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41st Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery
41st Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery was formed under the command of Major H.C. Hall in July 1915 composed of regular solider from Hong Kong and Singapore and Territorials from Durham RGA. They proceeded to France on the 9th of December 1915 with four 6 inch Howitzer Guns, which had a range of 9000 yards.
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 6, 8 or 9.2 inch shells in a high trajectory.
28th August 1917 Postings
3rd Nov 1917 Reorganisation
December 1917 Reorganisation
Australian Corps Heavy Artillery, X Group formed at an unspecified time in 1918 the British 23rd Garrison Artillery Brigade armed with 14 x 6" howitzers and 6 x 9.2" howitzers. The Brigade consisted of the 41st, 94th, 327th and 355th Siege Artillery Batteries.
15th of October 1918 Orders
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1205978 Pte. Frank George Alexander Signals Sub Section Royal Engineers (d.21st Nov 1918)  Private Alexander – RGA and Royal Engineers domiciled at 14 Castle Street East, Banbury has died in the Number 9 General Hospital (Lakeside USA) Rouen, France.
He was working as a butcher before the war, again probably at his Uncles shop in Warwick Road. No records exist save for a couple of postcards and the existence of a photograph of his memorial at Rouen, Northern France taken by a relative before the stone grave markers were erected.
249631 Private Frank George Alexander served with the Royal Garrison Artillery and the Royal Engineers during WW1 and died on the 21st November 1918, aged 26, in hospital at Rouen. He is buried in St Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen, France.
He was the son of Mrs. Ada Makepeace, of 15, Castle St. East, Banbury, Oxon.
He was serving with the Royal Engineers Signals Sub Section possibly attached to the headquarters of 41st Brigade RFA part of 2nd Division Troops. Alternatively if initial reference to RGA is correct then it was likely to have been 41st Siege Battery RGA as the Brigade and Battery names were interchanged during the course of WW1.
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260560 Gnr. Thomas Ashton 41st Siege Battery Royal Garrison Artillery Thomas Ashton enlisted on the 25th of August 1914 and served with the 41st Siege Battery, RGA
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245747 Gnr. George Herbert Miles 41st Siege Battery Royal Garrison Artillery My uncle George Miles was gassed on 19th of May 1918. He survived the war and died in 1959.
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220872 BSM Craine Peartree 41 Siege Bty. Royal Garrison Artillery
Royal Garrison Artill (d.23rd April 1917) Craine Peartree served with 41 Siege Bty. Royal Garrison Artillery
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213426 Gnr. Jonah Weston 41st Siege Battery Royal Garrison Artillery (d.10th June 1917) Having joined up prior to the outbreak of hostilities Jonah weston first went to France on the 9th December 1915. He died, along with four other members of his gun crew on 10th June 1917 at the Battle of Messines following a direct hit.
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1493 Mjr. Cyril Rutherford Young 253rd Siege Bty. Royal Garrison Artillery (d.1st Jul 1917) Cyril Young studied engineering at Durham University. He went to France as a subaltern with the 41st Siege Battery, R.G.A., in early 1915. He returned to England in 1916 to train and command the 253rd Siege Battery, returning to France as a Major, early in 1917. On the 7th of June 1917 he was severely wounded at the Battle of Messines. He was sent back to England on the 9th June and died of his wounds in a London hospital on 1st of July 1917.
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617 Capt. Oscar Trenchmann Durham. Royal Garrison Artillery Capt Trenchman was the Battery Commader at Heugh Battery during the Bombardment of the Hartlepools on the 16th December 1914.
He left the battery in 1915 with many of the gunners who had served with him, to join 41st Seige Battery RGA in France, returning to Hartlepool to become fire commander in 1918. His brother Richard also served at Heugh Battery.
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