149 & 169 BATTALION ROYAL FIELD ARTILLERY

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MY FATHER, GUNNER WILLIAM POTTER REGIMENTAL. NO. 17242 (SURVIVOR) ENLISTED 20ST APRIL 1915 IN 149TH BT R.F.A. AT ST. ANNES, LANCASHIRE. IN 169TH BT R.F.A. ON THE 1ST MAY 1915 HE WAS POSTED TO THE MIDDLE EAST EXPEDITION LASTING 56 DAYS. THEN FRANCE WHERE TWICE WOUNDED AND HOSPITALISED. I HAVE HIS FULL SERVICE RECORD AND SOME PHOTOGRAPHS. HE WAS DISCHARGED AS SERGEANT WITH A WOUNDED PENSION (20% DISABLEMENT) ON 26TH JUNE 1919. HAVE SOME MEMORABILIA BUT SEEK MORE INFO ON THE BRIEF MEDITERRANEAN EXPEDITION. HAVE GUNG HO IMMEDIATE WAR HISTORY VOLUMES OF WW1 WHICH ARE NOT MUCH HELP.