42nd Brigade, Royal Field Artillery

   42nd Brigade, Royal Field Artillery, made up of 41st, 45th and 29th Batteries, were at Bulford when war broke out in 1914. They proceeded to France with the British Expeditionary Force.

4th Aug 1914 Orders

13th Aug 1914 Mobilization

16th Aug 1914 On the Move

17th Aug 1914 On the Move

19th Aug 1914 On the Move

20th Aug 1914 On the Move

21st Aug 1914 On the Move

22nd August 1914 Taking up stations in assigned areas.

22nd Aug 1914 On the March

23rd Aug 1914 Into Positions

24th Aug 1914 In Action

25th Aug 1914 Rear Guard

26th Aug 1914 Heavy Firing

27th Aug 1914 On the March

27th Aug 1917 Lack of a Map

28th Aug 1914 On the March

28th Aug 1917 On the March

29th Aug 1914 On the March

29th Aug 1917 Waiting

30th Aug 1914 On the March

31st Aug 1914 On the March

12th Oct 1914 In Action

14th Oct 1914 Alarm

27th of October 1914 A Counter Attack

27th Oct 1914 Attack Made

28th Oct 1914 Reliefs

28th Oct 1914 New Position

4ht of June 1915

6th of June 1915 Artillery assigned

28th September 1915 Relieved from Trench Duty

6th November 1915 Football Final

30th November 1916 Left Group operational Order No. 1.

30th November 1916 Issued with Left Group Operation Order No.1.

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Lc.Bmdr. B. C. Shreeve 129th Bty. 42nd Bde. Royal Field Artillery

Lance Bombardier Shreeve died on 9th February 1920 and is buried Between main path and west boundary in the Cahir Military Plot in Co. Tipperary, Ireland.
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QMS Herbert Gladstone Booth 1st East Lancashire Brigade Royal Field Artillery (d.2nd Dec 1914)

Herbert Booth died on the 2nd of December 1914, aged 31. He is buried in the Cairo War Memorial Cemetery, Cairo, Egypt, husband of Martha Ann Booth, of 9 Cairo St., Burnley, Lancashire.
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