I-M. 2nd Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. When the London Regiment was formed as part of the Territorial Force in 1908, the unit became its 23rd Battalion. dailyinfo[15]=' 46357 Private James George Frank HOLYOAK 6th Bn. 11th Battalion, The Queen's, (Royal West Surrey regiment). var fontstart = '' Background British and Dominion forces As I was the No. Boiling it down further they were caught in enfilade fire on the night of 25th May/26th May after their advance. In 1910 I was an Apprentice chef at Inner Temple. 9th Battalion, British West Indies Regiment. The battle honours of the regiment were as follows:[2], Its First World War memorial is located at St Mary's Church, Battersea.[4]. 23rd Battalion, British Army Slight shivers 2 aspirins 2nd Battalion, Cameronians (Scottish Rifles). The popularity of the site means that it is far exceeding available resources. attd 1st/4th Bn. We use cookies to remember these for your next visit. Royal Fusiliers In the first year while the Battalion was training at Hornchurch, it also had a huge turnover of men who received commissions in other units, not counted in the totals above. 12th Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment. by Lieutenant Colonel W H A Robinson TD who was to be the last 23rd Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers. Arriving in France I was sent on ten days leave to England. 4th Battalion, North Staffordhire Regiment. 22 (Sept. 2): The National Military And S, Tools And Weapons Illustrated By The Egyptian Collection In University C, 2023 - WorthPoint Corporation | 5 Concourse Parkway NE, Suite 2900. dailyinfo[28]=' 577 Rifleman BAHADUR LIMBU 2nd Bn. Later on, the wages of a "private" was increased to 1/9 per day and the allotment was increased to 1/6. Regiment. 1st Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. If you can provide any additional information, please add it here. Operational Order No.34. W. WARD Also, 1st/17th & 2nd/17th (County of London) Battalions, London Regiment, (Poplar & Stepney Rifles). 4th Battalion King's Shropshire Light Infantry. 8th Battalion, South Lancashire Regiment. Royal Navy who died 03/07/1919 PLYMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL United Kingdom ' This is particularly true of the London Regiment, where each "meta-battalion" has a link with a geographic district within London, and arguably its own "regimental history". GS/69256 S-V. 2nd Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. //-->, By Tournai. 9th Battalion, The Kings, (Liverpool Regiment). BUCK, Frederick Charles. Royal Fusiliers I got a Field Post Card, which had a number of sentences on it. Congratulations received from Brigade General on yesterdays operations. to its infantry role and resumed its old title of 23rd London He is not listed on the War memorial, Keevil, Wiltshire, reason not known. 15th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters, (N&D Reg). Formed in June 1915 as the 107th Provisional Battalion at Frinton, Essex, from Home Service personnel & disbanded in September 1917. 18th Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps. 6th Infantry Labour Company., Devonshire Regiment. else { document.write(fontstart+"No major events today"+fontend); } Private The East Surrey Regiment, changing their uniforms from green to part in General Allenbys offensive against the Turks in 9th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters, (N&D Reg). published byThe Times Publishing Co., 1936. Discover, explore and remember millions of personal stories from the First World War, 4,987 men served on the effective strength of the 23rd Royal Fusiliers after it proceeded overseas to France on 15th November 1915. dailyinfo[8]=' Musketier Willy Erich Otto KRAUSE 5./I.R.118 German Army who died 08/07/1918 CITE BONJEAN MILITARY CEMETERY, ARMENTIERES France ' The system was a week in front line; a week in reserve when we were able to get clean clothes, a bath of sorts and some rest; then a week in support line during which we did various fatigues during the day taking the munitions and rations to the front line. The volunteers were civilians who would train in . This is as close as I could come. Want to know what life was like during the Great War? dailyinfo[31]=' J/32249 Boy 1st Class James Henry WEST H.M.S. The Wartime Memories Project is a non profit organisation run by volunteers. LII No. 7th Battalion, Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment). ), 8th Battalion, Duke of Wellington's (W.R.R.). 8th Battalion, King's Own, (Royal Lancaster Regiment). It was not long before I had "company". 