Available at price 16.99 from: The Record Office for Leicestershire, Leicester and Rutland, Long Street, Wigston LE18 2AH; Telephone: 0116 2571080. British Army Gunner Royal Field Artillery. Want to know what life was like during the Great War? 6th Infantry Labour Company., Devonshire Regiment. His brother, Mark Whitworth Ward also served in 8th Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment. If the information here has been helpful or you have enjoyed reaching the stories please conside making a donation, no matter how small, would be much appreciated, annually we need to raise enough funds to pay for our web hosting or this site will vanish from the web. 8th Battalion, North Staffordshire Regiment. to arms' for another 100,000 men to leave their civilian lives and enlist 7th Battalion, Loyal North Lancashire Regiment. who were a veteran Regular Army Division that had been serving in France In September 1918 it moved to 208th Brigade in the same Division and location. 18th Battalion, York & Lancaster Regiment. James Pailing Ward is remembered on the Tyne Cot Memorial to the missing at the Ypres area of Belguim. This website uses cookies to improve your experience while you navigate through the website. in the Great War. Battalions of the Regular Army. 3rd (Reserve) BattalionAugust 1914 : in Leicester. Infantry Record Office Regt. Part of Lincoln and Leicester Brigade, North Midland Division. 4th Battalion, Loyal North Lancashire Regiment. 1st Battalion . The Battn moved to VAUCHELLES at 10am and were accommodated in huts. 10th Battalion, The Kings, (Liverpool Regiment). 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. Church parade in morning. Further attack was launched against village of Oostaverne and Odonto Trench. Library contains many many diary entries, personal letters and other documents, most transcribed into plain text. Diary of Lt Colonel Charles Aubrey Babington Elliott - OBE JP. Son of Isaac & Lydia Catton, . Warwick. Company Sergeant Major 6272. On 1 September 1916, 4th absorbed 5th. In January 1918 it went to 207th Brigade of 69th Division at Clipstone Camp but by April 1918 had moved to Thoresby. He also was in the 74th Battalion of the Machine Gun Corps towards the end of the war. Discover, explore and remember millions of personal stories from the First World War. Records seem to have his death date wrong and his age, but after searching for months, I did manage to obtain a death certificate for him. Touch was kept with the Cheshires by means of runners. July 1916 Moved to Newcastle-on-Tyne. 14th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers. that was formed specifically for the duration of the war. Several of the battalion's Corporal: 54th Battalion, AIF: First World War: 1-2 September 1918* Cecil Buckley: Lieutenant: HMS Miranda: Crimean War: 29 May 1855 John Buckley: Assistant Commissary The Battn moved to its appointed place in the front line trench south of THIEPVAL preparatory to the attack. 8.10 am. North Staffordshire Regiment. since 1914. 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. Walter Burnaby Sparrow, 3rd Battalion . He displayed the utmost energy and courage in forcing our attack home. Six weeks after landing in France, on the 11th October 1915, 1st July : Humbercamps . 8th Battalion, The Kings, (Liverpool Regiment). . I regret to have to inform you that your husband was wounded on July 3rd at La Boisselle. Private J P Ward was killed on 18th April 1918 when 8th Battalion was retreating during the great German offensive of April 1918. A & B Coys on the right and C & D on the left. (d.11 April 1917), Stockwell Albert Edgley. John Thomas Walters was killed in action on 8th of August 1915. The news was given to his family at 67 Wimbourne Road, Luton, in March 1918. 3rd Battalion, South Lancashire Regiment. 14th Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment. I am looking for any information regarding the location and activity of the 8th Battalion East Surrey Regiment on the 1st July 1916. The division originally comprised the 74th, 75th and 76th Infantry Brigades, but the 76th . Leicestershire Regiment 1914-1918. 8th Battalion, King's Own, (Royal Lancaster Regiment). 2/5th BattalionFormed at Loughborough in September 1914 as a second line unit. General, 104/82A. Having previously served with the Leicestershire Yeomanry, Charles re-enlisted at Loughborough on 3rd of September 1914 and was posted to the 8th Service Battalion. 7 DISTRICT. Thursday 03-02-1916. 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 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. He has two service numbers, one for the Gloucesters and one for the MGC. 9th Battalion, The Kings, (Liverpool Regiment). Tyne Cot memorial panels 85-86, 8th Border Regiment (attd. (d.20th September 1917), Gage Frank William. 