Cambrai Operations (also called the Battle of Cambrai), specifically during 5th Battalion, King's Own, (Royal Lancaster Regiment). commanding officers were wounded in action, so some of those in the list Pte (d.22nd Sep 1918), Wixey Frederick Thomas. A training unit based at Ipswich, it was part of 216th Brigade in 72nd Division. 2nd Battalion, Royal Marine Light Infantry. to help with the costs of keeping the site running. The Battn moved to VAUCHELLES at 10am and were accommodated in huts. (d.24th Mar 1918), Morse Harry Lawson. Buried La Boiselle. Pte Arthur Phillips, 33131, 8th Battalion Leicestershire Regiment, was believed to have been killed in action ten months after he was reported missing on May 3rd, 1917. A German counter-attack drove 57th Brigade, including 8th Battalion out of the eastern end of the village again and furious fighting raged in the village for the rest of the day. At the out break of the Great War in 1914, the 8th . In 1916 they were on the Somme seeing action in The Battle of Delville Wood and The Battle of Flers-Courcelette. 4th Battalion, Royal Marine Light Infantry. I have made enquiries everywhere but nothing definite can be found. The Regt remained halted. All names on this list have been submitted by relatives, friends, neighbours and others who wish to remember them, if you have any names to add or any recollections or photos of those listed, He was killed in action on 3rd July 1916, during the battle of the Somme. 53rd (Young Soldier) Battalion, Notts & Derby Regiment. After the Fall of Singapore author was taken POW and took part at work camps in Singapore, Hell Fire . But there are no regiments. Finally, the increasingly restless men of All names on this list have been submitted by relatives, friends, neighbours and others who wish to remember them, if you have any names to add or any recollections or photos of those listed, 8th Battalion, The Buffs, (East Kent Regiment). Antwerp Falls. 9th Battalion, British West Indies Regiment. The Long, Long Trail has always been free to use but it does cost money to operate. No personal details are collected. 12th Battalion, The Kings, (Liverpool Regiment). C & D Coys marched at 6pm and joined A & B Coys in the front line German trenches. There was also a William Ingles who served with the 10th Gloucesters and won the DCM on the 25th of September but was killed two weeks later at the Hohenzollern redoubt. Spink currently holds three medal auctions a year, in April, July, and November. The Story of the Tenth Canadian Battalion, 1914-1917; The Story of the Thirteenth Battalion, 1914-197; The Story of the Twenty-Eighth (North-West) Battalion, 1914-1917 (three histories from the same series, bound together; London: Canadian War Records Office, ca. A-K. 1st Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment, L-Z. His brother Private, 1836 Edward Taylor of the 8th (Service) Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment died 19-04-1916 aged 18 & is buried at Essex Farm Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.. Stone Inscription :- "Gone But Not Forgotten". 10th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters, (N&D Reg). Dear Mrs Langan, Age 25. Application regarding the disposal of any such personal effects, or of any amount that may eventually be found to be due to the late soldier's estate, should be addressed to The Secretary, War Office, London, S.W. 14th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers. I am returning to you the letters that have come, as I did not know his address and it would be a long time before they reached him. (d.23rd Sep 1918), Gregory. Register with your email address now, we can then send you an alert as soon as we add a record close matching the one you were searching for. 7th Battalion, North Staffordshire Regiment. H-L. 7th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. Touch was kept with the Cheshires by means of runners. 16th Battalion, York & Lancaster Regiment. Battalion Formed in Autumn 1916. 3 officers and 576 men left to go to the base depot. There was no telephone to Battn HQ and all messages were by runners. The . 7th Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment. It was owing in a great measure to his dauntless courage and inspiring example that a serious reverse was averted. These cookies do not store any personal information. 7 District. Infantry Record Office September 1916. 10th Battalion, The Kings, (Liverpool Regiment). Pte Phillips had joined the Bedfords (5587) in 1915 and went to France in November 1916, where he . 12th (Reserve) Battalion Mar 1916 Formed at Leicester from the depot companies of the 11th and 19th Reserve Brigade as a local reserve battalion. 6th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. Infantry Records, During World War II, he served as a Lance Corporal with the 144th (8th Battalion East Lancashire Regiment) Royal Armoured Corps. veteran 6th Division. 4th Battalion, South Staffordshire Regiment. 1st of September 2022 marks 23 years since the launch of the Wartime Memories Project. BASIQ 2021. to help with the costs of keeping the site running. Yours Sincerely, 13th (Labour) BattalionFormed in Autumn 1916.October 1916 : landed in France, moved to Third Army.April 1917 : transferred to Labour Corps as 20th and 21st Labour Companies. Harold Stephen Flisher. 