The brigade originally comprised numbers 193, 194 and 195 Howitzer Batteries, Royal Field Artillery (RFA) and the Brigade Ammunition Column. It took part in the fighting at Potgeiter's Drift and Spion Kop, the engagement at Vaal Krantz, and in the final effort to relieve Ladysmith. It was eventually broken up and transferred to 74 and 75 brigades RFA.
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
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61st Battery Royal Field Artillery
{On the front face of the plinth:} To the glory of God Erected by the officer...
Had served in the Irish Guards. At the time of his death was an in-pensioner at Chelsea Hospital and a patient in the Infirmary.
Co-partner or employee of the South Suburban Gas Company. Served but did not die in WW1.
Soldier. Born John George Pattison. He emigrated to Canada where he enlisted to fight in WW1. He was posted to France, and on the 10th April 1917 he fought in the battle of Vimy Ridge. The advance ...
Wing Commander Ernest Ralph Bitmead was born in 1913, the second of the seven children of Ralph Bitmead (1885-1961) and Naomi Bitmead née Dodd (1890-1974). His birth was registered in the 2nd quart...
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