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[saw119]

Does anyone have any information on this artillery brigade from 1917 onwards? There doesn't seem to be a war diary? (I could be wrong, I frequently am!) I have looked at the LLT entry. What would they have done? I don't even know that!

[Terry_Reeves]

The war diary is at the National Archives:

WO 95/3075  310 Brigade Royal Field Artillery1917 Jan. - 1919 Aug.

TR

[Richard Harker]

There is also Wyrills History of the 62nd Division to give a good overview of what the division was doing.

But the publication you really need in addition to the War Diary is a History of the 62nd Division Artillery written by the CRA,  Anderson??
Sorry can't quote the title or author with a great deal of confidence off the top of my head, I will post again from home tonight with more accurate details , I have in the past borrowed it from the National Library, but it is online and I will hopefully be able to let you have the details of where it can be downloaded from tonight.

Richard

[Colin W Taylor]

Saw, Richard

The book by Anderson can be found here.

http://archive.org/d...icesof62n00ande

If I remember correctly some content is similar to the Divisional History.

Kind Regards

Colin

[saw119]

Terry_Reeves, on 24 April 2012 - 10:56 AM, said:

The war diary is at the National Archives:

WO 95/3075  310 Brigade Royal Field Artillery1917 Jan. - 1919 Aug.

TR

Ahh, ok but it can't be downloaded electronically it appears.

[Richard Harker]

Colin W Taylor, on 24 April 2012 - 12:12 PM, said:

Saw, Richard

The book by Anderson can be found here.

http://archive.org/d...icesof62n00ande

If I remember correctly some content is similar to the Divisional History.

Kind Regards

Colin

Thats the one Colin, saved me a job.

Cheers

Richard

[saw119]

Is the Divisional history available online as well, does anyone know?

[Colin W Taylor]

Saw

Sadly I do not believe it is online. You can buy a reprint from Naval or Military Press in a two volume set for about £20 or look on Abebooks or Ebay for an original for considerably more. The cheapest bet would be to use the inter-library loans service to borrow a copy to look up what you are after.

I'd recommend looking at the war diary to get the best detail of where the brigade served and what it did; bear in mind that often artillery units were detached from their parent divisions to support the infantry of other formations so the divisional history may not be that helpful.

I hope this helps

Kind regards

Colin

[Keith Roberts]

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Keith

[saw119]

On the subject of the War Diary it doesn't seem to be available as a pdf download but only as a copy documents item. Does anyone have experience of this, how much will it cost?