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6th Battalion, South Staffordshire Regiment. 11th Battalion. Well I hope I'll be in Blighty next year to do the 'same eh? East Lancs Regiment East Surrey Regiment East Yorkshire Regiment Essex Regiment General Staff Gloucestershire Regiment Gordon Highlanders Grenadier Guards Hampshire Regiment Herefordshire Regiment Hertfordshire Regiment Highland Light Infantry Honourable Artillery Company Household Cavalry Indian Army Kent Cyclist Battalion Inns Of Court Officers Training Corps Irish Guards King's … 14th Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment. 5th Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers. We had taken about 1½ hours in reaching the trenches, and had lost only two men killed and one wounded, these casualties being due to the explosion of one of our own bombs as it was carried up. 2nd Battalion, Honourable Artillery Company. Killed in Action France and Flanders. 3rd Battalion, South Lancashire Regiment. 12th Battalion, Loyal North Lancashire Regiment. Major _____, the second in command, spoke a few words to each company before it moved off, and wished them the best of luck, then the chaplain said a prayer, after which all the men joined in the Lord’s Prayer. Date of Death. I'm sure your father and mother will be so glad to hear about your 'being confirmed. 3rd Battalion, The Kings, (Liverpool Regiment). The East Lancashire Regiment was, from 1881 to 1958, a line infantry regiment of the British Army. 13th Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps. I should like to see what sort of work Barlow has made of it. 5th Battalion, South Lancashire Regiment. Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment). 10th Battalion, The Kings, (Liverpool Regiment). and later to the 2nd Btn. East Lancashire Regiment, 2nd.Lt. I-M. 1st Battalion Lincolnshire Regiment. A-K. 6th Battalion,Bedfordshire Regiment, L-Z. 7th Battalion, Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment). ), 7th Battalion, Duke of Wellington's (W.R.R. 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. Owen Nichols 7th Btn. 25th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers. 1st Battalion, Oxford & buckingham Light Infantry. 5th Battalion, York & Lancaster Regiment. 11th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers. Jesse went over the top at the Somme on the 1st of July 1916. It was the former German dressing station, and consisted of a very fine 2 ft. concrete-walled dug-out, and here we captured a quantity of medical stores, two German doctors, and 30 Red Cross orderlies. W-Z. James Edward Wood 7th Battalion East Lancashire Regiment (d.14th Oct 1916), Pte. East Lancs Badge.png 389 × 434; 64 KB. 20th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers. East Lancashire Regiment (d.25th Oct 1916), Pte. 52nd LOWLAND DIVISION. 2nd Battalion August 1914 : in Wijnberg, South Africa. 7th Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment. 12th Battalion, York & Lancaster Regiment. 26th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers. The regiment was formed as the county regiment for East Lancashire in the 1881 Childers reforms, by amalgamating the 30th (Cambridgeshire) Regiment and the 59th (2nd Nottinghamshire) Regiment. 1st Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment. That came to hand yesterday afternoon and the first parcel I got on Sunday. 6th July : Shelter Wood sector. Landed at Le Havre 22 August 1914. 5th-6th July : Attacks East side of La Boisselle. 4th Battalion King's Shropshire Light Infantry. Mobilised in 1939 as part of 127 (Manchester) Brigade of 42nd (East Lancashire) Division. 4th Battalion, South Lancashire Regiment. On recovery he was posted to the 7th Btn. We are, however, very lucky not to be obliged not to spend our time in a shell hole. I am certain he will never beat our armies. It was quite impossible for any human being to face such artillery fire, and their only course was to run away. 4th Battalion, British West Indies Regiment. 3ed (Reserve) Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment. The Regiment was amalgamated in 1958 with the East Lancashire Regiment to form The Lancashire Regiment (Prince of Wales’s Volunteers). 17th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers. 16th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters, (N&D Reg). East Lancashire Regiment (d.7th June 1917). 6th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. 12th (Yeomanry) Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. 4th Battalions, King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry. 2nd Battalion, Sherwood Foresters, (N&D Reg). 18th Battalion, York & Lancaster Regiment. Well Hilda I don't think I have much more today I shall be glad to hear from you have time. 8th Battalion, Cameronians (Scottish Rifles). 14th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers. A-E. 8th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. 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. I had to wait until the men had advanced about 600 yards, before I went over with the medical officer of the battalion working in conjunction with ours to establish a medical aid post, our orderlies and some of the stretcher-bearers going with us to carry our equipment. "I was up all last night dressing cases, some of them being very agonising to see. 5th East Lancashire Regiment 9th Manchester Regiment 10th Manchester Regiment 127th Brigade 5th Manchester Regiment 6th Manchester Regiment 7th Manchester Regiment 8th Manchester Regiment. 