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4th Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment
4th Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment were based in in Meiktila, Burma when war broke out in August 1914. As soon as a territorial unit arrived to take over the garrison, they departed for England, landing at Avonmouth on the 1st of February 1915. They joined 88th Brigade, 29th Division at Leamington Spa. They were training for France when orders arrived to prepare to depart for Gallipoli. They embarked from Avonmouth on the 21st of March 1915 sailing via Malta to Alexandria then on to Mudros in April. They landed at Cape Helles, Gallipoli on the 25 April 1915 and were involved in heavy fighting until the evacuation on the nights of the 7th and 8th of January 1916 when they returned to Egypt. In March they were sent to France, sailing to Marseilles and travelling by train to concentrate in the area east of Pont Remy by the end of March. In July they went into action in the Battles of the Somme. In 1917 they were in action in the The First, Second and Third Battle of the Scarpe during the Arras Offensive, then moved to Flanders and fought in the The Battle of Langemarck, The Battle of Broodseinde and The Battle of Poelcapelle. Before moving south for The Battle of Cambrai. In 1918 they were in action in The Battle of Estaires, at Messines and The Battle of Hazebrouck including the defence of Nieppe Forest and The Battle of Bailleul. They were involved in The Action of Outtersteene Ridge, The capture of Ploegsteert and Hill 63 during the Advance in Flanders. At the Armistice the 29th Division was selected to march into Germany to occupy the Rhine bridgehead, they crossed the Belgian-German border at Malmedy on the 4th of December 1918. Demobilisation began in December.
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24th Apr 1915 At Sea
25th Apr 1915 SS Aragon in the Dardanelles
25th Apr 1915 Landing
27th Apr 1915 Holding the Line
28th Apr 1915 Ground Gained
6th May 1915 In Action
7th May 1915 In Action
7th Jul 1915 Relief
6th Aug 1915 Attack Made
7th Aug 1915 Withdrawal
8th Aug 1915 In the Trenches
9th Aug 1915 Heavy Fire
19th Aug 1915 Water Scarce
6th Sep 1915 Working Party
16th Oct 1915 The Derby Scheme
9th November 1915 Men suffering from frost bite
1st Dec 1915 Derby Scheme Armlets
11th Sep 1915 Last day of Derby Scheme Recruitment
10th Jan 1916 Group System Reopens
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27th Jun 1916 On the Move
1st Jul 1916 Assault Made
28th Sep 1916 Transfer
12th Apr 1917 Into the Line
13th Apr 1917 Assault Made
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19th Apr 1917 In Reserve Trenches
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24th Apr 1917 Relief Completed
2nd May 1917 On the Move
3rd May 1917 Not Required
14th May 1917 Reliefs
17th May 1917 Report
1st Jan 1918 On the Ranges
2nd Jan 1918 On the Ranges
3rd Jan 1918 On the March
4th Jan 1918 On the March
5th Jan 1918 Cleaning up
7th Jan 1918 Baths
8th Jan 1918 Reinforcements
9th Jan 1918 Training
10th Jan 1918 Thaw
11th Jan 1918 Training
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15th Jan 1918 Field Day
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17th Jan 1918 Snow
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5th Feb 1918 Working Parties
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7th Feb 1918 Bad Weather
15th Feb 1918 Wet
16th Feb 1918 Awards
17th Feb 1918 Baths
18th Feb 1918 Training
19th Feb 1918 On the Move
20th Feb 1918 Working Parties & Concert
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22nd Feb 1918 Concert
23rd Feb 1918 Concert
24th Feb 1918 Church Parade
25th Feb 1918 Musketry
26th Feb 1918 Working Parties
27th Feb 1918 Reorganisation
28th Feb 1918 Training
1st Mar 1918 Tactical Scheme
2nd Mar 1918 Billets
3rd Mar 1918 Church Parade
4th Mar 1918 Training Scheme
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6th Mar 1918 On the March
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9th Mar 1918 Working Parties
10th Mar 1918 Church Services
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15th Mar 1918 Huts
16th Mar 1918 Working Parties
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1st Apr 1918 Holding the Line
2nd Apr 1918 Enemy Artillery
3rd Apr 1918 Reliefs
4th Apr 1918 Trench Raid
5th Apr 1918 Shelling
7th Apr 1918 Prisoners Taken
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9th Apr 1918 Orders
10th Apr 1918 In Action
10th Apr 1918 Positions
11th of April 1918 Quiet...and then...
