27th May 1915 On this day: 6th London Brigade RFA in action   15th and 16th London Batteries again formed a barrage, the former firing one hundred and seven rounds on J10 - J14. During the day, the observation stations of their Batteries at Le Platin were shelled in retaliation. New observation stations had to be found. A New shell type has been issued except to 17th London Battery and is considered a great improvement. War Diaries  Concern over gas HMS Majestic    HMS Majestic HMS Majestic. (1895 - 1921) Majestic Class - pre-dreadnought Battleships. The Majestic class was a class of pre-dreadnought battleships, built under the Spencer Programme (named after the First Lord of the Admiralty, John Poyntz Spencer, 5th Earl Spencer) of 8 December 1893, that sought to counter the growing naval strength of France and the Russian Empire. With nine units commissioned, they were the largest class of battleships in history in terms of the number of member ships. This class was designed by Sir William White. Ships in Majestic Class Caesar Hannibal Illustrious Jupiter Magnificent Majestic Mars Prince George Victorious When the lead ship, Majestic, was launched in 1895, at 421 ft (128 m) long and with a full-load displacement of 16,000 tons, she was the largest battleship ever built at the time. The Majestics were considered good seaboats with an easy roll and good steamers, although they suffered from high fuel consumption. They began life as coal-burners, but HMS Mars in 1905,1906 became the first battleship converted to oil-burning, and the rest were similarly converted by 1907,1908. The class was the last to have side-by-side funnels, with successor battleship classes having funnels in a line. Except for Caesar, Hannibal, and Illustrious, they had a new design in which the bridge was mounted around the base of the foremast behind the conning tower to prevent a battle-damaged bridge from collapsing around the tower. Although the earlier ships had pear-shaped barbettes and fixed loading positions for the main guns, Caesar and Illustrious had circular barbettes and all-around loading for their main guns, which established the pattern for future classes. Although Harvey armour had been used on battleship HMS Renown of the Centurion class, in the Majestics it was used in an entire class of British battleships for the first time. It allowed equal protection with less cost in weight compared to previous types of armour, allowing the Majestic class to have a deeper and lighter belt than previous battleships without any loss in protection. The Majestics were given a new gun, the 46-ton BL 12 inch (305 mm) Mk VIII /35 gun. They were the first new British battleships to mount a 12 inch main battery since the 1880s. The new gun was a significant improvement on the 13.5 inch (343 mm) gun which had been fitted on the Admiral and Royal Sovereign classes that preceded the Majestics and was lighter. This saving in weight allowed the Majestic class to carry a secondary battery of twelve 6 inch (152 mm) 40-calibre guns, a larger secondary armament than in previous classes. The Majestics were to be a benchmark for successor pre-dreadnoughts. While the preceding Royal Sovereign-class battleships had revolutionized and stabilised British battleship design by introducing the high-freeboard battleship with four main-battery guns in twin mountings in barbettes fore and aft, it was the Majestics that settled on the 12 inch (305 mm) main battery and began the practice of mounting armoured gunhouses over the barbettes; these gunhouses, although very different from the old-style, heavy, circular gun turrets that preceded them, would themselves become known as "turrets" and became the standard on warships worldwide. More directly, the Majestic design itself also was adapted by the Imperial Japanese Navy for its own Shikishima-class pre-dreadnoughts,[6] as well as Mikasa, which was largely based on the Shikishimas. World War 1 Service HMS Majestic served in the Channel Fleet and Atlantic Fleet 1895,1907, then in the Home Fleet 1907,1914. Her early World War I service was in the Channel Fleet August,November 1914, as a guard ship on the British coast November,December 1914, and in the Dover Patrol December 1914, February 1915; during the latter service she bombarded German positions in Belgium. She served in the Dardanelles Campaign February,May 1915, seeing much service in action against Ottoman Turkish forts and shore batteries before being sunk on 27 May 1915 by the German submarine U-21 while stationed off Cape Helles with the loss of 40 of her crew. John Doran 2nd Monmouths amalganate   The 2nd Monmouth's joined the amalgamated Battalion on May 27th and the official amalgamation of the battalions took place on May 28th. Also the amalgamated battalions moved to Herzeele where the Brigadier (General Bols) who stated that the three battalions would be eventually reformed addressed them. It is interesting to note the strength of the three units on July 24th, when they were still far below strength:- 1st Battalion: 7 Officers 193 Other ranks, 2nd Battalion: 12 Officers 476 Other ranks, 3rd Battalion: 8 Officers 273 Other ranks. 19th Seige Bty RGA arrive France   19th Siege Battery RGA arrive at Bologne early on the 27tth of May and went to the rest camp to await the arrival of the traction engines for pulling the guns.  The fate that has befallen Belgium  Tour of new Trenches  Inspection  Trench Work  Under Continuous Fire  On the March  Working Parties  Whizz Bangs  On the Move  In the Trenches  On the March  GOC visits 5th Corps  Corps composition  Artillery relief  Troops re-assigned  New Commander  Orders  Duty  In the Trenches  Reliefs  Orders  Hot Day  Quiet  Shelling  Hot  On the March  Attachments  Message of Congratulation  Heavy Shelling  On the March  Delays  Route March   Earth Tremors Felt  Working Parties  Relief  Considerable Shelling  Confined  Route March  Orders Can you add to this factual information? 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Remembering those who died this day, 27th of May 1915. Shipwright Frank William Adams. H.M.S. Princess Irene Read their Story. Able Seaman Thomas Adams. H.M.S. Princess Irene. Read their Story. Hired Skilled Labourer Arthur Albert Akhurst. H.M.S. Princess Irene Read their Story. Able Seaman Arthur Alderton. H.M.S. Princess Irene. Read their Story. Stoker 1st Class Arthur Alexander. H.M.S. Majestic Read their Story. Able Seaman Ray Alexander. H.M.S. Princess Irene. Read their Story. Able Seaman Ernest Anderson. H.M.S. Princess Irene Read their Story. Stoker 1st Class Angus. Hood Btn. Royal Naval Division Read their Story. Chief Petty Officer Frank Arnsby. H.M.S. Princess Irene. Read their Story. Fireman John Arthur. H.M.S. Princess Irene Read their Story. Able Seaman Albert William Authers. H.M.S. Princess Irene. Read their Story. Leading Seaman Herbert Auty. H.M.S. Princess Irene. Read their Story. Firmn. Joseph Brady. HMS Princess Irene Read their Story. PO Harold Challis. HMS Princess Irene Read their Story. Drvr. T. B. Howe. 173rd Brigade Royal Field Artillery Read their Story. Pte. Wilfred Henry Lewis. 1/23rd Btn. B Company. London Regiment Read their Story. Pte James McConnell. 27th Battalion (Tyneside Irish) Northumberland Fusiliers Read their Story. Add a name to this list.

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