2nd Battalion, King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry. 2nd Battalion, British West Indies Regiment. I hope you both are quite well, in fact, all Coningsby Street. to help with the costs of keeping the site running. 6th Battalion, Oxford & Buckingham Light Infantry. He was aged 21. 6th Battalion, King's Shropshire Light Infantry. If you are researching a soldier of the London Regiment then I suggest you visit my WW1 Research Page . Like this page to receive our updates, add a comment or ask a question. He married in 1920 and had one son and two daughters and one stepdaughter. 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. [2] F-K. 8th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. If you are enjoying the site, please consider making a donation, however small A-K. 1st Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment, L-Z. 7th Battalion, South Staffordshire Regiment. 3rd Dragoon Guards, (Prince of Wales's Own). 8th Battalion25th April 1916Operational Order No.76. In July 1693 the Fusiliers were at Landen, part of an allied army of 20,000 sent to assist the city of Liege. 8th Battalion, South Lancashire Regiment. 6th Battalion. Machine Gun Battalion, Royal Naval Division. Further reorganisations took place after World War I. Battalions of the Regular Army 1st Battalion August 1914 : in Kinsale. Thomas Jacobs was one of sixteen soldiers of the 24th London Regiment who died in this battle. 4th Battalion, Cameronians, (Scottish Rifles). 11th Battalion, King's Own, (Royal Lancaster Regiment). He died in 1939 as a result of his war wound. A-K. 6th Battalion,Bedfordshire Regiment, L-Z. 1st/5th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. 1st Battalion, Queen's Own, (Royal West Kent Regiment). Records of 24th Battalion, London Regiment from other sources. Records of 24th Battalion, London Regiment from other sources. Our lads went at it with great determination, and were soon successful. During the 1899-1902 South African (Boer) War, the 24th Middlesex contributed 16 officers and over 1,000 men of other ranks to oversee a comprehensive effort of wartime communications. He was a single man aged 20. 3rd Battalion, The Queen's, (Royal West surrey Regiment). London: London . Age 28. Want to know what life was like during the Great War? 11th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters, (N&D Reg). 22nd Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers. Between 1908 and 1938 it was based at the Braganza Street drill hall, though in 1914 it mobilised for war at 71 New Street, Kennington Park Road. 3rd Battalion Grenadier Guards, 1898. It read: A-K. 1st/4th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment L-Z. A-K. 12th (Yeomanry) Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. 20th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters, (N&D Reg). 6th Infantry Labour Company., Devonshire Regiment. regiments, though they kept their London Regiment titles. 4th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters,(N&D Reg). 10th Battalion, Duke of Wellington's (W.R.R.). The Post Office Rifles was a unit of the British Army, first formed in 1868 from volunteers as part of the Volunteer Force, which later became the Territorial Force (and later the Territorial Army). 5th Battalion, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers. This website is paid for out of our own pockets, library subscriptions and from donations made by visitors. He joined up late in life and was wounded and captured at Guillemont on 1st August 1916. We are fighting as Britons should do, and it is for our King and country.. 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. This seems to match my mothers description of events. 2nd Battalion, The Buffs, (East Kent Regiment). 6th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters, (N&D Reg). 1/19th Londons were part of the 141st Brigade, 47th London Division on the Somme in 1916.There were three Brigades in the Division each with several London Regiment battalions. It should be noted that during the 1914-18 War, all four London Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derby Regiment). He survived the war. I am glad to say I am in the best of health and happy to know we are doing our best against the Germans and doing it well Although named in the newspaper, he was not specifically identified in the W. H. Cox picture at the time. please Add a Name to this List 5th Battalion, King's Shropshire Light Infantry. It is supposed to be for bravery, but I cannot understand where it came in, as I only did my duty. 'Seeing that we were done for, Keyworth laid hold of all the bombs he could get, and springing on to the enemy parapet, kept pelting them with bombs just as if he were taking shots at an Aunt Sally. 7th Battalion, King's Own, (Royal Lancaster Regiment). 3rd Battalion, King's Own, (Royal Lancaster Regiment). It served in Belgium and France in the trenches of the Western Front for the duration of the war. Want to find out more about your relative's service? 15th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters, (N&D Reg). As a result of this, the 24th Middlesex became the 8th (City of London) Battalion, London Regiment (Post Office Rifles).