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2nd Battalion, London Regiment    2nd (City of London) Battalion, London Regiment were a unit of the Territorial Force with their HQ at 9 Tufton Street, Westminster, serving as part of 1st London Brigade, 1st London Division when war broke out in August 1914. The battalion was mobilised and allocated the task of guarding the Amesbury-Southampton docks railway. On the 4th of September 1914 they sailed with the Brigade from Southampton to Malta, arriving at Valetta on the 14th of September. They remained in Malta until the 2nd of January 1915 and arrived at Marseilles on the 6th of January heading for the Western Front by train. They joined the 17th Brigade, 6th Division on the 21st of February 1915 and on the 14th of October they transferred with the Brigade to 24th Division and on the 9th of February 1916 they were assigned to the 169th Brigade in 56th (London) Division, which was being reformed in France. The 56th Division concentrated in the Hallencourt area. In 1916 they were in action on The Somme taking part in the diversionary attack at Gommecourt on the 1st of July also seeing action in The Battle of Ginchy, The Battle of Flers-Courcelette, The Battle of Morval in which the Division captured Combles and The Battle of the Transloy Ridges. In 1917 they were in action during The German retreat to the Hindenburg Line and the Battles of Arras in April, then The Battle of Langemarck in August, then the Cambrai Operations in November. In 1918 They were in action on The Somme, in the Second Battles of Arras, the Battles of the Hindenburg Line and the Final Advance in Picardy. At the Armistice the infantry were in a rest period, whilst the artillery were in action. The Division received orders to join the British force to occupy the Rhine bridgeheads, but these orders were cancelled on the 21st of November, when they were in the area of Harveng undertaking road and railway repairs. Demobilisation was completed on the 18th of May 1919. 6th Feb 1915 Instruction 6th Mar 1915 In the Trenches 16th Oct 1915 The Derby Scheme 2nd November 1915 Shelling 3rd November 1915 Reinforcements 4th November 1915 Sniper activity 5th November 1915 Trench repairs 6th November 1915 Frosty 9th November 1915 Trench cleaning 12th November 1915 Stormy 13th November 1915 Relief to Camp A 14th November 1915 Bomb Slinger 15th November 1915 Quiet 16th November 1915 Reliefs 17th November 1915 Snipers active 18th November 1915 Mortar attack 19th November 1915 Trench repairs 20th November 1915 Trench Inspection 21st November 1915 Battalion relief 22nd November 1915 Preparation   23rd Nov 1915 Training 24th November 1915 Route March 26th November 1915 Brigade movement 27th November 1915 Inspection 28th November 1915 Companies Parades 29th November 1915 CO Inspection 30th November 1915 Training scheme 1st Dec 1915 Derby Scheme Armlets 1st December 1915 Bathing opportunity 2nd December 1915 Gases Lectures 3rd December 1915 Obstacle course training 4th December 1915 Clothing Issue 5th December 1915 Church Service 6th December 1915 Divisional Lecture 7th December 1915 Route March 8th December 1915 Training 9th December 1915 Musketry 10th December 1915 Route March 11th Sep 1915 Last day of Derby Scheme Recruitment 11th December 1915 Live grenade training 12th December 1915 Church Service 13th December 1915 Restricted opening times 14th December 1915 Smoke helmet demonstration 15th December 1915 Preliminary practice 16th December 1915 Assault practice 18th December 1915 New Chaplain 1915-12-20 Live grenade training 20th December 1915 Live grenade training 21st December 1915 Parade cancelled 24th December 1915 Lewis gun training 25th December 1915 Xmas day parade 27th Dec 1915 Visit by Sir Douglas Haig 28th December 1915 Open warfare practice 29th December 1915 General Company Training 30th December 1915 G.O.C Division inspection 31st December 1915 New Years Eve attack 1st January 1916 New Years day 2016 2nd January 1916 Orders received 3rd January 1916 Grenade training injury 4th January 1916 Attack pracice 5th January 1916 Mining Party training 6th January 1916 