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72nd Brigade, Royal Field Artillery    LXXII Brigade, Royal Field Artillery, made up of 226, 227 and 228 Batteries RFA and 72 Brigade Ammunition Column, served with 15th (Scottish) Division. 15th (Scottish) 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 were titled as A, B, C and D. They proceeded to France in the second week of July 1915. Their first major action was in the The Battle of Loos in September 1915. The Brigade Ammunition Column left on the 22nd of May 1916 merging with the other columns of the divisional artillery to form the 15th Divisional Ammunition Coumn. On 7 June 1916 D Battery exchanged with D Battery. 73 (Howitzer) Brigade of the same division and each adopted the other's name. In spring 1916, they were involved in the German gas attacks near Hulluch and the defence of the Kink position. They 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. 532 (Howitzer) Battery, which had just arrived in France, joined on the 16th of November 1916. On the 2nd of December 1916 C Battery was divided between A and B Battery to bring them up to six guns each. A new section of two howitzers joined D Battery. 72 Brigade left 15th (Scottish) Division on the 20th of January 1917 to become an Army Brigade RFA. The same day, B Battery 252 Brigade RFA, 50th Division joined on and was renamed C Battery, 72 Brigade RFA. 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