page_title: North Scottish Royal Garrison Artillery
section_title: 67th Siege Battery, RGA
hierarchical_section_title: North Scottish Royal Garrison Artillery / World War I / 67th Siege Battery, RGA
caption_attribution_description: Photograph of British 8 inch Howitzer Mk V, a bored-out and shortened 6 inch naval gun, under camouflage netting near Carnoy, Battle of Albert, July 1916.
context_page_description: The North Scottish Royal Garrison Artillery and its successors were Scottish part-time coast defence units of the British Army from 1908 to 1961. Although the unit saw no active service, it supplied trained gunners to siege batteries engaged on the Western Front during World War I.
context_section_description: 67th Siege Battery was formed under War Office Instruction 144 of October 1915 from one company of the North Scottish RGA (TF). The battery went out to the Western Front on 18 March 1916 manning four 8-inch howitzers. At this time batteries were switched between Heavy Artillery Groups (HAGs) as required. 67th Siege Bty was with 21st HAG by the middle of June.
caption: 8-inch Howitzer on the Somme, July 1916.
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