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2nd Battalion, Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment)    2nd Battalion, Royal Scots were based in Plymouth with 8th Brigade, 3rd Division when war broke out in August 1914. They proceeded to France, landing Bologne on the 14th of August 1914. They saw action in The Battle of Mons and the rearguard action at Solesmes, The Battle of Le Cateau, The Battle of the Marne, The Battle of the Aisne, at La Bassee, Messines and the First Battle of Ypres. They took part in the Winter Operations of 1914-15, The First Attack on Bellewaarde and the Actions at Hooge. In 1916 they took part in The Actions of the Bluff and St Eloi Craters then moved to The Somme for The Battle of Albert, The Battle of Bazentin helping to capture Longueval, The Battle of Delville Wood and The Battle of the Ancre. In 1917 They were at Arras, seeing action at Battles of the Scarpe and The Battle of Arleux. They moved north to the Flanders and were in action during The Battle of the Menin Road and Battle of Polygon Wood during the Third Battle of Ypres. Then moved south and were in action at The Battle of Cambrai. In 1918 They were in action on The Somme, in the Battles of the Lys, the Battles of the Hindenburg Line and the Battle of the Selle. After the Armistice 3rd Division advanced into Germany as part of the Occupation Force. 27th January 1918 Kit inspections. 16th October 1918 Close Order and Ceremonial drill. 29th July 1914 Mobilisation 29th July 1914 Orders 4th August 1914 Order to Mobilise. 5th August 1914 Mobilization 5th August 1914 Completion of Mobilisation. 5th August 1914 Reliefs. 6th August 1914 Reservists arrived. 7th August 1914 More reservists 8th August 1914 Regular cadre from depot 9th August 1914 Period of Waiting. 9th August 1914 Order received 10th August 1914 Peace details 11th August 1914 Advance Party arrives 13th August 1914 Departure 13th August 1914 On the Move 14th August 1914 Quartering Arrangements Completed 14th August 1914 Arrival at Bologne. 14th August 1914 Arrived Bologne 15th August 1914 At Bologne. 15th August 1914 Departure from Bologne. 15th August 1914 Inspection by French General 16th August 1914 Movement Orders 16th August 1914 Boulogne to Taisnieres. 16th August 1914 On the Move 18th August 1914 On the Move 19th August 1914 Changes in quartering arrangements 20th August 1914 Changes in quartering arrangements 20th August 1914 March to Doulers. 20th August 1914 At Taisnieres 20th August 1914 Fresh billets 21st August 1914 Taking up stations in assigned areas. 21st August 1914 Advance to Gognies. 21st August 1914 On the March 22nd August 1914 Taking up stations in assigned areas. 22nd August 1914 Advance through Belgium. 22nd August 1914 On the March 23rd August 1914 German attack crosses Canal 23rd August 1914 Battle of Mons. 23rd August 1914 Orders. 24th August 1914 Withdrawals 24th August 1914 Retirement from Mons. 24th August 1914 Positions 25th August 1914 Ongoing Retirement 25th August 1914 On the March 25th August 1914 Long march 26th August 1914 In Action 26th August 1914 Retirement 26th August 1914 Ongoing Retirement 26th August 1914 In Action 26th August 1914 Entrenching 27th Aug 1914 Rear Guard 27th August 1914 Continued withdrawals 27th August 1914 On the March 28th Aug 1914 Rear Guard 28th August 1914 Initial Intelligence Report 28th August 1914 On the March 29th August 1914 Ongoing Retirement 29th August 1914 Observation 30th August 1914 Demolitions on withdrawals 30th August 1914 On the March 31st August 1914 Continued withdrawals 31st August 1914 On the March 1st September 1914 Outpost positions 2nd September 1914 Withdrew at dawn. 3rd September 1914 On the March 4th September 1914 Enemy across the Marne 4th September 1914 Night march 5th September 1914 On the March 6th September 1914 Attack Made 6th September 1914 Enemy Retiring 7th September 1914 Attack progressing 7th September 1914 Drunk German soldiers 8th September 1914 Ongoing Battles 8th September 1914 A column of Germans ahead. 9th September 1914 Ongoing Action 9th September 1914 On the March 10th September 1914 Davance 10th September 1914 Continued advance 11th September 1914 Continued progress 11th September 1914 Heavy Rain 12th September 1914 Bad Weather 12th September 1914 On the March 13th September 1914 Strong Opposition 13th September 1914 Gradual Advance 14th September 1914 Further Advance 14th September 1914 Under Fire 15th September 1914 Shelling 15th September 1914 Position Shelled 16th September 1914 Difficulties 16th September 1914 Heavy shelling 17th September 1914 Heavy Bombardment 17th September 1914 Shelling not so heavy 18th September 1914 Night Attacks 18th September 1914 Bursts of shelling 19th September 1914 Attack Repulsed 19th September 1914 Enemy seen 20th September 1914 Ongoing Action 20th September 1914 Reliefs 20th September 1914 Artillery dual before dusk. 21st September 1914 Attacks 21st September 1914 Artillery quieter during day 22nd September 1914 Reliefs 22nd September 1914 Aeroplanes especially active 23rd September 1914 Patrols 23rd September 1914 Heavy Artillery fire 24th September 1914 Artillery Exchange 24th September 1914 Orders received 25th September 1914 Some Shelling 26th September 1914 Aircraft Assists 26th September 1914 Rest. 27th September 1914 Continuing action around bridges 27th September 1914 Church Service 28th September 1914 Bridges 28th September 1914 Preparations 29th September 1914 Ongoing fighting on all fronts 29th September 1914 Inspection 30th September 1914 September Intelligence Summary 30th September 1914 Company arrangements 1st October 1914 Commencement of Move 1st October 1914 Orders Received 2nd October 1914 On the March 3rd October 1914 On the March 4th October 1914 In Billets 5th October 1914 On the Move 6th October 1914 Forbidden to leave the station. 7th October 1914 On the March 8th October 1914 On the March 9th October 1914 On the Move 10th October 1914 On the Move 11th October 1914 French Cavalry holding ground. 12th October 1914 Sounds of gun & rifle fire on either side. 13th October 1914 Mist 14th October 1914 Ground Gained 15th Oct 1914 Attack on Fortified Cottages   15th October 1914 Operation order received   16th October 1914 Reliefs 17th September 1914 Some Shelling 18th October 1914 Shelling 19th October 1914 Orders 20th October 1914 New Trenches Dug 21st October 1914 Determined attack 22nd October 1914 Firing line withdrawn 23rd October 1914 Withdrawal 24th October 1914 Further German attacks repulsed 24th October 1914 Night Attack   25th October 1914 Further German attacks repulsed 25th October 1914 Considerable Firing 26th October 1914 German front quiet 26th October 1914 Orders received   27th October 1914 Battle for Neuve Chapelle   27th October 1914 Reliefs   28th October 1914 Ongoing Battle for Neuve Chapelle   28th October 1914 Orders Received   29th October 1914 Heavy Shelling   30th October 1914 Casualty List for month October 1914 30th October 1914 Reliefs 1st November 1914 Reliefs 2nd November 1914 Slight shelling 3rd November 1914 Entrenched 4th November 1914 Intermittent shelling 5th November 1914 Night Attack 6th November 1914 Attack at dawn. 7th November 1914 Into Support 8th November 1914 Orders 9th November 1914 Rest 10th November 1914 In Support   11th November 1914 Searchlights, star shells and fireballs   12th November 1914 Reliefs   13th November 1914 Sniping and shelling 14th November 1914 Constant shelling 15th November 1914 Reliefs 16th November 1914 Orders   17th November 1914 Water filled trenches 18th November 1914 Rations 19th November 1914 Relief Complete   20th November 1914 Brigade Reserve   21st November 1914 Reliefs 22nd November 1914 Icicles. 23rd November 1914 Fumes   24th November 1914 Shelling   25th November 1914 Intermittent shelling 26th November 1914 Suspected Spy 27th November 1914 Support trenches heavily shelled    28th November 1914 First Chance for a Wash 29th November 1914 Hand grenades 30th November 1914 St. Andrews day   1st December 1914 Told the campaign would end next June. 2nd Dec 1914 Quiet 2nd December 1914 Recce 3rd Dec 1914 Reliefs   3rd December 1914 Visit by H.M. The King. 4th December 1914 Rained heavily all day. 5th December 1914 Trenches very Wet 6th December 1914 Flooding   7th December 1914 In Billets   8th December 1914 Officers visit Aerodrome 9th December 1914 Quiet day in billets. 10th December 1914 Appointed Adjutant. 11th December 1914 Equipment 12th December 1914 Recce 13th December 1914 Operation Orders Received 14th December 1914 Heavy Artillery Bombardment 15th December 1914 In Reserve 16th December 1914 Congratulations 17th December 1914 Reserve 18th December 1914 Reliefs 19th December 1914 Gallant Rescue 20th December 1914 Considerable Shelling 21st December 1914 Reliefs   22nd December 1914 Exhibition of bomb and Grenade throwing. 23rd December 1914 Baths 24th December 1914 Billets Inspected 25th December 1914 Christmas cards received from their Majesties The King and Queen. Also Princess Mary's gift   26th December 1914 Route march in the morning 27th December 1914 Reliefs   28th December 1914 Very Wet 29th December 1914 Rifle pits dug ahead of Firing line. 30th December 1914 Orders 31st December 1914 Reliefs   1st January 1915 In billets   2nd January 1915 Exhibition of Bomb throwing 3rd January 1915 Instruction in Bomb throwing 4th January 1915 Line of trenches.   5th January 1915 Billets 6th January 1915 Instructions in revetting etc 7th January 1915 Passing by 8th January 1915 Quiet day in billets. 9th January 1915 On the March 10th January 1915 Bailing trenches 11th January 1915 Considerable shelling 12th January 1915 Frost bite. 13th January 1915 Intermittent sniping 14th January 1915 Quiet day in billets. 15th January 1915 Bathing, Change in washing and improvements generally to billets. 16th January 1915 Brigade Baths 17th January 1915 Reliefs 18th January 1915 Intermittent sniping. 