Gunner Patrick Hamill, Royal Field Artillery

My uncle Paddy Hamill was born in Dungannon 1887. He joined the Royal Field Artillery in 1911 and was appointed to the 2nd Battery, XIII Brigade in India first in Kirkee and then in Bangalore. He enjoyed life in the RFA with his knowledge of horses which was the backbone of the regiment. The routine of peacetime in Bangalore was shattered by the outbreak of WW1. On the 31 August the whole of the …