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7th Battalion, North Staffordshire Regiment
7th (Service) Battalion, North Staffordshire Regiment, was raised Lichfield on the 29th of August 1914 as part of Kitchener's First New Army and joined 39th Brigade 13th (Western) Division which assembled on Salisbury Plain. They moved to Tidworth and and spent the winter in billets in Basingstoke. They moved to Blackdown, Aldershot in February 1915 for final training and sailed from Avonmouth on the 19th of June 1915 landing at Alexandria then moving to Mudros, by the 4th of July to prepare for a landing at Gallipoli. The infantry landed on Cape Helles between the 6th and 16th of July to relieve 29th Division. They returned to Mudros at the end of the month, and the entire Division landed at ANZAC Cove between the 3rd and 5th of August. They were in action in The Battle of Sari Bair, The Battle of Russell's Top and The Battle of Hill 60, at ANZAC. Soon afterwards they transferred from ANZAC to Suvla Bay. They were evacuated from Suvla on the 19th and 20th of December 1915, and after a weeks rest they moved to the Helles bridgehead. They were in action during The last Turkishh attacks at Helles on the 7th of January 1916 and were evacuated from Helles on the 8th and 9th. The Division concentrated at Port Said, holding forward posts in the Suez Canal defences. On the 12th of February 1916 they moved to Mesopotamia, to join the force being assembled near Sheikh Sa'ad for the relief of the besieged garrison at Kut al Amara. They joined the Tigris Corps on the 27th of March and were in action in the unsucessful attempts to relieve Kut. They were in action in The Battle of Kut al Amara, The capture of the Hai Salient, he capture of Dahra Bend and The passage of the Diyala, in the pursuit of the enemy towards Baghdad. Units of the Division were the first troops to enter Baghdad, when it fell on the 11 March 1917. The Division then joined \"Marshall's Column\" and pushed north across Iraq, fighting at Delli 'Abbas, Duqma, Nahr Kalis, crossing the 'Adhaim on the 18 April and fighting at Shatt al 'Adhaim. Later in the year they were in action in the Second and Third Actions of Jabal Hamrin and fought at Tuz Khurmatli the following April. By the 28th of May 1918, Divisional HQ had moved to Dawalib and remained there until the end of the war, enduring extreme summer temperatures.
In July 1918, 39th Brigade was detached and joined the North Persia Force which was in Transcaspia by October 1918.
16th Oct 1915 The Derby Scheme
1st Dec 1915 Derby Scheme Armlets
11th Sep 1915 Last day of Derby Scheme Recruitment
7th Jan 1916 Losses during Withdrawal
10th Jan 1916 Group System Reopens
20th Jan 1916 In the Trenches
9th February 1916 Call Ups
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Those known to have served with 7th Battalion, North Staffordshire Regiment during the Great War 1914-1918. - Asher Bertram Gower. Pte. (d.7th Jan 1916)
- Astbury Frederick. Cpl. (d.5th April 1916)
- Brown Arthur. Pte. (d.5th Apr 1916)
- Cooper John William. Pte (d.25th February 1917)
- Forster Robert Victor McKinley. Sgt. (d.20th Apr 1916)
- Henshaw John. Pte. (d.5th April 1916)
- Hooper Frank. Pte. (d.19th April 1916)
- Lymer Thomas Aaron. Pte. (d.25th Jan 1917)
- Pritchard Samuel. Pte. (d.23rd Aug 1916)
- Rushton William. Pte. (d.7th Jan 1916)
- Seaton Sydney. Pte. (d.5th Apr 1916)
- Williams Albert Vincent. Pte. (d.1st October 1918)
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Pte. Samuel Pritchard 7th Btn. North Staffordshire Regiment (d.23rd Aug 1916) Samuel Pritchard served in Gallipoli in 1915 and is buried in Stafford Cemetery.
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Pte. Thomas Aaron Lymer 7th Btn. North Staffordshire Regiment (d.25th Jan 1917) Thomas Aaron Lymer was the son of Harry Lymer and Sarah E Lymer (nee Williams) of Fenton, Stoke on Trent.
Husband of Esther Gladys Lymer (nee Holbrook), their marriage was in 1912 at Fenton. Esther married William J Maddox in 1920.
Thomas Aaron Lymer is buried in the War Cemetery at Al Amarah, Iraq
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Pte. Sydney Seaton 7th Btn. North Staffordshire Regiment (d.5th Apr 1916) My great great uncle Sydney Seaton who sadly died of wounds he received in action while fighting in Mesopotamia on the 5th of April 1916.
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Sgt. Robert Victor McKinley Forster 7th Btn. North Staffordshire Regiment (d.20th Apr 1916) Robert Forster had been an Army Reservist. He was posted to 4th Battalion in August 1914, 11th Battalion in November 1914 and then to 7th Battalion in September 1915. He was killed in action at Mesopotamia.
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Pte. Albert Vincent Williams 7th Btn. North Staffordshire Regiment (d.1st October 1918) My great grandfather Albert Williams, served with the 7th Battalion, North Staffs Regiment in the Asiatic Theatre of war. He was born in Stone, Staffordshire in 1892 and died in Persia (modern day Iran) on the 1st October 1918. Commemorated in Tehran, I would like him to be remembered.
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Pte. Frank Hooper 7th Btn North Staffordshire Regiment (d.19th April 1916) Frank Hooper was my great uncle (my father's uncle). He was one of seven sons who served in the British Army in WW1. One other was killed at the 3rd Battle of Ypres, the other five survived. I do not have a photo of him sadly.
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Cpl. Frederick Astbury 7th Btn. North Staffordshire Regiment (d.5th April 1916) Frederick Astbury was the son of James Astbury and Harriett Sims.
Husband to Gertrude Williams, father of Minnie, Gertrude and Frederick.
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Pte. Arthur Brown 7th Btn. North Staffordshire Regiment (d.5th Apr 1916) Private Arthur Brown was killed in action in Mesopotamia, he was my Great Grandfather. Not much is known of him other than when he died his brother Albert took over the family and became the husband to my Great Grandmother. I am seeking his WW1 death Penny sold some years ago by a family member. It's taken years of research to find out these details and now he can rest in peace. He is buried in Basra, my son who is a current serving Officer in the RAF, took part in the Iraq war. He telephone me one night saying he had visited a war memorial of WW1 soldiers. Little did we know that his GG Grandfather's name was on that memorial.
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Pte. William Rushton 7th Battalion North Staffordshire Regiment (d.7th Jan 1916) William Rushton served with 7th Battalion, North Staffordshire Regiment.
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Pte. Bertram Gower Asher 7th Btn. North Staffordshire Regiment (d.7th Jan 1916) I know nothing about Bertram Asher, other than he was the cousin of my great grandfather. He died, aged 25 during the evacuation of Gallipoli. He is listed on the Helles Memorial.
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