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10th Battalion, Loyal North Lancashire Regiment
10th (Service) Battalion, Loyal North Lancashire Regiment was raised at Preston in October 1914 as part of Kitchener's Third New Army joined 22nd Division as army troops. They trained on the South Downs, spending the winter in Eastbourne. In April 1915 they transferred to the newly forming 112th Brigade, 37th Division, which was concentrating at Cholderton on Salisbury Plain. They proceeded to France, landing at Boulogne on the 1st of August, the division concentrating near Tilques. They went into action in The Battle of the Ancre. In 1917 they fought in The First Battle of the Scarpe, including the capture of Monchy-le-Preux, The Second Battle of the Scarpe and The Battle of Arleux. They were in action during the Third Battles of Ypres. In early 1918 the army was reorganised and on the 4th of February the 10th Loyals were disbanded in France.
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
10th Aug 1915 Training
13th October 1915 Heavy Rifle fire
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
13th January 1916 Relieved 13th Royal Scots
9th February 1916 Call Ups
29th February 1916 Reliefs
9th April 1916 On the Move
1st May 1916 10th Loyals return to the front. The 10th Battalion, Loyal North Lancashires, left the billets at Warluzel marching three hours to Pommier.
2nd May 1916 10th Loyals return to action The 10th Battalion, Loyal North Lancashires, took up position in reserve at Bienvillers, with two companies of men moving forward in support of the the 6th Battalion Bedfordshire Regiment who were man strong-points on the Hannescamps-Mochy road and in the support line behind the Monchy salient.
4th May 1916 Enemy artillery concentrated on the Monchy salient On the morning, May 4th 1916, the enemy started a heavy artillery bombardment concentrated on the Monchy salient and then lifted as the infantry attacked.
30th May 1916 Work continued on the new trenches
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
11th July 1916 Artillery action about Thiepval.
15th July 1916 Operational Orders received
6th August 1916 112th Brigade relieved the 101st.
10th August 1916 Battalion relieved 6th Bedfordshire Regt.
11th August 1916 BM.829 112th Brigade.
11th August 1916 Re: BM.829 112th Brigade. from A.W.29.
12th August 1916 Disposition for Attack.
12th August 1916 Intense Hostile Artillery fire
25th August 1916 Brigade will relieve 49th Brigade
1st Sep 1916 Orders
2nd Sep 1916 On the March
5th Sep 1916 Inspections
13th Sep 1916 Orders
16th Sep 1916 Orders Received
18th Sep 1916 Moves
9th October 1916 Line quiet
9th April 1917 Received Orders to move to Old German Front Line Trench South of Cambrai Road
10th Apr 1917 Attack Made
10th April 1917 Brigade received Orders to withdraw
11th Apr 1917 Village Taken
12th Apr 1917 Reliefs
24th May 1917 Relieved at midnight by Loyal North Lancs
11th August 1917 Brigadier General MacClachlan was Killed
24th August 1917 Changed over with 10th North Lancaster Regt.
26th August 1917 Raid carried out on Bee Farm
27th of September 1917 Relief Complete
5th Oct 1917 Difficult Relief
5th October 1917 112th Brigade to relieve 63rd Brigade
22nd Oct 1917 Reliefs
1st March 1918 Extracts from the Diary of Brevet-Colonel G.S.col1ison, D.S.O. Pt.2.
1st March 1918 Extracts from the Diary of Brevet-Colonel G.S.col1ison, D.S.O. Pt.3.
1st March 1918 Extracts from the Diary of Brevet-Colonel G.S.collison, D.S.O. Pt.9.
1st March 1918 Extracts from the Diary of Brevet-Colonel G.S.collison, D.S.O. Pt.10.
1st March 1918 Extracts from the Diary of Brevet-Colonel G.S.collison, D.S.O. Pt.11.
1st March 1918 Extracts from the Diary of Brevet-Colonel G.S.collison, D.S.O. Pt.12.
1st March 1918 Extracts from the Diary of Brevet-Colonel G.S.collison, D.S.O. Pt.13.
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Pte. John Robert Martin 10th Battalion Loyal North Lancashire Regiment (d.6th May 1915) I found out about John Martin while doing our family tree. I have visited Fulwood Military Museum and uncovered a lot of information which in turn lead to a visit to his grave in Doullens where I got to put some Lancashire heather on his grave from his home town of Horwich.
I also put some nice words in the visitors book. We also named our son Martin so his name can live on and not be forgotten as time moves on.
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Cpl. Edward Conroy 10th Btn. Loyal North Lancashire Regiment (d.22nd Mar 1918) Edward Conroy was engaged to Eva Singleton.
He is remembered on the Arras Memorial.
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L/Cpl. Albert Roscoe 10th Btn Loyal North Lancashire Regiment Albert Roscoe served with the 10th and 1/5th Battalions, Loyal North Lancashire Regiment. He was wounded on the 1st of August 1916 in, France.