19th January 1915 Improving trenches 20th January 1915 A good deal of sniping 21st January 1915 Reliefs 22nd January 1915 Company drill 23rd January 1915 General French visited Scherenberg windmill 24th January 1915 Baths 25th January 1915 Reliefs 26th January 1915 Intermittent sniping and shelling 27th January 1915 The Kaisers birthday 28th January 1915 Clear frosty day 29th January 1915 Snipers and Artillery Active. 30th January 1915 3rd German Army Corps sighted 31st January 1915 Presentation of Award 1st February 1915 Baths 2nd February 1915 Reliefs 3rd February 1915 Considerable shelling near Redoubt. 4th February 1915 TrenchImproved 6th February 1915 Quiet day 7th February 1915 Quiet day in billets. 8th February 1915 Guard of Honour 9th February 1915 Recce 10th February 1915 Reliefs 11th February 1915 Support trenches heavily shelled. 12th February 1915 Improving trenches. 13th February 1915 Artillery observation 14th February 1915 Trenches Lost 15th February 1915 German attack pending 16th February 1915 Ready to Turn Out 17th February 1915 Training 18th February 1915 Reliefs 19th February 1915 Reliefs 20th February 1915 Awards published 21st February 1915 Menenwerfe in action 22nd February 1915 Reliefs 23rd February 1915 Quiet day in billets 24th February 1915 Reinforcements 25th February 1915 Training 25th February 1917 Half battalion bathed 26th February 1915 Relief 27th February 1915 Mining 28th February 1915 Enemy shelled Battalion H.Q. 1st March 1915 Shelling 2nd March 1915 Reliefs 3rd March 1915 Draft arrived 4th March 1915 Draft arrived. 5th March 1915 At Rest 6th Mar 1915 Instruction   6th March 1915 Reliefs 7th March 1915 Intermittent shelling 8th Mar 1915 Instruction   8th March 1915 Patrols 9th Mar 1915 Instruction   9th March 1915 German Sniper 10th March 1915 Shelling 11th March 1915 Prisoners captured.   12th March 1915 Warning 13th March 1915 Standing by. 14th March 1915 Reliefs cancelled 15th March 1915 Orders cancelled. 16th March 1915 Relief Completed 17th March 1915 Intermittent shelling 18th March 1915 Started digging Communications trenches from Vierstaat to Firing Line 19th March 1915 German shelled newly turned earth from Communications trench 20th March 1915 Draft of 65 O.R. joined the Battalion. 21st March 1915 Aeroplanes very active 22nd March 1915 Snipers again very active at dusk. 23rd March 1915 Very heavy rifle fire 24th March 1915 Aeroplane activity 25th March 1915 "N"1 trench shelled. 26th March 1915 "N"1 again shelled. 27th March 1915 Worked filling the gaps between "M"1 trench and right of "M"2 28th March 1915 Fatigue parties shelled 29th Mar 1915 Reliefs 29th March 1915 "N"1 and "M"3 taken over by 4th Gordons 30th March 1915 Quiet day in trenches. 31st March 1915 Considerable amount of shelling near Battalion HQ 1st April 1915 Gap 2nd April 1915 Our billets were changed from the farms to the Scherpenberg huts. 3rd April 1915 Football match took place between 1st & 2nd Battalions 4th April 1915  5th April 1915 Reserve trenches were shelled in the afternoon 6th April 1915 "J"3 trench was handed over in a very bad condition 7th April 1915 In the Fire trenches. 8th April 1915 Headquarters were shelled. 9th April 1915 Intermittent shelling throughout the day. 10th April 1915 Casualties during the day :- 3 Wounded by snipers. 11th April 1915 Reinforcements 12th April 1915 Very quiet day no casualties. 13th April 1915 Inter Company relief - "D" [ Coy. proceeding ] to Fire trenches 14th April 1915 Bright day with considerable aeroplane activity 15th April 1915 Shelling 16th April 1915 During the tour "J"1 trench had been greatly improved 17th April 1915 Tremendous Gun and Rifle fire continued all night 18th April 1915 Bright day with a great amount of shelling. 19th April 1915 Shelling near Ypres continued and was chiefly German 20th April 1915 Quiet day in trenches. One man killed. 21st April 1915 Visual signalling arranged from "J"10 to H.Q. by electric lamp 22nd April 1915 Lieutenant Colonel Duncan returns from short leave. 23rd April 1915 At 0130 hours Brigade bombers made a demonstration 24th April 1915 Trenches again shell at 1700 hours continuing until dusk. 25th April 1915 "A" & "B" Coys. in billets at La Clytte were ordered to proceed to trench area as Reserve. 26th April 1915 Communications trench opened up between H.Q. and Support barn. 27th April 1915 Quiet day in trenches. 28th April 1915 Aeroplanes very active. Intermittent shelling. 29th April 1915 Men in billets trained in Bomb throwing 30th April 1915 Quiet day. 1st May 1915 Enemy using Asphyxiating Gas. 2nd May 1915 Trenches connected up 3rd May 1915 Practice of attack 4th May 1915 Mine Suspected 5th May 1915 Further reports received. 6th May 1915 Artillery Bombardment 7th May 1915 Not much damage 8th May 1915 Gun fire 9th May 1915 Reliefs Complete 10th May 1915 In Reserve 11th May 1915 Orders received 12th May 1915 On the Move 13th May 1915 Trenches Cleared   14th May 1915 New Redoubt 15th May 1915 Saxons occupied the trench opposite   16th May 1915 Enemy active with trench Mortars 17th May 1915 Flooding of trenches 18th May 1915 German Mortars again active 19th May 1915 Decision 20th May 1915 Reliefs 21st May 1915 In billets. 22nd May 1915 Company training 23rd May 1915 Training 24th May 1915 Gas 25th May 1915 Orders 26th May 1915 Consolidation 27th May 1915 Considerable Shelling 28th May 1915 Recce 29th May 1915 Trench Work 30th May 1915 New Position Dug 31st May 1915 Shelling intermittent 1st June 1915 Cavalry Officers in Trenches 2nd June 1915 Dugouts 3rd June 1915 Transport shelled 4th June 1915 Shelling 5th June 1915 Position Consolidated 6th June 1915 Relief Completed 7th June 1915 Shelled throughout the day. 8th June 1915 Instruction. 9th June 1915 Smoke helmets tested 10th June 1915 Trenches Flooded 11th June 1915 Shelling 12th June 1915 Orders Received 13th June 1915 Assembly trenches 15th June 1915 Preparations 16th Jun 1915 Attack Made   16th Jun 1915 In Action   16th Jun 1915 Preparations   16th June 1915 Attack Made 17th June 1915 Wounded 18th June 1915 Clearing up 19th June 1915 Shelling 20th June 1915 Reliefs 21st June 1915 Quiet day 22nd June 1915 Quiet day 23rd June 1915 Honours & Awards 24th June 1915 Brigade sports 25th June 1915 Brigade Tug of War. 26th June 1915 Training 27th June 1915 Semi Final of the Brigade Tug of War 28th June 1915 Sniper class commenced 29th June 1915 Training and Classes continued 30th June 1915  Training and instruction continued. 1st July 1915 Company Route March. 2nd July 1915 Inspection of Gas Helmets etc. 3rd July 1915 Divine Service in camp. 4th July 1915 Classes of instruction continued. 5th July 1915 Training and courses. 6th July 1915 Quiet day. 7th July 1915 Poor Weather 8th July 1915 In Billets 9th July 1915 Cricket 10th July 1915 Bombardment of North of Ypres. 11th July 1915 Orders postponed 12th July 1915 Reliefs 13th July 1915 Trench mortars 14th July 1915 Shelling 15th July 1915 Men carrying water fired on. 16th July 1915 Trenchwork 17th July 1915 Recce 18th Jul 1915 Relief Complete   18th July 1915 Reliefs 19th July 1915 Battalion in bivouac. 20th July 1915 Inspection 21st July 1915 Classes of instruction 22nd July 1915 A Coy. rejoined Battalion 23rd July 1915 Orders 24th July 1915 Reliefs Complete 25th July 1915 German aeroplane 26th July 1915 Shelling 27th Jul 1915 Reliefs   27th July 1915 Relief 28th July 1915 Enemies snipers were very active 29th July 1915 Shells 30th July 1915 Quiet. 31st July 1915 Enemy trench mortars very active 1st August 1915 Enemy rifle fire 2nd August 1915 Shelling 3rd August 1915 Quiet day in trenches. 4th August 1915 German aeroplane 5th August 1915 German Shelling 6th August 1915 Belgian guns opened fire on German dugout 7th August 1915 Battalion reliefs 8th August 1915 Men resting. 9th August 1915 Inspected by C.O. 10th August 1915 R.E. fatigue. 11th August 1915 Inspection of reinforcements by C.O. 12th August 1915 Inspection 13th August 1915 Inspection 14th August 1915 Sports 15th August 1915 Divine Service. 16th August 1915 Musketry and drill 17th August 1915 Route march. 18th August 1915 Soccer 19th August 1915 Route March. 20th August 1915 Training 21st August 1915 Posting 22nd August 1915 Fatigues 23rd August 1915 Fatigues 24th August 1915 Fatigue work. 25th August 1915 Practice in firing exercises 26th August 1915 Battalion practiced in Bayonet charge 27th August 1915 Practice in attack & Musketry 28th August 1915 Brigade sports. 29th August 1915 Divine Service. 30th August 1915 Route March & Musketry 31st August 1915 Musketry on range. 1st September 1915 Inspection 2nd September 1915 New billeting area 3rd September 1915 Company Training 4th September 1915 Training 5th September 1915 Divine Service. 6th September 1915 Training 7th September 1915 Training & Working Parties 8th September 1915 Training 9th September 1915 Route march. 10th September 1915 Inspection 11th September 1915 Orders 12th September 1915 Relief 13th September 1915 Artillery bombarded enemy line 14th September 1915 Reconnaissance 15th September 1915 G.O.C. 3rd Division Visits 16th September 1915 Trench Work 17th September 1915 German Trenches  Fully Occupied. 18th September 1915 Bombarment 19th September 1915 Voluntary church service.   20th September 1915 Training and bathing. 21st September 1915 Company drill 22nd September 1915 Inspected by Lord Kitchener. 23rd September 1915 Preparations 24th September 1915 Preparations 25th September 1915 Attack   26th September 1915 Bombardment 27th September 1915 Orders. 28th September 1915 Inspection 29th September 1915 Mine Exploded   30th September 1915 Counter attack 1st October 1915 Relieved at dusk 2nd October 1915 A very quiet day.   3rd October 1915 Quiet 4th October 1915 Shells and Trench Mortars 5th October 1915 Instruction 6th October 1915 Battalion dump shelled. 7th October 1915 Front Line Fizz Banged 8th October 1915 Intermittent shelling 9th October 1915 Considerable aeroplane activity. 