- 10th (Stockbrokers) Battalion, Royal Fusiliers during the Great War -. 11 May 1915 : formation became 142nd Brigade in 47th (2nd London) Division. We are now on Facebook. On 14 December 1914 moved to Maidstone and came under orders of 2/1st London Brigade in 2/1st London Division. Formed in London in September 1914. 1/13th (County of London) Battalion (Kensington) After this it served as normal infantry until the battalion was disbanded in June 1945. 1/2nd (City of London) Battalion (Royal Fusiliers) 11 February 1915 : left Malta, arrived at Avonmouth on 21 February. Want to find out more about your relative's service? Background British and Dominion forces Part of 1st London Brigade, 1st London Division. 31 December 1914 : left the Division and relieved the 1/3rd Bn in Malta. 2 January 1915 : left Malta, arrived at Marseilles on 6 January. Went on to Bishops Stortford (May 1915) and Sutton Veny (January 1916). 2/5th (City of London) Battalion (London Rifle Brigade) 1914 . August 1914 : at The Grove in Hackney. 8 April 1916 : became 6th, 7th and 8th Reserve Bns. If you can provide any additional information, please add it here. They were allowed to retain their traditional titles (and appear as such on the Long, Long Trail). King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, then 6th Bn. Formed in Lambeth in August 1914. Moved to Exeter in autumn 1916, then to Deepcut in April 1917, where it then remained. The Corps Commander awarded the Military Medal to the under mentioned:-
Headdress badge given to men who volunteered for the first four City Pals Battalions of the King's (Liverpool) Regiment. It seems a long time since I left, fellows who were in the First then are now in the Sixth! A Soldier of the Great War. The Surreys had 6223 officers and rank and file killed. Record same as 1/18th Bn. The 10th Battalion had relieved the 13th Royal Sussex at 2.15am on 27th September. Father and son had moved from Rotterdam c1901, Drughorn Senior abandoning a wife and a daughter but with his new companion and their four daughters plus William and two sons from the first marriage. Wulverghem-Lindenhoek Road Military Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Age 36. June 1916 : disbanded at Rouen, after which 3/3rd Bn was renamed as a new 2/3rd Bn. British Scouts leaving their Aerodrome on Patrol, over the Asiago Plateau, Italy, 1918, by Sydney Carline. On 25 April 1918 they were in the Action at Villers-Bretonneaux. Each battalion of the Londons had its own badge. Late July 1915 : sailed from Plymouth for Gallipoli, going via Mudros. 16 November 1915 : transferred to 142nd Brigade in 47th (2nd London) Division. Landed at Suvla Bay 11 August 1915. Renamed 2/28th Bn in November. Formed in Bermondsey in August 1914. Went in January 1916 to Winchester. By April 1915, at Tadworth. 3 rd / 18 th Battalion. Over 30 nations declared war between 1914 and 1918. 8 February 1916 : transferred to 168th Brigade in 56th (London) Division. In October 1918, moved to Vladivostock and on into Siberia, where it stayed until November 1919 thence returning to England. The battalions main strength landed at Boulogne and Harry with them on the 31st July 1915, concentrating around Tilques, near St Omer. 1/16th (County of London) Battalion (Queens Westminster Rifles) Re-designated as a Territorial Battalion of The King's Royal Rifle Corps without RIP. 1/24th (County of London) Battalion (The Queens) So full of talent was the battalion, that questions were asked in the House of Commons suggesting it be used as a reserve from which young officers could be commissioned en masse to make good the officer losses of 1914. 27 August 1915 : moved to Egypt, before landing on 25 September 1915 at Suvla Bay, Gallipoli, joining the 88th Brigade in 29th Division. K.O.Y.L.I., then GS/95097, 2/4th London Regiment, Royal Fusiliers, and lastly 2/2nd London Regiment, Royal Fusiliers. 3/18th Battalion August 1914 : at 130 Bunhill Row. In 1915 JFD was prosecuted for trading with the enemy (probably stitched up by competitors) and fined 1/-; he lost all his Rhine barges to the Germans. 