160th wearside william scott

[Guest natalieb]

im looking for a casualty list for the 160th wearside sunderland. Im looking for information on my great grandfather William Scott.

[ianjonesncl]

The Sunderland Echo requested information on the casualties from the 160th Wearside Brigade 3 years ago, however I am not sure how far they got. The link below gives some useful information on the Brigade including details of the battles they were engaged in;

http://www.sunderlandecho.com/daily/Roll-call-of-city39s-bravest.3373340.jp

According to the Illustrated Chronicle (NE news paper), the original idea to raise an Artillery Brigade was instigated by the Tyneside Irish 12th October 1914, though the request to the war Office was not made until 20th January 1915. The 160th Brigade RFA was raised in early 1915 by Alderman Stanefield Richardson, the Mayor of Sunderland and the Recruiting Committee. The first Commanding Officer was Colonel CWP Parker RGA (T).

The Brigade was allocated to the 34th Divisional Artillery, joining the Tyneside Scottish and Tyneside Irish in that formation. The 160th Brigade was part of the Divisional Artillery together with 152 Brigade (Nottingham), 174 Brigade (Staffordshire), 176 Howitzer Brigade (Leicestershire), and the Divisional Artillery Column (Nottingham).

The Brigade being a New Army unit would have been equipped with 4 x 18 pounder guns. The History of Great War Based on Official Documents Order of Battle Divisions Part 3b details the following changes to the organisation of the Brigade;

1915 May - England

The brigades were raised as 4 battery brigades; in each brigade the batteries were lettered A,B,C,D, and each battery was a 4 gun battery.

1916 Jan - France

At 11am on 22nd May B Battery left and became B/CLXXVI (176); D/DLX (160) then became B/CLX (160); and A (H) / CLXXVI (176) joined and became D (H) / CLX (160)

1916 Jun / Nov - France

By noon 28 June 1916 the 18 pounder batteries were made upto 6 guns each. B and left section C joined CLX from CLXXVI, and right section B made up A/CLX, left section B made up B/CLX, and left section B made up B/CLX, and left section C made up C/CLX to (176) 6 guns each. On 24 Nov 1916 1 section C (H) / CLXXV joined and made up D (H) / CLX to 6 guns

1917 Jun - France

Over the period 28th August 1916 and June 1917 175 and 176 Battery left the Divisional Artillery Group. As of June 1917 the Divisional Artillery consisted of 152 and 160 Brigades RFA. The Brigade Orbat was 3 gun and 1 howitzer battery.