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31st Heavy Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery    31st Heavy Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery proceeded to France with 4th Division, being amongst the first troops to arrive on the Western Front. Equipped with 60pounder guns, they saw action in the Battle of Mons, The Marne, The Aisne and First Ypres as well as the Winter operations of 1914-15. 18th Aug 1914 Concentration 19th Aug 1914 Concentration 22nd Aug 1914  31st Heavy Battery proceed to France  31st Heavy Battery RGA arrive in France 22nd Aug 1914 Move 23rd Aug 1914 On the Move 24th Aug 1914 On the Move 26th Aug 1914 Shellfire 27th Aug 1914 Enemy Advance 27th August 1914 On the Move 28th Aug 1914 Enemy Advance 28th Aug 1914 On the March 29th Aug 1914 In Action 29th Aug 1914 On the March 30th Aug 1914 Rear Guard 30th of August 1914 A Hot March 30th Aug 1914 On the March 31st Aug 1914 Rear Guard 31st August 1914 Continued withdrawals 31st Aug 1914 On the March 1st Sep 1914 Rear Guard 1st Sep 1914 On the March 1st Sep 1914 On the March 2nd Sep 1914 Rear Guard 2nd Sep 1914 On the March 3rd Sep 1914 Rear Guard 3rd of September 1914 Across the Marne 3rd Sep 1914 On the March 4th Sep 1914 Rear Guard 4th Sep 1914 At Rest 5th Sep 1914 Rear Guard 6th Sep 1914 Advance Guard 6th Sep 1914 On the March 7th Sep 1914 Advance Guard 8th Sep 1914 Advance Guard 9th September 1914 Battle of Marne 9th Sep 1914 Bridging 10th of September 1914 Marching 17th September 1914  30th Oct 1914 Under Shellfire 5th December 1914 Quiet 9th December 1914 Uniforms 19th Dec 1914 British attack 19th Dec 1914 Attack Made 6th Nov 1915 Shelling   9th Nov 1915 High Winds   10th Nov 1915 In Action   1st Feb 1916 Misty   1st Feb 1916 Shelling   2nd Feb 1916 Bombardment   2nd Feb 1916 Artillery Active   3rd Feb 1916 Bombardment   4th Feb 1916 Quiet   5th Feb 1916 Aircraft Active   6th Feb 1916 Some Shelling   7th Feb 1916 Air Raid   8th Feb 1916 Artillery in Action   9th Feb 1916 Artillery in Action   10th Feb 1916 Artillery in Action   11th Feb 1916 Artillery Active   12th Feb 1916 Heavy Shelling   13th Feb 1916 Shelling   14th Feb 1916 Heavy Shelling   15th Feb 1916 Hostile Batteries   16th Feb 1916 High Winds   17th Feb 1916 High Winds   18th Feb 1916 Observation Difficult   19th Feb 1916 Rounds Fired   20th Feb 1916 Enemy Aircraft   21st Feb 1916 Hostile Battery   22nd Feb 1916 Trenches Bombarded   1st May 1916 In Action   2nd May 1916 Retaliation   3rd Sep 1916 Reorganisation If you can provide any additional information, please add it here. Want to know more about 31st Heavy Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery? There are:5303 items tagged 31st Heavy Battery, 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 31st Heavy Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery during the Great War 1914-1918. Dawe Leonard Reth. Gnr. (d.21st Oct 1917) 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 31st Heavy Battery, 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. 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We also have a section on World War Two. and a Timecapsule to preserve stories from other conflicts for future generations. 204925 Gnr. Leonard Reth Dawe 31st Heavy Battery Royal Garrison Artillery (d.21st Oct 1917) Leonard Dawe was my cousin and I have a copy of the notification of death sent to his widow but I cannot read where the death occurred other than at "St John's Hospital....???" Would records show where this hospital was situated and where he was buried please? Editors note: Leonard is buried in the Etaples Military Cemetery, which is situated to the north of the town of Etaples on the coast of Northern France not far from Boulogne. There were a number of hospitals around the town and it is very likely that St John's Hospital was the St. John Ambulance Brigade Hospital which was at Etaples. The most likely scenario is that Leonard was injured and evacuated from the front line to the hospital where he died of his wounds. Marjorie Cunningham Add to this record. 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