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17th (3rd Glasgow) Battalion, Highland Light Infantry May 1915 On the Move 16th Oct 1915 The Derby Scheme 25th Nov 1915 On the Move 26th Nov 1915 In Billets 27th Nov 1915 On the March 28th Nov 1915 On the March 29th Nov 1915 In Billets 29th Nov 1915 Orders 30th Nov 1915 Orders Received 1st Dec 1915 Derby Scheme Armlets 1st Dec 1915 Units Move 3rd Dec 1915 Instruction 4th Dec 1915 Instruction 5th Dec 1915 Instruction 6th Dec 1915 Instruction 7th Dec 1915 Orders Received 8th Dec 1915 Instruction 9th Dec 1915 Instruction 10th Dec 1915 Instruction 11th Sep 1915 Last day of Derby Scheme Recruitment 11th Dec 1915 Instruction 12th Dec 1915 Reliefs 13th Dec 1915 Instruction 14th Dec 1915 Instruction 15th Dec 1915 Instruction 16th Dec 1915 Instruction 17th Dec 1915 Instruction 18th Dec 1915 Instruction 19th Dec 1915 Instruction 20th Dec 1915 Instruction 21st Dec 1915 Instruction 22nd Dec 1915 Orders Issued   23rd Dec 1915 Reliefs 23rd Dec 1915 Reliefs Complete   24th Dec 1915 In the Line   25th Dec 1915 Shelling   26th Dec 1915 Quiet   27th Dec 1915 Reliefs 27th Dec 1915 Reliefs   28th Dec 1915 Holding the Line   29th Dec 1915 Holding the Line   30th Dec 1915 Holding the Line   31st Dec 1915 Reliefs 31st Dec 1915 Reliefs   7th Jan 1916 Reliefs 10th Jan 1916 Group System Reopens 14th Jan 1916 Reliefs 28th Jan 1916 Reliefs 4th Feb 1916 Bombardment 5th Feb 1916 Reliefs 9th February 1916 Call Ups 11th Feb 1916 Reliefs 24th Feb 1916 Reliefs   10th Mar 1916 Reliefs   17th Mar 1916 Reliefs 23rd Mar 1916 Reliefs 1st May 1916 In Reserve   2nd May 1916 In Reserve   3rd May 1916 In Reserve   4th May 1916 In Reserve   4th May 1916 Reliefs   22nd May 1916 Reliefs   26th May 1916 Reliefs   1st July 1916 In Action 1st July 1916 In Action   2nd July 1916 Reliefs   3rd July 1916 Moves   4th July 1916 In Reserve 10th Aug 1916 Reliefs 11th Aug 1916 Trench Motars 14th Aug 1916 Reliefs   17th Aug 1916 Reliefs   26th Aug 1916 Quiet 27th Aug 1916 Conference 28th Aug 1916 Reliefs 9th Sep 1916 Recce 12th Sep 1916 Reliefs 16th Sep 1916 Reliefs 20th Sep 1916 Reliefs 24th Sep 1916 Reliefs 7th Oct 1916 Recce 8th Oct 1916 Reliefs 10th Jan 1917 Reliefs 12th Jan 1917 Shelling 14th January 1917 Reliefs Complete 24th Jan 1917 Reliefs   29th Jan 1917 Reliefs   13th Feb 1917 17th HLI attack Ten Tree Alley  17th Battalion Highland Light Infantry attack a strong point in Ten Tree alley. B Coy, 16th Btn Northumberland Fusiliers suffers casualties and A coy send reinforcements forward, whilst C coy reinforce A coy in Hub post. the 16th Northumberland Battalion are relieved in the line by the 2/6 Btn West Yorkshire Regt who have just arrived from England. The Northumberlands return to billets at Mailly-Maillet and Bertrancourt. 8th Mar 1917 Reliefs 12th Mar 1917 Reliefs 14th Mar 1917 Reliefs 1st Apr 1917 Attack Made   9th Apr 1917 Working Parties   10th Apr 1917 Relief   14th Apr 1917 Assault   15th April 1917 Reliefs   7th May 1917 Sports   14th May 1917 Exercise   29th Jun 1917 Reliefs   4th Jul 1917 Reliefs   8th Jul 1917 Reliefs   10th Jul 1917 Bombardment   11th Jul 1917 Reliefs   25th Aug 1917 Sports Meeting 3rd Sep 1917 Reliefs 15th Sep 1917 Reliefs 25th Nov 1917 Shelling 2nd Dec 1917 Attack Made 20th Dec 1917 Reliefs 3rd Jan 1918 Holiday If you can provide any additional information, please add it here. Want to know more about 17th (3rd Glasgow) Battalion, Highland Light Infantry? There are:5340 items tagged 17th (3rd Glasgow) 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 17th (3rd Glasgow) Battalion, Highland Light Infantry during the Great War 1914-1918. Forrest MM. Andrew Bryson. Pte. Thomas Bruce. Pte. (d.13th Nov 1916) Turnbull VC James Yuill. Sgt. (d.1st July 1916) Woodsell William Thomas. Pte. (d.1st April 1917) 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 17th (3rd Glasgow) Battalion, Highland Light Infantry from other sources. 