The 121st Siege Battery was a unit of Britain's Royal Garrison Artillery raised during World War I. It manned heavy howitzers on the Western Front from 1916 to 1918.
Cap Badge of the Royal Regiment of Artillery
9.2-inch howitzer in action on the Somme, 1916.
Positioning a 9.2-inch howitzer and its ammunition in the mud of the Ypres Salient, 1917.
9.2-inch howitzer broken down into three loads for road movement.
The 2nd Glamorganshire Artillery Volunteers was a part-time unit of the British Army that defended the coast of South Wales from 1890 to 1942. Although it never saw action in its coastal defence role,
121st Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery
…On the outbreak of war in August 1914, units of the part-time Territorial Force (TF) were invited to volunteer for Overseas Service and most of the Glamorgan Royal Garrison Artillery did so. This unit had mobilised as part of No 26 Coastal Fire Command, responsible for the defence of Swansea, Cardiff and Barry. By October 1914, the…
A gunner of the Glamorganshire Royal Garrison Artillery in dress uniform, 1908
Drill hall, Gladstone Road, Barry. Built for No 5 Company in 1914