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2nd Battalion, Kings Shropshire Light Infantry    2nd Battalion, Kings Shropshire Light Infantry served with 80th Brigade, 27th Division. They proceeded to France in in December 1914 and served on the Western Front throughout the Great War. 20th Dec 1914 On the Move 21st Dec 1914 On the Move 22nd Dec 1914 On the Move 23rd Dec 1914 On the Move 25th Dec 1914 Cards 26th Dec 1914 Gifts 27th Dec 1914 Trench Work 28th Dec 1914 Trench Work 29th Dec 1914 Trench Work 30th Dec 1914 Trench Work 31st Dec 1914 Trench Work 1st Jan 1915 Inspection 2nd Jan 1915 Trench Work 3rd Jan 1915 Trench Work 4th Jan 1915 Boots 5th Jan 1915 On the March 6th Jan 1915 On the March 7th Jan 1915 On the March 8th Jan 1915 Reliefs 9th Jan 1915 Shelling 10th Jan 1915 Shelling 11th Jan 1915 On the March 12th Jan 1915 Frostbite 13th Jan 1915 On the March 14th Jan 1915 Reliefs 15th Jan 1915 Shelling 16th Jan 1915 Reliefs 17th Jan 1915 Into Billets   18th Jan 1915 At Rest   23rd Jan 1915 On the March 24th Jan 1915 Reliefs 25th Jan 1915 In the Trenches 26th Jan 1915 Reliefs 27th Jan 1915 In Billets 28th Jan 1915 Reliefs 29th Jan 1915 Wounded 30th Jan 1915 Reliefs   24th Apr 1915 Into the Trenches   26th Apr 1915 Heavy Casualties 27th Apr 1915 In the Trenches 26th May 1915 Reliefs   5th of August 1915 Reliefs on the Way 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 If you can provide any additional information, please add it here. Want to know more about 2nd Battalion, Kings Shropshire Light Infantry? There are:5277 items tagged 2nd Battalion, Kings Shropshire 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 2nd Battalion, Kings Shropshire Light Infantry during the Great War 1914-1918. Bennett James. Pte. (d.21st Feb 1917) Bennett James. Pte. (d.21st Feb 1917) Skyrme Horace John. 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 2nd Battalion, Kings Shropshire 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.   Pte. James Bennett 2nd Btn. Shropshire Light Infantry (d.21st Feb 1917) James Bennett died at sea on the 21st of February 1917 age 33 and is commemorated on the Mikra Memorial in the Mikra British Cemetery, Kalamaria, Greece. He was the son of Mrs. Alice Ann Bennett, of Shaw St., Burnley; husband of Annie Lacy (formerly Bennett) of 47 New Hall St., Burnley. s flynn Add to this record.   Pte. James Bennett 2nd Btn. Shropshire Light Infantry (d.21st Feb 1917) John Bennett served with the 2nd Battalion, Shropshire Light Infantry during WW1 and died at sea on the 21st February 1917, age 33. He was the son of Mrs. Alice Ann Bennett, of Shaw St., Burnley and Husband of Annie Lacy (formerly Bennett), of 47, New Hall St., Burnley. Within the cemetery is the Mikra Memorial, commemorating almost 500 nurses, officers and men of the Commonwealth forces who died when troop transports and hospital ships were lost in the Mediterranean, and who have no grave but the sea. S Flynn Add to this record. Recomended Reading. Available at discounted prices.

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