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2nd Battalion, Kings Royal Rifle Corps



13th Aug 1914 2nd KRRC land in France  2nd Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps proceeded to France on the 13th of August 1914, landing at Le Havre.

16th Aug 1914 On the March

18th Aug 1914 Massed Drums

19th Aug 1914 Concert

21st Aug 1914 On the March

22nd Aug 1914 On the March

23rd Aug 1914 On the March

24th Aug 1914 Artillery Duel

25th Aug 1914 On the March

29th Aug 1914 Covering the Troops

30th Aug 1914 Covering the Troops

31st Aug 1914 Covering the Troops

1st Sep 1914 A Hot Day

7th Sep 1914 On the March

8th Sep 1914 Enemy in Flight

9th Sep 1914 On the March

10th Sep 1914 Losses in the Morning

13th Sep 1914 In Action

14th Sep 1914 In Action

15th Sep 1914 In Action

17th Sep 1914 In Action

18th Sep 1914 Artillery In Action

24th Sept 1914 General's Visit

4th Oct 1914 Under Shellfire

7th Oct 1914 Enemy Fire

26th Oct 1914 On the March

27th Oct 1914 Entrenching

29th Oct 1914 Attack Launched

31st Oct 1914 In Action

23rd Nov 1914 Reinforcements form Sniping Section

21st Dec 1914 On the Move  location map

22nd Dec 1914 Reliefs

31st Dec 1914 In Action  location map

31st Dec 1914 Bombed Out

1st Jan 1915 In Action

1st Jan 1915 In Action

1st Jan 1915 Machine Gun Post  location map

4th Jan 1915 Bombardment

10th Jan 1915 Outposts attacked

11th Jan 1915 On the Offensive

11th Jan 1915 Reliefs

12th Jan 1915 Heavy Fighting

12th Jan 1915 Under Shellfire

14th Jan 1915 Trench Work

15th Jan 1915 A Terrible Time

25th Jan 1915 In Action

26th Jan 1915 In the Trenches

27th Jan 1915 Artillery In Action

23rd Mar 1915 Reliefs

24th Apr 1915 In the Trenches

24th Apr 1915 On the March

28th Apr 1915 In the Trenches

9th May 1915 The Battle of Aubers Ridge: The Souther pincer  Richebourg L’Avoue. At 4.06am: sunrise and all very quiet on this front.

5.00am: British bombardment opens with field guns firing shrapnel at the German wire and howitzers firing High Explosive shells onto front line. German troops are seen peering above their parapet even while this shelling was going on.

5.30am: British bombardment intensifies, field guns switch to HE and also fire at breastworks. The lead battalions of the two assaulting Brigades of 1st Division go over the top to take up a position only 80 yards from German front. (2nd Brigade has 1/Northants and 2/Royal Sussex in front and 2/KRRC and 1/5th Royal Sussex in immediate support; 3rd Brigade has 2/Royal Munster Fusiliers and 2/Welsh in front, with 1/4th Royal Welsh Fusiliers in support). Heavy machine-gun fire cuts the attackers down even on their own ladders and parapet steps, but men continue to press forward as ordered. In the area of the Indian Corps, the lead battalions of the Dehra Dun Brigade of the Meerut Division (2/2nd Ghurkas, 1/4th and 1st Seaforth Highlanders) were so badly hit by enemy fire that no men got beyond their own parapet and the front-line and communications trenches were soon filled with dead and wounded men.

5.40am: British bombardment lifts off front lines and advances 600 yards; infantry assault begins. Despite the early losses and enemy fire the three Brigades attempted to advance across No Man's Land. They were met by intense crossfire from the German machine-guns, which could not be seen in their ground-level and strongly protected emplacements. Whole lines of men were seen to be hit. Few lanes had been cut in the wire and even where men reached it they were forced to bunch, forming good targets for the enemy gunners. The leading battalions suffered very significant losses, particularly among officers and junior leaders. Around 100 men on the Northants and Munsters got into the German front, but all were killed or captured. The advance of the supporting battalions suffered similarly, and by 6.00am the advance had halted, with hundreds of men pinned down in No Man's Land, unable to advance or fall back.