1st Battalion, Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment ( to May 1940) 10th Infantry Brigade Anti-Tank Company. June 1916 : landed at Le Havre. Formed in March 1915 and moved to Tadworth. Shortly before World War II, it became a searchlight unit and defended the UK during the Blitz, remaining in the air defence role in the postwar Territorial Army . In July 1915 Capt. This was the Third Battle of Ypres. This formation was later retitled as 180th Brigade in 60th (2/2nd London) Division. Formed in December 1914 and moved to Richmond Park. Husband of Mrs. A.J. Record same as 2/17th Bn except remained in Division after May 1918. He was also awarded the King George VI Coronation medal in 1936. He did a desk job during the Second World War. 1/15th (County of London) Battalion (Prince of Waless Own Civil Service Rifles) Friday 30-11-1917. Moved in October to billets at Richmond / Sutton / East Sheen respectively, then to Fovant in January 1916. 5 November 1914 : moved to Watford and transferred to 4th London Brigade in 2nd London Division. Written by Chris Baker. Moved to St Albans in March 1915. 31st and 32nd (County of London) Battalions 30 May 1918 : left Division and moved to France, arriving at Audruicq by 22 June. 4 February 1917 : landed at Le Havre. 2 February 1918 : transferred to 174th Brigade in 58th (2/1st London) Division, absorbed the disbanded 2/7th Bn and renamed 7th Bn. Record same as 2/6th Bn. Left on 15 September and returned to Port Said. Volunteer Force [ edit] Husband of Mrs. A.C. Cranmore of Myrtle Cottage, Amberley Road, Storrington, Sussex, UK. 4/1st to 4/4th Battalions 2 January 1915 : left Malta, arrived at Marseilles on 6 January. He was accompanied by his brother Mansergh Valentine Duke Lt RN aged 24. After the war he went to Russia to help out against the revolution. Army Order 408 of 1914 defined the title of this unit as the 13th (County of London) Princess Louises Kensington Battalion of the London Regiment. Formed in January 1915. The 20th (County of London) Battalion, The London Regiment (Blackheath and Woolwich), was a unit of Britain's Territorial Force formed in 1908 from Volunteer corps dating back to 1859. 6 February 1918 : absorbed by 1/8th Bn. 4 November 1915 : transferred to 139th Brigade in 46th (North Midland) Division. I got a dose of gastroenteritis, and did not rejoin until the 14th, so I missed the Anzac show. Now demolished, the new battalion's drill hall was sited on The Grove in Hackney. It saw considerable service on the Western Front, at Salonika and in Palestine during World War I. 16 March 1915 : landed at Le Havre. 33rd (City of London) Battalion 6 February 1918 : absorbed by 1/9th Bn. 10th (Service) Battalion. Three Battalions formed. We covered rather over ninety miles during the week we were out, dislodging the enemy from his positions and followed him over a range of hills well over 2000 feet high for some miles. 2/13th (County of London) Battalion (Kensington) Moved to Blackdown in April 1917, where they then remained. On 1 January 1917, the 107th and 108th Provisional Bns at Frinton became the 31st and 32nd Londons. He was listed as missing in action and his body was never recovered. A. Serjeant, 700251. Moved to Richmond Park again in July 1917, and was at Wimbledon and Orpington in 1918. 29 November 1916: landed at Salonika. 2/28th (County of London) Battalion (Artists Rifles) 31 January 1918 : transferred to 175th Brigade in 58th (2/1st London) Division, absorbed the disbanded 2/12th Bn and renamed 12th Bn. They initially mustered in the Colchester area as part of Kitcheners New Army then in the following Spring in the midst of training transferred to Salisbury Plain. They're mostly of an exceptionally fine physique, and trek along with their scant herds and families. Here the image of Field Marshal Sir John French, the Commander-in-Chief of the British Expeditionary Force, is used to appeal to men from Newcastle-upon-Tyne with Irish roots. 10 February 1915 : joined the Gharwal Brigade in 7th (Meerut) Division. Irishmen To Arms'. 2/17th (County of London) Battalion (Poplar and Stepney Rifles) Moved on to Bromeswell Heath in May 1916 and then to Longbridge Deverell in July. 13 April 1915 : moved to Egypt,landing at Port Said before going on to garrison Khartoum in Sudan. April 1915 : moved to Norwich and transferred to the East Midland Brigade in East Anglian Division. 11 March 1915 : landed at Le Havre and joined the 25th Brigade in 8th Division. It must be nearly a year now since I wrote last: during the whole of which time we've been in the Desert of El Tib, in Sinai. He was posted to No 3 company division at Mena Camp on 22nd February. 