Warwick. 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. 28th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers. ), 5th Battalion, Duke of Wellington's (W.R.R. Herbert William Bunce. That was followed by a letter from a pal to say that Victor was missing. 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. A-G. 10h Battalion, Lincolnshire Regient. 5th Battalion, The Kings, (Livrpool Regiment). Records of 8th Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment from other sources. 5th Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment. 2nd Battalion, Royal Marine Light Infantry. since 1914. 18th Battalion, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers. 15 Apr 1916 : Born Warringto, Lancashire, England. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. 7th Battalion, North Staffordshire Regiment. 7th (Service) BattalionFormed at Leicester in September 1914 as part of K2 and attached as Army Troops to 15th (Scottish) Division.April 1915 : transferred to 110th Brigade, 37th Division and record thereafter same as 6th Bn. 8th Battalion, York & Lancaster Regiment. This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Later moved to Catterick and on to North Coates and Louth. At enlistment at Andover, Hampshire, Walter went with his younger brother, Samuel, to enlist in the British Army. Private Meredith died from wounds he received from the Battle of the Somme in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, July 27, 1915. 16th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers. It was raised 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. 2nd Battalion, Oxford & Buckingham Light Infantry. 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 2nd Battalion, The Buffs, (East Kent 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. October 1916 : landed in France, moved to Third Army. In September 1918 it moved to 208th Brigade in the same Division and location. below were temporary commanders. Our 7th (South Irish Horse) Battalion, Royal Irish Regiment. The Manchester Bantams The Story Of A Pals Battalion And A City At War 23rd Service Battalion The Manchester Regiment 8th City . 7th Battalion, York & Lancaster Regiment. That month, the enlisted men of the 8th Battalion . British Army Gunner Royal Field Artillery. 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". Record same as 2/4th Bn.3 February 1918 : disbanded in France. who was killed in action with the Expeditionary Force, France on or since 3rd of July 1916 13th Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps. The 1st two waves went out punctually at the appointed hour, the other two Coys were held in the front line till it was seen how things were going and till reinforcements were requested. 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. WW2 Battalions of the Leicestershire Regiment . 1st Battalion, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers. World War 1 One ww1 wwII greatwar great 1914 1918 first battalion 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. 6th Battalion,King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry. 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. 2nd Battalion the York and Lancaster Regiment. Commemorated on Pier and Face 2 C and 3 A. of the Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France. Samuel fought in The Battles of the Somme, 1916; operations on the Ancre, 1917; the German retreat to the Hindenburg Line, 1917; flanking attacks in Battle of Arras (Bullecourt and Lagnicourt), 1917; Third Battles of Ypres, 1917; First Battles of the Somme, 1918; the advance in Flanders, 1918 and at Ypres and Cambrai, at Polygon Wood and the Menin Road, at Passchendaele and at Saint Quentin. 6th Battalion, The Kings, (Liverpool Regiment). 1st/5th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. 8th Battalion, South Lancashire Regiment. The news was given to his family at 67 Wimbourne Road, Luton, in March 1918. to help with the costs of keeping the site running. At the out break of the Great War in 1914, the 8th . Mrs E. Langan These cookies will be stored in your browser only with your consent. the Regiment. 13th Battalion, The Kings, (Liverpool Regiment). 6th Battalion. Moved within a few days of declaration of war to Portsmouth but by May 1915 was at Patrington near Hull, for duty with the Humber Garrison. 4th Battalion, South Lancashire Regiment. 8th battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. 8th Battalion. WW1 Canadian First . 4th Battalion, North Staffordhire Regiment. Harold Stephen Flisher. April 1917 : transferred to Labour Corps as 20th . The Coys in support had not sufficient time to explain these orders thoroughly to their men owing to the distance from the front line and the enemys shell fire. 6th Battalion, The Buffs, (East Kent Regiment). Just regimental designation for the purpose of history . boarded the troop trains at Chobham Station and left for Dover. 