• Homepage - a general introduction to the site.

Organizational History

• Bristol Artillery History - A history of the Bristol artillery formations
• Timeline - Major events in the history of 266 Battery, Bristol Gunners, Gloucestershire Artillery, and the Royal Artillery.
• The Artillery Ground - A history of the home of the GVA
• Dress of the Gloucestershire Volunteer Artillery - The uniforms of the GVA over the years
• Saint Barbara - The patron saint of artillery and a 2006 service

Pre-WWI

• Gloucestershire Volunteer Artillery - The formation of the Gloucestershire Volunteer Artillery. Its history and events from 1859 to 1908
• Gloucestershire Volunteer Artillery Early Officers
• 1st South Midland (Gloucestershire) Brigade - A History - The Brigade's history from its formation in 1908
• Gloucestershire Volunteer Artillery Bands
• Artillery at Clevedon - No. 9 Battery, Gloucestershire Volunteer Artillery (GVA)
• 1st Gloucestershire RGA - Nominal Roll 1897 - 1910
• 1st Gloucestershire RGA - Orders published in newspapers

WWI

Ypres and Ieper

Ypes is the French / English name for Ieper, which comes from the Dutch and is the official name of the city in Belgium. I have tried to keep to Ypres, but Ieper may appear on some pages.

• 1 (SM) Brigade RFA (T) - Early Days - Remembrance by Colonel E. C. Boyce DSO of pre-WWI training and mobilization
• 1 (SM) Brigade RFA (T) 1914 - 1916 - 1 (South Midland) Brigade RFA (T) War Diary
• From the Viewpoint of a Trumpeter - Remembrance by Captain Essex Lewis DCM of pre-WWI training and mobilization
• 1 (SM) Brigade RFA (T) 1915-1917 by Captain F. S. Gedye MC
• 1 (SM) Brigade RFA (T) - Nominal Roll - The nominal roll from 1908 to 1914
• 1st South Midland Brigade - Overseas - The first days in France in 1915 by Lt. E. L. Gedye
• 3rd Gloucestershire Bty RFA - Nominal roll and images
• 240 Brigade RFA (T) - 240 Brigade RFA (T) and its WWI service
• 240 Brigade RFA (T) 1917 - 1919 - 240 Brigade RFA (T) war diary
• Opening Days of the Somme by Lt. E. L. Gedye
• 1 (SM) Brigade RFA (T) 1917-1919 by Captain F. S. Gedye MC
• 240 Brigade RFA (T) Nominal Roll - 240 Brigade RFA (T) and its WWI service members
• 240 Brigade RFA (T) Battery Officers (1916)
• WWI Gunnery - a description of a typical 28Pdr gun battery and how they were used
• Hill Top Farm - Used as HQ for 1st South Midland Brigade RFA (T) and an artillery observtion post
• Remembrance - Lest We Forget - The WWI fallen of 240 Brigade RFA
• WWI Obituaries - Information about some of the fallen - Lt. J. B. Fullerton; Lt E. L. Gedye; Sgt. G. H. Sherriff, Captain A. E. Stone; Major C. W. Todd DSO
• 240 Brigade RFA (T) Obituaries - Men who served in 240 Brigade and survived WWI
• Major R. A. Corsan DSO MC (1894 - 1942) - Information about Major R. A. Corsan. Lots of photos
• Major F. S. Gedye MC TD (1894 - 1975) - Information about Major F. S. Gedye
• Lieutenant Colonel Harold Essex Lewis - Lieutenant Colonel H. E. Lewis
• WWI Wounded - Nos. 56 and 61 Casualty Clearing Stations
• WWI - 100 Years Later - Between 2015 and 2019, 266 Bty commemorated the passing of a centenary of the service of Bristol Gunners in the First World War.

Interwar

WWII

• 3rd and 5th Survey Regiments RA (TA) - From 223rd (Field Artillery) Signals Section, Royal Signals (TA) to their disbandment
• 6th Regiment Maritime RA - A WWII unit that manned the guns on defence equipped merchant shipping (DEMS).
• 76th (Gloucestershire) H.A.A Regt R.A. (TA) - Heavy anti-aircraft regiment that defended Bristol and later served in north Africa and Italy
• The War Years in Bristol, 1938 - 1945 by Reg Harris

Post-WWII

• 883 (GVA) Locating Bty
• Bristol Royal Artillery Club - Between 1969 and 1971, these men ensured artillery in Bristol did not end
• 266 (GVA) Bty Artefacts - Battery artefacts - the silver, books and other artefacts owned by the battery
• 266 (GVA) Bty Command - Battery command structure
• 266 (GVA) Bty Competitions - King George Fifth Cup (KGV), United Kingdom Land Forces Observation Post & Devizes to Westminster Canoe Race
• 266 (GVA) Bty 1971 - Battery camp at New Zealand Farm, SPTA
• 266 (GVA) Bty 1975 - Battery camp at Fremington
• 266 (GVA) Bty 1986 - Battery camp New Zealand Farm, SPTA and King George Fifth Cup at Otterburn Ranges

People

Some people have created more of the history of 266 Battery and some are a lot easier to find information about than others...

