Allocations of Siege Batteries of the Royal Garrison Artillery to higher commands

Imperial War Museum photograph Q2064, “8-inch Mk V howitzers of 135th Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery in action near Hénin-sur-Cojeul, 27 May 1917”. This history of this battery, in terms of the groups and brigades under whose command it came, can be found on The Long, Long Trail, as indeed can all the others.

Allocations of Siege Batteries numbered 1 to 20

Allocations of Siege Batteries numbered 21 to 40

Allocations of Siege Batteries numbered 41 to 60

Allocations of Siege Batteries numbered 61 to 80

Allocations of Siege Batteries numbered 81 to 100

Allocations of Siege Batteries numbered 101 to 120

Allocations of Siege Batteries numbered 121 to 140

Allocations of Siege Batteries numbered 141 to 160

Allocations of Siege Batteries numbered 161 to 180

Allocations of Siege Batteries numbered 181 to 200

Allocations of Siege Batteries numbered 201 to 220

Allocations of Siege Batteries numbered 221 to 240

Allocations of Siege Batteries numbered 241 to 260

Allocations of Siege Batteries numbered 261 to 280

Allocations of Siege Batteries numbered 281 to 300

Allocations of Siege Batteries numbered 301 to 320

Allocations of Siege Batteries numbered 321 to 340

Allocations of Siege Batteries numbered 341 to 360

Allocations of Siege Batteries numbered 361 to 380

Allocations of Siege Batteries numbered 381 to 400

Allocations of Siege Batteries numbered 401 to 420

Allocations of Siege Batteries numbered 421 to 450

Allocations of Siege Batteries numbered 451 to 501

Allocations of Siege Batteries numbered 502 to 553

Research tips

If you are fortunate enough to have identified the Siege Battery RGA with which a soldier was serving, you may be interested in determining where it went and the battles and engagements in which it participated. This is often problematic as many of the war diaries of the Siege Batteries either do not exist or are only partial. The trick is to examine the war diary of the next level up in the command hierarchy. Most of those diaries do exist.

In a theatre of war, Siege Batteries of the Royal Garrison Artillery were usually under command of a Heavy Artillery Group (sometimes called an RGA Brigade), which in turn was usually under command of a Corps headquarters. On occasion, a battery might be under direct command of the Corps headquarters or even an Army headquarters. The allocations shown in the images in the pages you will find by following the links shown above provide a good guide, but I must point out that I have often found errors and omissions in the dates given. For an accurate picture including the locations and activities of the batteries, consult the war diary of the Heavy Artillery Group or Commander Heavy Artillery of the Corps concerned.

Links

Siege Batteries of the Royal Garrison Artillery

Allocation of Royal Garrison Artillery Batteries to Groups/Brigades in 1918

Researching the men of the Royal Garrison Artillery