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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 By the end of 1917 the 2nd Line TF infantry battalions had been replaced by training units, and from 1 January 1918 the division lost its 'East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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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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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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202:1st Volunteer Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment
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373:54th Division was next engaged in the action at
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21:IV East Anglian Brigade, Royal Field Artillery
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126:IV East Anglian Brigade
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481:Armistice with Germany
297:, rearmed with modern
422:De Bange 90 mm cannon
381:final offensive (the
360:Third Battles of Gaza
315:After a month on the
236:Marquess of Salisbury
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162:East Anglian Division
130:Royal Field Artillery
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