[1]. 24th Middlesex Rifle Volunteers (Post Office Rifles) in 1895, Beginnings 49th Middlesex Rifle Volunteers Corps (Post Office Rifles), Campbell C: Fenian Fire The British Government Plot to Assassinate Queen Victoria (HarperCollins, London, 2002), 21st Middlesex Rifles Volunteer Corps (Civil Service Rifles), 7th (City of London) Battalion, London Regiment, The Royal Hong Kong Regiment (The Volunteers), 1st Nottinghamshire (Robin Hood) Volunteer Rifle Corps (VRC), A list of those who served and lost their lives in World War I, Men of Letters: The Post Office Heroes who Fought the Great War, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Post_Office_Rifles&oldid=1089826516, Battalions of the London Regiment (19081938), 1868 establishments in the United Kingdom, 1921 disestablishments in the United Kingdom, Military units and formations established in 1868, Military units and formations disestablished in 1921, Short description is different from Wikidata, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 4.0, THE POST OFFICE RIFLES, 8th Battalion City of London Regiment 1914 to 1918 , The Regimental History of the 32nd Searchlight Regiment Royal Artillery (7th City of London TA) Whittington Press (1943), Londoners on the Western Front, a history of the 58th Division 1914-1919 by David Martin (2014), This page was last edited on 25 May 2022, at 21:27. He was his mother's only child and his father committed suicide when he was 7. . 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. 12th Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment. 2nd Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. 11th Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps. 1st Battalion, The Kings, (Liverpool Regiment). 7th Battalion, Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry. Sgt. 2nd/5th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. 5th Battalion, The Kings, (Livrpool Regiment). 10th Battalion, Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry. 2nd Battalion, Honourable Artillery Company. London Regiment in Kennington Park, London. The Queens, 24th County of 3rd Battalion, British West Indies Regiment. 21st Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers. The former Luton Modern School scholar had been employed for three years as an apprentice technician at Vauxhall and West . His name was Henry Friend Russell, service number 735071, rank Private. 3ed (Reserve) Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment. 2nd Battalion, South Lancashire Regiment. 1st of September 2022 marks 23 years since the launch of the Wartime Memories Project. 5th Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment. Son of J. The divisional historian records that the Londoners now encountered 'a fierce and deadly enfilading fire from the German guns, and particularly from a heavy battery posted near Auchy-les-la Basse, far to the south and out of range of the guns of our Division'. 15th Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment. London Regiment. 8th battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. assisting he makes no further mention of the 23rd. 19th and 24th Consolidated Arkansas Infantry Regiment, a unit of the United . [1], In 1882 a detachment of two officers and 102 men volunteered for service in Egypt, where they performed postal and telegraph duties under the command of General Garnet Wolseley. Records of 2/24th Battalion, London Regiment from other sources. This makes it the fifth largest after the London Regiment, Northumberland Fusiliers, Middlesex Regiment and King's (Liverpool Regiment). 18th Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps. 17th Battalion, The Kings, (Liverpool Regiment). 6th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. Shortly afterward the unit was split, forming a duplicate battalion at Bexleyheath called 73rd (Kent Fortress) S/Light Battalion, Royal Engineers, with outstations at Greenhithe and Sidcup. They were serving as part of 6th London Brigade, 2nd London Division in 1914. The popularity of the site means that it is far exceeding available resources. The regiment saw distinguished service in the First World War and was disbanded in 1938, shortly before the Second World War, when most of its battalions were converted to other roles or transferred elsewhere. 16th Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps. Please note: We are unable to provide individual research. (Post Office Rifles) Battalion London Regiment (d.24th May 1915) Frank Archer was my grandmother's cousin. Other than my sister and myself and our family I know of no other living relatives but would welcome any information. The 23rd and 24th Londons swept across the open ground and immediately captured the German front trenches with few losses. For months, white locals and police harassed the soldiers until tensions escalated to a riot. I was at once recommended to my officers, who posted it to the colonel. [4], More changes were introduced upon the creation of the Territorial and Reserve Forces Act 1907. 