122nd Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery

   122nd Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery
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.

23rd Jul 1916 122 Siege Battery RGA at Grouville Riviere  122 Siege Battery RGA at Grouville Riviere with #1 Group, 6th Corps until Sept. 11th

14th Jan 1917 122 Seige Battery Leave Camp  122 Siege Battery RGA leave Noydette Rest Camp on Jan 14th

15th Jan 1917 122 Siege Battery at Arras  122 Siege Battery are in position & billets at Arras with 48 Group 6th Corps until 15th Feb.

10th Apr 1917 122 Seige Battery at Arras st Nicholas  122 Siege Battery RGA ate up position & billets at Arras St Nicholas, with 78 Group, 17th Corps until 16th April.

17th Apr 1917 122 Seige Battery leave Anzin st Aubin  122 Siege Battery are in position & billets at Anzin St Aubin with 78 Group 17th Corps until April 17th when they move to forward position at Athies.

3rd Nov 1917 122 Seige Battery in billets  122 Siege Battery, RGA are in Billets at RT of Ypres

19th Nov 1917 122 Seige Battery at Havrincourt Wood  122 Siege Battery, RGA move to Havrincourt Wood.

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122nd Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery
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Allen MC. MID.. John Harcourt. Mjr.
Balcombe William Henry. Cpl.
Brace Arthur Henry. Sgt. (d.30th Sep 1917)
Dickson John Abernethy. Gnr. (d.27th Aug 1918)
Felger Sydney Alfred. Cpl.
O'Dell Albert George. L/Bdr. (d.18th June 1918)
Rumbol William Joseph.
Rumbol William Joseph. Gnr

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Cpl. Sydney Alfred Felger 122nd Siege Battery Royal Garrison Artillery

Sydney Felger served with 122nd Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery.
Colin Miles

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Gnr. John Abernethy Dickson 122nd Siege Battery Royal Garrison Artillery (d.27th Aug 1918)

John Dickson was aged 41 years at the time of his death in 1918, he served with 122nd Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery. He was the son of (the late) James and Isabella Dickson of Littletown, Cluny (Aberdeenshire) and husband of Williamina Knight Dickson of The Cottages, Station Road, Udny, Aberdeenshire. He was the father of five children.

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Cpl. William Henry Balcombe 122nd Siege Battery Royal Garrison Artillery

William Balcombe was my grandfather. He signed up to the territorials before the start of WW1 and served at Newhaven Fort in the Sussex Royal Garrison Artillery manning the 6" guns in the early part of the war.
One night there was a commotion in the harbour and he gave the order to fire a warning shot, the gun layer asked where to aim as they could not see anything, he ordered the breech to be opened and he put his ear to it as the gun was traversed, when the noise was loudest they loaded and fired and ended the noise in the harbour. The next morning they discovered a couple of drunks had stolen a rowing boat and tried to get across the harbour, one of them was in hospital with the rifle marks from the shell burnt across his buttocks!
William transferred to the 122nd Siege Battery RGA and served in France. I have a drawing he made of his gun at Riviere in July and August 1916 and know he continued to serve until the end of the war. After the war he became a commercial artist living in Brighton, he died in 1963.
Dave

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Mjr. John Harcourt Allen MC. MID. 144 Siege Battery. Royal Garrison Artillery

John Allen served in France with 122, 220 and 144 Siege Batterries and was mentioned in Despatches in 1918 the same year he was awarded the Military Cross for gallantry for saving the battery's guns during a retreat.
After the war he served with Territorial Service, Suffolk Heavy Brigade, winning King's prize on four occasions. In 1938 he was Lieutenant-Colonel of the Brigade and commanded East Coast of England's defences 1939 - 1942.
Mike Fulford

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