TrevorHH Posted 7 July , 2022 Share Posted 7 July , 2022 Hello All Can someone help please. I am looking for references to the 4th Army Trench Mortar School which was at Vaux-en-Amienois on the Somme. The reason being I am researching Cpl (later Sgt) Harry Clark MM 2nd OXBLI who was an instructor at this school from Nov 1916 till Feb 1917. Many thanks Trevor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Porter Posted 7 July , 2022 Share Posted 7 July , 2022 Trevor, I doubt you will find much about it. I have also tried, all I know is that each mortar school trained instructors and personnel to replace wastage. There were 8 Officers and 100 Other Ranks for each three week course. I believe 4th Army Trench Mortar School was formed at Val’heureux, moving to Vaux-en-Amienois on November 9, 1916. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrevorHH Posted 7 July , 2022 Author Share Posted 7 July , 2022 Dear David Thank you for your post and the snippett of information about the 4th Army T rench Mortar School. Since posting my appeal for info above, I have found the reference below to the school in Gerald Gliddon’s book Somme 1916. A Battlefield Companion: “Throughout part of 1916, Fourth Army ran a Trench Mortar School in the village which seems to have resulted in at least 14 and maybe 15 fatal accidents mostly in November and December; six men were killed on 8th December alone. The men were buried in Vaux-en-Amienois Communal Cemetery; one Sgt H S Meehan (A11) of 13th Australian Battalion (4th Brigade 4th Division), used to have a special memorial.” Perhaps doing some research on these men may find more on the school methinks. Vaux-en-Ameinois was where Sgt Harry Clark met his wife Pauline Blandurel who he married after moving to the GHQ Trench Mortar School at Etaples. Cheers Trevor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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