10th October 1915 Instruction 11th October 1915 Instruction 12th October 1915 Bombardment 13th October 1915 Instruction 14th October 1915 Parapet fizz banged 15th October 1915 Reliefs   16th Oct 1915 The Derby Scheme 16th October 1915 Quiet day in billets.   17th October 1915 Divine Service 18th October 1915 Orders received 19th October 1915 Reliefs 20th October 1915 Line Strengthened. 21st October 1915 Reliefs   22nd October 1915 Orders Received 23rd October 1915 Quiet day 24th October 1915 Divine Service 25th October 1915 Wet day. 26th October 1915 Football 27th October 1915 Inspection by His Majesty the King 28th October 1915 Parades impossible. 29th October 1915 Football 30th October 1915 Battalion route march. 31st October 1915 Divine Service 1st November 1915 Football Match 2nd November 1915 Heavy Rain 3rd November 1915 Practice attacks 4th November 1915 Parades 5th November 1915 Accident 6th November 1915 Football Final 7th November 1915 Divine Service. 8th November 1915 Route March. 9th November 1915 Battalion practice 10th November 1915 Training 11th November 1915 Route March 12th November 1915 Wet day. 13th November 1915 Training 14th November 1915 Divine Service. 15th November 1915 Training 16th November 1915 Route March. 17th November 1915 Brigade Route March 18th November 1915 Football 19th November 1915 Practice in care of feet 20th November 1915 Football Competition 21st November 1915 Semi-finals of the Football competition 22nd November 1915 Orders Received 23rd November 1915 Grenade School Fatigues 27th November 1915 Training and Fatigues 28th November 1915 Relief Begins 29th November 1915 Reliefs   30th November 1915 Snipers 1st Dec 1915 Derby Scheme Armlets 1st December 1915 Enemy more active 2nd December 1915 Fizz Banged 3rd December 1915 Artillery very active 4th December 1915 Socks 5th December 1915 Shelling 6th December 1915 Reliefs 7th December 1915 Improving Camp 8th December 1915 On the March   9th December 1915 Training 10th December 1915 Fatigue parties 11th Sep 1915 Last day of Derby Scheme Recruitment 11th December 1915 Inspections 12th December 1915 Proceeding to trenches tomorrow. 13th December 1915 Reliefs   14th December 1915 Protected Dugouts 15th December 1915 Shelling 16th December 1915 Wiring Parties 17th December 1915 Very quiet during the day. 18th December 1915 Our Artillery Active 19th December 1915 Violent Bombardment 20th December 1915 Bombing attack planned 21st December 1915 Reliefs Complete   22nd December 1915 Training and Baths   23rd December 1915 Training 24th December 1915 Company drill   25th December 1915 Festivities 26th December 1915 Church Parade 27th December 1915 Musketry and drill. 28th December 1915 Reliefs 29th December 1915 Fleet of Aeroplanes 30th December 1915 Naval High Velocity gun 31st December 1915 Very quiet day & night. 1st January 1916 Germans appeared to be the worse for liquor 2nd January 1916 Relievf 3rd January 1916 "Q"1 & 2 trenches received some fizz bangs. 4th January 1916 Fizz Bangs   5th January 1916 Quiet day in billets.   6th January 1916 Quiet day in billets. 7th January 1916 Two Companies bathed at Divisional bath's. 8th January 1916 Major H.L. Budge joined the Battalion 9th January 1916 Quiet day in billets. 10th Jan 1916 Group System Reopens 10th January 1916 Divine Service was held at YMCA hut 11th January 1916 Machine Gunners proceeded to trenches 12th January 1916 To the trenches relieving the 4th Royal Fusiliers 13th January 1916 Germans shelled trenches "R"2 & 2 S 14th January 1916 More enemy sniping at night than usual 15th January 1916 Enemy shelled "Q"2 with 10cm shells at 1130 hours but did no damage. 16th January 1916 Nothing of importance occurred on our front 17th January 1916 Reliefs 18th January 1916 Battalion proceeded to billets in Dicksbusch 19th January 1916 Working parties 20th January 1916 Usual fatigues in the evening. 21st January 1916 Usual fatigue parties 22nd January 1916 All Companies and Sub-Units had the use of the bath's at Dicksbusch 23rd January 1916 Companies instructed in grenade throwing 24th January 1916 Grenade throwing as yesterday. 25th January 1916 Relief of the 4th Royal Fusiliers 26th January 1916 Germans much more active than last tour 27th January 1916 At night there was considerable rifle and machine gun fire. 28th January 1916 The Germans showed a small searchlight; 29th January 1916 Extra vigilance in the case of Gas attack had to be taken. 30th January 1916 Very quiet day 31st January 1916 Very quiet day and night. 1st February 1916 Trenches Heavily shelled   2nd February 1916 Cleaning up   3rd February 1916 Baths   4th February 1916 The rifles of "C" & "D" companies inspected by Armourer Staff Sgt. 5th February 1916 On the March   6th February 1916 Tube helmets withdrawn 7th February 1916 "A" Coy. was inspected by the Commanding Officer. 8th February 1916 Usual parades and inspections. 9th February 1916 Call Ups 9th February 1916 Route March 10th February 1916 "D" inspected by Commanding Officer. 11th February 1916 Sub-Units inspected by Commanding Officer. 12th February 1916 Inspections and lectures. 13th February 1916 Battalion paraded for Divine Service on the rifle range 14th February 1916 The second round of the inter platoon competition 15th February 1916 Battalion received orders to be in readiness to move at short notice 16th February 1916 Football competition 17th February 1916 The Battalion team played the 4th Gordon Highlanders in the semi-final of Brigade football tournament 18th February 1916 Usual training 19th February 1916 final of the inter platoon competitionDivine Service 20th February 1916 Battalion paraded in cinema barn 21st February 1916 Battalion paraded for drill on Windmill Ground. 22nd February 1916 The Battalion marched to maneuver area via Windmill & Calais road 23rd February 1916 Regimental Tug of War team beat K.S.L.I. in the final of the Brigade tournament 24th February 1916 Battalion in attack. 25th February 1916 Companies at disposal of Commanders during the forenoon. 26th February 1916 Sport 27th February 1916 Orders were received that the Battalion would move 28th February 1916 At 0945 hours the Battalion moved to Manouvre area for practice in the Attack 29th February 1916 At 0945 hours the Battalion started a route march, finishing at 1400 hours. 1st March 1916 Battalion was conducted to billets in the Rue Carnot 2nd March 1916 In Billets all day.   3rd March 1916 Orders received to reconnoiter the "Bluff" 4th March 1916 Trenches in places waist deep in mud 5th March 1916 "B" Coy. trenches were shelled in the morning. 6th March 1916 Casualties being evacuated for exhaustion and frost bite. 7th March 1916 Arrived at "H" camp Reninghelst very exhausted. 8th March 1916 Cleaning up of clothing & equipment, feet inspection. 9th March 1916 The mens boots were dried and oiled in a drying room. 10th March 1916 All Companies and Sub-Units were bathed. 11th March 1916 Relief 12th March 1916 Our snipers claim 1 German. 13th March 1916 Voormezeele again shelled. 14th March 1916 Reliefs   15th March 1916 Usual cleaning up   16th March 1916 Usual inspections and parades during the day. 17th March 1916 G.O.C. inspected the transport in field close to Heksken Corner 18th March 1916 Grenadiers and a proportion of Signalers proceeded to the trenches to relieve the specialists of 1st. N.F. 19th March 1916 At 1700 hours the Battalion marched to trenches at St. Eloi via Reninghelst - La Clytte crossroads - Cafe Belge - Voormezeele 20th March 1916 Quiet day in trenches. 21st March 1916 Quiet day. 22nd March 1916 Shelled by the German "Heavies". 23rd March 1916 Voormezeele was again shelled. 24th March 1916 Very heavy shelling 25th March 1916 "A", "C" & "D" Coys. withdrawn 26th March 1916 On the Move 27th March 1916 Six mines were successfully exploded. 28th March 1916 Intermittent shelling throughout the day 29th March 1916 Usual cleaning 30th March 1916 The bath's at Reninghelst were placed at disposal of Battalion for the day. 31st March 1916 The rifles of "A", "B" & "C" Coys. were inspected by the Armourer Staff Sgt. 1st April 1916 The Battalion marched to camp near Dicksbusch. 2nd April 1916 Working & carrying parties 3rd April 1916 Reliefs 4th April 1916 Orders were received for move 5th April 1916 New billets   6th April 1916 Marching order inspection   7th April 1916 Commanding Officer inspected "A" Coy in marching order 8th April 1916 Training in rest billets.   9th April 1916 During the day men in camp resting. 10th April 1916 In Rest billets   11th April 1916 Usual parades & training in rest billets. 12th April 1916 Usual day in billets 13th April 1916 Usual day in billets 14th April 1916 Commanding Officer inspected all Companies 15th April 1916 Companies and Sub-Units at the disposal of their commanders 16th April 1916 Divine Service 17th April 1916 Usual parades & training in rest billets. 18th April 1916 Lecture on bayonet fighting by Capt. Gordon 19th April 1916 The G.O.C. 3rd Division ( Major General Holdane ) inspected the Battalion 20th April 1916 Battalion received Orders to move to La Clytte 21st April 1916 Reliefs   22nd April 1916 Relieving 8th D.L.I. 23rd April 1916 Some shelling. 24th April 1916 Enemy trench mortars active. 25th April 1916 Heavy fire of Stokes Gun bombs 26th April 1916 Enemy trench Mortars active. 27th April 1916 Reliefs 28th April 1916 The Battalion is now in Divisional reserve. 29th April 1916 Battalion furnished fatigue parties. 30th April 1916 At 2100 hours orders received to "Stand To". Gas attack alarm 1st May 1916 Usual parades, inspections & classes. 2nd May 1916 Evening working party 3rd May 1916 Specialists of Battalion proceeded to trenches 4th May 1916 1645 hours started for trenches 5th May 1916 A few Trench Mortars. 6th May 1916 Quiet day, just a few Trench Mortars. 7th May 1916 7th - 12th May in trenches 13th May 1916 "B" Coy. proceeded to La Clytte Bath's at 0930 hours 14th May 1916 "D" Coy. proceeded to La Clytte Bath's. 15th May 1916 "A" Coy. proceeded to La Clytte Bath's. 16th May 1916 Sub-Units proceeded to La Clytte Bath's. 17th May 1916 "C" Coy. proceeded to La Clytte Bath's. 18th May 1916 Battalion reliefs. 