8th (Service) Battalion, Leicestershire Regiment. William James. 6th Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment. Orders and messages referring to the operations took a very long time to reach Battn HQ owing to the dark and the orderlies being near to the trenches. F-K. 8th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. Sometimes available on Amazon. 10th Battalion, Loyal North Lancashire Regiment. WHEATLEY, Archibald. 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). $19.50 + $12.50 shipping . Todays professional rugby football team in the city of Leicester is known as the Tigers. 18th Battalion, York & Lancaster Regiment. In September 1918 it moved to 208th Brigade in the same Division and location. 7th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters, (N&D Reg). 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. (d.17th Apr 1918), Chaplin Arthur. 2nd/1st Battalion, Lincolnshire Yeomanry. 3rd Battalion, Loyal North Lancashire Regiment. If you believe that any of the current information b in the Great War. He was destined to become a stretcher bearer, one of only 16 per Battalion. Lady Ursula Isabel Manners was born 8th November 1916, being the elder daughter of five children . 7th Battalion, The Buffs, (East Kent Regiment). (d.11 April 1917), Stockwell Albert Edgley. in line with a major shake up of the British Army, the 8th Battalion was 14th July : Attack and capture ofBazentin-le-Petit Wood. Rest in peace in Heilly Station Cemetery . Pte. 10th (Kent Yeomanry) Battalion, The Buffs, (East Kent Regiment). Part of Lincoln and Leicester Brigade, North Midland Division. Company parade. Hawke Battalion, Royal naval Division. (d.25th Sep 1916). Private J P Ward was killed on 18th April 1918 when 8th Battalion was retreating during the great German offensive of April 1918. Battalion, Leicestershire Regiment. 1916: Premire Guerre mondiale: 49th Battalion, Canadian Expedtionary Force: A-K. 1st Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment, L-Z. Wills Cigarette Factory in Bedminster. Part of 16th Brigade, 6th Division.Moved on 19 August 1914 to Cambridge and landed at St Nazaire on 10 September 1914.17 November 1915 : transferred to 71st Brigade in same Division. 2nd Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment. Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derby Regiment). . 1996-2023 The Long, Long Trail. Draft of 1 Coy x 82 men arrived. 8th Battalion, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers. sprawling New Army training area around Woking. if they advanced. 11th Battalion, The Queen's, (Royal West Surrey regiment). Want to find out more about your relative's service? 2nd Battalion, Cameronians (Scottish Rifles). 14th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers. The Battn moved to its appointed place in the front line trench south of THIEPVAL preparatory to the attack. Finally, the increasingly restless men of Cambrai Operations (also called the Battle of Cambrai), specifically during as well as the Battle of Le Transloy in October. Siehe Details auf eBay erhltlich bei. Died of wounds on the 4th October 1916. Up to 2 Militia and Special Reserve Battalions Up to 4 Territorial and Volunteer Battalions At The Canadian Fallen we pride ourselves in providing you with the most accurate records we can. 2nd Battalion Leicestershire Regiment Returns From India. He never discussed his war service with his sons, but was able to talk about some of it with his eldest grandson, me. 20th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers. 234names (1 with the 37th Division and 233 with the 21st Division). 21st Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers. Pte. (West Riding Regiment). (1st Battalion) 8 Jun 1982: 31: FALKLAND ISLANDS: Royal Fleet Auxiliary "Sir Galahad" 1st Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. LEICESTERSHIRE REGIMENT. Battalion took its objective and consolidated position. i/c Infantry Records, No 7 District. The 8th Battalion was formed on the 1st April 1908 as a Territorial volunteer battalion. Left 5pm when we marched to HEDAUVILLE and bivouacked therefor the night. 11th Battalion, East Lancashire Regiment. Please note: We are unable to provide individual research. Battalion attacked Black Line in front of Onraet Wood & took its objective. He rejoined his battalion on 30th of September. 8 April 1916 : became 4th and 5th Reserve Battalions and by now were at Grantham. 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. they lost heavily during a massed bombardment and raid on their lines 6th Battalion, Queen's Own, (Royal West Kent Regiment). 