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[otterspotter]

Can anyone suggest the locations / actions of the 74th Division during  1918 from their return to France from the Middle East to the end of the war?
I am particularly trying to track down what 44 Brigade Royal Field Artillery got up to. If anyone has an overview or can point me to reference material.

I have found this so far:

http://www.1914-1918.net/74div.htm

Thanks
Mick

[anthony ozzy]

Mick,
my Great Great Uncle Gunner 184500 Ernest Harry Hart, A battery, 117th Brigade RFA (part of the 74th (Yeomanry) Division), was killed in action on 28th September 1918 and is buried in Roisel Communal Cemetery which is in the Somme region. I will be going to the National Archives in the next month or 2 to dig out the war diary so will be able to provide more detail then.
Not much but hope it helps?

Ant

[mebu]

map shows positions of 44 By south of Nieppe Forest

Peter

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[anthony ozzy]

Peter,
what's the date of the map please?

Ant

[mebu]

Ant, trenches corrected to 16/6/18; Artillery map showing German positions occupied/unoccupied between 14/6 and 3/7.

Peter

[anthony ozzy]

Peter,
thank you. Sorry to be a pain but do you have the grip reference for the map please - I'll have a trawl through the MacMaster's University website.

Thanks,

Ant

[mebu]

Not sure what you mean by grip, but the map is Vielle Chapelle, the area south of Nieppe Forest, 36A square Q 7,8,13,14 area. Hope this helps, Peter

[anthony ozzy]

Thanks Peter - was in a rush when I typed that last reply out!

Ant