18th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers. 1st Battalion, King's Own, (Royal Lancaster Regiment). 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. Formed at Canterbury in September 1914. Courtesy of Paul Hughes. 3rd Battalion, King's On Scottish Borderers. Returned to England, landing at Southampton 30 October 1914. 1st Battalion, Royal Marine Light Infantry. 6th Battalion. Well Hilda we had Christmas puddings on Christmas Day, so perhaps those which were sent were some of the ones which your daddy has helped to pay for. F-K. 8th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. 5th Battalion, The Kings, (Livrpool Regiment). 5th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. ), 5th Battalion, Duke of Wellington's (W.R.R. 2nd Battalion, South Lancashire Regiment. 5th Battalion, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers. Motto: Spectemur agendo (Let us be judged by our acts) Regimental Journal: The XXX. 2nd/5th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. 1st Battalion, Queen's Own, (Royal West Kent Regiment). If you are enjoying the site, please consider making a donation, however small 8th Battalion, British West Indies Regiment. "I cannot see any end to the war at present, but I suppose there is a limit to the Hun’s endurance, and he must be getting very tired of the war, to judge by what he had to endure here. 21st Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers. 11th Battalion, Queen's Own, (Royal West Kent Regiment). 5th Battalion,King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry. Machine Gun Battalion, Royal Naval Division. 8th Battalion, South Lancashire Regiment. At about 3 a.m. the dug-out and the whole earth was violently shaken. CSM. 8th battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. Two mines in our own front went off, and our artillery opened fire. After the first short bombardment they lifted the barrage slowly forward, and our men keen and impatient, went over the top, some going even too quickly and being hit by our own shells. 1940: Returned to the UK. Did he know I had left England? 1st Battalion, The Kings, (Liverpool Regiment). The ground was one mass of shell holes, you could not put your foot down except on the rim of one hole or another; it was like walking on an empty honeycomb. Honours and Awards are listed in three groups: British awards, Mentioned in Despatches and Foreign awards. 20th Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps. 16th Battalion, York & Lancaster Regiment. At 2 a.m. the battalion moved into the Old German Support Line, east of Arras with the 7th East Yorkshire Regiment on the right flank. 5th Battalion, King's Own, (Royal Lancaster Regiment). 7th (South Irish Horse) Battalion, Royal Irish Regiment. 2nd Battalion, Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry. Husband of Clara Grimley, of I, Cottage Bank View, Charlestown, Hebden Bridge, Yorks. 6th Battalion, The Kings, (Liverpool Regiment). 13th Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment. They say that the British attack was repulsed with heavy loss, and that we were unable to advance any further. 8th Battalion, North Staffordshire Regiment. 56th Brigade / 19th (Western) Division . 2nd Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment. 1st Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers. ), 6th Battalion, Duke of Wellington's (W.R.R. L-Z. 4th Battalion, Oxford & Buckingham Light Infantry. 12th Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment. Probably it was of home and of those they loved, for there was a certain quiet solemnity about our departure. Logos 1 Main Navigation. 10th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. I have often wondered about him but have not written to anyone at Dr. Marsden's for about six months so I guess Ernest Barlow (dentist) would tell them. He was wounded in the left thigh and the bullet exited his lower left calf. East Lancashire Regiment during WW2 During WW2 The East Lancashire regiment had 7 serving battalions. 2nd Battalion, South Staffordshire Regiment. 9th Battalion, Duke of Wellington's, (W.R.R.). "The Huns retreated as fast as possible, and put up no fight at all, and very soon prisoners began to come in. It is, however, only a matter of time and perseverance, with our masses of artillery. 8th Battalion, The Kings, (Liverpool Regiment). 7th Battalion, King's Shropshire Light Infantry. 4th July : In front of La Boisselle. Show — Main Navigation Hide — Main Navigation. Price: £12.00. W-Z. 10th Battalion, Duke of Wellington's (W.R.R.). 7th Battalion, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers. 6th Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment. Arthur Henry Frederick Horn 7th Btn. Jesse received payment in German Marks whilst a POW. The East Lancashire Regiment cufflinks measure approx 21mm (approx 3/4 of an inch).All cuff links come in a smart navy blue and gold leatherette gift box, size 85mm x 30mm x 65mm (approx 3 1/3 x 1 1/5 x 2 1/2 inches). 