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75 Brigade, Royal Field Artillery



   LXXV Brigade, Royal Field Artillery, initially made up of 235, 236 and 237 Batteries RFA and the Brigade Ammunition Column, served with 16th (Irish) Division. The 16th Irish Division was established by the Irish Command in September 1914, as part of Kitchener's Second New Army. They moved to England and into barracks in Aldershot by the end of the month. On 23 January 1915 the three six-gun batteries were reorganised to become four four-gun batteries and were titled as A, B, C and D. In July 1915 they left the 16th (Irish) Division and underwent training on Salisbury Plain. They landed at Le Havre on the 3rd of September 1915 and joined the Guards Division. In Autumn 1915 they were in action in The Battle of Loos.

The Brigade Ammunition Column left the brigade on the 13th of May 1916 merging with the other columns of the divisional artillery to form the Guards Divisional Ammunition Column.

In 1916 they fought on the Somme at the The Battle of Flers-Courcelette and The Battle of Morval, in which the Division captured Lesboeufs. The batteries were reorganised on 14th of November 1916 becoming six-gun units. Two guns of B Battery joined A and C Batteries. B Battery, 61 Brigade RFA joined, merging with half of D Battery 76 (Howitzer) Brigade to become D (Howitzer) Battery, 75 Brigade.

In 1917 they saw action during The German retreat to the Hindenburg Line and Third Battle of Ypres including The Battle of Pilkem, The Battle of the Menin Road, The Battle of Poelkapelle and The First Battle of Passchendale. In 1918 They fought on the Somme during The Battle of St Quentin, The Battle of Bapaume, The Battle of Albert and The Second Battle of Bapaume. Also The 1918 First Battle of Arras, The Battle of Havrincourt, The Battle of the Canal du Nord, The Battle of Cambrai 1918, The pursuit to The Selle, The Battle of the Selle and The Battle of the Sambre

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75 Brigade, Royal Field Artillery

during the Great War 1914-1918.

  • Ball John Buckley. Sgt. (d.4th September 1917)
  • Pengelly Sydney John. Cpl. (d.5th June 1917)
  • Thorpe Walter. Gnr.

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Gnr. Walter Thorpe B Bty. 75th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery

Walter Thorpe, B Bty., 75 Brigade, RFA_is at centre of photo with black moustache.

My great-grandfather Walter Thorpe was gassed during WW1. We have a large photo of him in August 1919 as part of B Battery, 75th Brigade RFA, serving in the BAOR. Other than that, we are struggling to find more information about when he joined, if he joined originally as part of B Battery. I have managed to get hold of the 75th Brigade War Diaries but would be interested to know of anyone with personal war diaries.

Ian Osborne




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Sgt. John Buckley Ball C Battery, 75th Brigade Royal Field Artillery (d.4th September 1917)

John and William Ball

John Ball was the youngest of two brothers who served in the RFA during WW1. His brother, William Harry Ball, was given the Belgian Croix de Guerre and survived the war. Sadly, John was killed in action we think at the Battle of Pilkem in 1917

ID tag for William Harry Ball

Nikki Ball




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Cpl. Sydney John Pengelly "D" Battery, 75th Brigade Royal Field Artillery (d.5th June 1917)

Sydney Pengelly was one of 9 brothers, 5 of whom were old enough to enlist and did, all were injured, sadly, Sydney was killed.

Part of the huge Artillery force set up to crush the German resistance they were possibly moved forward at the end of May.

The 75th Brigade RFA set up gun positions north of Wulverghem on either side of the Wytschaete Road,under heavy German fire including Gas. The Howitzers of "D" Battery replied with gas the next day 6th June. At some stage the Germans replied and he was hit. The crew were taken to the ADS at Kandahar Farm and, then sadly, to the cemetery next door.

He rests alongside a

  • Sgt Sidney Jackson 4611, who died the same day and two more "D" Battery boys
  • Gunner Ernest Corns 1811
  • Driver Alexander Stevens 4487 who died the next day, possibly part of the same Gun crew.

Sadly not mentioned on the Newbridge Wales War Memorial

Paul Pengelly






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