9th Battalion, Duke of Wellington's, (W.R.R.). Pte Phillips had joined the Bedfords (5587) in 1915 and went to France in November 1916, where he was transferred to the Leicesters. 1st Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment. . 5th Battalion, Oxford & Buckingham Light Infantry. 8th Battalion, The Queen's, (Royal West Surrey Regiment). sprawling New Army training area around Woking. Like this page to receive our updates, add a comment or ask a question. A-B.. 7th Battalion, Linconshire Regiment. The news was given to his family at 67 Wimbourne Road, Luton, in March 1918. This is an original WW1 Lancashire Fusiliers Regiment shoulder title badge for sale. 12th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers. 26th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers. 23rd Battalion, The Kings, (Liverpool Regiment). Moved to Newcastle area in July 1916.1 September 1916 : converted into 83rd Training Reserve Battalion of 19th Reserve Brigade. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Want to find out more about your relative's service? 11257 (Rank) L/Cpl (Name) William Henry Langan (Regiment) Gloucestershire Regt. 4th Battalion, The Kings, (Liverpool Regiment). 110th Brigade / 21st Division . Son of Isaac & Lydia Catton, . After three other battalion Commanders had become casualties, he controlled their commands, and ensured that the ground won was maintained at all costs. Cpl. Hawke Battalion, Royal naval Division. 4th Battalion, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers. Serjeant, 14887. 7th Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment. Son of Richard Farmer Lane of Chapman Street, Loughborough, Leicestershire, UK. This was xxxxx and he started to walk back to the dressing station with the other walking cases. Our 11257 W. H. Langan Gloucestershire Regt. Before that it had been 10th Battalion of the Training Reserve and up to September 1916 had been the 15th (Reserve) Battalion of the Yorkshire Regiment. - 8th Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment during the Great War -. The regiment remained in Marley Wood. & H.O. of the 16th Foot, Biographies During the night the Batt left the trench and marched to SENLIS and bivouacked. Draft of 31 men arrived. On 1 September 1916, 4th absorbed 5th. London Scottish at Messines, Halloween 1914, Educational trench system in Kent now open for school visits. He is also remembered on the memorial in Emmanuel Church, Loughborough and on the Loughborough Carillon. In the queue at the enlistment table, Walter deliberately stood directly in front of his younger brother for processing, giving all his details for the enlistment form. L/Cpl. Herbert William Bunce. World War 1 One ww1 wwII greatwar great 1914 1918 first battalion regiment . This includes cookies that track any click through to affiliate links and advertisers that appear on this site. The right flank giving way was the cause of the Battn falling back and also the unfortunate word "retire" undoubtedly passed along from the right. The Regt was supposed to attack the German front line at 3am but this was postponed till 6am. 9th Battalion, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers. 7th Battalion, Loyal North Lancashire Regiment. Want to know what life was like during the Great War? Leicestershire Regiment 1914-1918. E-G. 7th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. N-R. 1st Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. The frontage occupied in the German line was about 180 yards which had been much damaged by our shell fire and there was very little cover. British Army casualties, including 704,803 deaths (23.67%). The regiment was granted the Royal title in 1946. Review of With valour and distinction a history of 2nd Battalion, Jonathan Capewells regimental website WW1tigers.com, My mission is to make the Long, Long Trail the best and most helpful reference site about the British Army in the Great War. 2nd (Entrenching Battalion) Lincolnshire Regiment. 23rd Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers. August 1917, converted into 9th Bn, the Royal Defence Corps. Any cookies that may not be particularly necessary for the website to function and is used specifically to collect user personal data via analytics, ads, other embedded contents are termed as non-necessary cookies. Sir, Infantry Record Office Edward Russell Gould, 4th Battalion, East Surrey Regiment. Around 670 Officers and men of the battalion The Battalion halted here for the day, but had sudden orders at 11 pm to be ready to move. The 8th battalion served entirely in France and Flanders 9th Battalion, North Staffordshire Regiment. 2nd Battalion, Honourable Artillery Company. With reference to your letter of the 17th xxxxxxxxxx asking for news of L/Cpl WH Langan. He was an early member of the Territorial Army and held his rank of Serjent when he volunteered for overseas service. 27th September : South-West of Gueudecourt. gave their lives for King and Country, with over half of them doing so Submitted by Deejaya on 10th November 2017. 