25th-26th September : Attack and capture ofGueudecourt. Departments Medals Founded in 1666, Spink has been buying and selling war medals since they first appeared after the Napoleonic Wars. the Regimental HQ at Bedford to be mobilised into the 8th Battalion of September 1916. John Kenneth Rhodes, 10th Border Regiment (attd. I have been to various places on the Somme where I have been able to trace some of his movements. (d.20th September 1917), Gage Frank William. 10th Battalion, British West Indies Regiment. R-S. 7th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. 3rd Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment. Dear Mrs Langan, He had had no leave since. On 1 September 1916, 4th absorbed 5th. Terms of Service apply. During World War II, he served as a Lance Corporal with the 144th (8th Battalion East Lancashire Regiment) Royal Armoured Corps. Pte Phillips had joined the Bedfords (5587) in 1915 and went to France in November 1916, where he was transferred to the Leicesters. on our right. The 8th Battalion was a "Service" battalion that was formed specifically for the duration of the war. 22385. To date we have sold over 45,000 lots at auction for a combined total of over 37 million. He fought under General Sir William Birdwood, Commander of the Fifth Army. Out of these cookies, the cookies that are categorized as necessary are stored on your browser as they are essential for the working of basic functionalities of the website. 7th Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers. Quick Shop. Stone Inscription :- "I Have Fought The Good Fight". of the 16th Foot, Biographies Discover, explore and remember millions of personal stories from the First World War. Military Medal recipients casualty Victory Medal awarded to Private A. Cox, 8th Battalion, Leicestershire Regiment later 4th Battalion, Cheshire Regiment who died on 27th November 1918, he would later be awarded the Military Medal in the London Ga. 125.00. Baths were allotted to the Battn. 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. 11th Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment. Battalions of the Regular Army. 10th Battalion, Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry. Before joining up he was employed by the Davis Gas Stove Co at the Diamond Foundry, Dallow Road. John Thomas Walters was killed in action on 8th of August 1915. 2nd Battalion, Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry. EUR 67,12 Sofort-Kaufen, EUR 2,01 Versand, 30-Tag Rcknahmen, eBay-Kuferschutz. D. W. Summers, Bridger Harry Edward. 17th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers. The Royal Leicestershire Regiment - an illustrated history, by Robin Jenkins and James Ryan. 19th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters, (N&D Reg). 8th battalion between 1914 and 1918 were: Site Was your Army Service Corps soldier renumbered with a T4 prefix? 4th Reserve Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. Warwick Station The Regiment was taking part in a successful attack on the German trenches when he was hit. The last reserve of 2 platoons did not reach the enemy line but returned with the Battalion when it retired. L-Z. 5th Battalion, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers. 1st/4th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. 4th Battalion, British West Indies Regiment. Touch was kept with the Cheshires by means of runners. 23rd Battalion, The Kings, (Liverpool Regiment). 6th Battalion, King's Shropshire Light Infantry. Draft of 1 Coy x 59 men arrived. The Leicestershire Regiment in the Battle of the Somme. I-M. 1st Battalion Lincolnshire Regiment. 2nd Battalion, South Staffordshire Regiment. Capt. History for their initial period of training in 1915 and for a few weeks in France, 12th (Yeomanry) Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. 11th Battalion, King's Own, (Royal Lancaster Regiment). 1/5th BattalionAugust 1914 : in Loughborough. 8th Battalion, The Kings, (Liverpool Regiment). (d.11th Sep 1916), Hargreaves Thomas. 8th Battalion, Canadian Expedtionary Force: Amiens, . Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service. Accessibility Menu Warwick. 2nd Battalion, Honourable Artillery Company. More about Arthur T Clark. Any articles of private property left by missing soldiers which are found are forwarded to this Office, but they cannot be disposed of until authority is received from the War Office. 2/5th BattalionFormed at Loughborough in September 1914 as a second line unit. 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 5th Battalion, York & Lancaster Regiment. But opting out of some of these cookies may have an effect on your browsing experience. If you use Twitter, you can always contact me at my account @1418research. The Battalion rested in the afternoon in the German front line trench which was at the time our support trench to Ovillers. . The Medal Roll shows him as 8th Battalion Leicestershire Regiment, which as you say landed in France 29th July 1915. The Regiment was first formed in 1688 by Colonel Solomon Richards during the last days of King James IIs reign. They lived in 1939 at 87 The Fairway, Leicester. 