32 Brigade, Royal Field Artillery

   XXXII Brigade, Royal Field Artillery, made up of 27, 134 and 135 Batteries and their Ammunition Column, served as Divisional Artillery with 4th Division. The Division was held back from the original British Expeditionary Force by a last minute decision to defend England against a possible German landing. The fate of the BEF in France and the lack of any move by the Enemy to cross the channel, reversed this decision and they proceeded to France in late August. They were in action at the The Battle of the Marne, The Battle of the Aisne and at The Battle of Messines in 1914. In 1915 they fought in The Second Battle of Ypres. D Battery, 32 Brigade RFA, formed by a section joining from each 86 (Howitzer) Battery and 128 (Howitzer) Battery ex 127 Brigade, had joined by June 1916. In 1916 moved south and were in action during the Battles of the Somme. On the 14th of January 1917, D Battery was dissolved and the two sections returned to their original Batteries, being replaced 86 (Howtizer) Battery arriving from 127 Brigade. In 1917 they were at Arras, in action during the The First and Third Battles of the Scarpe, before heading north for the Third Battle of Ypres, where they fought in The Battle of Polygon Wood, The Battle of Broodseinde, The Battle of Poelcapelle and The First Battle of Passchendaele. In 1918 they were in action on The Somme, then returned to Flanders fighting in the Defence of Hinges Ridge during The Battle of Hazebrouck and in The Battle of Bethune, The Advance in Flanders The Second Battles of Arras, the Battles of the Hindenburg Line and the Final Advance in Picardy.

15th Aug 1914 Move

18th Aug 1914 Concentration

19th Aug 1914 Concentration

22nd Aug 1914 Move

23rd Aug 1914 On the Move

24th Aug 1914 On the Move

25th Aug 1914 Guns Saved

26th Aug 1914 32nd Brigade Royal Field Artillery go into action  32nd Brigade Royal Field Artillery have their first taste of action at the Battle of le Cateau.

26th Aug 1914 32nd Brigade RFA in action  32nd Brigade Royal Field Artillery are in action at the Battle of Le Cateau.

26th Aug 1914 Shellfire

27th Aug 1914 Enemy Advance

27th August 1914 On the Move

28th Aug 1914 Enemy Advance

28th Aug 1914 On the March

29th Aug 1914 In Action

29th Aug 1914 On the March

30th Aug 1914 Rear Guard

30th of August 1914 A Hot March

30th Aug 1914 On the March

31st Aug 1914 Rear Guard

31st August 1914 Continued withdrawals

31st Aug 1914 On the March

1st Sep 1914 Rear Guard

1st Sep 1914 On the March

1st Sep 1914 On the March

2nd Sep 1914 Rear Guard

2nd Sep 1914 On the March

3rd Sep 1914 Rear Guard

3rd of September 1914 Across the Marne

3rd Sep 1914 On the March

4th Sep 1914 Rear Guard

4th Sep 1914 At Rest

5th Sep 1914 Rear Guard

6th Sep 1914 Advance Guard

6th Sep 1914 On the March

7th Sep 1914 Advance Guard

8th Sep 1914 Advance Guard

9th September 1914 Battle of Marne

9th Sep 1914 Bridging

10th of September 1914 Marching

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13th Oct 1914 On the March

30th Oct 1914 Under Shellfire

2nd Nov 1914 In Action

5th December 1914 Quiet

9th December 1914 Uniforms

19th Dec 1914 British attack

19th Dec 1914 Attack Made

6th Jul 1915 135 Bty in the Front Line

2nd of February 1916 Moving to the Trenches

7th of February 1916 New Sector

8th of February 1916 Shelling

9th of February 1916 Villages Shelled

10th of February 1916 Shelling and Bombs

11th of February 1916 Shelling

12th of February 1916 A Line Rearrangement

13th of February 1916 German Trenches Shelled

16th of February 1916 Collapsing Trenches

19th of February 1916 Under Heavy Fire

21st of February 1916 Active German Patrols

23rd of February 1916 Weather Turns

24th of February 1916 Marching to the Line

24th of February 1916 Snowy Weather

25th of February 1916 Heavy Snow and a German Patrol

26th of February 1916 A Store Burns

27th of February 1916 36th Divisional Artillery Arrive

28th Feb 1916 Relief

5th of March 1916 Relief Completed

1st July 1916 Bombardment

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Grant MM.. George. Sgt.
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Drv. John Cornelius Albert Farley 32nd Brigade, 27th Bty. Royal Field Artillery (d.9th Nov 1914)

I don't know much about John Farley, only that he has no known grave and is listed on the Menin Gate. He joined the 27th Battery RFA on 13th of October 1914. He left a young wife and unborn son.
Sheila Merritt

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Dvr. Thomas William Thomas 35th Bty, 32nd Brigade Royal Field Artillery (d.22nd Jan 1917)

Thomas Thomas served as a driver with the RFA. He had enlisted on the 17 October 1907 and served four years in India before the war, completinghis service in october 1913. In august 1914 he was mobilized and joined 35th Battery, 32nd Brigade Royal Field Artillery as a driver at Woolwich. He was discharged as no longer physically fit for war service on the 1st of June 1915. Thomas died at home on 22nd January 1917.
Allen Murray Thomas

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Sgt. George Grant MM. 27th Battery 32nd Brigade

George Grant was my great uncle. He was born on 6th October 1896 at Sheppey, Kent, the fourth child and third son of Lewis and Fanny Grant. By the age of fourteen George had joined the Royal Field Artillery, 43rd Brigade, and was recorded at Woolwich Barracks in the 1911 census. He was a trumpeter. By the time the First War started he was in 32nd Brigade, 27th Battery, and also spent two years with the Brigade's Ammunition Column between 1915 and 1917. He received the Military Medal for bravery in the field, and the General Service Medal with Iraq clasp.
After the war George married Minnie and had two sons, one of whom described him as "always the life and soul of the party". He died in Brighton.
Zena Grant

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Gnr. Charles Gordon White 460(H) Bty. Royal Field Artillery (d.3rd June 1918)

Charles Gordon White, Gunner 33960, enlisted in Newcastle on the 2nd September 1912 and served in 460 bty. Royal Field Artillery and died on the 3rd June 1918. He is remembered at St. Paul's Church and is buried in Douchy les Ayette British Cemetery. His medal card records the award of the 1915 Star, War and Victory Medals.
Charles was born in Tursdale Colliery 1890. His mother was Sally White. He was married to Beatrice Ellen White. In the 1911 census they are living at West Terrace, Coxhoe. Charles(20) is a Coal Miner Rolleyman and Beatrice (19) has been married for 2 years. They have a daughter Sarah one year old. Beatrice remarried and effects were sent to Mrs BE Murray, 49 Charles Street, Jarrow.
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