Re: 332 Siege Battery, RGA, Passchendale
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332 Siege Battery, RGA, Passchendale
louise jupp 7/19/02
RGA stands for Royal Garrison Artillery.
In the Great War the Royal Artillery was split into three branches:
- Royal Horse Artillery (light guns that moved with the cavalry)
- Royal Field Artillery (traditional foot artillery, heavier guns than the horse, moved mostly with the infantry) and the
- Royal Garrison Artillery (heavy guns.The RGA had sub-divisions that included: super heavy, siege, fortress, costal etc.).
Each artillery piece (or gun) consists of a detachement of men (depending on the type of gun the number of men per gun varies.generall the bigger the gun the more crew are needed.Siege guns had between 7 and 14 crew.).
Two detachments make up a "section".Four (usually but this can vary) sections (8 guns) make up a "Battery".Three "Batteries" make up a "Brigade".
Each Battery was named (or numbered, or lettered), as was each Brigade.
Your Grandfather served in 332 (Siege) Battery, RGA.
Briefly (I will have to have a dig around to see what they got up to before 1917).
In 1917 they served at Passchendaele, Belgium.You should be able to find lots of information on this large battle.
On 11 November 1918 they were part of the 71st Brigade, 4th Army under the command of Major General Budworth (Commander Royal Artillery, 4th Army).The overall commander of this Army was General Sir Henry Rawlinson.
On this date the Fourth Army occupied a 9-mile front between Coursoire and Montbliart with French forces on its right flank. Initially Fourth Army had advanced through Avesnes with XIII Corps on the left and IX Corps on the right but both had halted on 9th November and small force was built around 66th Division –called ‘Bethell’s Force’ to advance and maintain contact with the Germans.
I hope this is of help.
Andy
ex-RA
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Re: 332 Siege Battery, RGA, Passchendale
louise jupp 10/30/02
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Andy P 10/30/02
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