CCCVIII Brigade entrained at Amesbury on 21 May for Southampton Docks, where it boarded the SS S.W. Miller, landing at Le Havre on 22 May. It then went by train to Merville, where 61st (2nd SM) Division completed its concentration on 28 May. The brigade was commanded by Maj (soon to be Lt-Col) Edmund Furse. Parties from the brigade went to Annequin to be attached to 33rd Divisional Artillery for introduction to front line duties. On 13 June CCCVIII Bde moved into the line at Laventie and together with A, B and D (H) Btys of CCCVII Bde and C Bty of CLVIII Bde, all under Lt-Col Furse, it relieved Left Group of 38th (Welsh) Divisional Artillery. With inadequate telephone exchanges it proved difficult to control this mass of guns, and some of the batteries were released to other groups. CCCVIII Brigade's batteries participated in registration, SOS and retaliation fire, and covering raids.
