2nd Battalion, Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry. 2nd Battalion, York & Lancaster Regiment. 7th (Pioneer) Battalion, Durham Light Infantry. 16th Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps. N-R. 2nd Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. Moved to Harrow on 18 August. 21st (Labour) Battalion, Cheshire Regiment. 10th Battalion, York & Lancaster Regiment. 5th Battalion, Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment). Date of Death. Thank them all for contents of both parcels please. More than ever do I fail to see what the German has to gain by prolonging the war. 24th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers. 6th Battalion,King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry. 2nd Battalion, Honourable Artillery Company. James Edward Wood 7th Battalion East Lancashire Regiment (d.14th Oct 1916), Pte. it is ever so much warmer today. The regiment was formed in 1881 under the Childers Reforms by the amalgamation of the 30th (Cambridgeshire) Regiment of Foot and 59th (2nd Nottinghamshire) Regiment of Foot with the militia and rifle volunteer units of eastern Lancashire. Jesse received payment in German Marks whilst a POW. 12th Battalion, York & Lancaster Regiment. Should it reach such a position too soon, then it must wait and advance no further beyond that spot until the pre-arranged time for the next bit of advance. Tell Grandma I also recd her letter & 10/- note with yours this morning. N-R. 1st Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. 7th Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment. 2nd Battalion, South Lancashire Regiment. 6th Battalion, York & Lancaster Regiment. 18th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers. East Lancashire Regiment (d.7th June 1917). 7th Battalion, The Buffs, (East Kent Regiment). Buy Lancashire's Forgotten Heroes, 8th (Service) Battalion, East Lancashire Regiment in the Great War by Stephen Barker, Christopher Boardman (ISBN: 9780752448121) from Amazon's Book Store. Did he know I had left England? 3rd Battalion, King's Own, (Royal Lancaster Regiment). The Wartime Memories Project is a non profit organisation run by volunteers. East Lancashire Regiment. 1st Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. 11th Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment. 1 February 1918 : transferred to 103rd Brigade, 34th Division. You seem to have done pretty well. 7th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters, (N&D Reg). Well Hilda I don't think I have much more today I shall be glad to hear from you have time. James Edward Wood 7th Service Battalion East Lancashire Regiment (d.14th Oct 1916). 6th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters, (N&D Reg). "I went to the headquarters’ dug-out of my battalion. Trust the same old Amy. If you are enjoying the site, please consider making a donation, however small 56th Brigade / 19th (Western) Division . 7th Battalion, British West Indies Regiment. 6th Battalion, Oxford & Buckingham Light Infantry. I had to depend upon the postman for my Santa Clause. 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. 4th Battalion, York & Lancaster Regiment. Records of 7th Battalion, East Lancashire Regiment from other sources. 5th Battalion, York & Lancaster Regiment. The first period of waiting before going into the trenches for an attack is trying to the nerves, and the period of waiting to go into the trenches before going over the top is worst still, and then, even after the attack has been made and the object gained, there is the greatest strain of all in holding the line against counter-attacks. 7th Battalion, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers. People should realise that after we have gained the objects of an attack our artillery must move forward and get the range of all further enemy positions, and these positions must first be ascertained by captured enemy trench maps, or by photographs taken by our aeroplanes. William Holmes 7th Btn. East Lancashire Regiment (d.25th Oct 1916), Pte. "We have now been at this business for eight days and have not had our boots off nor our clothes and we dare not even discard the anti-gas box respirators, which hand on our chests from the neck. Few people at home realise that in modern warfare everything is worked out to the smallest detail beforehand. East Lancashire Regiment (d.8th July 1916), Sgt. Deal Battalion, Royal Marine Light Infantry. I expect the poor blighter will be glad to chuck it when this sort of thing happens all along the line. This is the order of battle for the Battle of the Somme.The Battle of the Somme was an offensive fought on the Western Front during World War I from 1 July to 18 November 1916 as one of the greatest engagements of the war. 7th Battalion, North Staffordshire Regiment. Harold Edmondson 7th Btn. East Lancashire Regiment. 2nd Battalion, Duke of Wellington's (W.R.R. 53rd (Young Soldier) Battalion, Notts & Derby Regiment. It was quite dark when we entered the trenches, and each company took up its allotted position. 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