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Feb 26, 2014 · Royal Garrison Artillery (RGA) numbering, enlistment dates, new Heavy GWF is free to use so please support the Forum Royal Garrison Artillery (RGA) numbering, enlistment dates, new Heavy
Jun 28, 2024 · Posted to General Staff, appointed & promoted to Garrison Quarter Master Sergeant 1 Jan 1906 Posted to Shorncliffe 1 Jan 1906 Posted to Bulford 5 Jul 1909 Posted to Portsmouth 10 Jul 1912 promoted to Garrison Sergeant Major. I presume that he continued with his duties at Portsmouth for the duration of the First World War.
Mar 28, 2021 · Hi I am researching the movement of my grandfather during the great war he was a gunner in the 22nd heavy battery RGA. I have got all the relevant war diaries from the national archives, these are easy enough to follow as to the general locations but there are grid references used in these diarie...
Mar 5, 2004 · Short but sweet question, What was a Garrison Battalion ,as the name suggests they stayed at home in the Garrison, but obviously in the Great War they did,nt, so were they used just like a regular Battalion or did they have "other duties". I know the 1st Garrison Battalion of the King's Liverpool Regiment went to egypt.
Sep 8, 2004 · The 4th Reserve Battalion D.L.I. were on coastal defence as part of the Tyne Garrison based at Seaham (Co. Durham). The 3/7Battalion Royal Warwickshires moved to the Blyth area( Northumberland) in 1917 as part of the Tyne Garrison. No 1 section Tyne Garrison Co Durham may have been based at Tynemouth (Northumberland).
Jan 24, 2012 · I also understand the 1st Garrison Bn Royal Welsh Fusiliers was there at the same time - was there any inter-battalion rivalry / competitions? Some of the documents held in the Archives of the Cheshire Military Museum in Chester include a 'Christmas menu for the Grand Hotel, Gibraltar' for 1917, a 'Menu for Christmas Dinner 1918' and a 'Menu for 1st Garrison Bn, Cheshire Regiment, Mediterranean Club' from Nov 1915.
Sep 26, 2010 · 1st Garrison Battalion Royal Warwickshire Regiment. I have ancestor that spent almost of his WWI career with the Suffolk Regiment and was in Palestine until August 1918 when he was transferred to the 1st Garrison Battalion Royal Warwickshire Regiment in Egypt, which appears to have been an Administration battalion for the Expeditionary Force.
Aug 11, 2023 · Yes, each large garrison had a battalion to carry out the administrative and especially guarding and policing duties. It freed up the other battalions for training. Such battalions often contained men with limited employability for a range of reasons, albeit mostly medical.
Oct 23, 2008 · The Garrison Battalion of the Northumberland Fusiliers appears to have remained in Mesopotamia until the winter of 1918/1919 as the last recorded death there was on January 4th 1919 at Amara. Amara was further North than Basra and was the headquarters from where the 13th Division started demobilisation in February 1919.
Aug 26, 2017 · Come across a few of these Garrison Battalions These old chaps wanting to do their bit ... illnesses and accidents seem to be grim reaper for them John HIGGINS. Rank: Private Number: 11629 Unit: “B” Company, 1st Garrison Battalion CHESHIRE REGIMENT Date of Death: 9 June 1917 Age: 53 Cemetery:
