83 Brigade, Royal Field Artillery

   LXXXIII Brigade, Royal Field Artillery, served with 18th (Eastern) Division. 18th (Eastern) Division was established in September 1914, as part of Kitchener's Second New Army. The Division initially concentrated in the Colchester area but moved to Salisbury Plain in May 1915. They proceeded to France in July and concentrated near Flesselles. In 1916 they were in action on The Somme in The Battle of Albert capturing their objectives near Montauban, The Battle of Bazentin Ridge including the capture of Trones Wood, The Battle of Delville Wood, The Battle of Thiepval Ridge, The Battle of the Ancre Heights playing a part in the capture of the Schwaben Redoubt and Regina Trench and The Battle of the Ancre. In 1917 they took part in the Operations on the Ancre including Miraumont and the capture of Irles, the fought during The German retreat to the Hindenburg Line and in The Third Battle of the Scarpe before moving to Flanders. They were in action in The Battle of Pilkem Ridge, The Battle of Langemarck and The First and Second Battle of Passchendaele. In 1918 they saw action during The Battle of St Quentin, The Battle of the Avre, The actions of Villers-Brettoneux, The Battle of Amiens and The Battle of Albert where the Division captured the Tara and Usna hills near La Boisselle and once again captured Trones Wood. They fought in The Second Battle of Bapaume, The Battle of Epehy, The Battle of the St Quentin Canal, The Battle of the Selle and The Battle of the Sambre. At the Armistice the Division was in XIII Corps Reserve near Le Cateau and demobilisation began on the 10th of December 1918.

29th Jul 1915 Concentration

7th Sep 1915 Under Fire

9th Sep 1915 Enemy Holding Mine Crater

11th Sep 1915 Exchange of Fire

13th Sep 1915 Enemy Snipers Approach

15th Sep 1915 Snipers & Artillery less Active

26th Sep 1915 Reliefs

29th Sep 1915 Trenches Under Shellfire

1st Oct 1915 10th Essex in Trenches

7th Oct 1915 Reliefs

11th Oct 1915 In Reserve

16th Oct 1915 Mine Exploded

17th Oct 1915 Working Parties

22nd Oct 1915 Shelling

9th Dec 1915 Songs on the Dug-Out "Piano"

27th Mar 1918 Praise

2nd of October 1918 Orders

5th of October 1918 Orders

6th of October 1918 Orders

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83 Brigade, Royal Field Artillery
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Bodsworth Richard. Bmbdr. (d.25th Oct 1917)
Carver Christian Creswell. Lt. (d.23rd July 1917)
Dickers MSM. William. Sgt.
Flipping William. Gnr. (d.19th July 1916)
Lowe Henry. A/Bdr. (d.12th Oct 1917)
Mason Conrad. Cpl (d.1st Oct 1917)
Reynolds VC.. Douglas. Maj. (d.23rd Feb 1916)
Sowler Ernest Nettleship. Drv. (d.25th Jul 1917)
Stone VC, MM.. Charles Edwin. Gnr.

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Maj. Douglas Reynolds VC. 83rd Bde. Royal Field Artillery (d.23rd Feb 1916)

Douglas Reynolds was killed in action on the 23rd if February 1916 and is buried in in the Etaples Military Cemetery, France. He was the husband of Mrs. Douglas Reynolds, of Clerkley Court, Leatherhead, Surrey
An extract from the"London Gazette, Number 28976, dated 16th Nov., 1914, recording the award of V.C., reads:- "At Le Cateau, on 26th Aug., he took up two teams and limbered up two guns under heavy Artillery and Infantry fire, and though the enemy was within 100 yards, he got one gun away safely. At Pisseloup, on 9th Sept., he reconnoitred at close range, discovered a battery which was holding up the advance and silenced it. He was severely wounded 15th Sept., 1914."
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Drv. Ernest Nettleship Sowler 83rd Brigade Royal Field Artillery (d.25th Jul 1917)

Ernest Sowler was my great-uncle Ernie, one of 12 children of John Sowler of Lucan Street. He was one of the younger sons and allegedly the favourite one. His older brother, my great-uncle Jack, was allegedly the black sheep of the family and was in the Indian Army before the First World War. He came back to fight in the war in France, and I was told that the two brothers met at Hellfire Corner in Ypres. Of course, the black sheep lived to a ripe old age and the favourite son was killed.
After the war, Ernest's parents had enough money to visit the grave in "Silly beck" churchyard, but they were told there was no point in going as his grave had been blown up. In the 1990s I looked in vain for his name on a memorial stone, so I wrote to the Commonwealth War Graves Commission and they told me where he was buried. The following year I found his gravestone memorial in Railway Dugouts Burial Ground (Transport Farm).
Peter Sowler

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Gnr. William Flipping 83rd Brigade, D Battery Royal Field Artillery (d.19th July 1916)

William Flipping served with D Battery, 83rd Brigade, Royal Field Artillery.
Paul Richardson

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Lt. Christian Creswell Carver 83rd Brigade, A Bty. Royal Field Artillery (d.23rd July 1917)

Lieutenant Christian Carver served with A Battery, 83rd Brigade, Royal Field Artillery.
Caroline Hunt

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Sgt. William Dickers MSM 68 Bty. 14th Brigade

My grandfather, Sgt. William Dickers, 68th Battery RFA was wounded in December 1914 at Rouen. He was was the Battery Sergeant Major of B Battery, 83rd Brigade RFA from 1916 to 1919.
Rob Dickers

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A/Bdr. Henry Lowe 83rd Bde. C Bty. Royal Field Artillery (d.12th Oct 1917)

Acting Bombadier Henry Lowe 79215 with C Battery of the 83rd RFA. As a signaller of the Forward Observation Battery Henry(Harry) was in the very front of the brigade, almost in the line of reserves of the attacking infantry. After the jump off of the attack at 5.20 am 12 Oct, the Germans replied by enormous artillery fire, it was this fire that caught Henry.
He was killed near Vancouver Corner, the spot where Canadians were attacked with gas on 22 April 1915 and where is now a Canadian Memorial. After he was killed he was buried at Vlamertinghe New Military Cemetery. According to a letter from his 2nd Lieutenant H. Ashton he died instantly from a piece of shell hitting him in the heart. He was trying to repair wire whilst being shelled and was sheltering in a shell hole which was hit by another shell. He was the 3rd son to give his life in WWI
Heather Lowe

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