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9th Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders
9th Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders was raised at Fort George in October 1914. after initial training in Scotalnd they moved to Aldershot in November and the on 3rd of December joined 9th (Scottish) Division. They became a Pioneer Battalion in early 1915 and moved to Rowledge near Farnham for final training. They proceeded to France, landing at Boulogne on the 10th of May 1915 and went into action in the The Battle of Loos. In 1916 they were in action in the Battle of the Somme, including the capture of Longueval, The Battle of Delville Wood and The Battle of Le Transloy. In 1917 they fought in the The First and Second Battles of the Scarpe during the Arras Offensive, The First Battle of Passchendaele and The action of Welsh Ridge. In 1918 they fought on the Somme, in the Battles of the Lys and The Advance in Flanders, capturing the Outtersteene Ridge and seeing action in in the Battle of Courtrai and the action of Ooteghem. They were resting in billets at the Armistice. 9th (Scottish) Division was selected be part of the occupation force and on the 4th of December they crossed into Germany to take up a position at the Cologne brideghead on the Rhine. In late February 1919, the original units were demobilised, being replaced by others and The Division was renamed the Lowland Division.
11th May 1915 Motor Vehicles
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7th Sep 1915 Observation Precautions
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15th Sep 1915 Defence Scheme
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21st Sep 1915 Orders
16th Oct 1915 The Derby Scheme
1st Dec 1915 Derby Scheme Armlets
11th Sep 1915 Last day of Derby Scheme Recruitment
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10th Jan 1916 Group System Reopens
9th February 1916 Call Ups
22nd Oct 1916 Bombardment
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24th Oct 1916 Reliefs
19th Mar 1917 Letter
23rd Mar 1918 In Action
11th Apr 1918 An Officer's Diary
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Those known to have served with9th Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders during the Great War 1914-1918. - Brown Archibald Duncan . Sgt.
- Clegg William Thomas. Pte. (d.5th March 1917)
- Gillies MM. John. Cpl.
- Gillies MM. John. Pte.
- Hay James Henry Webster. Capt. (d.30th November 1915)
- Keeton Fred Thomas Bennett. Pte.
- McEwan Alexander Norman. Pte.
- Nicholson David. Pte. (d.6th Jun 1917)
- Nicol John. Sgt. (d.19th March 1917)
- Rae William. Pte. (d.17th June 1916)
- Richardson William C.. Pte.
- Ross Charles. Pte.
- Simpson MC. James Kirk. Lt. (d.11th Apr 1918)
- Type William. Pte. (d.18th June 1916)
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Pte. William Thomas Clegg 9th Btn. Seaforth Highlanders (d.5th March 1917) William Clegg died on 5th of March 1917, aged 41 and is buried in the Aubigny Communal Cemetery Extension
He was the husband of Alice Clegg, of 9 Valley Gardens, Hapton, Burnley. formerly of 12 Woodsley Street, Rosegrove, Burnley.
He died of Bronchitis and prior to enlisting was a weaver at Messrs. Spencer's Imperial Mill, Burnley.
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Pte. William Type 9th Btn. Seaforth Highlanders (d.18th June 1916) William Type was killed in action on the 18th of June 1916, aged 24. He is Buried in theCorbie Communal Cemetery Extension in France.
He was the son of William and Elizabeth Type, of 8 Garth Terrace, Penyard, Merthyr Tydfil.
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Pte. David Nicholson 9th Btn. Seaforth Highlanders (d.6th Jun 1917) David Nicholson is buried in St Nicolas British Cemetery, Arras.
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Sgt. John Nicol 9th Battalion Seaforth Highlanders (d.19th March 1917) John Nichol was killed in April 1917, his death was reported in the local Ayrshire paper.
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Sgt. Archibald Duncan Brown 9th Btn. Seaforth Highlanders My grandfather Archibald Brown enlisted in Inverness on 11th of November 1914 aged 20, he served in France and received the 1914/15 star. He ended up as a Sergeant. On 27th of September 1915 he sustained a gunshot wound in action in France.
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Pte. John Gillies MM. 9th Btn. Seaforth Highlanders My grandfather, John GIllies, won his Military Medal for bravery in the field (wounded and gassed) during the taking of the chemical works during the Battle of Arras on 17/18th of April 1917. He survived the war.
He died in a pit accident (gassed) in 1930. I sometimes wonder what can be done to honour the men that came back and helped put the country back on its feet.
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Capt. James Henry Webster Hay 9th Battalion Seaforth Highlanders (d.30th November 1915) James Hay is my grandmother's father who served in the Sudan Campaign and then on the Western Front in WWI. She remembers as a small girl seeing the drummer boys at Fort George sleeping with their drums in alcoves in the fort walls. My aunt has letters written to my grandmother by him from the Western Front in 1914 and 1915.
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Pte. Alexander Norman McEwan 9th Btn. Seaforth Highlanders Alexander McEwan served with the Seaforth Highlanders I've been trying to locate my father's service record for some time without success. However, I found his Medal Roll Index Card. He was 16 years old in 1915 when he enlisted. My older sister thought he was in the 9th Battalion Seaforth Highlanders. However, he played football in the war and his football medal is engraved "Ripon Garrison Association Cup Competition".
He also had a "On War Service Badge" dated 1915 which was usually given to a civilian, unless it wasn't his. I have checked the roll call of names of ALL Seaforth Highlander Battalions but his name is not there. The number on the "On War Service Badge" is 92635. His father was Scottish - hence his enlistment in a Scottish Regiment.
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Pte. Charles Ross 9th Btn. Seaforth Highlanders Charles Ross arrived in France on the 4th of August 1915. He was posted to 9th Battalion Seaforth Highlanders and was later transferred to the 1st battalion. (Dates of transfer unknown.)
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Pte. Fred Thomas Bennett Keeton 9th (Service) Battalion Seaforth Highlanders My Grandad, died before I got any chance to talk to him about his war experiences. It was only after his death that I became aware of his service.He joined up on 10/05/1915 and served throughout the war 'till his demob. I have seen his medal record and although they are the ones they all received they still make me proud. I would love to know more about him but fear that will no longer be possibloe unless he was mentioned in a war diary somehwere. But its very good to know that although he would have spent much of his years digging trenches etc. he could have also been involved in heavy fighting as well.
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Pte. William C. Richardson 9th Btn. Seaforth Highlanders My Grandfather William C Richardson joined the 9th Seaforth Highlanders on the 2nd Nov. 1914. He went overseas with the unit in 1915 and the 9th Seaforths became a pioneer unit in May 1915 and was attached to 9th Scottish Div. William was captured on the Somme at Combles, France on the 24th March 1918 during the major German offensive which began 21st March 1918. He was held in Rennbahn Camp, Westphalia. He was released in 1919 and discharged on the 17th April 1919.
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