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6th Battalion, Leicestershire Regiment
6th Battalion, Leicestershire Regiment was raised at Leicester in August 1914 as part of Kitchener's First New Army and joined 9th (Scottish) Division as Divisional Troops. In April 1915 they transferred to 110th Brigade, 37th Division and proceeded to France on 29th of July 1915 the Division concentrating near Tilques. On the 7th of July 1916 they transferred with 110th Brigade to 21st Division. They were in action in the Battles of The Somme, including The Battle of Morval in which the Division captured Geudecourt. In 1917 they were in action during The German retreat to the Hindenburg Line, the Arras offensive, the Third Battles of Ypres and The Cambrai Operations. In 1918 they fought on The Somme then moved north and were in action during the Battles of the Lys,the Battle of the Aisne, The Somme, the Battles of the Hindenburg Line and the Final Advance in Picardy. At the Armistice the Division were around Berlaimont, on the 12th they moved to Beaufort, then in mid December they moved west of Amiens and demobilisation began being completed by the 19th of May 1919.
22nd July 1915 Advance Party
28th July 1915 On the Move
29th July 1915 On the Move
1st Aug 1915 On the Move
3rd Aug 1915 In Billets
4th Aug 1915 On the Move
5th Aug 1915 On the Move
5th Aug 1915 Orders
5th Aug 1915 Training Instruction
5th Aug 1915 Billets
8th Aug 1915 Training
8th September 1915 Proceed to Berles Au Bois.
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
31st May 1916 Shells burst over the new trenches
1st July 1916 Smoke 
2nd July 1916 Reliefs
3rd July 1916 Shelling
4th July 1916 Reliefs
5th July 1916 Orders
6th July 1916 Moves
19th Dec 1917 On the March
21st Mar 1918 Leicesters in action at Ephy The 6th Battalion Leicestershire Regiment was famously involved, with the 7th and 8th Battalions, in the Battle of Epehy, as part of the 110th Brigade, 21st Division. Between 21st March (the first day of the German offensive) to 30th March, the Battalion lost 18 officers and 445 other ranks.
7th Nov 1918 Attack Made
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Those known to have served with6th Battalion, Leicestershire Regiment during the Great War 1914-1918. - Anderson John Thomas. Pte. (d.22nd Mar 1918)
- Arnold John Rudkin. Pte. (d.25th August 1918)
- Ball Percy. Pte. (d.17th Jul 1916)
- Bird Robert James. Pte. (d.14th November 1915)
- Birks Benson. Pte.
- Brown Sydney Pridmoresy. Pte. (d.6th May 1917)
- Chandler DCM. George. CSM.
- Clarke Joseph. Pte. (d.13th Oct 1917)
- Collins John Thomas. Pte. (d.13th Jul 1916)
- Collins John Thomas. (d.13th July 1916)
- Ellis John. Pte. (d.30th July 1916)
- Faulks Francis Edward. Pte. (d.17th July 1916)
- Green John. Pte. (d.29th May 1918)
- Hammond Jesse Roy. Pte. (d.25th March 1917)
- Keech George. Pte. (d.4th Nov 1917)
- Kirton Arthur Edgar. Pte.
- Marshall Thomas. Pte. (d.9th Oct 1915)
- Middleton Jack. Pte.
- Musson George Porter . L/Cpl (d.13th October 1916)
- Peake Leonard. Pte. (d.23rd October 1918)
- Radford Thomas. Pte. (d.28th Mar 1918)
- Reed Daniel. Pte. (d.17th July 1916)
- Sanderson Sam. Pte. (d.6th Apr 1917)
- Skaife Frank. Pte.
- Thompson Thomas Bateman. Pte. (d.2nd October 1917)
- Timms John Henry. Pte. (d.16th Jul 1916)
- Walker Charles Henry. Pte.
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Pte. John Green 6th Btn. Leicestershire Regiment (d.29th May 1918) My grandfather John Green was born in Boston Lincolnshire.
He worked on the railway before he joined up at Long Eaton in 1916.
He went to France in early 1916 in the 2nd wave of the Somme offensive.
He was also at Cambrai and Passchendaele.
He went back to the Somme in 1917 and when the German offensive
started in 1918.
His regiment was moved to the Reims area to rest and was involved in the 3rd Battle of Aisne.
Johns was was killed on 29th of May 1918 on Hill 202. He is buried in Hermonville Military Cemetery near Reims and is commemorated on plaque on Derby Railway Station
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Pte. Jack Middleton 2/5th Btn. Leicestershire Regiment Jack Middleton volunteered to join the Army in World War 1.
He served in the Leicestershire Regiment (known as The Tigers). Jack served in France and Flanders with the 2/5th, 1/4th and 6th Battalions.
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Pte. Thomas Marshall 6th Btn. Leicestershire Regiment (d.9th Oct 1915) Thomas Marshall was a relative of mine and I found his grave record in Berles-au-Bois Churchyard Extension in France. He was born in October of 1894 in Loughborough, Leicestershire to Albert Marshall and Sarah Ann Gould. He enlisted on the 15th of August 1914.
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Pte. Leonard Peake 6th Btn. Leicestershire Regiment (d.23rd October 1918) Leonard Peake served with the 6th Battalion, Leicestershire Regiment in WW1. He was held as a POW in Germany and died three days after his 20th birthday on 23rd of October 1918 and is buried Niederzwehren Cemetery at Mederzwehren, Stadkreirs Kassel, Hessen, Germany. Son of Leonard and Priscilla Peake of 7A, Crealock Street, Wandsworth, London. He was born at Watford, Herts.