6.15am: A repeat of the initial bombardment is ordered, with the added difficulty of uncertain locations of the most advanced troops. 7.20am: Major-General Haking (CO, 1st Division) reports failure and asks if he should bring in his last Brigade (1st (Guards)). He offered his opinion that it would not be successful. 7.45am: A further one hour bombardment starts, ordered by Lieut-General Anderson (CO, Meerut Division). Its only impact is to encourage German artillery to reply, bringing heavy shelling down onto British front and support trenches. German fire continued until about 10.30am.

8.00am: First reports reach Haig, but they underestimate losses and problems. Haig also hears of early French successes in Vimy attack; he resolves to renew the effort in the Southern attack, with noon being the new zero hour. This was subsequently moved when it was learned from I Corps how long it would take to bring supporting units up to replace those that had suffered in the initial attacks. The new attack at 2.40pm would again be preceded by a 40 minute bombardment. The various movements of relief forces were achieved only with much confusion and further losses under renewed enemy shellfire. The time was again moved, to 4.00pm. In the meantime, the German infantry in the Bois de Biez area was reinforced.

3.20pm: Bombardment repeated and seen to be a little more successful, blowing gaps in the wire and in the enemy front-line. 3.45pm: Bareilly Brigade, moving up to relieve the Dehra Dun, loses more than 200 men due to enemy shelling. 3.57pm: The leading companies of the 1/Black Watch of 1st (Guards) Brigade, brought in to replace the shattered 2nd Brigade, went over the top despite the 1/Cameron Highlanders being late to arrive and moved at the double across No Man's Land. Some reached the German breastwork just as the bombardment lifted; most were however killed or captured in the German firing trench although a small party reached the second position. The two lead companies of the Camerons, coming up on the left of the Black Watch a few minutes later, suffered heavy machine-gun casualties in crossing between the front lines. At approximately the same time, the two fresh battalions of the 3rd Brigade, the 1/Gloucestershire and 1/South Wales Borderers began to advance but were cut down without reaching the enemy. Meerut Division orders Bareilly Brigade to advance, even though it is clear that conditions are unchanged: few men even reached a small ditch 20 yards in front of their own front line, and the Brigade suffered more than 1000 casualties within minutes.

4.35pm: 1st Division orders another 10 minutes shelling but it is seen to have no effect. 4.40pm: Large explosion at German ammunition dump in Herlies, hit by a long-range British heavy shell. Smoke clouds drifting towards British lines caused a gas alarm. Br-Gen. Southey (CO, Bareilly Brigade) reports that further attempts to advance would be useless. 5.00pm: General Haig, hearing of the continued failure of the Southern attack, orders 2nd Division to relieve 1st Division with a view to a bayonet attack at dusk, 8.00pm.

