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and formed part of the coast defences of the UK until the following May. Meanwhile, the formation of duplicate or 2nd Line TF units from Home
Service men and recruits had been authorised, and towards the end of 1914 the 2nd East Anglian Division came into existence at Peterborough. The original (1st
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The division's role throughout the war was to train drafts of reinforcements for units serving overseas. By the end of 1917 the 2nd Line TF infantry battalions had been replaced by training units, and from 1 January 1918 the division lost its 'East
Anglian' title. The artillery remained around
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On 29 May 1916 the IV East
Anglian Brigade was renumbered CCLXXIII (273) Brigade RFA and its batteries became A, B and C. It was renumbered again on 29 December, becoming CCLXX (270), and was reorganised into six-gun batteries. B (1/2nd Hertfordshire) Battery was split up between A (1/1st
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The East
Anglian Division had begun its annual training on 27 July 1914. When the order to mobilise was given on 4 August, the units returned to their headquarters and then moved to their war stations. By 10 August the division had concentrated around
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November 1918 the division was ordered to return to Egypt, the artillery proceeding by sea and arriving in mid-December. Demobilisation began in January 1919, and the TF units were slowly reduced to
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Division were slowly brought back up to strength with drafts from home during 1916, and by mid-January 1917 the whole division had assembled at Moascar in preparation for the
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Hertfordshire) and C (1/1st
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Training for the 2nd Line artillery was hindered by the shortage of equipment, and several months passed before guns, horses and harness were received. Even then, only obsolete French
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Anglian Brigade was numbered CCCXLVIII Bde RFA (348 Bde) and the batteries became A, B and C. The following month he division was transferred to
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were available for training. Early in 1915 the 2nd East
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was signed with Turkey and hostilities ended on 31 October.
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and in April moved into No 1 (Southern) Section of the
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on 30 January 1916 and disembarkation was completed at
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86th (East Anglian) (Hertfordshire Yeomanry) Brigade
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213:1st Volunteer Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment
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384:54th Division was next engaged in the action at
373:(27 October–7 November) and the final capture of
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224:Northamptonshire Battery, Royal Field Artillery
958:Military units and formations in Hertfordshire
292:. However, when the infantry departed for the
32:IV East Anglian Brigade, Royal Field Artillery
973:Artillery units and formations of World War I
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602:Northamptonshire Volunteers at Regiments.org.
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776:Titles and Designations
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179:IV East Anglian Brigade
137:IV East Anglian Brigade
735:Becke Pt 3b, pp. 31–9.
508:Hertfordshire Yeomanry
492:Armistice with Germany
308:, rearmed with modern
433:De Bange 90 mm cannon
392:final offensive (the
371:Third Battles of Gaza
326:After a month on the
247:Marquess of Salisbury
196:Bedfordshire Regiment
173:East Anglian Division
141:Royal Field Artillery
933:The Long, Long Trail
762:Sainsbury, pp. 31–4.
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788:Army List
476:Doncaster
464:Harrogate
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332:Marseille
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