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1st Battalion, Dorsetshire Regiment    The 1st Battalion, Dorsetshire Regiment was in Belfast in August 1914 at the outbreak of war, serving with 15th Brigade, 5th Division. The battalion was sent to France, arriving on 16th August 1914 and fought on the Western Front throughout the war. The Battalion's worst losses were at Hill 60 at the beginning of May 1915 during Second Battle of Ypres. The Germans launched a gas attack which resulted in just under 500 casualties. in November 1915 the 1st Battalion transferred to the newly arrived 32nd Division as part of an exchange to stiffen the inexperienced volunteer division with the more experienced 5th Division. In 1916 they were in action during the Battles of the Somme 1916, In 1917 they were involved in Operations on the Ancre and the pursuit of the German retreat to the Hindenburg Line. In 1918 they were in action on the Somme and in the Battles of the Hindenburg Line and the Final Advance in Picardy.   21st of August 1913 Lecture 4th August 1914 Mobilisation Orders 5th August 1914  Preperation of Battalion 6th August 1914  Parties joining Battalion in preperation for embarkation 7th August 1914  More arrivals 8th August 1914 Movements in / Out 8th August 1914 General Orders 9th of August 1914 At Southampton 9th August 1914 C.O.'s Inspection 9th August 1914 Battalion to prepare 9th August 1914 Nominal Roll 10th August 1914 Training 11th August 1914 Training 12th August 1914 Field Firing 13th of August 1914 Landing in France 13th of August 1914   Landing in France 13th August 1914 Divine Service 14th of August 1914 Advance Party Leave 14th August 1914 Embarkation 15th of August 1914  Arriving Busigny 15th August 1914 At Sea 16th of August 1914 Billets Organised 16th August 1914 Disembarkation in Le Havre 17th August 1914 On the move 18th of August 1914 15th Bde Arrives 18th August 1914 Movement 19th August 1914 Remained in Ors 20th of August 1914 Preparing to March 20th August 1914 No move today 20th Aug 1914 Address 21st of August 1914 March Instructions 21st August 1914 On the Move 22nd of August 1914  On the March 22nd August 1914 Move 23rd Aug 1914 In Action 23rd of August 1914 Holding the Line 23rd August 1914 Move Orders 24th August 1914 On the Move 25th August 1914  Retirement of Brigade 26th of August 1914  Holding Position 26th August 1914 Orders to stand to arms 27th of August 1914 Retirement in the Dark 27th August 1914 On the Move 28th of August 1914 An Exhausting March 28th August 1914 Move 29th of August 1914 Sleeping in the Streets 29th August 1914 March to Carlepont 30th August 1914 Move to Croutoy 31st of August 1914  Pursued by Germans 31st August 1914 Crepy 1st Sep 1914 In Action 1st of September 1914 A Delayed March 1st September 1914 Move 2nd of September 1914 An Early March 2nd September 1914 Retired to Montge 3rd of September 1914 Across the Marne 3rd September 1914 Retire to Mont Pichet 4th of September 1914 An Easier March 4th September 1914 Remained in Mont Pichet until night move 5th of September 1914 March Finished 5th September 1914 Continuing to retire 6th of September 1914 Army Advances 6th September 1914 Taking up position at Le Charnois - Guerard 7th of September 1914  Another March 7th September 1914 At the front 8th of September 1914 An Early March 8th September 1914 March to new billets in Charnesseuil 9th of September 1914 On the Move 9th September 1914 Advance continues 10th of September 1914 Marching 10th September 1914  11th of September 1914 Marching 11th September 1914 Advance continues 12th of September 1914 A Wet March 12th September 1914 Advance continues 13th of September 1914 A Showery March 13th September 1914 Crossing River Aisne 14th of September 1914 Broken Bridges 14th September 1914 Advance continues 15th of September 1914 An Attack Falters 15th September 1914 Attack on Chivres Spur 16th of September 1914 Bad Roads 16th September 1914  Billetted in Jury 17th of September 1914 Artillery Reinforced 17th September 1914 Trench work 18th of September 1914 Some Enemy Firing 19th of September 1914 Trenches Fired Constantly 20th of September 1914 Sappers Make a Bridge 20th September 1914 Work on Le Pavillon farm position 21st of September 1914  Missy on Fire 21st September 1914 Remained in billets in Jury 22nd of September 1914 Enemy Retiring? 