The 172nd Siege Battery was a unit of Britain's Royal Garrison Artillery raised during World War I. It manned heavy howitzers on the Western Front and Italian Front from 1916 to 1918.
Cap Badge of the Royal Regiment of Artillery
Crew positioning a 6-inch 26 cwt howitzer in 1918.
6-inch howitzer being moved through mud on the Western Front.
6-inch howitzer and crew during the Ypres offensive, 1917.
The South Midland Royal Garrison Artillery was a volunteer artillery unit of Britain's Territorial Force formed in 1908. It served in Home Defence and provided heavy artillery support to the armies on
172nd Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery
…there was little activity through the winter months. In February 1918 the HAGs became permanent RGA brigades: 24th Bde consisted of one heavy battery (1/1st Warwickshire Bty) and three other 6-inch howitzer siege batteries (105th, 229th and 247th) in addition to the 172nd. At the end of March 1918, 105th Siege Bty moved to…
4.7-inch gun on 'Woolwich' carriage, ca 1914
4.7-inch gun on the Somme, 1916
RGA manhandling a 60-pounder gun at Ypres, 1917