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1/1st Highland Heavy Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery    The 1/1st Highland (Fifeshire) Heavy Battery was part of the 51st (Highland) Division TF who had just set out for thier annual summer camp when war was declared in August 1914. The Division returned home and were sent to Bedford the following week for training . The Highland (Fifeshire) Heavy Battery proceeded to France with 51st Division in late April 1915, equipped with four 4.7-inch guns. Shortly after the Division arrived in Flanders, there was an attack on Ypres, the first using poison gas and the Highland Division was rushed into action to the defend Ypres On 3rd May 1915 the Battery joined IV Brigade HA. 3rd May 1915 On the Move 6th May 1915 On the Move 3rd Jul 1915 On the Move 20th Aug 1915 Reorganisation 4th Sep 1915 Attachment 7th Nov 1915 Attachment Ends 14th Jun 1916 Artillery Transfer 5th July 1916 Reorganisation 27th July 1916 Change of Command 2nd Dec 1916 Refitting 10th Dec 1916 Training 23rd Jan 1917 Reorganisation 29th Jan 1917 Training 19th Feb 1917 On the Move 14th Mar 1917 Reorganisation 21st Mar 1917 Change of Command 16th May 1917 Change of Command 29th May 1917 Transfer 26th Jun 1917 Change of Command 7th Jul 1917 Reorganisation 11th Sep 1917 Change of Command 17th Oct 1917  Rejoining 27th Oct 1917 Change of Command If you can provide any additional information, please add it here. Want to know more about 1/1st Highland Heavy Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery? There are:5253 items tagged 1/1st Highland Heavy Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery available in our Library   These include information on officers, regimental histories, letters, diary entries, personal accounts and information about actions during the Great War. Those known to have served with 1/1st Highland Heavy Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery during the Great War 1914-1918. Skull Percy John. Gnr. Turnbull Robert Joseph. Gunner (d.30th May 1917) All names on this list have been submitted by relatives, friends, neighbours and others who wish to remember them, if you have any names to add or any recollections or photos of those listed, please Add a Name to this List Records of 1/1st Highland Heavy Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery from other sources. 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If you have any unwanted photographs, documents or items from the First or Second World War, please do not destroy them. The Wartime Memories Project will give them a good home and ensure that they are used for educational purposes. Please get in touch for the postal address, do not sent them to our PO Box as packages are not accepted. We are now on Facebook. Like this page to receive our updates, add a comment or ask a question. If you have a general question please post it on our Facebook page. World War 1 One ww1 wwII greatwar great battalion regiment artillery Did you know? We also have a section on World War Two. and a Timecapsule to preserve stories from other conflicts for future generations. 253897 Gnr. Percy John Skull 1/1st Highland Heavy Battery Royal Garrison Artillery My great grandfather, Percy Skull, served as a Gunner with the 1/1st Highland Heavy Battery from 22nd of January to 11th of October 1917 when he was gassed. He then spent time at the Military Heart Hospital, Sobraon Barracks, Colchester and was diagnosed with disorderly action of the heart. He went on to serve as a gunner with the Anti Aircraft Brigade on the Isle of Wight. He went back to being a Postman after the war and despite his heart condition, following the gas attack, lived to be 96. Debbie Buttars Add to this record. 216294 Gunner Robert Joseph Turnbull 1st/1st Highland Brigade Royal Garrison Artillery (d.30th May 1917) Robert Turnbull died aged 38, he was born in Saltwell, Gateshead in 1880. In the 1911 Census, he is listed as Robert Joseph Turnbull, age 31, a Boiler Maker's Labourer, living with his first wife Charlotte Turnbull (Nee Hamilton) & a son at 2, York Street, Jarrow. He was later husband of Mary Jane Turnbull (nee Storar) of 6 Hurworth Place Jarrow. Robert enlisted in Jarrow. He is buried in Sunken Road Cemetery. Boisleux-St. Marc and is commemorated on the Triptych in St. Paul's Church Jarrow. 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