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No.113 Company, Labour Corps If you can provide any additional information, please add it here. Want to know more about No.113 Company, Labour Corps? There are:-1 items tagged No.113 Company, Labour Corps available in our Library   These include information on officers, regimental histories, letters, diary entries, personal accounts and information about actions during the Great War. Those known to have served with No.113 Company, Labour Corps during the Great War 1914-1918. Clayton Walter Charles. Sgt. Henderson MM. Ernest Henry. Sgt. 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, please Add a Name to this List Records of No.113 Company, Labour Corps from other sources. The Wartime Memories Project is the original WW1 and WW2 commemoration website. 1st of September 2024 marks 25 years since the launch of the Wartime Memories Project. 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We also have a section on World War Two. and a Timecapsule to preserve stories from other conflicts for future generations.   Sgt. Ernest Henry Henderson MM. 113th Coy. Labour Corps Ernest Henderson is my great grandfather. My grandmother used to tell us stories of his war service and that he won a medal for bravery. We were very young and I forgot these tales in later life. When I started researching those family members who had fought in WW1 we discovered his record. He was a clerk when war broke out and above average age for the Army. He joined the West Surrey Regiment, then transferred to Labour Corps, 113th Company, in April 1917. He was in France thoughout 1917, assisting in tunnelling, building railways. The Company was involved in the battle for Vimy Ridge in 1917 and took casualties from shelling and aerial attack. In March 1918 the Company, now known for their bridging skills, were requested by the senior Royal Engineer in the sector. They successively bridged the Ancre, Canal du Nord, Escault Canal (Hindenburg Line), the Selle and the Sambre. In May 1918, now the 113th (Armed) Company, they were working around Vadencourt Wood with shelling and gas attacks disrupting work. On October 26, at the height of the Battle of the Sambre, when the infantry attacked the village of Englefontaine they were brought up in lorries to clear the walls and hedges for the advance of the guns. Sergeant Henderson and four of his comrades received the Military Medal for their part in the action. He survived the war and went back to being a clerk. Nick Carter Add to this record.   Sgt. Walter Charles Clayton 4th Btn. North Staffordshire Regiment Walter Clayton was born on 12th March 1898 at 61 Little Street, Rushden, Northamptonshire. He attested on 7th June 1916, and was called up for service on 24th October 1916 to the 25th Training Reserve Btn. He was transferred to 51st (G) Bedfordshire Regiment as Cpl Clayton W.C. He qualified as a battalion (1st class) instructor in anti gas, whilst attached to 212th Infantry Brigade. During 1918, he was transferred to 4th North Staffordshire Regt. Sergeant Clayton Walter Charles and on 21st August 1918, 4th North Staffs 35 Division, was at the X Corps Gas School on Course 23 with the following remarks: V. Good, suitable for Battalion Gas NCO. On 10th April 1919 Walter was attached to 239 POW Coy., and on 14th May 1919 Walter was attached to 113 Labour Coy. Walter's length of service was 3 years 3 months, service in the field was 1 year 8 months. Brian Clayton Add to this record. Recomended Reading. Available at discounted prices.

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