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15th (1st Salford Pals) Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers    15th Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers were known as the 1st Salford Pals, the battalion was raised in Salford, Manchester, in September 1914. The began training near home and on the 28 December 1914 they moved to Conway for training. They became part of the 96th Brigade, 32nd Division and moved in May 1915 to concentrate in Shropshire at Prees Heath. The camp was found to be too wet for training and the Division moved on the 21st of June 1915 to Catterick in North Yorkshire, using the firing ranges at Strenshall. In August 1915 they moved for final training and firing practice at Codford on Salisbury Plain. They proceeded to France, landing at Boulogne on the 22nd of November 1915. Their first taste of action was at Thiepval Ridge on The Somme on the 1st of July 1916, the battle resulted in the Salford Pals being almost wiped out. The battalion was reinforced and saw action throughout the war. In 1917 they were involved in Operations on the Ancre and the pursuit of the German retreat to the Hindenburg Line. In 1918 they were in action on the Somme and in the Battles of the Hindenburg Line and the Final Advance in Picardy. 7th Dec 1915 Reliefs 8th Dec 1915 Instruction 9th Dec 1915 Instruction 10th Dec 1915 Instruction 15th Dec 1915 Reliefs 23rd Dec 1915 Terrible Mud 30th May 1916 Reliefs   21st Aug 1916 Reliefs 26th Sep 1916 Reliefs 20th January 1917 Reliefs Complete 30th January 1917 Took over subsector 9th February 1917 Relief Complete 26th February 1917 Sector Handed Over 21st March 1917 Reliefs 15th April 1917 Reliefs   17th April 1917 In the Line 19th Apr 1917 Reliefs 11th Jul 1917 Reliefs   28th Sep 1917 Reliefs 2nd Nov 1918 In Action If you can provide any additional information, please add it here. Want to know more about 15th (1st Salford Pals) Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers? There are:5250 items tagged 15th (1st Salford Pals) Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers 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 15th (1st Salford Pals) Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers during the Great War 1914-1918. Clough Stanley James. Pte. Comerford Thomas. Pte (d.25th Dec 1917) Glover John. Pte. (d.18th January 1919) Gostridge George. Pte. (d.1st Jul 1916) Green John. L/Cpl (d.23rd Nov 1916) Jones Thomas William. Pte. Sephton Edwin. 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 15th (1st Salford Pals) Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers 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 18th April 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 263925 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. We are now on Facebook. Like this page to receive our updates, add a comment or ask a question. If you have a general question please post it on our Facebook page. 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. Thomas William Jones 20th Btn., D Coy., 14th Platoon Lancashire Fusiliers Born in Rossendale in August 1898, my grandfather Thomas William Jones enlisted in the 4th Salfords on 22nd June 1915, giving his age as 19 years and 2 months, (he was actually 16 years and 10 months). My mother knew that he had served in WW1 but nothing more, as men of his generation never spoke about it. I think he enlisted in the bantams because of his small size at that age, probably thinking he would get away with it, which he did. He fought in all the major battles, The Somme, Ypres, Passchaendale, being wounded twice, the first time on 22nd October 1917 during the attack on Houthulst Wood and the second time on 10th August 1918 during the advance along the Amiens-Roye road. In August 1916 his father John Jones wrote to the battalion in an attempt to have Thomas removed from the front line as he was not yet 19 years of age even offering to pay, but I doubt that with his poor background it was unlikely he could afford to. Thomas William transferred to the 15th battalion when the 20th was disbanded and remained with them until 1919. After the war he married and had two daughters. He served in the Home Guard in WW2. He died in 1958. Peter Hardman Add to this record.   Pte. Stanley James Clough 10th Btn. Lancashire Fusiliers Although in the Kings Own, Stanley Clough mobilised with the 10th Btn. Lancashire Fusiliers to France from Whitchurch, England on 7th of February 1917. He was wounded with shrapnel in his knee on 16th of July 1917 at Nevprit, Belgium and casualty evacuated to Braze Dune Hospital, Belgium for an overnight stay. By Christmas 1917 he had been over the top into action six times. He was later gassed with mustard (ulcers broke out on his ears, neck and thighs) at Ayette (between Arras and Albert) during the German offensive on 4th April 1918. He was taken to Roueu Hospital at Braze Dune, Belgium. He was returned to Base on 12th June and ended up the line attached to D Company, 15 Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers on 20th June 1918. His unit went on to take Heberteine. Pte Clough was later shot in the back and shoulder at Achiet le Grand, France on 22nd of August 1918 and was admitted to War Hospital Winwick, Warrington England on 26th of August. He was transferred to Billinge Convalescent Hospital on 30th Aug. At some point following a period of leave, he returned to France. On 22nd of August 1918 Pte Clough was wounded again, this time at Achiet le Grand during the Allies counter offensive in France. (He survived the war but his diary ends here.) Major Alan Taberner TD Add to this record. Recomended Reading. Available at discounted prices.

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