178 Siege Battery R.G.A. : B.E.F. France : 1916-1918 / J. J. Webber.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Webber, J. J., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

World War, 1914-1918--Personal narratives, British.

World War, 1914-1918.

World War, 1914-1918--Campaigns--France.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (138 p.)

Place of Publication:

London : Naval & Military Press, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The battery was raised at Forth in June 1916, equipped with four 6in Howitzers. The book describes the origin of the battery and opens with the nominal roll of the original battery, six officers and 128 men, with a group photo. To this roll are added, separately, the names of 14 officers who joined later. At the end is the nominal roll at the start of demobilization, six officers and 130 men, again with a group photo.The battery left for France on 8 October 1916, joining the 54th Heavy Art...

Contents:

Cover; Contents; Front Matter; Frontispiece; Title Page; Publisher Information; Preface; Nominal Roll; Origins; Mobilisation; 178 Siege Battery; Active Service; Arras; Ypres; Cambrai; Beauval and Gouzeaucourt; Hermies; The Retreat; Warloy; The Advance; Ammunition Report; Honours and Awards; Appointments and Promotions; Casualties; Civilisation Again; Nominal Roll; Diary of Chief Events; Standing Easy; Gunner Artemas; Below Zero; The Truth About Our Officers; The Rumour; S.O.S.; Vignettes; Battery Songs; Up and Down; Battery Humour; The Indent; Limericks; Rhondda; Ca Ne Fait Rien

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Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781283693479

128369347X

9781781491454

1781491453

OCLC:

792688423