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126th Heavy Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery
Jul 1915 Training Instruction
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12060842nd Lt. Archie Maynard Brown 126th Heavy Battery Royal Garrison Artillery (d.6th Apr 1918)
Archie Brown joined the war as a Bombardier in the 126th Heavy Battery of the Royal Garrison Artillery. He was promoted to 2nd Lieutenant in the field in 1916.The same year his brother Victor Brown was killed in Northern France while serving with the 46th battalion of the Saskatchewan Regiment in the Canadian army.Archie was killed on the 6th April 1918 in a heavy German artillery attack on British units in the area. He was one of six officers in the battery and was buried in Heudeville Communal cemetery, in France. He had been awarded 3 medals, all of which were lost in time. He was the husband of Gertrude Mary Brown, of 23, Patrick St., Limerick.
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252885Gnr. George Day MID. 126th Heavy Battery Royal Garrison Artillery
George Day serving with 126th Heavy Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery was mentioned in despatches in Routine Orders No 19 on 1st of July 1916 for an Act of Courage.Anthony George Day
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