• Boyce, E. C. DSO - Colonel - Early days of 1st (South Midland) Brigade RFA (T) | Bristol Royal Artillery Club - Old Stiffs Mess | 266 (GVA) O.P. Bty R.A. (V) - Historical Artefacts
• Boyd, George Samuel James M.R.C.S., L,R.C.P., L.S.A. - Second Lieutenant - GVA Early Officers
• Cave, Charles Henry - GVA Early Officers
• Coates, Herbert - Captain - GVA Early Officers
• Corsan, Reginald Arthur DSO MC, Major - Major Reginald Arthur Corsan D.S.O. M.C. (1894 - 1942)
• Davies, David Samuel M.D., Lond., D.P.H. Cantab., M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P. - Surgeon-Captain - GVA Early Officers
• Elton, Sir Edmund Harry, Bart., CC, Major and Honorable-Lieutenant-Colonel - GVA Early Officers |Artillery at Clevedon
• Fullerton, James Basil - Lieutenant, A Bty 240th Bde RFA - WWI Obituaries
• Gedye, Edward Leonard - Lieutenant, 240th Bde. RFA - 1st South Midland Brigade - 1914-1916 War Diary | 1st South Midland Brigade - Overseas | Opening Days of the Somme | WWI Obituaries
• Gedye MC, F. S. - Major - Major F. S. Gedye MC TD (1894 - 1975) | 1st (South Midland) Brigade RFA (T) 1915-1917 | 1 (SM) Brigade RFA (T) 1917-1919 | Hill Top Farm, Ypres | 266 (GVA) O.P. Bty R.A. (V) - Historical Artefacts
• Lansdown, Francis Poole - Surgeon-Lieutenant-Colonel - GVA Early Officers
• Lewis MBE DCM TD KStJ DL, Harold Essex - Lt. Colonel - Lieutenant Colonel Harold Essex Lewis | Viewpoint of a Trumpeter | Bristol Royal Artillery Club - Old Stiffs Mess
• Ogilvy, Alexander, B.A. , B.C., F.R.C.S.I. - Second Lieutenant - GVA Early Officers
• Ord, Fredrick Cusac - Colonel, Commanding 1st Gloucestershire Artillery Volunteers (Gloucester and Somerset) - Colonel F. C. Ord CB VD TD DL | Gloucestershire Volunteer Artillery
• Platt, Ralph Ernest - First Lieutenant - GVA Early Officers
• Savile, Henry Bourchier Osborne - Colonel, Gloucesterhsire Volunteer Artillery - Colonel H. B. O. Savile (1819-1917) | Gloucestershire Volunteer Artillery
• Sherriff, Bernard Henry - Sergeant, 825064, 240th Bde. RFA - WWI Obituaries
• Stone, Arthur Edward - Captain, A Bty 243rd (1st/4th South Midland) Bde RFA - Viewpoint of a Trumpeter | Opening Days of the Somme | WWI Obituaries
• Swayne, Walter Carless, B.S. Lond., M.D., Ch.B. Bristol. - Major - GVA Early Officers
• Todd, Chester William - Major, DSO, A Bty 240th Bde RFA - WWI Obituaries | 266 (GVA) O.P. Bty R.A. (V) - Historical Artefacts
• Trestrail, Alfred Bond MBE FRGS - Major - GVA Early Officers | Artillery at Clevedon
• Trestrail, Alfred Ernest Yates Trestrail, BA - Lieutenant Colonel - GVA Early Officers | Artillery at Clevedon
• Wathen, John Hancocke - Alderman, Surgeon Captain - GVA Early Officers
• Weston-Stevens, Joseph - Honorary Major - GVA Early Officers
• Whitwill, Mark Jnr - Major - GVA Early Officers
• Worcester, H. - Major - Battery Commander, 883 (GVA) Locating Bty R.A. (V) - 883 (GVA) Locating Bty R.A. (V)
• Worth, John - Captain - GVA Early Officers

Documents and PDFs

• Basic Battle Skills (1991) PDF, 14.03Mb
• Contemporary Officer Biographies PDF, 7.03Mb
• Historical Records of 66th Field Brigade R.A. (T.A.) PDF, 3.64Mb
• Survive to Fight (1995) PDF, 16.99Mb
• The Active Service of the 240 Brigade R. F. A. (T.) PDF, 539Kb
• The National Artillery Association 1863-2014 PDF, 1.04Mb
• The Royal Regiment of Artillery Aide-Memoire 2021 PDF, 522Kb

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