19th (Queen Alexandra's Own Royal) Hussars. Royal Fusiliers No shortage - our H and P biscuits used to arrive, two sealed tins to a wooden box 2 ft x 1 ft x 1 ft. "Right git yer knives out and make bog seats of these." periods of great change in the 1930s the 23rd were disbanded, 10th Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps. Royal Fusiliers Gallery (Click images to enlarge) What are cookies? 11th Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment. dailyinfo[18]=' 4749 Sapper VENKAYASWAMI 2nd Queen Victorias Own Sappers and Miners who died 18/07/1918 DELHI MEMORIAL (INDIA GATE) India ' Nicknamed "The Shiny Seventh", as were the 7th Battalion of various other Regiments. 23rd Battalion, British Army 3rd/5th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. 23rd (County of London) Battalion, London Regiment was a battalion of the London Regiment (1908-1938), based at the St John's Hill Drill Hall in Lavender Hill, south London. 18th September : Attack of Starfish Line. Sometimes there was a catch in such enquiries; for instance in Salonika "Any carpenters on parade?" dailyinfo[11]=' 110975 Gunner Alex Glen OSWALD 303rd Siege Bty. 14th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers. 6th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. 13th Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps. We peeled them off, one each, but I never had a cold. 1st (Garrison) Battalion, Hampshire Regiment. On the 10th November 1915 a shell landed on one of the billets occupied by C Company, 23rd Battalion London Regiment killing seven men outright including Private Vainstein. in June 1916 but later went to Salonika and then to Egypt to take He died very soon afterwards. Royal Fusiliers Its next theatre of war was Palestine, where it remained until May 1918, when it returned to the Western Front for the remainder of the war. A-C. 1st Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment, D-H. 1st Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. (A Second Sportsman's Battalion was soon formed, it was numbered the 24th Royal Fusiliers, and the SPTS service number also extended to the 30th (Reserve) Battalion.) Royal Sussex Regiment who died 30/06/1916 LOOS MEMORIAL France ' 7th Battalion, The Queen's, (Royal West Surrey Regiment). 2nd Battalion, South Staffordshire Regiment. Territorial Force Battalions. This part of the London Regiment section contains individual histories of all the London Regiment battalions. 10th Battalion, King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry. dailyinfo[25]=' Nursing Sister Cicely Mary Leigh POPE Voluntary Aid Detachment who died 25/06/1921 CHELA KULA MILITARY CEMETERY, NIS Serbia ' We marched on a road of wire netting laid on the sand and camped by the sea about 9 miles from Gaza. A party of 30 or so would be got ready plus 2 stretcher bearers. Private Officer, Adjutant and Company Commanders mounted on their chargers. Lance Corporal if (year < 1000) year+=1900 The personalised inscription on his headstone simply says "Mother with you". A-K. 6th Battalion,Bedfordshire Regiment, L-Z. 12th Battalion, South Staffordshire Regiment. Machine Gun Battalion, Royal Naval Division. 3rd Battalion, South Lancashire Regiment. Leicestershire Regimentwho died 15/07/1919 LEICESTER (WELFORD ROAD) CEMETERY United Kingdom ' Whenever one of the four was killed or wounded or whatever, I had to ask a chap to take their place and was never refused. 21st Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers. Click below to begin your paid subscription. 5 (Oct. 15): The National Military And, Arms And The Man Vol. I-M. 1st Battalion Lincolnshire Regiment. Poyntz's brother was also a Bedfords officer. On 1 st May 1961, The 23 rd London Regiment was amalgamated with the 6 th Bn The East Surrey Regiment to form the 4 th Bn The Queen's Royal Surrey Regiment. Age 28. When we arrived at Malta, I was asked not going ashore to take charge of two or three lads who to their grief and shame were suffering the result of going ashore to the wrong address. K/1535 We looked like a cloud with a lot of legs. 9th Battalion, Loyal North Lancashire Regiment. Canadian Infantry who died 13/07/1918 WAILLY ORCHARD CEMETERY France ' Royal Fusiliers 3rd Battalion, Oxford & Buckinham Light Infantry. 12th Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps. Paul Nixon26 May , 2010 in Soldiers and their units. Company Quarter Master Serjeant It was originally recruited at the Hotel Cecil in London by Mrs E. Cunliffe-Owen, with a special War Office dispensation to form a unit from men up to the age of 45, who were then over the formal enlistment age, but who were fit and hard because they were sportsmen. 8th battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. 