page_title: 1st Lincolnshire Artillery Volunteers
section_title: Reorganisation
hierarchical_section_title: 1st Lincolnshire Artillery Volunteers / World War I / 1/I North Midland Brigade / Reorganisation
caption_attribution_description: Photograph of British QF 4.5 inch howitzer, World War I vintage, at the Royal Artillery Museum, Woolwich, London.
context_page_description: The 1st Lincolnshire Artillery Volunteers were formed in 1860 as a response to a French invasion threat. They fought on the Western Front during World War I. In World War II, the unit took part in the Battle of France and Dunkirk evacuation, the Anglo-Iraqi War with 'Kingcol', the Western Desert Campaign in which it distinguished itself at the Battle of Sidi Rezegh, and finally fought as infantry in the Chindits. The unit was disbanded in 1947.
context_section_description: The Gommecourt attack had been a diversion, and it was not renewed after the first day's disaster. 46th Division remained in position while the Somme offensive continued further south throughout the summer and autumn. There was further reorganisation amongst divisional artillery on 28 August, in which CCXXXIII Bde was broken up, with its A Bty (formerly D Bty of the CCXXX Bde) rejoining, with Right Section assigned to A/CCXXX, Left Section to B/CCXXX, and Left Section of C/CCXXXIII joining C/CCXXX to bring them up to six 18-pounders each. A final round of reorganisation came in the new year, when CCXXXII (3rd NM) Bde left the division, leaving a section of its C Bty (formerly 512 (Howitzer) Bty) to bring D (H)/CCXXX up to six 4.5-inch howitzers. For the remainder of the war the brigade had the following organisation.
  A/CCXXX (1/1st Lincolnshire Bty + Right Section former D Bty) 6 x 18-pdrs
  B/CCXXX (1/2nd Lincolnshire Bty + Left Section former D Bty) 6 x 18-pdrs
  C/CCXXX (1/3rd Lincolnshire Bty + Section C/CCXXXIII Bty) 6 x 18-pdrs
  D (H)/CCXXX (1/1st Derbyshire Bty + Section 512 (H) Bty) 6 x 4.5-inch howitzers
caption: 4.5-inch howitzer preserved at the Royal Artillery Museum.
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