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Page 1 ( WW2 ) |
In Memory of my Great Grandfather - 1789 Royal
Artillery 1914-1918 |
Page 2 ( WW1 ) |
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LOCATION -
Unknown
DATE -
1914-1918
My namesake, pictured almost a century ago on horseback. He was a driver
in the Royal Artillery, which would have
included the movement and placement of
horse-drawn large calibre guns. His medals are
stamped simply R.A. for Royal Artillery however
there was several varied formations during WW1.
The RHA ( Royal Horse Artillery ) which
manoeuvred and equipped light and mobile
horse-drawn guns in support of the Cavalry. The
RFA ( Royal Field Artillery ) the largest branch
of the R.A. which managed the medium sized guns
and howitzers, often at the forefront of battle
conditions and located close to the front line,
the unit was semi-mobile and organised into
Brigades.
The RGA ( Royal Garrison Artillery ) based at
home locations and at the front, these units
dealt with the largest calibre weapons,
including anti-aircraft and Marine Artillery and
was widely deployed a distance from the front
lines, using the guns range to negate the enemy
artillery.
His medals, spurs, original Lee-Enfield rifle handbook and Queen Mary
Christmas tin with the original contents intact
are retained within the family. I would love to
hear additional information or observations from
anyone who can glean more details from the above
image or his service number ( 1789 ). He
survived the Great War. |
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Captain James Ewing |
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NAME -
Captain James
Ewing
DATE -
1916-1917
James Ewing was born on 23rd December 1892, at the Laggan farm in the
parish of Monzievaird, Perthshire. He was the
youngest son of Duncan Ewing and Grace Rettie,
and was educated at Morrison’s Academy, Crieff.
He went on to the University of Glasgow to study
medicine and did well, gaining merit
certificates in the Practice of Medicine and
Clinical Medicine in the session 1913-1914.
After graduating MB ChB in 1916 he acted as an
assistant for a few months in Glagow Royal and
Perth Royal infirmaries before enlisting.
Dr Ewing served in Mesopotamia with the Royal
Army Medical Corps, Special Reserve, 8th Welsh
Fusiliers. He attained the rank of Captain. He
sustained mortal wounds in the field and died on
12th April 1917, aged 25. He was Mentioned in
Despatches (MID) posthumously (15th October
1917), by Lieutenant General Sir Stanley Maude,
for gallant and distinguished service. His
brother William served in the Royal Artillery.
Captain James Ewing’s name is recorded on the
Basra Memorial and at home, on the Monzievaird
and Crieff War Memorials, in Crieff Parish
Church and in the Memorial Hall of Morrison’s
Academy.
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Lieutenant Robert Dykes Grossart |
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NAME -
Lieutenant Robert Dykes
Grossart
DATE -
Post 1st
January 1943
Born in 1892 in Corrie Dumfieshire, Robert was the son of a farmer. He
enrolled at Glasgow University in 1912 at the
age of 21 to study Engineering and Physical
Laboratory. It was during these studies that War
intervened and he enlisted in the Cameronians,
shortly after transferring to the 18th, 2nd
Glamorgan Battalion of the Welsh Regiment. He
was assigned to the Royal Flying Corps as a
Temporary Lieutenant and was killed while on
flying duties on the 5th February 1917. He was
25 years of age. Lieutenant Robert Dykes
Grossart is buried at Kirkpartick, Juxta Parish
Churchyard, Dumfries, he was awarded the British
War medal and the Victory Medal.
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Unknown Gefreiter |
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NAME -
Unknown
DATE
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Unknown
This unknown Gefreiter served with the Reserve
Infantry Regiment Nr 16 which was part of the
14th Reserve Division. The 14th Reserve Division
fought on the Western Front, participating in
the opening German offensive which led to the
Allied Great Retreat, including the capture of
Namur and Maubeuge. Thereafter, the Division
remained in the line in the Aisne region until
October 1915, and then went into Army reserve
for two months. It fought in the Battle of
Verdun from February to September 1916, and
remained in the line at Verdun thereafter.
It went to the Somme region at the end of 1916 and to the Champagne region
in late January 1917, fighting in the Second
Battle of the Aisne, also called the Third
Battle of Champagne, from April to May. After a
few months near Reims, the Division went to the
region along the Ailette River. In 1918, it
participated in the German Spring Offensive. It
was then primarily on the defensive, resisting
various Allied offensives including those of the
Hundred Days Offensive. Allied intelligence
rated the Division as first class. |
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Generalfeldmarschall - August von Mackensen |
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NAME -
Anton Ludwig
Friedrich August von Mackensen
DATE -
Unknown
Born in 1849 and to nobility, von Mackensen was
commander of XVII. Corps attached to the Eighth
Army during WWI. He took part in every major
conflict in the East and would remain on that
front for the war's duration. His XVII. Corps
suffered an initial humiliating defeat to the
Russians (Rennenkampf) at Gumbinnen, but they
later took part in great success at both
Tannenberg and Masurian Lakes. As commander of
Army Detachment Mackensen and the Ninth Army, he
directed the siege of Warsaw and Battle of Lodz.
His Eleventh Army, which as part of the Army
Group Mackensen-Kiev included Austro-Hungarian
units, was based in the Dunajec sector of
Galicia (1915) and successfully broke through
the Russian lines at Gorlice-Tarnow.
In June 1915, von Mackensen's troops were able to retake the Przemysl
Fortress and helped Austria recapture the city
of Lemberg and was promoted to field marshal. He
conquered Serbia, and became commander of Army
Group Mackensen-Romania (1916-18) under
Falkenhayn and headed up the defeat and military
occupation of Romania, where he remained until
war's end.
After the armistice, von Mackensen was briefly
held captive in Hungary and Salonika (Greece),
returning to Germany in 1919 and retiring from
the Army one year later. The field marshal then
served as a leader in the monarchist Stahlhelm
forces and later became an important figurehead
for the Nazi Party, ardently supporting Hitler.
He was more loyal to the monarchy than to Naziism and defied Hitler by
being conspicuously present at Kaiser Wilhelm
II's funeral. There, the last remaining WW1-era
field marshal tearfully laid his cavalry cloak
over his fallen leader's coffin. In 1945, the
95-year old field marshal spent his final days
fleeing westward escaping the onslaught of the
Red Army. His son Hans was a Nazi diplomat,
while his son Eberhard served as a general in
the Wehrmacht and was later convicted of war
crimes. He died in 1945 aged 95 and was widely
regarded as one of the finest German Generals of
his era. His military career spanned fifty years
( 1869-1919 ). |
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Landsturm Ersatz |
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NAME -
Unknown
DATE -
Unknown
Soldier of the Ersatz Batl. Landsturm Infanterie Regt. 27. I was pleased
with the results after colourizing this
individual, note the simple cloth shoulder
boards.
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