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When they had got clear and we could see there were none hit, Bob Proctor, my mate and I, made a move to follow. 828 10th Battalion, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers. to help with the costs of keeping the site running. He was a big chap and they laid him on his side so most weight was on the left side. Private var month=mydate.getMonth()+1 If you are enjoying the site, please consider making a donation, however small 8th Battalion, King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry. Unfortunately it also showed us up to Turkish marksmen out on patrol so more than one unlucky lad got one in his back while having a game of whist in the moonlight. The East Surrey Regiment, changing their uniforms from green to Notices were put up in prominent places giving names and addresses of licenced ladies, which I thought a poor do. Following the re-establishment of the Territorial Army in 1947 the Regiment remained as 42nd Royal Tank Regiment until 1956, when a reduction in Territorial Army armoured regiments meant the regiment became the 23rd London again. dailyinfo[21]=' Lieutenant Colonel Henry Monteith HANNAN Territorial Decoration 8th Bn. He died very soon afterwards. marched from the Jerusalem area down the Jericho Road to Jordan where the Allenby Bridge was being constructed and then on to Amman to cut the Hejaz railway in support of Laurence of Arabia. My first acquaintance with lice was in Canada in 1914. The Wartime Memories Project is a non profit organisation run by volunteers. dailyinfo[14]=' Nurse Alice May STALLARD 1st Southern General Hospital Voluntary Aid Detachmentwho died 14/07/1918 HALLOW (SS. 1st Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers. Lance Corporal The sign (minus backing cloth) is 2 inches across. 2nd Battalion, York & Lancaster Regiment. If you can provide any additional information, please add it here. 1570 with b&w maps. Matthew, thanks for that. who died 04/07/1918 MERICOURT-LABBE COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION France ' Meantime the band was doing various duties such as route marches, concerts a recruiting meetings round London. 23rd Battalion, British Army Palestine. 12th Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment. I underlined the "soon" and sent it to my wife who I had not seen for over two years. It remained in training between the outbreak of the First World War until on 15 March it landed at Le Havre as part of 6th London Brigade, 2nd London Division, which that May was renumbered 142nd Brigade in 47th (2nd London) Division. W-Z. 4 November 1915 : transferred to 139th Brigade in 46th (North Midland) Division. 7th Battalion, Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment). 809 23rd Battalion, British Army var daym=mydate.getDate() 5th Battalion, Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment). 1131 Alfred Heden served with the 13th Battalion London Regiment in WW1. Privacy and cookies M-P. 7th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. In 1908, with the formation of the Territorial Force, the Battalion 20th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters, (N&D Reg). The 3rd (City of London) Battalion, London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers) was a volunteer unit of the British Army under various titles from 1860 to 1961. Casualties were heavy, 237 being killed and 262 wounded at Givenchy Second Lieutenant 23): The National Military And, Arms And The Man Vol. Formed in June 1915 as the 107th Provisional Battalion at Frinton, Essex, from Home Service personnel & disbanded in September 1917. 8th Battalion, York & Lancaster Regiment. I volunteered to be a blood donor, which in those days gave the possibility of being sent to Blighty. var dailyinfo= new Array(31) dailyinfo[25]=' Nursing Sister Cicely Mary Leigh POPE Voluntary Aid Detachment who died 25/06/1921 CHELA KULA MILITARY CEMETERY, NIS Serbia ' The Quarter mile or so to the Aid Post was agony. You need to be a member in order to leave a comment. 5th Battalion, Loyal North Lancashire Regiment. 22nd Battalion, British Army The Royal Fusiliers War Memorial, a monument dedicated to the almost 22,000 Royal Fusiliers who died during the First World War, stands on Holborn in the City of London . 19th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters, (N&D Reg). The nurses gave me some brandy I think it was and smothered me with blankets. This figure includes the records for the 1st/23rd, 2nd/23rd & 3rd/23rd Battalions. In W-Z. They were serving as part of 6th London Brigade, 2nd London Division in 1914. if (month<10) month="0"+month SS/1055 I found my way to the place I had left on arriving in France in time to join my unit following on the heels of the retiring Germans. 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. Horse Remount Dept. 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. A Soldier of the Great War. l can't tell whether they originally came on the khaki backing or if that's part of a sleeve they've been cut . 12th Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps. 1st/5th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment.