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12th Battalion, Hampshire Regiment



   12th Battalion, Hampshire Regiment was raised at Winchester in September 1914 as part of Kitchener's Third New Army and joined 79th Brigade in 26th Division. They trained at Codford, spending the winter in billets in Basingstoke, but training was much improvised as equipment and Khaki uniforms were not available until early spring 1915. They moved to Bath in March 1915 and to Sutton Veny for final training in May. They proceeded to France in September 1915 and the division concentrated at Guignemicourt to the west of Amiens. In November 1915 26th Division moved to Salonika via Marseilles. On the 26th of December they moved from Lembet to Happy Valley Camp. In 1916 hey were in action in the Battle of Horseshoe Hill in 1917 the fought in the First and Second Battles of Doiran. In mid 1918 some units of the Division moved back to France and the remainer were in action in the Third Battle of Doiran and the Pursuit to the Strumica Valley. Advance units crossed the Serbian-Bulgarian boarder on the 25th of September but the Armitice with Bulgaria came just two days later. The Division advanced towards Adrianople in Turkey, but fighting was soon at an end and 26th Division became part of the Army of the Danube and later the Occupation of Bulgaria. Demobilisation began in February 1919, with Italian troops arriving to replace British units.

16th Oct 1915 The Derby Scheme

27th of October 1915 German Work Destroyed  location map

27th of October 1915 Orders

30th of October 1915 Suzanne Shelled  location map

31st of October 1915  Unusual Activity  location map

1st Dec 1915 Derby Scheme Armlets

11th Sep 1915 Last day of Derby Scheme Recruitment

10th Jan 1916 Group System Reopens

9th February 1916 Call Ups

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  Rflmn. Albert Charles Tomlinson 12th (Service) Battalion Hampshire Regiment

Albert Tomlinson joined the 12th Btn. Hampshire Regiment in 1914. He was admitted to hospital on 21st of February 1917 and transferred to sick convoy the next day with suspected Malaria. Number/Designation of ward: C3, A Company.

Andrew Tomlinson






  Sgt. M. Kennedy 12th Btn. Hampshire Regiment (d.24th March 1915)

Serjeant Kennedy was the Husband of Jane Kennedy, of Cloneygowan Rd., Portarlington. He was 49 when he died and is buried in the Emo (St. Pauls) Roman Catholic Churchyard, Coolbangher, Co. Leix, Ireland.

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