XII (Howitzer) Brigade, Royal Field Artillery was a
brigade of the
Royal Field Artillery
The Royal Field Artillery (RFA) of the British Army provided close artillery support for the infantry. It came into being when created as a distinct arm of the Royal Regiment of Artillery on 1 July 1899, serving alongside the other two arms of t ...
which served in the
First World War.
It was originally formed with 43rd, 86th and
87th (Howitzer) Batteries, each equipped with
4.5-inch howitzers, and attached to
6th Infantry Division. In August 1914 it mobilised and in September was sent to the Continent with the
British Expeditionary Force, where it saw service with 6th Division until broken up. 86th Battery was withdrawn in May 1915, and assigned to
127th (Howitzer) Brigade.
In May 1916, the artillery brigades of infantry divisions were reorganised; the pure howitzer brigades were disbanded, and their batteries attached individually to field brigades, in order to produce mixed brigades of three field batteries and one howitzer battery. Accordingly, the brigade was broken up and the batteries dispersed; 43rd to
24th Brigade, and
87th Battery to
2nd Brigade.
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Royal Field Artillery Brigades
Royal Field Artillery brigades
Artillery units and formations of World War I