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jukebox

jukebox

Engineer Brummie
I have a letter from my grandfather dated 27 June 1919. His address is given as:

138 Heavy Bty R Ga
B I in France

I know he was in the Royal Garrison Artillery so presumably the first line is 138 Battery Royal Garrison.
Could anyone help with the second line?
 
jukebox said:
I have a letter from my grandfather dated 27 June 1919. His address is given as:

138 Heavy Bty R Ga
B I in France

I know he was in the Royal Garrison Artillery so presumably the first line is 138 Battery Royal Garrison.
Could anyone help with the second line?
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You're right Jukebox.
"RGa" is obviously RGA
I would suggest that "B I France" is somebody's shorthand for Based in France.
 
Thanks for your suggestion Baz. However there is already an 'in' there so that would read Based in in France.
 
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[h=4]Section C, 138 Heavy Battery: the Hampstead Heavies[/h]This is a photo of the group of men who served a single heavy gun (a 60-pounder) in the 138th Heavy Battery of the Royal Garrison Artillery, taken in London before they sailed for the front in April 1916. The battery stayed in France until demobilized in 1919.
 
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