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6th Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment
6th (Service) Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment was raised at Northampton in August 1914 as part of Kitchener's Second New Army and joined 18th (Eastern) Division as army troops. They moved to Colchester for training and in November transferred to 54th Brigade in the same Division. They moved to Salisbury Plain in May 1915 for final training and proceeded to France on the 26th of July 1915, where the division concentrated near Flesselles. In 1916 they were in action on The Somme in The Battle of Albert capturing their objectives near Montauban, The Battle of Bazentin Ridge including the capture of Trones Wood, The Battle of Delville Wood, The Battle of Thiepval Ridge, The Battle of the Ancre Heights playing a part in the capture of the Schwaben Redoubt and Regina Trench and The Battle of the Ancre. In 1917 they took part in the Operations on the Ancre including Miraumont and the capture of Irles, the fought during The German retreat to the Hindenburg Line and in The Third Battle of the Scarpe before moving to Flanders. They were in action in The Battle of Pilkem Ridge, The Battle of Langemarck and The First and Second Battle of Passchendaele. In 1918 they saw action during The Battle of St Quentin, The Battle of the Avre, The actions of Villers-Brettoneux, The Battle of Amiens and The Battle of Albert where the Division captured the Tara and Usna hills near La Boisselle and once again captured Trones Wood. They fought in The Second Battle of Bapaume, The Battle of Epehy, The Battle of the St Quentin Canal, The Battle of the Selle and The Battle of the Sambre. At the Armistice the Division was in XIII Corps Reserve near Le Cateau and demobilisation began on the 10th of December 1918.
2nd Aug 1915 Inspection 
13th August 1915 Instruction
13th of August 1915 Instruction
15th of August 1915 3 Salvos Fired
22nd of August 1915 Hostile Balloons
23rd of August 1915 Normal Situation
30th Sep 1915 Instruction
1st October 1915 Quiet
1st Oct 1915 Instruction
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3rd Oct 1915 Instruction
4th Oct 1915 Instruction
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6th Oct 1915 Instruction
7th Oct 1915 Instruction
8th Oct 1915 Instruction
16th Oct 1915 The Derby Scheme
28th October 1915 Quiet
1st November 1915 Quiet
1st Dec 1915 Derby Scheme Armlets
11th Sep 1915 Last day of Derby Scheme Recruitment
21st Dec 1915 Merry and Bright
10th Jan 1916 Group System Reopens
9th February 1916 Call Ups
14th Jul 1916 Wood Captured
26th Sep 1916 In Action
21st Mar 1918 In Defence
22nd Mar 1918 Bridge
1st Apr 1918 Reliefs Complete
3rd Apr 1918 Praise
4th Apr 1918 Shelling
5th Apr 1918 Shelling
21st of August 1918 Bathing
22nd Aug 1918 Attack Made
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Those known to have served with6th Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment during the Great War 1914-1918. - Biddis John Henry. Pte (d.24th October 1918)
- Bourne Reginald Charles. Pte. (d.8th Aug 1917)
- Bowerman James. Pte. (d.7th August 1917)
- Bray Frank Harry. Pte.
- Brightman Herbert James. Sgt. (d.6th October 1918)
- Chalk Joseph Henry. Pte. (d.23rd September 1918)
- Chambers Herbert John. Pte. (d.17th Feb 1917)
- Dean William Arthur. Pte. (d.17th February 1917)
- Eaton Harry. L/Cpl.
- Ford A. E.. Pte. (d.30th March 1918)
- Fox Charles William. Pte. (d.1st July 1916)
- Freeman Tom. 2nd Lt. (d.17th Feb 1917)
- Furness Robert. Pte. (d.3rd March 1917)
- Furniss Harold West. Pte.
- Green George S.C.. Pte. (d.7th August 1918)
- Heeley Leonard Stanley. Pte. (d.27th April 1916)
- Irons Horace Edwin. Pte. (d.2nd April 1916)
- Jackson Lawrence Edward. (d.31st July 1918)
- Lewis VC Allan Leonard. Cpl. (d.21st September 1918)
- Moore Sydney George. Pte. (d.17 Feb 1917)
- Naylor Ezra. Pte (d.6th August 1918)
- Newman James. Pte. (d.17th Feb 1917)
- Robinson Thomas Roland. L/Cpl. (d.18th August 1918)
- Smith Michael Basil . Pte. (d.3rd April 1918)
- Spencer MM. James Henry. Pte.
- Sykes Ernest Francis . Cpl.
- Taylor MM. Walter Thomas. Pte.
- Thacker Clarence Owen. Pte. (d.24th April 1918)
- White Owen. Pte. (d.10th August 1917)
- Winkworth Henry Edward Vernon. 2nd Lt. (d.16th Feb 1917)
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Cpl. Allan Leonard Lewis VC 6th Btn. Northamptonshire Regiment (d.21st September 1918)  Allan Lewis was killed in action on 21st September 1918, aged 23 and is commemorated on the Vis-en-Artois Memorial in France.
