152 Brigade, Royal Field Artillery

   CLII Brigade, Royal Field Artillery served as Divisional artillery with 34th Division. The Division was formed as part of Kitchener's Fifth New Army and was mainly comprised of locally raised Pals Battalions. After initial training near home, they concentrated at Ripon in Yorkshire in mid 1915, In late August they moved to Salisbury Plain to begin final training. They proceeded to France in January 1916 and concentrated at La Crosse, east of St Omer. They were in action during the Battles of the Somme, including the capture of Scots and Sausage Redoubts, The Battles of Bazentin Ridge and Pozieres Ridge. 103rd Brigade and the Divisional Pioneers also saw action in The Battle of Flers-Courcelette. In 1917 they fought in the The First and Second Battles of the Scarpe and the The Battle of Arleux during the Arras Offensive. In August they were involved in the fighting at Hargicourt and in October they took part in The Third Battles of Ypres at the Broenbeek. In 1918 they were in action in The Battle of St Quentin and then moved to Flanders seeing action in The Battle of Estaires, The Battle of Bailleul and The First Battle for Kemmel Ridge during the Battles of the Lys, suffering heavy losses. The 34th Division was then withdrawn from fighting and on the 21st of April and the Divisional Artillery joined 5th Division whilst the Infantry was reorganised. By the 1st of July 1918 34th Division had been reconstituted and they returned to action at The Battles of the Soissonais, the Ourcq and the capture of Baigneux Ridge. They took part in the Final Advance in Flanders and at the Armistice was at rest in the area east of Courtrai. 34th Division was selected to join the Army of Occupation and began to move towards Germany on the 14th of November. On the 22nd of December a large number men with industrial and mining skills were demobilised. By the end of January 1919 the Division was occupying the Cologne bridgehead.

17th Mar 1915 Parade

12th Jun 1915 Plans Changed

14th Sep 1915 Artillery in Action

21st Sep 1915 Bombardment

22nd Sep 1915 Bombardment

23rd Sep 1915 Bombardment

24th Sep 1915 Bombardment

8th Jan 1916 On the Move

9th Jan 1916 On the Move

10th Jan 1916 On the Move

12th Jan 1916 Locations

15th Jan 1916 On the Move  By the 15th of January 1916 all units of 34th Division had arrive in France and concentrated at La Crosse, east of St Omer.

16th Jan 1916 Organisation

21st Jan 1916 Orders

21st Jan 1916 Instruction

22nd Jan 1916 Orders Issued

23rd Jan 1916 On the Move

23rd Jan 1916 In Reserve

26th Jan 1916 On Alert

27th Jan 1916 Emergeny Scheme

28th Jan 1916 Emergeny Scheme

19th Feb 1916 Move

29th Mar 1916 Stores

1st Sep 1916 Artillery in Action

2nd Sep 1916 Quiet

3rd Sep 1916 Quiet

4th Sep 1916 Visit

5th Sep 1916 Stormy

6th Sep 1916 Instruction

7th Sep 1916 Artillery Active

8th Sep 1916 Bombardment

9th Sep 1916 Orders

10th Sep 1916 Quiet

11th Sep 1916 Preparations

12th Sep 1916 Reliefs

13th Sep 1916 Wire Cutting

14th Sep 1916 Raid

15th Sep 1916 Trench Raids

16th Sep 1916 Bombardment

17th Sep 1916 Orders

18th Sep 1916 Trench Raids

19th Sep 1916 Orders

20th Sep 1916 Orders

31st of January 1918 Training

28th of February 1918 On the Move

3rd Apr 1918 On the March

5th Apr 1918 On the March

6th Apr 1918 On the March

7th Apr 1918 On the March

8th Apr 1918 Reliefs Commence

9th Apr 1918 Artillery Moves

9th Apr 1918 Heavy Bombardment

16th of April 1918 Situation Quiet

18th of April 1918 Artillery Active

19th of April 1918 A Raiding Party

22nd of April 1918 A Gas Attack

23rd of April 1918 Constant Shelling

25th of April 1918 Division Attacks

30th of April 1918 Artillery Very Active

17th of May 1918 Active Artillery

22nd of May 1918 Enemy Active

23rd of May 1918 Quiet Night

30th of May 1918 A Relief

5th of June 1918 Brigade Relief

13th of June 1918 Brigade Relief Completed

15th of June 1918 Operation Proposed

20th of June 1918 Situation Unchanged

22nd of June 1918 Slight Activity

25th of June 1918 WO95/1510/4

29th of June 1918 Enemy Guns Active

1st of July 1918 Situation Unchanged

7th of July 1918 Gas Shelling

12th of July 1918 Back Areas Bombed

28th Jul 1918 Preparations

28th Jul 1918 In Action

30th Jul 1918 In Action

9th of August 1918 Training

15th of August 1918 Training

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2Lt. Herbert Charles Beck 152nd Brigade, A Battery Royal Field Artillery (d.25th October 1918)

Herbert Beck, my grandfather, was born in Manchester or Birmingham but was taken with his parents to Boston, Massachusetts when his father, a finisher of brass, was recruited there. Herbert grew up in Massachusetts, married a local girl, a descendant of numerous Revolutionary War Soldiers, and was posted to Liverpool in 1911 as a cotton broker for the Bush Company.
With three children, two born in Liverpool, he was called up or volunteered in 1917 and became a 2nd Lt. with the Royal Field Artillery. On 8th of October 1918, he and a fellow officer named Edwards were sent to explore a new route to bring ammunition to the front, as the current road at that time was being heavily shelled. Much to his surprise and amusement, The Bosche lobbed some shells from their big guns at the two officers, and as they were returning with their new route, a shell exploded near them. Lt. Beck was wounded in the head and back, and was helped back to headquarters by Edwards and some pioneers who were nearby.
He wrote a six page letter detailing his experiences to his wife from a Red Cross Hospital the next day, describing his wounds as superficial and predicting that he would be back in service within a week or so. His main concern other than setting his family's minds at ease was that he would need some new kit. Sadly, infection set in and he died in a hospital in Boulogne on 20th of October. He is buried at the British Cemetery at Terlincthun.
We have in our family a wonderful portrait of him in uniform, plus a very nice portrait of one of his fellow officers, whose initials seem to be J.B.L. Would love to get in contact with any family of this officer.
Rick Anderson

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