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7 Siege Bty RGA


terryb95

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I have been going through the War Diary for 7 Siege Bty. and have some questions. When the Bty was formed on the 2nd Oct 1914 the NCOs and men came from the RGA Companies at SHEERNESS, DOVER & PLYMOUTH.

How would I findout which were the companies. My grandfather who was one of these menand was living in OLD FORD LONDON prior to the war. I assume that when the war was declared he would have been in the Reserves due to prior military service. How did the Reserve system work.

In the War Diary on the date of formation of the Bty it refers to two documents and I would like to know how to get copies of them. they are:

W.O. letter 79/6141/(M) dated 2nd & 3rd October, 1914, which gives the composition of the battery

War Establishment as at Oct 1914.

I like the idea about an archive of War but I would have to fax my copies accross.

I will type up the first page of 7 Siege Bty's War Diary and post it to this site, it makes interesting reading.

Thanks

Terry Barrett

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Terry,

The best beat on finding unit locations is usually through the Army Lists (pre-war anyway)

However, Mark Conrad (A co worker of mine in the US Army and now deployed to gulf) did a lot of the work already for the summer of 1914.

Below is his compilation of RGA companies:

No. 1 Depôt ; Newhaven. No. 10 District.

No. 2 Depôt ; Fort Rowner, Gosport. Southern Coast Defences.

No. 3 Depôt ; Citadel, Plymouth. Southern Coast Defences.

No. 4 Depôt ; Great Yarmouth. No. 9 District.

No. 1 Company ; Eastern District. Malta.

No. 2 Company ; Sheerness. Eastern Coast Defences.

No. 3 Company ; Bermuda. Bermuda.

No. 4 Company ; Southern Section. Gibraltar.

No. 5 Company ; Western District. Malta.

No. 6 Company ; Northern Section. Gibraltar.

No. 7 Company ; Southern Section. Gibraltar.

No. 8 Company ; Southern Section. Gibraltar.

No. 9 Company ; Northern Section. Gibraltar.

No. 10 Company ; Queenstown Harbor. South Irish Coast Defences.

No. 11 Company ; Golden Hill, Isle of Wight. Southern Coast Defences.

No. 12 Company ; Tynemouth. North Eastern Coast Defences.

No. 13 Company ; Landguard Fort. Harwich Coast Defences.

No. 14 Company ; Shoeburyness. Eastern Coast Defences.

No. 15 Company ; Londonderry. North Irish Coast Defences.

No. 16 Company ; Weymouth. Southern Coast Defences.

No. 17 Company ; Guernsey and Alderney. Guernsey and Alderney District.

No. 18 Company ; Sheerness. Eastern Coast Defences.

No. 20 Company ; Jersey. Jersey District.

No. 21 Company ; Leith. Scottish Coast Defences.

No. 22 Company ; Sheerness. Eastern Coast Defences.

No. 23 (Siege) Company ; Fort George. Southern Coast Defences.

No. 24 (Heavy) Battery ; Woolwich. 2nd Heavy Brigade, RGA.

Part of the 6th Division.

(No. 25 vacant.)

No. 26 (Heavy) Battery ; Fareham, Fort Wellington. 1st Heavy Brigade, RGA.

Part of the 1st Division.

No. 28 Company ; Weymouth. Southern Coast Defences.

No. 29 Company ; Outer Defences, Portsmouth. Southern Coast Defences.

No. 30 Company ; Weymouth. Southern Coast Defences.

No. 31 (Heavy) Battery ; Woolwich. 2nd Heavy Brigade, RGA.

Part of the 4th Division.

No. 32 Company ; Culver (Sandown), Isle of Wight. Southern Coast Defences.

No. 33 Company ; Golden Hill, Isle of Wight. Southern Coast Defences.

No. 34 Company ; Culver (Sandown), Isle of Wight. Southern Coast Defences.

No. 35 (Heavy) Battery ; Fort Fareham. 1st Heavy Brigade, RGA.

Part of the 2nd Division.

No. 36 Company ; Eastern Section (Plymouth). South Western Coast Defences.

No. 37 Company ; Inner Defences, Portsmouth. Southern Coast Defences.

No. 38 Company ; Western Section (Plymouth). South Western Coast Defences.

No. 39 (Siege) Company ; Plymouth. South Western Coast Defences.

No. 40 Company ; Dover. South Eastern Coast Defences.

No. 41 Company ; Western Section (Plymouth). South Western Coast Defences.

No. 42 Company ; Inner Defences, Portsmouth. Southern Coast Defences.

