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27 Brigade, 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 In 1918 they fought in the Defence of Nieppe Forest, they were withdrawn for reat in August but after two weeks were back in action in the Second Battles of The Somme, The Battle of the Selle. 21st of August 1913 Lecture 9th of August 1914 At Southampton 13th of August 1914 Landing in France 13th of August 1914   Landing in France 14th of August 1914 Advance Party Leave 15th of August 1914  Arriving Busigny 16th of August 1914 Billets Organised 22nd of August 1914  On the March 23rd of August 1914 Holding the Line 26th of August 1914  Holding Position 27th of August 1914 Retirement in the Dark 28th of August 1914 An Exhausting March 29th of August 1914 Sleeping in the Streets 30th of August 1914 A Hot March 31st of August 1914  Pursued by Germans 1st of September 1914 A Delayed March 2nd of September 1914 An Early March 3rd of September 1914 Across the Marne 5th of September 1914 March Finished 6th of September 1914 Army Advances 7th of September 1914  Another March 8th of September 1914 An Early March 9th of September 1914 On the Move 10th of September 1914 Marching 11th of September 1914 Marching 12th of September 1914 A Wet March 13th of September 1914 A Showery March 14th of September 1914 Broken Bridges 15th of September 1914 An Attack Falters 16th of September 1914 Bad Roads 17th of September 1914 Artillery Reinforced 18th of September 1914 Some Enemy Firing 19th of September 1914 Trenches Fired Constantly 20th of September 1914 Sappers Make a Bridge 21st of September 1914  Missy on Fire 22nd of September 1914 Enemy Retiring? 23rd of September 1914 Heavy Shelling 25th of September 1914  Very Quiet 26th of September 1914 Moves Successful 27th of September 1914 A False Alarm 28th of September 1914 Shelling 29th of September 1914 Quiet 30th of September 1914 Astride the Aisne 1st of October 1914 A Withdrawal 2nd of October 1914 Moonlit Relief 3rd of October 1914 On the March 4th of October 1914 On the March 5th of October 1914 A New HQ 6th of October 1914 Orders to Move 7th of October 1914 A Train Ride 11th of October 1914 New Billets   12th of October 1914 Orders to Advance   13th of October 1914 Advance Resumed   14th of October 1914 Supporting the French   15th of October 1914 Advance Ordered to Continue   16th of October 1914 Empty German Trenches   17th of October 1914 An Advance   18th of October 1914 Advance Resumed   19th of October 1914  Slow Progress    20th of October 1914 A Fluid Front   22nd of October 1914 Our Line Attacked   23rd of October 1914 Withdrawing to a New Line   24th of October 1914 Germans Attack   25th of October 1914 More Attacks   26th of October 1914 Germans Repulsed   27th of October 1914 A Counter Attack   28th of October 1914 Counter Attack Falters    29th of October 1914  Determined German Attack   30th of October 1914 German Attack Fades   31st of October 1914 A Counter Attack    2nd of November 1914 Three Groups Organised   3rd of November 1914  Situation Report   4th of November 1914  French Attack   5th of November 1914  French Attack Falters 8th of November 1914 Half-hearted Attacks   15th of November 1914  2nd Corps Reorganise 16th of November 1914 Reorganisation   18th of November 1914 Shell Fire 20th of November 1914 Artillery in Action   23rd of November 1914  Germans Digging In   24th of November 1914  Our Artillery Effective   25th of November 1914  Royal Scots Shelled 26th of November 1914 Quiet and Misty   27th of November 1914 Relief Commences   28th of November 1914  On the Move 29th of November 1914  Infantry Distribution   1st of December 1914  Quiet Time 2nd of December 1914  A Moonlit Night   3rd of December 1914 Instructions 4th of December 1914 Reliefs   4th of December 1914 Relief   5th of December 1914  Relief Complete    6th of December 1914 Frosty Night 8th of December 1914 Poor Conditions 10th of December 1914 Naval Victory Cheered 12th of December 1914 No Incidents    14th of December 1914  French on the Offensive   15th of December 1914  Operations Resumed   16th of December 1914  Instruction   18th of December 1914 No Progress 19th of December 1914 Demonstration 21st of December 1914 Howitzers Silenced   26th of December 1914 Messines Square Targetted    31st of December 1914 Message   4th of January 1915 Trench Work   7th of January 1915 Very Wet Weather   8th of January 1915 Trenches Damaged    10th of January 1915 Flooding and Baling   11th of January 1915 Six Direct Hits   14th of January 1915 Trenches Drying Out   15th of January 1915 Germans Fire Slowly   16th of January 1915 Squally Weather   18th of January 1915 Artillery Active    19th of January 1915  Thaw Sets In   21st of January 1915 Wulverghem Shelled   22nd of January 1915 Aeroplane-Aided Shelling   23rd of January 1915 Quiet Day    25th of January 1915 Quiet Day   2nd of February 1915     5th of February 1915 Firing for Effect   10th of February 1915 Artillery Redistribution   10th of February 1915 Message   14th of February 1915 Germans Plan an Attack? 