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147th Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery If you can provide any additional information, please add it here. Want to know more about 147th Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery? There are:5229 items tagged 147th 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 147th Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery during the Great War 1914-1918. Archer George Henry. BSM. (d.7th July 1917) Jackson Henry. QSM. (d.1st July 1917) Ormandy Thomas. Bmbdr. Prosser Jack. Gnr. (d.13th Dec 1916) 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 147th Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery from other sources. 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Thomas Ormandy 147th Siege Battery Royal Garrison Artillery Thomas Ormandy was born in 1890, the only son of Joseph and Elizabeth who lived at 7 Askam View, Ireleth. He had 4 sisters: Ada, Nellie, Doris and Mildred. In 1911 Thomas was working as a farm servant for Mr John Wearing at Low Newton, Grange over Sands. In 1913 Thomas married Sarah Alice Palmer and later that year their son Joseph was born. Sarah sadly died in February 1916 aged 27 leaving Thomas a widower with his young son Joseph. As detailed below Thomas was posted to France in August 1916; Joseph stayed with Thomas's family in Ireleth. Thomas was 26 years old, height 5 ft 8 inch, 38 inch chest when he took the oath and joined up on 11th of December 1915 and attested to the Royal Garrison Artillery and was later assigned to 147th Siege Battery. Thomas was then posted to Fort Brockhurst, Gosport, Hampshire in May 1916. The raising of 140 to 149 Siege batteries of the Royal Garrison Artillery was authorised by the Army Council. The Council stated that the establishment of each battery would be that laid down for batteries equipped with 6, 8 and 9.2 inch howitzers. Thomas embarked for France on 21st of August 1916. Thomas received a shot gun wound to his right hand and was firstly treated at the hospital at Aubengue, Boulogne sur Mer in France, before being sent home to England where he was a patient at the Royal Herbert Hospital, Woolwich in August 1918. He was granted furlough from the hospital on 19th of August 1918 to 26th of August 1918 and returned to Ireleth. He was then ordered to join the Agricultural Distribution Centre Infantry Depot, Preston, by the RGA Clearing Officer. Thomas was discharged on 16th of September 1918. He received the King's Certificate no 4698. His conduct was stated as very good. His pension records show that he had a permanent disability caused by his service. 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