Preparations 7th January 1916 Hop factory billets 8th January 1916 German aircraft bombing raid   9th January 1916 Working in Shifts 10th Jan 1916 Group System Reopens 10th January 1916 Camp Paths 11th January 1916 Grenade training 12th January 1916 Camp Improvements 13th January 1916 Ypres shelled 14th January1916 Shelling 15th January 1916 Quiet 16th January 1916 New Adjutant appointed 17th January 1916 Aeroplane activity reported 18th January 1916 Field Punishment No 1 19th January 1916 Aeroplane bombing 20th January 1916 Renewal of clothing 21st January 1916 Horses Tested 22nd January 1916 2nd Lieut joins Battalion 23rd January 1916 Church Service 24th January 1916 Quiet 25th January 1916 Quiet 26th January 1916 Secret communication 27th January 1916 Gas Alarm 28th January 1916 Return of detached troops 29th January 1916 Brigadier departs 30th January 1916 Church Service 31st January 1916 New division assembles 1st February 1916  Resting   2nd February 1916 Gas guard removal 3rd February 1916 Awaiting movement orders 4th February 1916 Inspection by Major General Capper 5th February 1916 Aeroplane activity reported 6th February 1916 Clothes fumigated 7th February 1916 Posting 8th February 1916 Preparation for movement 9th February 1916 Marched to Poperinghe 9th February 1916 Call Ups 10th February 1916 Arrival 11th February 1916 Company withdrawn 12th February 1916 Conference of C.O`s 13th February 1916 Church Parade 14th February 1916 Training scheme 15th February 1916 Inspection 16th February 1916 Lectures 17th February 1916 Leave recommenced 18th February 1916 Training 19th February 1916 Classes 20th February 1916 Open air service 21st February 1916 Grenadier school 22nd February 1916 Intepreter arrives 23rd February 1916 Advanced Training 24th February 1916 Grenade trenches 25th February 1916 Leave stopped 26th February 1916 Orders Received 27th February 1916 Movement order cancelled 28th February 1916 Major General Hull visited 29th February 1916 Illness 1st March 1916 Illness 2nd March 1916 Parades for physical drill, 3rd March 1916 Stokes trench mortar Battery 4th March 1916 New Grenadier party formation 5th March 1916 Open air church service 6th March 1916 Infantry Advance Formation Training 7th March 1916 Musketry attack practice 8th March 1916 Grenade throwing 9th March 1916 General training 10th March 1916 Demonstration of 18 pounders guns 11th March 1916 Court martial 12th March 1916 On the March 13th March 1916 Court martial sentence 14th March 1916 Trench parades 16th March 1916 On the March 18th March 1916 Demonstration of German flame thrower 17th March 1916 Billet cleaning 19th March 1916 Steel helmets issue 20th March 1916 Rifle examined 21st March 1916 Quiet 22nd March 1916 Rifle range created 23rd March 1916 Cross countryrun 24th March 1916 Move 25th March 1916 Battalion attack scheme 26th March 1916 Church Service 27th March 1916 Measures against gas 28th March 1916 Lewis gun instructions 29th March 1916 Smoke helmet training 30th March 1916 Open warfare exercise 31st March 1916 Lecture on March Discipline 1st April 1916 Training 2nd April 1916 Church Service 3rd April 1916 Mortar demonstration 4th April 1916 Steel helmets 5th April 1916 Open warfare scheme 6th April 1916 Physical training course 7th April 1916 Rear guard scheme of attack 8th April 1916 Route March 9th April 1916 German Flamethrower demonstration 10th April 1916 Divisional band formation 11th April 1916 Fine weather 12th April 1916 Parade cancelled 13th April 1916 Company training 14th April 1916 Leave stopped 15th April 1916 Drill competion 16th April 1916 Col Attenborough returns 17th April 1916 Class for junior NCO`s started 18th April 1916 Company training 19th April 1916 Extended order drill 20th April 1916 NCOs Lectured 21st April 1916 Good Friday 22nd April 1916 Staff tour 23rd April 1916 Easter sunday 24th April 1916 Brigade Staff tour 25th April 1916 Discipline training 26th April 1916 Company training 27th April 1916 Sports 28th April 1916 Measles outbreak 29th April 1916 Battalion sports meeting 30th April 1916 Divisional standing orders Issued 1st May 1916 Rifle range