page_title: 93rd Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery
section_title: Ypres
hierarchical_section_title: 93rd Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery / Service / Ypres
caption_attribution_description: English: IWM caption&#160;: THE BATTLE OF PASSCHENDAELE, JULY-NOVEMBER 1917. Men of the Royal Garrison Artillery (R.G.A.) moving a 9.2 inch howitzer onto its travelling carriage, to move it forward. Wieltje, 5 September 1917. Other photographs in this sequence&#160;: File:9.2-inch howitzer at Wieltje Sep 1917 IWM Q 3017.jpg
context_page_description: 93rd Siege Battery was a unit of Britain's Royal Garrison Artillery formed during World War I. It served on the Western Front, including the Attack on the Gommecourt Salient, the Battle of Passchendaele, and the crushing victories of the Allied Hundred Days Offensive in 1918.
context_section_description: On 19 June 93rd Siege Bty joined 10th HAG with Third Army, but was actually at rest until 11 July. Then on 11 July it switched to 33rd HAG, which was moving to Second Army in the Ypres Salient. From 1 August Second Army carried out operations in support of the Third Ypres Offensive. During the summer and autumn of 1917 the command of 93rd Siege Bty shifted constantly, though the heavy howitzers were moved less often. It was under 76th HAG from 24 August, 51st HAG from 27 August, 86th HAG from 5 September and 9th HAG from 22 September. Meanwhile, Fifth Army's Ypres offensive was making little progress, and Second Army took over its direction. The Battles of the Menin Road, Polygon Wood and Broodseinde were highly successful because of the weight of artillery brought to bear on German positions. But as the offensive continued with the Battle of Poelcappelle and First and Second Battles of Passchendaele, the tables were turned: British batteries were clearly observable from the Passchendaele Ridge and were subjected to counter-battery (CB) fire, while their own guns sank into the mud and became difficult to aim and fire.
  During these battles 93rd Siege Bty had transferred back to 86th HAG on 27 September. After the campaign ground to a halt, the battery was sent to 57th HAG on 19 November, arriving on 24 November. From 28 November it was resting and training in VIII Corps area, where on 14 December it was joined by a section from 183rd Siege Bty, which was being broken up. This brought 93rd Siege Bty up to a strength of six howitzers. On 24 December it joined 69th HAG, now under Fourth Army (which had taken over from Second Army HQ).
caption: Moving a 9.2-inch howitzer on its travelling carriage, 1917.
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