22nd September 1914 Orders 23rd of September 1914 Heavy Shelling 23rd September 1914 Move to Missy 24th September 1914 Trench repairs 25th of September 1914  Very Quiet 25th September 1914 Defences 26th September 1914 Trench work 26th of September 1914 Moves Successful 27th of September 1914 A False Alarm 27th September 1914 Enemy activity 28th of September 1914 Shelling 28th September 1914 Heavily shelled 29th of September 1914 Quiet 29th September 1914 Village Shelled 30th of September 1914 Astride the Aisne 30th September 1914 Slight shelling 1st of October 1914 A Withdrawal 1st October 1914 Orders received 2nd of October 1914 Moonlit Relief 2nd October 1914 On the March 3rd of October 1914 On the March 3rd October 1914 On the March 4th of October 1914 On the March 4th October 1914 On the March 5th of October 1914 A New HQ 5th October 1914 Into Billets 6th of October 1914 Orders to Move 6th October 1914 On the March 7th of October 1914 A Train Ride 7th October 1914 Arrived at Amiens 8th of October 1914 Entraining Finished 8th October 1914 On the March 9th October 1914 Billeted 10th October 1914 Move 11th of October 1914 New Billets   11th October 1914 Billeted in Street.   12th Oct 1914 Shelling 12th of October 1914 Orders to Advance   12th October 1914 Contact 13th Oct 1914 Heavy Shelling 13th of October 1914 Advance Resumed   13th October 1914 Heavy casualties 14th of October 1914 Supporting the French   14th October 1914 Heavily shelled all day 15th of October 1914 Advance Ordered to Continue   15th October 1914 H.E. shells dropped 16th of October 1914 Empty German Trenches   16th October 1914 In Reserve 17th of October 1914 An Advance   17th October 1914 Assembly 18th Oct 1914 Attack Made 18th of October 1914 Advance Resumed   18th October 1914 H.E. shell fire 19th of October 1914  Slow Progress    19th October 1914 Billeted 20th of October 1914 A Fluid Front   20th October 1914 Return to old positions 21st October 1914 Positioned in rear 22nd of October 1914 Our Line Attacked   22nd October 1914 Exposed and vulnerable at the front 23rd of October 1914 Withdrawing to a New Line   23rd October 1914 In Billets 24th of October 1914 Germans Attack   24th October 1914 Road repaired 25th of October 1914 More Attacks   25th October 1914 Orders to stand to arms. 26th of October 1914 Germans Repulsed   26th October 1914 Working parties 27th of October 1914 A Counter Attack   27th October 1914 Reinforcements joined. 28th of October 1914 Counter Attack Falters    28th October 1914 Night attack was abandoned 29th of October 1914  Determined German Attack   29th October 1914 Reinforcements distributed to companies. 30th of October 1914 German Attack Fades   30th October 1914 Battalion marched to Calonne 31st of October 1914 A Counter Attack    31st October 1914 Bn. marches to Strazeele and billets 1st November 1914 On the Move   2nd of November 1914 Three Groups Organised   2nd November 1914 Entrenching   3rd of November 1914  Situation Report   3rd November 1914 In Trenches 4th November 1914 Counter attack probable. 5th of November 1914  French Attack Falters 5th November 1914 In touch with French troops 6th November 1914 Quiet day 7th November 1914 Attack probable 8th of November 1914 Half-hearted Attacks   8th November 1914 Quiet 10th November 1914 Connection maintained with French. 