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Leicestershire Royal Horse Artillery    Leicestershire Royal Horse Artillery were a mounted unit of the Territorial Force with their HQ at 1 Magazine Square, Leicester. They were made up of one battery and their Ammunition Column and served with the North Midland Mounted Brigade. If you can provide any additional information, please add it here. Want to know more about the Royal Horse Artillery? There are:6153 items tagged Royal Horse 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 Leicestershire Royal Horse Artillery during the Great War 1914-1918. Briars Frank. Bmdr. Cockbill Frederick. Pte. 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 Leicestershire Royal Horse 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? Our Library contains many many diary entries, personal letters and other documents, most transcribed into plain text. Looking for help with Family History Research?    Please see Family History FAQ's Please note: We are unable to provide individual research. Can you help? The free to access section of The Wartime Memories Project website is run by volunteers and funded by donations from our visitors. If the information here has been helpful or you have enjoyed reaching the stories please conside making a donation, no matter how small, would be much appreciated, annually we need to raise enough funds to pay for our web hosting or this site will vanish from the web. If you enjoy this site please consider making a donation. Announcements 19th Nov 2024     Please note we currently have a massive backlog of submitted material, our volunteers are working through this as quickly as possible and all names, stories and photos will be added to the site. If you have already submitted a story to the site and your UID reference number is higher than 264989 your submission is still in the queue, please do not resubmit. Wanted: Digital copies of Group photographs, Scrapbooks, Autograph books, photo albums, newspaper clippings, letters, postcards and ephemera relating to the Great War. If you have any unwanted photographs, documents or items from the First or Second World War, please do not destroy them. The Wartime Memories Project will give them a good home and ensure that they are used for educational purposes. Please get in touch for the postal address, do not sent them to our PO Box as packages are not accepted. World War 1 One ww1 wwII greatwar great battalion regiment artillery Did you know? We also have a section on World War Two. and a Timecapsule to preserve stories from other conflicts for future generations. 253796 Pte. Frederick Cockbill 157th Heavy Battery Royal Garrison Artillery Fred Cockbill is my paternal grandfather. He was a telegraphy boy living at 21 Prospect Hill, Leicester in 1911. He joined the Leicestershire RHA and fought in Egypt and Palestine. Post war, he became a grocer and sub-postmaster in Thurmaston. I knew him well as we lived with my grandparents above the shop. He was a very kind and gentle man who served his community in WW2 as a Civilian Defence Volunteer and was also a local councillor into his early 80's. I have very fond memories of him. Stephen Cockbill Add to this record. 219185 Bmdr. Frank Briars Leicestershire Royal Horse Artillery My Grandfather Frank Briars was born on 23rd May 1898 in Leicester. Two of his older brothers, Charlie & Ernest, were conscientious objectors.In 1914 Frank lied about his age, saying he was 18 (rather than 16) & signed up to join The Leicestershire Royal Horse Artillery. He would not talk about his experiences but was awarded The British War Medal & Victory medal His Number stamped round the rim is L28901 BMBR F Briars RA (Royal Artillery) Any information about where the Leicestershire Horse Artillery fought in WW1 would be of interest. He survived the war and died in 1969. Helen Lauder Add to this record. Recomended Reading. Available at discounted prices.

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