During World War II, he served as a Lance Corporal with the 144th (8th Battalion East Lancashire Regiment) Royal Armoured Corps. Researching soldiers of the British Army in the Great War of 1914-1919. We have no photograph of Tom and would love to put a face to the name. Killed in actionon the 14thJuly 1916 - Age 22, Died of woundson the 9thJuly 1916 - Age 26, Rest in peacein Abbeville CommunalCemetery, Died of woundson the 28th July1916 - Age 22, Rest in peacein Leicester (Welford Road) Cemetery, Died of woundson the 27thSeptember 1916 - Age 22, Killed in actionon the 15thJuly 1916 - Age 20, Died of woundson the 25th September1916, Died of woundson the 27th September1916, Died of woundson the 23rdSeptember1916, Killed in actionon the 14thJuly 1916 - Age 23, Died of woundson the 8th August1916 - Age 22. 19th Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment. 6th Battalion. Please enter your password, it must be 8 or more characters, I agree to Terms and Conditions and Privacy Statement, 391 people in our Early 19th Century records, 3007 people in our Victorian Conflicts records, Many exclusive records, found only on our site, 1 on 1 Personal assistance from military photo and document experts, Access to Orbats mapping tool, allowing you to trace your WW1 ancestors steps. He frequently exposed himself in the organisation of positions and of supplies, passing unflinchingly through fire barrage of the most intense nature. 20th Battalion, The Kings, (Liverpool Regiment). on our right. Hi all, I am researching the circumstances surrounding the death of: 1754 Private Alfred Barratt, He was 32 when he died. Smith (1931) there were 2,977,801 Born and enlisted Dronfield (attested 9th . The news was given to his family at 67 Wimbourne Road, Luton, in March 1918. 7th Battalion, King's Own, (Royal Lancaster Regiment). the entire 71st Brigade was transferred with the to the 6th Division, Thanks to everyone who has supported us over this time. 10th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers. Pte. (1st Battalion) 8 Jun 1982: 31: FALKLAND ISLANDS: Royal Fleet Auxiliary "Sir Galahad" Want to know what life was like during the Great War? No 7 District 7th Battalion, King's Shropshire Light Infantry. The battalion was part of the 71st Brigade 7th Battalion, Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry. 8.10 am. 8th Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers. 3ed (Reserve) Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment. 11784 Corporal. 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. 2nd Battalion, King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry. 17th Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps. Private J P Ward was killed on 18th April 1918 when 8th Battalion was retreating during the great German offensive of April 1918. 1st Battalion, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers. British Army G/18137 Lance-Corporal Buffs (East Kent . Siehe Details auf eBay erhltlich bei. 12th (Reserve) BattalionFormed at Leicester in March 1916 as a reserve battalion. In September 1918 it moved to 208th Brigade in the same Division and location. - 8th Battalion, Leicestershire Regiment during the Great War -. 2nd Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers. 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, General, 21st (Labour) Battalion, Cheshire Regiment. 2nd Battalion, Oxford & Buckingham Light Infantry. 6th Battalion, The Queen's, (Royal West Surrey Regiment(. Later moved to Catterick and on to North Coates and Louth. by Major T.J. Mitchell and Miss G.M. Placed under command of 2nd Lincoln and Leicester Brigade, 2nd North Midland Division.Moved in January 1915 to Luton and by July 1915 was at St Albans.August 1915 : formation became the 177th Brigade, 59th (2nd North Midland) Division.April 1916: moved to Ireland.January 1917 : returned to England and moved to Fovant.24 February 1917 : landed in France.8 May 1918 : reduced to cadre strength. Quick Shop. as well as the Battle of Le Transloy in October. 2nd (Entrenching Battalion) Lincolnshire Regiment. Born 1887. . Submitted by Deejaya on 10th November 2017. WHEATLEY, Archibald. (West Riding Regiment). Infantry Record Office 15th Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment. The regiment remained in Marley Wood. A letter from Capt J. Abbott to widow Alice at 93 Butlin Road, Luton, said nothing had been heard of her husband since he went into action on May 3rd. A Coy x 37 men arrived. The Leicestershire Regiment: Bois du Polygone, Belgique: Nouvelle-cosse [6] William Bishop: 1917: Premire Guerre mondiale . No 7 District the 'Hungry 8th' (a nickname used in 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. 