The 6th Battalion King's Shropshire Light Infantry-Billets in Vauchhelles-les-Authie:-9 a.m. 6th Battalion, Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry. Panel 112 to 113. 6th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. E-G. 7th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. 2nd Battalion, Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry. 6th August : Courcelles-au-Bois. WW1 Christmas postcard for the Sixth Battalion Kings Shropshire Light Infantry, Tommy silhouettes by S Marshall. 6th Btn. King's Shropshire Light Infantry Date of death: 18/09/1916 (aged 32) Cemetery: THIEPVAL MEMORIAL Son of Mrs. Martha Spencer, of 32, Shaftesbury St., Ardwick, Manchester; husband of the late Edith Gertrude Spencer, of 5, Chapel St., Frankwell, Shrewsbury. 12th Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps. 53rd (Young Soldier) Battalion, Notts & Derby Regiment. Employed at Wellington. 7th Battalion, South Staffordshire Regiment. 12th Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment. S-V. 1st Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. 4th Battalions, King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry. 20th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers. 22nd Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps. Christmas Gift Subscription now available. 10th Battalion, Duke of Wellington's (W.R.R.). 4th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters,(N&D Reg). next. After initial training the in the Shrewsbury area with little equipment, they moved to Aldershot and then to Larkhill in April 1915 for final training. Private 33153, 6th Battalion, Kings Shropshire Light Infantry. This page as been formed to remember the men of The King's Shropshire Light Infantry-1914-19. Men of the King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry resting on the way down from the trenches, near Wieltje, Ypres, 1 October 1917. 14th Battalion, King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry. 3rd Battalion, King's On Scottish Borderers. Records of 6th Battalion, Kings Shropshire Light Infantry from other sources. 5th Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment. The battalion's history dates from 5th September 1914 when the War Office authorised the West Yorkshire Coalowners Association to raise a Miners Battalion for the King's Own (Yorkshire Light Infantry). 26 October 1915 : sailed from Marseilles for Salonika, arriving 7 December. The King's Light Infantry (Shropshire Regiment) was formed on July 1, 1881, as the county regiment of Herefordshire and Shropshire as part of the Childers Reforms. He is listed on the Tyne Cot Memorial. 4th Battalion, British West Indies Regiment. Imperial War Museum image Q6026 . Before the war Wallace Wilkinson was a railway worker in Crewe and lived with his family at 2 Shrewsbury Road, Darlison, near Whitchurch in Shropshire. Batallion Royal Sussex Regiment, He was then classified as permanent base and transferred to 74th company Labour Corps from 27th November 1917 I woulld be grateful if you could give me any further information, Pte. 7th July : Carnoy. 20 June 1918 : left the Division and moved to France, landing at Taranto (Italy) 2 July 1918. In March 1916 he obtained a commission and the following July was posted to the 6th Battalion Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry. Library contains many many diary entries, personal letters and other documents, all transcribed into plain text. 2nd Garrison Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. Many thanks for viewing – any questions please do ask! 19th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters, (N&D Reg). KING'S (SHROPSHIRE LIGHT INFANTRY) 60th Brigade / 20th (Light) Division . 4th Battalion, South Staffordshire Regiment. 2nd Battalion, British West Indies Regiment. 22nd August : Carnoy. 2nd Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers. Sunday 18-06-1916. 5th Battalion, South Lancashire Regiment. 5th Battalion, Loyal North Lancashire Regiment. 27th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers. 2nd Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Pte. 7th (Pioneer) Battalion, Durham Light Infantry. 8th Battalion, South Lancashire Regiment. 3rd Battalion, British West Indies Regiment. 17th Battalion, The Kings, (Liverpool Regiment). 11th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers. 1st Battalion, Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry. 27th July : Meaulte. Someone found his effects lists which said grandma Ellen Saxton. King's Shropshire Light Infantry Battlefields. H-P. 10th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment, Q-Z. A-K. 1st/4th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment L-Z. During the night 28th/29th the 20th Division took over the lines from a point about half a mile north-west of Beaumont Hamel to Sixteen Poplars on the Hebuterne-Puisieux road. with HQ at Hereford . 6th Battalion,King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry. 9th Battalion, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers. 1st Battalion, Sherwood Foresters, (N&D Reg). 1st Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. 7th Battalion, Cameronians (Scottish Rifles). Commemorated on TYNE COT MEMORIAL, Zonnebeke, Belgium. 10th Battalion, South Lancashire Regiment. 6th August : Courcelles-au-Bois. A-K. 6th Battalion,Bedfordshire Regiment, L-Z. I-M. 1st Battalion Lincolnshire Regiment. 19th August : Taking of Lonely Trench. 5th Battalion, King's Shropshire Light Infantry. 10th Battalion, The Kings, (Liverpool Regiment). No known grave. 2nd Battalion,King's Own, (Royal Lancaster Regiment). Regards Annette Burgoyne All names on this list have been submitted by relatives, friends, neighbours and others who wish to remember them, if you have any names to add or any recollections or photos of those listed, 6th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters, (N&D Reg). 4th Battalion, North Staffordhire Regiment. 4th Battalion, York & Lancaster Regiment. The King's Light Infantry (Shropshire Regiment) was formed on July 1, 1881, as the county regiment of Herefordshire and Shropshire as part of the Childers Reforms. 1st Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers. 1st Battalion, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers. 6th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers. 28th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers. Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry Officers’ Swagger Stick. with HQ at the Barracks, Hereford 1947.04.01 1st Battalion, The Herefordshire Light Infantry reconstituted in T.A. 10th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. 21st Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers. 9th Battalion, North Staffordshire Regiment. So why did the Battalion get a mention in Haig’s daily communiqué for this attack? 2nd Battalion, South Lancashire Regiment. 29th July-6th August : In line in front of Serre. Age 23. 6th Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment. He is not forgotten by his family. In March 1916 he obtained a commission and the following July was posted to the 6th Battalion Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry. My grandfather, Allen survived WWI having served with the Manchester Regiment and the Notts & Derby Regiment (the Sherwood Foresters). The Queen's, (Royal West Surrey Regiment). Born Hadley, Shropshire, Brother of Harry Tipton, of 7, Bridge Street, Normanton, Yorkshire, enlisted Wellington, Salop. 1st Battalion, The Buffs, (East Kent Regiment). The King s Shropshire Light Infantry KSLI was a light infantry regiment of the British Army, formed in the Childers Reforms of 1881, but with antecedents Somerset and Cornwall Light Infantry the King s Shropshire Light Infantry and the Durham Light Infantry to form The Light Infantry which in turn was merged second lieutenant in the King s Shropshire Light Infantry on 29 January 1925. ), 7th Battalion, Duke of Wellington's (W.R.R. We are now on Facebook. ***** 18th August : Attack near Maltz Horn Farm (in support). 1st Battalion, Honourable Artillery Company. 9th Battalion, Cameronians (Scottish Rifles. 17th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers. Retrouvez The 6th Battalion: King's Shropshire Light Infantry 1914-19 et des millions de livres en stock sur Amazon.fr. 10th Battalion, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers. 1st Battalion August 1914 : in Singapore. Achetez neuf ou d'occasion Alfred Worrall 6th Battalion King's Shropshire Light Infantry (d.20th Sept 1917), Pte. 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