2nd Battalion, Oxford & Buckingham Light Infantry. 8th Battalion. Berles-au-Bois Churchyard Extension, . No one of this name in Border Regt Army List or CWGC. H. W. N. Edwards Records of 8th Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment from other sources. 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). This includes cookies that track any click through to affiliate links and advertisers that appear on this site. A team composed of Reserve Officers and NCOs moved to VANDENCOURT. The component units of the division were assembled around Salisbury and moved to Aldershot in May 1915 to complete their training. the 24th Division and remained there for a year. Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derby Regiment). Researching his history, I was surprised to discover he was shot in the left arm on 22nd of April 1918, and was treated by the 59th Field Ambulance. Bridger Harry Edward. Menu. Warwick. 12th (Reserve) BattalionFormed at Leicester in March 1916 as a reserve battalion. 3rd Battalion, Loyal North Lancashire Regiment. He was killed in action on 27th May 1918 having no known grave his name is commemorated on the Soissons Memorial. Private G/67342, Norman George Newstead, 7th. After sailing to England in August 1916, the battalion was absorbed into the 8th Reserve Battalion on April 16, 1918. Infantry Record Office 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. SUBJECT: Graves If you can provide any additional information, please add it here. 11th Battalion, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers. Erster Weltkrieg Regimentsseide. C-D. 7th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. 6th Battalion, Oxford & Buckingham Light Infantry. 8th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters, (N&D Reg). Pte. 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. 1st/4th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. 1st Battalion, King's Shropshire 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 . L-Z. William George Bambury 8th Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment (d.23rd Jul 1916) William Bambury was born in 1896 in Bedminster, Bristol the son of James Edward Bambury and Sarah Ann Edwards. Son of Agnes and the late Samuel Rhodes, of Hill Park, Greenodd, Ulverston. The cause of death was influenza inflammation of the lungs, as his Red Cross report stated. 1/4th BattalionAugust 1914 : in Leicester. W. Farmfield 16th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers. (d.17th Apr 1918), Chaplin Arthur. the first German use of Phosgene gas in December, losing hundreds of men But opting out of some of these cookies may have an effect on your browsing experience. 2nd Battalion, Leicestershire Regiment; 1st Battalion, South Staffordshire . 8th (Service) Battalion, Leicestershire Regiment. 7th Battalion, The Kings, (Liverpool Regiment). Leicestershire Regiment (4th Bn.) 4th Battalion, The Kings, (Liverpool Regiment). Died of woundson the 29th September1916, Killed in actionon the 14th July1916 - Age 22, Killed in actionon the 15th July1916 - Age 24, Killed in actionon the 25th September 1916, Killed in actionon the 15th July1916 - Age 19, Rest in peacein Caterpillar ValleyCemetery, Killed in actionon the 25th September 1916 - Age 35, Killed in actionon the 25th September 1916 - Age 19, Killed in actionon the 15th July1916 - Age 25, Died of woundson the 13th July1916 - Age 23, Died of woundson the 15th July1916 - Age 19, Killed in actionon the 25th September1916, Killed in actionon the 25th September 1916 - Age 23, Died of woundson the 27th July1916 - Age 25, Rest in peacein Etaples MilitaryCemetery, Died of woundson the 26th September 1916, Killed in actionon the 25th September1916 - Age 24, Killed in actionon the 14th July1916 - Age 23, Killed in actionon the 15th July1916 - Age 26, Killed in actionon the 25th September1916 - Age 29, Killed in actionon the 14th July1916 - Age 26, Killed in actionon the 25th September1916 - Age 32, Died of woundson the 15thJuly 1916 - Age 27, Killed in actionon the 25th September1916 - Age 25, Killed in actionon the 25th September1916 - Age 28, Died of woundson the 9thOctober 1916 - Age 24, Killed in actionon the 15thJuly 1916 - Age 21, Killed in actionon the 15thJuly 1916 - Age 29, Killed in actionon the 15thJuly 1916 - Age 22, Died of woundson the 30thSeptember 1916 - Age 27, Killed in actionon the 25th September1916 - Age 20, Killed in actionon the 15thJuly 1916 - Age 28, Rest in peacein LondonCemetery and Extension, Killed in actionon the 25th September1916 - Age 