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23rd Battalion, Cheshire Regiment    23rd Battalion, Cheshire Regiment was formed in January 1917 by the redesignation of 46th Provisional Battalion. They served on Home Defence duties and on the Western Front as part of 178th Brigade, 59th (2nd North Midland) Division and later 121st Brigade, 40th Division. 11th Sep 1915 Last day of Derby Scheme Recruitment 16th Oct 1915 The Derby Scheme 1st Dec 1915 Derby Scheme Armlets 10th Jan 1916 Group System Reopens 9th February 1916 Call Ups If you can provide any additional information, please add it here. Want to know more about 23rd Battalion, Cheshire Regiment? There are:8 items tagged 23rd Battalion, Cheshire 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 23rd Battalion, Cheshire Regiment during the Great War 1914-1918. Benjamin Louis. Pte. (d.1st Oct 1918) Horn Charles. Pte. (d.31st Aug 1918) Mills Alfred William. Pte. 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 23rd Battalion, Cheshire Regiment 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. Thanks to everyone who has supported us over this time. Want to find out more about your relative's service? Want to know what life was like during the Great War? Our Library contains many many diary entries, personal letters and other documents, most transcribed into plain text. Looking for help with Family History Research?    Please see Family History FAQ's Please note: We are unable to provide individual research. Can you help? 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Wanted: Digital copies of Group photographs, Scrapbooks, Autograph books, photo albums, newspaper clippings, letters, postcards and ephemera relating to the Great War. 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 William Mills 23rd Btn. Cheshire Regiment Alfred Mills served with the 23rd Cheshire Regiment and 1st Monmouthshire Regiment. Information found from army medical discharge notes say that he tried to commit suicide in the street by drinking iodine. He was hospitalised and then sent to Bridge Street under guard before being returned to Nell Lane. He was described as surly and taciturn and again attempted suicide, this time by hanging. Reading the bad handwriting, I think they say this seems suspicious? He was described as 5ft 10ins with brown hair, blue eyes and tattoos on his right arm. He had previously been in the navy in 1911-1912 then in the 1st Monmouths 1914-1916 serving at home. He was discharged due to hammer toes. Following the suicide attempts, he was discharged from the army age 21 or 22 with melancholia and recomendation: being sent to an asylum for 6 months. K Hackett Add to this record.   Pte. Louis Benjamin 23rd Btn. Cheshire Regiment (d.1st Oct 1918) Louis Benjamin is my great-uncle who was killed in the First World War. He is buried in Trois Arbres Cemetery, Steenwerck, France. Doreen Marks Add to this record.   Pte. Charles Horn 23rd Battalion Cheshire Regiment (d.31st Aug 1918) Charles Horn was the Son of Mary Emma Brierley and Stepson of William Brierley. Born in Delph in 1893 and lived in Marsden, nr Huddersfield. He worked as a woollen weaver in the textiles before he enlisted in Halifax. His served with the Northumberland Fusiliers. He was killed in action as a result of a gunshot wound to the head on 31st of August 1918. He is buried at the Nieppe-Bois British cemetery, Vieuxberquin and remembered on the Marsden War Memorial. Maureen Kewley Add to this record. Recomended Reading. Available at discounted prices.

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