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Pte. Arthur Edgar Kirton D Coy. 6th Btn. Leicestershire Regiment My Grandfather, Arthur Kirton, of the 6th Battalion, Leicestershire Regiment, was badly wounded and subsequently captured on the morning of the 21st of March 1918 at Epehy, the very morning of the beginning of the German Spring Offensive of 1918.
A search of the ICRC records revealed that he was at Soltau POW Camp when the ICRC visited the camp in August of 1918 and the records show that at that time he was still suffering with his shoulder as a result of his severe wounds.
My Grandfather lived until 1986 dying at the age of 87.
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John Thomas Collins 6th Btn. Leicestershire Regiment (d.13th July 1916) John Collins served with the 6th Battalion, Leicestershire Regiment in WW1 and died 13th of July 1916 aged 19 years in the Battle of the Somme. He is buried at Hilly Station Cemetery, Mericourt-l'Abbe in France.
Son of Samuel Ellen Collins, of 38, Sydney Rd., Small Heath, Birmingham.
He was survived by his twin brother, Alfred Collins, who was wounded in the head in Gallipoli. Alf had a metal plate put into his skull and survived the surgery, but remained partially paralysed for the rest of his life in Birmingham.
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Pte. Percy Ball 6th Btn. Leicestershire Regiment (d.17th Jul 1916) Percy Ball was killed in action at the battle of Bazentin Ridge, on 17th of July 1916 at the age of 20.
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Pte. Daniel Reed 6th Btn. Leicestershire Regiment (d.17th July 1916) Daniel Reed was my Grandmother's brother, born in the village of Twyford, Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire. Research tells me he enlisted in Loughborough and served with the 6th Battalion, Leicestershire Regiment.
He lost his life in France on 17th of July 1916, aged 32 yrs and is listed on The Theipval Memorial in France.
At the end of WW1, Daniel's wife and his two children emigrated to Canada.
I have photographs of soldiers from this time but unfortunately I cannot identify Daniel.
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Pte. Charles Henry Walker 6th Btn. Leicestershire Regiment My Grandad Charles Walker spoke little about his wartime experiences. He did tell me he was taken prisoner and I have since found an entry for his capture on 22nd of March 1918 at Epehy and taken to POW camp Gustrow.
His story was that the German soldiers left the gates open and they made their own way to Belgium and sheltered in a Belgium house.
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Pte. John Thomas Collins 6th Btn. Leicestershire Regiment (d.13th Jul 1916) My great uncle John Collins was killed in the Battle of the Somme.
He was survived by his twin brother Alfred who himself was wounded in the head in Galipoli.
Alf had a metal plate put into his skull and survived the surgery, but remained partially paralysed for the rest of his life in Birmingham.
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Pte. Jesse Roy Hammond 6th Btn. Leicestershire Regiment (d.25th March 1917) Jesse Hammond was my uncle, about whom I only knew had died in WW1. I have found his date of death, 25th March 1917 and see that he died 100 years ago. He apparently died of his injuries and I presume he was repatriated as I know he was buried in his home village.
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Pte. Frank Skaife 6th Btn. Leicestershire Regiment Frank Skaife was captured at Vimy Ridge on the 29th May 1918, he was transferred to Rethel Military Hospital. Sadly no other details are known.
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Pte. Sydney Pridmoresy Brown 6th Btn. Leicestershire Regiment (d.6th May 1917) Sydney Brown was born and lived in the Leicestershire village of Sapcote with his father John, a quarry worker, and his stepmother, Harriet. He was a member of Sapcote Methodist Church. Sydney worked at a boot factory in the nearby village of Earl Shilton before joining up.
Sydney died when the shelter he and three others had made in the side of a trench collapsed in the night and smothered them. At the time he was an officer's servant and was in a less dangerous part of the line because his officer had been wounded.
After Sydney's death a court of inquiry was held, the verdict being accidental death. Sydney was one of three first cousins killed in WW1 all from the same village. He was 21 years of age when he died.
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Pte. George Keech 6th Btn. Leicestershire Regiment (d.4th Nov 1917) Private George Keech of the Leicestershire Regiment was my grandfather. He was a father of 4 and a wife named Ada. His 4 sons were named Lesley, Bernard, George and Walter. He lived in Irthlingborough, Northamptonshire. His widow lived there the rest of her days untill her passing.
George was a member of the Northamptonshire Territorials. He went off to summer camp where he was shipped off to war. He came home once for rest period that was the last time he saw his children. My father was one year old at the time, he was three when my grandfather died.
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Pte. John Henry Timms 6th Btn. Leicestershire Regiment (d.16th Jul 1916) My Great Grandfather John Henry Timms served with the 6th Battalion Leicestershire Regiment and was killed in action on 16th July, 1916. I am trying to find where his regiment was in France when he was killed. We are trying to plan a trip to France in 2016 to visit the Somme Battlefields.
I know he has no known grave but he is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial. If anyone can help us track down any info where they would have been on that date I would be so thankful or even if you could point me in the right direction for war dairies web sites etc thanks.
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Pte. Sam Sanderson 6th Btn. Leicestershire Regiment (d.6th Apr 1917) Sam Sanderson 6th Btn Leicestershires is buried at Boyelles Com-munal Cemetery Extension, he died on the 6th of April 1917
Sam (b. 1887) was the son of Mr John and Mrs Ann Elizabeth Sanderson (nee Justice) of Spital Hill. John was employed as a house joiner. The 1911 Census gives the family address as 19 Wellington Street Retford. Sam was in employment at the Rubber works working as a spreader.
In 1914 Sam married Annie A Stead. The famiky was added to in 1915 with the birth of John E Sanderson.
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