24th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers. I'm sorry you had such a cold and I guess Woodhead's negligence wouldn't improve matters. This website is paid for out of our own pockets, library subscriptions and from donations made by visitors. Our casualties, fortunately, were few at this time, and those we had were chiefly caused by the men’s excessive eagerness, and a few were due to some of our shells bursting prematurely. Jesse Green 11th (Accrington Pals) Btn. "Our artillery was so splendid that very few of the German guns were able to shoot, because some of our own guns were specially took off for counter battery work, i.e., to fire on the position of the German guns. 9th Battalion, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers. 8th Battalion, The Buffs, (East Kent Regiment). 7th Battalion The Manchester Regiment (TA) As per the newly formed 6th Battalion . East Lancashire Regiment. 26 May 1918 : transferred to 183rd Brigade, 61st (2nd South Midland) Division. 4th (Labour) Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment. Christmas Gift Subscription now available. On 7th July the 2nd East Lancashires attacked Contalmaison, on 14th-15th the 8th East Lancashires and the 1st and 10th Loyals were in action around Pozieres, where the former suffered 374 casualties, while on the 23rd the 1st Loyal North Lancashires and the three … 9th Battalion, Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry. 7th Battalion, The Kings, (Liverpool Regiment). 1st Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. 20th Battalion, The Kings, (Liverpool Regiment). 7th Battalion, King's Own, (Royal Lancaster Regiment). 3rd Battalion, British West Indies Regiment. It was owing to our having done so well and suffered so few casualties that we were not relieved. (d.14th Nov 1916), We are looking for volunteers to help with researching the activities of units of the Royal Artillery, Royal Engineers, Territorial Force, Regular Army, Pals Battalions, Kitchener's New Armies, Voluntary Organisations and the Ships of the Royal Navy. I will write to Annie perhaps tomorrow. Price: £2.99. "In view of what really occurred during this attack on what is supposed to be the strongest German position in the West, it is most amusing but utterly ludicrous to read the accounts in the German papers. 7th Battalion, North Staffordshire Regiment. H-P. 10th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment, Q-Z. 2nd Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment. If you have a general question please post it on our Facebook page. 6th Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment. 2nd Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. 11th Battalion, East Lancashire Regiment. 4th Battalion, The Quuen's, (Royal West Surrey Regiment). The East Lancashire Regiment was, from 1881 to 1958, a line infantry regiment of the British Army. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. East Lancashire Regiment (d.8th July 1916), Sgt. Media in category "East Lancashire Regiment" The following 18 files are in this category, out of 18 total. The Tommy is a great hero, few people at home realising in the least what he has to put up with through these advances and after them, when he is in the front line. Mother's maiden name was Foley. 10th Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps. In 1958 the regiment was amalgamated with the South Lancashire Regiment to form the Lancashire Regiment which was, in 1970, merged with the Loyal Regime… Deal Battalion, Royal Marine Light Infantry. 19th Battalion, The Kings, (Liverpool Regiment). 2nd/1st Battalion, Lincolnshire Yeomanry. 27. 10th Battalion, York & Lancaster Regiment. 19th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters, (N&D Reg). 1st Battalion,Cameronians (Scottish Rifles). The last two weeks seem like years. 6th Battalion, British West Indies Regiment. 2nd Battalion, Duke of Wellington's (W.R.R. East Lancashire Regiment (d.23rd July 1917), L/Cpl. 1st Battalion, The Queen's, (Royal West Surrey Regiment). A-C. 2nd Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment.D-H. 2nd Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. 7th Battalion. 12th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers. You see I got the second parcel before the other. A984 John Porter of Blackpool, 2nd 4th Battalion,East Lancashire Regiment, died 13 September 1917. 16th Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment. 8th Battalion, King's Own, (Royal Lancaster Regiment). 2nd Battalion, Royal Marine Light Infantry. Circumstances of Death. 6th Battalion, King's Shropshire Light Infantry. L-Z. I see that it is described as "Haig’s Earthquake or Hurricane Attack". 8th Battalion, Loyal North Lancashire Regiment. 5th Battalion, Oxford & Buckingham Light Infantry. Do you ......... for you to bring you home? L-Z. 8th Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers. 50th Brigade, in Support, 52nd, Divisional Reserve whilst 51st Brigade were in the assault. 2nd Battalion, The Queen's, (Royal West Surrey Regiment). Library contains many many diary entries, personal letters and other documents, all transcribed into plain text. Attack towards Contalmaison. At some time Jesse was gassed and was possibly taken prisoner. Ever so many thanks for your long interesting and welcome letter to hand this morning. The Hun makes much more substantial du-outs than we. It seems to have taken it a long time to get here. 9th Battalion, York & Lancaster Regiment. The wound was Class 1x1. 