11th November 1914 Considerable shelling 12th November 1914 Troubled by German Light Gun 13th November 1914 Intermittent shelling. 14th November 1914 Battalion H.Q. Moves 15th of November 1914  2nd Corps Reorganise 15th November 1914 Change of command 16th November 1914 High explosive shells. 17th November 1914 Working parties for digging 18th of November 1914 Shell Fire 18th November 1914 Orders for relief 19th of November 1914 Movements    19th November 1914 Billets   20th November 1914 in Billets 21st November 1914 In billets 22nd of November 1914 In the Line   22nd November 1914 Inspection 23rd of November 1914  Germans Digging In   23rd November 1914 Billets 24th of November 1914  Our Artillery Effective   24th November 1914 Reliefs 25th of November 1914  Royal Scots Shelled 25th November 1914 Trenches shelled by own guns 26th of November 1914 Quiet and Misty   26th November 1914 Counter sniping 27th November 1914 Improvement of trenches 28th of November 1914  On the Move 28th November 1914 Quiet 29th of November 1914  Infantry Distribution   29th November 1914 Orders Received 30th November 1914 Trenches strongly held 1st of December 1914  Quiet Time 1st December 1914 Reliefs   2nd December 1914 Heavy shelling of trenches 3rd of December 1914 Instructions 3rd December 1914 Reliefs 3rd December 1914 Reliefs 4th December 1914 In billets 5th of December 1914  Relief Complete    6th of December 1914 Frosty Night 7th December 1914 Relief 8th of December 1914 Poor Conditions 8th December 1914 Reliefs 9th Dec 1914 Snipers Active 9th December 1914 Quiet 10th of December 1914 Naval Victory Cheered 10th December 1914 Relief 11th December 1914 Battalion billeted. 12th December 1914 Battalion remained billeted 13th December 1914 Change of command 14th of December 1914  French on the Offensive   14th December 1914 On the Move    15th of December 1914  Operations Resumed   15th December 1914 Ready 16th of December 1914  Instruction   16th December 1914 In billets. 17th Dec 1914 Wet   17th of December 1914 Wet Weather    17th December 1914 Reliefs 18th of December 1914 No Progress 18th December 1914 Orders 19th December 1914 German trenches strongly held. 20th of December 1914 Direct Hits Made 20th December 1914 Orders 21st of December 1914 Howitzers Silenced   21st December 1914 Trenches heavily shelled 22nd December 1914 Slight shelling 23rd Dec 1914 Marvelous Works 23rd of December 1914 Frosty Night 23rd December 1914 Own shells short 24th Dec 1914 Shelling   24th December 1914 Enemy transport heard. 25th December 1914 Quiet day. 26th of December 1914 Messines Square Targetted    26th December 1914 Sounds of singing 27th December 1914 Fairly heavy shellfire. 28th December 1914 Patrols 29th December 1914 Reliefs   30th December 1914 In Billets 31st of December 1914 Message   31st December 1914 In Billets 1st January 1915 In Billets 2nd January 1915 In Billets 4th of January 1915 Trench Work   4th January 1915 Relief 5th January 1915 Sniping 6th January 1915 Enemy shelling 7th Jan 1915 Reliefs   7th of January 1915 Very Wet Weather   7th January 1915 Reliefs 8th of January 1915 Trenches Damaged    8th January 1915 In Billets 10th Jan 1915 Difficult Conditions   10th January 1915 Reliefs 11th January 1915 Shelled by light gun. 12th January 1915 Quiet day 13th Jan 1915 Reliefs   13th of January 1915  Snipers Active    13th January 1915 Reliefs 14th January 1915 In Billets 15th of January 1915 Germans Fire Slowly   16th of January 1915 Squally Weather   16th January 1915 On the Move 19th of January 1915  Thaw Sets In   21st of January 1915 Wulverghem Shelled   22nd of January 1915 Aeroplane-Aided Shelling   24th of January 1915 Machine Gun Silenced   24th January 1915 Reliefs   25th January 1915 Quiet night. 