available 2nd May 1916 Order received 3rd May 1916 Attack practiced 4th May 1916 Training 5th May 1916 Gas Demonstration 6th May 1916 Cleaning up ready for move 7th May 1916 Accommodation not weatherproof 8th May 1916 Parades 9th May 1916 Planning 10th May 1916 Training parades 11th May 1916 Quiet 12th May 1916 Baths 13th May 1916 Quarry work 14th May 1916 Church Service 15th May 1916 Trench mortar battery reinforcements 16th May 1916 Training 17th May 1916 Movement order 18th May 1916 Working parties 19th May 1916 Instructions Recieved 20th May 1916 Gun Emplacements 21st May 1916 Working parties 22nd May 1916 Railway construction 23rd May 1916 Working parties 24th May 1916 Trench visit 25th May 1916 Anti Gas school 26th May 1916 Sniper class 27th May 1916 Working parties 28th May 1916 Lewis Guns   29th May 1916 Tactical Reserve 30th May 1916 Working parties 1st June 1916 Shelling of trenches 2nd June 1916 Relief orders 3rd June 1916 German mine thrower activity 4th June 1916 Seven men buried by explosions 5th June 1916 Four men buried today 6th June 1916 Enemy quiet 7th June 1916 Rain continuously all day 8th June 1916 Trench Work 9th June 1916 New communication trench 10th June 1916 Work on Front Line   11th June 1916 Rain all day 12th June 1916 Working Parties 13th June 1916 On the March   14th June 1916 Cable laying   15th June 1916 Visit 16th June 1916 Cable Work 17th June 1916 Cable laying 18th June 1916 Outline of the operation orders 19th June 1916 Working parties 20th June 1916 Preparation for attack 21st June 1916 Working parties 22nd June 1916 Cable work 23rd June 1916 Issue of administration orders 24th June 1916 Conference 25th June 1916 Preliminary bombardment continued 26th June 1916 Orders Issued 14th September 1916 Operational Order No.106   18th Aug 1917 In Reserve 17th December 1915 Maxim gun training If you can provide any additional information, please add it here. Want to know more about 2nd Battalion, London Regiment? There are:5467 items tagged 2nd Battalion, London 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, London Regiment during the Great War 1914-1918. Cantin S.. L/Cpl (d.8th Nov 1915) Carney M. J.. Pte. Chaney W. Pte. Cole James W.. Pte. Cooper J.. Pte. (d.10th Nov 1915) Cranston James Jesse. Pte (d.16th June 1917) Crush John Henry. Pte. (d.3rd Jan 1918) Dainty DCM. Edward Joseph Patten. CSM. (d.8th Nov 1917) Dawson J. H.. L/Cpl. Fair A. Pte. (d.8th Nov 1915) Fosbrooke J R. Pte. Fosbrooke J. R.. Pte. (d.22nd Nov 1915) French William Henry. L/Sgt. (d.28th Feb 1918) George Alfred Frank. Dvr. (d.3rd Jan 1918) Gold Frederick Thomas. Pte. (d.27th Aug 1918) Goldstein Leopold Harris. Pte. Gray William Joseph . Pte. (d.28th May 1918) Green M.. Bandsman. (d.4th Nov 1915) Hansey W. H.. Pte. Hobbs Herbert John. Sgt. (d.22nd March 1918) Holland R. Pte. James D. J.. L/Cpl. Jones William . L/Cpl Kemp George William. L/Cpl. (d.23rd Mar 1918) Lumley A. R.. Pte. Marriott Stanley. Sgt. Miller J E. Pte. Mills A J. Pte. Murphy F.. Cpl. (d.5th Nov 1915) Newman Arthur James. Pte. Pitt . Pte. Pulleyn Edward Henry. 2nd Lt. (d.25th Nov 1917) Ridgway William. Pte. (d.2nd September 1918 ) Riley A. B.. Pte. (d.7th Nov 1915) Stacey DSO. Gerald Arthur. Mjr. (d.9th October 1916) Starling Nathan. Pte. (d.3rd July 1916) Stewart W D. Pte. Thomas R. V.. L/Sgt. Thorpe-Tracey J. Pte. Turner Arthur. Pte. (d.3rd May 1917) Wate J. H.. Pte. Waters E.. Pte. Webb Cyril. Pte. (d.5 November 1917) Wise A G. Pte. Wright R.. 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, London 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? 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? 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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. Frederick Thomas Gold 2nd Btn. London Regiment (d.27th Aug 1918) Frederick Gold is buried in Summit Trench Cemetery, Croisilles in France. Add to this record.   Pte. William Ridgway 2nd Battalon London Regiment (d.2nd September 1918 ) William Ridgway was my great uncle. He joined the Army in April 1918 and died of wounds 2nd of September 1918, age 19. this is all I know. I visited his grave at Daours Cemetery on 26th August 2018. Mark White Add to this record.   