7th (Pioneer) Battalion, Durham Light Infantry. 12th Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment. Thank them all for contents of both parcels please. We advanced under a deafening noise of guns and alarming shriek of shells, but these were soon forgotten in the excitement and amazement of our surroundings. William George Welch 1st Battalion East Lancashire Regiment (d.21st Mar 1918), L/Cpl. 7th Battalion, Cameronians (Scottish Rifles). 10th Battalion, The Queen's, (Royal West Surrey Regiment). M-P. 7th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. 7th Battalion, East Lancashire Regiment The 7th (Service) Battalion, East Lancashire Regiment was raised at Preston in August 1914 as part of Kitchener's Second New Army and joined 56th Brigade, 19th (Western) Division. 5th Battalion, cameronians (Scottish Rifles. S-V. 2nd Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. We currently have a huge backlog of stories and historical documents which need to be edited or transcribed for display online, if you have a good standard of written English, an interest in the two World Wars and a little time to spare online we would appreciate your help. 3rd Battalion, Loyal North Lancashire Regiment. South Lancs Regiment (Prince of Wales Volunteers) (d.14th Nov 1916). 3rd Battalion, Oxford & Buckinham Light Infantry. 8th Battalion, Black Watch, (Royal Highlanders). B. E. F. The popularity of the site means that it is far exceeding available resources. Moved to Harrow on 18 August. 1st Battalion, Honourable Artillery Company. Saturday April 13th 1918. 12th Battalion North Staffordshire Regiment. 6th Battalion,King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry. "I want to give you some idea of the first big "push" that I have taken any active part in. We sat on the floor of the dug-out, but none of us could sleep. 13th Battalion, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers. I had to depend upon the postman for my Santa Clause. Other Biographical Details Educated in St Peter's College, Wexford. Now that we have gained the ridge, we are holding out against very heavy shell fire from the Germans, and must always be prepared for counter-attacks. 3rd/5th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. I never imagined that such a picture of destruction and desolation could exist, the German trenches having totally disappeared. I do not know how our men have endured what they have gone through since June 7th, and especially the shelling yesterday. 8th (Reserve) Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment. Age. I-M. 2nd Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. 2nd Garrison Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. 12th Battalion, The Kings, (Liverpool Regiment). EAST LANCASHIRE REGIMENT. The date for admission of ailment was 4th July 1916 and he was transferred for a sick convoy on 4th July 1916 on the good ship Panama. 8th Battalion, South Staffordshire 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. 1st Battalion, Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry. A-K. Hawke Battalion, Royal Naval Division. An advance is planned to time, and there is an exact time at which each company or battalion has to take up a particular position. 1st Battalion, Black Watch, (royal Highlanders). 1st Battalion August 1914 : in Colchester and part of 11th Brigade in 4th Division. L-Z. 5th Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment. I'm glad all your teeth fillings are completed now and I�ll bet you 'are glad also its an awfully "nice" procedure I know especially when there is any gold work to be done. H-L. 7th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. 5th Battalion North Staffordshire Regiment. In 1970 it was further amalgamated with the Loyal North Lancashire Regiment to form The Queen’s Lancashire Regiment. C-D. 7th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. ), 4th Battalion, Duke of Wellington's (W.R.R. 9th Battalion, British West Indies Regiment. 2nd Battalion, The Buffs, (East Kent Regiment). S 17 B Coy. It is from that dug-out that I have written all this, while the Huns are shelling us heavily. He was recalled to the colours on 14th June 1916 and his physical condition was recorded as being "good". The Wartime Memories Project is a non profit organisation run by volunteers. Members who served with East Lancashire Regiment. On 10 August the TF was invited to volunteer for overseas service, and within a few days 90 per cent of the division had accepted. 21st Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps. 2nd Battalion,King's Own, (Royal Lancaster Regiment). William Thomas Fielding 7th Battalion East Lancashire Regiment (d.19th Oct 1916), Pte. Sidney Taylor 7th Battalion East Lancashire Regiment, A.P.O. 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. 2nd Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers. "No one can appreciate what the British army has accomplished in three years of war, until he sees the things we are now looking at, absolute and complete destruction, and desolation; the whole ground is a mass of shell holes, and yet already roads are beginning to appear, tramways and water pipes are being laid down, artillery pushed up, and hundreds of miles carrying up ammunition and rations. This is of course a long business in itself, and it is for this reason that progress on the Western front is slow, and that the war may last a long time should the Hun choose to fight it out to a finish. 