Recruiting in Forest for WW1 Artillery, part 2. (General)

by Jefff , West London, Middlesex, Wednesday, November 02, 2011, 23:29 (4566 days ago)

Hi Hilary,
I couldn't add this to your thread as it's already been "locked", I don't understand why but this happens automatically after 20 posts.

Trying to find out any links between the Artillery and Chepstow, a quick Google of "Chepstow Royal Field Artillery" shows this site, the Chepstow War Memorial lists a few from the RFA amongst the other brave men commemorated. I guess this suggests it was a good recruiting town for the RFA, I suspect due to the number of local lads with horse skills.
http://www.roll-of-honour.com/Monmouthshire/Chepstow.html
Similary these other Monmouthshire Memorials.
http://www.roll-of-honour.com/Monmouthshire/Caerwent.html
http://www.roll-of-honour.com/Monmouthshire/Sudbrook.html
etc.
I imagine this trend is common for many agricultural areas such as ours.
Hope this helps, Jeff.