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7th Battalion, Leicestershire Regiment
7th Battalion, Leicestershire Regiment was raised at Leicester in September 1914 as part of Kitchener's Secind New Army and joined 15th (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
16th Oct 1915 The Derby Scheme
2nd November 1915 Moved to Hannescamps
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
29th February 1916 Reliefs
1st July 1916 Smoke 
2nd July 1916 Reliefs
3rd July 1916 Shelling
4th July 1916 Reliefs
5th July 1916 Orders
6th July 1916 Moves
1st Oct 1917 Shelling
1st Oct 1917 Counter Attack
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.
28th May 1918 Hard Fighting
7th Nov 1918 Attack Made
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Those known to have served with7th Battalion, Leicestershire Regiment during the Great War 1914-1918. - Baker Robert Wilfred. Pte. (d.22nd March 1918)
- Barber Hugh. Pte.
- Boyton MC. Jack Lyons. Lt.
- Huison John. Pte.
- Millward Arthur. Pte. (d.14th July 1916)
- Northover John. Pte. (d.3rd September 1918)
- Oakes DCM. Joseph Henry. L/Cpl. (d.7th June 1918)
- Pawley James William. Pte.
- Perry Joseph. Sgt.
- Staley Joseph. Pte. (d.14th Jul 1916)
- Waldron John. Pte. (d.26th August 1916)
- Williams Eric John. Pte (d.8th August 1918)
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Pte. Hugh Barber 7th Btn. Leicestershire Regiment Hugh Barber was my great-grandfather. Before the war, he played for Manchester City. A gunshot to his leg during the war prevented him playing again. After the war, he ran his own successful business in Broadheath and donated a large sum of money to war veterans.
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Pte. James William Pawley 7th Btn. Leicestershire Regiment James Pawley joined the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers and went to Ireland. After that he joined the Leicestershire Regiment. He was discharged as medical unfit.
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Pte. John Northover 7th Btn. Leicestershire Regiment (d.3rd September 1918) John Northover spent his childhood in the cottage next to ours. He went to the village school and joined his father, Enos, on the estate farm when he left school. He was 18 in the Spring of 1917 and was conscripted into the Army at Ealing. I don't know why he was drafted into the Leicester Regiment but my understanding is that, towards the end of the war, men were often simply placed in regiments where there were shortages irrespective of their home county.
As a young man from a small village above the English Channel everything must have felt very strange.
Whether he ever had leave to return home for a few days again I don't know. He was killed on 3rd of September 1918 and is buried in Rethel Military Cemetery, France.
His father asked for 'Peace, Perfect Peace' to be engraved on his headstone. His parents received £22 2 4d (including £6 10s War Gratuity) owing to their son after the war.
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Pte. John Waldron 7th Battalion Leicestershire Regiment (d.26th August 1916) John Waldron was my great grandfather and was killed in action on 26th of August 1916 during the Battle of the Somme, somewhere near Bazantin or Delville Wood (I think). He is buried at Duisans British Cemetery, Etrun.
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L/Cpl. Joseph Henry Oakes DCM. 7th Btn. Leicestershire Regiment (d.7th June 1918) Joseph Oakes was my 1st cousin, three times removed. Found while researching family tree.
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Lt. Jack Lyons Boyton MC. 7th Btn. Leicestershire Regiment Jack Boyton received a gunshot wound to the left shoulder on the 23rd of March 1917 in Nurlu, France, 2 days after winning the MC at Epehy. He sustained a gun shot wound to the left shoulder with compound comminuted fracture of the upper border of the scapula and outer end of the clavicle.
He was treated at The Prince of Wales Hospital, Marylebone, London, initially surgically by Capt H R U? with massage and electro therapy. Original placement was 3 months.
At the second medical board on 3rd July he was still suffering from insomnia although his injury was healing well. He was then being treated by a Dr Kingsbury?. By the third medical board September 1918 he had been discharged from the hospital and was at home for three weeks leave before reporting for duty as being fit for C1 Instructor of Cadet Unit.
He remained in this role until his discharge in 1919.
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Pte. Arthur Millward 7th Btn. Leicestershire Regiment (d.14th July 1916) Arty Millward served with the 7th Battalion, Leicestershire Regiment and was killed in action whilst attacking Bazentin-Le Petit wood and the village beyond on 14th of July 1916 during the Battle of the Somme. He has no known grave and his body was never found. He is remembered on the Thievpal Memorial to the missing.
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