Guest Posted 7 May , 2019 Share Posted 7 May , 2019 My great grandfather was in RGA 266 Siege Battery. Gunner Thomas Preen Service number 91700. Does anyone know any other references I can search for information? Books? Documents? Etc... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Michelle Young Posted 7 May , 2019 Admin Share Posted 7 May , 2019 Hello Kevin and welcome. I’ve split this into a separate topic and moved it to Soldiers where hopefully it will get you some answers. Michelle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Langdon Posted 7 May , 2019 Share Posted 7 May , 2019 (edited) Welcome. As a starter I suggest you put "266 Siege Battery" in the Forum Search box top right. Mike Edited 7 May , 2019 by Langdon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaxD Posted 7 May , 2019 Share Posted 7 May , 2019 266 SB went to France on 16 Feb 1917 (source WO 95/.5494). The war diary https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/f8ff8df0f007445186f7865a6f6d804e which can be downloaded for £3.50 purports to include 266 SB for all the war. Worth looking at that as well as searching here as Mike advises. Presumably you have seen his record (on Findmypast) which shows he went overseas in November 1916 initially to a Siege Depot and two heavy artillery pools (essentially marking time) and then in March 1917 to 266 SB, cuts down what you have to read! Max Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petwes Posted 7 May , 2019 Share Posted 7 May , 2019 If looking for blocks of numbers in the Medal Roll Index cards don't forget Discovery on the National Archives website. It's free to start with. In this case include WO372, Garrison Artillery and 231??? in the search terms. You can then export to Excel. A bit of sorting and filtering gives a table like this: Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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