No. 43 Company ; Queenstown Harbor. South Irish Coast Defences.

No. 44 Company ; Pembroke Dock. Western Coast Defences.

No. 45 Company ; Eastern Section (Plymouth). South Western Coast Defences.

No. 46 Company ; Dover. South Eastern Coast Defences.

No. 47 Company ; Tynemouth. North Eastern Coast Defences.

No. 48 (Heavy) Battery ; Woolwich. 2nd Heavy Brigade, RGA.

Part of the 3rd Division.

No. 49 Company ; Queenstown Harbor. South Irish Coast Defences.

No. 50 Company ; Freetown. Sierra Leone.

No. 51 Company ; Allahabad. 8th (Lucknow) Division.

No. 52 Company ; Allahabad. 6th (Poona) Division.

No. 53 Company ; Bombay (on notice for Karachi). 6th (Poona) Division.

No. 54 Company ; Northern Section. Gibraltar.

No. 55 Company ; Northern Section. Gibraltar.

No. 56 Company ; Port Louis. Mauritius.

No. 57 Company ; Pembroke Dock. Western Coast Defences.

(No. 58 vacant.)

No. 59 (Siege) Company ; Rurki. 7th (Meerut) Division.

No. 60 Company ; Quetta. 4th (Quetta) Division.

No. 61 Company ; Aden. Aden Brigade.

No. 62 Company ; Calcutta (on notice for Aden). 8th (Lucknow) Division.

No. 63 Company ; Central District. Malta.

No. 64 Company ; Rangoon. Burma Division.

No. 65 Company ; Central District. Malta.

No. 66 Company ; Kingston. Jamaica.

No. 67 Company ; Outer Defences, Portsmouth. Southern Coast Defences.

No. 68 Company ; Barian. 2nd (Rawal Pindi) Division.

No. 69 Company ; Manora (on notice for Aden). 4th (Quetta) Division.

No. 70 Company ; Aden (on notice for Bombay). Aden Brigade.

No. 71 (Heavy) Battery ; Nowgong. 5th (Mhow) Division.

No. 72 (Heavy) Battery ; Peshawar. 1st (Peshawar) Division.

No. 73 Company ; Delhi. 7th (Meerut) Division.

No. 74 Company ; Fort Agra. 7th (Meerut) Division.

No. 75 Company ; Rangoon. Burma Division.

No. 76 Company ; Aden (on notice for Bombay). Aden Brigade.

No. 77 Company ; Bombay. 6th (Poona) Division.

No. 78 Company ; Singapore. Straits Settlements.

No. 79 Company ; Bombay. 6th (Poona) Division.

No. 80 Company ; Singapore. Straits Settlements.

No. 81 (Siege) Company ; Rurki. 7th (Meerut) Division.

No. 82 Battery ; Ferozepore. 3rd (Lahore) Division.

No. 83 Battery ; Hong Kong. South China.

No. 84 Company ; Capetown. Cape of Good Hope District.

No. 85 Company ; Bombay (on notice for Calcutta). 6th (Poona) Division.

No. 86 (Heavy) Battery ; Multan. 3rd (Lahore) Division.

No. 87 Battery ; Hong Kong. South China.

No. 88 Battery ; Hong Kong. South China.

(No. 89 vacant.)

No. 90 (Heavy) Battery ; Nowgong. 5th (Mhow) Division.

No. 91 (Heavy) Battery ; Rurki. 7th (Meerut) Division.

(No. 92 vacant.)

No. 93 Company ; Colombo. Ceylon.

No. 94 Company ; Rawal Pindi. 2nd (Rawal Pindi) Division.

No. 95 Company ; Bermuda. Bermuda.

No. 96 Company ; Western District. Malta.

No. 97 Company ; Simonstown. Cape of Good Hope District.

(No. 98 vacant.)

No. 99 Company ; Western District. Malta.

No. 100 Company ; Western District. Malta.

No. 101 Company ; Quetta. 4th (Quetta) Division.

No. 102 Company ; Eastern District. Malta.

(No. 103 vacant.)

No. 104 (Heavy) Battery ; Campbellpore. 2nd (Rawal Pindi) Division.

(Nos. 105 and 106 vacant.)

No. 107 (Siege) Company ; Plymouth. South Western Coast Defences.

No. 108 (Heavy) Battery ; Fareham (Fort Nelson). 1st Heavy Brigade, RGA.

Also go to the following link for a list of Peace time garrisons of the British Army just pre-war (there are few very minor ommissions/mistakes):

http://www.monmouth.com/user_pages/juneblu...lum/BRIT14.html

Joe Sweeney

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