12th Battalion, South Staffordshire Regiment. In 1917 Thursday 03-02-1916. N-R. 2nd Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. 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. L-S. 8th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment.T-Z. Further attack was launched against village of Oostaverne and Odonto Trench. Submitted by Deejaya on 10th November 2017. 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. Around 670 Officers and men of the battalion 6th Battalion, The Queen's, (Royal West Surrey Regiment(. It is interesting to note that the brothers were mobilsed into different regiments, Walter in the Hampshire Regiment and Samuel in the Gloucestershire Regiment. 19th Battalion, The Kings, (Liverpool Regiment). That month, the enlisted men of the 8th 4th Battalion, Cameronians, (Scottish Rifles). of the Great War, medical services, casualties and medical statistics" It is mandatory to procure user consent prior to running these cookies on your website. A-K. 1st/4th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment L-Z. 6th/7th Battalion, Royal Scots Fusiliers. Son of Isaac & Lydia Catton, . They were also in the line when the army experienced 10th Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment. In good condition. Records of 8th Battalion, Leicestershire Regiment from other sources. Moved to Barnard Castle in June 1915 and in November 1915 went to Rugeley Camp at Cannock Chase.10 April 1915 : converted into a Reserve battalion and Brigade became 1st Reserve Brigade.1 September 1916 : converted into 5th Training Reserve Battalion of 1st Reserve Brigade. Records of 8th Battalion, Leicestershire Regiment from other sources. A-K. Hawke Battalion, Royal Naval Division. 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. From March 1916 it became home to the British Army and it remained so until the Advance to Victory was well under way. to help with the costs of keeping the site running. H-L. 7th 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. August 1917, converted into 9th Bn, the Royal Defence Corps. He received field punishment number one for being late on parade on at least one occasion; a few other times, he was confined to barracks. Died of wounds on the 8th August 1916 - Age 22. 20th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters, (N&D Reg). Cpl. No 7 District 10th Battalion, The Kings, (Liverpool Regiment). 8th Gloucesters It was owing in a great measure to his dauntless courage and inspiring example that a serious reverse was averted. 1st Battalion, Sherwood Foresters, (N&D Reg). i/c Infantry Records, 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. Buried La Boiselle. A message was sent back asking for reinforcements and bombs and these were sent up immediately. 12th Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment. There was no telephone to Battn HQ and all messages were by runners. 11th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters, (N&D Reg). Before that it had been 13th (Reserve) Battalion of the Sherwood Foresters. Warwick John Ebenezar Stewart MC, killed 28 April 1918. 11th Battalion, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers. He was aged 29. 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. Menu. mustered at their local train stations and were transported en-masse to 8th (Service) BattalionFormed at Leicester in September 1914 as part of K3 and attached as Army Troops to 23rd Division.April 1915 : transferred to 110th Brigade, 37th Division.Record same as 6th Bn.28 June 1918 : reduced to cadre strength, surplus men going to 7th Bn.29 June 1918 : transferred to 25th Division and returned to England.7 July 1918 : cadre transferred to 14th West Riding Regiment. the first German use of Phosgene gas in December, losing hundreds of men 2nd/5th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. 4th Battalion, York & Lancaster Regiment. He was aged 34. in the battles of 1916, and around 2,800 men * were also wounded during the following battalions formed the 16th Brigade and served together as The trench occupied by C & D coy was retaken and a block established under Lt. Stewart at the Northern end. Company Sergeant Major 6272. the battalion were involved in Battle of Hill 70 in April and during the 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. 9th Battalion, York & Lancaster Regiment. Left Hedauville and marched to AMPLIER, billeted in huts. 14th Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment. 5 April 1916 William Buckingham: Private: Leicestershire Regiment: First World War: 10 March 1915 12 March 1915 Alexander Buckley: Temp. 