240 Brigade
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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.

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 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.

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This list is far from complete but was originally compiled by Derek Driscoll.

This list comes from a Google Sheet

All information must be checked with other sources, as this list is not guaranteed to be correct. All information in this Nominal Roll is a stating point for research and is not a definitive list, you must check all information contained within, with other sources at your disposal.

Sources and Resources

Derek Driscoll's original pages

240 (Gloucestershire) South Midland Brigade RFA (T) Nominal Roll
240 (Gloucestershire) South Midland Brigade RFA (T) Nominal Roll
240 BDE RFA (T) 1916 - 1920 Sheet 1
240 BDE RFA [T] 1916 - 1920 Sheet 1
240 BDE RFA (T) Clerks Book Next of Kin
240 BDE RFA (T) Clerks Book Next of Kin
240th Bde RFA 1916 - 1920 Sheet 2
240th Bde RFA 1916 - 1920 Sheet 2
'A' Bty 240 Bde RFA (T) Orderly Room Chief Clerks Book, Period 1914 -1918
'A' Bty 240 Bde RFA (T) Orderly Room Chief Clerks Book, Period 1914 -1918