230310 Capt. (from 1941) Robert Gladstone Taylor British Army 113th Z AA Battery Royal Artillery from:Blandford Forum My grandfather was ranching in Canada when he volunteered in 1915 to serve in the artillery. He fought on the Somme, settled in England at the end of the First World War, then was a reservist. He rejoined the Royal Artillery in 1940, was re-gazetted Lieutenant in August 1940, and then promoted to Captain. He served with 113th Anti Aircraft Z Battery near Cardiff throughout 1941, up to February 1942. I know his movements from the hundreds of letters he wrote to his family in Blandford Forum, Dorset, which we still have.
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