Northumbrian Gunner: Ex Trenches Reflect

Artillery dominated the Great War. In 1914 the Royal Artillery consisted of 554 Batteries, by 1918 the Royal Regiment more than trebled in size to 1, 796 Batteries. Much of the growth was in heavy artillery, 6 siege batteries in 1914, 400 by 1918.

On 22nd August 1914 E Battery RHA fired the first British artillery round on the Western Front. Mons - First British Artilley round on Western Front. Over the period of the war from 1914 - 1918 over 170,000,000 rounds had been fired.