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Bmbdr. Norman Greaves
British Army 106th Battery Royal Horse Artilliary
I hold a collection of postcards from and to my great grandmother, Sarah Alder of Middlesbrough, starting in 1911 through the Great War and finishing in 1919.
The postcards relate to 65466 Bdr Norman Greaves, 106 Battery RHA, 7th Division. XXII Brigade and cover the period of his military service (taken from the postcards)
- Oct 1911 Cahir Barracks, Tipperary (assumption that he was regular Army)
- Jun 1913 Catonment, Transvaal
- Sep 1914 Ashurst, Southampton
- Oct 1914 Embark for France
- Oct 1914 Arrive Zeebrugge
- Oct 1914 Ypres
Postcards via Field Post Office T7 during period of the following battles: Neuve Chapelle, Festubert, Givenchy, Loos, The Somme
- Mar 1918 Italy
- Apr 1918 Libya (scene on card)
- Oct 1918 Folkstone
- Dec 1918 Malmedy, Belgium
- Jan 1919 Call (photo postcard with text "Gruss aus Call" might be Callenelle?)
Record ends here,Norman Greaves does not appear in the records of the War Graves Commission so it must be assumed that he returned to the UK. His home town is not known nor how he came to be in correspondence with my great grandmother, Sarah Alder nee MacFadyen of Middlesbrough, then in the North Riding of Yorkshire.
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