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108th Heavy Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery    108th Heavy Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery proceeded to France with 5th 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. 21st of August 1913 Lecture 9th of August 1914 At Southampton 13th of August 1914 Landing in France 13th of August 1914   Landing in France 14th of August 1914 Advance Party Leave 15th of August 1914  Arriving Busigny 16th of August 1914 Billets Organised 17th Aug 1914 108th Heavy Battery proceed to France  108th Heavy Battery RGA arrive in France 20th of August 1914 Preparing to March 22nd of August 1914  On the March 23rd of August 1914 Holding the Line 26th Aug 1914 Battle Begun 26th of August 1914  Holding Position 27th of August 1914 Retirement in the Dark 28th of August 1914 An Exhausting March 29th of August 1914 Sleeping in the Streets 30th of August 1914 A Hot March 31st of August 1914  Pursued by Germans 1st of September 1914 A Delayed March 2nd of September 1914 An Early March 3rd of September 1914 Across the Marne 5th of September 1914 March Finished 6th of September 1914 Army Advances 7th of September 1914  Another March 8th of September 1914 An Early March 9th of September 1914 On the Move 10th of September 1914 Marching 11th of September 1914 Marching 12th of September 1914 A Wet March 13th of September 1914 A Showery March 14th of September 1914 Broken Bridges 15th of September 1914 An Attack Falters 16th of September 1914 Bad Roads 17th of September 1914 Artillery Reinforced 18th of September 1914 Some Enemy Firing 19th of September 1914 Trenches Fired Constantly 20th of September 1914 Sappers Make a Bridge 21st of September 1914  Missy on Fire 22nd of September 1914 Enemy Retiring? 23rd of September 1914 Heavy Shelling 25th of September 1914  Very Quiet 26th of September 1914 Moves Successful 27th of September 1914 A False Alarm 28th of September 1914 Shelling 29th of September 1914 Quiet 30th of September 1914 Astride the Aisne 1st of October 1914 A Withdrawal 2nd of October 1914 Moonlit Relief 3rd of October 1914 On the March 4th of October 1914 On the March 5th of October 1914 A New HQ 6th of October 1914 Orders to Move 7th of October 1914 A Train Ride 11th of October 1914 New Billets   12th of October 1914 Orders to Advance   13th of October 1914 Advance Resumed   14th of October 1914 Supporting the French   15th of October 1914 Advance Ordered to Continue   16th of October 1914 Empty German Trenches   17th of October 1914 An Advance   18th of October 1914 Advance Resumed   19th of October 1914  Slow Progress    20th of October 1914 A Fluid Front   22nd of October 1914 Our Line Attacked   23rd of October 1914 Withdrawing to a New Line   24th of October 1914 Germans Attack   25th of October 1914 More Attacks   26th of October 1914 Germans Repulsed   27th of October 1914 A Counter Attack   28th of October 1914 Counter Attack Falters    29th of October 1914  Determined German Attack   30th of October 1914 German Attack Fades   31st of October 1914 A Counter Attack    2nd of November 1914 Three Groups Organised   3rd of November 1914  Situation Report   4th of November 1914  French Attack   5th of November 1914  French Attack Falters 8th of November 1914 Half-hearted Attacks   15th of November 1914  2nd Corps Reorganise 16th of November 1914 Reorganisation   18th of November 1914 Shell Fire 20th of November 1914 Artillery in Action   23rd of November 1914  Germans Digging In   24th of November 1914  Our Artillery Effective   25th of November 1914  Royal Scots Shelled 26th of November 1914 Quiet and Misty   28th of November 1914  On the Move 29th of November 1914  Infantry Distribution   1st of December 1914  Quiet Time 2nd of December 1914  A Moonlit Night   3rd of December 1914 Instructions 4th of December 1914 Reliefs   4th of December 1914 Relief   5th of December 1914  Relief Complete    6th of December 1914 Frosty Night 8th of December 1914 Poor Conditions 10th of December 1914 Naval Victory Cheered 12th of December 1914 No Incidents    14th of December 1914  French on the Offensive   16th of December 1914  Instruction   18th of December 1914 No Progress 20th of December 1914 Direct Hits Made 21st of December 1914 Howitzers Silenced   22nd of December 1914  Four Germans Shot   26th of December 1914 Messines Square Targetted    29th of December 1914 Report   31st of December 1914 Message   1st of January 1915 POW Taken 2nd of January 1915 Artillery Active    4th of January 1915 Trench Work   5th of January 1915 Hostile Patrol Engaged   7th of January 1915 Very Wet Weather   8th of January 1915 Trenches Damaged    10th of January 1915 Flooding and Baling   11th of January 1915 Six Direct Hits   14th of January 1915 Trenches Drying Out   15th of January 1915 Germans Fire Slowly   16th of January 1915 Squally Weather   18th of January 1915 Artillery Active    19th of January 1915  Thaw Sets In   21st of January 1915 Wulverghem Shelled   22nd of January 1915 Aeroplane-Aided Shelling   23rd of January 1915 Quiet Day    24th of January 1915 Machine Gun Silenced   26th of January 1915 Cheshire's Sniping Effective   27th of January 1915  A Farm on Fire   28th of January 1915 Active Snipers    29th of January 1915  Artillery Intervenes   30th of January 1915 Chateau on Fire    31st of January 1915 Trench Improvements Reported   2nd of February 1915  Artillery in Action 2nd of February 1915     3rd of February 1915  Snipers Silenced   4th of February 1915 Chicken Sentries 4th of February 1915  Message   5th of February 1915 Firing for Effect   7th of February 1915 Sectors Rearranged    8th of February 1915 Inspection by Belgian King   9th of February 1915 German Post Located   10th of February 1915 Artillery Redistribution   10th of February 1915 Message   11th of February 1915 Hostile MG Shelled   13th of February 1915 Trenches Maintained   14th of February 1915 Germans Plan an Attack? 