19th May 1916 19th - 26th May 1916. During tour in trenches enemy artillery was more active than previous tour 27th May 1916 Battalion received orders it would proceed to rest billets 28th May 1916 Reliefs   29th May 1916 Battalion resting 30th May 1916 Inspections by O.C's. 31st May 1916 Inspections by O.C's. 1st June 1916 Usual day in rest billets. 2nd June 1916 Usual day in rest billets. 3rd June 1916 Holiday. 4th June 1916 Battalion paraded for Divine Service 5th June 1916 Usual day in billets 6th June 1916 Orders were received that the Battalion was to be ready to move at 3 hours notice. 7th June 1916 Orders received the Battalion be prepared to move at one hour notice. 8th June 1916 Usual day in billets. 9th June 1916 Posting 10th June 1916 Orders to Move   11th June 1916 Reliefs 12th June 1916 Bombardment 13th June 1916 Trenches Retaken 14th June 1916 Considerable shelling   15th June 1916 Dull and windy. Little Artillery fire. 16th June 1916 Reliefs 17th June 1916 Officer Shot 18th June 1916 Accurately placed 7.7cm shells 19th June 1916 Quiet day in trenches. 20th June 1916 Reliefs. 21st June 1916 On the March   22nd June 1916 The Battalion and transport detrained 23rd June 1916 Companies training on range 24th June 1916 Training and inspections. 25th June 1916 Battalion resting. 26th June 1916 Brigade route march. 27th June 1916 Wet day. 28th June 1916 Practicing advance guard 29th June 1916 Battalion attended Gas demonstrations 30th June 1916 Medal ribbons presented 1st July 1916 Orders 2nd July 1916 Tea issued to the men 3rd July 1916 On the March 4th July 1916 Inspection of feet and tube helmets 5th July 1916 On the March 6th July 1916 On the March 7th July 1916 On the March 8th Ju1y 1916 Preparations for Attack 9th July 1916 Continual shelling goes on 10th July 1916 Attack postponed 11th July 1916 German artillery brought down one of our aircraft 12th July 1916 Attack has again been postponed 13th July 1916 The attack is to take place tonight 14th July 1916 Attack Made 15th July 1916 Heavy Shelling 16th July 1916 Strong points 17th July 1916 Work Continued on Strong Points 18th July 1916 No cover 19th July 1916 Attack fails to clear Wood 20th July 1916 Orders   21st July 1916 Reliefs   22nd July 1916 Attack carried out 23rd July 1916 Orders received 24th July 1916 Heavy Shelling 25th July 1916 Reliefs   26th July 1916 Received Orders   27th July 1916 Battalion resting. 28th July 1916 Congratulations 29th July 1916 General cleaning 30th Jul 1916 Reinforcements 30th July 1916 Divine Service. 31st July 1916 Rifles inspected 1st August 1916 Usual parades, inspections 2nd August 1916 Usual routine in rest billets. 3rd August 1916 Football 4th August 1916 Address   5th August 1916 Route March. 6th August 1916 Divine Service 7th August 1916 Usual day in billets 8th August 1916 Reinforcements Inspected 9th August 1916 Usual day 10th August 1916 Battalion marched to manouvre area 11th August 1916 Work on the defence lines 12th August 1916 Orders to Move   13th August 1916 Work on the dumps.   14th August 1916 On the March 15th August 1916 German aeroplane 16th August 1916 Order received to move 17th August 1916 Battalion in bivouac. 18th August 1916 Battalion ordered to move 19th August 1916 In Support   20th August 1916 Orders received 21st August 1916 On the March 22nd August 1916 Usual inspections carried out 23rd August 1916 Orders 24th August 1916 Orders received 25th August 1916 Billeted in the village. 26th August 1916 On the March 27th August 1916 On the March 28th August 1916 Battalion marched 29th August 1916 On the March   30th August 1916 Orders   31st Aug 1916 Reliefs 31st August 1916 Situation quiet 1st September 1916 Wiring required in front of our line. 2nd September 1916 Mines exploded 3rd September 1916 Considerable enemy Trench Mortar activity 4th September 1916 Quiet day 5th September 1916 Patrols 6th September 1916 Trenches slightly damaged. 7th September 1916 Gas alert 8th September 1916 Reliefs   9th September 1916 In Divisional Reserve. 10th September 1916 Military Medals awarded 11th September 1916 The Armourer Staff Sgt. inspected all rifles today. 12th September 1916 Working party 13th September 1916 Saluting drill, rifle exercises etc. 14th September 1916 Decorations Awarded 15th Sep 1916 Trench Raid 15th September 1916 Draft inspected 16th September 1916 Working party 17th September 1916 Divine Service 18th September 1916 Musketry and drill. 19th September 1916 Flammenwerfer demonstration   20th September 1916 8th Infantry Brigade Operational Order received 21st September 1916 Orders received 22nd September 1916 On the March 23rd September 1916 Billets Spread 24th September 1916 Resting in Billets. 25th September 1916 Extensive program of work 26th September 1916 Awards 27th September 1916 Confirmation of training programme. 28th September 1916 Parade 29th September 1916 Companies practiced the attack 30th September 1916 A Specials parade was held 1st October 1916 Wintertime 2nd October 1916 Practice the attack. 3rd October 1916 Orders received 4th October 1916 Training 5th October 1916 On the March 6th October 1916 Regimental transport moved off 7th October 1916 Orders received 8th October 1916 On the Move 9th October 1916 Three work parties 10th October 1916 Classes in Bombing and the Lewis Gun 11th October 1916 Classes 12th October 1916 Musketry and Bayonet fighting. 13th October 1916 Working party 14th October 1916 Practice of the attack 15th October 1916 Work party 16th October 1916 Baths 17th October 1916 Bathing 18th October 1916 Orders received 19th October 1916 Foot inspections 20th October 1916 Battalion marched to training ground 21st October 1916 Practice attack 22nd October 1916 Practice Divisional attack. 23rd October 1916 Orders 24th October 1916 Warning received 25th October 1916 Orders 26th October 1916 Baths 27th October 1916 Baths 28th October 1916 Parades 29th October 1916 Reliefs 30th October 1916 Gaps in the enemy wire. 31st October 1916 Front Line trenches much damaged. 1st November 1916 Patrols 2nd November 1916 Working Party 3rd November 1916 Working Parties 4th November 1916 On the Move 5th November 1916 Divine Service. 6th November 1916 Musketry and Bayonet fighting 7th November 1916 Classes of instruction 8th November 1916 Training 9th November 1916 Night Training 10th November 1916 Working Party 11th November 1916 Orders received 12th November 1916 Move 13th November 1916 Attack Made 14th November 1916 Reliefs 15th November 1916 Move 16th November 1916 Warned for Move 17th November 1916 Reliefs 18th November 1916 Artillery Bombardment 19th November 1916 Our aircraft active 20th November 1916 Reliefs 21st November 1916 New billets 22nd November 1916 New special course 23rd November 1916 Baths 24th November 1916 Lectures in trench warfare 25th November 1916 Orders received 26th November 1916 Reliefs 27th November 1916 Trenches are in a bad state of repair. 28th November 1916 Draining of trenches complete. 29th November 1916 Enemy Artillery was not particularly active. 30th November 1916 General cleaning up after trench tour. 1st December 1916 Into huts. 2nd December 1916 Usual foot, rifle and equipment inspections 3rd December 1916 Baths 4th December 1916 Bayonet fighting and Musketry 5th December 1916 Battalion route march 6th December 1916 Company drill 7th December 1916 Move 8th December 1916 Reliefs 9th December 1916 Enemy seen repairing his wire. 10th December 1916 Reliefs 11th December 1916 A Coy. remain in White City. 12th December 1916 Reliefs 13th December 1916 G.O.C. 3rd Division much pleased 14th December 1916 Awards of the Military Medal 15th December 1916 Training in rest billets. 16th December 1916 Reliefs 17th December 1916 Church Parade 18th December 1916 Reliefs 19th December 1916 Trench work 20th December 1916 Patrols 21st December 1916 Reliefs 22nd December 1916 General cleaning up 23rd December 1916 Inspection 24th December 1916 Decorations awarded 25th December 1916 No parades. 26th December 1916 Reliefs 27th December 1916 Usual trench work 28th December 1916 Patrols 29th December 1916 Trench work 30th December 1916 Reliefs 31st December 1916 General cleaning up 1st January 1917 Inspection 2nd January 1917 Usual parades. 3rd January 1917 Inspections 4th January 1917 Move to the trenches 5th January 1917 Reliefs 5th January 1917 Trench Raid   9th January 1917 New Billets 10th January 1917 Billets Inspected 11th January 1917 Reorganisation. 12th January 1917 Re-organisation continues. 13th January 1917 Re-organisation continues. 14th January 1917 Divine Service. 15th January 1917 Winter training. 17th January 1917 Recreational winter training. 28th January 1917 On the March 29th January 1917 On the March 30th January 1917 On the March 31st January 1917 On the March 1st February 1917 Battalion resumed training. 2nd February 1917 Battalion practice in the attack. 4th February 1917 Divine Service. 5th February 1917 Practice in the attack. 6th February 1917 Battalion continued the attack. 7th February 1917 Battalion route march. 8th February 1917 On the Move 9th February 1917 Practice in extended order drill 10th February 1917 Battalion drill. 11th February 1917 Divine Service. 12th February 1917 Digging a system of trenches 14th February 1917 Practice of attack 15th February 1917 Battalion resumed digging in the trenches. 18th February 1917 Divine Service. 19th February 1917 Digging trench system near Liencourt. 20th February 1917 Digging trench system. 21st February 1917 Lecture to Officers 22nd February 1917 Digging trench system. 23rd February 1917 Battalion moved to Liencourt today. 24th February 1917 Digging trench system. 25th February 1917 Half battalion bathed at Berlencourt. 26th February 1917 Digging trench system. 