10th Battalion, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers. S-V. 2nd Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. Remembering Walter Ormerod (Private 29126 - 8th Bn, East Lancashire Regiment), who died on 2 January 1917, and is buried in St Venant Communal Cemetery, France.. 19th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters, (N&D Reg). The Battalion started its life in Fulwood Barracks, Preston, in late August 1914 and in early September 1,000 men moved to billets in Lewes and Eastbourne. 2nd Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment. https://www.tameside.gov.uk/MuseumsandGalleries/Territorial-Force-1914-1919 30 October 1914 : cam… 8th Battalion, Cameronians (Scottish Rifles). 4th Battalion, The Quuen's, (Royal West Surrey Regiment). Under command of 2nd Brigade in 1st Division. East Lancashire Regiment (d.9th May 1917), Pte. 8th battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. 256 pp. The 1st Battalion was formed from the 30th (Cambridgeshire) Regiment of Foot (raised in 1702) and the 2nd Battalion from the 59th (2nd Nottinghamshire) Regiment of Foot (raised 1755) and the regiment was renamed the East Lancashire Regiment in July 1881. W-Z. Pte. 7th Battalion, Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry. 1st Battalion, Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry. 11th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers. 7th Battalion, Loyal North Lancashire Regiment. 18th Battalion (2nd South-East Lancashire) (Bantam Bn) 2nd/8th Battalion. 2nd Battalion, Sherwood Foresters, (N&D Reg). A-B.. 7th Battalion, Linconshire Regiment. 5th Battalion, cameronians (Scottish Rifles. 11th Battalion of the Royal Warwickshire Regiment. 17th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters, (N&D Reg). 1st (Garrison) Battalion, Hampshire Regiment. 20th Battalion, The Kings, (Liverpool Regiment). ), 6th Battalion, Duke of Wellington's (W.R.R. The regiment was formed, as a consequence of defence cuts instigated by the 1957 Defence White Paper, by the amalgamation of the 1st Battalion, East Lancashire Regiment and the 1st Battalion, South Lancashire Regiment (The Prince of Wales's Volunteers) on 1 July 1958.. 10th Battalion, Royal Warickshire Regiment. 17th Battalion (1st South-East Lancashire) (Bantam Bn) 2nd/7th Battalion. 5th Battalion, South Staffordshire Regiment. 8th Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers. Notwithstanding his terrible injuries, Private Young continued endeavouring to effect the rescue upon which he had set his mind, and eventually succeeded with the aid of another soldier. Landed at Le Havre 22 August 1914. 1st Battalion, North Staffordshire Regiment. Machine Gun Battalion, Royal Naval Division. Additional Bibliography for this Page. Joseph Firth 8th Bn East Lancashire Regiment (d.22nd April 1917). 25th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers. East Lancashire Regiment (d.29th May 1917), Pte. 4th Battalions, King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry. 2nd Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. Thomas Maugham 11th Btn. N-R. 2nd Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. A-K. 6th Battalion,Bedfordshire Regiment, L-Z. 4th Battalion King's Shropshire Light Infantry. 2nd Battalion, South Staffordshire Regiment. 8th (Reserve) Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment. Lancashire's Forgotten Heroes, 8th (Service) Battalion, East Lancashire Regiment in the Great War by Stephen Barker (Illustrated The battalion was to service this part of the line until the early days of July 1916. The great fortitude, determination, courage, and devotion to duty displayed by this soldier could hardly be surpassed", Pte. Robert enlisted in 8th Battalion, East Lancashire Regiment in Feb 1917. 20th Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps. 11th Battalion, East Lancashire Regiment. 6th/7th Battalion, Royal Scots Fusiliers. 6th Battalion, British West Indies Regiment. 1st Battalion, The Queen's, (Royal West Surrey Regiment). 1st Battalion, Sherwood Foresters, (N&D Reg). He was killed in battle on a Tuesday in July 1917 most probably on the 1st day of Passchendaele. The XXth Regiment of Foot" I-M. 2nd Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. 11th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters, (N&D Reg). 16th Battalion, York & Lancaster Regiment. 13th Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps. 6th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. 1st Battalion, King's Own, (Royal Lancaster Regiment). Kitchener New Army Battalion, (K2). S-V. 1st Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. The Queen's, (Royal West Surrey Regiment). A-C. 2nd Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment.D-H. 2nd Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. 16th Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment. We are now on Facebook. Served 4 years in Queen Victoria's Rifles. It did not eave the UK. 6th Battalion. 12th Battalion North Staffordshire Regiment. L-S. 8th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment.T-Z. Many of the Pals battalions have been the subject of recent books, published by Pen & Sword. 