6th Battalion, Queen's Own, (Royal West Kent Regiment). Warwick. 1st Battalion, Black Watch, (royal Highlanders). Unfortunately I have no living relatives that can help. Just regimental designation for the purpose of history . They were Captain Adrian Carton de Wiart and Acting Captain Manley James. the battalion's tours on the Western Front. 104/82A. So that Mrs Langan may not be left in suspense. . 10th Battalion, York & Lancaster Regiment. He returned to his unit on 26th April 1918. John Thomas Walters was killed in action on 8th of August 1915. for clearing the German communication trenches. n a PUBLIC LIBRARY Presented to the Boston Public Library by Mrs. Rae Walton 21 Terrace Avenue Newton, MA 02161-1426 SPR^l ^^^^^^^B ^ The Ancestry of Thomas DeMotte Wa 9th Battalion, Loyal North Lancashire Regiment. He died just days before his 19th birthday. 10th Battalion, Duke of Wellington's (W.R.R.). They were returned to England, where on 20 June 1918 they joined the 14th (Service) Battalion. to arms' for another 100,000 men to leave their civilian lives and enlist Robert Leith-Macgregor (1st Battalion, 1960-62) Insignia Hackle Red over White The Royal Northumberland Fusiliers was an infantry regiment of the British Army. L-Z. A Framed WWII 1939-45 Star, Burma Star, War Medal 1939-1945, dedicated to 4864739 Private Clifford Harold Knowles, of 7th Bn Leicestershire Regiment, who died 25th March 1944, age 30. Diary of Lt Colonel Charles Aubrey Babington Elliott - OBE JP. L-Z. The division originally comprised the 74th, 75th and 76th Infantry Brigades, but the 76th . Heart trouble kept him on home service until he was transferred to the Leicesters in 1916 and sent to France. There are four battalions to a regiment, so normally the 5th Battalion would be part of the 2nd Regiment along with 6th, 7th and 8th battalions. 1st Battalion, Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry. 11th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters, (N&D Reg). He was killed in action [7th January 1945] (aged 34). the entire 71st Brigade was transferred with the to the 6th Division, 15th Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment. of the Great War, medical services, casualties and medical statistics" 1st Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers. It saw active service in the Crimean War, the Second Boer War and both the First and the Second World Wars. - 8th Battalion, Leicestershire Regiment during the Great War -. 3rd Battalion, South Lancashire Regiment. 6th Battalion, York & Lancaster Regiment. (d.3rd May 1917), Gill Walter Henry. 18 July 1916. 11th Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps. 8th Battalion, Black Watch, (Royal Highlanders). A-C. 2nd Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment.D-H. 2nd Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. The wound is not a serious one and you will probably hear from him very shortly that he is in hospital and going on nicely. Unit history []. The Queen's, (Royal West Surrey Regiment). That month, the enlisted men of the 8th Battalion . Age 25. Warwick. Discover, explore and remember millions of personal stories from the First World War. Want to find out more about your relative's service? (d.18th April 1918), Harris Wilfred Henry. (1st Battalion) 8 Jun 1982: 31: FALKLAND ISLANDS: Royal Fleet Auxiliary "Sir Galahad" 10th (Kent Yeomanry) Battalion, The Buffs, (East Kent Regiment). 8th (Reserve) Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment. British Army Gunner Royal Field Artillery. In 1825 the regiment, which at the time was known as the 17th Foot, was given the honour of wearing the insignia of a tiger superimposed with the word Hindoostan, in recognition of its long stint in India between 1804 and1823. The Regiment was taking part in a successful attack on the German trenches when he was hit. 4th Battalion, British West Indies Regiment. He died 8th December 1916 (aged 36). 12th Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment. 7th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. ), 7th Battalion, Duke of Wellington's (W.R.R. 7 DISTRICT. What he never mentioned was that he was shot during the battle where Capt James won his honour. Rest in peace in Heilly Station Cemetery . Exhibits include weapons, uniforms, medals, photographs and artifacts about the history of the Royal Regiment of Canada and its predecessors - the 10th Royal Grenadiers, 3rd Battalion (Toronto Regiment) and 123rd, 124th, 204th and 58th Battalions, Canadian Expeditionary Force. 28th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers. built by Steven Fuller, 2003 to 2022, Photographs S-V. 2nd Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. No 7 District 6th Battalion, Cameronians (Scottish Rifles). No. Quick Shop. He had joined the Bedfordshire Regiment at the outbreak of war, but was later transferred to the Leicesters. L-Cpl John Brown, 33017, 8th Battalion Leicestershire Regiment, died on October 22nd, 1917, from severe wounds sustained in action on October 9th. 9th Battalion, The Kings, (Liverpool Regiment). John was working at Hayward Tyler before joining the Bedfordshire Regiment about six weeks after the outbreak of war. a tactical unit: The 8th Battalion's service in The Great War. L-Z. Originally raised in 1674 as the 5th Regiment of Foot, the regiment was amalgamated with three other fusilier regiments in 1968 to form the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers. A-K. 1st/4th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment L-Z. John Ebenezar Stewart MC, killed 28 April 1918. Infantry Record Office If you have a general question please post it on our Facebook page. B. This website uses cookies to improve your experience while you navigate through the website. These cookies will be stored in your browser only with your consent. Machine Gun Battalion, Royal Naval Division. 