240 Brigade
WWI Nominal Roll

Starting in 1906, the Secretary of State for War Richard Haldane's Reforms were designed to better prepare the armed forces for future wars and involved a reorganization of the regular, volunteer and militia forces. The Territorial and Reserve Forces Act of 1907 saw the formation of the Territorial Force which consisted of fourteen infantry divisions, fourteen cavalry brigades, and a large number of support units including fully established divisions, provided with field artillery, companies of engineers and crucial supply services, including medical provision. The GVA became part of the Territorial Force, an army tasked with the defence of the UK, and came under the control of the War Office.

The volunteer forces were reformed into a Territorial Force (TF) which had its own organisation and was tasked with the defence of the UK homeland. The TF was organised into divisions that were structured in the same way as the Regular Army, but which were based on geographical regions and soldiers were committed only to home service, that is, were not required to serve overseas except by voluntarily agreeing to do so.

The Gloucestershire Volunteer Artillery became the 1st (South Midland) Brigade RFA (T) in 1908, with a further change of name in 1915 to the 240th Brigade RFA (T), under which it served throughout the First World War.

WWI Nominal Roll

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2/3rd Battery RFA

Local Men in R.F.A.: 2/3rd Battery RFA

The caption reads:

A few Cheltenham and Gloucester men in the 2/3rd Battery, R.F.A., when stationed at Epping. Their names are, reading from the left:
Gunner Clements, Bombardier Rogers, Trumpeter Coldrick, Bombardier Barber, Driver Collard, Gunner James.

Left Section of 'A' Battery

Left Section of 'A' Battery 1st South Midland Bde / 240 Bde R.F.A., Broomfield, Essex. 1915

The men pictured in the above photograph are in this bad photocopy:

Sources and Resources

Derek Driscoll's original pages