He was again wounded and captured on the 30th of August 1917 in the Honnecourt Sub-sector in France.
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WO2. James Lawton Loyal North Lancashire Regiment (d.19th July 1916) My Grandfather James Lawton was born in Marylebone Middlesex in 1880 son of Joseph Lawton and husband of Annie Lawton (Nye) of 2 Weiss Passage,Ossington Street Euston Road London. Between 29th December 1896 and 28th December 1908 he served with the Loyal North Lancashire Regiment, service no.5049 Prior to enlisting he had been working as a bottle washer, he was 18 years old. James was posted into the 2nd battalion, then to the 1st on the 8th June 1901. He was promoted to Corporal for an act of gallant conduct in the field ( I have no other information). On 18th September 1902 he was posted back to the 2nd battalion between Dec. 1902 & June 1904 he was acting Lance Serjeant. At the time of his discharge, after 12 years service in 1908 he was rank Corporal For his time in South Africa he was fighting the Boers,on the Orange Free State, Cape Colony 1901 to 1902 clasps.
He re-enlisted at Fulham in on the 5th of September 1914 he was 34 he entered as a private but was promoted to Corporal, then on the 11th March to Warrent officer. On the 31st July 1915 he sailed to France with the 10th Battalion N.L.R, he was wounded on the 29th of June 1916 by a gunshot to right leg he was evacuated to the Royal Victoria (Netley) Hospital on the 4th July 1916 but succumbed to his wound on the 19th July 1916. He is remembered in Paddington Cemetery screen Wall 3W.9814 age 39. May we remember.
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Capt. Leo Gerald Simon Jude 10th Btn. Loyal North Lancs (d.18th Nov 1916)  Leo Jude was born in c.1897 and was the eldest of two sons to Simon and Kathleen Jude. Simon was an accountant and Kathleen was his second wife. Their family home was in Lockerby Road, West Derby and Leo went to Rossall Boarding School at Fleetwood in Liverpool.
Leo signed up and joined the 10th Battalion of the Loyal North Lancashire Regiment. The Battalion was formed in 1914 as part of the 22nd Division. They trained on the South Downs and at Eastbourne in 1915, and then moved to Salisbury Plain for further training.
After training the Battalion were attached to the 112th Brigade in 37th Division. They landed at Boulogne on 1 August 1915 and headed to the Somme. They were involved in the Battle of Ancre which lasted from the 13 – 18th November 1916. The conditions were atrocious with thick mud, poor visibility and fog.
On 14 November the 37th relieved the 63rd Division capturing German positions on the 15th. The Loyal North Lancashire lost 11 men in the manoeuvre who are now buried at Frankfurt Trench Cemetery.
On the 18 November the 37th made advances and secured Sarre but with a high price to pay. It was during the advance that Leo lost his life along with many of the men he was commanding at the time. The Canadian Divisions of the 19th, 18th and 4th also suffered heavy casualties.
What makes this so saddening is that the battle is recorded to have not met its objectives and the advance was called off on the 19th November.
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Pte Richard Stopforth 10th Battalion Loyal North Lancashire (d.4 May 1916) In April 1916 the 10th Bn Loyal North Lancashire Regiment was given a rest. It moved out of the trenches at Hannescamps and moved into billets at Humbercamps where it was inspected by the GOC on April 1st 1916. On April 9th 1916 the battalion marched to Warluzel where it took billets and remained in Warluzel for the rest of the month.
On May 1st 1916 the battalion returned to the front, and after a three-hour march from Warluzel they arrived at billets in Pommier. On May 2nd 1916, they moved into the trenches in a line between Bienvillers, Hannescamps and Foncquevillers. Of the four battalions in the Brigade, the 10th Loyal North Lancashire Regiment was to go into reserve in Bienvillers. However, they were tasked with providing two companies of men to support the 6th Battalion Bedordshire Regiment who were to go forward and man strong-points on the Hannescamps-Mochy road and in the support line behind the Monchy salient. These were the positions much closer to the enemy where the opposing trenches were about 200 yards apart. "C" Company of the 10th Battalion Loyal North Lancashire Regiment was tasked to move in support of the Bedfordshire Regiment at the close-support trenches at Monchy Salient. On the morning, May 4th 1916, the enemy started a heavy artillery bombardment. The area of greatest threat to the enemy was the salient around Monchy where the two sides each had a bulge in the line facing the enemy's positions. The artillery concentrated on the Monchy salient and then lifted as the infantry attacked: one officer and one Other Rank killed. That one other rank was Richard Stopforth. The CWGC records that Richard Stopforth died on May 4th 1916. "Soldiers Died in the Great War" (HMSO 1921) recorded that he was killed in action on May 4th. It also showed that only two men of the 10th Battalion died on that date.
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