26th January 1915 Snipers dugout destroyed. 27th Jan 1915 Support   27th January 1915 Quiet 28th Jan 1915 Reliefs   28th January 1915 Reliefs commenced.   29th January 1915 Remained in billets 30th Jan 1915 Reliefs   30th January 1915 Reliefs 31st January 1915 In Billets 1st of February 1915  No 7 Trench Hit 1st February 1915 New Billets 2nd February 1915 In Billets 3rd of February 1915  Snipers Silenced   4th of February 1915 Chicken Sentries 9th February 1915 Reliefs   10th February 1915 Musketry fight.   11th of February 1915 Hostile MG Shelled   11th February 1915 Enemy shelling 12th of February 1915  Quiet Day 12th February 1915 Fairly quiet night. 13th of February 1915 Trenches Maintained   13th February 1915 Considerable rifle fire 14th of February 1915 Germans Plan an Attack?   14th February 1915 In Billets 15th of February 1915 Heavy Rain 16th of February 1915 Baling All Night   17th February 1915 Orders 18th Feb 1915 Orders 18th of February 1915 Grenades Cause Confusion   18th February 1915 Orders Received 18th February 1915 Reliefs 19th Feb 1915 Mortar Fire 19th February 1915 Communication Problems 20th February 1915 Considerable Shelling 21st of February 1915 8th Howitzers Leave   21st February 1915 Airship seen 22nd of February 1915 Cheering and Rockets   22nd February 1915 Visit 23rd February 1915 Trenches and farms shelled 24th of February 1915 Snipers Checked   24th February 1915 Battalion remained in farms above mentioned. 25th February 1915 Remained in farms 27th of February 1915 Brigade Relief   27th February 1915 Reliefs 28th February 1915 In Billets 1st March 1915 In Billets 3rd March 1915 On the March   4th March 1915 Reliefs 5th March 1915 Quiet Night. 6th March 1915 Enemy firing continuously 7th March 1915 Remained at Chateau. 8th Mar 1915 Reliefs   8th March 1915 Reliefs 9th March 1915 German advance quashed 10th Mar 1915 Reliefs   10th March 1915 Enemy Active 11th March 1915 In Billets 12th Mar 1915 Shelling   12th March 1915 Reliefs 13th March 1915 Pump 14th Mar 1915 Bombardment 14th March 1915 Bombardment 15th March 1915 Shelling   16th March 1915  Information 16th March 1915 Orders   17th March 1915 Into Billets   18th of March 1915 Trench Mortars 18th March 1915 Remained in huts 21st of March 1915 Intelligence 21st March 1915 Reliefs 22nd March 1915 Enemy Active 23rd March 1915 Patrol 23rd March 1915 Reliefs. 24th March 1915 At Rest 25th March 1915 Reliefs 26th March 1915 Parapet badly damaged. 27th March 1915 Bursts of fire during night. 28th March 1915 Relief complete. 28th March 1915 Reliefs 29th March 1915 At Rest 31st March 1915 On the March   1st April 1915 In huts   5th April 1915 Reliefs 6th April 1915 Very wet night. 7th of April 1915 Mostly Quiet    7th April 1915 Relief in trenches 8th April 1915 Into huts   9th April 1915 In huts.   10th April 1915 Reliefs   11th of April 1915 Train Fired On   11th April 1915 Relief completed. 12th April 1915 Patrol 13th April 1915 Increased rifle fire 14th April 1915 Situation unchanged 15th April 1915 Rifle and Machine Gun Fire 16th April 1915 Quiet 17th of April 1915  Mines Exploded   17th April 1915 Preparations for explosion of mines.   6th of May 1915 Another Attack Fails   27th May 1915 The fate that has befallen Belgium 1st Jun 1915 Reliefs 13th Jun 1915 Shelling   17th Jun 1915 Reliefs   21st Jun 1915 Reliefs   27th Jun 1915 Reliefs   3rd Jul 1915 Reliefs   30th of July 1915  Detrainment 10th of August 1915  Relief of French   15th of August 1915  3 Salvos Fired   22nd August 1915 Order of battle. 