in the battery and was affected by gas in attending to two men who were wounded by a gas shell. He was admitted to hospital, 37th Casualty Clearing Station in France. On the 20th July Germans bombed the hospital, killing Bernard Bailey, Sister Elise Margaret Kemp and 5 others.
Bernard left behind his wife and 2 year old son, he is buried in Godewaersvelde British Cemetery, Nord, France.
I am so proud to call this man my Great Granddad.
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