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If the information here has been helpful or you have enjoyed reaching the stories please conside making a donation, no matter how small, would be much appreciated, annually we need to raise enough funds to pay for our web hosting or this site will vanish from the web. If you enjoy this site please consider making a donation. Announcements 19th Nov 2024     Please note we currently have a massive backlog of submitted material, our volunteers are working through this as quickly as possible and all names, stories and photos will be added to the site. If you have already submitted a story to the site and your UID reference number is higher than 264989 your submission is still in the queue, please do not resubmit. 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.   Sgt. James Yuill Turnbull VC 17th Btn. Highland Light Infantry (d.1st July 1916) James Youll Turnbull was killed in action on 1st July 1916 aged 32 and buried in in Lonsdale Cemetery in France. He was the son of James and Elizabeth Turnbull of Glasgow. An extract from The London Gazette, No. 29836, dated 24th Nov., 1916, records the following:- "For most conspicuous bravery and devotion to duty, when, having with his party captured a post apparently of great importance to the enemy, he was subjected to severe counter-attacks, which were continuous throughout the whole day. Although his party was wiped out and replaced several times during the day, Serjeant Turnbull never wavered in his determination to hold the post, the loss of which would have been very serious. Almost, single-handed, he maintained his position, and displayed the highest degree of valour and skill in the performance of his duties. Later in the day this very gallant soldier was killed whilst bombing a counter-attack from the parados of our trench." s flynn Add to this record.   Pte. Bruce Thomas 17th (3rd Glasgow) Battalion Highland Light Infantry (d.13th Nov 1916) Bruce Thomas is my Great Grandmother's brother. Her name was Elizabeth Bruce. He was killed in action on the Somme, and has no known grave. He is listed on the Thiepval Memorial as well as the Coatbridge WW1 War Memorial. We have no other records. Sue Smith Add to this record.   Pte. Andrew Bryson Forrest MM. 17th Battalion Highland Light Infantry I copy the citation verbatim describing the valour of Private A.B. Forrest from what appears to be a small typed sheet produced on a camp typewriter and now in his descendants' possession with the Military Medal that was awarded to him: "No. 40899 Private A.B. Forrest, 17th High.L.I. This man is a messenger. On the 10th July, 1917 this man's Company were garrisoning the Pres'Quille Defences. He himself carried up all the meals for his platoon which was in the area most heavily shelled, besides carrying many messages with regard to the situation from the platoon to the Company Headquarters. Whilst taking one of these messages he found a party buried in one of the communication trenches. He immediately dug them out himself and after having done this under most intense artillery fire he lad the men to part of the line where he knew thickening was required through casualties having occurred. This man's behaviour was most gallant through the entire action. [Handwritten signature indecipherable: G.Q Roching ?] Capt. Staff Captain 97th Inf. Bde. 1st August, 1917" Add to this record. Recomended Reading. Available at discounted prices.

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