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119 Battery, Royal Field Artillery    XXVI Brigade, Royal Field Artillery made up of 119, 120 and 121 Batteries served with 5th Division. They proceeded to France in August 1914, and fought on the Western Front throughout the war, taking part in most of the major actions. In 1914 they were involved in The Battle of Mons and the subsequent retreat, The Battle of the Marne, The Battle of the Aisne, the First Battle of Ypres and the Winter Operations of 1914-15. In 1915 they were in action during The 2nd Battle of Ypres. On the 21st of May 1916, two sections of 37 (Howitzer) Battery joined from 8 (Howitzer) Brigade. In 1916 they were in action in the Battles of the Somme. On 21st of January 1917, 37 (Howitzer) Battery was brought up to full strength with a section joining from "C" (Howitzer) Battery, 15 Brigade RFA. In 1917 they saw action on Vimy Ridge at Oppy Wood and in the Third Battle of Ypres. In 1918 they fought in the Defence of Nieppe Forest, they were withdrawn for reat in August but after two weeks were back in action in the Second Battles of The Somme, The Battle of the Selle. 24th Aug 1914 In Action 26th Aug 1914 In Action 20th Oct 1914 Davidson of the Gunners 4th of March 1915 Enemy Nervous   5th of March 1915   "Active and Nervous" Enemy    6th of March 1915  No Hostile Patrols    7th of March 1915  A Searchlight Hit    8th of March 1915  Relief   11th of March 1915 Mortar Shells   13th of March 1915 Booby Trap   22nd of March 1915 Quiet Night 26th of March 1915 Enemy Guns Active    27th of March 1915 German Air Activity   29th of March 1915 Quiet Time    30th of March 1915  Hostile MG Damaged?    31st March 1915  Working Parties   31st of March 1915    17th of April 1915  Mines Exploded   16th May 1915 Snipers Active   18th of May 1915 Revenge Shelling   20th of May 1915 Gun Destroys Sap   21st of May 1915  Mining   24th of May 1915 Much Shelling at Night   25th of May 1915 A Fine Day   27th of May 1915  Earth Tremors Felt    29th of May 1915  A Rumbling Explosion   19th of July 1915  Quiet Night   11th of August 1915 Patrol   12th of August 1915 Quiet Time   13th of August 1915 Instruction   14th of August 1915 No Sausages   15th of August 1915  3 Salvos Fired   16th of August 1915  Enemy Active   18th of August 1915  German Captured   19th of August 1915 Hostile Patrol   20th of August 1915 Quiet Night   21st of August 1915 Snipers Active   22nd of August 1915 Hostile Balloons   24th of August 1915 Relief Completed   25th of August 1915 Hostile Marsh Patrol   26th of August 1915  Reliefs   27th of August 1915  Trenches Mortared   28th of August 1915 Special Service Pathans   29th of August 1915 Enemy Patrol Pursued   30th of August 1915  Patrols   31st of August 1915 Germans in Khaki   1st of September 1915 Enemy Periscopes Hit    2nd of September 1915  Our Transport Shelled   3rd of September 1915  Mining Actions   4th of September 1915 Mine Exploded   5th of September 1915  Damaged Aeroplane   6th of September 1915 Retaliatory Firing   7th of September 1915 No Incidents   8th of September 1915  Observation Station Hit   9th of September 1915  Quiet Time   10th of September 1915  Enemy Hit Dummy Battery   11th of September 1915 Changes of Command   12th of September 1915  67th Brigade Under Instruction   13th of September 1915  German Mine Exploded   14th of September 1915  Both Sides Retaliate   15th of September 1915 36th Division Instructed   16th of September 1915 Reliefs   17th of September 1915 German Post Hit   18th of September 1915 Heavy Gunfire Heard   19th of September 1915  A Quiet Night   20th of September 1915 Catapults Effective   21st of September 1915 Catapults Active   22nd of September 1915  Bridges Guarded   23rd of September 1915 Hostile Patrol Seen   24th of September 1915 Wet Weather    26th of September 1915  A Marsh Patrol   27th of September 1915 Deserter Comes In   1st of October 1915 Snipers Active   2nd of October 1915 `Shows' and Football   3rd of October 1915 Battalion Dispositions   4th of October 1915  New Biplane Spotted   11th of October 1915 Promiscuous Whizzbangs   12th of October 1915 77th Brigade Arrives   13th of October 1915 Reliefs   14th of October 1915 Germans Explode Mine   15th of October 1915 