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6th Battalion, Kings Shropshire Light Infantry
6th (Service) Battalion, King's Shropshire Light Infantry was raised at Shrewsbury in September 1914 as part of Kitchener's Second New Army and joined 60th Brigade, 20th (Light) Division. After initial training the in the Shrewsbury area with little equipment, they moved to Aldershot and then to Larkhill in April 1915 for final training. The proceeded to France on the 22nd of July 1915, landing at Boulogne, the division concentrating in the Saint-Omer area. They moved to the Fleurbaix area for trench familiarisation. In 1916 they were in action at the The Battle of Mount Sorrel, in which the Division, along with the Canadians, recaptured the heights. They were in action on the Somme in The Battle of Delville Wood, The Battle of Guillemont, The Battle of Flers-Courcelette, The Battle of Morval and The Battle of Le Transloy. In 1917 they were in action during The German retreat to the Hindenburg Line, The Battle of Langemarck, The Battle of the Menin Road Ridge, The Battle of Polygon Wood and The Cambrai Operations. In 1918 they fought in The Battle of St Quentin, The actions at the Somme crossings and The Battle of Rosieres engaging in heavy fighting in each battle, on the 20th of April they were withdrawn to the area south west of Amiensand received many new drafts of men during the summer. They returned to action at The Battle of the Selle and fought in The Battle of Valenciennes, The Battle of the Sambr and the passage of the Grand Honelle. At the Armitice the Division was in the area between Bavay and Maubeuge and later that month the units moved to the Toutencourt-Marieux area. Demobilistion of the Division began in January 1919 and was complete by the end of May.
Jul 1915 Training Instruction
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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
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1st Jan 1917 Reliefs
4th Jan 1917 Relief
8th Jan 1917 Adjustment
23rd Jan 1917 Orders Received
25th Jan 1917 Relief Completed
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16th Feb 1917 Reliefs Complete
19th Feb 1917 Post Captured
24th Feb 1917 Bombardment
1st Mar 1917 Explosions and Fires
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10th Mar 1917 Orders
11th Mar 1917 Defence Scheme
12th Mar 1917 Reliefs
13th Mar 1917 Instructions
14th Mar 1917 Orders
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19th Mar 1917 Orders Received
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24th Mar 1917 Patrol
25th Mar 1917 Reorganisation
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27th Mar 1917 Advance
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31st Mar 1917 Orders
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Those known to have served with6th Battalion, Kings Shropshire Light Infantry during the Great War 1914-1918. - Austin Edwin. Pte. (d.22nd Aug 1917)
- Bailey John Thomas . Pte. (d.6th Sep 1916)
- Bennett Charles Pinder. Pte.
- Compton George. Sgt.
- Davies Charles Albert. 2nd Lt. (d.22nd Sep 1918)
- Edwards Richard. Pte (d.17th Sep 1916)
- Edwards Richard. Pte (d.17th September 1916)
- Edwards William. Pte. (d.30th March 1918 )
- Gollins DCM. Herbert. Sgt. (d.22nd March 1918)
- Griffiths Boaz. Pte. (d.2nd Aug 1918)
- Langley Henry George. Pte.
- Pike John Harold. Pte. (d.30th June 1918)
- Reade Herbert Cecil.
- Roberts Tudor Aled. Cpl.
- Roberts William Joseph. Pte (d.16th Aug 1917)
- Saxton Frederick William. Pte. (d.18th Aug 1917)
- Southall Gilbert Harry. Pte. (d.26th Mar 1918)
- Taylor John M.. A.L/Cpl (d.6th Sep 1916)
- Wilkinson Wallace William. Pte. (d.10th August 1916)
- Wood William George. L/Cpl. (d.5th March 1917)
- Wood William George. L/Cpl. (d.5th Mar 1917)
- Woosnam William George. Pte.
- Worrall Alfred. Pte. (d.20th Sept 1917)
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Herbert Cecil Reade 6th Btn. Kings Shropshire Light Infantry Herbert Cecil Reade joined the Kings Shropshire Light Infantry 6th Battalion (Pals) in Shrewsbury in 1914. In 1916 he transferred to the Royal Flying Corps as an observer in No.1 Squadron. He was invalided back to the UK in 1917.