Pte. William Joseph Gray 2nd Btn. Royal Fusiliers (d.28th May 1918) William Gray was born in Notting Hill about 1897, youngest of the four sons of William Frederick and Sarah Gray. The 1901 census shows him living with his parents (then aged 4) and three brothers Frederick (13), Albert (11) and Richard (4). His father was a horse keeper and his mother was a laundress. The 1911 census shows that he was a coal porter, living at home with his parents (aged 15) and brothers Albert (20) and Ricahrd (19) at 9 Nelson Place, The Steyne, Acton, London. William served with the 2nd Battalion, London Regiment and was attached to the 86th Trench Mortar Battery. The 86th Trench Mortar Battery was formed on 21st of April 1916 and was part of the 86th Infantry Brigade (known as the Fusilier Brigade) which formed the 29th Division. He died on the 28th of May 1918, aged 22 years and is is buried in Le Grand Hasard Military Cemetery at Morbecque, France. He is remembered on the War Memorial, St Mary's Church, Acton, London. His brother Frederick was the first of the Gray brothers to die serving his Country, on 28 April 1915. His other brother Richard died on 23 April 1918 less than a month before his own death. Tragically his parents lost 3 of their 4 sons to the War, it is not known if their brother Albert saw military service. Caroline Hunt Add to this record.   Pte. W Chaney 2nd Btn. C Coy. London Regiment Private W. Chaney served with C Company, 2nd London Regiment. stephan Add to this record.   Mjr. Gerald Arthur Stacey DSO. 2nd Battalion London Regiment (d.9th October 1916) Major Gerald Stacey of 2nd Battalion, London Regiment was killed in action during operations around Lesboeufs, France on 9th of October 1916, during the Battle of the Somme. Stephan Add to this record.   Pte. J. R. Fosbrooke 2nd Btn. A Coy. London Regiment (d.22nd Nov 1915) Pte Fosbrooke died of wounds. Add to this record.   Pte. W D Stewart 2nd Battalion, A Coy. London Regiment Pte W Stewart was wounded whilst serving with the 2nd Londons. stephan Add to this record.   Pte. J E Miller 2nd Battalion, B Coy. London Regiment Pte J E Miller was wounded whilst serving with 2nd Londons. stephan Add to this record.   Pte. J Thorpe-Tracey 2nd Battalion, D Coy. London Regiment Pte J Thorpe-Tracey served with D Coy. 2nd London Regiment. stephan Add to this record.   Pte. Pitt 2nd Battalion, B Coy. London Regiment Pte Pitt of B Coy was wounded in Nov 1915. stephan Add to this record.   Pte. A J Mills 2nd Battalion, C Coy. London Regiment Pte Mills was wounded whilst serving with C Coy. 2nd Battalion, London Regiment. stephan Add to this record.   L/Cpl. J. H. Dawson 2nd Battalion, B Coy. London Regiment L/Cpl Dawson was wounded whilst serving with B Coy. 2nd Battalion, London Regiment. stephan Add to this record.   Pte. A. R. Lumley 2nd Battalion, C Coy. London Regiment Private A R Lumley was wounded whilst serving with 2nd Battalion, London Regiment. Add to this record.   L/Sgt. R. V. Thomas 2nd Battalion, D Coy. London Regiment L/Sgt R Thomas served with D Coy. 2nd Londons. Add to this record.   Pte. J. Cooper 2nd Battalion, A Coy. London Regiment (d.10th Nov 1915) Private J Cooper served with A Coy. 2nd Battalion, London Regiment. Add to this record.   Pte. M. J. Carney 2nd Battalion, A Coy. London Regiment Pte M J Carney served with 2nd Battalion, London Regiment. stephan Add to this record.   L/Cpl S. Cantin 2nd Battalion, A Coy. London Regiment (d.8th Nov 1915) L/Cpl S Catin lost his life serving with the 2nd Battalion, London Regiment. stephan Add to this record.   Pte. E. Waters 2nd Battalion, B Coy. London Regiment Pte E Waters served with B Coy 2nd Londons. Add to this record.   Pte. J. H. Wate 2nd Battalion. B Coy. London Regiment Pte Wate died of wounds. Add to this record.   Pte. A. B. Riley 2nd Battalion, D Coy London Regiment (d.7th Nov 1915) Pte A B Riley served with D Coy, 2nd Battalion, London Regiment. Add to this record. Recomended Reading. Available at discounted prices.

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