• Homepage - a general introduction to the site.

Organizational History

• Bristol Artillery History - A history of the Bristol artillery formations
• 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

• 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
• 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
• Opening Days of the Somme by Lt. E. L. Gedye
• 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 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

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 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
• Fullerton, James Basil - Lieutenant, A Bty 240th Bde RFA - WWI Obituaries
• Gedye, Edward Leonard - Lieutenant, 240th Bde. RFA - 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 | Hill Top Farm, Ypres | 266 (GVA) O.P. Bty R.A. (V) - Historical Artefacts
• 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
• Ord, F. C. - Colonel, Commanding 1st Gloucestershire Artillery Volunteers (Gloucester and Somerset)
• 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
• Todd, Chester William - Major, DSO, A Bty 240th Bde RFA - WWI Obituaries | 266 (GVA) O.P. Bty R.A. (V) - Historical Artefacts
• Worcester, H. - Major - Battery Commander, 883 (GVA) Locating Bty R.A. (V) - 883 (GVA) Locating Bty R.A. (V)

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