5th Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment. The 1st Battalion was formed from the 30th (Cambridgeshire) Regiment of Foot (raised in 1702) and the 2nd Battalion from the 59th (2nd Nottinghamshire) Regiment of Foot (raised 1755) and the regiment was renamed the East Lancashire Regiment in July 1881.. Son of Mrs Anna F.I. Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derby Regiment). The war station was intended to be Ireland, but due to its pacific state, the intended move did not materialise. Hawke Battalion, Royal naval Division. 2nd Battalion, Royal Marine Light Infantry. 1st Battalion,Cameronians (Scottish Rifles). 9th Battalion, Loyal North Lancashire Regiment. Moved to Harrow on 18 August. 12th Battalion, York & Lancaster Regiment. 8th (City of London) Battalion, London Regiment, (Post Office Rifles). 5th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters, (N&D Reg). 4th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. The Commonwealth Debt of Honour Register records that Walter was the husband of Mrs W. Ormerod, of Hall Carr Cottages, Rawtenstall - though the Army Register of Soldiers' Effects records that his effects were left to his … The 8th (Service) Battalion, East Lancashire Regiment was in many ways a unit typical of the British Expeditionary Force. A German prisoner helps wounded British soldiers back from the front near Poziers on July 19, including Private RG Wood of 8th Battalion, East Lancashire Regiment, second right 8th Battalion, North Staffordshire Regiment. 6th Battalion, Queen's Own, (Royal West Kent Regiment). 4th (Labour) Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment. 8th Battalion, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers. 10th Battalion, British West Indies Regiment. 17th Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps. He then went unaided to the dressing station where it was discovered that he had also been wounded by a rifle bullet in the chest. Further north, near Beaumont Hamel, 8th East Lancashires and 10th Loyal North Lancashires attacked side by side on the 15th November in the battle of the Ancre, but failed with severe casualties. The Commonwealth Debt of Honour Register records that Walter was the husband of Mrs W. Ormerod, of Hall Carr Cottages, Rawtenstall - though the Army Register of Soldiers' Effects records that his effects were left to his … 6th Battalion King's Own Scottish Borderers. 3rd Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment, Cont. 2nd Battalion, York & Lancaster Regiment. 7th Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers. A984 John Porter of Blackpool, 2nd 4th Battalion,East Lancashire Regiment, died 13 September 1917. A-K. 1st Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment, L-Z. Edward Draper Eastwood 6th Btn East Lancashire Regiment (d.27th February 1917), Sgt. 5th Battalion, Oxford & Buckingham Light Infantry. (d.15th July 1916), We are looking for volunteers to help with researching the activities of units of the Royal Artillery, Royal Engineers, Territorial Force, Regular Army, Pals Battalions, Kitchener's New Armies, Voluntary Organisations and the Ships of the Royal Navy. 1st Battalion, Queen's Own, (Royal West Kent Regiment). The 1st Battalion of the East Lancashire Regiment was formed on 1st July 1881 from the old 30th (Cambridgeshire) Regiment of Foot. 4th Battalion, South Staffordshire Regiment. 19th Battalion (3rd Salford Pals Bn) (Pioneers) 3rd Battalion. Henry Bernard Robinson 8th Btn. 2nd Battalion, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers. 2nd Battalion, Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry. 2nd Battalion August 1914 : in Bangalore, India. 16th Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps. 3rd Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment. 16th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers. 12th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers. East Lancashire Regiment (d.23rd Sep 1917), 2nd Lt. Vernon Lee Walker 8th Btn. 12th Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps. A copy of The History of the East Lancashire Regiment in the Great War 1914-1919 edited by Major General Sir N. Nicholson is held at Accrington Library and at the Lancashire Infantry Museum; click here for details of a recent reprint. After a brief period at their drill halls, the various units proceeded to large tented camps at Turton Bottoms (near Bolton), Chesham (near Bury) and Holingworth Lake, Littleborough (near Rochdale). 17th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers. 9th Battalion, British West Indies Regiment. 18th Battalion, York & Lancaster Regiment. ===2nd/8th Battalion=== This Second-Line TA Battalion began the war in 66th (2nd East Lancashire) Division and later transferred to 55th (West Lancashire) Infantry Division. 10th Battalion, King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry. 3rd Battalion, Oxford & Buckinham Light Infantry. 7th Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment. 3rd Battalion, King's Own, (Royal Lancaster Regiment). 1st Battalion, Loyal North Lancashire Regiment. 1st Battalion, The Buffs, (East Kent Regiment). L-Z. After heavy casualties the battalion was disbanded early in 1918. 