70th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery

   LXX Brigade, Royal Field Artillery, made up of 220, 221 and 222 Batteries RFA and the 71 Brigade Ammunition Column served with 15th (Scottish) Division. The Division was formed in September 1914, as part of Kitchener's Second New Army. In February 1915 the three six-gun batteries were reorganised to become four four-gun batteries and renamed A, B, C and D. 70 Brigade proceeded to France in the second week of July 1915. They were in action in the The Battle of Loos in 1915.
In spring 1916, they were involved in the German gas attacks near Hulluch and the defence of the Kink position. On the 22nd of May 1916 71 Brigade Ammunition Column merged with other columms of the divisional artillery to form the 15th Divisional Ammunition Column. On 7th of June 1916 D Battery, 71 Brigade exchanged with B Battery, 73 (Howitzer) Brigade and each adopted the other's name.
71 Brigade were in action during the Battles of the Somme, including The Battle of Pozieres, The Battle of Flers-Courcelette and the capture of Martinpuich, The Battle of Le Transloy and the attacks on the Butte de Warlencourt. The brigade was reorganised in early December 1916. C Battery was divided between A and B Battery to bring them up to six guns each, with C Battery, 73 (Howitzer) Brigade joining and being renamed C Battery, 71 Brigade. On the 22nd of January 1917 a section of two howitzers moved from 532 (Howitzer) Battery, 72 Brigade to bring D Battery up to six guns.
In 1917 they were in action in The First and Second Battle of the Scarpe, including the capture of Guemappe during the Arras Offensive. They then moved north to Flanders and were in action during the The Battle of Pilckem and The Battle of Langemark. In 1918 they fought in The First Battle of Bapaume, The First Battle of Arras, The Battle of the Soissonnais and the Ourcq taking part in the attack on Buzancy, and The Final Advance in Artois.

29th July 1915 Daily Battery Activity 6th London Brigade RFA   6th London Brigade Royal Field Artillery record in their war diary: The remaining section of the 15th London Battery and one section of the 16th London Battery were relieved by sections of Batteries of the 71st Brigade, RFA last night. D Battery of the 70th Brigade, RFA was in position at Vermelles, should have relieved the 17th London Battery, but having lost its way, failed to put in an appearance until 0400. As it was then daylight the relief had to be postponed.

22nd Aug 1915 Artillery Duel

25th Aug 1915 Heavy Shelling

21st Sep 1915 Artillery in Action

22nd Sep 1915 Bombardment

23rd Sep 1915 Bombardment

24th Sep 1915 Bombardment

25th Sep 1915 In Action

26th Sep 1915 Heavy Shelling

1st Dec 1915 Instruction

2nd Dec 1915 Instruction

3rd Dec 1915 Instruction

27th Dec 1915 Relief

28th Dec 1915 Relief Complete

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L/Bdr. Ernest Pickering B Bty. 70th Brigade Royal Field Artillery (d.11th Apr 1918)

Ernest Pickering, born 1882 in Atherstone, Warwickshire joined the colours in 1901 with the 4th Battalion, Kings Royal Rifles Regiment and served in the 2nd Boer Campaign in South Africa. He earned the Orange Free State clasp and both 1901 and 1902 medals. He later transferred to the 2nd Battalion KRR, moving to India where he served for 6 years.
In 1916, at age 35, he answered the call and re-enlisted with the Royal Field Artillery. He served in France and in April 1918, not long after returning from home leave, was killed in action at Arras. His memorial is at Faubourg d'Amiens Cemetery in France.
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Pte. Walter Charles Price 70th Brigade Royal Field Artillery

My story is very bitty as my great uncle, Walter Price was never discussed when I was younger and in my mid teens I discovered his campaign and war medals in a drawer under a load of rubbish. Along with the medals I discovered a photo of him before he went to the front line.
He came back from France in 1919 after being demobbed and spent the rest of his life in the mental health asylum in Talgarth, passing away in 1935 aged 39. My mother then handed what we had of him to my horrible Aunty and that was it. Both my mother and Aunty have passed on and I have no idea where the medals and photo are.
Joan Bridgwood

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