15th of February 1915 Heavy Rain 16th of February 1915 Baling All Night   17th of February 1915 Patrols Out 20th of February 1915 A Violent Explosion   21st of February 1915 8th Howitzers Leave   22nd of February 1915 Cheering and Rockets   23rd of February 1915  B Sector Shelled 24th of February 1915 Snipers Checked   25th of February 1915  Trench Mortar Explodes   26th of February 1915 Patrol Encountered   27th of February 1915 Message   28th of February 1915  Artillery Reorganised   1st of March 1915  Quiet   1st of March 1915 Registration   2nd of March 1915 Ammunition 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   10th of March 1915 POW Taken   11th of March 1915 Mortar Shells   13th of March 1915 Booby Trap   14th of March 1915 Artillery Quiet   15th of March 1915  Active Artillery    16th March 1915  Information 17th of March 1915 Retaliation   18th of March 1915 Trench Mortars 18th of March 1915 Quiet Day   19th of March 1915  Patrols   21st of March 1915 Intelligence 21st of March 1915     22nd of March 1915 Quiet Night 30th of March 1915  Hostile MG Damaged?    31st of March 1915     31st of March 1915 Orders Issued   31st of March 1915    1st of April 1915 Orders   12th of April 1915 German Planes Active    13th of April 1915 Enemy Active   15th of April 1915 Enemy Very Quiet   17th of April 1915  Mines Exploded   17th April 1915 5th Division Attack   29th of April 1915 Very Quiet   30th of April 1915 Fairly Quiet Day    23rd of May 1915 Quiet Day   15th Jun 1915 Weather Improving 16th of July 1915 More Reliefs   18th of July 1915  Reconnaissance Made   23rd of July 1915 3rd Div Take Over   24th of July 1915 On the Move 30th of July 1915  Detrainment 2nd of August 1915 Trench Inspection 3rd of August 1915 Batteries Move 5th of August 1915  Quiet Day 25th of August 1915 Hostile Marsh Patrol   26th of August 1915  Reliefs   28th of August 1915 Special Service Pathans   14th of September 1915  Both Sides Retaliate   17th of September 1915 German Post Hit   10th of February 1916  MG Coys Join 4th of March 1916 Snow All Day 14th of July 1916 March is Continued 15th of July 1916  Orders 17th of July 1916  On the Move   23rd of July 1916 Longueval Attack Report   26th of August 1916  Into Action   31st of August 1916  Warning Order Issued   22nd of September 1916 Dispositions   23rd of September 1916 Reliefs   23rd September 1916 Operational Order No. 50.   24th September 1916 Operational Order No.51.   24th September 1916 Reliefs   25th Sep 1916 Attack Made   25th of September 1916  Instructions for Tanks   25th September 1916 Attack Made   16th of October 1916 Artillery Relief Complete   20th of March 1917  Composite Division Formed   27th of March 1917 In Corps Reserve   2nd of April 1917  Positions   8th of April 1917 HQ Moves 25th of April 1917 Canadians Take Over Front   28th of April 1917 Rest and Training   5th of May 1917  Wood Shelled   12th of May 1917 Bailleul Shelled   23rd of May 1917   Enemy Withdrawal?   26th of May 1917 Quiet Day   2nd of June 1917    10th of June 1917 Minor Op Planned   16th June 1917  Quiet Night   18th of June 1917   Aircraft Active   26th of June 1917  Quiet Day   6th of July 1917  A Brigade Relief   17th of July 1917 Quiet Time   29th of July 1917 Brigade Relief   10th of August 1917 Mostly Quiet   22nd of August 1917 Railway Shelled   10th of September 1917  Division to Move 11th of September 1917  Artillery Marches 2nd of October 1917   Heavy Shelling   17th of October 1917 Training   21st of October 1917 Offensive to be Resumed   8th of November 1917 Fairly Quiet   16th of November 1917 15th Brigade Entrain 19th of November 1917  Pioneers Move 26th of November 1917   HQ Closes and Re-opens 27th of November 1917 Entraining for Italy 28th of November 1917 Entraining for Italy 9th of April 1918 Orders 10th of April 1918  Relief Postponed 13th of April 1918 Enemy Attacks   16th of April 1918 Situation Quiet   17th of April 1918  A Relief and a Barrage   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   28th of April 1918 Artillery Quieter   30th of April 1918 Artillery Very Active   3rd of May 1918 Enemy Artillery Active    4th of May 1918 Situation Quiet   10th of May 1918 Gas Shells Used    15th of May 1918 Our Heavies Busy    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   15th of July 1918  Slight Shelling   18th of July 1918  Our Guns Active   24th of July 1918  Relief Completed   31st of July 1918 Relief Completed   9th of August 1918  Training   10th of August 1918  Training 