11th Apr 1918 Holding the Line
12th of April 1918 Enemy Advances
12th Apr 1918 Under Shellfire
13th Apr 1918 Hard Fighting
14th Apr 1918 Attacks
14th Apr 1918 Withdrawal
15th Apr 1918 Enemy Push
16th Apr 1918 Move
17th Apr 1918 Bombardment
18th Apr 1918 Enemy Attack
19th Apr 1918 Enemy Aircraft
20th Apr 1918 Reliefs
21st Apr 1918 At Rest
22nd Apr 1918 Refitting
23rd Apr 1918 Sports
24th Apr 1918 Musketry
25th Apr 1918 Change of Billets
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27th Apr 1918 Reliefs
28th Apr 1918 Quiet
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30th of April 1918 Reliefs and Attacks
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Those known to have served with4th Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment during the Great War 1914-1918. - Adams Thomas Henry. Pte. (d.15th Jun 1918)
- Bateman Hubert Harry. 2nd.Lt. (d.23rd April 1917)
- Birch Albert William. Pte. (d.19th June 1915)
- Bullard Albert Edward. Pte. (d.6th Aug 1915)
- Craggs George. Pte. (d.18th August 1917)
- Dancox VC. Frederick George. Pte. (d.30th Nov 1917)
- Dixey William Henry. Private (d.22nd August 1918)
- Dixey William Henry. Pte. (d.22nd Aug 1918)
- Duggan Arthur. Pte. (d.4th June 1915)
- Hargreaves William. Pte. (d.23rd Apr 1917)
- Heath Albert Reginald . Pte. (d.16th March 1918)
- Kinchen William Dennis. Pte. (d.30th May 1917)
- March Edward Arthur. L/Cpl (d.12th Apr 1918)
- Nott Frank. Pte. (d.4th June 1915)
- Oldridge Campbell James. Pte.
- Parry Sidney. Pte. (d.23rd Apr 1917)
- Pearson William. Cpl. (d.22nd Oct 1916)
- Phipps MM. Alfred. Pte. (d.29th Sep 1918)
- Potts George. L/Cpl. (d.28th Jun 1915)
- Randall Arthur John. Pte. (d.8th May 1915)
- Riggs Henry John. Pte. (d.15th June 1918)
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Pte. Frederick George Dancox VC. 4th Btn. Worcestershire Regiment (d.30th Nov 1917)  Frederick Dancox was killed in action on the 30th of November aged 38, he is commemorated on The Cambrai Memorial, France.
Native of Brabourne, Worcestershire
An extract from The London Gazette, dated 23rd Nov., 1917, records the following:- "For most conspicuous bravery and devotion to duty in attack. After the first objective had been captured and consolidation had been started, work was considerably hampered, and numerous casualties were caused, by an enemy machine gun firing from a concrete emplacement situated on the edge of our protective barrage. Pte. Dancox was one of a party of about ten men detailed as moppers-up. Owing to the position of the machine gun emplacement, it was extremely difficult to work round a flank. However, this man with great gallantry worked his way round through the barrage and entered the" Pillbox "from the rear, threatening the garrison with a Mills bomb. Shortly afterwards he reappeared with a machine gun under his arm, followed by about 40 enemy. The machine gun was brought back to our position by Pte. Dancox, and he kept it in action all day. By his resolution, absolute disregard of danger and cheerful disposition, the morale of his comrades was maintained at a very high standard under extremely trying circumstances."
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Pte. Thomas Henry Adams 4th Btn. Worcestershire Regiment (d.15th Jun 1918) Thomas Adams served with the 4th Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment. When searching my family tree, I'd heard from family about a youngster who died in WW1. I am so pleased to have found him. He was my great-grandfather's older brother.
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Pte. Campbell James Oldridge 4th Btn Worcestershire Regiment My grandfather, Campbell Oldridge, went to enlist in Birmingham in January 1916 but appears to have been rejected on that occasion. An amended enlistment report the following year (January 1917) shows that he travelled to Worcester. It stated that he had a hernia but was accepted for service, on condition he was fitted with a truss. His medal card states that he served in the Worcester Regiment, Labour Corps and the Royal Engineers.
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2nd.Lt. Hubert Harry Bateman 4th Btn. Worcestershire Regiment (d.23rd April 1917) Second Lieutenant Hubert Bateman served with 4th Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment.
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Pte. George Craggs 4th Btn. Worcestershire Regiment (d.18th August 1917) George Craggs who died aged aged 19, was my grandmother's brother. He fought at the Battle of Langemarck on 16th August and extended the front line from Signal Farm to Cannes Farm. He was killed by enemy artillery fire on the 18th near General Farm, Boesinghe while in reserve.
He is buried at Artillery Wood Cemetery, Boezinge next to his Captain H.J.Paddison also aged 19.
This year is the centenary of the Battle of Langemarck and I am posting this in respect of all the gallant and brave men whose lives were the price of victory.
