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4th Battalion, Welch Regiment
4th Battalion, The Welsh Regiment was a Territorial unit based in in Carmarthen with the South Wales Brigade, when war broke out in August 1914. They moved to Tunbridge Wells for training in November 1914 the in February 1915 moved to Scotland to man to the Forth and Tay defences. On the 17th of April 1915 they transferred to 159th Brigade in 53rd (Welsh) Division and moved to Bedford to prepare for deployment abroad. They emabarked from Devonport for the Gallipoli front on the 19 July 1915 and made a landing at Suvla Bay on the 9th of August 1915 and were involved in operations in the Suvla Bay area suffering heavy losses, on the 8th of October 1915 the 1/4th Battalion amalgamated with 1/5th to form the 4th Welsh Composite Ballation. (They would resumed their original identity on the 10th of February 1916) By the time they were evacuated to Mudros on the 11th of December the Division stood at just 162 officers and 2428 men (approx 15%). From Mudros they went on to Alexandria and to Wardan, where the the divisional artillery rejoined between the 11th and 22nd of February 1916. They were in action at The Battle of Romani in the Palestine campaign and in 1917 158th Brigade fought at The First Battle of Gaza and the whole Division were in action during The Second Battle of Gaza, The Third Battle of Gaza when they were involved in capture of Beersheba, Tell Khuweilfe, and The Capture of Jerusalem. On the 3rd of July 1917, the 1/4th again amalganated with the 1/5th and bcame known as the 4/5th Battalion. In December they were in action in The Defence of Jerusalem. In March 1918 they fought at The Battle of Tell'Asur. Between the beginning of June and the end of August, many of the units were ordered to France, being replaced by Indian units, the artillery also remained with the Division. In September they were in action at The battle of Nablus before being with drawn for rest on the 26th and moved back to Tell'Asur. They then moved to Ramle where they entrained for Alexandria on the 27th of October. The Armistice with Turkey took effect on 31st of October and the Division was demobilised with the first parties leaving for England on the 22nd of December.
6th Jul 1915 Equipment
8th Jul 1915 Inspection
17th Jul 1915 Embarkation
9th Aug 1915 Landings
9th Aug 1915 Attack Made
10th Aug 1915 In Action
10th Aug 1915 Attack Made
11th Aug 1915 Consolidation
12th Aug 1915 Attack Made
12th Aug 1915 Attack Made
13th Aug 1915 Touch Attempted
14th Aug 1915 Confusion
14th Aug 1915 Confusion
15th Aug 1915 Poor Communications
16th Aug 1915 Information
17th Aug 1915 Orders Received
18th Aug 1915 Instruction
19th Aug 1915 Poor Co-ordination
20th Aug 1915 Trench Work
21st Aug 1915 Vigilance
22nd Aug 1915 Trench Work
23rd Aug 1915 Relief
24th Aug 1915 New CO
25th Aug 1915 Line Reorganised
26th Aug 1915 Quiet
27th Aug 1915 Relief
28th Aug 1915 In Reserve
29th Aug 1915 Enemy Artillery
30th Aug 1915 Specialists
31st Aug 1915 Reliefs
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Those known to have served with4th Battalion, Welch Regiment during the Great War 1914-1918. - Beddoe Arthur. Lt.Col
- Crook William Thomas . Pte.
- Hodder Sidney. Pte.
- Howard Alfred Heywood. Capt. (d.10th Aug 1915)
- Morgan Edward. Pte. (d.25th January 1915)
- Perks William Morris. Pte. (d.3rd November 1917)
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Pte. William Morris Perks 1/4th Battalion Welsh Regiment (d.3rd November 1917) It is believed Willie Perks fell during the Battle of Tel el Khuweilfe on 3rd of November 1917 aged 23. He is buried in Beersheeba War Cemetery, Israel.
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Capt. Alfred Heywood Howard 4th Battalion Welch Regiment (d.10th Aug 1915) Alfred Howard was my 2nd Great Uncle who was a Captain in the pre war territorial battalion. He had trained with them for several years before the war and despite advice from senior officers that he was too old to go on active service at the outbreak of the Great War, he wanted to go with his men. He was killed on the initial day of landings at Gallipoli, before he got ashore, his body was not recovered.
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Pte. William Thomas Crook 4th Battalion Welsh Regiment William Crook is my husbands grandfather & the only reason we know he was in WW1 is that his rank, Regiment & battalion are on his marriage certificate. Date of marriage is 11th of March 1916.
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Lt.Col Arthur Beddoe 4th Btn. Welsh Regiment I remember my Uncle Arthur Beddoe who served with 4th Welsh during the First World War. I stayed with him in Pembroke and recall that he still had his horse, Nelson. I think which he kept it in a paddock behind my grandparent's home in Pembroke. He was very much a military man.
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Pte. Edward Morgan 1/4th Battalion Royal Welch Fusiliers (d.25th January 1915) Edward Morgan was my grandmother's brother. He was a pre-war Territorial Force soldier and had joined up with my grandfather, William Robinson and my grandfather's brother Tom Robinson, into the 4th Battalion RWF at Wrexham.
Edward had volunteered for service in France and landed there 5th November 1914. All three had been coal miners at Wrexham. January 25th 1915 Edward Morgan was killed in action. He was 25 years old.
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