The Brigadier General In Charge, and Biographies. 3rd Battalion, King's Own, (Royal Lancaster Regiment). veteran 6th Division. This was xxxxx and he started to walk back to the dressing station with the other walking cases. The Leicestershire Regiment memorial, also known as the Tigers Wood Stone of Remembrance, at Bagworth near Coalville. 12th Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps. 7th (Pioneer) Battalion, Durham Light Infantry. This has a regimental connection. If you are enjoying the site, please consider making a donation, however small If you have already submitted a story to the site and your UID reference number is higher than 261045 your submission is still in the queue, please do not resubmit. 10th Battalion, York & Lancaster Regiment. I have made enquiries everywhere but nothing definite can be found. 8th (Service) Battalion . 19th Battalion, The Kings, (Liverpool Regiment). 7th July : Brigade transferred to 21st Division. If you can provide any additional information, please add it here. 16th Battalion, York & Lancaster Regiment. Warwick. Lieut. 11th Battalion, The Queen's, (Royal West Surrey regiment). disbanded in France and the men were distributed amongst the other battalions The Project Gutenberg eBook of The West Riding Territorials in the Great War, by Laurie Magnus This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere in the United States and most other par At 2pm the Regiment marched to ALBERT and remained there for 6 hours and then marched to USNA REDOUBT these being a reserve line of trenches. In 1917 For Brigadier General, L-Z. Again I am interested in ascertaining rank & regiment. T-V. 7th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. Born and enlisted Dronfield (attested 9th . 15 July 1916. 4th Battalion, York & Lancaster Regiment. 3 - 5 June 2021, The University of Foggia, Italy. The 70th Brigade was from the 23rd Division and was attached to the 8th Division between 18 . (d.24th Mar 1918), Morse Harry Lawson. A-K. 6th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. 7th Battalion, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers. Rest in peacein Mericourt-l'Abbe CommunalCemetery Ext. Machine Gun Battalion, Royal Naval Division. In January 1918 it went to 207th Brigade of 69th Division at Clipstone Camp but by April 1918 had moved to Thoresby. 23rd Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers. The Medal Roll shows him as 8th Battalion Leicestershire Regiment, which as you say landed in France 29th July 1915. 2nd Battalion, York & Lancaster Regiment. the battalion's tours on the Western Front. Other than a brief spell in Brighton, most of their training The 8th (Service) Battalion Border Regiment was formed at Carlisle in September 1914 as part of Kitchener's K3 Army [8] and came under orders of the 75th Brigade in the 25th Division. by Major T.J. Mitchell and Miss G.M. 8th Battalion, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers. Yours Faithfully He was killed in action on 3rd July 1916, during the battle of the Somme. Mrs E. Langan Wills Cigarette Factory in Bedminster. (d.18th April 1918), Harris Wilfred Henry. 3rd Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment, Cont. 8th Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment. During another reorganisation on 17th November 1915, the battalion 8th Battalion Border Regiment). The second photo is of my grandfather (sitting) and his brother Seymour who appears to be in uniform of a different regiment. After The Battalion halted here for the day, but had sudden orders at 11 pm to be ready to move. The regiment remained in Marley Wood. Records of 8th Battalion, Leicestershire Regiment from other sources. Pte Walter Stanley Peck, 33072, 8th Battalion Leicestershire Regiment, was killed in action in Belgium on October 1st, 1917. 12th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters, (N&D Reg). Rest in peace in Heilly Station Cemetery . leicestershire royal horse artillery military wiki fandom May 25th, 2020 - iii brigade royal horse artillery t f was formed in april 1916 in the egyptian expeditionary force with the somerset and leicestershire batteries rha lower alpha 1 it was assigned to the anzac mounted division to provide artillery support Just a few lines to express to you the sympathy of myself and my comrades, we were all very sorry when your husband was wounded as he was well liked and was always a good comrade. Soon moved to Luton and by November 1914 was at Bishops Stortford.Landed at Le Havre 3 March 1915.12 May 1915 : formation became the 138th Brigade, 46th (North Midland) Division. 8th (Service) Battalion A training unit based at Witham in Essex, it was part of 218th Brigade in 73rd Division. 5th Battalion, King's Own, (Royal Lancaster Regiment). Battalion attacked Black Line in front of Onraet Wood & took its objective. 12th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers. Unfortunately during the operation Capt Conelly. During the operation we suffered the following casualties: 4 officers killed and 10 wounded, 430 casualties other ranks. 