213688 Gnr. Ellis Ellis British Army 17th Battery Royal Field Artillery My Father, Gunner Ellis Ellis, served with 17th Battery in XL1 Brigade, RFA, with 1st Corps 2nd Div. and was in the Battle of Nonnes Boschen (Nun's Wood) sited near Westhoek when the final charge of the Prussian Guards regiments broke through the British trenches. Only the guns of the 9th, 16th and 17th Batteries stood between the German advance and Ypres. The line held, with the gunners aided by cooks, batmen, HQ office staff with rifles, stopped the enemy's advance to the sea and the Channel Ports.
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