1/1st West Yorkshire Heavy Battery

[Coxon]

Hello, I have previously asked about a relative who served in the 1/1 West Riding Heavy Battery.
 Thanks to Max D and the links to the 1/1st West Yorkshire Heavy Battery war diaries he sent I have been able to trace this relative from York to his death at Pozieres in 1917.
 I had another relative also in the Battery who survived, dying in 1922, from T.B (not his injuries, although he had a War Pension). I have a photograph of him sat in a car on some ranges. Max found that his no. 427 DVR was between two other men who joined in August 1914. Having read the War Diary for 1914-onwards, I think he may have been in the Reserve unit. The Reserve unit were sent to Bakewell in Derbyshire.
My questions are:-Would a diary have been kept for the reserve unit?
                            Where was the camp in Bakewell, Derbyshire?
   Thank you
Louise
                               

[jim1]

I can answer the 1st. question & it's no they didn't. Only units on active service kept war diaries.

[MaxD]

Louise

I'm not sure why you draw the conclusion that Arthur John Vickers was in 2/1st (the second line battery).  His arrival date in France 1915 is two days different from the arrival date of the battery which I put down earlier to an administrative error.  I believe he went with 1/1st.

MaxD

[Coxon]

Sorry Max D, I was getting confused. I had re-visited the diaries and saw it say about the reserves and for some reason I thought Arthur had gone with them. Sorry to waste your time. Thank you Jim for your reply and sorry for wasting your time as well. I think I am going back over old ground and it is time to give up.
Sorry once again.
Louise

[MaxD]

Never a waste of time Louise, always best to re-check queries.

MaxD