2nd Garrison Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. Cpl. 6th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. 5th Battalion, cameronians (Scottish Rifles. 7th (Volunteer) Battalion, The Queen's Regiment [formerly: 4th and 5th Battalions, The Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment) 4th and 5th Battalions, The Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment 4th and 5th Battalions, The Royal Sussex Regiment part of The Kent and County of London Yeomanry, (Sharpshooters)] To become: 6th / 7th (Volunteer) Battalion, The Queen's Regiment, A and B Companies, 8th (Volunteer) Battalion, The Queen's Fusiliers (City of London), with: C (City of London) Company, coming from 5th (Volunteer) Battalion, The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers, [formerly: 6th / 7th (Volunteer) Battalion, The Queen's Regiment] B and C Companies, 8th (Volunteer) Battalion, The Queen's Fusiliers (City of London) joined with: G (London Scottish) Company, 1st Battalion, The 51st Highland Volunteers D (London Irish Rifles) Company, 4th (Volunteer) Battalion, The Royal Irish Rangers, organised as: A (London Scottish) Company B (Queen's Regiment) Company C (City of London Fusiliers) Company D (London Irish Rifles) Company HQ (Anzio) Company. 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. Cpl Douglas Blake Brodie, 2433, 1/24th Battalion County of London Regiment ("The Queen's), was killed in action in a great charge on German trenches near Givenchy on May 26th, 1915. 19th (Queen Alexandra's Own Royal) Hussars. E-G. 7th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. Support Us Servicemen & Women CPGW Book WYP War Record SDLCA Roll of Honour Data Sources Local War Memorials Search The Records Enter your search criteria in the form below and then click or tap the 'Submit Search' button. 12th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers. 10th Battalion, South Lancashire Regiment. 5th Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers. 11th Battalion, The Queen's, (Royal West Surrey regiment). 16th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters, (N&D Reg). in Palestine and other theatres. Having carried the German trenches immediately in front of them, they endeavoured to follow up that success to follow up the success by repeated bomb attacks. 1st Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. 12th Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment. 2nd Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. He was the son of George and Emily Darby, of 31 Biscot Road. 8th Battalion, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers. The division suffered casualties from shellfire while holding the line as neighbouring formations fought the Battle of Aubers Ridge, (9 & 15 May),[12] but Heathcote-Drummond-Willoughby's 142 Bde carried out the division's first offensive action, on 25 May during the Battle of Festubert. 9th Battalion, British West Indies Regiment. 26th April 1916Reliefs20th October 1916Trenches21st October 1916Mine Blown7th December 1916Operational Order No.1228th December 1916Move15th February 1917Hostile aircraft driven off by Anti-Aircraft fire.2nd February 1917Respirator drill.15th February 1917Hostile aircraft over our lines27th February 1917Support of Hill 60 Sector27th February 1917Operational Order 140. 1 September 1916 : converted into 111th Training Reserve Battalion of 26th Reserve Brigade at Wimbledon. 2nd (Entrenching Battalion) Lincolnshire Regiment. 24th (Reserve) Battalion. 9th Battalion, Duke of Wellington's, (W.R.R.). Pte George Hermon Hart, 2899, 1/24th County of London Regiment (The Queen's), was killed in action in France on May 24th, 1916. 2nd Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment. 10th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers. 8th Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers. Want to know what life was like during the Great War? 7th Battalion, The Kings, (Liverpool Regiment). Thomas Jacobs was born in West ham in 1892 and worked as a chef in a hotel in Kennington London. London Regiment (d.29th May 1918) Charles Fisher served with the 2/24th Battalion London Regiment during WW1. A-B.. 7th Battalion, Linconshire Regiment. 53rd (Young Soldier) Battalion, Notts & Derby Regiment. 10th Battalion, British West Indies Regiment. Landed at Boulogne in November 1915. The attack on the 'S' Bend was timed for 18.30, to precede a Canadian night attack further along the line. I wish I could pay it a visit. ), 7th Battalion, Duke of Wellington's (W.R.R. The 21st (County of London) Battalion, The London Regiment (First Surrey Rifles), had its origins in the 1st Surrey (South London) Volunteer Rifles Corps (or simply the 1st Surrey Rifles to those who served with it). Of the seventy-five men who formed the bombing-party fifty-eight became casualties. territorial regiment that had its origins in the 4th Volunteer M-P. 7th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. Can you help? Sold Date Source eBay UK 24th Territorial Regiment, London Metal Shoulder Title (Round lugs) Items in the Price Guide are obtained exclusively from licensors and partners solely for our members' research needs. Albert was Sergeant 1223 in 24th Btn, London Rgt during WW1 and was killed in action in the Battle of Aubers Ridge and buried in Le Touret Military Cemetary, France. 