He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. George Lewis, of Wyeside, Whitney-on-Wye, Herefordshire
An extract from the London Gazette, dated 28th Jan., 1919, records the following:- "For most conspicuous bravery at Ronssoy on the 18th September, 1918, when in command of a section on the right of an attacking line held up by intense machine gun fire. L./Cpl. Lewis observing that two enemy machine guns were enfilading the line, crawled forward singlehanded, and successfully bombed the guns, and by rifle fire later caused the whole team to surrender, thereby enabling the line to advance. On 21st September, 1918, he again displayed great powers of command, and, having rushed his company through the enemy barrage, was killed whilst getting his men under cover from heavy machine gun fire. Throughout he showed a splendid disregard of danger, and his leadership at a critical period was beyond all praise."
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2nd Lt. Henry Edward Vernon Winkworth 6th Btn. Northamptonshire Regiment (d.16th Feb 1917) Henry Winkworth is buried in Dernancourt Communal Cemetery Extension in France.
Son of Edward and Sarah Winkworth, of 7 Wilbury Gardens, Hove, Sussex.
he died of wounds at 45th Casualty Clearing Station on 18th February 1917 after being wounded by a gunshot wound to the chest at Boom Ravine on 17th February, possibly by machine-gun fire whilst crossing Grandcourt Trench.
Henry was born on 7th December 1895 at Brighton, Sussex, the son of Edward Henry Thomas Winkworth, an auctioneer (b. 1857, Windsor, Berks.),
and Mrs Sarah Jane M. Winkworth (nee Merryweather, b. c-1868, m. 1890 at St. Giles, London) 7 Wilbury Gardens, Hove.
He was brother to Cecilia Clara Winkworth and John Staverton Winkworth.
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Pte. James Newman 6th Btn. Northamptonshire Regiment (d.17th Feb 1917) James Newman served with the 6th Btn. Northamptonshire Regiment. His father never got to see him go to war as he drowned 10 years before and my father never got to know him as he was killed 7 months before he was born.
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Pte. Frank Harry Bray 6th Battalion Northamptonshire Regiment Frank Bray was my grandfather.
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Pte Ezra Naylor 6th Btn. Northamptonshire Regiment (d.6th August 1918) Ezra Naylor is buried at Dive Copse British Cemetery, in France.
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L/Cpl. Harry Eaton 6th Battalion Northamptonshire Regiment Harry Eaton was married with two children when he joined up in 1915. He fought all through the war (although I think he was wounded in 1916 also but can't verify this) with the 6th Northants until 8th of August 1918 when he received a gunshot wound to his head and was taken to No.3 Canadian Hospiatl at Dannes Camiens Hospital. He was taken back to Britain. When recovered he spent the rest of the war training troops in Gas procedures. Once when he was in the field, in a crater under fire, a man (a pub Landlord from Harrold) I believe, in another crater shouted "all Northants over here" so he ran over to regroup and a shell obliterated the crater he had been in.
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Lawrence Edward Jackson 6th Battalion, B Coy. Northamptonshire Regiment (d.31st July 1918) Lawrence Jackson served with B Coy, 6th Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment.
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Pte. Michael Basil Smith 6th Btn. Northamptonshire Regiment (d.3rd April 1918) Michael Smith, son of Mr. L B Smith, Linden House, Ampthill, Bedfordshire was born in Ampthill. He enlisted at Luton and served with 6th Battalion Northamptonshire Regiment He died of his wounds on 3rd April 1918 and is buried in Namps-au-Val British Cemetery, Somme, France. He is remembered on both The War Memorial and The Alamada, St. Andrews Church, Ampthill. Information courtesy of www.roll-of-honour.com
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Sgt. Herbert James Brightman 6th Btn. Northamptonshire Regiment (d.6th October 1918) Sergeant Herbert James Brightman, born in Ampthill, Bedfordshire, enlisted Northampton. Served with the 6th Battalion Northamptonshire Regiment (service no. 13927), He died of his wounds on 6th October 1918 in France and Flanders and is buried in St Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen, Seine Maritime France. He is remembered on both The War Memorial and The Alamada, St. Andrews Church, Ampthill. Information courtesy of www.roll-of-honour.com
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Pte. William Arthur Dean 6th (Service) Btn. Northamptonshire Regiment (d.17th February 1917) William Dean was married to Nellie Maud Rance on September 6th, 1913, at the Parish Church, Great Berkhampstead, Hertfordshire, England. He was a Painter at the Chemical Works, at Berkhampstead, Hertfordshire, England before the war. His parents were Joseph Dean and Elizabeth Matilda Cook both of Berkhampstead, Hertfordshire.
May he rest in peace where he lay, never to be found at the end of day, his dear wife so she mourned at hearing his death, they gave her 13 shillings 6 pence his only effects.
William was missing after enemy shelling.
