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48th Heavy Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery    48th Heavy Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery proceeded to France with 3rd Division, being amongst the first troops to arrive on the Western Front. They saw action in the Battle of Mons, The Marne, The Aisne and First Ypres as well as the Winter operations of 1914-15. 17th Aug 1914  On the Move 18th Aug 1914 48th Heavy Battery proceed to France  48th Heavy Battery RGA arrive in France 19th Aug 1914  On the Move 20th Aug 1914  Into Camp 21st August 1914 Taking up stations in assigned areas. 21st Aug 1914  On the Move 22nd August 1914 Taking up stations in assigned areas. 22nd Aug 1914  On the March 23rd August 1914 Action with enemy 23rd August 1914 German attack crosses Canal 23rd Aug 1914 Into Positions 23rd Aug 1914  Gun Positions 24th August 1914 Ongoing Action 24th August 1914 Withdrawals 24th Aug 1914 In Action 25th August 1914 Battle of Le Cateau - Phase 2 25th August 1914 Ongoing Retirement 25th Aug 1914  Rear Guard 26th August 1914 In Action 26th August 1914 Retirement 26th August 1914 Ongoing Retirement 26th Aug 1914 Heavy Firing 27th Aug 1914 Rear Guard 27th August 1914 Continued withdrawals 27th Aug 1914 On the March 28th Aug 1914 Rear Guard 28th August 1914 Initial Intelligence Report 29th August 1914 Ongoing Retirement 30th August 1914 Demolitions on withdrawals 31st August 1914 Continued withdrawals 1st September 1914 Continued withdrawals 2nd September 1914 Continued withdrawals 3rd September 1914 Continued withdrawals 4th September 1914 Enemy across the Marne 5th September 1914 Enemy advance continues 6th September 1914 Attack Made 7th September 1914 Attack progressing 8th September 1914 Ongoing Battles 9th September 1914 Ongoing Action 10th September 1914 Davance 11th September 1914 Continued progress 12th September 1914 Bad Weather 13th September 1914 Strong Opposition 14th September 1914 Further Advance 15th September 1914 Shelling 16th September 1914 Difficulties 17th September 1914 Heavy Bombardment 18th September 1914 Night Attacks 19th September 1914 Attack Repulsed 20th September 1914 Ongoing Action 20th September 1914 Reliefs 21st September 1914 Attacks 22nd September 1914 Reliefs 23rd September 1914 Patrols 24th September 1914 Artillery Exchange 26th September 1914 Aircraft Assists 27th September 1914 Continuing action around bridges 28th September 1914 Bridges 29th September 1914 Ongoing fighting on all fronts 30th September 1914 September Intelligence Summary 1st October 1914 Commencement of Move 1st Oct 1914 In Action 2nd Oct 1914 Foggy 3rd Oct 1914 Enemy Aircraft 4th Oct 1914 On the March 5th Oct 1914 On the March 6th Oct 1914 On the March 7th Oct 1914 On the Move 8th Oct 1914 At Rest 9th Oct 1914 On the March 10th Oct 1914 On the March 11th Oct 1914 On the March 12th Oct 1914 On the March 13th Oct 1914 On the March 14th Oct 1914 In Position   15th Oct 1914 In Action   16th Oct 1914 Advance   17th Oct 1914 Advance Continues 17th October 1914 Advance continued   17th Oct 1914 Move   18th October 1914 Further Action 18th October 1914 Attack meet strong resistance   18th Oct 1914 Recce   19th October 1914 Attack meets further setbacks.   19th Oct 1914 In Action 20th October 1914 Major German attack   20th Oct 1914 In Action 21st October 1914 Continued German attack   21st Oct 1914 Enemy Attacks 22nd Oct 1914 Rounds Fired   23rd Oct 1914 Observation   24th Oct 1914 Observation   25th October 1914 Further German attacks repulsed 25th Oct 1914 Enemy Positions   26th Oct 1914 In Action   27th October 1914 Battle for Neuve Chapelle   27th of October 1914 A Counter Attack   27th Oct 1914 Attack Made   28th Oct 1914 Reliefs   28th Oct 1914 New Position   29th Oct 1914 Telephone Lines   30th Oct 1914 Rounds Fired   31st Oct 1914 New Position   16th of March 1915 No Hostile Patrols   19th of March 1915  Patrols   22nd of March 1915 Quiet Night 14th of April 1915 Quiet Night    15th of April 1915  Orders   19th Apr 1915 