No Ammunition   16th of October 1915  Bombs and Reliefs   17th of October 1915 Reliefs   18th of October 1915 Noisy Germans   19th of October 1915  Transport Heard   20th of October 1915 Gun Distribution   21st of October 1915 Reliefs   23rd of October 1915 Reliefs   24th of October 1915 Reliefs   26th of October 1915 Germans Search Road 27th of October 1915 German Work Destroyed   30th of October 1915 Suzanne Shelled   1st of November 1915 East Surreys Shoot German   2nd of November 1915 Heavy Transport   3rd of November 1915 Wire Cutting   4th of November 1915 Bugle Calls   5th of November 1915 MG Fire Causes Confusion   6th of November 1915  Heavies in Action   7th of November 1915 Gun is Bulged   8th of November 1915  A Newspaper Delivery   9th of November 1915  Orders   10th of November 1915 Enemy Explode Mine   11th of November 1915 Persistent Shelling   12th of November 1915   A Quiet Day   13th of November 1915 Sausages Fired   14th of November 1915 A Flag Removed   15th of November 1915 Heavy Snow    16th of November 1915 A Spy Killed   17th of November 1915 Conference Held   18th of November 1915 Transport Heard   19th of November 1915 Another Flag Removed   20th of November 1915 Enemy Guns Active   21st of November 1915 Patrol   22nd of November 1915 Three Enemy Killed   23rd of November 1915 Heavy Traffic Heard   24th of November 1915 Artillery Active   25th of November 1915  Enemy Building Redoubts   26th of November 1915  Air Raid   27th of November 1915  Heavies Retaliate   28th of November 1915 Working Party Dispersed   29th of November 1915  Enemy Transport Shelled   30th of November 1915  Grenade Attack Successful   2nd of January 1916 Direct Hits   9th of January 1916 Enemy Patrols Active   13th of January 1916 5th Division in Reserve 25th of February 1916 Intense Cold 24th of March 1916  Camouflet Exploded 31st of August 1916  Warning Order Issued   16th of October 1916 Artillery Relief Complete   30th May 1917 Relocations  236th London Brigade Royal Field Artillery report ‘C’ Group consisting of A,B,C and D/236 Batteries with D/119 Battery as counter battery formed under command of Lt Colonel A C Lowe DSO. 64th Army Field Artillery Brigade attached as a sub-group (D Group). Both Headquarters, under ruins of Bedford House, on Ypres-St Eloi Road. C Group's offensive zone is immediately North of Ypres-Comines canal. Batteries are all to the East of Headquarters and within close distance in new positions. Night firing commenced by the Group 31st May 1917 Wire Cutting  236th London Brigade Royal Field Artillery Wire cutting by A236 and C236 Batteries. Night firing by B236 Battery and registration by all Batteries for raid, which is to take place immediately South of Canal. One driver C236 Battery was killed. 1st June 1917 Wire Cutting  Batteries of 236th London Brigade Royal Field Artillery continued wire cutting. Practice barrage from 1530 to 1600 was fired at by all Batteries on Group offensive zone. Smoke shell being used. Night firing and neutralisation of wire by B236 Battery in addition. 2nd June 1917 Wire Cutting  236th London Brigade Royal Field Artillery report Wire cutting continued in cooperation with French Mortars and harassing fire carried out on tracks and communication trenches. D236 Battery bombarded five forward enemy front positions. In reply to all day bombardment by our heavy batteries the enemy retaliated with a few rounds on Batteries and Group HQ. Staff Sergeant Masters and one gunner were killed and two Sergeants wounded all in A236 Battery. Lieut A.F. Blackwell A236 Battery slightly wounded and missing in back area,believed killed. Later found to have been killed. Usual heavy firing on enemy roads and communications and wire. 3rd June 1917 Batteries in action  236th London Brigade Royal Field Artillery Batteries firing all day on roads etc. and counter Battery work with gas shells carried out during the whole night by howitzer batteries. HQ was bombarded by gas shells heavily for two hours during the night. 4th June 1917 Heavy Shelling  236th London Brigade Royal Field Artillery report One gun of C236 knocked out and destroyed by a direct hit during heavy shelling of C236. D236 on harassing fire all day. A one round per minute bombardment at 2200 by all Batteries on enemy headquarters and much firing during the night. D236 had two howitzers destroyed. Conference of BGRA (Brigadier General Royal Artillery) and Group commanders at ‘C’ Group headquarters. 