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Pte. Charles William Fox 6th Btn. Northamptonshire Regiment (d.1st July 1916) Charles Fox was the son of Thomas and Sarah Anne Fox of Kettering.
He enlisted in Wellingborough, Northants and is buried in Dantzig Alley, Mametz, France.
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Cpl. Ernest Francis Sykes 6th Btn. Northamptonshire Regiment Ernest Sykes was my great uncle, he was called up he was in a reserved occupation at the Daimler Works, Coventry. He had training with 3rd Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment based at the Isle of Sheppey. He was posted to the front in September 1916, spent a few days at L infantry Base Depot on the French coast before being posted and joining the 6th Northamptonshires on 23rd of September 1918. He fought at Bois Mormal Forest, he was seriously injured on 4th November, shot in chest & below knee amputation and was repatriated to Stepping Hill Hospital, Stockport and discharged from the army in 1920.
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2nd Lt. Tom Freeman 6th Btn. Northamptonshire Regiment (d.17th Feb 1917) Tom Freeman served with the 6th Northamptonshire Regiment. Little else is known I'm afraid.
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Pte. A. E. Ford 6th Btn. Northamptonshire Regiment (d.30th March 1918) I live in the city of Evreux, Normandy, France where A.E Ford is buried.
I am doing some research about him.
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Pte. Robert Furness 6th Btn. B Coy. Northamptonshire Regiment (d.3rd March 1917) From humble beginnings in a Northamptonshire hamlet, Robert Furness had traveled, effectively, 28 miles in the first 33 years of his life. With the onset of World War One, Robert had no real option over the next 2 years but to travel, effectively, 260 miles to his death in Cable Trench in Cherisy, France.
In 1916 he was in action in The Battle of Albert, The Battle of Bazentin Ridge, The Battle of Trones Wood, The Battle of Thiepval Ridge, The Battle of the Ancre Heights, The Battle of the Ancre.
In 1917 during Operations on the Ancre, The German retreat to the Hindenburg Line, The Third Battle of the Scarpe.
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Pte. Sydney George Moore 6th Btn. Northamptonshire Regiment (d.17 Feb 1917) Sydney George Moore was born in 1898, in Geddington, Northamptonshire, son of Mary Jane and Harry Moore. He died on 17th February 1917 during an assault on Boom Ravine near Miraumont.
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Pte. James Bowerman 6th Btn. Northamptonshire Rgt. (d.7th August 1917) James Bowerman joined the RASC as a baker in 1915, and transferred to 6th Btn Northamptonshire Regiment in May 1917. He was killed in action on 7th August 1917.
Private Bowerman is commemorated on the Menin Gate in Ypres, on the Preston, Lancs Harris Museum Roll of Honour, and within Preston Remembers and on Lives of the First World War websites.
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Pte. James Henry "Rolling Jim" Spencer MM. 6th Battalion Northamptonshire Regiment Jim Spencer was my great uncle. Like my grandfather (George - QVR) he was an Infantryman in WW1. Both survived. The much-told family story was that Jim had won the MM for rescuing a wounded Canadian officer from No Mans Land, but that he had sold the medal after the war to put the money on a horse.
Jim was badly affected by his experiences and although his family emigrated to Canada, he chose to stay around South London, where he became a tramp, walking huge distances and appearing at my grandparents house on the coast, filthy dirty, but full of beans and usually singing a song whose chorus was Rolling, rolling, rolling....
He died in about 1972, then living at one of the Carrington House hostels. I took my grandfather to see him there for the last time.
Jim's daughter, Win, discovered from army records that he never had received his MM. She claimed it about 15 years ago and donated it to the Northamptonshire Regiment museum.
I have a copy of the London Gazette for 23.7.19, which gazettes the award and a copy of the citation dated 27.2.19 and signed Rawlinson.
We have no connection with Northamptonshire but Jim seems to have enrolled there while visiting a friend in Peterborough.
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Pte. Harold West Furniss 6th Btn. Northamptonshire Regiment Harold Furniss enlisted 7/9/14 at Northampton, and joined 6th Northamptonshire Regiment as a private, he trained on Salisbury Plain to May 1915. He landed in France 26/07/15, and was posted near Le Cateau. Harold was wounded in the field on 4/07/16, and sent back to England on 17/07/16, where he was admitted to the Lord Derby War Hospital until 22/07/16 for a neck injury. He was posted to France 28/09/16 and rejoined his Battalion 10/10/16. He transferred on 1/03/17 to the Royal Engineers as a Pioneer (Roads and Quarries). Harold survived the war and returned home via Purfleet on 28/01/19, and transferred to army reserve on demobilization on 25/02/19.
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Pte. Horace Edwin Irons 6th Battalion Northamptonshire Regiment (d.2nd April 1916) Horace Irons was my Grandfather and I have been trying to find out how he was killed. I have been unable to find out anything except where his grave is, which I visit occasionally.
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