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31st Heavy Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery



   31st Heavy Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery proceeded to France with 4th Division, being amongst the first troops to arrive on the Western Front. Equipped with 60pounder guns, they saw action in the Battle of Mons, The Marne, The Aisne and First Ypres as well as the Winter operations of 1914-15.

18th Aug 1914 Concentration

19th Aug 1914 Concentration

22nd Aug 1914  31st Heavy Battery proceed to France  31st Heavy Battery RGA arrive in France

22nd Aug 1914 Move

23rd Aug 1914 On the Move

24th Aug 1914 On the Move

26th Aug 1914 Shellfire

27th Aug 1914 Enemy Advance

27th August 1914 On the Move

28th Aug 1914 Enemy Advance

28th Aug 1914 On the March

29th Aug 1914 In Action

29th Aug 1914 On the March

30th Aug 1914 Rear Guard

30th of August 1914 A Hot March

30th Aug 1914 On the March

31st Aug 1914 Rear Guard

31st August 1914 Continued withdrawals

31st Aug 1914 On the March

1st Sep 1914 Rear Guard

1st Sep 1914 On the March

1st Sep 1914 On the March

2nd Sep 1914 Rear Guard

2nd Sep 1914 On the March

3rd Sep 1914 Rear Guard

3rd of September 1914 Across the Marne

3rd Sep 1914 On the March

4th Sep 1914 Rear Guard

4th Sep 1914 At Rest

5th Sep 1914 Rear Guard

6th Sep 1914 Advance Guard

6th Sep 1914 On the March

7th Sep 1914 Advance Guard

8th Sep 1914 Advance Guard

9th September 1914 Battle of Marne

9th Sep 1914 Bridging

10th of September 1914 Marching

17th September 1914 

30th Oct 1914 Under Shellfire

5th December 1914 Quiet

9th December 1914 Uniforms

19th Dec 1914 British attack

19th Dec 1914 Attack Made

6th Nov 1915 Shelling  location map

9th Nov 1915 High Winds  location map

10th Nov 1915 In Action  location map

1st Feb 1916 Misty  location map

1st Feb 1916 Shelling  location map

2nd Feb 1916 Bombardment  location map

2nd Feb 1916 Artillery Active  location map

3rd Feb 1916 Bombardment  location map

4th Feb 1916 Quiet  location map

5th Feb 1916 Aircraft Active  location map

6th Feb 1916 Some Shelling  location map

7th Feb 1916 Air Raid  location map

8th Feb 1916 Artillery in Action  location map

9th Feb 1916 Artillery in Action  location map

10th Feb 1916 Artillery in Action  location map

11th Feb 1916 Artillery Active  location map

12th Feb 1916 Heavy Shelling  location map

13th Feb 1916 Shelling  location map

14th Feb 1916 Heavy Shelling  location map

15th Feb 1916 Hostile Batteries  location map

16th Feb 1916 High Winds  location map

17th Feb 1916 High Winds  location map

18th Feb 1916 Observation Difficult  location map

19th Feb 1916 Rounds Fired  location map

20th Feb 1916 Enemy Aircraft  location map

21st Feb 1916 Hostile Battery  location map

22nd Feb 1916 Trenches Bombarded  location map

1st May 1916 In Action  location map

2nd May 1916 Retaliation  location map

3rd Sep 1916 Reorganisation

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31st Heavy Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery

during the Great War 1914-1918.

  • Dawe Leonard Reth. Gnr. (d.21st Oct 1917)

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Gnr. Leonard Reth Dawe 31st Heavy Battery Royal Garrison Artillery (d.21st Oct 1917)

Leonard Dawe was my cousin and I have a copy of the notification of death sent to his widow but I cannot read where the death occurred other than at "St John's Hospital....???" Would records show where this hospital was situated and where he was buried please?

Editors note: Leonard is buried in the Etaples Military Cemetery, which is situated to the north of the town of Etaples on the coast of Northern France not far from Boulogne. There were a number of hospitals around the town and it is very likely that St John's Hospital was the St. John Ambulance Brigade Hospital which was at Etaples. The most likely scenario is that Leonard was injured and evacuated from the front line to the hospital where he died of his wounds.

Marjorie Cunningham






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