32nd Brigade Royal Field Artillery
XXXII Brigade, Royal Field Artillerywas abrigade[a]of theRoyal Field Artillerywhich served in theFirst World War.
It was originally formed with 27th, 134th and 135th Batteries, and attached to4th Infantry Division.In August 1914 it mobilised and was sent to the Continent with theBritish Expeditionary Force,where it saw service with 2nd Division throughout the war. A howitzer battery was formed in May 1916, from a section of each of 86th (Howitzer) and 128th (Howitzer) Batteries, and designated D Battery; it was disbanded in January 1917, and replaced by 86th (Howitzer) Battery.
Notes
[edit]- ^The basic organic unit of theRoyal Artillerywas, and is, theBattery.[1]When grouped together they formed brigades, in the same way that infantry battalions or cavalry regiments were grouped together in brigades. At the outbreak ofWorld War I,a field artillery brigade ofheadquarters(4 officers, 37other ranks), three batteries (5 and 193 each), and a brigade ammunition column (4 and 154)[2]had a total strength just under 800 so was broadly comparable to an infantry battalion (just over 1,000) or a cavalry regiment (about 550). Like an infantry battalion, an artillery brigade was usually commanded by aLieutenant-Colonel.Artillery brigades were redesignated as regiments in 1938.
References
[edit]- ^"The Royal Artillery".Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom).Archived fromthe originalon 23 October 2013.Retrieved13 April2013.
- ^Baker, Chris."What was an artillery brigade?".The Long, Long Trail.Retrieved13 April2013.