21, Killed in actionon the 15thJuly 1916 - Age 35, Killed in actionon the 25th September1916 - Age 23, Killed in actionon the 15thJuly 1916 - Age 24, Died of wounds on the 24th July1916 - Age 25, Rest in peacein Plungar (St Helen) Churchyard, Died of wounds on the 13th July1916 - Age 22, Detached from North Staffordshire Regiment, Died of wounds on the 25th July1916 - Age 20, Rest in peacein Leicester (Welford Road)Cemetery, Died of woundson the 19th July1916 - Age 20, Rest in peacein Boulogne EasternCemetery, Rest in peacein GuardsCemetery, Lesboeufs, Killed in actionon the 14thJuly 1916 - Age 20, Killed in actionon the 25th September1916 - Age 19, Killed in actionon the 15thJuly 1916 - Age 23, Killed in actionon the 25th September1916 - Age 30, Killed in actionon the 15thJuly 1916 - Age 19, Killed in actionon the 15thJuly 1916 - Age 32, Killed in actionon the 15thJuly 1916 - Age 25, Died of woundson the 15thJuly 1916 - Age 47, Rest in peacein Daours CommunalCemetery Extension, Died of woundson the 26th September1916 - Age 29, Killed in actionon the 15thJuly 1916 - Age 26, Died of woundson the 29th September1916 - Age 19, Killed in actionon the 25th September1916 - Age 26, Died of woundson the 15thJuly 1916- Age 23. A-K. 6th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. The leading companies understood their objectives and had sufficient time to explain their orders to their men according to the operation orders issued in MARTINSAART WOOD. For Brigadier General, 1st Battalion, Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry. Pte (d.22nd Sep 1918), Wixey Frederick Thomas. Our Warloy-Baillon Communal Cemetery Extension. 8th battalion between 1914 and 1918 were: Site In WW1, the Leicester Brigade (110th Brigade of 21st Division) was known as the Tigers Brigade. 3ed (Reserve) Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment. In 1917 The Battalion halted here for the day, but had sudden orders at 11 pm to be ready to move. 1st Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. 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. 1996-2023 The Long, Long Trail. A-K. 2nd Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. 8th Battalion, King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry. Buried La Boiselle. by T. G. Roberts . L-Cpl Sidney Thomas Andrews, 33003, 8th Battalion Leicestershire Regiment, was listed killed in action in France on May 3rd, 1917, after at first being reported missing. Capt. At this time the Battalion moved to Codford, to billets in Boscombe in November 1914, to Romsey in May 1915 and eventually onto Aldershot following month. 8th Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers. 3rd Battalion, British West Indies Regiment. The German rifle & machine gun fire was not particularly severe and had communication with the right and left been kept up throughout the attack would have been successful. 5th Battalion, South Staffordshire Regiment. 8th Battalion, South Lancashire Regiment. The 70th Brigade was from the 23rd Division and was attached to the 8th Division between 18 . Unfortunately during the operation Capt Conelly. 2nd/1st Battalion, Lincolnshire Yeomanry. After the Fall of Singapore author was taken POW and took part at work camps in Singapore, Hell Fire . This has a regimental connection. on the 30th August 1915. 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. 16th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters, (N&D Reg). Battalion Formed in Autumn 1916. No. Front ine trenches. S-V. 2nd Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. As the leading companies left the front trench their place was taken by the two leading Platoons of each supporting Company. i/c Infantry Records, No 7 District. 10th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. John was working at Hayward Tyler before joining the Bedfordshire Regiment about six weeks after the outbreak of war. 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 . (d.25th September 1916), Hodges William Henry. 1st Battalion, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers. A-B.. 7th Battalion, Linconshire Regiment. 6th (Service) BattalionFormed at Leicester in August 1914 as part of K1 and attached as Army Troops to 9th (Scottish) Division.April 1915 : transferred to 110th Brigade, 37th Division.Landed in France on 29 July 1915.7 July 1916 : transferred with Brigade to 21st Division. 12th Battalion, Loyal North Lancashire Regiment. August 1917, converted into 9th Bn, the Royal Defence Corps. His gallantry was inspiring to all. 12th (Reserve) Battalion Mar 1916 Formed at Leicester from the depot companies of the 11th and 19th Reserve Brigade as a local reserve battalion. 