Reorganisation 3rd July 1915 Transfer 24th Sep 1915 Detachment 23rd Oct 1915 Detachment Ends 27th Apr 1916 Transfer 5th May 1916 Transfer 3rd Sep 1916 Reorganisation 7th Sep 1916 Reorganisation 9th Nov 1916 Training 23rd Feb 1917 Refitting 26th Mar 1917  Refitting 19th Oct 1917 Transfer 17th Dec 1917 Transfer If you can provide any additional information, please add it here. Want to know more about 48th Heavy Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery? There are:5351 items tagged 48th 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 48th Heavy Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery during the Great War 1914-1918. Dolley Herbert George. Gnr. (d.25th Dec 1915) Field Thomas Walter Henry. Gunner (d.19th September 1917) Mathias Stanley Mostyn. Gnr. (d.25th December 1914) Mathias Stanley Mostyn. Gnr. (d.25th Dec 1915) 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 48th Heavy Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery from other sources. 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In December 1915 he was stationed at Mont St Eloi, Le Basset. His team mates were: Bert Dolly and Joseph Anderson. At Mont St Eloi most of the movement and maintenance of equipment and guns took place at night owing to the accuracy of sniper activity during the daylight hours. On Christmas Day 1915 Stan and Joseph went to a barn to catch up on their sleep; later in the morning a German bombardment began and Bert Dolly left the cellar he was sheltering in and ran to the barn to waken his mates. He arrived at the same time as a shell that hit the barn and all three men were mortally wounded. They were taken to Louvencourt Field Hospital where Stan and Bert died Christmas Day and Joseph died 2days later. All three are buried in Louvencourt Cemetary: Grave24:Herbert Dolly; Grave 25: Stanley Mathias; Grave 26: Joseph Anderson. They served together in life and lie together in death. Audrie Mills Add to this record. 211236 Gnr. Herbert George "Bertie" Dolley 48th Heavy Battery Royal Garrison Artillery (d.25th Dec 1915) Bertie Dolley married my maternal grandmother, Emma Cocks, at St Marys Church, Hertingfordbury on 15th April 1909. He was 21 and she 24.He was, I believe, at that time a police constable in Bishops Stortford. They lived at Coles Green. He was among the first of the BEF to set foot in France in August 1914. Gunner Herbert Dolley 19963 was a member of 48th Heavy Battery Royal Garrison Artillery. The photos of him at the time show him dressed as a cavalryman, when most of his comrades would have been dressed as infantry soldiers, perhaps his being groom to Captain Rupert B. Peters had something to do with that. He was 29 years old and had four young children, the youngest, my mother just 14 months, when on Christmas Day 1915 he was killed by enemy shelling. It was reported he climbed out of the relative safety of a cellar during the barrage of German artillery shells, to waken two men who were sleeping in a barn. The barn took a direct hit and all three were killed. A letter was found amongst his belongings, which was sent to the addressee Mrs Leslie of Birch Green Schools, in it he thanked the children for the parcel he had safely received, and said how much he would treasure the card they had sent with it. It had brought back many pleasant memories of the happy hours spent with his school chums, many of whom, he knew had given their lives for the country. Both this letter and the one from Captain Peters which accompanied, it were later published in The Hertingfordbury War Record along with the notification of Herbert's death. Captain Peters spoke of how much he liked my Grandfather who was his groom and said how deeply saddened he was for my widowed Grandmother and her four little, now fatherless, children. Gunner Dolley 19963 is buried in Louvencourt Military Cemetery Plot 1, Row C, Grave 24. John Herbert Webb Add to this record. Recomended Reading. Available at discounted prices.

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