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87 Brigade, Royal Field Artillery
LXXXVII Brigade, Royal Field Artillery, served with 19th (Western) Division. The Division was formed in September 1914, as part of Kitchener's Second New Army. The new units concentrated in the Bulford area with the infantry being based at Tidworth, Ludgershall and Grately. The battalions spent the winter in billets in Andover, Whitchurch, Basingstoke and Weston-super-Mare, returning to the area around Tidworth on the 15th of March 1915. They proceeded to France in mid July and concentrated near St Omer. Their first action was at Pietre, in a diversionary action supporting the Battle of Loos. In 1916 They were in action during the Battle of the Somme, capturing La Boisselle and being involved in The attacks on High Wood, The Battles of Pozieres Ridge, the Ancre Heights and the Ancre. In 1917 they were in action in The Battle of Messines and the Third Battles of Ypres. In 1918 They fought on The Somme during The Battle of St Quentin and The Battle of Bapaume and in the Battles of the Lys at Messines, Bailleul and The First Battle of Kemmel Ridge. They fought in The Battle of the Aisne and during the Final Advance in Picardly they were in action in The Battle of the Selle, The Battle of the Sambre and the passage of the Grand Honelle. At the Armitice were were in billets near Bavay. Demobilisation began in December 1918 and the final cadres returned to England on the 27th of June 1919.
2nd Apr 1917 Heavy Snow
1st Oct 1916 Orders
2nd Oct 1916 Brigades Training
3rd Oct 1916 Reliefs
4th Oct 1916 On the Move
6th Oct 1916 Orders 
8th Oct 1916 Orders Issued
12th Oct 1916 Shelling
14th Oct 1916 Orders
15th Oct 1916 Orders
1st Dec 1916 Training
2nd Dec 1916 Training
5th Dec 1916 On the Move
7th Dec 1916 On the Move
18th Dec 1916 Inspections
21st Dec 1916 Sports Medals
22nd Dec 1916 Company Training
31st Dec 1916 Training
1st Apr 1917 Artillery Registration
3rd Apr 1917 Blizzard
4th Apr 1917 Artillery Active
5th of April 1917 Severe Retaliation
5th Apr 1917 Some Shelling
6th Apr 1917 Artilery in Support
7th Apr 1917 Shelling
8th Apr 1917 Artillery Registration
9th Apr 1917 Hail Stones
23rd Mar 1918 Heavy Fighting
24th Mar 1918 Fighting Withdrawal
4th of April 1918 Hostile Shelling
22nd Sep 1918 Enemy Wire
23rd Sep 1918 Enemy Wire
24th Sep 1918 Enemy Wire
25th Sep 1918 Infantry Patrols
26th Sep 1918 Night Patrols
27th Sep 1918 Patrols
28th Sep 1918 Enemy Posts
30th Sep 1918 Attack Made
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Those known to have served with87 Brigade, Royal Field Artillery during the Great War 1914-1918. - Halkett Alexander Laing. Gnr. (d.17th February 1917)
- Hill MM.. James William. Cpl.
- Sellens MM.. William Charles Henry. A/Sgt.
- Stopford DCM, MM.. Frederick. Gnr.
- Wood Frank Arthur. Gnr. (d.27th Feb 1917)
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249923 Gnr. Alexander Laing Halkett 87th Brigade Royal Field Artillery (d.17th February 1917) Alex Halkett was my great uncle. He worked as a wheelwright at Rosyth Dockyard. He was also a footballer and played for Dundee and Aberdeen of which team he was captain. He joined up in 1916.
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224703 A/Sgt. William Charles Henry Sellens MM. 87th Brigade., A Bty. Royal Field Artillery Will Sellens enlisted in December 1914, and made his way up through the ranks from gunner to acting sergent. He served most of the war in A Battery, 87th Brigade, finishing in 190th Brigade.
He won the MM some time towards the end of 1917 (listed in the Times in December 1917).
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219536 Gnr. Frank Arthur Wood 87th Brigade, C Coy. Royal Field Artillery (d.27th Feb 1917) Frank Wood was my maternal grandfather's younger brother. He served with the C Coy, 87th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery and was killed at the Somme on 27th February 1917. He is buried at the Puchevillers British Cemetery. Frank's parents visited his grave in 1919.
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218034 Gnr. Frederick Stopford DCM, MM. 87th Brigade Royal Field Artillery Gnr. Fred Stopford served with the Royal Field Artillery 87th Brigade. He wasn't a relative of mine but I'm proud to say that I own his war medals, he won the DCM & the MM.
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209416 Cpl. James William Hill MM. 87th Brigade, H2, A Battery Royal Field Artillery My husband`s great Grandad, James Hill, was awarded the Croix de Guerre when defending Kemmel Hill near Ypres on 25th April 1918 with 19th Division. His citation reads thus: Setting a splendid example of coolness and courage. Being ordered to remove the dial sight and the breachblock of his gun and being attacked by a German 30 yards away he took a rifle and killed his enemy. He then fired on a number of the enemy who had advanced within 150 yards of the Battery and held them in check, thus allowing the men of his Battery to get away.
He resumed his job as a policeman when he returned home but died 12 months after the war ended from poison gas effects at the age of 33.
His daughter either sold or gave away his medals and we would love to buy them back. We know all his medals are together and are owned by a dealer in the Suffolk area at this moment in time. I find his story fascinating and have managed to find out a great deal about him through various websites.
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Artillery Operations of the Ninth British Corps at Messines, June 1917 Army War College (U.S.)
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