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56th Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery



   56th Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery proceeded to France on the 22nd of February 1916 and served on the Western Front until the end of the conflict.

10th Sep 1916 Enemy Counter Attack  location map

11th Sep 1916 Artillery Active  location map

12th Sep 1916 Rounds Fired  location map

13th Sep 1916 Artillery Active  location map

30th Jun 1917 Working Parties  location map

1st Jul 1917 New Positions

2nd Jul 1917 Hostile Batteries

3rd Jul 1917 Barrage  location map

4th Jul 1917 Posting

5th Jul 1917 Orders Received

6th Jul 1917 Shelling  location map

7th Jul 1917 Ammunition

8th Jul 1917 Stores

9th Jul 1917 Orders

10th Jul 1917 On the Move

11th Jul 1917 New Positions  location map

12th Jul 1917 New Positions  location map

13th Jul 1917 New Positions  location map

14th Jul 1917 New Positions  location map

15th Jul 1917 New Positions  location map

16th Jul 1917 Hostile Batteries  location map

17th Jul 1917 Shelling  location map

18th Jul 1917 Shelling  location map

19th Jul 1917 Positions Improved  location map

20th Jul 1917 Rounds Fired  location map

21st Jul 1917 Shelling  location map

22nd Jul 1917 In Action  location map

23rd Jul 1917 In Action  location map

24th Jul 1917 In Action  location map

25th Jul 1917 In Action  location map

26th Jul 1917 Shelling  location map

27th Jul 1917 Rounds Fired  location map

28th Jul 1917 Counter Battery Work  location map

29th Jul 1917 Gas Shells  location map

30th Jul 1917 In Action  location map

31st Jul 1917 In Action  location map

31st Jul 1917 Post Not Established  location map

1st Aug 1917 Destruction  location map

1st Aug 1917 Rounds Fired  location map

2nd Aug 1917 Message of Congratulation  location map

2nd Aug 1917 Ammunition

3rd Aug 1917 SOS  location map

4th Aug 1917 Message of Congratulation  location map

5th Aug 1917 Rounds Fired  location map

6th Aug 1917 Shelling  location map

7th Aug 1917 Under Shellfire  location map

8th Aug 1917 Heavy Shelling  location map

9th Aug 1917 Heavy Shelling  location map

10th Aug 1917 Gun out of Action  location map

11th Aug 1917 Rain Storm  location map

12th Aug 1917 Difficult Conditions  location map

13th Aug 1917 Shrapnel Shells  location map

14th Aug 1917 Artillery in Acton  location map

15th Aug 1917 Artillery in Acton  location map

16th Aug 1917 Artillery in Acton  location map

17th Aug 1917 Quiet  location map

18th Aug 1917 In Action  location map

19th Aug 1917 Barrage  location map

20th Aug 1917 Bombardment  location map

21st Aug 1917 Rounds Fired  location map

22nd Aug 1917 Bombardment  location map

23rd Aug 1917 Night Firing  location map

24th Aug 1917 SOS Request  location map

25th Aug 1917 Dugouts  location map

26th Aug 1917 Equipment  location map

27th Aug 1917 SOS  location map

28th Aug 1917 Awards  location map

29th Aug 1917 Change of Command  location map

30th Aug 1917 Rounds Fired  location map

31st Aug 1917 Air Raid  location map

1st Sep 1917 Preparing to Move  location map

2nd Sep 1917 Preparations  location map

3rd Sep 1917 Communication  location map

4th Sep 1917 Rounds Fired  location map

5th Sep 1917 Quiet Day  location map

6th Sep 1917 Quiet  location map

7th Sep 1917 Preparations  location map

8th Sep 1917 Move  location map

9th Sep 1917 On the Move

10th Sep 1917 Into Billets

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