3rd Battalion, South Lancashire Regiment. In WW1, the Leicester Brigade (110th Brigade of 21st Division) was known as the Tigers Brigade. of those Officers who fell in the 8th battalion. [D?] 12th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers. At 11pm on the 28th August 1915, the Battalion EUR 67,12 Sofort-Kaufen, EUR 2,01 Versand, 30-Tag Rcknahmen, eBay-Kuferschutz. At the out break of the Great War in 1914, the 8th . 1st Battalion, King's Shropshire Light Infantry. Part of 20th (Garhwal) Infantry Brigade, 7th (Meerut) Division of the Indian Army.12 October 1914 : Division landed at Marseilles for service in France.Moved to 28th Indian Brigade in Egypt, 7 November 1915.Early December 1915 moved to Basra in Mesopotamia, rejoining 7th (Meerut) Division.Landed at Suez on 22 January 1918 and took part in Palestine campaign. and Biographies. On 1 September 1916, 4th absorbed 5th. built by Steven Fuller, 2003 to 2022, Photographs the 24th Division and remained there for a year. He is detailed as having worked as a stretcher bearer, or at least qualified as such as far as I can tell. James Pailing Ward is remembered on the Tyne Cot Memorial to the missing at the Ypres area of Belguim. The Long, Long Trail has always been free to use but it does cost money to operate. Other than a brief spell in Brighton, most of their training Harold Stephen Flisher. gave their lives for King and Country, with over half of them doing so April 1917 : transferred to Labour Corps as 20th . 17th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters, (N&D Reg). In 1917 they fought in The German retreat to the Hindenburg Line, The First and Third Battle of the Scarpe at Arras, The Battle of Langemark and The First . 12th Battalion North Staffordshire Regiment. The XI Cheshires on our left and the 2nd S. Lancs Regt. 53rd (Young Soldier) Battalion, Notts & Derby Regiment. 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. Killed in action 29th October 1917. . British Army G/18137 Private East Kent Regiment 8th east Battalion. 4th Battalion, Cameronians, (Scottish Rifles). 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). 3/4th and 3/5th BattalionsFormed at Leicester and Loughborough respectively in early 1915.3/4th was at Nottingham by early 1916.8 April 1916 : became 4th and 5th Reserve Battalions and by now were at Grantham. (d.24th Mar 1918), Morse Harry Lawson. 19th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters, (N&D Reg). He was an early member of the Territorial Army and held his rank of Serjent when he volunteered for overseas service. 4th Battalion, British West Indies Regiment. Tyne Cot memorial panels 85-86, 8th Border Regiment (attd. The popularity of the site means that it is far exceeding available resources. Battalion attacked Black Line in front of Onraet Wood & took its objective. The 1916 organization allotted 1-25 to active divisions, 26-75 to National Guard, and 76 and up to National Army. Part of Lincoln and Leicester Brigade, North Midland Division. He was aged 24, single and a former employee of the Diamond Foundry, Dallow Road. 5th Battalion, King's Shropshire Light Infantry. Conference Chairs Terms of Service apply. 5th Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment. 9th Battalion, Cameronians (Scottish Rifles. L-Z. a tactical unit: The 8th Battalion's service in The Great War. 19th (Queen Alexandra's Own Royal) Hussars. . Stone Inscription :- "I Have Fought The Good Fight". The 7th Infantry Brigade and Headquarters East is a formation in the British Army with a direct lineage to 7th Armoured Brigade and a history that stretches back to the Napoleonic Wars. commanding officers were wounded in action, so some of those in the list 6th Battalion,King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry. 1st/5th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. 12th Battalion, The Kings, (Liverpool Regiment). 22nd Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps. The Victoria Cross (VC) was awarded 628 times to 627 recipients for action in the First World War (1914-1918). for Br. I regret to have to inform you that your husband was wounded on July 3rd at La Boisselle. 1st Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. 8th Battalion, The Buffs, (East Kent Regiment). 3rd Battalion, King's Own, (Royal Lancaster Regiment). 5th Battalion, Loyal North Lancashire Regiment. 2nd Battalion, York & Lancaster Regiment. 10th Battalion, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers. 11th Battalion, The Queen's, (Royal West Surrey regiment). 10th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters, (N&D Reg). 12th Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment. Leicestershire Regiment (4th Bn.) 15 July 1916. 2nd Battalion, Royal Marine Light Infantry. 9 Apr 1916: 26: Husband of Mary Elizabeth Walton (formerly Amos), of 17, Brook Road, . 4th Battalion, The Quuen's, (Royal West Surrey Regiment). 19 DEC 1917. The last reserve of 2 platoons did not reach the enemy line but returned with the Battalion when it retired. 