27th February 1917 Kit Inspection 28th February 1917 In Billets 1st March 1917 Working parties 3rd March 1917 Posting 7th March 1917 Baths 11th March 1917 Baths 16th March 1917 Award 17th March 1917 Reliefs 18th March 1917 On the March 19th March 1917 In Billets 20th March 1917 Class of instruction 21st March 1917 Officers reconnoitered Corps Line 22nd March 1917 On the March 23rd March 1917 Classes of instruction 24th March 1917 Training 25th March 1917 Church 26th March 1917 Musketry 27th March 1917 Brigade practice attack. 28th March 1917 Firing on range. 29th March 1917 On the March 30th March 1917 On the March 31st March 1917 Reliefs 1st April 1917 Defences 4th April 1917 Reliefs 5th April 1917 Reliefs 6th April 1917 Early morning raiding party 7th April 1917 Lectures 8th April 1917 Divine Service. 9th April 1917 In Action 10th April 1917 In Action 11th April 1917 Attack Made 12th April 1917 Very bad weather 13th April 1917 Attack Fails 14th April 1917 Billeted in the cellars of the Museum inn Arras. 15th April 1917 Baths 16th April 1917 Reorganisation. 17th April 1917 Into Billets 18th April 1917 Lewis Gun training. 19th April 1917 Lectures by Divisional Gas NCO. 20th April 1917 Training 21st April 1917 Address 22nd April 1917 Orders 23rd April 1917 Move 24th April 1917 Reliefs 25th April 1917 Shelling. 26th April 1917 Move Back 27th April 1917 Shelling. 1st May 1917 Orders Received   1st May 1917 Operation Order No. 2.   1st May 1917 Reliefs 2nd May 1917 Orders 3rd May 1917 Attack carried out 4th May 1917 In the Front line. 6th May 1917 Reliefs 7th May 1917 Working Parties 9th May 1917 Working parties 10th May 1917 Advance 11th May 1917 Working Parties 14th May 1917 Reliefs 14th May 1917 Report   15th May 1917 On the March 16th May 1917 Awards 17th May 1917 Report 18th May 1917 On the March 19th May 1917 On the Match 19th May 1917 On the March 20th May 1917 Divine Service. 21st May 1917 Medals awards 25th May 1917 Special training continues. 27th May 1917 Mentioned in dispatches 28th May 1917 Training and re-organisation 29th May 1917 Training continues. 30th May 1917 Bayonet fighting and Tactical training 31st May 1917 Preparing to move. 31st May 1917 To Abraham   31st May 1917  1st June 1917 The Battalion proceeded to the trenches and relieved the 1st Border Regt.   1st June 1917 New Communications Trenches were dug. 12th June 1917 The Battalion was relieved tonight by 8th K.O.R.L. 13th June 1917 General cleaning and Inspections. 14th June 1917 Part of Battalion bathed. 15th June 1917 Remainder of Battalion bathed. 16th June 1917 Orders received that the Battalion moves tomorrow. 17th June 1917 Marched to Lattre St. Quentin via Dainville. 18th June 1917 Marched to Etree' Wamin today via Avesnes. 19th June 1917 Battalion resting. 20th June 1917 Physical training and running drill. 21st June 1917 Swimming sports in the afternoon. 22nd June 1917 Swimming sports continued. 23rd June 1917 Snipers & Lewis Gunners on range all day. 24th June 1917 Divine Service. 25th June 1917 Inspection of rifles by Armourer Staff Sgt. 26th June 1917 G.O.C. inspected "A" Coy. 27th June 1917 Played 16th Battalion Royal Scots at football 28th June 1917 Battalion marched to Lucheux and billeted there 29th June 1917 The Battalion marched to Doullens and entrained there. 30th June 1917 Marched to Velu Wood via Bapaume and Fremicourt. 1st July 1917 Relieved the 4th Gloucesters in the Louverval sector. 2nd July 1917 Patrols each night were supplied by their companies. 6th July 1917 Patrols were sent out as usual but discovered nothing. 7th July 1917 Enemy aeroplanes were fairly active 8th July 1917 Fire positions constructed in Sunken Road 12th July 1917 The Battalion moved to a new camp. 13th July 1917 Regimental classes of instruction for Bombers and Lewis Gunners commenced. 14th July 1917 Inter Company football started. 15th July 1917 Church Service 16th July 1917 Inspection 17th July 1917 Classes of instruction continue. 22nd July 1917 Church parade 23rd July 1917 Special training continued. 24th July 1917 Training 25th July 1917 Training. 26th July 1917 Training 27th July 1917 Reliefs 28th July 1917 Patrols 29th July 1917 Work continued 30th July 1917 Shelling   31st July 1917 Raid Attempted   1st August 1917 Night patrols. 4th August 1917 Reliefs 5th August 1917 Usual cleaning up 6th August 1917 Baths allotted to the Battalion. 6th September 1917 General cleaning up 7th August 1917 Firing on the range. 7th September 1917 On the range. 8th August 1917 Practice of active operations   9th August 1917 Classes of instruction continued. 12th August 1917 Divine Service. 13th August 1917 Trench Work 14th August 1917 Gooseberries 15th August 1917 Situation still very quiet. 16th August 1917 Gas discharged 17th August 1917 Patrol to German posts 18th August 1917 Work and routine as usual. 20th August 1917 Reliefs   21st August 1917 Musketry   25th August 1917 Trench Raid   26th August 1917 Usual parades and working parties. 28th August 1917 Reliefs 29th August 1917 Posts 30th August 1917 Very quiet days. 1st September 1917 Improving defences 5th September 1917 Reliefs   8th September 1917 On the range. 9th September 1917 Divine Service. 10th September 1917 On range. 11th September 1917 On range. 12th September 1917 Special Box Respirator test 13th September 1917 Lewis Gunners on the range. 14th September 1917 Brigade practice attack. 15th September 1917 Practice attack 16th September 1917 Divine Services. 17th September 1917 Orders received the Battalion will move to new area tomorrow. 18th September 1917 Move 19th September 1917 On the March   20th September 1917 Move   21st September 1917 Battalion in readiness   22nd September 1917 Standing To 23rd September 1917 Move   24th September 1917 Reliefs. 25th September 1917 Into Position   26th September 1917 Attack Made 27th September 1917 Orders 28th September 1917 Gas shells. 29th September 1917 In Reserve. 30th September 1917 Relief 30th September 1917 Into camp 1st October 1917 On the Move 2nd October 1917 Re-organising 3rd October 1917 Battalion inspected by Major General. 4th October 1917 On the Move 5th October 1917 On the March 6th October 1917 Train 7th October 1917 Divine Service. 8th October 1917 Platoon and Company drill 12th October 1917 On the Move 13th October 1917 Inspections 14th October 1917 Divine Services. 15th October 1917 Baths 16th October 1917 Assault course. 17th October 1917 Training 18th October 1917 Training 21st October 1917 Divine Service. 22nd October 1917 Rapid Wiring & Bayonet fighting. 23rd October 1917 Assault Course 24th October 1917 Practice organisation of a raid. 25th October 1917 Drill 26th October 1917 Working party under R.E. 28th October 1917 Divine Service 29th October 1917 Lecture on Esprit De Corps. 30th October 1917 Reliefs 1st November 1917 Classes of instruction for Lewis Gunners and Bombers. 2nd November 1917 Parades and classes of instruction. 3rd November 1917 Large working parties 4th November 1917 Kit inspections. 5th November 1917 Reliefs 6th November 1917 Raid 7th November 1917 American Officers 8th November 1917 Patrols as usual. 9th November 1917 Trenches heavily shelled by the enemy. 10th November 1917 Trenches in very bad condition. 11th November 1917 Reliefs 12th November 1917 Baths 13th November 1917 Reliefs 14th November 1917 Heavy trench mortars. 15th November 1917 Recce 16th November 1917 Reliefs 17th November 1917 Cleaning up 18th November 1917 Church parades. 19th November 1917 Relief 20th November 1917 One of our aeroplanes brought down. 21st November 1917 Heavy barrage on our front line. 22nd November 1917 A fairly quiet day 23rd November 1917 Heavy bombardment 24th November 1917 Reliefs 25th November 1917 Cleaning up 26th November 1917 Working parties 27th November 1917 Working parties. 28th November 1917 Orders   29th November 1917 Move cancelled. 30th November 1917 Intermittent shelling 1st December 1917 Battalion in Reserve. 4th December 1917 Reliefs 5th December 1917 Intermediate line 9th December 1917 Recce 10th December 1917 Court of Enquiry 11th December 1917 Sunken road heavily shelled. 12th December 1917 Orders 13th December 1917 The enemy attacked again this afternoon. 14th December 1917 In Intermediate Line. 16th December 1917 Withdrawn from the line 17th December 1917 Refitting 18th December 1917 Refitting continues. 19th December 1917 Classes of instruction 20th December 1917 Battalion training. 21st December 1917 On the March 22nd December 1917 Reliefs 23rd December 1917 Wire 24th December 1917 Wire 25th December 1917 Wire 26th December 1917 Battalion front extended 27th December 1917 Defences 28th December 1917 Defences 29th December 1917 Reliefs 30th December 1917 Cleaning. 31st December 1917 Battalion refitting. 1st January 1918 Battalion resting. 2nd January 1918 Baths allocated 3rd January 1918 Classes of instruction 4th January 1918 Training continued. 5th January 1918 Awards 6th January 1918 Church parades. 7th January 1918 Battalion training 8th January 1918 Battalion training. 9th January 1918 Battalion training. 10th January 1918 Battalion training 11th January 1918 Inspections 12th January 1918 Training and Classes of instruction 13th January 1918 Working parties 14th January 1918 Blankets disinfected. 15th January 1918 Inspections by Medical Officer 16th January 1918 A Bombing class for Officers commenced. 17th January 1918 Baths 18th January 1918 New class for instructors 19th January 1918 Battalion training 20th January 1918 Kit & rifle inspections. 21st January 1918 Battalion training 22nd January 1918 Classes of instruction continued. 23rd January 1918 Divisional General lectures to all Officers 24th January 1918 Working party 25th January 1918 Working Party 26th January 1918 Working party 28th January 1918 Preparing to move to trenches. 29th January 1918 Working parties supplied for battle zone. 30th January 1918 Orders 31st January 1918 Relief complete 1st February 1918 In the Line 2nd February 1918 Digging new trenches. 3rd February 1918 Work on new trenches continued. 4th February 1918 Wiring, patrols and digging 5th February 1918 Some slight shelling. 6th February 1918 Reliefs 7th February 1918 Bathing 8th February 1918 Enemy attempted raid 9th February 1918 Reliefs 10th February 1918 Slight enemy shelling. 11th February 1918 Heavy Shelling 12th February 1918 Very quiet 13th February 1918 Wiring parties and patrols 14th February 1918 Enemy Trench Mortars active 15th February 1918 Improving Support Line 16th February 1918 Improvement of defences 17th February 1918 Improvement Work 18th February 1918 Reliefs 19th February 1918 Situation very quiet. 20th February 1918 Slight enemy shelling. 21st February 1918 Constructing bomb reserves 22nd February 1918 Digging new trenches. 23rd February 1918 Usual working parties. 24th February 1918 Into Support Line. 25th February 1918 Quiet. 26th February 1918 Baths 27th February 1918 Reliefs 28th February 1918 Situation quiet. 1st March 1918 Operational Order.   1st March 1918 Reliefs 2nd March 1918 March 3rd March 1918 Trench Work 4th March 1918 Stand To 5th March 1918 Improving Trenches 6th March 1918 Stand To 7th March 1918 Working Parties 8th March 1918 Trench Raid 9th March 1918 Patrolling 10th March 1918 Reliefs 11th March 1918 Large working parties 12th March 1918 Move up to assembly position 13th March 1918 In assembly position 14th March 1918 Reliefs 15th March 1918 Reconnoitre enemy lines and area 16th March 1918 Enemy shelling 17th March 1918 Enemy quiet. 18th March 1918 Working parties 19th March 1918 Enemy quiet. 20th March 1918 Quiet 21st March 1918 Bombardment   22nd March 1918 Night fairly quiet.   23rd March 1918 Orders 24th March 1918 Shelling 25th March 1918 Reliefs 26th March 1918 The Green Line held 27th March 1918 Front heavily bombarded 28th March 1918 Line Held 30th March 1918 On the March 31st March 1918 Battalion resting. 31st March 1918 Report on recent operations 31st March 1918 Maps 31st March 1918 Map 31st March 1918 Map 1st April 1918 The 3rd Division was transferred to 1st Corps, 2nd April 1918 Warning order received 3rd April 1918 Battalion ready to move at short notice. 4th April 1918 Baths 5th April 1918 Parades for Musketry, handling arms etc. 6th April 1918 Lewis Gun classes.   7th Apr 1918 Reorganisation 7th April 1918 Baths 8th April 1918 Training 9th Apr 1918 In Action   9th April 1918 Recce   10th April 1918 Training   11th April 1918 Operations.   15th April 1918 Resting and cleaning up. 16th April 1918 Companies reorganised 17th April 1918 Warning order received 18th April 1918 Orders cancelled 19th April 1918 Enemy aircraft flying low over our lines. 20th April 1918 Improving Trenches 21st April 1918 Enemy Artillery active 22nd April 1918 Reliefs 23rd April 1918 Intermittent shelling 24th April 1918 Reliefs 25th April 1918 Awards 26th April 1918 Billeted in houses and cellars. 27th April 1918 Large working party 28th April 1918 Working party 29th April 1918 Battalion continues digging new trench. 30th April 1918 Reliefs   1st May 1918 Improving Defences   2nd May 1918 Advance   3rd May 1918 Artillery shelling on both sides. 4th May 1918 Heavy Shelling   5th May 1918 Improving defences. 6th May 1918 Battalion H.Q. heavily shelled. 7th May 1918 Intermittent enemy shelling. 8th May 1918 Improving and repairing defences 9th May 1918 General cleaning and usual inspections after tour 10th May 1918 Military Cross Awards 11th May 1918 Usual training and Lewis Gun classes. 12th May 1918 Reliefs   13th May 1918 Occasional shelling on both sides. 14th May 1918 Enemy Artillery active. 15th May 1918 Artillery quiet on both sides. 16th May 1918 Awards for conspicuous gallantry 17th May 1918 Intermittent shelling 18th May 1918 Companies are wiring Front System 19th May 1918 Reinforcements 20th May 1918 Heavy bombardment of shrapnel, H.E. & Gas 21st May 1918 At rest. 22nd May 1918 Inspections. 23rd May 1918 Inspections 24th May 1918 Training and classes of instruction. 25th May 1918 Classes of instruction. 26th May 1918 Church Parades. 27th May 1918 Re-organisation of Companies. 28th May 1918 Inspection 29th May 1918 Preparations 30th May 1918 Reliefs 31st May 1918 Improving trenches 1st June 1918 Awards 2nd June 1918 Enemy Artillery active. 3rd June 1918 Enemy Artillery and Trench Mortars active. 4th June 1918 Patrol 5th June 1918 Enemy Artillery fairly active. 6th June 1918 New Lewis Gun posts and deepening trenches. 7th June 1918 Enemy Artillery shelled the Front line 8th June 1918 Gas Projectors fired at enemy 9th June 1918 Artillery commenced an intense bombardment 10th June 1918 Enemy Artillery very active 11th June 1918 Reliefs 12th June 1918 Battalion on our left has been heavily shelled. 13th June 1918 A quiet day. 14th June 1918 Usual inspections and cleaning up after trench tour. 15th June 1918 Fitting equipment, clothing etc. 16th June 1918 Divine Service 17th June 1918 Forenoon :- Practice counter attack. 18th June 1918 Battalion training. 19th June 1918 Forenoon :- Practice advance guard, Musketry, Gas instruction. 20th June 1918 Preparing to move to trenches. 21st June 1918 Situation quiet. 22nd June 1918 Patrols as usual. 23rd June 1918 Improving and strengthening trenches. 24th June 1918 Work on trenches etc. continues. 25th June 1918 Improving trenches, connecting up posts 26th June 1918 Enemy Artillery active on our front. 27th June 1918 Enemy Artillery shelled our Support Line heavily. 28th June 1918 Reliefs 29th June 1918 Clearing trenches 30th June 1918 Constructing shelters and latrines 1st July 1918 Work on trench continued. 2nd July 1918 Enemy Artillery moderately active, especially on Hinges. 3rd July 1918 Work on defences continued. 4th July 1918 Work on trenches and defences generally continued. 5th July 1918 Companies cleaning up after trench tour. 6th July 1918 Battalion training. "B" Coy. Bathed. 7th July 1918 Inspections of Companies by C.O. 8th July 1918 Usual training. 9th July 1918 Parades, firing on the range 10th July 1918 Work on improvement of camp 11th July 1918 Operation Orders. 11th July 1918 Inspections preparatory to moving to the line. 12th July 1918 Work on improvement of defence system commenced. 13th July 1918 Shelters built and strengthened. 14th July 1918 Shelters built and posts further wired 15th July 1918 Enemy Artillery more active, Battalion H.Q. receiving two direct hits. 16th July 1918 Patrols as usual. 17th July 1918  Enemy Artillery active 18th July 1918 Reliefs 19th July 1918 Work on improving trench commenced. 20th July 1918 Duck boards laid and trenches revetted. 21st July 1918 Battalion employed on improvement of defences generally 22nd July 1918 Some working parties provided. 23rd July 1918 Some work and carrying parties supplied. 24th July 1918 Battalion still engaged in repairing and improving trenches 25th July 1918 Battalion at work on defence system. 26th July 1918 H.Q. & details on range. 27th July 1918 Battalion training, Musketry, Platoon training in open warfare 28th July 1918 Church parades/ Inspections of Companies by C.O. 29th July 1918 Battalion training, Musketry, Bayonet fighting 30th July 1918 Officers and 100 O.R. visit 81st King R.A.F. aerodrome. 31st July 1918 Battalion entrained and engaged in Battalion training in Auchel area. 1st August 1918 Battalion relieved 7th K.S.L.I. at night in Locon sector. 1st Aug 1918 Some Shelling   1st Aug 1918 Dispositions   2nd August 1918 Battalion is engaged strengthening trenches and posts generally. 2nd Aug 1918 Hostile Artillery Active   3rd August 1918 Trench repairs continued. 3rd Aug 1918 Quiet 4th August 1918 Shelters improved and recesses for S.A.A. and Grenades bettered. 4th Aug 1918 Orders Received 5th August 1918 A report having been received that the enemy had evacuated posts on our left 5th Aug 1918 Patrols   6th August 1918 Battalion was relieved tonight 6th Aug 1918 Some Shelling 7th August 1918  7th Aug 1918 HQ Moves 8th August 1918 Cleaning up and inspections etc. 9th August 1918 Training :- Physical exercise, 10th August 1918 Close Order drill, 11th August 1918 Platoons in attack formation. 12th August 1918 Lewis Gunners revolver practice. 13th August 1918 Battalion marched off from Tangry today approx. 1330 hours 14th August 1918 Resting. 15th August 1918 Training :- Platoons in attack formation. 16th August 1918 Bath's alloted to part of Battalion. 17th August 1918 Bath's for remainder of Battalion. 18th August 1918 O.C. inspections. 19th August 1918 Battalion left Sombrin 20th August 1918 Preparing for the attack. 21st August 1918 The attack commenced at 0455 hours 22nd August 1918 Reliefs 23rd August 1918 The Battalion was ordered to capture the high ground immediately to the East and to establish the British line there. 24th August 1918 The second phase of the attack commenced at 1100 hours. 25th August 1918 Resting and cleaning up. 26th August 1918 Re-organising. 27th August 1918 Re-organising. 28th August 1918 Re-organising. 29th August 1918 Battalion moved at 1300 hours 30th August 1918 Nothing special to report. 31st August 1918 Waiting orders to move forward. 1st September 1918 On the Move   2nd September 1918 On the Move   3rd September 1918 In the Trenches    4th September 1918 Re-organisation of Companies. 5th September 1918 Companies at disposal of Company Commanders for re-organisation 6th September 1918 Battalion moved to new area 7th September 1918 Companies at disposal of Company Commanders 8th September 1918 Church Parades. 9th September 1918 Range practice, Close Order drill 11th September 1918 Occupied dugouts 12th September 1918 Companies at disposal of Company Commanders 13th September 1918 Range practice 14th September 1918 Battalion attended tank demonstration 15th September 1918 Preparing to move to new area.   16th September 1918 Battalion marched to trenches North of Havrincourt 17th September 1918 Repairing and strengthening Defences 18th September 1918 Heavy Shelling   19th September 1918 Advance   20th September 1918 Battalion engaged cleaning trenches and repairing damage. 