baorbrat Posted 16 June , 2008 Share Posted 16 June , 2008 Can a forum pal tell me when this gunner enlisted?, and where? 217719 Gnr C Brand A Bty 123 Bde 37 Div from Aberdeenshire died 23/08/18 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ralphjd Posted 16 June , 2008 Share Posted 16 June , 2008 According to SDGW he enlisted HOLLOWAY. N. sorry they do not do dates. resided HATTON SCOTLAND. Ralph. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baorbrat Posted 17 June , 2008 Author Share Posted 17 June , 2008 Hmmmn Can trace three Gunners with numbers in the range 217710-217720 All resident in Scotland. Two enlisted in Lanark. After they enlisted, what happened next? Would they begiven warrents to travel to a training camp? If so being RFA,where would that be? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baorbrat Posted 18 June , 2008 Author Share Posted 18 June , 2008 Just to give this a push up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baorbrat Posted 19 July , 2008 Author Share Posted 19 July , 2008 Giving this another push. Someone must know where Gunners who enlisted in Lanark trained, and how long that training took. Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vista52 Posted 19 July , 2008 Share Posted 19 July , 2008 Hi Peter, I don't know if this is going to be much help but my g'father and one of his brother's was RFA # 39*** & 41116. Both enlisted in Tottenham, N London which is near Holloway N London. Papers exist for #39*** and shows an enlistment of late September 1914, joined RFA October 1914 and trained 106 Brigade Portslade Sussex. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baorbrat Posted 19 July , 2008 Author Share Posted 19 July , 2008 Hi thanks Wonder how long 106 Brgade was at Portslade, and wonder if traing changed prior to 1917? The quest continues. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pw643 Posted 20 July , 2008 Share Posted 20 July , 2008 Peter Training was carried out almost anywhere from local parks, artillery training areas such as Salisbury Plain , wherever the Division formed up or came together and sometimes men were still training overseas. Regards Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Clifton Posted 20 July , 2008 Share Posted 20 July , 2008 Hello Peter Prior to 1914 the RFA had six depots for training recruits, one in each Home Command other than Aldershot, and each having attached to them a Reserve Brigade RFA, numbered I to VI, of two batteries. (And yes, a recruit would normally be given a railway warrant to travel to the depot.) On mobilisation each Res Bde was split into two, each battery expanding into a bde of three batts. These bdes were numbered 1A, 1B, 2A, 2B etc. No.6 depot and Res Bde were at Glasgow but if he enlisted in London he may have gone to No.4 at Woolwich. 106 Bde RFA was a New Army formation raised for 24th Division of the Third New Army. This division was mainly from the Home Counties and East Anglia, which might tie up with an enlistment in London. It trained at Shoreham and Aldershot and went to France in late August 1915, just in time to be rushed into the Battle of Loos. It spent the rest of the war on the Western Front. Therefore, if your man was at Portslade it was probably in late 14/early 15. Otherwise he would have been with one of the training brigades and went later to France as part of a reinforcement draft. Ron Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baorbrat Posted 20 July , 2008 Author Share Posted 20 July , 2008 Thanks Ron. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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