106 Brigade, Royal Field Artillery

CVI Brigade, Royal Field Artillery, served with 24th Division. The Division was established in September 1914 as part of Kitchener's Third New Army and began to assemble in the area of Shoreham. The division suffered from a lack of equipment and a lack of trained officers and NCOs to command the volunteers. In late June 1915 they moved to Aldershot for final training and they proceeded to France at the end of August. The Division concentrated in the area between Etaples and St Pol on 4 September and a few days later marched across France into the reserve for the British assault at Loos, going into action on the 26th of September and suffering heavy losses. In 1916 they suffered in the German gas attack at Wulverghem and then moved to The Somme seeing action in The Battle of Delville Wood and The Battle of Guillemont. In 1917 they were in action at The Battle of Vimy Ridge in the Spring, The Battle of Messines in June and Third Battle of Ypres in October before moving south where they were in action during The Cambrai Operations when the Germans counter attacked. In 1918 they were in action on the Somme and The Battle of Cambrai and the Final Advance in Picardy. At the Armistice the Division were in the line 1.5 miles east of the Maubeuge-Mons road. They moved back to the area between Denain and Douai at the end of November moved to St Amand-Orchies, then on the 18th of December the Division moved to Tournai for demobilisation, which was completed by 26 March 1919.

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106 Brigade, Royal Field Artillery
during the Great War 1914-1918.

Allardyce John G.B.. T/Lt.Col.
Conner MC & bar.. Eric Seymour. Mjr.
Cummings John. Gnr. (d.26th July 1917)
Day Frank Joseph Leonard. Cpl. (d.1st December 1918)
Ferguson Thomas. Gnr. (d.14th Aug 1916)
Gillies James. Sjt. (d.24th Jul 1917)
Hemming James Victor. L/Cpl. (d.5th Apr 1917)
Ion John. Dvr.
Mills Alfred Leslie. Gnr.
Mutton John. Sgt. (d.3rd Jun 1917)
Stevenson Peter. Sjt. (d.7th Jun 1917)

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Mjr. Eric Seymour Conner MC & bar. 107th Brigade Royal Field Artillery

My father Eric Conner served in the 106th and 107th brigades RFA. I don't really know much more but he won the MC and Bar and I have the citation for the Bar but not original MC. I would love to know what he did to win the MC. He survived the war and left the Army with the rank of Major (he was only 25 in 1918) and he returned to India and became a Tea Planter. He married and had 3 daughters.
He returned to join up in 1940 and joined the RA and because he could speak several Indian dialects he was, after training in London, appointed Commandant of a Transit camp in Southern India. He stayed in the Army after the war on a short service commission and was based in Okehampton, Devon and also Woolwich where he helped plan the ceremony for the addition to the RA Memorial on Hyde Park Corner. On leaving the army in 1948 he met and married my mother and had me in 1956 and then we moved to East Africa to help my father's brother run his coffee estates. He died in 1969 aged 75 following a car accident. I was only 12 and we never spoke of his WW1 War experiences but I have many photos, some paper work and his medals.
Shaun Conner

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Sgt. John Mutton 106 Bde. Royal Field Artillery (d.3rd Jun 1917)

Sergeant John Mutton served with the 106th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery during WW1 and was killed in action on the 3rd June 1917. He is buried in Vlamertinghe Military Cemetery in Belgium. He was a blacksmith by trade.
S Flynn

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Sjt. James Gillies 106th Brigade Royal Field Artillery (d.24th Jul 1917)

Jimmy Gillies was my uncle. He was a sergeant in C battery 106 brigade, RFA. He was killed when a shell exploded on the sergeants mess on 24/07/1917. Three sergeants were killed at this incident and another three were wounded. Others also died. He was originally buried along with sixteen others in Manor Road Cemetery and later transferred to Perth China Wall Cemetery at wars end. In the war diary of Ralph Hamilton the master of Bellhaven he quotes, Welch had terrible luck last night a shell burst in his sergeants mess and out of six sergeants it killed three and wounded the other three. C battery has now lost no less than fourteen sergeants out of its establishment of seven all in this last six weeks. At time of this incident C battery was just S.W. of Manor farm, across railway line on N. side of junction of roads.
Dave Inglis

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Gnr. Alfred Leslie Mills 106th Brigade (B Battery) Royal Field Artillery

Alfred Leslie Mills was born in St. Marylebone, London, on 25th April 1896, the son of Alfred and Mary Mills. Following the outbreak of war he enlisted at Mill Hill Barracks on 2nd October 1914 and was posted to No. 4 Depot Royal Field Artillery (Woowich) for basic training as a Driver. He was subsequently posted to 'A' Battery, 106 Brigade on 17th November 1914 and then to 'B' Battery on 26th July 1915. The brigade subsequently entered the French theatre of war on 29th August 1915.
For most of the war Alf continued to serve as a Driver but he was subsequently mustered as Gunner with effect from 16th March 1918. After the Armistice Alf remained with 'B' Battery until 19th April 1919, when he was posted to the 24th DAC (Division Ammunition Column). He finally returned to England via Boulogne on 13th June 1919. Two days later he was officially demobilised at Crystal Palace.
Simon Mills

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T/Lt.Col. John G.B. Allardyce 106th Battery Royal Field Artillery

My great grand father, Kala Khan, and his two nephews Hadatulla Khan and Khan Ali Khan worked for the British Army. They were tailors for the British Army (Royal Artillery) Kala Khan (Tailor Master) did job in British Army for about 21 years. They performed his services in unit of 10 Battery R.A (1891 - 1898), 12 Battery R.F.A (1898 _ 1902) and 78 Battery R.F.A (1903 _ 1913)
I have 2 documents Britsh army certificate handwriting & autograf of Sir John.G.B. Allardyce . One another document in my opinion is very important, he gifted wherein name of clothes were mentioned which he dressed himself The British Officer named in the certificate was Sir John. G.B. Allardyce.
On the 2nd of Nov 1914 he was promoted to Major and on the 22nd of June 1915 he is serving with Royal Field Artillery, 106th Battery. Major J.G.B Allardyce was made temporary Lt-Col on April 26th 1916.
I have personal dairy ok Mr Kala Khan in which he prescribed his time spend with Sir John.G.B. Allardyce. I want to present all these things (documents, name of clothes document) to any of Sir John G.B. Allardyce family members.
Rub nawaz Balouch

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Sjt. Peter Stevenson 106th Brigade Royal Field Artillery (d.7th Jun 1917)

I have a note on squared paper and, I presume, a copy also, of a letter from my great uncle's commanding officer sending condolences from the front. It reads:
10th July 1917, Dear Mr. Stevenson, I suppose you have already been informed by the authorities of the death of your brother, Sgt. P.Stevenson. I regret not having been able to write before, but we have only just come out of action. I am writing to tell you that all the officers and men of this battery sympathise most deeply with you at the loss of your brother. He was very popular and was like by all. Speaking personally, and for the battery, we lost our best NCO when Sgt. Stevenson was killed. Everything had been comparatively quiet for about 2 hours when the Germans sent over one shell, they did not any more for at least another 2 hours, unfortunately that pitched at Sgt. Stevenson's feet just as he was pointing out to another Sgt. where a new pit was to be dug. It killed him and wounded the other Sgt. Yours sincerely, W.M.Welsh. Major RFA, Coy. C/106 RFA
The signature of the major is hard to make out. It actually looks just like Wehs, but might be Wells or more likely Welsh.
Alan Sorensen

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