21st September 1918 Slight shelling near Battalion H.Q. 22nd September 1918 Carrying Parties 23rd September 1918 A fairly quiet day. 24th September 1918 Reliefs 25th September 1918 Orders for the attack were received 26th September 1918 Into Assembly Positions 27th September 1918 Heavy Shelling 28th September 1918 Battalion resting. 29th September 1918 Inspection of Companies by Commanding Officer. 30th September 1918 The Battalion moved to dugout near Flesqueries. 1st October 1918 Battalion "Stood To" ready to move at 0700 hours. 2nd October 1918 At 0200 hours Orders were received the Battalion be ready to move forward at 0700 hours. 3rd October 1918 Intermittent Shelling 4th October 1918 Recce 5th October 1918 All four companies were in line Spittocked Trench. 6th October 1918 0600 hours Brigade H.Q. informed that posts had been pushed forward and that companies were organised in depth. 7th October 1918 Orders received from Brigade H.Q. giving details of attack and ordering the withdrawal of the Support Companies 2nd Royal Scots. 8th October 1918 0430 hours 2nd Division & 63rd Division attacked. 9th October 1918 Companies at disposal of Coy. Commanders. 9th October 1918 Companies at disposal of Coy. Commanders 10th October 1918 Close Order drill & Musketry drill. 10th October 1918 Close Order drill & Musketry drill. 11th October 1918 Companies on range. "B" Coy. bathed. 11th October 1918 Companies on range. 12th October 1918 Companies practicing preliminary stages of an attack. 12th October 1918 Companies practicing preliminary stages of an attack. 13th October 1918 Battalion moved to Ribecourt area. 13th October 1918 Battalion moved to Ribecourt area. 14th October 1918 Companies practicing advance in open warfare and rearguards. 14th October 1918 Companies practicing advance in open warfare 15th October 1918 Practice attack in open warfare. 17th October 1918 Commanding Officers parade 18th October 1918 Handling of arms. 19th October 1918 Companies practicing attack. 20th October 1918 Commanding Officer kit inspections. 21st October 1918 Battalion close order drill. 22nd October 1918 Battalion billeted in Quievy and moved in the late afternoon to Solesmes. 23rd October 1918 Battalion moved to assembly positions, Sunken road between Solesmes and Vertain 24th October 1918 Verbal Orders 25th October 1918 Battalion in billets. 26th October 1918 On the Move 27th October 1918 Battalion moved from the Ecaillon and took over line of resistance East of Ruesnes 28th October 1918 Outpost line 29th October 1918 Battalion relieved in outpost line by 17th Royal Scots. Fusiliers 30th October 1918 Companies at disposal of Company Commanders 31st October 1918 Battalion left Vertain and marched to Bevillers. 1st November 1918 Battalion cleaning up and re-organising 2nd November 1918 Re-organisation of Battalion continued. 3rd November 1918 Company banners presented by Major General Duncan, CMG. DSO. 4th November 1918 Battalion "Standing To" at short notice to move. 5th November 1918 Battalion "Standing To" ready to move forward. 6th November 1918 Battalion training in attack formations. 7th November 1918 Battalion training in attack formations 8th November 1918 Commanding Officers parade. 9th November 1918 Battalion training, route march, attack practice 10th November 1918 The Battalion marched to Pomeries today. 11th November 1918 Armistice concluded, hostilities ceased at 1100 hours. 12th November 1918 Battalion practicing guard mounting and saluting drill. 13th November 1918 Two Companies on repair of roads. 14th November 1918 Lectures by Divisional Education Officer. 15th November 1918 Battalion training, Route March, 16th November 1918 The Battalion moved to Frasnoy where training continued. 17th November 1918 Battalion training. 18th November 1918 Battalion moved to Neuf Mesnil. 19th November 1918 Companies feet inspections, cleaning billets etc. 20th November 1918 Battalion moved to Ferriere La Grande 21st November 1918 Practicing "Trooping the Colours" 22nd November 1918 Ceremonial parade. 23rd November 1918 Lecture by Divisional Education Officer 24th November 1918 On the March 25th November 1918 On the March 26th November 1918 On teh March 27th November 1918 Inspection 28th November 1918 On the March 29th November 1918 Battalion marched to Eyrehailles 30th November 1918 Battalion marched to Dorinne 1st December 1918 Church Parades. 2nd December 1918 Kit inspections 3rd December 1918 Battalion route march. 4th December 1918 Battalion marched 5th December 1918 On the March 6th December 1918 Battalion marched 7th December 1918 Battalion marched 8th December 1918 On the March 9th December 1918 On the March 10th December 1918 In Billets 11th December 1918 Battalion marched 12th December 1918 Battalion marched in Germany 13th December 1918 Battalion marched 14th December 1918 Show of Strength 15th December 1918 Battalion marched 16th December 1918 March 17th December 1918 Battalion marched to Schnau 18th December 1918 Battalion marched to Stazvey 19th December 1918 Battalion marched to Gladbach 20th December 1918 Battalion marched to Buir 21st December 1918 Companies at disposal of Company Commanders 22nd December 1918 Church Parade. 23rd December 1918 Companies at disposal of Company Commanders for inspections 24th December 1918 Companies training 25th December 1918 Christmas day. Church parades. 26th December 1918 Commanding Officers parade 27th December 1918 Congratulatory message was received 28th December 1918 Companies cleaning billets. 29th December 1918 Church Parades. 30th December 1918 Battalion route march. 31st December 1918 Commanding Officers parade. If you can provide any additional information, please add it here. Want to know more about 2nd Battalion, Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment)? There are:6849 items tagged 2nd Battalion, Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment) 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 2nd Battalion, Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment) during the Great War 1914-1918. Aird John. Pte. (d.3rd May 1917) Aire George. Pte. (d.6th Oct 1916) Binns Reginald. Pte. (d.30th July 1916) Blow Harry. Pte. (d.29th May 1918) Bouglas Andrew. Pte. (d. 26/09/1917) Boyd Alexander Kerr. Cpl. (d.14th January 1916) Buchan Thomas. Pte. (d.5th Mar 1916) Callender Frank. Pte. (d.23rd April 1918) Cawkwell Thomas. A/Cpl. (d.23rd Oct 1918) Chalmers George Duff. Pte. Dalgleish John. Pte. (d.7th June 1918) Davis James. Sgt. Fegan Declan Thomas. Pte. (d.30th July 1916) Forster Ernest. Pte (d.1st Aug 1918) Foxob Ernest Edward. Pte. (d.15th Sep 1914) Fraser Evan. Pte. (d.2nd Aug 1915) Grassick Joseph Belford. Pte. (d.30th November 1917) Horsman William Adam. Pte. (d.26th Sep 1917) Horton Paul Frederick. Pte. (d.28th September 1917) Howison Neil Kennedy Mcrae. Pte. (d.4th May 1918) Jenkins George Edward. Pte. (d.22nd August 1916) Keohane Daniel. Pte. (d.19th Jun 1915) Lancastle William. L/Cpl (d.14th Dec 1914) Larkin John. Pte. (d.9th Apr 1917) McGuire Terence. Pte. (d.23rd Aug 1918) McIlraith Duncan. L/Cpl. (d.13th Mar 1915) McIver VC, MM & Bar. Hugh. Pte. (d.2nd Sep 1918) McLaughlin Edward. Pte. (d.23rd Aug 1918) Miller Peter Stalker. Peet William. Pte. (d.26th September 1917 ) Peet William. Pte. (d.26th September 1917) Ronaldson-Lyell James Francis. 2nd Lt. (d.25th November 1917) Rorrison John. Pte. (d.23rd April 1917) Simmers R. W.. Pte. (d.19th May 1918) Stevenson Frank. Pte. (d.14th January 1916) Wolstenholme MM. & Bar William . Sjt. Young William Clark. Pte. 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 2nd Battalion, Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment) 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? 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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. Thomas Buchan 2nd Btn. Royal Scots (d.5th Mar 1916) Thomas Buchan was my grandfather's brother. My brave young man, you will never be forgotten. Add to this record.   Cpl. Alexander Kerr Boyd 2nd Btn. Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment) (d.14th January 1916) Alexander Boyd is remembered with honour in the West Calder Cemetery. Add to this record.   Pte. John Aird 2nd Btn. Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment) (d.3rd May 1917) John Aird served with the 2nd Battalion, Royal Scots in WW1. He died on thr 3rd of May 1917 aged 27 years and is remembered on the Arras Memorial in France. Son of George Aird of 3 East William St., Edinburgh, husband of Jessie Clarke Aird of 33 Milton St., Edinburgh. Joe Eglinton Add to this record.   A/Cpl. Thomas Cawkwell 2nd Btn. Royal Scots (d.23rd Oct 1918) Thomas Cawkwell - My Great Uncle enlisted in Bo'ness, Linlithgowshire. He was killed in action on 23rd of October 1918 and is buried at Romeries Communal Cemetery, a quarter of a mile north of Le Cateau. Tony Rippon Add to this record.   Pte. Paul Frederick Horton 2nd Btn. Royal Scots (d.28th September 1917) Paul Horton was the son of Thomas Frederick and Minna Horton of Bedford. Born in Bedford he attended Bedford Modern Scool before going onto Manchester University where he obtained a 2nd class MA, History with honours. He was Assistant Minister at Fulneck Church. He enlisted in March 1916 in Pudsey, Yorkshire with the 3rd Battalion, West Yorkshire Regiment, later transferring to the 2nd Battalion, Royal Scots. He was killed in action on 28th of September 1917 aged 29 years at Ypres and is buried in Mendinghem Military Cemetery, Belgium. He is remembered on the War Memorial in St Peters Church, Bedford. A pupil of Bedford Modern School 1896-1906, commemorated on the School War Memorial, which was unveiled in 1923 and in the Roll of Honour, published in The Eagle, December 1923. Information courtesy of www.roll-of-honour.com Caroline Hunt Add to this record.   2nd Lt. James Francis Ronaldson-Lyell 2nd Btn. Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment) (d.25th November 1917) 2nd Lieutenant James Ronaldson-Lyell was Best Man at my grandfather's wedding. My father, born in 1919 was named Ronald Lyell Munro in his memory. James died on 25th of November 1917, and is buried in Favreuil British Cemetery Favreuil, Departement du Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France. Add to this record.   Pte. John Dalgleish 2nd Battalion Royal Scots (d.7th June 1918) John Dalgleish was a relative who was killed in action in France. traced my ancestry to Edinburgh, Scotland. And was struggling to find John who was killed in action in France. Finally, I found his resting place. We remember you Private John Dalgleish. Tanya Add to this record.   Pte. Joseph Belford Grassick 2nd Battalion Royal Scots (d.30th November 1917) Joseph Grassick served with the 2nd Battalion, Royal Scots. Maxine Dundas Add to this record.   Pte. George Edward Jenkins 2nd Btn. Royal Scots (d.22nd August 1916) My great uncle, George Jenkins served in the 2nd Battalion, Royal Scots and was fatally wounded on the Somme battlefields. He died in hospital in Boulogne on 22nd of August 1916 aged 18 years and is buried at Boulogne Eastern Cemetery but I am not sure in which battle or incident he sustained his injuries. My father believes from conversations with his in-laws that he was not hospitalised for too long and that it may have been a sniper shot outside of a main battle event. I know that his mother received notification that he was hospitalised and began packing to travel to him but of course that was not possible. I believe she went to the grave with Alice my great aunt at the earliest opportunity after the war and they returned every year before her death. He was their only son and I am told she went to bed for a year. His memory lives on, we have a beautiful oval gilt-framed sepia picture of him in uniform that hung in my great aunt's bedroom until she passed. I have his medals, pictures and the entry of death posted in the Manchester paper by my great grandfather and grandmother and his sisters. (my great aunt and grandma) My wife and I went to Boulogne in 2012 and found his grave. The last visit prior to ours was about 1969 when I went with my parents, great aunt and grandma. We are off to France again in November 2017 to visit the battlefields and his grave at Boulogne. George was greatly loved. David Pitty Add to this record.   Pte. William Adam Horsman 2nd Btn. Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment) (d.26th Sep 1917) My great uncle, William Horsman is listed on the Addingham war memorial, Yorkshire. Willie was 19 years old when he was killed in action. He is also remembered on the Tyne Cot Memorial. Malcolm Horsman Add to this record.   Pte. William Peet 2nd Battalion Royal Scots (d.26th September 1917) William Peet was my father's half-brother (my father would have been 7 at the time of his death) and he was enlisted into the Army Reserve on 10th December 1915 and was mobilized into the 3rd Battalion, Sherwood Foresters on 5th of February 1916. On 14th April 1916 he was further posted to Royal Scots. After having 3 days leave from 9th to 12th September 1916 he returned to his unit for a short period before being "released for farm work" on 20th December 1916. He rejoined on 2nd February 1917 and it is recorded that he embarked Folkstone to Bolougne on 5th of June 1917 to join 20th Infantry Base Unit. He joined 2nd Battalion (B Company we believe) Royal Scots and was killed in action on 26th September 1917 - we believe during the advance on Hill 40 as part of the first day of the Battle of Polygon Wood. William has no known grave but is one of the 33,000 plus remembered on the Memorial Wall at Tyne Cot Cemetery, Zonnebeke. Whilst the younger members of my father's family new nothing of William until a few years ago, my brother, me and our spouses have been to Tyne Cot 4 times previously to pay our respects to an uncle we never had an opportunity to know. On 26th September 2017 we shall be attending the dawn service at Polygon Wood, leaving a Poppy Wreath to commemorate the centenary of his death and attending the Menin Gate Last Post Ceremony that evening. Respect. Philip Peet Add to this record.   Sgt. James Davis 2nd Btn. Royal Scots When my father died he left me things about his time in WW2. I also found my grandfather's things from WW1. I found a medal for service and a football medal of the 6th Corps Football Tournament. On it says "Winners Sgt J Davis 2nd Royal Scots" and it is dated 26th of January 1918. With this medal, wrapped in a cloth, was a Leonidas Swiss-made army pocket watch with the crows foot filed down. I wound the watch and, to my amazement, it started to tick and from that day it has kept excellent time. The only fault is that the glass has shrunk and worn, but the mechanism is perfect. My grandfather, James Davis survived the war and died aged 83. Steve Davis Add to this record.   Pte. William Peet 2nd Btn., B Coy. Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment) (d.26th September 1917 ) On 26th of September 1917, Private William Peet, a member of B Company, 2nd Battalion, Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment) took part in the attack on Hill 40 at Zonnebeke, Belgium during the 3rd Battle of Ypres. He was one of the 66 members of the Battalion reported "Missing, believed Killed In Action" in addition to the 44 known fatalities killed in the attack. He has no known grave. David M. Peet Add to this record.   Pte. George Duff Chalmers 2nd Btn. Royal Scots Private Chalmers was the son of the late Alexander Watson Chalmers and the late Martha Chalmers, of Edinburgh. He was 18 when he died on 10th June 1921 and is buried in the Drumaun Isolated Grave, Co. Clare, Ireland. S Flynn Add to this record.   L/Cpl. Duncan McIlraith 2nd Btn. Royal Scots Fusiliers (d.13th Mar 1915) Duncan McIlraith was the eldest son of Robert and Maggie McIlraith of New Kilpatrick Bearsdem, and the eldest brother of James, William, Robert and David. His parents had both died by 1910 and he and his brothers were left on their own. Three brothers also joined the army, James, Robert and David and survived. David made a career of the army and moved to Aberdeen. Sue Kirton Add to this record.   L/Cpl William Lancastle 2nd Btn Royal Scots (d.14th Dec 1914) A Dalkeith Royal Scot Killed: "Intimation was made yesterday that Corporal W. Lancastle (No. 7012) , 2nd Battalion The Royal Scots, was killed in action at Petit Bois near Kemmel. Corporal Lancastle, who was 32 years of age, enlisted fifteen years ago, and as a reservist, was called up on the declaration of War. He had been at the front since September and saw a good deal of fighting. In one engagement he fell into the hands of the Germans, and was made a prisoner. He escaped after a fortnight and some time afterwards rejoined his own corps. Since he became a reservist he had been employed in a Dalkeith potato-warehouse, and also for some months at a local colliery." Scotsman 15th Jan 1915 Calum Lancastle Add to this record.   Pte. John Rorrison 2nd Btn. Royal Scots Fusiliers (d.23rd April 1917) Before my mother was born her father had returned from England to his homeland (Scotland). Shortly afterwards the first World War was underway and young John Rorrison signed up in Lockerbie to join The Royals Scots Fusiliers. By April 1917 he was engaged in ferocious fighting on high ground overlooking the Cherisy Valley in Arras. As the battalion advanced it was under a barrage of machine gun fire. From 4.45 in the morning until 9pm the battle raged and the Royal Scots Battalion was depleted by half. The survivors retreated but John Rorrison was not one of them. He died on 23rd April 1917 and is "Remembered with Honour" in Bootham Cemetery, Heninel, France. Through researching my family history I know far more about my Grandfather than my Mother ever knew. My father (considerably older than my Mother) also served in WW1 and survived but was seriously wounded at Ypres in September 1917. Shirley Ross Add to this record.   Pte. Hugh McIver VC, MM & Bar. 2nd Btn. Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment) (d.2nd Sep 1918) Hugh McIver was killed in action on the 2nd Sep 1918 and is buried in the Vraucourt Copse Cemetery in France. He was the son of Hugh and Mary McIver, of 34, Dunlop St., Newton Hallside, Glasgow. Native of Linwood, Paisley. An extract from The London Gazette, No. 31012, dated 12th Nov., 1918, records the following:- "For most conspicuous bravery and devotion to duty when employed as a company runner. In spite of heavy artillery and machine-gun fire he carried messages regardless of his own safety. Single-handed he pursued an enemy scout into a machine gun post and having killed six of the garrison captured twenty prisoners with two machine guns. This gallant action enabled the company to advance unchecked. Later he succeeded at great personal risk in stopping the fire of a British Tank which was directed in error against our own troops at close range. By this very gallant action Pte. McIver undoubtedly saved many lives." s flynn Add to this record.   Pte. Ernest Edward Foxob 2nd Btn. Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment) (d.15th Sep 1914) Ernest Edward Foxon was my grandmother's brother. She never told us much just that he was killed in the Great War. He has no grave but is Remembered with Honour at La Ferte-Sous-Jouarre MemoriaL. He was killed in the Battle of Aisne on the 15th September 1914. Pearl Hill Add to this record.   Pte. Edward McLaughlin 2nd Btn. Royal Scots (d.23rd Aug 1918) Private Edward Maclaughlin was killed in action near the village of Gomiecourt, on the 23rd August 1918, he is commemorated on the Vis-en-Artois Memorial in France. He enlisted, at Glencorse, Midlothian, on 8th August 1917, at the age of 19years, 4 months. His occupation was given as Steam Derrick Craneman. He was the eldest son of James and Mary McLaughlin of Co-operative Buildings, Fauldhouse, West Lothian. s flynn Add to this record. Recomended Reading. Available at discounted prices.

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