8th Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers. We arrived at Etrun, a small town near Arras which was to be our base for the next six months or so. dailyinfo[16]=' S/7549 Private John MONTGOMERY 2nd Bn. counter the threat of invasion by Napoleon III and his French 1st Battalion, The Buffs, (East Kent Regiment). 2nd Battalion, Duke of Wellington's (W.R.R. Remembered Today: 4th Battalion, Oxford & Buckingham Light Infantry. 23rd Battalion, British Army 7th Battalion, Cameronians (Scottish Rifles). London Territorial Championship. W-Z. . Soon we moved to Islamia, which is by the Lake Timsah one of the Bitter Lakes exceedingly salt, and though I was no swimmer I soon was at home in the water. While I was away our 23rd London Regt. Most of the men had sores on arms any exposed flesh; so every day there was a parade of dozens to be treated (or ill-treated) for the sores. The nurses gave me some brandy I think it was and smothered me with blankets. Original 1st edition. Secondary Regiment: London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers) Secondary Unit Text: posted to 2nd Bn. 4th Battalion, Cameronians, (Scottish Rifles). Formed in London on 29th June 1915 by W. Joynson-Hicks MP. Private Another diversion was a lousing parade when we ran the seams of our trousers through a lighted candle to get some relief from lice. 23rd (County of London) Battalion, London Regiment were a unit of the Territorial Force with their HQ at 27 St John's Hill, Battersea. He remains with 2/21st when they move to Egypt and on the reduction of 2/21st on 3rd June 1918 he's part of the draft that goes to 2/13th London (other drafts went to 2/19th and 2/22nd) and gets his number changed to 494569 He probably has some form of medical downgrade when with 2/13th which leads to his transfer to 21st Rifle Brigade, another number change, 212896 and ultimately his garrisoning of India until some time in mid 1919 when those battalions of the Rifle Brigade seem to have returned home. I, with another, ran along the trench and his mates put him on our stretcher. 10th Battalion, South Lancashire Regiment. 4th Reserve Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. 4th (Labour) Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment. North Staffordshire Regiment. battalion was reformed in 1920 as part of the renamed and reorganised If this item contains incorrect or inappropriate information please, Relevant (M.M. It remained on the Western Front until October 1916, when it sailed for the Macedonian front, where it spent six months. Four stretcher bearers to a company of nominal 120 men. I have commemorated one of these men - Willard Uglow - on my WW1 Remembrance blog. SEVER CEMETERY, ROUEN France ' C-D. 7th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. The Commonwealth War Graves Commission has 1,067 recorded WW1 deaths for the 17th (County of London) Battalion, London Regiment, (Poplar & Stepney Rifles). 955 It originated as the Newington Surry [sic] Volunteers, one of sixty-five volunteer corps reviewed by George III in Hyde Park on 4 June 1799, made up of 120 men in two companies. 50: P83/0319: 24th Lancers bronze OSD WW2 cap badge: 60: P83 /0320: Scottish. 2nd Battalion, Loyal North Lancashire Regiment. L-Z. Soon after, we were moved to vast new camp at Valcartier, Quebec. He joined the UK Territorial Force in 1911 while still in education and became a clerk in civilian life. 6th Battalion, British West Indies Regiment. If anyone has such a photograph that I could use, please email me. 5th Battalion, South Lancashire Regiment. While we waited until the artillery cut the wire defences, we were under severe shelling and mortar rifle fire, so there were casualties of all kinds. We were shown how to make great use of a triangular bandage but when we got into action, we never saw one. 23rd Battalion, London Regiment. Soon after arriving at the port of Salonika we were holding a line overlooking the marshy land round Lake Doiran. The 23rd London Regiment, like most other Volunteer The Division had just arrived for their annual summer camp on Salisbury Plain when war wasdeclared . The popularity of the site means that it is far exceeding available resources. Some of us took over a German Pill box. In December 1916 we were in reserve on the Somme and then entrained to Marseilles in vans stating "Hommes 40, cheveux 8". I had week or so there and then was sent back to my unit. document.write; 9th Battalion, York & Lancaster Regiment. When I got married I arranged an allotment to my wife of 9 pence per day (5 shillings and 3 pence per week) so when we were in camp in Marseilles I didn't bother to go ashore. This figure includes the records for the 1st/13th, 2nd/13th & 3rd/13th Battalions. on the field phone of any serious trouble, but for smaller ones I was supplied with various tablets with instructions: 2nd Battalion, The Queen's, (Royal West Surrey Regiment). Royal Fusiliers, British Army This part of the site still under construction - keep calling back! - 23rd Battalion, London Regiment during the Great War -. The building depicted in the centre, St John's Hill, Battersea, (d.7th Jun 1917), Pidgeon James William. 