15th of February 1915 Heavy Rain 16th of February 1915 Baling All Night   17th of February 1915 Patrols Out 18th of February 1915 Grenades Cause Confusion   20th of February 1915 A Violent Explosion   21st of February 1915 8th Howitzers Leave   22nd of February 1915 Cheering and Rockets   23rd of February 1915  B Sector Shelled 24th of February 1915 Snipers Checked   25th of February 1915  Trench Mortar Explodes   27th of February 1915 Message   28th of February 1915  Artillery Reorganised   1st of March 1915  Quiet   1st of March 1915 Registration   2nd of March 1915  Patrols   3rd of March 1915 Enemy Fire Silenced   4th of March 1915 Enemy Nervous   5th of March 1915   "Active and Nervous" Enemy    6th of March 1915  No Hostile Patrols    7th of March 1915  A Searchlight Hit    8th of March 1915  Relief   10th of March 1915 POW Taken   11th of March 1915 Mortar Shells   13th of March 1915 Booby Trap   14th of March 1915 Artillery Quiet   15th of March 1915  Active Artillery    16th March 1915  Information 16th of March 1915 No Hostile Patrols   17th of March 1915 Retaliation   18th of March 1915 Trench Mortars 18th of March 1915 Quiet Day   19th of March 1915  Patrols   20th of March 1915     21st of March 1915 Intelligence 21st of March 1915     22nd of March 1915 Quiet Night 23rd of March 1915  Quiet Day    24th of March 1915 German Wire Increased   26th of March 1915 Enemy Guns Active    27th of March 1915 German Air Activity   28th of March 1915 German Guns Active   29th of March 1915 Quiet Time    31st March 1915  Working Parties   1st of April 1915 Situation Normal   2nd of April 1915 Quiet Day   30th of May 1915 Work Party Casualties   3rd Jan 1916 Rounds Fired   6th Jan 1916 Quiet 7th Jan 1916 Pride in Their Work 7th Jan 1916 Awards 10th Jan 1916 Rounds Fired   14th Jan 1916 Awards 16th Jan 1916 Quiet 20th Jan 1916 Quiet 21st Jan 1916 All Quiet 22nd Jan 1916 Quiet 23rd Jan 1916 Transport   24th Jan 1916 In Action   25th Jan 1916 In Action   26th Jan 1916 In Action   27th Jan 1916 Shelling   28th Jan 1916 Rounds Fired   30th Jan 1916 Funeral   3rd Feb 1916 Postings   5th Feb 1916 Retaliation   6th Feb 1916 Heavy Shelling   7th Feb 1916 Quiet 8th Feb 1916 In Action   9th Feb 1916 Artillery Active   10th Feb 1916 Shelling   11th Feb 1916 Rounds Fired   12th Feb 1916 In Action   13th Feb 1916 Rounds Fired   14th Feb 1916 In Action   15th Feb 1916 Bombardment   30th of June 1916 Positions During Bombardment   7th Sep 1916 Reorganisation 25th of September 1916  Instructions for Tanks   25th September 1916 Attack Made   4th of September 1914 An Easier March If you can provide any additional information, please add it here. Want to know more about 108th Heavy Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery? There are:5454 items tagged 108th 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 108th Heavy Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery during the Great War 1914-1918. Byrne Edward. Gnr. Calderhead Donald. Gnr. (d.16th Feb 1917) Hawkins Ernest James. Gnr. (d.19th Apr 1917) Rendell Charles H J. A/QMS. 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 108th Heavy Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery from other sources. 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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. We are now on Facebook. Like this page to receive our updates, add a comment or ask a question. If you have a general question please post it on our Facebook page. 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. 258476 A/QMS. Charles H J Rendell 108th Heavy Battery Royal Garrison Artillery Charles Rendell was born 2nd of August 1887. He arrived in France on the 16th of August 1914 and served with 108th Heavy Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery He received the following medals, 1914 Star, British War Medal and Victory Medal. His address in 1939 was 26 Manor Drive, Eshur, Surrey. Add to this record. 225922 Gnr. Edward "Big Ned" Byrne 108 Heavy Battery Royal Garrison Artillery Edward Byrne was my grandfather, he served with 108 Heavy Battery, RGA. Edward Byrne Add to this record. 207637 Gnr. Donald Calderhead 108 Heavy Battery Royal Garrison Artillery (d.16th Feb 1917) Donald Calderhead is buried At Etaples Military Cemetery in France. He was the son of John Calderhead and Mary Wotherspoon of Wishaw Stewart MacPherson Add to this record. Recomended Reading. Available at discounted prices.

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