3rd Battalion, Oxford & Buckinham Light Infantry. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. 8th Battalion, Black Watch, (Royal Highlanders). These cookies will be stored in your browser only with your consent. 2nd Garrison Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. if they advanced. Also on Colton All Saints Church Memorial. Warwick Station Pte. 1st Battalion, The Kings, (Liverpool Regiment). John Kenneth Rhodes, 10th Border Regiment (attd. June 6th 1917. 8th Battalion, The Queen's, (Royal West Surrey Regiment). in the Regiment. Unfortunately I have no living relatives that can help. M-P. 7th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. A training unit based at Ipswich, it was part of 216th Brigade in 72nd Division. 10th Battalion, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers. Transferred to 8th Battalion, joining in the field on 27th November 1917, he was wounded in action on 22nd March 1918. 2nd Battalion, The Queen's, (Royal West Surrey Regiment). The 8th Battalion was formed on the 1st April 1908 as a Territorial volunteer battalion. 5th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. "For most conspicuous bravery, coolness and determination during severe operations of a prolonged nature. He was killed in action on 3rd July 1916, during the battle of the Somme. 3 officers and 576 men left to go to the base depot. to help with the costs of keeping the site running. Edward Russell Gould, 4th Battalion, East Surrey Regiment. 11th Battalion, The Queen's, (Royal West Surrey regiment). 19th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters, (N&D Reg). 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. WW1 Canadian First . 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. London Regiment (from May 1915 until February 1916) 70th Brigade. Rest in peacein Mericourt-l'Abbe CommunalCemetery Ext. L-Z. 16th Battalion, York & Lancaster Regiment. 14th Battalion, King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry. Lady Ursula Isabel Manners was born 8th November 1916, being the elder daughter of five children . (d.7th Jun 1917), Price Evan Henry. 12th Battalion, The Kings, (Liverpool Regiment). 2nd Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Stone Inscription :- "I Have Fought The Good Fight". 1st Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Our 13th Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps. British Army G/18137 Lance-Corporal Buffs (East Kent . 4th Battalion, South Lancashire Regiment. 5th Battalion North Staffordshire Regiment. 5th Battalion, King's Shropshire Light Infantry. George William Housby 8th Battalion Leicestershire Regiment (d.15th July 1916) George William Housby, born in 1884 in Stafford and married to Fanny Wilson in June of 1911. E-G. 7th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. Mark Whitworth Ward is remembered on the Thiepval Memorial to the missing at the Somme area of France. 11th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters, (N&D Reg). 1st Battalion, Queen's Own, (Royal West Kent Regiment). 7th Battalion, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers. Battalion, The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment). The attack on Ovillers was continued. Herbert William Bunce. 2nd Battalion, South Lancashire Regiment. Finally, the increasingly restless men of 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. 3rd Battalion, The Kings, (Liverpool Regiment). The popularity of the site means that it is far exceeding available resources. 12th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers. 10th Battalion, King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry. by Major T.J. Mitchell and Miss G.M. 12th Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment. They were unarmed and called to the most dangerous places, where casualties had already taken place. 15th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters, (N&D Reg). 7th Battalion, King's Shropshire Light Infantry. Now I have to return to France to find where the 8th Gloucesters reinforced the weakened line at St Quentin. 10th Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment. 23rd Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers. . 1st Battalion, the Kings Shropshire Light Infantry. Departments Medals Founded in 1666, Spink has been buying and selling war medals since they first appeared after the Napoleonic Wars. 5th Battalion, South Lancashire Regiment. Create your own unique website with customizable templates. My great-great-grandmothers maiden name was Ingles and I have often wondered if they were related somehow. Initially, serving with service number 43343 in the Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment later transferring to the 8th Battalion Leicestershire Regiment. From the Regiment. 