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tle for Serbia was over and the Bulgarians were threatening
Greece.
We know, from family history, that Oliver was wounded by
a machine gun bullet in one hand, but that is the limit of our
knowledge.
After the war Oliver returned to Cliffe and in September 1923
married Annie Elizabeth Broughton. They had two daughters.
Oliver died in 1975 and his death was recorded in Kettering.
SHRIVE Richard MC
2nd Lieutenant, Royal Garrison Artillery, Special Reserve
Born 16th October 1891 in Oundle, Richard was the second
youngest of five sons of William Thomas and Jane Shrive and
was the brother of John Shrive, who died in action in East Africa.
Richard enlisted in the Regular Army in about 1908, joining the
Royal Garrison Artillery.
In 1911 he was a gunner, aged 19, in 18 Company Reserve, in
the barracks of the RGA at Sheerness in Kent.
He went to France with his regiment on 13th February 1915.
Originally the garrison artillery had heavy static guns for
protecting forts, shorelines etc. They later took on the role of
operating the really heavy guns and howitzers. This would be
their role in France.
In 1915 while still involved in the war, he married Ethel Emma
Bowen, aged 24, at Peterborough and they subsequently had
two daughters.
An extract from the diary of Major Christian reads:-
“On Dec 1st 1915 I joined at Plymouth with the temporary rank of
Major, and orders to form 91st Siege Battery. . . During the first week
the following joined . . . and 2nd Lieut. R. Shrive (2nd Lieut. Shrive and
myself were still with the Battery at the end of the War).”
From the diary of Gunner Cecil Whiting of the 91st Siege
Battery:-
“In 1916 we took part in the heavy fighting near Beaumont Hamel,
and on the 14th & 15th November the Battery was supplying massive
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Greece.
We know, from family history, that Oliver was wounded by
a machine gun bullet in one hand, but that is the limit of our
knowledge.
After the war Oliver returned to Cliffe and in September 1923
married Annie Elizabeth Broughton. They had two daughters.
Oliver died in 1975 and his death was recorded in Kettering.
SHRIVE Richard MC
2nd Lieutenant, Royal Garrison Artillery, Special Reserve
Born 16th October 1891 in Oundle, Richard was the second
youngest of five sons of William Thomas and Jane Shrive and
was the brother of John Shrive, who died in action in East Africa.
Richard enlisted in the Regular Army in about 1908, joining the
Royal Garrison Artillery.
In 1911 he was a gunner, aged 19, in 18 Company Reserve, in
the barracks of the RGA at Sheerness in Kent.
He went to France with his regiment on 13th February 1915.
Originally the garrison artillery had heavy static guns for
protecting forts, shorelines etc. They later took on the role of
operating the really heavy guns and howitzers. This would be
their role in France.
In 1915 while still involved in the war, he married Ethel Emma
Bowen, aged 24, at Peterborough and they subsequently had
two daughters.
An extract from the diary of Major Christian reads:-
“On Dec 1st 1915 I joined at Plymouth with the temporary rank of
Major, and orders to form 91st Siege Battery. . . During the first week
the following joined . . . and 2nd Lieut. R. Shrive (2nd Lieut. Shrive and
myself were still with the Battery at the end of the War).”
From the diary of Gunner Cecil Whiting of the 91st Siege
Battery:-
“In 1916 we took part in the heavy fighting near Beaumont Hamel,
and on the 14th & 15th November the Battery was supplying massive
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