13th of August 1918 Entraining Commenced 15th of August 1918  Training 18th of August 1918 On the Move   21st of August 1918  Division Advances   23rd of August 1918  Division Attacks   24th of August 1918  5th Division Co-operates   25th of August 1918 Brigades Move   26th of August 1918  Enemy Retreats   27th of August 1918 Quiet   28th of August 1918   Situation Unchanged   30th of August 1918  Advance Continues   31st of August 1918  Counter-Attack   1st of September 1918  Attack Sucessful   2nd of September 1918 Strongly Defended 3rd of September 1918  Enemy Withdraws   4th of September 1914 An Easier March 4th of September 1918 Divisional Relief 5th of September 1918 Rest and Training 8th of September 1918  Rest and Training   17th of September 1918 Back Areas Bombed   18th of September 1918 Attack Commences   19th of September 1918 Enemy Guns Quiet   20th of September 1918  Quiet Time   22nd of September 1918 Field Guns Active   6th of October 1918 Orders   23rd of October 1918 Heavy Bombardment 4th of November 1918 Attack Continued    10th of November 1918  Operations Continue   11th of November 1918 Armistice and a Report   13th of November 1918 Resting 24th November 1918 Rugby Football match. 10th of January 1919  Locations If you can provide any additional information, please add it here. Want to know more about 27 Brigade, Royal Field Artillery? There are:5529 items tagged 27 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 27 Brigade, Royal Field Artillery during the Great War 1914-1918. Bishop George Harry. Sgt. (d.21st Apr 1917) Franklin Henry William Joseph. Gnr. Martin John. Driver (d.29th Aug 1918) Street MM MID.. Edward George. Dvr. 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 27 Brigade, Royal Field Artillery from other sources. 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If the information here has been helpful or you have enjoyed reaching the stories please conside making a donation, no matter how small, would be much appreciated, annually we need to raise enough funds to pay for our web hosting or this site will vanish from the web. If you enjoy this site please consider making a donation. Announcements 22nd April 2024     Please note we currently have a massive backlog of submitted material, our volunteers are working through this as quickly as possible and all names, stories and photos will be added to the site. If you have already submitted a story to the site and your UID reference number is higher than 263973 your submission is still in the queue, please do not resubmit. Wanted: Digital copies of Group photographs, Scrapbooks, Autograph books, photo albums, newspaper clippings, letters, postcards and ephemera relating to the Great War. 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. 250808 Driver John Martin 176th (Leicester) Howitzer Battery Royal Field Artillery (d.29th Aug 1918) My grandfather John Martin volunteered for service around 10th June 1915 and joined 176th (Leicester) Howitzer Battery, RFA. He was a coal man by trade and it is possible his horse was commandeered for service use, leaving John with little choice but to join. At the time he was married with three children, the youngest (my father) was just 8 months old. Some time in 1916 or 17 his unit was disbanded and he was transferred, possibly direct to 27th Battery, RFA part of 32nd Brigade. He was killed in action on 29th of August 1918 and is buried in Windmill Cemetery located on the Arras to Cambrai road. Brian Martin Add to this record. 230771 Dvr. Edward George Street MM MID. 27th Brigade, 121st Bty. Royal Field Artillery My father, Edward George Street joined the RFA at Oxford, England in January 1913. He was in France and Belgium for the whole of the war, never seeing England until January 1919. He is listed as having been wounded on 15 occasions, reduced in rank for disobeying a direct order twice, one when he was Mentioned in Despatches in 1914 and again when he was awarded the MM in 1916. His artillery battery was in the front line (50-100 yards behind the trenches) from the first day of the war until the 27th Brigade was relieved and sent to the rear in December 1916, although my father was still in the front line, according to records, in May 1917. He is also listed as being at Passchendaele, Ypres in 1917. For those who may be interested, I have a copy (only 500 copies were made) of Sir John French's Despatches 1914 to December 1916. It relates the exact despatch sent to the King and the names of all the soldiers mentioned in the despatch. If anyone wants a copy of a Despatch, I am happy to provide it, free of charge, and post it to you anywhere. Colin Street Add to this record. Recomended Reading. Available at discounted prices.

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