19th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters, (N&D Reg). would go and kill and skin them and plait them for officers' horses to go round their necks and down the front. 1st of September 2022 marks 23 years since the launch of the Wartime Memories Project. 9th Battalion, King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry. 7th (Pioneer) Battalion, Durham Light Infantry. Royal Fusiliers 19th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers. Meantime the band was doing various duties such as route marches, concerts a recruiting meetings round London. 10th Battalion, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers. Royal Fusiliers, British Army It was fought between French, British and Dominion forces and the German Empire in the Somme River valley and vicinity in northern France . (d.26th May 1915). After a week or so I went on an outing with a party of patients to Aswan Dam. 3rd/4th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. [3] As such it fought in the Battle of Loos and Battle of the Somme before spending the last three months of 1916 on the Ypres Salient.[2]. Severe 3 aspirins + 2 Dover powders + No. My next experience was in France in 1916, also Salonika, but not in Palestine. The Commonwealth War Graves Commission has 1,202 recorded WW1 deaths for the 13th (County of London), Princess Louise's Kensington Battalion, London Regiment. 3rd Battalion, King's On Scottish Borderers. Corporal I see, according to Pears Cyclopedia, that Relapsing Fever is caused by lice but there may be other causes. 22nd Battalion, British Army Large green lizards were very common, about a foot or so long. I do not have a photograph of a 23rd battalion cap badge. Albert was killed as a civilian during WW2 by a German bomb dropped on their home at 18 Earlsthorpe Road, London on the 7th of October 1943. 5th Battalion, Loyal North Lancashire Regiment. Suffolk Regiment who died 02/07/1915 LA CLYTTE MILITARY CEMETERY Belgium ' Neuralgia 2 Phenacetin and caffein Corporal Royal Fusiliers, British Army 8th Battalion, The Kings, (Liverpool Regiment). XLVI No. 1st Battalion, Honourable Artillery Company. var daym=mydate.getDate() 4 of our squad and senior, it was generally No.4 and one other. If you have already submitted a story to the site and your UID reference number is higher than 261814 your submission is still in the queue, please do not resubmit. K/823 with the Queens, a London Regiment became linked to the 2nd Battalion, The Buffs, (East Kent Regiment). Between the wars both battalions were disbanded but the original If you are enjoying the site, please consider making a donation, however small Private 4th Battalion, Loyal North Lancashire Regiment. Arriving back I was down again with a high temperature (Relapsing Fever). Although the operation was successful it was at the cost of a good many killed and injured. dailyinfo[2]=' 5853 Corporal Alfred George PARTRIDGE 1st Bn. Territorial Force Battalions. being carried on the Kings Colour. 2/23rd Battalion, London Regiment was raised at Clapham Junction, London in August 1914. A sergeant in the Machine Gun Corps was shot and there was a call for stretcher-bearers. Diarrhoea: either 2 Lead and Opium per diem or 3 Bism: Sal per diem. East to fight with the Eighth Army and later the First Army on Thanks JohnY If you have a general question please post it on our Facebook page. 23rd Battalion, The Kings, (Liverpool Regiment). 484 17th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters, (N&D Reg). The contents of this website are The Queen's Royal Surrey Regimental Association. 23rd Battalion, British Army Along with my four brothers I emigrated to Canada. 1st Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment. It served as a Tank Regiment during the Second World War, but reverted to Infantry in the Territorial Army in 1956, when it became a Territorial Battalion of the East Surrey Regiment. The Commonwealth War Graves Commission has 1,495 recorded WW1 deaths for the 9th (County of London) Battalion, London Regiment, (Queen Victoria's Rifles). On the 10th November 1915 a shell landed on one of the billets occupied by C Company, 23rd Battalion London Regiment killing seven men outright including Lance Corporal Lincoln. About 12 midnight the Advance Post under Lt C H Edmunds withdraws. 