24th of August 1915 Relief Completed   1st Sep 1915 On the March   10th of September 1915  Enemy Hit Dummy Battery   11th of September 1915 Changes of Command   1st of October 1915 Snipers Active   2nd of October 1915 `Shows' and Football   6th Oct 1915 Reliefs   16th Oct 1915 The Derby Scheme 20th of October 1915 Gun Distribution   25th of October 1915 German Mine Exploded   29th of October 1915 Listening Post Blocked   3rd Nov 1915 Reliefs 9th Nov 1915 Reliefs 15th Nov 1915 Reliefs 21st Nov 1915 Reliefs 28th Nov 1915 Hard Frost 1st Dec 1915 Derby Scheme Armlets 3rd Dec 1915 Reliefs 8th Dec 1915 Attack 9th Dec 1915 Wet Night 11th Sep 1915 Last day of Derby Scheme Recruitment 13th Dec 1915 Very Wet 18th Dec 1915 Reliefs 20th of December 1915 Deserter Taken 22nd Dec 1915 In Billets 26th Dec 1915 Reliefs 28th of December 1915 Retaliatory Firing   29th December 1915 Reliefs 10th Jan 1916 Group System Reopens 9th February 1916 Call Ups 7th May 1916 Enemy Attack 8th May 1916 Prisoners 4th Oct 1916 Shoots 16th Nov 1916 Reliefs 5th January 1917 Trench Raid   15th Jan 1917 Air Raid 2nd Feb 1918 Reliefs 4th Feb 1918 Reliefs 19th Feb 1918 Reliefs If you can provide any additional information, please add it here. Want to know more about 1st Battalion, Dorsetshire Regiment? There are:5671 items tagged 1st Battalion, Dorsetshire Regiment 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 1st Battalion, Dorsetshire Regiment during the Great War 1914-1918. Blackham Victor Charles. Pte Dashwood Albert Frank. L/Cpl. (d.5th Mar 1915) Dowse Alfred J.. Pte. Thurley George William. Pte. Toogood Arthur Thomas. Pte. (d.12th Jun 1915) 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 1st Battalion, Dorsetshire Regiment from other sources. 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If you have any unwanted photographs, documents or items from the First or Second World War, please do not destroy them. The Wartime Memories Project will give them a good home and ensure that they are used for educational purposes. Please get in touch for the postal address, do not sent them to our PO Box as packages are not accepted. World War 1 One ww1 wwII greatwar great battalion regiment artillery Did you know? We also have a section on World War Two. and a Timecapsule to preserve stories from other conflicts for future generations.   Pte. Alfred J. Dowse 1st. Btn. Dorsetshire Regiment Alfred Dowse was a brother of my maternal grandmother, who sadly I only ever met just before he died. He served with the 14th Battalion, Hampshire Regiment, was wounded (we think with shell shock) in October 1916 and was repatriated to England. His Medal Roll index indicates that he returned to active service,but this time it was with the 1st. Battalion, Dorset Regiment Derek Gibson Add to this record.   Pte. Arthur Thomas Toogood 1st Btn. Dorsetshire Regiment (d.12th Jun 1915) Arthur Toogood served with the 1st Btn. Dorsetshire Regiment. Kath Add to this record.   Pte. George William Thurley 1st Btn. Dorsetshire Regt i am looking for imformation on my grandfather Ive tried every ave but cant seem to trace him , he was born in islington london around 1894 his father was called charles thurley a platelayer, his mother was mary thurley nee hollister, george joined the army and in 1918 / 1920 he was stationed in northern ireland in a barracks called embrigton barracks in derry city nth ireland here he met my grandmother a nellie evans who he then married in may 1920 at all saints church near his barracks , they both went to england were they had 3 children all girls my grandmother returned to derry a few years later around 1930,s but on her own george did not make any attempt to contact any of his childern ,all of whom are now dead but they all married and had families of their own. georges wife nellie died on boxing day 1957. any info on george would be great patricia glenn Add to this record. Recomended Reading. Available at discounted prices.

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