11 February 1916 : transferred to 168th Brigade in 56th (London) Division. Three Battalions formed. Here, the distances are so vast, and the desert so immense, and in France, we seem right on top of each other. Went on to Watford (April 1915), Saffron Walden (June 1915), Sutton Veny (January 1916). Moved to St Albans in March 1915. Formed at Clapham Junction in August 1914. At one time we were down at Ayan Musa (Moses Wells), which is the place the Israelites first halted at after the trek from Egypt. Formed in early 1915. Moved in October to Walton-on-Thames, then Burgess Hill in November where placed under orders of 2/1st London Brigade in 2/1st London Division. I am not sure if the higher rank was a temporary issue or if the official promotion had not been processed at the time of his death and so his memorial recorded him on the lower rank. Record same as 2/9th Bn but was not disbanded. Scrivener served for a time on the Western Frontier of Egypt, during which period he learnt to speak and write Arabic fluently. The East Surreys raised 24 battalions, 21 saw active service. Re-raised as: 10th (County of London) Battalion, The London Regiment (Hackney) The Great War. 31 January 1918 : absorbed by 1/6th Bn. 3/10th Battalion was short-lived and was disbanded April 1916. Moved on mobilisation to St Albans. 1/22nd (County of London) Battalion (The Queens) 1914. This page is not available in other languages. 1/9th (County of London) Battalion (Queen Victorias Rifles) May 1918 : left Division and moved to France, going via Taranto (30 June) and transferred on 17 July 1918 to 198th Brigade in 66th (2nd East Lancashire) Division. Went on to Braintree (May 1915) and Sutton Veny (January 1916). 10th Battalion (1st . 1/6th (City of London) Battalion (Rifles) November 1916 : moved to Salonika. Bavelincourt Communal Cemetery, Pas-de-Calais, France. 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Records of 10th (Stockbrokers) Battalion, Royal Fusiliers from other sources. Part of 4th London Brigade, 2nd London Division. It was evacuated from Gallipoli that December and stationed in Egypt for the rest of the war. 2 January 1915 : left Malta, arrived at Marseilles on 6 January. 2 July 1918 : transferred to 90th Brigade in 30th Division. and even designed its regimental badge. Formed in April 1915 and moved to Tadworth. Record same as 2/19th Bn until May 1918. 15 November 1915 : transferred to 140th Brigade in 47th (2nd London) Division. (Queen Victoria's Rifles). A recruiting poster for the 8th Battalion, the Post Office Rifles Image courtesy of the Royal Mail Group, with my thanks.
Otherwise my contact details can be found at www.fourteeneighteen.co.uk. We got a pretty big job coming off very soon, and we may with luck go to another fighting front further south. On 28th October 1917 the Diary reads:
Why he wanted a baronetcy is a mystery as all his sons were dead by 1922 (I assume he was trying to divorce his wife, who had lost an infant boy to meningitis in 1907 and expected his mistress to marry him and produce a son and heir - he was cited in a highly publicised divorce case); He had married his Dutch girl ((my great grandmother Elizabeth) only in 1906 presumably because the first wife held out for more money in Holland)). He had joined this Pals battalion along with his brothers John and Norman. After the war broke out, it quickly became clear that the small professional British Army was not large enough for a global conflict. 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. It is not known whether he entered the police service in the Leeward Islands straight away but was established in the service in the early 1920s. 1/17th (County of London) Battalion (Poplar and Stepney Rifles) We are glad to state that he has now fully recovered and has rejoined his regiment.". August 1914 : at Handel Street in Bloomsbury. 2/12th (County of London) Battalion (The Rangers) His marker records his rank as Private but the National Roll of The Great War records his rank as Lance Corporal as does the write-up in his local newspaper written by his friend Private W Bouchard. The desert in our sub-section is very undulating, with vast areas of ever changing dunes, rising from sea level at the canal bank, to about 1400 feet, thirty miles or so to the east, then comes to an abrupt ridge of limestone hills, well over 2000 feet high, and extending in a tangled mass half way to Kalaat-En-Nakhe. 