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Sgt. George Compton 6th Btn. Kings Shropshire Light Infantry I have recently become the owner of a silver cigarette case engraved with the following inscription.
"Sergt Geo. Compton Kings Shropshire Light Infantry 1915-19.
In recognition of his service in the great war. From Tardebigge Parish."
On the reverse of the case is engraved
"France & Belgium"
I have done a small bit of research and discovered his Regimental Number was 11992 and he was a Private, Lance Corporal and eventually a Sergeant.
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Cpl. Tudor Aled Roberts 6th Btn. Kings Shropshire Light Infantry My grandfather Tudor Roberts was shot by friendly fire in February 1916, possibly on the Somme. He was shot in a trench when a colleague's gun discharged. The bullet entered his back, went through a cigarette case, and emerged through his chest. Miraculously, he survived and later returned to the front.
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Pte. Boaz Griffiths 6th Btn. Kings Shropshire Light Infantry (d.2nd Aug 1918)  Born in 1893 in Weston Rhyn, Oswestry, Boaz Griffiths was the third youngest child and youngest son of John, a coal miner, and Catherine Griffiths.
In 1901, six of his siblings were living at their parents home, but he had two more older sisters, who probably had moved out.
The census of 1911 gives 17 children born of which 9 survived. In this year the family lived at Albert Square, Weston Rhyn, and Boaz and his brothers, John and Charlie, were working as coal miners at Chirk Green. Their mother died probably in the first three months of 1911, the census of this year has their father as a widower, he would later live at Vine Cottages, Albert Road.
Boaz joined the Army for the KSLI in 1914 when War broke out against Germany and died on the 2nd of August 1918 at No. 12 Stationary Hospital at St. Pol. The cause of his death was Septic Meningitis.
He was wounded three times and survived until on the 11th July, records 2 ORs killed and 6 wounded. Boaz was likely wounded on 11th of July when 3 men were accidentally wounded when they hit an old unexploded bomb whilst digging. Alternatively, but this does not fit with his Obituary, on 14 July at 2.30am, he was one of 3 men wounded after the enemy shelled Adept (Trench) for about 20 minutes this is according to the War Diary.
He is buried in St Pol British Cemetery. His name is also recorded on the Weston Rhyn War Memorial and St Oswalds Church, Oswestry.
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2nd Lt. Charles Albert Davies 7th Btn. South Wales Borderers (d.22nd Sep 1918) My great uncle Charles Davies was born in 1884 in Oswestry. He worked as a clerk on Cambrian Railways until he enlisted in August 1914 as a Private in the 6th King's Shropshire Light Infantry. He served with 6th Btn. KSLI at Loos, Ypres and The Somme until late 1917 when he was selected for officer training as a Temporary Lieutenant.
He received his commission on 27th of February 1918 and was posted to 7th Btn South Wales Borderers, stationed in Salonika and Macedonia.
He was killed at the Third Battle of Doiran. He was listed as missing on 18th of September 1918 and as killed on or since 22nd of September 1918.
Charles has no known grave and is commemorated on the Doiran War Memorial. He is also remembered on St Oswald's Church and on Cambrian Railway war memorials.
My father's middle name is Charles in his memory.
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Pte. Gilbert Harry Southall 6th Btn. Kings Shropshire Light Infantry (d.26th Mar 1918) Gilbert Southall was my Great Uncle, my paternal grandfather's younger brother. He also served with The New Zealand Tunnelling Company during WW1.
Family tales of him being a bit of a tear-away, full of fun and mischief. So sad that he died aged only 22. He is buried or has a memorial plaque at Pozieres Cemetery, near Albert, France. I only wish I had a photo of him.
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Sgt. Herbert Gollins DCM. 6th Btn. Kings Shropshire Light Infantry (d.22nd March 1918) Herbert Gollins was employed as a Metal Mixer worked at Loco Works, Horwich. Son of Caroline Gollins of 159 Westminster St, Crewe (1911 Census), married Frances Russell at Bolton in 1914. He enlisted in 1914 and served with the 6th Btn. Kings Shropshire Light Infantry. He is commemorated at Loco Works Memorial, Chorley New Road, Horwich, Lancs. His DCM awarded citation in the London Gazette on the 26 of February 1918 records that he "killed some enemy and took 6 prisoners".