3rd/4th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. Please remember us all to him. 10th Battalion, South Lancashire Regiment. He worked as a packer in W.D. for their initial period of training in 1915 and for a few weeks in France, Private J P Ward was killed on 18th April 1918 when 8th Battalion was retreating during the great German offensive of April 1918. He fought under General Sir William Birdwood, Commander of the Fifth Army. He was killed in action on 27th May 1918 having no known grave his name is commemorated on the Soissons Memorial. Died of wounds on the 4th October 1916. D. C. Coy The regiment remained in Marley Wood. 9th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters, (N&D Reg). the Regimental HQ at Bedford to be mobilised into the 8th Battalion of He frequently exposed himself in the organisation of positions and of supplies, passing unflinchingly through fire barrage of the most intense nature. at Bedford in October 1914, as part of 'K3' - Lord Kitchener's 3rd 'call A-K. 2nd Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. 1st/4th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. 16th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters, (N&D Reg). Now I have to return to France to find where the 8th Gloucesters reinforced the weakened line at St Quentin. 1/5th BattalionAugust 1914 : in Loughborough. South Staffordshire Regiment). Detached from North Staffordshire Regiment. Rest in peace in St Sever Cemetery. A reluctant recruit, he had appealed unsuccessfully against his conscription on the grounds of being the sole support of his ill, widowed mother. Herbert Stanley Seccombe, 6th Battalion, Worcester Regiment. The Victoria Cross is a military decoration awarded for valour "in 5th Battalion, York & Lancaster Regiment. Please note we currently have a massive backlog of submitted material, our volunteers are working through this as quickly as possible and all names, stories and photos will be added to the site. Guy Hatton Sugden, 3rd Battalion, West Riding Regiment. 8th Battalion Border Regiment). I am to express to you the sympathy of the Army Council with you in your loss. Walter's service number was 22384 and Samuel's was the number directly after ie. The 110th (Leicestershire) Infantry Brigade of the 37th Division was composed of the 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th Service Battalions of the Regiment and they, too, did credit to the name they bore. 11th Battalion, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers. I-M. 1st Battalion Lincolnshire Regiment. 8th Battalion Border Regiment). However the order to move did not come till the next day. in the battles of 1916, and around 2,800 men * were also wounded during Before that it had been 15th Battalion of the Training Reserve and up to September 1916 had been the 13th (Reserve) Battalion of the Lancashire Fusiliers. i/c Infantry Records, No 7 District. 6th Infantry Labour Company., Devonshire Regiment. I beg to inform you of the following particulars of the place of interment of the remains of the late (d.3rd Apr 1918), Haviland Harold Sidney. 10th Battalion, Queen's Own, (Royal West Kent Regiment). However, the commanding officers of the 51st (Graduated) BattalionUp to 26 October 1917, this was known as 261st Graduated Battalion and had no regimental affiliation. If you have a general question please post it on our Facebook page. History Initially, serving with service number 43343 in the Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment later transferring to the 8th Battalion Leicestershire Regiment. I-M. 2nd Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment). This battalion was made up of men from the old Worcestershire Rifle Volunteer Corps, which had been established in 1860 (these Rifle Volunteer Corps had become the 2nd Volunteer Battalion by 1883). 11th Battalion, King's Own, (Royal Lancaster Regiment). Otherwise my contact details can be found at www.fourteeneighteen.co.uk. 7th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters, (N&D Reg). . I have been to various places on the Somme where I have been able to trace some of his movements. Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for 6 DIVISION 16 Infantry Brigade Bedfordshire Regiment 8th Battalion, Leicestershire Regiment 1st Battalion, Brigade Machine Gun Company and Brigade Trench Mortar Battery : 4 August 1914 - 31 August 1916 (First World War, War Diary, WO95/1611) (2015, Trade Paperback) at the best online prices at eBay! 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