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Cpl. William Pearson 4th Btn. Worcestershire Regiment (d.22nd Oct 1916) I found out about my great uncle, William Pearson, from an old photo of a girl named Sarah (whose surname I am withholding so as not to upset any living relatives). On the photo she sent to him was his rank and army number 12129, also his battalion, the 4th Worcestershire Regiment. He joined before 1911 as he was at Dover Castle with his regiment for the 1911 census. He was wounded on 20th October 1916 and died of wounds on 22nd October 1916.
I am lucky that, with the help of my computer and that of all the organisations that put so much time and effort into gathering all this information, I could find out about him. Thanks to you all. Neither my father nor any of my family never spoke about it, so thank you Sarah for sending William that photo of yourself and all the information with it. I am writing this on the 17th October 2016 and will be remembering him on that day as I may be, at the age of 75, a direct descendant of him.
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Pte. Albert William Birch 4th Btn. Worcestershire Regiment (d.19th June 1915) Albert Birch was the eldest of seven brothers, the family were all agricultural hay dressers. Albert joined the Worcestershire Regiment in 1907 and served in India and Burma before arriving at Gallipoli on 25th of March 1915. His regiment was decimated in the following weeks and Albert was among the last survivors of the original battalion. He was finally killed while his section was attempting to retake a trench from the Turks in the dark at 2.00 am.
He has no known grave and is remembered on the Helles Memorial. His younger brother Jim was also killed in France in 1918.
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Pte. Frank Nott 4th Btn Worcester Regiment (d.4th June 1915) Frank Nott was my great uncle, he was killed during the 3rd battle for Krithia on 4th June 1915. This year, whilst doing some political campaigning near where I lived with my mother and father in Bridgend, I was given a Bronze death plaque with Frank Nott's name inscribed on it. Apparently a neighbour found it whilst working in his garden which backed on to the garden of my old home. How much of a coincidence is this? After watching the 100 year anniversary ceremony on television that morning, then being given the 'Death Plaque' the same afternoon is truly amazing.
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Pte. William Hargreaves 4th Btn. Worcestershire Regiment (d.23rd Apr 1917) William Hargreaves was my great granddad, would like to know more about him and how he died. I found out that his battalion on the date he died was at the second Battle of the Scarpe and it seems he was killed on the first day of the battle.
23079 Private William Hargreaves served with the 4th Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment and died age 29 on the 23rd April 1917. He is remembered in Bay 6, Arras Memorial.
William was the husband of Lilian Hargreaves of 20 Queen Victoria Street, Mill Hill, Blackburn.
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Pte. Arthur John Randall 4th Btn. Worcestershire Regiment (d.8th May 1915) Arthur Randall served with the 4th Battalion Worcestershire Regiment during WW1. He died on the 8th May 1915 and is buried in the Lancashire Landing Cemetery, Turkey (Gallipoli).
He was the brother of Abigail Randall, of 4, Spencer Avenue, Bowes Park, Wood Green, London.
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Pte. Alfred Phipps MM. 4th Btn. Worcestershire Regiment (d.29th Sep 1918) My grandad Alfred Phipps served with the 4th Worcestershire Regiment. He went to war without meeting my mother, because he returned to the front early in 1918 and was killed in the September that year, my mom was born in the June that year, that same year in August he was awarded the MM for bravery in the field .
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L/Cpl. George Potts 4th Btn Worcestershire Regiment (d.28th Jun 1915) George Potts was my great uncle. He was killed in Gallipoli on the 28th of June 1915, pobably during the attack on Gulley Ravine but, little more is known. He served in the 4th Battalion The Worcestershire Regiment.
George had an unusual history. His parents, George Benjamin and Clara Potts, were both from Kent being born in Faversham and Barming (near Maidstone) respectively.
The Potts family, near Faversham, were numerous. It is understood many converted to the Mormon faith during the second half of the 19th Century. This faith lead them to emigrate to the USA. George and Clara Potts did live near the Salt Lake City in the USA. Their son also named George was born there in 1890.
For reasons unknown, George and Clara left the USA, settling back in England eventually moving to Maidstone Kent. Their son George was registered in the 1901 census as being born in the USA.
George Potts (Junior) was thus a US citizen and may have been the first to have died in the Great War.
We would like to know more but, the above is all that is known.
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Private William Henry Dixey 4th Battalion Worcestershire Rgt (d.22nd August 1918) William H Dixey was my Great Uncle. I know that he is buried in the Borre British Cemetery in Northern France nr Hazebroeck.Unfortunately I do not know where or how he died. His war record appears to be one that did not survive the second world war bombing!
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