36th Brigade Royal Field Artillery


XXXVI Brigade, Royal Field Artillery was a brigade of the Royal Field Artillery which served in the First World War.
It was originally formed with 15th, 48th and 71st Batteries, and attached to 2nd Infantry Division. On 4 August 1914 it mobilised at Aldershot and was brought up to strength with reservists and drafts from other units; an Ammunition Column was also formed. It was sent to the Continent with the British Expeditionary Force, disembarking at Boulogne 19 August 1914.
It saw service with throughout the war. A howitzer battery was formed in May 1916, from a section of each of 47th and 56th Batteries, and designated D Battery.
The officers who landed in France with the Brigade included:
36th Brigade Commander - Lt Col Ernest Frederick Hall;
Adjutant - Capt H H Hulton,
Medical officer - Captain Patrick Sampson RAMC,
Veterinary Officer - Lt R F Stirling AVC,
15th Battery:
Major Christopher Chevallier Barnes,
Major Laurence Godman,
Lt. Pierre Elliot Inchbald,
2nd Lt. Victor Walrond,
2nd Lt Neil James Robert Wright
48th Battery:
Maj Cosmo Gordon Stewart DSO,
Capt. Richmond Ffolliott Powell,
Lt Donald Ramsey MacDonald,
Lt C. W. Campbell,
2Lt Arthur Lefrey Pritchard Griffith
71st Battery:
Maj. C. W. Scott,
Capt. William Cecil Holt Cree,
Lt Melvil Farrant,
2nd Lt A Chaworth-Musters,
2nd Lt Archibald Charles Mark Walsh
36th Brigade Ammunition Column:
Capt. Robert Hadden Haining,
Lt Christopher Geldard,
Lt Percival Llewellyn Vining
Warrant officers and senior NCOs on mobilisation included
RSM Andrew Imlach ;
15th Battery - BSM Bert Avery ; BQMS Thomas Wallace Coles ;
48th Battery - BSM Arthur Frank Pilcher ; BQMS William Charles Smith ;
71st Battery - BSM David William Phillpotts ; BQMS Charles John Read ;
36th Brigade Ammunition Column - BSM Frederick Bradford ;