10th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters, (N&D Reg). 6th Battalion, York & Lancaster Regiment. . The regiment remained in bivouac at Aveluy Wood. of the 16th Foot, Biographies He fell at Bazentin Ridge during the Battle of the Somme and is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial George was my great granduncle. 6th Battalion,King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry. Later moved to Catterick and on to North Coates and Louth. 1st of September 2022 marks 23 years since the launch of the Wartime Memories Project. 5 April 1916 William Buckingham: Private: Leicestershire Regiment: First World War: 10 March 1915 12 March 1915 Alexander Buckley: Temp. 16th Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps. A training unit, it remained in UK throughout the war. Draft of 31 men arrived. All companies gained their objectives with little resistance. 234names (1 with the 37th Division and 233 with the 21st Division). 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. 10th Battalion, Cameronians (Scottish Rifles). 7th (South Irish Horse) Battalion, Royal Irish Regiment. 9th Battalion, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers. It saw active service in the Crimean War, the Second Boer War and both the First and the Second World Wars. 4th Battalion, British West Indies Regiment. Was your Army Service Corps soldier renumbered with a T4 prefix? 1st of September 2022 marks 23 years since the launch of the Wartime Memories Project. D. C. Coy 4th Battalion, The Quuen's, (Royal West Surrey Regiment). of those Officers who fell in the 8th battalion. 5th Battalion, King's Own, (Royal Lancaster Regiment). W. Gaunt At 03.15 the battalion took part in an assault on eastern end of the village of - the western end of which had been taken by other British troops the previous day. 1st Battalion, North Staffordshire Regiment. 7th Battalion, Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry. 1st (Garrison) Battalion, Hampshire Regiment. (d.3rd Apr 1918), Haviland Harold Sidney. 20th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters, (N&D Reg). built by Steven Fuller, 2003 to 2022, Photographs He spent some time in England before being drafted from Halton Camp to France. The Battalion rested in the afternoon in the German front line trench which was at the time our support trench to Ovillers. Terms of Service apply. I-M. 2nd Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. 19 October 1914. 3.10.pm. With reference to your letter of the 17th xxxxxxxxxx asking for news of L/Cpl WH Langan. He was aged 24, single and a former employee of the Diamond Foundry, Dallow Road. 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. S-V. 1st Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. 6th Battalion, Queen's Own, (Royal West Kent Regiment). Pte. at the Battle of Flers-Courcelette and the Battle of Morval in September, 2nd Battalion, Royal Marine Light Infantry. We are now on Facebook. L-Z. Pte Bertram Wood, 41662, 8th Battalion Leicestershire Regiment, died as a prisoner of war in the Crossen Camp hospital at Kaehmen in Germany on October 22nd, 1918. 2nd Battalion Leicestershire Regiment Returns From India. In 1916 His records detail that he served in France for 38 months out of the 51 months the war ran. D. W. Summers, In memory of Frank, Harry, Thomas, William, Gabriel and James, and all other members of my family who experienced the terrible Great War. A-K. 1st/4th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment L-Z. The Batn advanced in 4 waves. Battalion took its objective and consolidated position. Pte Walter Stanley Peck, 33072, 8th Battalion Leicestershire Regiment, was killed in action in Belgium on October 1st, 1917. 14 July 1916. B. Vincent Son of Richard Farmer Lane of Chapman Street, Loughborough, Leicestershire, UK. 2nd Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment. 11th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers. The Regt remained halted. L-S. 8th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment.T-Z. 8th Battalion Border Regiment). Robert Leith-Macgregor (1st Battalion, 1960-62) Insignia Hackle Red over White The Royal Northumberland Fusiliers was an infantry regiment of the British Army. sprawling New Army training area around Woking. At the out break of the Great War in 1914, the 8th . Died of wounds on the 8th August 1916 - Age 22. Charles is commemorated on the Pozieres Memorial. Nechells Birmingham. 4th Battalion, North Staffordhire Regiment. 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