WWI British Battery Designation Question

rcleary171

rcleary171

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Question:

How are batteries identified?

And just, when the observationist is coordinating fire with the battery, how does he address the battery? He can't just say "battery" because sometimes the observationist spoke with two at once.

So I need to know if he'd address them by their designation. And if that was the same way Americans designate batteries: A, B, C etc

Thank you for your help
 
This is taken from my memory so I'm not 100% sure that it is completely correct.

To begin with, they were numbered. So 28 Brigade Royal Field Artillery for example, consisted of No. 122, 123 and 124 Batteries and 29 Brigade comprising 125, 126 and 127 Batteries. In late 1914 or early 1915 they superseded to the use of letters, so the three batteries became A, B and C Battery.

And according to the British Army Signalling Manual 1914 it will be ACK Battery, BEER Battery and C Battery.

But as I said, I'm not 100% sure.
 
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