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34th Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery    34th Siege Battery was armed with four 9.2" howitzers. The Right Section of 34th Siege Battery, RGA proceeded to France on 18th of August 1915 and joined 26th Heavy Artillery Brigade, RGA on the 24th. The Left Section followed on the 11th of September 1915 and joined 26th HAB on the 18th. On the 4th of April 1916 the battery joined XIII Corps Heavy Artillery then transferred to XV Corps Heavy Artillery on the 29th. In May they transferred to 21st Heavy Artillery Group then to 3rd HAG on 10th of December 1916. They joined 14th HAG on 5th of February 1917 then 2nd HAG on 24th of June 1917, they moved to 45th HAG on 29th of July 1917 then 60th HAG on 28th of August 1917. On 15th of November 1917 they joined 85th HAG and remained with it until the armistice. One section from 190th Siege Battery joined on the 16th of December 1917 to make 34 Siege Battery up to six guns but on 10th of January 1918 it was again reduced to four guns. On 13 March 1918 it was again made up to six guns when one section from 495th Siege Battery joined. On the 25th January 1919 the Battery was transferred to 83rd Brigade RGA whilst stationed at Scalyn on the Rhine. 29th Jan 1917 In Position 19th Apr 1917 In Position 15th Nov 1917 New Positions 1st Jan 1918 At Rest   2nd Jan 1918 Reorganisation   10th Jan 1918 Equipment   31st Jan 1918 At Rest   4th Feb 1918 Orders   5th Feb 1918 On the March 6th Feb 1918 On the March 7th Feb 1918 On the March 8th Feb 1918 On the March 9th Feb 1918 On the March 10th Feb 1918 On the March 13th Feb 1918 Reliefs 16th Feb 1918 Aircraft Observation 17th Feb 1918 Hostile Batteries 17th Feb 1918 In Action 18th Feb 1918 In Action 19th Feb 1918 In Action 20th Feb 1918 In Action 21st Feb 1918 In Action 24th Feb 1918 Straffing 27th Feb 1918 Raid 28th Feb 1918 Shelling 5th Mar 1918 In Action 6th Mar 1918 Gas 9th Mar 1918 Harassing Fire 11th Mar 1918 Supporting Fire 12th Mar 1918 Howitzers 13th Mar 1918 In Action 14th Mar 1918 In Action 15th Mar 1918 In Action 16th Mar 1918 In Action 17th Mar 1918 In Action 18th Mar 1918 In Action 19th Mar 1918 In Action 21st Mar 1918 Orders 22nd Mar 1918 In Action 23rd Mar 1918 On the Move 23rd Mar 1918 Withdrawal 24th Mar 1918 Withdrawal 25th Mar 1918 Withdrawal 26th Mar 1918 On the Move 27th Mar 1918 Attacks Repelled 28th Mar 1918 Harassing Fire 29th Mar 1918 Harassing Fire 31st Oct 1918 Preparations 2nd Nov 1918 On the Move 5th Nov 1918 On the Move If you can provide any additional information, please add it here. Want to know more about 34th Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery? There are:5280 items tagged 34th Siege 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 34th Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery during the Great War 1914-1918. Keeling Sidney Fleetwood. Gunner (d.25th Dec 1915) Thomas Harry Reid. Capt. (d.25th Dec 1915) Thomas Harry Reid. Cpt. (d.25th Dec, 1915) 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 34th Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery from other sources. 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Harry Reid Thomas 34th Siege Battery Royal Garrison Artillery (d.25th Dec, 1915) My step-uncle, Harry R.Thomas, was the first son of my grandfather, Jamaican Police Inspector Herbert Theodore Thomas, from his first marriage to Gertrude Thomas. Harry R. Thomas was born in Jamaica on 15th March,1883. He attended Jamaica College in Kingston, and he first volunteered to fight in the Boer War with Baden Powell's African Constabulary as a Trooper. For his service he was awarded the King's Medal with 5 clasps. After the Boer War, he was shipped of to fight again in WW1 as a Captain in France with the Royal Garrison Artillery, and is buried in France, at Vielle, Chapelle, Lacouture. Grave-1.C, 9. The sad thing about Harry's story is that this officer who gave his life for his country Jamaica, and the UK His memory has been erased in Jamaica, and if I had not done research for my autobiography "A Struggle to Walk with Dignity" 2008, he would never be remembered today as so many other soldiers have been forgotten in the past. My sincere thanks to your organization for this project. I will pass on info about Harry's three other brothers who also died as Officers in WW1. Gerald A. Archambeau Add to this record. 209088 Capt. Harry Reid Thomas 34th Siege Battery Royal Garrison Artillery (d.25th Dec 1915) One of my five step-uncles, Harry Thomas, served as a Captain in the British Army. He served as the first Jamaican born officer in the British Army in WW1. These brothers were the sons of my grandfather; Jamaican Police Inspector Herbert Theodore Thomas, from his first marriage to Gertrude Thomas. Captain Harry Reid Thomas was born in Jamaica on the 15th of March 1883. He attended Jamaica College, and volunteered to fight in the Boer War with Baden Powell's African Constabulary as a trooper. For his service he was awarded the King's Medal with 5 clasps. After the Boer War, he was shipped off to fight again in WW1 in France where he died on 25th Dec. 1915. He is buried in France, at Viell, Chapell, Lacouture. Grave-1.C.9. This brave solder has been forgotten by his country Jamaica, and should be remembered by the UK for his service. Harry is only one of the five Thomas brothers who served in the British Army of WW1. All of these brothers were officers, and only one of them survived WW1 to fight again in WW2. All the research on these brothers was done by UK Genealogist Alan Greveson. Gerald A. Archambeau Add to this record. Recomended Reading. Available at discounted prices.

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