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12th Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery    12th Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery proceeded to France on the 8th of March 1915 The Siege Batteries were deployed behind the front line, tasked with destroying enemy artillery, supply routes, railways and stores. The batteries were equipped with heavy Howitzer guns firing large calibre 4, 6, 8 or 9.2 inch shells in a high trajectory. 23rd of March 1915  Quiet Day    30th of March 1915  Hostile MG Damaged?    31st of March 1915 Staff 23rd of April 1915 Quiet Night    If you can provide any additional information, please add it here. Want to know more about 12th Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery? There are:5234 items tagged 12th Siege 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 12th Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery during the Great War 1914-1918. Crampton Ezra. A/Bdr. Kerrigan William. Sgt. McAnanney Mark. Gnr. (d.31st July 1915 ) McDonald C. A.. (d.7th Nov 1918) Wake M. Gnr. (d.9th Aug 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 12th Siege 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. Want to find out more about your relative's service? Want to know what life was like during the Great War? 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Mark McAnanney 12th Siege Battery Royal Garrison Artillery (d.31st July 1915 ) Mart McAnanney is interred in Vlamertinghe Military Cemetery, Ieper, West Vlaanderen, Belgium. He is alos commemorated on the Diamond War Memorial. Son of Mrs McAnanney, 185 Bishop Street, Derry. Husband of Mrs Teresa McAnanney of 7 Long Tower Street later of 31 Sloane's Terrace, Derry. Gunner McAnanney, who had been serving at the Front with the British Expeditionary Force for almost twelve months, took part in several engagements. At time of death two of deceased's brothers, William McAnanney and Bernard McAnanney, were serving with the colours, the former with the Royal Dublin Fusiliers and the latter with the Royal Irish Fusiliers. Mrs McAnanney received from the Front particulars of how her husband fell in the following communication, dated 2nd of August 1915. No. 14212 Gunner Mark McAnanney, No. 12 (Siege) Battery Y, R.G.A., Madam, It is with the deepest regret I write to inform you of the above-named having been killed in action on the morning of 31st of July 1915. He was killed at his telephone, and his death was instantaneous. I personally very much regret his decease, as he was always such a cheerful, willing worker, and a great favourite with both officers and men. He was always full of pluck and ready for any work. He was killed in the middle of a battle, and so died a true soldier's death, another good man to have his name placed for ever on our great roll of honour of heroes who have given life itself for the great cause of honour, home, and freedom. He was buried beside other comrades in the ______________ Soldiers' Cemetery, near _______________ (in Flanders) by the Roman Catholic chaplain, and a wooden soldier's cross, with the date and his name, erected over the grave. To you I wish to extend, on behalf of myself, my officers, non-commissioned officers and men, our sincerest sympathy in your great bereavement, and I only trust that this sympathy and the knowledge that he was liked in the battery by officers and men, and that he did his duty and died like a true soldier in the midst of a battle may in future years be a source of comfort to you. Yours sincerely, F.P. Hutchinson. Martin McAnaney Add to this record. 246851 A/Bdr. Ezra Crampton 12th Siege Battery Royal Garrison Artillery On the 10th of Decemeber 1915, Ezra Crampton was called to the Colours and attested into the Royal Garrison Artillery. He had been born in 1890 in Lye, Stourbridge, Worcs. He was immediately placed to the Army Reserve and on the 5th of Mar 1917, was mobised and posted to No. 3 Depot (Heavy and Siege) Royal Garrison Artillery, at Plymouth. Here he would have undergone his military induction before a posting to 16 Company, 398th Siege Battery, just over three weeks later. He was posted as a Gunner and undoubtedly underwent special-to-arms training with 398 Siege Battery Royal Garrison Artillery. Ezra obviously gave an above average performance during this phase of his military service and was promoted Acting Lance Bombardier on the 15th of June 1917. On the 28th of July 1917, Ezra was confined to barracks at Plymouth, indicating his deployment overseas was imminent. His wait was not protracted. On the 5 Aug 1917, Ezra was posted to France to serve with 12th Siege Batterym Royal Garrison Artillery, who had been deployed behind the front-line since the 8th Mar 1915. The battery were equipped with heavy Howitzers and their primary task was to destroy enemy artillery, supply routes, railways and stores. Ezra served with 12th Siege Battery Royal Garrison Artillery until the 17th of Nov 1917, when was evacuated back to England suffering from Nephritis (inflammation of the kidneys), apparently caused by the inhalation of toxins from poisonous gas, resultant from enemy action or from the burnt propellant of our own guns. On the 19th of Nov 1917, he was admitted to the University War Hospital, Southampton where he remained an in-patient until the 1st of Jan 1918. Ezra later appeared before the Medical Board and on the 11 Jun 1918, was considered 'no longer fit for war service' in accordance with para 392 xvi, King's Regulations (Army) 1912. His condition was attributed to War Service and Ezra was granted a small military pension. He was discharged and returned to his wife Laura and home town of The Lye, Stourbridge, Worcestershire. Sadly, most of Ezra Crampton's Service Record was destroyed by fire. He eventually became a haulage contractor and passed away in 1953. 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