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276th (3rd West Lancashire) Brigade, Royal Field Artillery 16th of September 1916 Ground Gained   If you can provide any additional information, please add it here. Want to know more about 276th (3rd West Lancashire) Brigade, Royal Field Artillery? There are:5230 items tagged 276th (3rd West Lancashire) 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 276th (3rd West Lancashire) Brigade, Royal Field Artillery during the Great War 1914-1918. Butler George Ernest. Gnr. (d.4th August 1917) Evans MM.. Reginald Charles. Gunner Evans MM.. Reginald Charles. Bmdr. Jones Percy Gainham. Gnr. (d.8th Aug 1917) Quinn Anthony. Pte. Smallshaw William. Dvr. 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William Smallshaw 57th Division Ammunition Column Royal Field Artillery (d.8th Jul 1917) William Smallshaw is my Great Uncle, he was born in Liverpool on 9th July 1886. The parental family home was at 119 Gwladys Street, Everton in Liverpool next to the Everton F.C. He was the eldest son of 12 children born to William John and Margret Ellen Smallshaw (nee Gilroy), the husband of Alice (nee Graham) on 11th May 1912, and father of William, Nora, and Alice. He was described by my great-aunt Hannah as a very responsible, mature family man of smaller stature, 5 feet 3 inches (1m 60cm), with a tattoo of Buffalo Bill on his left forearm. Interestingly, Buffalo Bill actually toured the UK in the 1900s and visited Liverpool twice during his time there. Maybe William saw him during that time. Prior to the start of the Great War in August 1914, William had served for four and a half years with the 1st West Lancashire Division, Liverpool, which had since been disbanded. In November 1915, the War Office authorised its reformation, now designated 55th (West Lancashire) Division. In December 1915 he was re-enlisted as a driver for the 57th (2nd/1st West Lancashire) Divisional Ammunition Column, Royal Field Artillery, which was a second-line unit for the Territorial Force, based at the Drill Hall on Stanley Street in Liverpool. In May 1916, as part of the Great War military force expansion, they became the 276th Brigade RFA DAC, commanded by Brigadier-General N.H. Bray. After completing further training in Aldershot they moved to France in February 1917 and disembarked at Le Havre. On 25th February they took over a section of the Western Front under the command of the II ANZAC Corps. On 6th of July 1917 near Estaires in France, William, another young driver Bartholomew Dodding 695980 (whose parents lived close by), plus others were severely injured by heavy enemy shelling. William and Bartholomew died from wounds on or about 8th July 1917, sadly on William’s 31st birthday. Both are buried at Merville Communal Cemetery Extension in France. Buried between them is Pte. H.P. Moore 335857, 2nd/10th Btn. Liverpool Scottish (The King’s Regiment). William had three brothers (George, Ernest, and James) who also served in the Great War. Of the four, only Ernest survived to see the Armistice in November 1918. My great-grandmother Margret Ellen was so overcome with grief at the loss of my three great-uncles in such a short space of time that she reacted by stripping the house of all their belongings. No one was allowed to discuss them as a way for her to try to move on with her life and what remained of her family. I won’t ever truly understand the pain she must have gone through with their loss. The Smallshaws are of a single-line family first recorded in the 13th century in an entry of the Court Rolls of Wakefield in Holne (now Holme) in the West Riding, Yorkshire, England under William de Smalschaghe (1277) and Robert de Smaleschawe (1298). In a Yorkshire Deed (1322) is mentioned the vaccary (a cow-pasture, of Lancashire origin) of Smaleshagh. The Smallshaw name is of 7th century origin Smael-sceaga, meaning a small wood (shaw). This homestead was to become a hamlet and is now a suburb of Ashton-Under-Lyne, Greater Manchester. In the 14th century, the Smallshaws left their homestead and settled in the ancient priory village of Upholland, Lancashire. The family are mentioned in various documents throughout and beyond the 17th century, particularly in the period of the English Civil War, they were Royalists. It is here they would remain, and the family origins would be traced to and then through the 19th century. It is at this time (1830s) during the advent of the Industrial Revolution when the nearby city of Liverpool expanded due to its thriving port. Like many families in this region during that time, some would relocate from their farming village communities in search of regular work in that city and even abroad. Lance Smallshaw Add to this record. 254912 Gnr. Percy Gainham Jones D Bty. 276th Brigade Royal Field Artillery (d.8th Aug 1917) Percy Jones was my uncle. His sister, Jessie Maud Jones, was my mother. She was 4 years old when he was killed aged 21. It was never spoken about. His brother Leslie Thomas Jones was killed in WW2. That was also never spoken about. "Lest We Forget". Helen Knight Add to this record. 248533 Gnr. George Ernest Butler 276th Brigade, B Bty. (d.4th August 1917) Memorial plaque on choristers bench within Bishop Latimer Church, Beeton Road, Winson Green, Birmingham. The Text of brass plaque reads: "In Memory of George Ernest Butler for some years a faithful chorister of this church who was killed in action France, August 4th 1917". It is located opposite the organ, third row on left of church, second seat from the left. Plaque measures 60mm by 155mm. Slightly recessed painted red cross in each corner, through which a brass domed screw passes with the slots resting horizontally. The initial letters (GEB) are again slightly recessed and painted in red. The rest of the letting is in black and stands slightly proud to the touch. (I am the carpenter who relaid the Lady Chapel floor during May 2018) Dave Stuteley Add to this record. 231185 Bmdr. Reginald Charles Evans MM. D Battery 276 Brigade My Grandfather, Reginald Evans won the M.M. on 30th November 1917 when serving with D Battery, 276 Brigade, 55th West Lancashire Division R.F.A. The action took place at Little Priel Farm during the Battle of Cambrai, and he was one of 12 men awarded medals, Sergeant Cyril E Gouley winning the V.C. He transferred to the 190th London Brigade and was a member of the Army of Occupation in Cologne. On 28th June 1919 he was one of the Gunners who took part in the 101 Gun Salute on the bank of the Rhine in Cologne, to come rate the signing of the Treaty of Versailles. Wayne Add to this record. 227952 Pte. Anthony Quinn 276 Brigade, C Bty. Royal Field Artillery My Grandad enlisted in August 1915. He arrived at Bolougne on the 4th of April 1916. He was part of D Battery 3rd West Lancashire Brigade, RFA. This merged into C Battery 278 Brigade on 24th of May 1916. Then A battery on 6th of October 1916. My grandad was posted to C/276th Brigade on 13th of February 1917. He was wounded in action on 25th of June 1917. It looks like he was in the battles of Messines, but need some further evidence of this. He got transferred back to the UK on the 16th of July 1917 for treatment for a gunshot wound to the chest. His medical records show he got shot in the back with an exit wound through his chest. He was disembodied from the Army in 1919. He also served with 78th Coy. Labour Corps. Martin Quinn Add to this record. 208251 Gunner Reginald Charles Evans MM. 276 Brigade, D Battery. Royal Field Artillary My Grandfather, Gunner Reginald Charles Evans, fought alongside Sgt. Cyril E. Gourlay V.C. at Little Priel Farm on 30th November 1917 during the German counter attack at the Battle of Cambrai, France. Sgt. Gourlay was awarded the V.C. for his actions that day, and all other men who helped him keep the 4.5 inch Howitzer firing against almost imposible odds were awarded at least the M.M. Wayne Finch Add to this record. Recomended Reading. Available at discounted prices.

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