9th May 1915 Attack Made

20th May 1915 Into the Trenches

24th May 1915 Reliefs  location map

24th of May 1915 Zeppelin under observation

28th May 1915 Reliefs

29th May 1915 Reliefs

29th May 1915 Reliefs Complete

1st Jun 1915 Bombing

16th Jun 1915 Reliefs  location map

26th Jun 1915 Reorganisation

13th Jul 1915 Into Billets

19th Jul 1915 Into the Line

5th Aug 1915 Horse Show

25th Sep 1915 Oblivious to the Fire

25th Sep 1915 In Action

16th Oct 1915 The Derby Scheme

1st Dec 1915 Derby Scheme Armlets

11th Sep 1915 Last day of Derby Scheme Recruitment

10th Jan 1916 Group System Reopens

9th February 1916 Call Ups

17th Jun 1916 Orders

19th Jun 1916 Instruction  location map

20th Jun 1916 Orders

20th Jun 1916 Instruction  location map

21st June 1916 Instruction  location map

25th June 1916 Trench Mortar Duel  location map

30th June 1916 Report

30th June 1916 Report  location map

30th June 1916 Report  location map

30th June 1916 Report  location map

30th June 1916 Report

14th November 1916 Battalion under Orders of the 99th Brigade

1st Jan 1917 Moves

9th Jan 1917 Working Parties

10th Jan 1917 Moves

17th Jan 1917 Heavy Snow

22nd Jan 1917 Working Parties and Training

23rd Jan 1917 Moves

24th Jan 1917 Moves

31st Jan 1917 Very Cold Weather

6th Feb 1917 Reliefs

6th Feb 1917 Reliefs

7th Feb 1917 Reliefs

8th Feb 1917 Reliefs

9th Feb 1917 Reliefs Complete

10th Feb 1917 Hard Ground

11th Feb 1917 Quiet

12th Feb 1917 Quiet

1st Apr 1918 Hostile Artillery

2nd Apr 1918 Trench Raids

3rd Apr 1918 Quiet

4th Apr 1918 Orders

5th Apr 1918 Moves

7th Apr 1918 Moves  location map

8th Apr 1918 Moves  location map

9th Apr 1918 Artillery Barrage  location map

11th of April 1918 Enemy Guns Quieter  location map

4th Nov 1918 In Action

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Those known to have served with

2nd Battalion, Kings Royal Rifle Corps

during the Great War 1914-1918.

  • Asher Herbert. Rfmn. (d.6th Jul 1915)
  • Bland Roy Maurice. Rflmn. (d.28th Oct 1918)
  • Bland William Arthur. Rflmn. (d.7th Aug 1916)
  • Brown Reuben Joseph. Rifleman (d.23rd October 1914)
  • Burt MiD. Leonard. CSM. (d.26th October 1918)
  • Butler VC DSO. John Fitzhardinge Paul. Capt. (d.5th Sep 1916)
  • Carter William. Pte. (d.30th Mar 1917)
  • Clarke Charles. Pte.
  • Clinton Walter. Capt. (d.22nd November 1918)
  • Day Charles. Rflmn. (d.9th May 1915)
  • Dowling Alfred William. Rflmn. (d.10th July 1917)
  • East Albert James. Rflmn. (d.26th July 1916)
  • Ferguson George. Sgt. (d.15th Aug 1916)
  • Gilbert Charles Thomas. Rfmn. (d.31st Oct 1914)
  • Harris Walter. Rflmn. (d.23rd November 1916)
  • Harvey Edward Henry. Pte.
  • Hawley Alexander Edward. Rfmn. (d.17th May 1916)
  • Howitt Albert Edward. Cpl.
  • Mariner VC William. Rflmn. (d.1st July 1916)
  • McCullough Andrew. Rflmn. (d.19th Oct 1918)
  • Peachment VC. George. Rflemn. (d.25th Sep 1915)
  • Pond Robert. Rflmn. (d.9th May 1915)
  • Robinson Robert. Rfmn. (d.6th Nov 1914)
  • Smith Thomas. Rflmn. (d.6th Nov 1914)
  • Strutton Charles. Rflmn. (d.22nd Oct 1915)
  • Turner Ira William. L/Cpl. (d.10th Sep 1918)
  • Walton William. L/Sgt. (d.23rd Mar 1915)
  • White James Heslop. Cpl. (d.25th Sep 1915)
  • Wigley Joseph Charles. Pte. (d.18th September 1916)
  • Wilson Sidney. Rflm (d.12th May 1915)
  • Winch James. Rflmn. (d.19th November 1917)
  • Wootton Leonard. L/Cpl. (d.30th October 1914)
  • Wraight Frank Ernest. Pte. (d.12th January 1915)

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  Rflmn. William Mariner VC 2nd Btn. B Coy King's Royal Rifle Corps (d.1st July 1916)

William Mariner died on the 1st July 1916, aged 34 and is commemorated on The Thiepval Memorial in France. he was the son of Mrs. Alice Wignall, of 18, Fletcher St., Lower Broughton, Manchester.