2/4th BattalionFormed at Leicester in September 1914 as a second line unit. Each company had two platoons in line crossing on a front of some 150 or 200 yards followed by the other two platoons. 1st Battalion, Royal Marine Light Infantry. The Leicestershire Regiment (Royal Leicestershire Regiment after 1946) was a line infantry regiment of the British Army, with a history going back to 1688.The regiment saw service for three centuries, in numerous wars and conflicts such as both World War I and World War II, before being amalgamated, in September 1964, with the 1st East Anglian Regiment (Royal Norfolk and Suffolk), the 2nd East . No one of this name in Border Regt Army List or CWGC. 3rd Battalion, South Lancashire Regiment. 9th Battalion, King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry. 8th Battalion in the Battle of the Somme (Second & Third Phase), https://thelonsdalebattalion.co.uk/w/index.php?title=8th_Battalion_War_Diary,_July_1916&oldid=5810, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-SA 4.0). Died of wounds on the 4th October 1916. about Lance Corporal Sidney Thomas Andrews. Archibald Philip Turner, 4th Battalion, East Surrey Regiment. 8th (Service) Battalion, Leicestershire Regiment. What he never mentioned was that he was shot during the battle where Capt James won his honour. 4th (Labour) Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment. No. This is an original WW1 Lancashire Fusiliers Regiment shoulder title badge for sale. on the 30th August 1915. He was an early member of the Territorial Army and held his rank of Serjent when he volunteered for overseas service. 8th Battalion, Loyal North Lancashire Regiment. Our From 8th Battalion, North Staffordshire Regiment. to arms' for another 100,000 men to leave their civilian lives and enlist Erster Weltkrieg Regimentsseide. A message was sent back asking for reinforcements and bombs and these were sent up immediately. They were returned to England, where on 20 June 1918 they joined the 14th (Service) Battalion. 1st (Garrison) Battalion, Hampshire Regiment. Around 670 Officers and men of the battalion of the Great War, medical services, casualties and medical statistics" Soon moved to Luton and by November 1914 was at Bishops Stortford.Landed at Le Havre 28 February 1915.Record same as 1/4th Bn. Church parade in morning. 2nd Battalion, Cameronians (Scottish Rifles). 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). Rest in peace in St Sever Cemetery. Later moved to Catterick and on to North Coates and Louth. I have been to various places on the Somme where I have been able to trace some of his movements. Want to find out more about your relative's service? EUR 67,12 Sofort-Kaufen, EUR 2,01 Versand, 30-Tag Rcknahmen, eBay-Kuferschutz. Division and winning many gallantry medals. and marked outside, Effects. By the nature of the numerous horrific wounds that many soldiers suffered, his was a relatively minor one, and seems to have thought it was not worth mentioning. Hawke Battalion, Royal naval Division. 7th Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment. 4th Battalion, South Staffordshire Regiment. After the Fall of Singapore author was taken POW and took part at work camps in Singapore, Hell Fire . On the 18th April the battalion was withdrawing from its trenches near Beaver Corner, arriving in a field near Wippenhoek siding about 2 miles east of Abeele. 14 July 1916. British Army Gunner Royal Field Artillery. I would be grateful for any war diary info. It was raised at Bedford in October 1914, as part of 'K3' - Lord Kitchener's 3rd 'call to arms' for another 100,000 men to leave their civilian lives and enlist into the expanding British Army. transferring straight onto troop ships, they arrived at Boulogne early Researching soldiers of the British Army in the Great War of 1914-1919. 7th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters, (N&D Reg). They won great glory by their brilliant attack on the Bazentin-Le Petit wood and village in the Battle of the Somme in mid-July 1916. 8th Battalion lost over 300 men in killed, wounded and missing that day. The Battn moved to its appointed place in the front line trench south of THIEPVAL preparatory to the attack. 1st Battalion, Queen's Own, (Royal West Kent Regiment). Funnily enough, my grandfather was nicked by a bullet in the same arm in WW2 in the Far East with the Royal Marines. 3 officers and 576 men left to go to the base depot. below were temporary commanders. Draft of 1 Coy x 59 men arrived. His wound was clean through the left shoulder just above the left breast. 18th Battalion, The Kings, (Liverpool Regiment). 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. built by Steven Fuller, 2003 to 2022, Photographs 17th Battalion, The Kings, (Liverpool Regiment). Initially, serving with service number 43343 in the Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment later transferring to the 8th Battalion Leicestershire Regiment. 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