Charles, served in Shropshire (TF) Battery; ASM named to C.A. Jordan ACF141518 (ACF = Active Citizen Force);
The battery was headquartered in Shrewsbury, where the battery was also based; the ammunition column was at Church Stretton. As a unit, it came under the Welsh Border Mounted Brigade. After mobilising, the brigade joined the 1st Mounted Division. In March 1916, the Welsh Border Mounted Brigade proceeded overseas but did not take its supporting artillery; instead, the battery came under the second line 2/1st Welsh Border Mounted Brigade which arrived to take its place in the division. In August 1916, the battery transferred to 293rd Brigade (CCXCIII) RFA of the 58th (2/1st London) Division at Heytesbury, becoming its A Battery. The men of the battery’s ammunition column transferred to the 58th Division’s trench mortars. The brigade sailed from Southampton to Le Havre in France on 21-22 January 1917. On 6 February 1917, it left the division and became an Army Brigade. As such, it was not under permanent command of a given division, but over the rest of the war was at times with various different divisions. The brigade moved at first to join XIX Corps. Movements and allocations thereafter can be traced in the war diary.
Extracted from:
https://www.longlongtrail.co.uk/batteries-of-the-royal-horse-artillery-territorial-force/
Documents available: Medal Index Card; medal roll(s); it is assumed that the ASM belongs to C. Jordan
Condition: GVF (scratch marks on the BWM); mounted on card for display with replacement ribbons; please see photographs for detail
