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2/14th (2nd London Scottish) Battalion, London Regiment
2/14th (2nd London Scottish) Battalion, London Regiment, was a second line Territorial unit formed in London in September 1914, from the troops of the 14th (1st London Scottish) Battalion who had not volunteered for serviceover seas. They joined 2/4th London Brigade, 2/2nd London Division at White City, later retitled 179th Brigade, 60th (2/2nd London) Division. They moved to Maidstone in January 1915 then to Watford in April, to Saffron Walden in June and to Sutton Veny in January 1916 to prepare for service overseas. Due to the Irish rebellion, plans to embark for France were with drawn and on the 28th of April the 2nd London Scottish landed at Cork for security duties in Ireland, based at Ballincollig and moving to Macroom. On the 14th of May they returned to England, sailing from Rosslare to Fishguard and returned to Sutton Veny to continue training.
They proceeded to France on the 22nd of June 1916, landing at Le Havre. In November they were ordered to Salonika. Travelling by train fom Longpre to Marseilles and sailing via Malta, they arrived in Salonika on 25 December 1916. In 1917 they were in action during the The Battles of Doiran in April and May.
They moved to Egypt, concentrating at Moascar in the Southern Suez Canal Zone then advanced into Palestine. They were in action during The Third Battle of Gaza including the capture of Beersheba and the capture of the Sheria position and The capture and defence of Jerusalem. In 1918 they saw action in The capture of Jericho, The battle of Tell'Asur, The first Trans-Jordan raid (as part of Shea's Force) The attack on Amman (as part of Chaytor's Column) and The second Trans-Jordan raid.
In the spring and summer the division was "Indianised" with British units leaving for France and units of the Indian Army taking their place. The 2nd London Scottish left the Division on the 30th of May and returned to France, joining 90th Brigade, 30th Division on the 2nd of July. They were in action during the Advance in Flanders and by the Armistice had crossed the River Scheldt with advanced units reaching the line between Ghoy and la Livarde, north west of Lessines. In January 1919 30th Division took up duty at the Base Ports of Dunkirk, Calais, Boulogne and Etaples and demobilisation began.
1st June 1915 Operational Order No.2. 
10th Sep 1915 Training
16th Oct 1915 The Derby Scheme
1st Dec 1915 Derby Scheme Armlets
7th Dec 1915 Brigade Training
11th Sep 1915 Last day of Derby Scheme Recruitment
1st Jan 1916 Courses
2nd Jan 1916 Courses
3rd Jan 1916 Courses
10th Jan 1916 Group System Reopens
9th February 1916 Call Ups
16th September 1916 Operations on the Brigade front
14th August 1918 Reliefs
6th May 1919 Postings
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L/Cpl John Douglas Skeoch Cumming 2/14th (2nd London Scottish) Battalion London Regiment John Douglas Skeoch Cumming served in the Territorial Army with the 2nd Battalion London Scottish. A notation on the back of a photo postcard says "Dumped on the Right bank of the Jordan April 30/18 about sunset", as well as a list of places visited, transited or saw action: France, Salonika, Palestine. Port Said, Ismailia, Marsailles, Cairo, Alexandria. There is one other place Mount Olympus (this is a guess)
The photograph of C Coy, 10 Platoon, 2/14 London Regiment, 2nd Battalion London Scottish was taken in June 1916, at Sandhill Camp, Wiltshire.
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Pte. Hector Stanford Edwin "Curly" Turner 2/14th (London Scottish) Btn. London Regiment Hector Turner volunteered mid November 1914 aged 19yrs and signed on for 4 years.
In Palestine, he and his friend Fergie captured two Turkish Drums, a tenor and a side which are now in the London Scottish Regimental Headquarters in Horseferry Road, London.
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Pte. Harold Philip May 2/14th (London Scottish) Btn. London Regiment (d.8th Feb 1918) Harold May was wounded, possibly in early December in a Battle for Ain Karin on a ridge overlooking the city of Jerusalem from the west. He was eventually moved to No. 17 Troop hospital in Alexandria. While in the hospital the Service Chaplin had invited a lady, Miss P Jackson, from the Church Missionary Society to visit Harold. On Harolds death she wrote to Marie, his wife, expression sorrow for her loss. Harold died in Alexandria Troop hospital, Egypt on 8th of February 1918 aged just 22 years. He was buried in the Hadra Commonwealth War Cemetery, in Alexandria.
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Pte. Thomas Henry Lewington 2/14th (London Scottish) Battalion London Regiment Thomas Lewington was my 1st cousin 3 times removed and he ran the Post Office in Lee Common in Buckinghamshire.
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Sgt. John James Porter 2/14th (London Scottish) Btn. B Coy. London Regiment (d.21st August 1918) Sergeant John Porter served with the 2nd London Scottish. I found his details while researching my family tree, as an ex serviceman myself I felt the desire that he should be remembered for his sacrifice.
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Pte. Frank Irwin Fuller 2nd/14th (London Scottish) Btn. London Regiment  Frank Irwin Fuller was born on 9th of December 1895 at Hythe Kent, the son of Ernest Fuller and Maria Isaac. His father had been a military clerk of works at Chatham; and his grandfather was in the Ordnance Survey serving in Ireland, Gibraltar, Adelaide and the New Territories of Hong Kong.
After a short period working in his uncle's furniture factory in South London, he started work as a clerk at the Anglo-American Oil Company at Queen Anne's Gate, London. He joined the 2/14th London Scottish Regiment along with a number of his work-mates on 10th of January 1916. by that time the London Scottish no longer looked for any Scottish connection in their recruits. He trained at South Veny on Salisbury Plain and specialised as a semaphore signaller. They proceeded to France on the 22nd of June 1916, landing at Le Havre. At some point in 1916 Frank was caught in a gas attack and suffered minor chest damage that affected him for the rest of his life. Nevertheless he was with his battalion in November they were sent to Macedonia. Sailing from Marseilles via Malta, they arrived in Salonika on Christmas Day 1916.
In April and May 1917 he saw action in the Battle of Doiran against the Bulgarian Army, an unsuccessful attempt to open a new front against the Ottoman Empire. In July 1917 they moved from Greece to Egypt where he was in hospital with an illness for a time. While he was there he proposed by letter to his girlfriend, Dorothy Mayell, in London, and they agreed by post that they would get married the next time he should get leave back home. Frank had some leave in Egypt to visit the Pyramids (by camel) and also made a number of water colour paintings of his surroundings.
He was involved in the Battle of Gaza and the capture of Jerusalem where he spent Christmas 1917 and made more water colour paintings. In 1918 he was involved in operations into Jordan. But in July 1918 his battalion handed over their positions to a division of the Indian Army (from whom he picked up a smattering of Hindi) before returning to the Western Front. In September 1918 he obtained leave in London. He was met by his fiance and her sister at Waterloo station and they were married before he even went home to visit his parents.
After the Armistice Frank was deployed as a guard at the Port of Dunquerque (or maybe Calais) for 3 months and learned some French from the town residents. He returned to London and was demobbed on the 13th March 1919 and rejoined the Anglo-American Oil Company.
In 1927 Frank became area distribution manager for Anglo-American (now part of Esso) and the family moved to Winchester. During 1944 he had some responsibility for oil supplies to the army in advance of the invasion of Normandy and as result he was provided with a high security pass and was able to move freely through the troop assembly areas. After D-Day he continued to have some involvement in the shipment of oil supplies to France. After the war he was fuel Distribution Manager for the Channel Islands until his retirement in 1960. He died in Sussex in 1965.
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