5th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters, (N&D Reg). 10th Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps. He was aged 23. Some of our men who were slightly wounded, and who have come back, could not believe that I came out alive., This modest account belies the fact that Leonard was key to the success of the action that day. The British lost 16,648 casualties from 15/1625 May. 2nd Battalion, Sherwood Foresters, (N&D Reg). The French were still commanded by Luxembourg and they attacked the allies with a larger force. A-G. 10h Battalion, Lincolnshire Regient. 21st (Labour) Battalion, Cheshire Regiment. to help with the costs of keeping the site running. 4th Battalion, The Kings, (Liverpool Regiment). I went along a ridge on my stomach and threw bombs into a German trench, my distance being about 15 yards. 8th Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment. [1] After the outbreak of the war, the existing units of the Territorial Force each formed duplicate (or "second line") units. The 24th County of London Regiment 20th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers. On the Monday 18th September 1916, 47 Division (part of 111 Corps) - The right of the Corps sent parties of 140 Brigade to bomb up Flers Trench and Drop Alley, towards . 1st Battalion, Loyal North Lancashire Regiment. A-K. Hawke Battalion, Royal Naval Division. 10th Battalion, Queen's Own, (Royal West Kent Regiment). Husband of Elsie Arnold of "Haleine", Chatsworth Road, London, UK. He tried to join The Lincolnshire Regiment at the outbreak of war in 1914. Formed in London on 20 November 1914 by Mrs E.Cunliffe-Owen. The Wartime Memories Project is a non profit organisation run by volunteers. Tamplin. 1st Battalion, King's Own, (Royal Lancaster Regiment). 24th (2nd Sportsman's) Battalion, Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) was raised at the Hotel Cecil in the Strand, London, on the 25th of September 1914 by E.Cunliffe-Owen. Many saw these changes as a dilution of the battalion's Post Office identity. They suffered 46 fatalities from wounds and disease. He kept it up for over two hours, and his audacity paralysed the whole German counter-attack., Lance Corporal Keyworth received the Victoria Cross from the King at Buckingham Palace in July,1915. After the ceremony, he was interviewed by a reporter from the Daily Mail: If you have a general question please post it on our Facebook page. Regiment. 4th Battalion, Royal Marine Light Infantry. In The Great World War - A History Volume III pp. 7th Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment. Du Plat Taylor, who was the Private Secretary to the Postmaster General,[1] sought permission from the Postmaster General and the War Office to form such a unit. Vulcan XH558 - Don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened.. Pte Percy Frank Linger, 2833, 1/24th Battalion London Regiment, was killed in action in a charge by his regiment near Givenchy on May 26th, 1915, an engagement in which several Lutonians were killed or wounded. The Queen's, (Royal West Surrey Regiment). The son of William and Amelia Brodie, of Rathfarlam, 157 Dunstable Road, Luton, he was among a group of 19 young men from Luton photographed by The Luton News at the Midland Road station on their way to St Albans on September 1st, 1914, to enlist in the Londons. It was an attempt to rescue two members of Irish Republican Brotherhood (IRB) detained there awaiting trial. 10th Battalion, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers. 2nd Battalion, Loyal North Lancashire Regiment. 24th Connecticut Infantry Regiment, a unit of the United States Army. 7th Battalion, Cameronians (Scottish Rifles). May he and his comrades rest in peace, from a grateful and proud great grandson. 6th Battalion, York & Lancaster Regiment. (the Queens) was a Thanks to everyone who has supported us over this time. Rejected, he successfully joined the 24th County of London Battalion, the London Regiment (the Queens) Territorial Force as a private on 16th September 1914. However the 2/24th Battalion remained 2nd Battalion, Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry. A Soldier of the Great War. Please note: We are unable to provide individual research. In June 1915 they joined 99th Brigade, 33rd Division at Clipstone camp near Mansfield in Nottinghamshire in July 1915. A-C. 2nd Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment.D-H. 2nd Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. In 1940 both units re-badged as Royal Artillery. He was the son of bleacher and dyer Mr Baxter Herbert Hart and his wife Emily Agnes, of 'Homah,' 75 New Bedford Road, Luton. 10th Battalion, The Queen's, (Royal West Surrey Regiment). Included in these reorganisations was the amalgamation of the 8th Battalion with the non-Post Office 7th (City of London) Battalion, London Regiment in 1921, forming the 7th London Regiment (Post Office Rifles). 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