6th Battalion, South Staffordshire Regiment. 6th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters, (N&D Reg). 6th Battalion, Cameronians (Scottish Rifles). 22nd Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps. 17th Battalion, The Kings, (Liverpool Regiment). 4th Battalion, North Staffordhire Regiment. 9th Battalion, North Staffordshire Regiment. 9th Battalion, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers. L-Z. 8th Battalion (TF) 9th Battalion (TF) East Lancashire Regiment 1st and 2nd Battalions 3rd (Special Reserve) Battalion East Surrey Regiment 1st and 2nd Battalions 3rd and 4th Battalions East Surrey Regiment curiosities: 364* History. 5th Battalion, York & Lancaster Regiment. 6th Battalion, King's Shropshire Light Infantry. Library contains many many diary entries, personal letters and other documents, all transcribed into plain text. 2nd Battalion, Cameronians (Scottish Rifles). If you can provide any additional information, please add it here. L-Z. The 1st Battalion was formed from the 30th (Cambridgeshire) Regiment of Foot (raised in 1702) and the 2nd Battalion from the 59th (2nd Nottinghamshire) Regiment of Foot (raised 1755) and the regiment was renamed the East Lancashire Regiment in July 1881.. - 8th Battalion, East Lancashire Regiment during the Great War -. Courtesy of Paul Hughes. 5th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. The 4th, 5th and 6th Battalions were normally Territorial Forcebattalions. 9th Battalion, Duke of Wellington's, (W.R.R.). East Lancashire Regiment (d.8th July 1916) Joseph Richardson died of wounds on the 8th of July 1916, aged 33 and is buried in Plot 1. For more information please see our page on. 8th Battalion, King's Own, (Royal Lancaster Regiment). Records of 8th Battalion, East Lancashire Regiment from other sources. 10th Battalion, Cameronians (Scottish Rifles). East Lancashire Regiment (d.27th August 1916), An extract from the London Gazette, dated 28th March, 1916, records the following:- "For most conspicuous bravery. 3rd Battalion, North Staffordshire Regiment. 14th Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment. 7th Battalion, King's Shropshire Light Infantry. 1st Battalion, Royal Marine Light Infantry. The 9th (Service) Battalion East Lancashire Regiment in Macedonia This battalion was part of 65th Brigade, 22nd Division and served in Macedonia from 1915 to 1919, taking part in both Battles of Doiran (1917 and 1918). 1st/5th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. 8th Battalion, York & Lancaster Regiment. W-Z. In typical British county regiments, the 1st and 2nd Battalions were regular army, the 3rd was the special reserve battalion which did not normally serve overseas but remained at home as the regimental depot and training unit from which replacemetns were sent to the regular battalions. Want to find out more about your relative's service? 1st Battalion, The Kings, (Liverpool Regiment). Further north, near Beaumont Hamel, 8th East Lancashires and 10th Loyal North Lancashires attacked side by side on the 15th November in the battle of the Ancre, but failed with severe casualties. 3rd Battalion, King's On Scottish Borderers. 1st Battalion, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers. 2nd Garrison Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. 9th Battalion, Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry. The Barnsley Chronicle. The 8th (Service) Battalion, East Lancashire Regiment was raised at Preston in September 1914 as part of Kitchener's Third New Army and joined 74th Brigade, 25th Division. 7th Battalion, York & Lancaster Regiment. Age32. ... C Company, 1/4th Battalion East Lancashire Regiment, being taken ashore by trawler, Gallipoli, 9 May 1915. 21st Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps. 19th Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment. Formed from surplus of six Service Battalions: 8th South Lancashire Regiment; 8th Loyal North Lancashire Regiment; 8th Bedfordshire Regiment; 9th Suffolk Regiment; 13th Cheshire Regiment and 14th Durham Light Infantry. 6th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. 4th Battalion, King's Own, (Royal Lancaster Regiment). 6th Battalion,King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry. 12th (Yeomanry) Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. 6th Infantry Labour Company., Devonshire Regiment. 11th Battalion, King's Own, (Royal Lancaster Regiment). ), 4th Battalion, Duke of Wellington's (W.R.R. Formed at Preston in September 1914. 9th Battalion, The Kings, (Liverpool Regiment). 8th Battalion, Black Watch, (Royal Highlanders). Caterpillar Valley Cemetery, Longueval, Somme, France. 23rd Battalion, The Kings, (Liverpool Regiment). 5th Battalion, The Kings, (Livrpool Regiment). 14th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers. 7th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters, (N&D Reg). A-K. 4th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. If you have a general question please post it on our Facebook page. 8th Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment. 24th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers. H-P. 10th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment, Q-Z. Pte. Remembering Walter Ormerod (Private 29126 - 8th Bn, East Lancashire Regiment), who died on 2 January 1917, and is buried in St Venant Communal Cemetery, France.. 