On the 24th October 1917, the Commanding Officer 250 Brigade led his Battery Commanders onto Pilkem Ridge.
“Fifty square miles of slime and filth from which every shell that burst threw up ghastly relics and raised stenches too abominable to describe; and over all, dominating all, a never-ceasing ear shattering fire and the sickly reek of the deadly mustard gas “
The history of the 1st Northumberland Bde RFA (TF) 1914-1919
Langenarck
After the BC’s recce, it was onto Langemarck, where the guns of 250 Brigade deployed. In 1917 Langemarck had been reduced to rubble, the Northumbrians using the floors of the demolished buildings to provide firm platforms.