islesman Posted 20 February , 2009 Share Posted 20 February , 2009 Does anyone have a list of Royal Field Artillery units that served in Mesopotamia? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Inspector Posted 20 February , 2009 Share Posted 20 February , 2009 Hi islesman The L.L.Trail 43rd Wessex gives details re Mesopotamia, I suppose it's all there , somewhere, but the page you want isn't Regards Barry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rflory Posted 20 February , 2009 Share Posted 20 February , 2009 Royal Artillery units in Mesopotamia (This may not be a complete list as some units changed designations during the time they were in the theater and designations of headquarters units often changed) S, V and W Battery, RHA 21, 23, 25, 26, 30, 31, 34 and 35 Indian Mountain Battery 14 Mountain Battery, RGA 1 (Home Counties) Brigade, RFA 4 Brigade, RFA (7, 14 and 66 Batteries) 8 Brigade, RFA (372, 373 and 374 Batteries) 9 Brigade, RFA (19, 20 and 28 Batteries) 10 Brigade, RFA (63, 76, and 82nd Batteries) 13 Brigade, RFA (2, 8 and 44 Batteries) 30 Brigade, RFA (384, 385, 386, and A/69 (How) Batteries) 55 Brigade, RFA (A, B, C and D Batteries) 56 Brigade, RFA (A, B, C and D Batteries) 66 Brigade, RFA (A, B, C and D Batteries) 134 (Howitzer) Brigade, RFA 215 Brigade, RFA (524, 1086, 1088 and 524 (Howitzer) Batteries) 220 Brigade, RFA (1064, 1066, and 403 (How) Batteries) 221 Brigade, RFA (1067, 1068 and 404 (How) Batteries) 222 Brigade, RFA (375, 1070, 1072 and 77 (How) Batteries) 336 Brigade, RFA (A, B, C and D Batteries) 337 Brigade, RFA (A, B, C and D Batteries) 159, 246, 257, 269, 359, 384 and 395 Siege Batteries, RGA 60, 61, 69, 72, and 341 (Howitzer) Batteries, RFA 1/5 Hampshire (H) Battery, RFA 72, 77, 86, 104, 157, 177 and 257 Heavy Batteries, RGA X/14, X/15 and X/17 Medium Trench Mortar Batteries 59, 80, 92, 118, 208, ‘M’, ‘N’,‘O’ and ‘P’ Anti-Aircraft Sections 6, 7, 8, 13, 14 and 15 Light Armoured Motor Batteries Railway Armoured Motor Battery Anglo-Indian Battery Volunteer Artillery Battery 3, 6, 7, 13, 14, and Divisional Ammunition Columns, RFA Corps Artillery Ammunition Column Corps Ammunition Park Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
islesman Posted 20 February , 2009 Author Share Posted 20 February , 2009 Thanks for the list. Do you know if the Anti-Aircraft sections personnel would be badged RFA? Rob. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rflory Posted 20 February , 2009 Share Posted 20 February , 2009 As far as I am aware all AA units were part of the RGA. Dick Flory Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George Lee Temple Posted 23 December , 2019 Share Posted 23 December , 2019 On 20/02/2009 at 19:44, rflory said: Royal Artillery units in Mesopotamia (This may not be a complete list as some units changed designations during the time they were in the theater and designations of headquarters units often changed) S, V and W Battery, RHA 21, 23, 25, 26, 30, 31, 34 and 35 Indian Mountain Battery 14 Mountain Battery, RGA 1 (Home Counties) Brigade, RFA 4 Brigade, RFA (7, 14 and 66 Batteries) 8 Brigade, RFA (372, 373 and 374 Batteries) 9 Brigade, RFA (19, 20 and 28 Batteries) 10 Brigade, RFA (63, 76, and 82nd Batteries) 13 Brigade, RFA (2, 8 and 44 Batteries) 30 Brigade, RFA (384, 385, 386, and A/69 (How) Batteries) 55 Brigade, RFA (A, B, C and D Batteries) 56 Brigade, RFA (A, B, C and D Batteries) 66 Brigade, RFA (A, B, C and D Batteries) 134 (Howitzer) Brigade, RFA 215 Brigade, RFA (524, 1086, 1088 and 524 (Howitzer) Batteries) 220 Brigade, RFA (1064, 1066, and 403 (How) Batteries) 221 Brigade, RFA (1067, 1068 and 404 (How) Batteries) 222 Brigade, RFA (375, 1070, 1072 and 77 (How) Batteries) 336 Brigade, RFA (A, B, C and D Batteries) 337 Brigade, RFA (A, B, C and D Batteries) 159, 246, 257, 269, 359, 384 and 395 Siege Batteries, RGA 60, 61, 69, 72, and 341 (Howitzer) Batteries, RFA 1/5 Hampshire (H) Battery, RFA 72, 77, 86, 104, 157, 177 and 257 Heavy Batteries, RGA X/14, X/15 and X/17 Medium Trench Mortar Batteries 59, 80, 92, 118, 208, ‘M’, ‘N’,‘O’ and ‘P’ Anti-Aircraft Sections 6, 7, 8, 13, 14 and 15 Light Armoured Motor Batteries Railway Armoured Motor Battery Anglo-Indian Battery Volunteer Artillery Battery 3, 6, 7, 13, 14, and Divisional Ammunition Columns, RFA Corps Artillery Ammunition Column Corps Ammunition Park Also 388th Battery RFA (formed from 69th/ 2nd East Anglian Div), broken up in November 1917 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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