44th Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery
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The 44th Siege Battery was a unit of Britain's Royal Garrison Artillery (RGA) raised during World War I. It manned heavy Railway guns supporting the British Expeditionary Force on the Western Front from 1916 to 1918, seeing action on the Somme, at Vimy Ridge and at Cambrai. A distant successor unit continues in the present-day Royal Artillery.
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44th Siege Battery, RGA | |
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Active | 12 July 1915–present |
Country | United Kingdom |
Branch | British Army |
Role | Railway artillery |
Part of | Royal Garrison Artillery |
Garrison/HQ | Sheerness |
Engagements | Somme Vimy Ridge Cambrai Battles of 1918 |
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