4th Battalion, North Staffordhire Regiment. L-Z. 10th Battalion, Loyal North Lancashire Regiment. The Commonwealth War Graves Commission has 1,117 recorded WW1 deaths for the 7th (Service) Battalion, The Buffs, (East Kent Regiment). 10th Battalion, Cameronians (Scottish Rifles). I saw a few of our tanks ahead, but I heard afterwards from a man who had been in one of them that they had no chance of doing anything because the enemy retreated faster than they could attack. Unfortunately, it was impossible to get the wounded down into the dug-out, so we dressed them all out in the open, and then stretcher-bearers carried them back. thick, which had been used as a power-house for generating electricity for lighting the other dug-outs, most of which had disappeared, and it contained an engine and a considerable sized dynamo and switch board. 22nd Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps. Pte. I didn't hang mine up either Hilda. "Dawn was just breaking as I look out, and I could see only about 50 yards ahead because of the smoke and dust. L-S. 8th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment.T-Z. 10th Battalion, Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry. 6th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters, (N&D Reg). A-C. 1st Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment, D-H. 1st Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. 10th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers. On our little bit of front we could have advanced much further than was allowed by our orders, we could, in fact, have gone right through, but it would have made a big salient, and caused disaster later on. A-K. 6th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. I bet you had a good time at the Conservative Club Party. Create your own unique website with customizable templates. Jesse was promoted to Sergeant on the battlefield but this is not recognised by the MOD. Our 7th Battalion, South Staffordshire Regiment. William left a wife and seven children, a baby being born five days after his death. 2nd Battalion, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers. It was quite dark when we entered the trenches, and each company took up its allotted position. James Edward Wood 7th Service Battalion East Lancashire Regiment (d.14th Oct 1916). 11th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters, (N&D Reg). 6th Battalion, The Queen's, (Royal West Surrey Regiment(. 1st Battalion, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers. Clicking on the link will take you to the results on Findmypast but you will need a subscription or Pay-Per-View credits to actually view the records. s flynn. Courtesy of Paul Hughes. France. 6th Infantry Labour Company., Devonshire Regiment. Hawke Battalion, Royal naval Division. 4th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters,(N&D Reg). 6th Battalion, Oxford & Buckingham Light Infantry. 2nd Battalion, British West Indies Regiment. 16th Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps. It was snowing here yesterday but it was the dry stuff like you had in Russia and not at all inconveniencing. 8th Battalion, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers. 11th Battalion, King's Own, (Royal Lancaster Regiment). East Lancashire Regiment (d.17th October 1916), Pte. 3rd Battalion, The Queen's, (Royal West surrey Regiment). S-V. 1st Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. I suppose they are very nice - I should like to see them. Pte. 9th Battalion, North Staffordshire Regiment. "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. A-G. 10h Battalion, Lincolnshire Regient. The men in our division are very tired, and I hope they will soon be relieved. 10th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters, (N&D Reg). 6th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. 17th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters, (N&D Reg). The final merger came in 2006 when The Queen’s Lancashire Regiment was amalgamated with the two remaining North West England … 7th Battalion, Loyal North Lancashire Regiment. Warfare with our present masses of artillery is a very exact science, and so before any advance all enemy positions must be photographed, and their exact locality marked on maps. A duplicate battalion had been raised by the 8th (Ardwick) Battalion which on 31 July 1939 became the 7th Battalion. I can quite imagine the reception he would receive when Grandma got on the trail. East Lancashire Regiment. 17th Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps. Regiment Archives: East Lancashire Regiment. It is amazing that the guns could advance so quickly over the shell-riddled ground, and that by the evening it was so well up that we forestalled an expected counter-attack from the Bosche, and he received instead from us an artillery barrage nearly as intense as the one in the beginning of the day. Royal Lancaster Regiment ) your father and mother will be so glad hear. For my Santa Clause all for contents of both parcels please 's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry collection! 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