28 October 1914 : left Division and moved to France. Record same as 2/9th Bn. October 1914 : battalion name changed to 2/13th (County of London) Princess Louises Kensington Battalion. The native villages are for the most part filthy beyond description; we've had very heavy rains, and when we march through them, we're over our boots in sewage and filth, and all the stinks known to science come to greet you. January 1916 : evacuated from Gallipoli and moved to Egypt, joining the 53rd (Welsh) Division. 10th (1st Hackney Rifles) Battalion, London Regiment. Records of 10th (1st Hackney Rifles) Battalion, London Regiment from other sources. In April 1976 he made his final visit to England where he had arranged a hip operation. Moved to Ipswich in June and Sutton Veny in July. Went in autumn 1915 to Reigate, January 1916 to Winchester. These numbers were allocated to the Honourable Artillery Company and the Inns of Court when the TF was formed in 1908. Moved on to Ipswich next month and then to Sutton Veny in July 1916. 10th Battalion, The Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) was raised in the City of London in August 1914 as an independent unit named The Stockbrokers Battalion. Access to rifles so soon after joining up was rare due to the shortage of equipment, with new recruits often having to go without khaki uniform for several months. They were serving with 4th London Brigade, 2nd London Division when war broke out in August 1914. Originally they lived in Beckenham together, had a house in Piccadilly and bought Ifield Hall c1913; I have his naturalisation certificate signed by Home Secretary Reginald McKenna. 31st moved in May 1917 to St Osyth and was disbanded in September 1917; 32nd went to Walton-on-the-Naze in May 1917 and was disbanded in April 1918. 3/14th Battalion 2/10th (County of London) Battalion (Hackney) These men became part of the 15th Battalion, West Yorkshire Regiment. Sunday 19-03-1916. November 1916 : moved to Salonika. It was here as December closed in Harry met his end. The battalion took the number of the former Paddington Rifles which had been disbanded earlier in the year due to poor recruiting. The page in the December 1918 WD with Sgt Carlisle being awarded the DCM is 725/739. Moved to Chisledon in November 1917, Flixton and Heacham in 1918. If you have a general question please post it on our Facebook page. You do not need to include the word 'regiment', 'battalion' or 'brigade'. 6th 1917, East of Ypres.
If you have a general question please post it on our Facebook page. 4 September 1914 : sailed with Brigade from Southampton to Malta, arriving Valetta 14 September. 21 February 1915 : joined the 17th Brigade in 6th Division. August 1914 : at Somerset House. Three Battalions formed. 10 th (County of London) Battalion, The London Regiment (Paddington Rifles) Boer War. The Battalion went up to the Peninsula on the 10th of August, but I was left at Mudros with 200 men until the 16th, when I joined them at Suvla. Lord Derby first coined the phrase 'battalion of pals' and recruited enough men to form three battalions of the King's (Liverpool) Regiment in only a week. In September 1914 they joined 54th Brigade, 18th (Eastern) Division in the Colchester area, when it was raised as part of Kitchener . [4], During the Territorial Force's 1920-1921 conversion into the Territorial Army 1/10th Battalion's transfer to the Rifle Brigade was formalised and it was renamed 10th London Regiment (Hackney), The Rifle Brigade. This category only includes cookies that ensures basic functionalities and security features of the website. This website uses cookies to improve your experience while you navigate through the website. This is the badge of the 23rd Battalion as depicted on a CWGC grave headstone. In a wave of patriotic fervour, thousands of men volunteered for service in Lord Kitchener's New Armies. Moved to Blackdown in April 1917, where it then remained. August 1914 : at Duke of Yorks Headquarters, Chelsea. From the 10th December 1916 he was attached to 54 Division at Shallufa, and finally moved to Cairo 15th February 1919. Gallipoli, Sinai, and who knows? April 1916 : moved independently to France. 10th (County of London) Battalion, (Hackney), London Regiment. Moved on mobilisation to Bullswater, going on in September to Crowborough. 2/4th (City of London) Battalion (Royal Fusiliers) 18 March 1915 : landed at Le Havre. The Long, Long Trail website uses cookies only to make sure the site works and to improve your experience as a user. B Coy No STK 1857 L/Cpl. No one ever kept in touch with the Elliotts from England.