■ 111 ■■■ ■■in*- ■ mm wBSBmmBm icers, N.C.O . and gunners. The men were divided into three (3) groups: )se who manned the guns, the signallers, and the battery commanders, Jistants and observers. I was placed in the latter group. I We drilled in Charlottetown during the summer, and on September ft we left for England by way of Halifax, going aboard a troop ship that city. We landed in Liverpool and went to Witley, a large Can- tan camp near London. From Witley we went to Aldershot where we aned for several months. While there we were re-named 292 Imperial •!wy aild attached to the British Army. From Aldershot we went to aa on the south coast and there we did so well that we were given nt inch howitzers firing a 200 lb. shell. From Lydd we were sent to a up near London to get our guns and equipment. Before going to 1 Oana(jian Corps was formed and we became the Eighth Siege Battery laaian Corps Heavy Artillery. , **? APril we were sent to to the Bethune area where we yea ior several months. While there our commanding officer, Major «e, was wounded by a shell splinter. He was sent to England and er came back to the battery. He was replaced by a Major Ring from John and later by Major Scully from Montreal. From Bethune we went to Armentiers and while there, we lost a gu" crew—several killed and the rest wounded. From Armentiers ent to the Ypres area and took part in the capture of Passchendale. tnere we went to the area where we stayed during the merman offensive in the spring of 1918. After it was checked, we 21