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22nd (Kensington) Battalion, Royal Fusiliers    22nd (Kensington) Battalion, Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) was raised at White City on the 11th of September 1914, by the Mayor and Borough of Kensington. In June 1915 they joined 99th Brigade, 33rd Division at Clipstone camp near Mansfield in Nottinghamshire in July 1915. In August they moved to Salisbury Plain for final training and firing practice. In November they received orderes to prepare to proceed to France and the Divisional Artillery and Train were replaced by the units raised for the 54th (East Anglian) Division. By the 21st of November the 33rd Division had concentrated near Morbecque. On the 25th of November 1915 The Battalion transferred to 2nd Division as part of an exchange to strengthen the inexperienced 33rd Division. They took part in the Winter Operations 1914-15 and in 1915 saw action at The Battle of Festubert and The Battle of Loos. In 1916 they fought in the Battles of the Somme and the Operations on the Ancre. In 1917 they were in action during The German retreat to the Hindenburg Line, the Battles of Arras and The Battle of Cambrai. 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Want to know more about 22nd (Kensington) Battalion, Royal Fusiliers? There are:5352 items tagged 22nd (Kensington) Battalion, Royal Fusiliers available in our Library   These include information on officers, regimental histories, letters, diary entries, personal accounts and information about actions during the Great War. Those known to have served with 22nd (Kensington) Battalion, Royal Fusiliers during the Great War 1914-1918. Alley William Frederick. Cpl. Deeks Victor Alfred. Pte. (d.8th November 1918) Farnes Albert. Pte. (d.8th Mar 1917) Kingsland Frederick William. L/Cpl. (d.2nd February 1917) Parkes Alexander Henry. Pte. (d.1st Sep 1916) Skilton Charles Walter F.. Pte. (d.26th Dec 1916) Stow Eustace Tregear. L/Cpl. (d.1st February 1916) Turner Albert. Pte. (d.28th December 1917) All names on this list have been submitted by relatives, friends, neighbours and others who wish to remember them, if you have any names to add or any recollections or photos of those listed, please Add a Name to this List Records of 22nd (Kensington) Battalion, Royal Fusiliers from other sources. The Wartime Memories Project is the original WW1 and WW2 commemoration website. 1st of September 2024 marks 25 years since the launch of the Wartime Memories Project. Thanks to everyone who has supported us over this time. Want to find out more about your relative's service? Want to know what life was like during the Great War? Our Library contains many many diary entries, personal letters and other documents, most transcribed into plain text. Looking for help with Family History Research?    Please see Family History FAQ's Please note: We are unable to provide individual research. Can you help? The free to access section of The Wartime Memories Project website is run by volunteers and funded by donations from our visitors. If the information here has been helpful or you have enjoyed reaching the stories please conside making a donation, no matter how small, would be much appreciated, annually we need to raise enough funds to pay for our web hosting or this site will vanish from the web. If you enjoy this site please consider making a donation. Announcements 19th Nov 2024     Please note we currently have a massive backlog of submitted material, our volunteers are working through this as quickly as possible and all names, stories and photos will be added to the site. If you have already submitted a story to the site and your UID reference number is higher than 264989 your submission is still in the queue, please do not resubmit. Wanted: Digital copies of Group photographs, Scrapbooks, Autograph books, photo albums, newspaper clippings, letters, postcards and ephemera relating to the Great War. If you have any unwanted photographs, documents or items from the First or Second World War, please do not destroy them. The Wartime Memories Project will give them a good home and ensure that they are used for educational purposes. Please get in touch for the postal address, do not sent them to our PO Box as packages are not accepted. World War 1 One ww1 wwII greatwar great battalion regiment artillery Did you know? We also have a section on World War Two. and a Timecapsule to preserve stories from other conflicts for future generations.   Pte. Alexander Henry Parkes 2nd Bn. Royal Fusiliers (d.1st Sep 1916) Alexander Henry Parkes was my Grandfather. He fought in the Battle of the Somme and was killed aged 40 at Delville Wood. He is buried in Delville Wood Cemetery. Roy Parkes Add to this record.   Pte. Albert Turner 22nd (Kensington) Battalion Royal Fusiliers (d.28th December 1917) Albert Turner was my grandad on my father's side of the family. He died aged 33 and is buried in Louverval, France. John Turner Add to this record.   L/Cpl. Eustace Tregear Stow 22nd Btn. Royal Fusiliers (d.1st February 1916) Eustace Tregear Stow's male line has been traced back to circ. 1660's to Shoreham, Sussex with occupations such as shipwrights, Royal Navy, Customs & Excise and Post Office. With extensive research of this large family not many descendants exist today except through Eustace (and a few others). He died young but his family lives on. Vicky Nash Add to this record.   Pte. Victor Alfred Deeks 22nd Btn. Royal Fusiliers (d.8th November 1918) Victor Deeks died on the 8th November 1918, aged 21. Buried in in the Niederzwehren Cemetery in Germany, he was the son of Alfred J. and E. Maud Deeks, of 6, Brunswick Terrace, Cambridge. s flynn Add to this record.   Pte. Albert Farnes 22nd Btn. Royal Fusiliers (d.8th Mar 1917) Albert Farnes served with the 22nd Battalion, Royal Fusiliers and died on 8th March 1917. Keith Farnes Add to this record.   Pte. Charles Walter F. Skilton 22nd Btn. Royal Fusiliers (d.26th Dec 1916) Charles Skilton was executed for desertion 26/12/1916 age 20. He is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial to the Missing in Somme, France. s flynn Add to this record.   Cpl. William Frederick Alley 22nd (Service) Battalion (Kensington) Royal Fusiliers Will Alley is my maternal grandfather. He had a glass eye which he would sneakily place on my shoulder and say "I've got my eye on you!" The glass eye was the result of an injury in the trenches in 1916. He always told us that a sniper's bullet killed the soldier next to him and then shot out his eye. According to his military records: Disability Gun shot wound. Date of disability: He states 4.2.1916, Place of disability: He states Givenchy. He states that while on sentry duty in trench at Givenchy he was shot through the mouth by rifle bullet which continued its course through nose and entered left eye. His eye was removed same day at Bethune Hospital, France. His MHS shows that his eye was removed for bullet wound same day in France. The report states No 654 Pte E.R. Clark, 22nd Roy Fus, is supposed to have wounded Pte Alley by the accidental discharge of his rifle in the front line trench., There were no witnesses of the accident Present condition is reported as: His left eye is enucleated and has left a socket which is fairly healthy but is occasionally subject to attacks of conjunctivitis. RE vision = 6/36 [myopic] and with glass vision is 6/12. Kay Prosser Add to this record. Recomended Reading. Available at discounted prices.

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