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. At some point thereafter it moved to F Lines, Hipswell Camp, Catterick and may later have been at Clipstone Camp. Thursday 03-02-1916. Age 25. 1st Battalion . No personal details are collected. 11257 (Rank) L/Cpl (Name) William Henry Langan (Regiment) Gloucestershire Regt. Edward Russell Gould, 4th Battalion, East Surrey Regiment. 4th Battalion, Royal Marine Light Infantry. Later moved to Catterick and on to North Coates and Louth. 3rd Dragoon Guards, (Prince of Wales's Own). 7th Battalion, Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment). 9th Battalion, North Staffordshire Regiment. Written by Chris Baker. In September 1918 it moved to 208th Brigade in the same Division and location. No. To date we have sold over 45,000 lots at auction for a combined total of over 37 million. 6th Infantry Labour Company., Devonshire Regiment. Transferred to 8th Battalion, joining in the field on 27th November 1917, he was wounded in action on 22nd March 1918. SKU: CMA/37836. On 1 September 1916, 4th absorbed 5th. Pte. They were also in the line when the army experienced 1/4th BattalionAugust 1914 : in Leicester. He never discussed his war service with his sons, but was able to talk about some of it with his eldest grandson, me. A-G. 10h Battalion, Lincolnshire Regient. 9th Battalion, The Kings, (Liverpool Regiment). E-G. 7th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. The division was formed by Major-General Francis Ventris and crossed to France on 25-30 September 1915 under the command of Major-General Beauchamp Doran.. History He trained in Wiltshire and then went out to the Western Front where he saw repeated action, and twice was there when officers gained Victoria Crosses for outstanding bravery. 8th Battalion. 6th Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment. 11th Battalion, East Lancashire Regiment. The Regt was supposed to attack the German front line at 3am but this was postponed till 6am. The Wartime Memories Project is a non profit organisation run by volunteers. 15th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters, (N&D Reg). (4.22) is used in the approximation of regimental casualties. 2nd Battalion, The Queen's, (Royal West Surrey Regiment). The regiment remained in bivouac at Aveluy Wood. Private Meredith died from wounds he received from the Battle of the Somme in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, July 27, 1915. . 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. at the Battle of Flers-Courcelette and the Battle of Morval in September, (d.3rd Apr 1918), Haviland Harold Sidney. The Battalion halted here for the day, but had sudden orders at 11 pm to be ready to move. 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 . Church parade in morning. Library contains many many diary entries, personal letters and other documents, most transcribed into plain text. 7th Battalion, The Buffs, (East Kent Regiment). 5th Battalion,King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry. Please see our other items for more original WW1, WW2 & post war British military shoulder titles for sale including other Lancashire Fusiliers Regiment shoulder titles. Draft of 1 Coy x 91 men arrived. Departments Medals Founded in 1666, Spink has been buying and selling war medals since they first appeared after the Napoleonic Wars. 5th Battalion, South Staffordshire Regiment. Yours Faithfully 4th Battalion, South Lancashire Regiment. L-Z. Ship This Item Qualifies for Free Shipping Buy Online, Pick up in Store Notes: Private Knowles cam from Leicester and left behind a widow, Ivy Knowles, and son Brian. 7th Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers. 110th Brigade / 21st Division . Army Form B. Moved to Newcastle area in July 1916.1 September 1916 : converted into 83rd Training Reserve Battalion of 19th Reserve Brigade. 8th Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment. 10th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment). Son of Isaac & Lydia Catton, . 6th Battalion, Cameronians (Scottish Rifles). A-B.. 7th Battalion, Linconshire Regiment. 10th Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment. 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 During the operation we suffered the following casualties: 4 officers killed and 10 wounded, 430 casualties other ranks. Several men of the platoon were cut off from the reminder of the company during the attack and were taken prisoner. the following battalions formed the 16th Brigade and served together as 2nd/4th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. Men went to 6th, 7th, 8th and 11th Bns and some to VIII Corps Reinforcement Camp for posting to other units.Some went to 20th Entrenching Battalion. He was hit in La Boisselle whilst one Coy (Company?) A-K. 4th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. 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