17th Heavy Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery

   17th Heavy Battery was raised as divisional artillery for 17th (Northern) Divsion in September 1914, as part of Kitchener's Second New Army. They left the Division and proceeded to France on the 9th of October 1915.

7th Oct 1915 On the Move

16th Oct 1915 Transfer

6th of November 1915 Heavies in Action

7th of November 1915 Gun is Bulged

8th of November 1915 A Newspaper Delivery

11th of November 1915 Persistent Shelling

12th of November 1915 A Quiet Day

14th of November 1915 A Flag Removed

15th of November 1915 Heavy Snow

16th of November 1915 A Spy Killed

18th of November 1915 Transport Heard

21st of November 1915 Patrol

22nd of November 1915 Three Enemy Killed

24th of November 1915 Artillery Active

25th of November 1915 Enemy Building Redoubts

26th of November 1915 Air Raid

27th of November 1915 Heavies Retaliate

28th of November 1915 Working Party Dispersed

29th of November 1915 Enemy Transport Shelled

3rd Mar 1916 Orders

8th Mar 1916 Transfer

16th Mar 1916 Reorganisation

21st of May 1916 A Heavy Bombardment

10th Jun 1916 Transfer

19th Jan 1917 Transfer

23rd Jan 1917 Reorganisation

30th Jan 1917 On the Move

5th Sep 1917 Transfer

28th Oct 1917 At Rest

10th Nov 1917 On the Move

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Gnr. Frank Sprot Tait Smith 17th Heavy Battery Royal Garrison Artillery

Frank Smith is my Grandfather and we lived in the same house for most of my youth. I cannot remember him ever speaking of his life in the army. In fact he spoke very little within the home as I recall.
Ian Gardner

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