2nd Battalion, Duke of Wellington's (W.R.R. 8th Lancashire Fusiliers 126th Brigade 4th East Lancashire Regiment 5th East Lancashire Regiment 9th Manchester Regiment 10th Manchester Regiment 127th Brigade ... Nelson Battalion Hawke Battalion Hood Battalion 2nd Naval Brigade 1st Battalion Royal Marine Light Infantry (RMLI) The 1st/8th Lancashire Fusiliers 1915 – 1st/8th Lancashire. 4th Battalion, York & Lancaster Regiment. L-Z. 18th Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps. We are unable to provide individual research free of charge, but do offer a paid service at competitive rates, the small profit from these services will be put towards the costs of keeping this website running. 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. 7th Battalion, King's Own, (Royal Lancaster Regiment). 3ed (Reserve) Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment. 1st (Regular) Battalion: 1940, 1944 – 1945: The Battalion during this time served in North West Europe; 2nd (Regular) Battalion: September 1939: The Battalion was in India at outbreak of war. Members of 8th Battalion The East Lancashire Regiment in the front line at Foncquevilliers, 1915 Origins The regiment was formed as the county regiment for East Lancashire in the 1881 Childers reforms, by amalgamating the 30th (Cambridgeshire) Regiment and the 59th (2nd Nottinghamshire) Regiment . 10th Battalion, South Lancashire Regiment. 1st Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment. 18th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers. 7th Battalion: The Battalion was in India and served mainly on the North-West Frontier. A copy of The History of the East Lancashire Regiment in the Great War 1914-1919 edited by Major General Sir N. Nicholson is held at Accrington Library and at the Lancashire Infantry Museum; click here for details of a recent reprint. 10th Battalion, York & Lancaster Regiment. 4th Battalion, Loyal North Lancashire Regiment. 1st Battalion, Honourable Artillery Company. 2nd Battalion, King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry. 13th Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment. 8th Battalion of the East Lancashire Regiment. Author/Compiler: Title: Publisher: Officers of the Regiment. The wounded Non-Commissioned Officer requested Private Young to get under cover, but he refused, and was almost immediately very seriously wounded by having both jaws shattered. T-V. 7th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. 3rd Battalion, Loyal North Lancashire Regiment. F-K. 8th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. 2nd Battalion, Loyal North Lancashire Regiment. R-S. 7th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. Deal Battalion, Royal Marine Light Infantry. 2nd Battalion, The Buffs, (East Kent Regiment). 21st (Labour) Battalion, Cheshire Regiment. 10th Battalion, Duke of Wellington's (W.R.R.). 8th Battalion, British West Indies Regiment. 4th Battalion, British West Indies Regiment. 2nd/1st Battalion, Lincolnshire Yeomanry. Field-Marshal Lord Kitchener called for 100,000 men on 8 August1914 to help expand the British Armies in a fight against a formidable enemy. 5th Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers. Territorial battalions raised second line battalions which would be numbered 2/4th, 2/5th and 2/6th, initially from men who did not volunteer for overseas s… 6th Battalion, The Buffs, (East Kent Regiment). William Turner: Pals. The Chorley Pals formed 'Y' Company, 11th (Accrington Pals) Battalion, East Lancashire Regiment. 28th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers. A984 John Porter of Blackpool, 2nd 4th Battalion,East Lancashire Regiment, died 13 September 1917. East Lancashire Regiment during WW2 During WW2 The East Lancashire regiment had 7 serving battalions. C-D. 7th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. 13th Battalion, The Kings, (Liverpool Regiment). 1st Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. 3rd/4th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. 10th (Kent Yeomanry) Battalion, The Buffs, (East Kent Regiment). W-Z. 1st/4th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. 5th Battalion,King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry. They trained at Codford and spent the winter in billets in Bournemouth from November 1914, when they became Divisional Troops with 25th Division. 2nd Battalion, Honourable Artillery Company. 5th Battalion, South Lancashire Regiment. The 11th (Service) Battalion (Accrington) East Lancashire Regiment. 10th Battalion, Loyal North Lancashire Regiment. 2nd/5th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. 9th Battalion, York & Lancaster Regiment. M-P. 7th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. 11th Battalion, Queen's Own, (Royal West Kent Regiment). 20th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters, (N&D Reg). 21st Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers. 1st Battalion, South Staffordshire Regiment. Sadly, after Robert's death, he was never ever mentioned in the family again. 