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1st Garrison Battalion, Royal Scots Fusiliers 16th Oct 1915 The Derby Scheme 1st Dec 1915 Derby Scheme Armlets 11th Sep 1915 Last day of Derby Scheme Recruitment 10th Jan 1916 Group System Reopens 9th February 1916 Call Ups If you can provide any additional information, please add it here. Want to know more about 1st Garrison Battalion, Royal Scots Fusiliers? There are:5234 items tagged 1st Garrison Battalion, Royal Scots 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 1st Garrison Battalion, Royal Scots Fusiliers during the Great War 1914-1918. Oldham William. Sgt. 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 1st Garrison Battalion, Royal Scots 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.   Sgt. William "Bill" Oldham 1st Garrison Battalion Royal Scots Fusiliers Sergeant William Oldham of the 1st Garrison Battalion, Royal Scots Fusiliers was my Grandfather. He served in India from around 1916 to 1919. What I know of his story with RSF follows. My details are at the end of this document. Bill was born on the 21st of September 1891 in Chorlton, Lancashire, England. His trade before enlistment is unknown. He enlisted around sometime during 1915 (uncertain) and went to India evidenced by a letter dated 29th June 1920 and signed as: REW Baird (Major) Late Lieut Col Cmdr 1st Garrison Battalion, Royal Scots Fusiliers. Now Dep Governor HM Prison Barlinnie, Glasgow. The letter is a reference and states that Sgt W Oldham served under his command from early 1917 until the battalion returned to Scotland at the end of 1919. The letter says that Sgt Oldham remained behind in staff deployment until July (? letter damaged) 1920. Major Baird mentioned that the last 2 years of service were in the Railway Transport Establishment. A letter from the Station Master (M Lloyd?) at Jhansi dated 16th of March 1920, also a reference, says the he acted in the role of Railway Transport Sergeant Major. I have further reference dated 10 March 1920 signed by Major RJ Lamb of the Somerset Light Infantry who was Dy Asst Dir Railway Transport at the time, reiterating the above information. Also I have a group photo from his time in India and I notice he has been made Lance Corporal. The other photo I suspect is not long after his enlistment. The only other things that I know of his time in India is that he developed a taste for curries, and he contracted malaria. I have his cap, it is in reasonable condition but lacks a badge and a small piece of animal fur (in very poor condition) attached. I'd be very interested to know more about the activities of the 1st Garrison Battalion and my grandfather. Stuart Forbes Add to this record. Recomended Reading. Available at discounted prices.

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