The Northamptonshire Battery, Royal Field Artillery was a unit of Britain's Territorial Force from 1908 to 1919. It served in the Sinai and Palestine Campaign during World War I. In World War II the b
The 15-pounder gun
An 18-pounder crew in action in Sinai, 1916.
Preserved 4.5-inch howitzer
Cap badge of the Hertfordshire Yeomanry
The 1st Essex Artillery Volunteers was a unit of Britain's part-time auxiliary forces raised in Essex in 1860 in response to an invasion scare. It served under various designations as field artillery
Northamptonshire Battery, Royal Field Artillery
…for major raids on the Turkish lines. A six-day preliminary bombardment for the Third Battle of Gaza began on 27 October, with B/270 Bty attached to 271 (II East Anglian) Bde in No 3 Group supporting 161st (Essex) Brigade. On X-Day (2 November), 161st Bde attacked along the coast behind a creeping barrage laid down by No 3…
Crest of the 1st Essex Artillery Volunteers, c1890
Waistbelt clasp of the Essex Volunteer Artillery, ca 1891.
Emplacing an 18-pounder with wooden wheels at the start of World War II