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Irish member of the Royal Field Artillery (1904) The Royal Field Artillery (RFA) of the British Army provided close artillery support for the infantry. [1] It was created as a distinct arm of the Royal Regiment of Artillery on 1 July 1899, serving alongside the other two arms of the regiment, the Royal Horse Artillery (RHA) and the Royal Garrison Artillery (RGA).
On 9 June 1916, the brigade joined 63rd (Royal Naval) Division, which had recently arrived in France from the Mediterranean and had no artillery. At the end of the month the brigade was renumbered as 223rd or CCXXIII (Howitzer) Brigade, Royal Field Artillery. The two batteries (1/4th Kent and 1/5th Kent) became A (H) Battery and B (H) Battery.
The 155th (West Yorkshire) Brigade, Royal Field Artillery, was a New Army ('Kitchener's Army') unit raised from Leeds in the West Riding of Yorkshire during the First World War. It saw service on the Western Front , including the Battles of the Somme , Arras , Messines and Passchendaele , the German spring offensive and the final Allied Hundred ...
Brigades (battalion-sized units) of the Royal Field Artillery (RFA) of the British Army (Regular, Militia, Territorial Force and Territorial Army) between 1900 when they were first formed as permanent units (designated 'Brigade-Divisions' until 1903) and 1924 when the RFA was consolidated into the Royal Regiment of Artillery, after which they became Field Brigades, RA.
I Brigade, Royal Field Artillery was a brigade [a] of the Royal Field Artillery which served in the First World War.. It was composed of 13th, 67th and 69th Batteries, and on mobilisation in August 1914 was stationed at Edinburgh under Scottish Command.
3 Royal Field Artillery. 4 Royal Garrison Artillery. 5 Royal Engineers. 6 Infantry and cyclist battalions. 7 Army Service Corps. Toggle Army Service Corps subsection.
XXIV Brigade, Royal Field Artillery was a brigade [a] of the Royal Field Artillery which served in the First World War.. It was originally formed with 110th, 111th and 112th Batteries, and attached to 6th Infantry Division.
XLIV (Howitzer) Brigade, Royal Field Artillery was a brigade [a] of the Royal Field Artillery which served in the First World War. It joined the BEF in August 1914 before being broken up in May 1916.
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