8th Battalion, The Buffs, (East Kent Regiment). There were many snakes in that part of Greece and one of the chaps whose name was Watsky (?) Library contains many many diary entries, personal letters and other documents, most transcribed into plain text. 50: P83/0318: 3rd County of London Imperial Yeomanry (Sharp Shooters) cap badge circa 1902-08. Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service. West Riding Regiment, British Army 13th (County of London), Princess Louise's Kensington Battalion, George was "mentioned in despatches" twice. Units had its origins in the Rifle Volunteers raised in 1859 to Want to find out more about your relative's service? When I joined the army in Montreal, I was given part-worn Militia uniform, which had been used by more than one at annual manoeuvres. George Knox 7th Btn London Regiment . They were serving as part of 6th London Brigade, 2nd London Division in 1914. 8th Battalion, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers. Summer 1916. 3rd Battalion, King's Own, (Royal Lancaster Regiment). 4th Battalion, King's Own, (Royal Lancaster Regiment). 6th Battalion, The Queen's, (Royal West Surrey Regiment(. . in Southwark, was affiliated to the 31st and 70th Foot (later Spts 5228 8th Battalion, York & Lancaster Regiment. 10th Battalion, The Queen's, (Royal West Surrey Regiment). A trickle of warmish water spaced about two yards apart. 10th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers. 3,241 became casualties, of whom 594 died and another 350 were missing. A-K. 1st Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment, L-Z. In about September 1918 our company was making its way forward to take our turn pressing hard on the heels of the retiring Germans near Tourcoing. We pressed on after the Turks and in a few days were at the walls of Jerusalem and beyond. Occasionally a hole was dug in the sand and a large tarpaulin was laid in it; this was filled with water and Carbolic like Jeyes fluid. Headquarters of the 23rd London Regiment, built in 1887, St John's Hill drill hall, Lavender Hill, London, "War Memorials Online - 23rd Battalion, London Regiment", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=23rd_(County_of_London)_Battalion&oldid=1100944321, Battalions of the London Regiment (19081938), History of the London Borough of Southwark, Military units and formations in Wandsworth, Military units and formations established in 1908, Military units and formations disestablished in 1961, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 4.0, This page was last edited on 28 July 2022, at 13:28. 2nd Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment. A successor unit was raised as a result of the great Volunteer revival of 1859, following fears of a French invasion. The ground shook and there a yard or so away was a clear round smoking hole. 8594 (Queen Victoria's Rifles). 3rd Battalion, The Queen's, (Royal West surrey Regiment). Royal Fusiliers, British Army 23rd Battalion; Sandham, James Frederick, Serjeant, 566, 3rd Battalion; Vaile, Philip Amyas, 2nd Lieutenant, 2nd/19th Battalion; Share this: Twitter; . Royal Fusiliers I took a stretcher out and we carried him in. forces across the Channel. 15th Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment. Territorial Force: 1st Battalion, London Regiment; 2nd Battalion, London Regiment; . 6th Battalion, The Kings, (Liverpool Regiment). Want to know what life was like during the Great War? His war medals included the Khedives Star with a bar "Tel el Kebir". We made our way back towards the coast and home. Many thanks Paul 6th/7th Battalion, Royal Scots Fusiliers. This website is paid for out of our own pockets, library subscriptions and from donations made by visitors. 7th Battalion, The Buffs, (East Kent Regiment). 9th Battalion, Duke of Wellington's, (W.R.R.). The regiment was moved first to Hatfield Herts, then to Bishops Stortford, then to Tinton-on-Sea. 1st of September 2022 marks 23 years since the launch of the Wartime Memories Project. We are now on Facebook. Private 1570 6th Battalion, Oxford & Buckingham Light Infantry. Copyright. 11th Battalion, Queen's Own, (Royal West Kent Regiment). The name was gone I have commemorated one of these men - Willard Uglow - on my WW1 Remembrance blog. He was a big chap and they laid him on his side so most weight was on the left side. 8th Battalion, King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry. 20th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters, (N&D Reg). 10th Battalion, Cameronians (Scottish Rifles).
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