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10th Battalion, Highland Light Infantry    10th (Service) Battalion, Highland Light Infantry (City of Glasgow Regiment) was raised at Hamilton in August 1914 as part of Kitchener's First New Army. After initial training close to home they joined 28th Brigade in 9th (Scottish) Division. They moved to Bordon and in March 1915 went on to Bramshott for final training. They proceeded to France landing at Boulogne on the 12th of May 1915, attached to the South African Brigade still with 9th (Scottish) Division. On the 14th of May 1916 they transferred to 46th Brigade in 15th (Scottish) Division and amalgamated with 11th (Service) Battalion to form the 10th/11th Battalion. They would not resume their own identity until the 21st of June 1918 when they had returned to England after heavy losses and were reformed absorbing the 22nd HLI, they returned to France on the 5th of July landing at Bologne with 43rd Brigade 14th (Light) Division and went into action at Ypres and fought in the Final Advance in Flanders. 11th May 1915 Motor Vehicles 15th May 1915 Concentration 15th May 1915 Report 15th May 1915 Orders 16th May 1915 On the March 16th May 1915 Orders 17th May 1915 On the March   20th May 1915 Respirators   20th May 1915 Instruction   24th May 1915 Instruction   25th May 1915 Bombs   29th May 1915 Inspection   31st May 1915 Instruction   7th Jul 1915 Reliefs Complete   Jul 1915 Training Instruction Jul 1915 Billets 1st Sep 1915 Instructions 1st Sep 1915 Orders 2nd Sep 1915 Orders   7th Sep 1915 Observation Precautions   10th Sep 1915 Instructions   14th Sep 1915 Instructions 15th Sep 1915 Defence Scheme 17th Sep 1915 Reliefs   21st Sep 1915 Orders   24th Sep 1915 Messages 25th Sep 1915 Report 16th Oct 1915 The Derby Scheme 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 26th October 1916 Relieving 10th/11th H.L.I. 26th October 1916 Operational Orders   29th October 1916 Moved to "C" Position in Martinpuich 2nd February 1917 March Table 2nd March 1917 Operation Orders   3rd March 1917 Working Parties near Gouves 29th March 1917 Operational Order   29th March 1917 March Table 30th March 1917 Marched to Arras 11th April 1917 Situation 11th April 1917 Strong Points 9th of April 1918 A Busy Day   If you can provide any additional information, please add it here. Want to know more about 10th Battalion, Highland Light Infantry ? There are:5274 items tagged 10th Battalion, Highland Light Infantry 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 10th Battalion, Highland Light Infantry during the Great War 1914-1918. Dawson William Thomas . Pte. (d.31st Aug 1918) Dickie Charles. Pte. (d.25th Sep 1915) Evans Daniel. Pte. (d.17th June 1916) Higgins Thomas. Pte. (d.Sept 1916) Kinghorn Gilbert. Pte. O'Connor Thomas. Pte. (d.14th Jul 1915) Osborne Claude Kingston. 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 10th Battalion, Highland Light Infantry 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. Charles Dickie 10th Btn. Highland Light Infantry (d.25th Sep 1915) Charles Dickie was born in Stevenston, Ayrshire and lived in Glasgow. His parents were Mr. Henry Dickie and Mrs. Maggie Dickie (nee Wright), of 30, William St., Shettleston, Glasgow. Me married Mary Dickie (nee Young)in 1911. He was Killed in Action at the Battle of Loos and was awarded the 1914/15 Star; Victory Medal; British War Medal; Memorial Death Plaque of WWI. Neil Maclean Add to this record.   Pte. Gilbert Kinghorn 10th Btn. Highland Light Infantry Gilbert Kinghorn was sent to get information out of a safe in Ypres. He was shot in the arm and captured. Medics set his arm incorrectly. As a result he had to have a number of operations after the war to straighten it. Add to this record.   Sgt. Claude Kingston Osborne 10th Battalion Highland Light Infantry Claude Osborne served with 10th Battalion, Highland Light Infantry. Grace Osborne Add to this record.   Pte. William Thomas Dawson 10th Battalion Highland Light Infantry (d.31st Aug 1918) I have a medal belonging to William Dawson and would like to frame it and give a little back of background of how he was killed and any pictures of him or his battalion he would have served with. William was 37ish when he was killed. He had a wife in Plaistow called Edith and they had a daughter called Doris but sadly she passed away in July 1911 at just 3 months old before the war. William, I think, may have joined up in Essex and sent to the HLI as there was a recruitment drive requiring 100,000 soldiers (don't hold me to that) he may have joined earlier. William was a tram conductor in 1911 according to the census. If anyway has any information about this brave man please do share it, it is so so important the men and woman are remembered not only now but in years to come. Thank you for reading. Siobhan Add to this record.   Pte. Daniel Evans 10th Btn. Highland Light Infantry (d.17th June 1916) Daniel Evans was born in Duntocher in 1890, and was a shipyard worker as far as I know. He named his sister Margaret Mochan as his beneficiary. Both his parents had died in 1900. Another of his sisters, Mary Evans was my maternal grandmother. According to his service medal record he disembarked in France on 1st of May 1915 so presumably he took part in and survived the Battle of Loos when his regiment, 10th HLI, lost over 600 men. He was killed in action on the 17th of June 1916 and is buried in Vermelles British Cemetery alongside some other HLI's killed on or either side of the same date. I visited him September 2013 and wept. It really is amazing how moving this experience is given the I never knew him. The war diary of 10/11 HLI for the day simply records that it was a normal day getting parties together to take gas cylinders to the front line trenches. He's on the war memorial on the side of the old Clydebank town hall. I've tried in vain to fine more details about the circumstances of his death. I can only surmise he was killed by gas or sniper fire as he has his own grave so I'd like to think he wasn't obliterated by a shell. My only hope is that he didn't suffer. Until I started to research my family history I didn't even know he'd existed. My mother, his niece, was born 5 years after his death. Unfortunately it seems his service records were lost in WW2 and I do not have a picture but he will never be forgotten in my family. Richard Haigh Add to this record.   Pte. Thomas O'Connor 10th Btn. Highland Light Infantry (d.14th Jul 1915) Thomas O'Connor served with the 10th Battalion, Highland Light Infantry and was killed in action on 14th July 1915, aged 30. He is buried in the Lillers Communal Cemetery in France. He was the husband of Alice O'Connor, of 30, Wellwynd St., Airdrie. s flynn Add to this record. Recomended Reading. Available at discounted prices.

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