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 . 8th (Service) Battalion, Leicestershire Regiment . 12th (Reserve) Battalion Mar 1916 Formed at Leicester from the depot companies of the 11th and 19th Reserve Brigade as a local reserve battalion. London Regiment (from May 1915 until February 1916) 70th Brigade. This website uses cookies to improve your experience while you navigate through the website. In 1916 8th Battalion, The Buffs, (East Kent Regiment). My great-great-grandmothers maiden name was Ingles and I have often wondered if they were related somehow. 53rd (Young Soldier) Battalion, Notts & Derby Regiment. . 3rd Battalion, The Queen's, (Royal West surrey Regiment). I hope he is going on alright, and please ask him to drop us a card sometimes to let us know how he is going on as all the boys would like to know. 2nd Battalion,King's Own, (Royal Lancaster Regiment). The Brigade was inspected by the Divisional General during the afternoon. 12th Battalion, Loyal North Lancashire Regiment. The Long, Long Trail website uses cookies only to make sure the site works and to improve your experience as a user. In January 1918 it went to 207th Brigade of 69th Division at Clipstone Camp but by April 1918 had moved to Thoresby. Now I have to return to France to find where the 8th Gloucesters reinforced the weakened line at St Quentin. Son of Richard Farmer Lane of Chapman Street, Loughborough, Leicestershire, UK. Battalion, in the Third New Army were attached to the 71st Brigade of 9th Battalion, Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry. War diary made available by M. Deacon and transcribed by P. Bramham. This website is paid for out of our own pockets, library subscriptions and from donations made by visitors. More about Dudley Argar. SKU: CMA/37836. 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. 5th Battalion, South Lancashire Regiment. It occupied barely half a season, but was then . The autobiography of an WW2 Australian POW who was a member of the Australian 4th Anti Tank Regiment, 8th Division, took part in the battles of Malaya and Singapore. WW1 Canadian Cap Badge 7th CEF Infantry Battalion 1st British Columbia Regiment . D. C. Coy 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 . platoon at this time were sent up, no reinforcements had arrived from the reserve to take our place. 1/4th BattalionAugust 1914 : in Leicester. The regiment remained in Marley Wood. 9th Battalion, The Kings, (Liverpool Regiment). 52nd (Graduated) BattalionUp to 27 October 1917, this was known as 267th Graduated Battalion and had no regimental affiliation. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading 21 DIVISION 110 Infantry Brigade Leicestershire Regiment 8th . After He also was in the 74th Battalion of the Machine Gun Corps towards the end of the war. 1st/5th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. for clearing the German communication trenches. 5th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. With reference to your letter of the 17th xxxxxxxxxx asking for news of L/Cpl WH Langan. From a17ab7a789aa20e5c49f7f9de9dca94c364755b3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: BOB603049648 603049648@qq.com> Date: Tue, 23 Mar 2021 18:48:33 +0800 Subject: [PATCH . 5th Battalion North Staffordshire Regiment. (d.24th Mar 1918), Morse Harry Lawson. A & B Coys on the right and C & D on the left. 3rd Battalion, The Kings, (Liverpool Regiment). 110th Brigade / 21st Division . 2nd Battalion, York & Lancaster Regiment. Rest in peace in St Sever Cemetery. 11th Battalion, Queen's Own, (Royal West Kent Regiment). 21st Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps. 3rd/4th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. L-Cpl John Brown, 33017, 8th Battalion Leicestershire Regiment, died on October 22nd, 1917, from severe wounds sustained in action on October 9th. Rest in peacein Earl Shilton (SS Simon and Jude) Ch. a letter home from Private 19861 Leslie Worboys) received orders to mobilise 1st Battalion . 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. Moved to Newcastle area in July 1916.1 September 1916 : converted into 83rd Training Reserve Battalion of 19th Reserve Brigade. 18th Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps. 1st Battalion, Honourable Artillery Company. Killed in action 9th October 1917.Son of Lillian Beatrice Wildgoose (now wife of John Henry Bennett). Pte (d.22nd Sep 1918), Wixey Frederick Thomas. veteran 6th Division. 6th Battalion, British West Indies Regiment. 3rd Battalion, Sherwood Foresters, (N&D Reg). No 7 District and marked outside, Effects. 6th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters, (N&D Reg). A Coy x 37 men arrived. 7th Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment. of Loos in September. 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