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Pte. Alfred Worrall 6th Battalion King's Shropshire Light Infantry (d.20th Sept 1917) Grandfather, Alfred Worrall served with the 6th Battalion, King's Shropshire Light Infantry.
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Pte. Wallace William Wilkinson 6th Battalion King's Shropshire Light Infantry (d.10th August 1916) My great uncle, Wallace Wilkinson, entered France with the 6th Battalion, KSLI on 8th of August 1915 and was killed just over a year later at Courcelles on the night of 10th of August 1916 during the Battle of the Somme. He is buried at Sucrerie Military Cemetery at Colincamps near Albert.
The Battalion War Diary shows that he was one of eight men killed in a working party on the front line. I have visited his grave and it appears from the dates of the neighbouring graves that all the men were buried beside one another.
Before the war Wallace Wilkinson was a railway worker in Crewe and lived with his family at 2 Shrewsbury Road, Darlison, near Whitchurch in Shropshire. My grandfather, Allen survived WWI having served with the Manchester Regiment and the Notts & Derby Regiment (the Sherwood Foresters).
I first visited Wallace's grave in 1998 and then returned again on 10th August 2016 to be there on the 100th anniversary of his death. He is not forgotten by his family.
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Pte. Henry George Langley 6th Btn. King's Shropshire Light Infantry I have in my possession the Victory Medal of Henry Langley. After research, it is established that he was from Whitchurch in Shropshire.
He also served in the 2nd Battalion of the South Wales Borderers.
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A.L/Cpl John M. Taylor 6th Battalion King's Shropshire Light Infantry (d.6th Sep 1916) John Taylor was born 4th February 1895, the third of seven children to Joseph and Emma (nee Brown) Taylor. He married Annie Rogers on 22nd of July 1915 in Wellington, Shropshire. Aged just 21 years, on 6th of September 1916, at the Somme, France he was to make the ultimate sacrifice. His remains were never recovered and he is remembered Thiepval Memorial.
His memory lives on forever.
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Pte. Frederick William Saxton Herefordshire Regiment (d.18th Aug 1917) I have been looking for family of Pte Frederick William Saxton. I bought his medals and death plaque some 40 odd years ago from a
He served in the Herefordshire Regiment attached to 6th Bn Kings Shropshire Light Infantry (these are all from what I have found online) Service No 237898. When he died he was, I believe, with the Royal Welsh Fusiliers, Service No 35269. He is listed on the Tyne Cot Memorial. Belgium Panel 154. Someone found his effects lists which said grandma Ellen Saxton. I hope someone recognizes this name and can help me.
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Pte. John Harold Pike 8th Battalion King's Shropshire Light Infantry (d.30th June 1918) John Pike was a member of the Brislington Company Church Lads' Brigade.
He died on 30th of June 1918 and lies beside Edwin Padfield, his fellow CLB member from Brislington.
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Pte. Edwin Austin 6th Btn King's Shrops Light Infantry (d.22nd Aug 1917) Edwin Austin was killed in action 22/08/1917 aged 28 years and is remembered upon Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium. He was son of the late Robert and Ellen Austin of Oakengates. (Also brother of Private Harry Austin 60573, KIA age 24 31/7/1917).
My Great Uncle, so he is not forgotten.
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Pte. Charles Pinder Bennett 6th. Batallion Royal Sussex Regiment My Grandfather, Charles Pinder Bennett, (b.1876 d.1944) joined the Royal Sussex regt. June 15th. 1916 and was then transferred to 6th Batallion SLI 24th October 1916. He received gun shot wounds to his face abdomen and thigh on 21st October 1917
He was then classified as permanent base and transferred to 74th company Labour Corps from 27th November 1917 I woulld be grateful if you could give me any further information
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Pte. William George Woosnam 6th Battalion King's Shropshire Light Infantry I am researching my great grandfather's war history, his name was William Woosnam of the 6th Battalion King's Shropshire Light Infantry. Any help in this matter would be greatly appreciated.
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