5th June 1917 Patrol Raids  236th London Brigade Royal Field Artillery fired three searching barrages by 18 pounder Batteries during the day and a practice barrage carried out at 1500. Lt Colonel A.C. Love DSO OC ‘C’ Group went up as Senior Liaison Officer with 142 Infantry Brigade at the Bluff. Patrol raids were carried out during the night and Bedford House was again shelled. 6th June 1917 Batteries in Action  At 0230 A236 and B236 Batteries, 236th London Brigade Royal Field Artillery fired on said barrage. Barrage creeping to final objective carried on. Very heavy shelling of all Batteries throughout day by the enemy with 8 inch and 5.9 inch shells. A236 had two guns destroyed, B236 had two badly damaged and ammunition blown up. C236 had also two guns put out of action and 1000 rounds of ammunition blown up. Only two gunners of C236 Battery were wounded. A and C Batteries were both obliged to relocate positions for some hours. Owing to loses in guns B Battery was taken off today’s imtended barrage and placed to reinforce creeping barrage. D236 again carried out counter battery work all night. 2nd Lt M.F. Allen posted to Brigade as signal officer. 7th June 1917 Attack Launched  236th London Brigade Royal Field Artillery report Zero time for offensive by the II Army to take Hill 60, Wytschate and Messines Ridges at 0310. At that hour all artillery opened heavy barrage which continued to creep forward as infantry advanced for 10 hours until all objectives were joined and ridge remained in our hands. ‘C’ Group formed the centre of the six groups covering the Divisional front and the barrage crossed the canal south of which the final group protective barrage was placed. A large number of Neutralise Fire calls were received and D236 did resulting neutralisation of Batteries including firing at enemy troops on the march. At about 1800 barrage was carried out on SOS line, but no infantry action by the enemy. 8th June 1917 Reorganisation   Reorganisation of 236th London Brigade Royal Field Artillery Batteries on new zero lines took place. Otherwise the enemy was very quiet. 2nd Lt H.L. Burgis was reposted to the Brigade and to A236 Battery from England. 26th of November 1917   HQ Closes and Re-opens 27th of November 1917 Entraining for Italy 17th of April 1918  A Relief and a Barrage   28th of July 1918 Quiet    21st of August 1918  Division Advances   22nd of September 1918 Field Guns Active   23rd of October 1918 Heavy Bombardment 11th of November 1918 Armistice and a Report   If you can provide any additional information, please add it here. Want to know more about 119 Battery, Royal Field Artillery? There are:5377 items tagged 119 Battery, Royal Field 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 119 Battery, Royal Field Artillery during the Great War 1914-1918. Bushell William John. Drv. Gerrard Edward Aloysius. Lt. 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William John Bushell 119th Battery Royal Field Artillery My William Bushell was a keen horseman and enlisted in the Army in 1908. In late 1917, he was wounded and discharged as disabled, with loss of his left eye and head wounds. This affected his whole life as to employment, but he was a wonderful father. John Bushell Add to this record. 224611 Lt. Edward Aloysius "Gerry" Gerrard 119 Battery Royal Field Artillery My father, Edward Gerrard's service commenced with a Temporary Commision in June 1914 at Newbridge Barracks, Ireland. I have much material including practice in July with 119 Battery, Reynolds VC and Alexander. He did not smell powder until Suvla Bay, then Dublin in 1916. He was wounded in Palestine 1917-18. He took part in the Battle of Beersheba, the yeomanry charge at Huj, Jereusalem at Christmas 1917, and into Deraa with King of Hijaz and Lawrence, and the fall of Damascus. I have many letters, photos and a diary which I am transcribing and will make available particularly for the Allenby campaign. Peter Gerrard Add to this record. Recomended Reading. Available at discounted prices.

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