An extract from The London Gazette dated 23rd June, 1915, records the following:-"During a violent thunderstorm on the night of 22nd May, 1915, he left his trench near Cambrin, and crept out through the German wire entanglements till he reached the emplacement of a German machine gun which had been damaging our parapets and hindering our working parties. After climbing on the top of the German parapet he threw a bomb in under the roof of the gun emplacement and heard some groaning and the enemy running away. After about a quarter of an hour he heard some of them coming back again, and climbed up on the other side of the emplacement and threw another bomb among them left-handed. He then lay still while the Germans opened a heavy fire on the wire entanglement behind him, and it was only after about an hour that he was able to crawl back to his own trench. Before starting out he had requested a serjeant to open fire on the enemy's trenches as soon as he had thrown his bombs. Rifleman Mariner was out alone for one and half hours carrying out this gallant work".

s flynn






  Rflmn. Albert James East 20th Btn. King's Royal Rifle Corps. (d.26th July 1916)

Albert East died on the 26th of July 1916, aged 35 and is buried in the Ste. Marie Cemetery in France. He was the husband of Ada East, of 22 Kentish Town Rd., Camden Town, London.

s flynn






  Rflemn. George Peachment VC. 2nd Btn. King's Royal Rifle Corps (d.25th Sep 1915)

George Peachment was killed in action 25th of September 1915 age 18 and is commemorated on the Loos Memorial in France

An extract from The London Gazette, dated 18th Nov., 1915, records the following:-"For most conspicuous bravery near Hulluch on 25th Sept., 1915. During very heavy fighting, when our front line was compelled to retire in order to re-organise, Pte. Peachment, seeing his Company Commander, Captain Dubs, lying wounded, crawled to assist him. The enemy's fire was intense, but, though there was a shell hole quite close, in which a few men had taken cover, Pte. Peachment never thought of saving himself. He knelt in the open by his Officer and tried to help him, but while doing this he was first wounded by a bomb and a minute later mortally wounded by a rifle bullet. He was one of the youngest men in his battalion and gave this splendid example of courage and self-sacrifice."

s flynn






  Rflm Sidney Wilson 2nd Btn, Kings Royal Rifle Corps (d.12th May 1915)

Sidney Wilson was 19 years of age when he was killed.

Lindy David






  Capt. Walter Clinton 1st Bn. attd. 2nd Bn. King's Royal Rifle Corps (d.22nd November 1918)

Captain Clinton is buried in the Belgrade New Cemetery in Serbia

S Flynn






  CSM. Leonard Burt MiD. 2nd Btn. Kings Royal Rifle Corps (d.26th October 1918)

Leonard Burt was born in Croydon in 1885, he enlisted in Liverpool in 1906, aged 21. After training at Winchester he joined 2nd KRRC in 1906 for service in India. There he saw active service, and was wounded. He returned with the battalion in 1910 to Winchester.

In July 1914 he was promoted to Sergeant in anticipation of an immanent return to India. However the War intervened and he landed at Le Havre on 13th of August 1914, part of 1st Infantry Division, BEF. He received shrapnel wounds in the withdrawal to the river line and was invalided home.

On his recovery he was posted to Sheernenss, as Acting CQMS and then Acting CMS, training the new Army 6th (Service) Battalion, KRRC. He rejoined the 2nd KRRC on the Western Front, serving there until his death in late October 1918.

In December 1917 he re-enlisted 'in the field' and was confirmed as CSM. his records show that his conduct was described as Gallant and that he was Mentioned in Dispatches. He served through the German Spring offensives of 1918. He was in a Reserve trench at Englefontaine when the German artillery blitzed the reserves. Leonard and others were killed and wounded. He is commemorated on the Memorial Panels in the Vis-en-Artois Cemetery.

He had been awarded the India General Service Medal, the 1914 Star with clasp, the British Victory Medal 1914-18, the British War medal 1914-18. Additionally posthumously 91919) he was awarded the rank of Knight of the Order of Leopold II with gold palm by the King of the Belgians 'for services to the Belgian people', the award was reported in the London Gazette.