12th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters, (N&D Reg). 23rd Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers. 7th (Pioneer) Battalion, Durham Light Infantry. 2nd Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment. 3rd Battalion, The Queen's, (Royal West surrey Regiment). If you are enjoying the site, please consider making a donation, however small 5th Battalion, King's Own, (Royal Lancaster Regiment). 4th Battalion, The Kings, (Liverpool Regiment). Kennedy of Downshire Hill, Hampstead, London, UK & the late Captain A.C. Kennedy of 1st Battalion, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers. 12th Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment. North Staffordshire Regiment. 5th Battalion, King's Shropshire Light Infantry. var switchTo5x=false;stLight.options({publisher:'fc03f239-3fa4-46a7-8533-9662428c321a'}); Please note we currently have a 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. A-G. 10h Battalion, Lincolnshire Regient. Our (d.1st Nov 1916), Kemp James B.. Pte. H-L. 7th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. 5th Battalion North Staffordshire Regiment. N-R. 1st Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. E-G. 7th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. 1945: Moved to Burma, however, arriving too late to contribute to the defeat of Japan. 8th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters, (N&D Reg). 15th Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment. L-Z. 19th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers. Dedicated to the memory of the 8th (Service) Battalion, East Lancashire Regiment Preston Pals War Memorial Dedicated to the memory of the Preston Pals (D Company, 7th (Service) Battalion, Loyal North Lancashire Regiment, and the creation of a Memorial in their memory on Preston Station. It was then transferred to the experienced 3rd Division and fought with it on the Somme, at Arras and Ypres. 8th Battalion, Loyal North Lancashire Regiment. 4th Battalion, Cameronians, (Scottish Rifles). Robert Ashworth 8th Btn. 27th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers. 1st Battalion, Oxford & buckingham Light Infantry. The 13th and 14th York & Lancasters (1st and 2nd Barnsley Pals) were to support the two leading battalions. 26th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers. please Add a Name to this List The regiment was first based in Hong Kong where both of its predecessor regiments had been based … 12th Battalion, The Kings, (Liverpool Regiment). The 8th (Service) Battalion, East Lancashire Regiment was in many ways a unit typical of the British Expeditionary Force. 10th Battalion, The Kings, (Liverpool Regiment). 3rd Dragoon Guards, (Prince of Wales's Own). G750 East Lancashire Regiment pals, Lahane Studio, Walton Rd, Liverpool. 4th Battalion, Oxford & Buckingham Light Infantry. The Battalion added many honours to the history of the Regiment. 6th Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment. This website is paid for out of our own pockets, library subscriptions and from donations made by visitors. A challenging task was set but within a short space of time scores of men enlisted to do their part and take on the might of the German Army and Central Powers, whether they were ready or not, mental… A-K. 1st/4th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment L-Z. 1st Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. Against them, Serre was held by the 169th (8th Baden) Infantry Regiment. 20th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers. The 9th (Service) Battalion East Lancashire Regiment Like other ‘service’ battalions the 9th East Lancashires was raised from volunteers and embodied for the duration of the war only. 2nd/4th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. Like this page to receive our updates, add a comment or ask a question. to help with the costs of keeping the site running. 53rd (Young Soldier) Battalion, Notts & Derby Regiment. The 2nd Battalion of the East Lancashire Regiment was formed on the same day from the old 59th (2nd Nottinghamshire) Regiment of Foot. A-K. Hawke Battalion, Royal Naval Division. B. 1st Battalion August 1914 : in Colchester and part of 11th Brigade in 4th Division. 2nd Battalion, The Queen's, (Royal West Surrey Regiment). 18th Battalion (2nd South-East Lancashire) (Bantam Bn) 2nd/8th Battalion. 3rd Battalion, Sherwood Foresters, (N&D Reg). 8th Btn. 11th Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment. 26 May 1918 : transferred to 183rd Brigade, 61st (2nd South Midland) Division. 1st Battalion, King's Shropshire Light Infantry. East Lancashire Regiment, Pte. 2nd (Entrenching Battalion) Lincolnshire Regiment. 1 February 1918 : transferred to 103rd Brigade, 34th Division. 16th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters, (N&D Reg). 7th Battalion, Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment). 8th Battalion, South Staffordshire Regiment. I have visited the National Archives in Kew and obtained a copy of the War Diary for the 8th Btn of his unit in the month that he died. ), 5th Battalion, Duke of Wellington's (W.R.R. ), 7th Battalion, Duke of Wellington's (W.R.R. 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