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232 Brigade, Royal Field Artillery    CCXXXII Brigade, Royal Field Artillery served as Divisional artillery with 46th (North Midland) Division. The North Midland Division was a formation of the Territorial Force and was mobilised for war service on the 5th of August 1914. The Division concentrated in the Luton area by mid August. They proceeded to France, landing at Boulogne in late February being first complete Territorial Division to arrive in a theatre of war when they joined the BEF in the Ypres salient. On the 12th of May the Division was retitled 46th (North Midland) Division. They were in action during The German liquid fire attack at Hooge and The attack at the Hohenzollern Redoubt in October. On the 23rd of December the were ordered to proceed to Egypt via Marseilles leaving the DAC, Divisional Train and the Mobile Veterinary Section behind. All units had arrived by the 13th of January 1916 but they spent just a few days in Egypt, being ordered to return to France where the units left behind rejoined. On the 1st of July 1916 they took part in The diversionary attack at Gommecourt. CCXXXII Brigade left the Division in January 1917. 1st Feb 1915 Training 2nd Feb 1915 Training 3rd Feb 1915 Exercise 4th Feb 1915 Exercise 8th Feb 1915 Communications 12th Feb 1915 Conference 15th Feb 1915 Orders Received 16th Feb 1915 Horses 19th Feb 1915 Inspection 23rd Feb 1915 Inspection 24th Feb 1915 Instructions 25th Feb 1915 On the Move 26th Feb 1915 On the Move 27th Feb 1915 On the Move 28th Feb 1915 On the Move 19th of June 1915    22nd of June 1915 Orders amended 23rd of June 1915 Batteries engaged 28th Sep 1915 Lull in Fighting 7th Oct 1915 Planning   30th Oct 1916 Reorganisation 2nd Aug 1917 Reliefs   22nd of December 1917 Corps Front Bombarded If you can provide any additional information, please add it here. Want to know more about 232 Brigade, Royal Field Artillery? There are:5253 items tagged 232 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 232 Brigade, Royal Field Artillery during the Great War 1914-1918. Adamson Archibald. Gnr. (d.30th July 1917) Craig Thomas. BQMS (d.2nd Jan 1915) Larder Francis Emlyn. Gnr. (d.30th Mar 1918) Simms William. Gnr. (d.1st July 1916) 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 232 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. 252713 Gnr. Francis Emlyn Larder C Bty, 232nd Brigade Royal Field Artillery (d.30th Mar 1918) Francis Larder was born in 1898, to Francis and Mary Ann. Francis was a gardener when he and Mary Ann Larder (nee Hardy) married in 1881. There was a previous marriage, but his first wife had died, leaving two children. Francis and Mary Ann had twin girls who were born and died in 1882. They went on to have three sons, Francis, who was born in Walkley was their youngest. By the 1901 census the family was living at 32 Stafford Street and Francis was employed as a domestic coachman. He died when Francis was just four years old. Francis served in C Battery, 232nd Brigade of the Royal Field Artillery. He died on the 30th of March 1918 and is buried at Guise (La Desolation) French National Cemetery at Flavigny-Le-Petit. The inscription reads "The dearly loved son of F. & M.A. Larder Sheffield". The gravestone at Fulwood containing his parents and some of his siblings has the inscription: "Also Francis E. Larder RFA, aged 20 killed in action, interred at Guise in France 21st of March 1918." By the time of Pte Francis Larder's death, his mother Mary Ann was living at 27 Hands Road, Crookesmoor. In the Roll of Honour, in the Sheffield Daily Independent on 2nd of November 1918, "Larder F wounded and missing since March 21st, Gunner Frank Larder now officially reported died of wounds, a prisoner of war, the dearly loved son of Mrs M.A. Larder." Keith Pitchforth Add to this record. 237729 BQMS Thomas Craig 232nd Brigade, 67th Bty. Royal Field Artillery (d.2nd Jan 1915) Battery Quartermaster Serjeant Thomas Craig is buried in the Cahir Military Plot in Co. Tipperary, Ireland. s flynn Add to this record. 232098 Gnr. Archibald Adamson 232 Brigade, B Battery Royal Field Artillery (d.30th July 1917) Archibald Adamson was born in Cardross, Scotland, but enlisted in Derby, England where he was working as a railway clerk. Born in 1888 Archie was killed on July 30 1917 aged 28. Archibald enlisted in November 1915 and, shortly before he was called up in March 1916, he married Beatrice Mills, a school teacher at Ashbourne Road School, who lived at 60 Statham Street, Derby with her mother. They married on 26th February 1916 at Green Hill Presbyterian Chapel, Green Hill, Derby - sadly their all too short marriage did not result in any children. Archie was initially posted with the North Midland Howitzer Brigade (part of the Royal Field Artillery), but in July 1916 he was transferred to 232 Brigade B Battery, Royal Field Artillery and posted to Northern France. Archie, along with his brother Cpl Thomas Adamson of the Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders, is commemorated on the Menin Gate in Ypres. Nicola Musgrave Add to this record. 219740 Gnr. William Simms 232nd Brigade, B Battery Royal Field Artillery (d.1st July 1916) William Simms was the son of Mr & Mrs Simms of West Bromwich. He is buried at Tilloy-Les-Mofflaines Cemetery. Died aged 21. Add to this record. Recomended Reading. Available at discounted prices.

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