Patricia Burt






  Rflmn. Charles Day 2nd Battalion Kings Royal Rifle Corps (d.9th May 1915)

Charles Day was born in Battersea, London. He was killed in action on the 9th of May 1915 at Aubers Ridge and is buried in the Guards Cemetery, Windy Corner, Cuinchy.

David Day






  Rflmn. Alfred William Dowling 2nd Btn. King's Royal Rifle Corps (d.10th July 1917)

Alfred Dowling was reported missing presumed dead and the last time he had been seen was at a river when they were under attack and retreating. As he couldn't swim, it is thought likely that he had drowned in the attempt to cross the river.

Marjorie Dowling






  Rflmn. Roy Maurice Bland 2nd Battalion King's Royal Rifle Corps (d.28th Oct 1918)

Roy Maurice was the son of Annie Bland (nee Jewitt) and George Bland. He was born April 1886 in York. He had one brother Henry Radcliffe Bland who was born in 1898. He signed up on 13th of January 1916 and died 28 October 1918. It seems of illness and his theatre of war was put as home. His younger brother had died 25th of October at home of influenza. It is possible that Roy Maurice was on leave and contracted the Spanish Flu from his brother. Or he was sent home ill and gave it to his brother. Annie and George only had the two sons - it must have been devastating.

Anne Strachan






  Pte. William Carter 8th Btn. Kings Royal Rifle Corps (d.30th Mar 1917)

William Carter, my Great Uncle, was sweet on a lovely lady Dorothy in London where he lived and worked as a grocer. They would have married on his return from France. Sadly William went off to war in France and his brother Francis went to Gallipoli. Sadly William was killed after 6 short months. Francis came back and married Dorothy, my grandmother. After 100 years William was lost in France somewhere and I have recently found him.

Dawn Vaughan






  Rflmn. Andrew McCullough 2nd Btn. Kings Royal Rifle Corps (d.19th Oct 1918)

Andrew's parents were Andrew McCullough (born 1867) and Sarah Jane Shaw (born 1868). His siblings were: Sarah Elizabeth (born 1892), Thomas (1900– 1911), John (born 1901), Martha (born 1902) and Rachel McCullough (born 1904).

He was born in Lisburn, Ireland in 1897, wand was aged 21 when he was killed in action at the Battle of the Selle on the Western Front in France in the last few weeks of WW1. Andrew is buried at Cross Roads Cemetery, Fontaine-au-Bois France (3.B.5). He had previously served with the 11th and 1st Battalions of the Royal Irish Rifles.







  Cpl. Albert Edward Howitt 2nd Battalion Kings Royal Rifle Corps

Albert Edward Howitt, my Grandfather, joined the KRRC around 1916. He served at the Battle of Somme according to his own testimony. In 1917 he was captured by the Germans and became a POW.

Bridget Matthews






  Rflmn. Thomas Smith 2nd Battalion Kings Royal Rifle Corps (d.6th Nov 1914)

Thomas Smith was born in St. Mary's London and enlisted in Barnet, Middlesex. He was killed in action on the 6th of November 1914.

Caroline D'Elia






  Pte. Edward Henry Harvey 2nd Btn. Kings Royal Rifle Corps

Edward Henry Harvey is the soldier smoking the pipe.

Edward Henry Harvey was my grandfather. He served as a regular soldier in the Kings Royal Rifle Corps before the war and was stationed in Dagshai, India as shown in the 1911 Census. Edward was discharged medically unfit on the 22nd October 1915 after sustaining shrapnel wounds to his left thigh. He was returned to Aldershot, the Cambrdge Miltary Hospital for treatment and recovery.

The photograph shows Edward Henry (smoking the pipe) in the trenches. Any help with who the others might be or where this was taken would be appreciated.

Carolyn Morris






  Pte. Charles Clarke 2nd Btn. Kings Royal Rifle Corps

I have been researching my family history for a number of years including my grandfather’s career, Private Charles Clarke (10424) in the 2nd Battalion, Kings Royal Rifle Corps in the Great War.

