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There are:5254 items tagged 124 Brigade, 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 124 Brigade, Royal Field Artillery during the Great War 1914-1918. Bateman J F. Gnr. Edwards Richard Stanley. Dvr. Huxford Albert Ernest. Johnson MM.. Albert Edward. Sgt. Kear MiD.. Osman William Henry. Dvr. Lewis William E.. Gnr. (d.29th Oct 1916) Lindop Ernest. Saddler Sgt. McGrogan John. Gnr. (d.26th Aug 1914) 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 124 Brigade, Royal Field Artillery from other sources. 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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. We are now on Facebook. Like this page to receive our updates, add a comment or ask a question. If you have a general question please post it on our Facebook page. 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. 257479 Albert Ernest Huxford 124th Brigade Royal Field Artillery My grandfather Albert Huxford, served in the 124th Brigade, RFA in the first World War. I would love to find out about his service and the unit he served in though World War 1. Keith Huxford Add to this record. 256189 Dvr. Osman William Henry Kear MiD. 295th Brigade, D Battery Royal Field Artillery Will Kear was my grandfather. Born in 1897, he joined the Territorial Force on the outbreak of WWI. He served with 124th Brigade RFA, supporting 37th Infantry Division and later D Battery, 295th Brigade RFA, part of 59th Division. This is his diary entry for 11th of November 1918, "Got up at 6 and groomed and had breakfast. Clean parade and stables at 10am. Five minutes past we all fell in and the wireless telegram was read out. The war is napoo, peace proclaimed! Too excited to write. Some experience with all the bells ringing. The boys are going mad. A remarkable thing, the war finished at 11 am on the 11th day of the 11th month of 1918. Waiting for mail as we have not had any this last three days. It will be up this afternoon. So, it won't be long before we are off to Blighty! Started a green letter to my Darling Girl. Finish it after the mail is come in. Got paid 10Frs. No mail up. I have finished the letter and off to kip." He was demobilised in 1919, but rejoined the Territorial Army in 1933, this time the Sappers. He served until 1941, having been evacuated from the beaches at Dunkirk. By then he was a sergeant having been Mentioned in Despatches for distinguished Service on operations during the period March- June 1940. I F Watts Add to this record. 256104 Gnr. J F Bateman A Bty. 124th Brigade Royal Field Artillery J. Bateman's name appears as a friend in a WWI diary of 1918/19. I F Watts Add to this record. 233473 Saddler Sgt. Ernest Lindop 124th Brigade Royal Field Artillery Ernest Lindop was born in Chester, Cheshire, England on 24th October 1880. He was one of thirteen children born to William Bufton Lindop, (saddler and harness maker) and Elizabeth Cooper. The family resided in Chester. He was my great grandmother Mary Emma Lindop's younger brother. My interest, in addition to the family connection, was a Field Post from Sgt Lindop sent to my great grandmother, who after marriage, had emigrated to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. The Field Post was reflective of his physical state indicated by striking out negative phrases (i.e. I am sick, I am well, etc). The post card bore the Royal Arms and had been a treasure to me with my interest in the military at the time, and subsequent service in the US Army for 21 years. Ernest was initially a member of the Cheshire Yeomanry, also serving as a saddler sergeant, service number 541. He subsequently was posted to the 124th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery and entered France on 22nd November 1915. He served through to the end of the war, and received the 1915 Star Medal and the Victory Medal. I was extremely fortunate to be advised a couple of years ago that Sgt Lindop's medals were for sale, by auction, on an internet site in the United Kingdom. I obtained his medals and afterward reported to my third cousins in the UK that the medals were on the way to America. After the war, Ernest Lindop was employed as a saddler to the Duke of Westminster in Cheshire. He was married to Mary Ann Vickers in 1910. Ernest visited my great grandmother with the idea of emigrating to the United States but, after a short visit, returned to the United Kingdom. Ernest Lindop died on 28th April 1960 in Chester. A proud and honoured soldier of the Great War. Wm. Lloyd Harris Add to this record. 218170 Gnr. William E. Lewis 124th Brigade Royal Field Artillery (d.29th Oct 1916) W.E Lewis served with 124th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery. He was executed for mutiny on29th October1916 and is buried in St Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen, France. s flynn Add to this record. 207554 Gnr. John McGrogan 124 Battery Royal Field Artillery (d.26th Aug 1914) My Gt Uncle, John McGrogan was born in Belfast in 1896 and as a youth was wayward and spent some time in the notorious Artane Boys Home outside Dublin. When he left the boys home at 16 he joined the Army underage rather than return home to Belfast. He first enlisted in the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers in 1912 and later joined the Royal Field Artillery as a Gunner in 1913. When war was declared in Aug 1914 he left Dundalk with 124 Bty and took part in the Battle of Mons and the retreat that followed. As part of the rearguard that followed the retreat his unit took part in the Battle of LeCateau on the 26th of Aug,. During the battle his battery was facing the opposite way to the advancing enemy and for some time they had taken shelter in front of their gun shield from machine gun fire, eventually they managed to turn the guns and fire over the heads of 122 Battery that was directly in front of them. This action went on for some time until two guns were put out of action by direct hits and their ammunition wagon was blown up. They were too far in front to receive a signal to retire, they could not save the guns but they sabotaged them by breaking the breach and sights. Gunner John McGrogan was killed during this action. At Christmas 1914 his mother had written to the Ministry asking for word of her son as she had not heard from him since he left, She was to hear the bad news from his friend who had been wounded and was back in Belfast on New Years Eve. Michael P Doyle Add to this record. 204939 Dvr. Richard Stanley "Derry" Edwards 124 Brigade Royal Field Artillery My grandfather was born Richard Stanley Rowlands, but changed his name to Edwards, his mothers previous married name. He signed up twice to a Welsh regiment but his Mother 'retrieved' him as he was under age born 2nd Jan 1898. He then managed to join the Royal Field Artillery but his records appear to have been destroyed in WW2 and I cant find any more detail other than that listed on his medal card. If my deductions are correct he was in 124 Brigade as part of 37th Division serving from 1916 in France at the battles of the Somme, Ypres and Passchendaele amongst many others. He was a driver and rode the lead horse of a gun team. He survived the war and lived until the mid 1960's when I was only 3 years old. In the Second World War he was a chief fire watch officer and defused many incendiaries falling around Twickenham in London. My uncle still has his slide rule from his days as a RFA driver, and fire axe from WW2. Alan Wenham Add to this record. Recomended Reading. Available at discounted prices.

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