My Granddad goes to the front.

30th October 1916.

My Granddad leaves Le Havre to join his unit at the front.

He goes to join 140 Siege Battery RGA on the Somme.
A battery of 4, 6" Howitzers.

The battery position was at Authuille Wood, near Aveluy, just north of Albert.
The Battle of the Somme was in its fourth month.
Reginald Groves had been killed near Le Sars on the first of the month.

This shows the exact location of the battery on a WW1 trench map.

The battery was part of 36 [Australian] HAG [Heavy Artillery Group] and contained the following siege batteries: 14 SB, 23 SB, 33 SB, 80 SB, 129 SB, 140 SB and 177 SB.