He had enlisted in January 1912 and served until wounded then was discharged in February 1917. The family’s understanding of his discharge was that he was wounded and blinded in a gas attack in France sometime before February 1917 and we believe sent home to England recover at the 2nd London General Hospital. I am unsure if his medical records or presence is listed at that time?

There is a family story that one night during a zeppelin or Gotha raid, presumably in London 1917, and an incendiary landed near him while being taken down to a shelter and the blast bought his sight back. It would be good if we knew where he was treated and how long was he in hospital for and any other information you may have on archive if indeed you have any? Is he for example on any casualty list for treatment at St Marks College or St Thomas's which I believe to be the 2nd London General Hospitals?

Mike Mason






  Rflmn. Walter Harris 2nd Battalion Kings Royal Rifle Corps (d.23rd November 1916)

Walter Harris, born 1889, was the older brother of my grandfather Edward Harris. They were two of the four sons and two daughters of Charles and Mary-Ann Harris from Bethnal Green. In 1911 Walter gives his occupation as a labourer in a wallpaper manufacturers and in 1912 he married Edith Kate Hardy in West Ham and they had a daughter Kate born in 1914.

I am not sure when he enlisted but he was killed in action in France on 23rd November 1916. In October 1917 his brother Edward serving in the 7th Battalion of The Rifle Brigade died of wounds and was buried in France.

Maureen Gaynor






  Capt. John Fitzhardinge Paul Butler VC DSO. 2nd Btn. King's Royal Rifle Corps (d.5th Sep 1916)

John Butler served with the 2nd Battalion, Kings Royal Rifle Corps. He was attached to the Gold Coast Regiment, W.A.F.F. during WW1 and was killed in action on the 5th September 1916, Age: 27. He is buried in the Morogoro Cemetery in Tanzania. He was the son of Lt. Col. Francis John Paul Butler and the Hon. Elspeth Butler; Husband of Alice Amelia Butler, of Apsley House, Portfield, Chichester.

An extract from The London Gazette dated 23rd Aug., 1915, records the following:- For most conspicuous bravery in the Cameroons, West Africa. On 17th November, 1914, with a party of 13 men, he went into the thick bush and at once attacked the enemy, in strength about 100, including several Europeans, defeated them, and captured their machine gun and many loads of ammunition. On 27th December, 1914, when on patrol duty, with a few men, he swam the Ekam River, which was held by the enemy, alone and in the face of a brisk fire, completed his reconnaissance on the further bank, and returned in safety. Two of his men were wounded while he was actually in the water.

S Flynn






  L/Sgt. William Walton 2nd Btn. King's Royal Rifle Corps (d.23rd Mar 1915)

L/Sgt. William Walton served with the King's Royal Rifle Corps 2nd Battalion. He was executed for desertion on 23rd March 1915 aged 26 and is buried in Longuenesse (St. Omer) Souvenir Cemetery, St. Omer, France.

s flynn






  Rfmn. Robert Robinson 2nd Battalion Kings Royal Rifle Corps (d.6th Nov 1914)

Robert Robinson was born about 1886 at Holme on Spalding Moor, East Yorkshire and was my paternal great uncle. He had enlisted in the Kings Royal Rifle Corps in 1905 but in 1911, on his own request, he transfered to the Army Reserve before the expiration of army service. In August 1914 he was part of the British Expeditionary Force and as part of the 1st Division crossed to France between 11th and 15th August. Robert's sister was my grandmother Catherine (nee Robinson) Banyard and she named my father Robert when he was born on 28th August 1914. Robert Robinson died age 26 on 6th November 1914 in Belgium and has no known grave but is remembered at the Menin gate.

Pauline Mayland






  Cpl. James Heslop White 2nd Btn. Kings Royal Rifle Corps (d.25th Sep 1915)

James Heslop White, Corporal 9790, served in the 2nd Battalion, Kings Royal Rifle Corps and died on the 25th September 1915. He is remembered at St. Paul's Church and the Loos Memorial. His medal card records the award of the 1914 Star, War and Victory Medals.

James was born in Jarrow 1892, son of James and Margaret White of 8 Bladen Street, Jarrow.

Vin Mullen






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