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3rd Battalion, London Regiment
3rd (City of London) Battalion, London Regiment were a unit of the Territorial Force with their HQ at 21 Edward Street, St Pancras. (Edward Street was renamed Varndell Street in 1938, the site is now occupied by a block of flats named Staveley.) They were serving with 1st London Brigade, 1st London Division when war broke out in 1914. They moved on mobilisation to guarding the Basingstoke-Eastleigh railway and soon began to prepare for service overseas. On the 4th of September 1914 they sailed with the Brigade from Southampton to Malta to man the garrison, allowing the regular army unit to return home for service in France. They left Malta on the 2nd of January 1915, sailing to Marseilles for service on the Western Front and joined Gharwal Brigade, 7th (Meerut) Division on the 10th of February. On the 17th they transferred to Dehra Dun Brigade in same Division. In November they transferred to 139th Brigade in 46th (North Midland) Division then moved again to 142nd Brigade, 47th (2nd London) Division. On the 9th of February 1916 they transferred to 167th Brigade, 56th (London) Division. They were in action on The Somme taking part in the diversionary attack at Gommecourt on the 1st of July. Also 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. On the
3rd of January 1918 they transferred to 173rd Brigade, 58th (2/1st London) Division, absorbing the disbanded 2/3rd Battalion and were renamed 3rd Battalion. They were in action on The Somme, during the Second Battles of Arras 1918, the Battles of the Hindenburg Line and the Final Advance in Picardy.
4th Aug 1914 War Station
Sep 1914 On the Move
2nd of January 1915 On the Move
5th January 1915 On the Move
5th January 1915 On the Move
1st Feb 1915 Inspection
2nd Feb 1915 Exercise
3rd Feb 1915 Divisional Exercise
6th Feb 1915 Instruction
12th Feb 1915 Exercise
12th Feb 1915 Divisional Exercise
22nd Feb 1915 Exercise
22nd Feb 1915 Exercise
26th Feb 1915 Exercise
9th Mar 1915 Musketry
10th Mar 1915 3rd Londons in Action 
15th Mar 1915 On the Move
18th Mar 1915 On the Move
22nd Mar 1915 Inspection
23rd Mar 1915 Orders
23rd Mar 1915 Praise
24th Mar 1915 Instruction
25th Mar 1915 Instruction
26th Mar 1915 Instruction
27th Mar 1915 Frost
28th Mar 1915 No Wood
29th Mar 1915 Orders
30th Mar 1915 Orders Received
31st Mar 1915 Instruction
12th June 1915 Dental Treatment
22nd Aug 1915 Instruction
23rd Aug 1915 Instruction
24th Aug 1915 Instruction
16th Oct 1915 The Derby Scheme
20th of October 1915 Billets and Posts Handed Over
17th Nov 1915 Reliefs
18th Nov 1915 Heavy Rain
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
12th Aug 1917 Diffilcult Conditions
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Those known to have served with3rd Battalion, London Regiment during the Great War 1914-1918. - Barnett John W.. Pte.
- Boniface Charles Henry. Pte. (d.24th August 1918)
- Clark Henry Cecil. Pte.
- Craig Gordon. Pte. (d.30th May 1918)
- Dubber Albert Sydney. Pte.
- Duffett Claude Joyce. CSM.
- Evans MM. Thomas Young. Pte. (d.13th Sep 1916)
- Fentiman Frank. Pte.
- Goodall Stanley Percival. Pte. (d.26th Oct 1917)
- Graham Charles Edward Earnest. Pte.
- Green George R.. Pte.
- Pantling George. Sgt.
- Pearcy John. Pte
- Read Harold John. L/Cpl. (d.24th July 1916)
- Simmonds Walter Wallis. Pte. (d.25th April 1918)
- Twinning Arthur. Pte. (d.8th Aug 1918)
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Pte. Frank Fentiman 3rd Btn. London Regiment I purchased some medals at a local auction, and they are inscribed to Private Frank Fentiman, 3rd, London Regiment, I want to ensure his name is not forgotten.
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Pte. Walter Wallis Simmonds 3rd Battalion London Regiment (d.25th April 1918) Walter Simmonds was my great grandfather. He died at Villers Bretonneux.
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Pte. Albert Sydney Dubber 4th Btn. London Regiment Albert Dubber fought during WW1 as part of the 4th Battalion, London Regiment, he also served with the 3rd Battalion. He worked as a printer after the war.
Albert was killed as a civilian during WW2 by a German bomb dropped on their home at 18 Earlsthorpe Road, London on the 7th of October 1943.
Survived by Florence Elizabeth Dubber (wife) and Albert George Dubber (son).
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Pte. Charles Edward Earnest Graham 3rd Battalion London Regiment My grandfather, Charles Graham received a gunshot wound to his hand on 1st Sept 1918. He was 17, he lied about his age to go to war he was shot at St. Quentin on the Somme and he was sent back to the UK.
He never spoke to us about what happened. We found out from his army records and official war dairies. How brave.
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CSM. Claude Joyce Duffett 3rd Battalion London Regiment Claude Duffett served with the 3rd Battalion, London Regiment. I would like to find out more about his service.
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Pte. John W. Barnett 3rd Btn. London Regiment I came across a medal in my deceased fathers collection of coins. I have no idea where it came from or how he came by it. It is the 1914/15 star. I would love to find out more about this medal and J Barnett possibly leading to returning this medal to its rightful family.
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Pte. Gordon Craig 3rd Battalion London Regiment (d.30th May 1918) Gordon Craig was the son of Charlotte Craig and the late Graham Craig of 8 Norfolk House, Euston Buildings, Euston, London. He served with 3rd Battalion, London Regiment and 49th Coy. Labour Corps
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Sgt. George Pantling 3rd Btn. London Regiment George Pantling served with the 3rd Btn. London Rifles and went on to serve in the Second World War.
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Pte. Henry Cecil Clark 3rd (City of London) Btn. London Regiment Harry Clark served his county and returned home at the end of the War.
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Pte. Arthur Twinning 3rd Btn. London Regiment (d.8th Aug 1918) Arthur Twining was born in Paddington, London in 1898. He was the son of Frank and Emily Twining and was one of four brothers (and his father) serving in France. He married in December 1917, went to France in March 1918, and died of wounds on 8th August 1918 in the attack on Mallard Wood.
Arthur Twining was my grandmother's younger brother.
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Pte. Stanley Percival Goodall 1st/2nd Btn. London Regiment (d.26th Oct 1917)  Stanley Percival Goodall was the fifth child of Charles and Elizabeth Goodall, of 35 St Mary's Road, Willesden. The only one of their sons to be killed in the Great War. Four other brothers served. He was a single man, living with his parents, a travelling rep by trade. In his Will
he states that he joined the 3rd London Volunteer Battalion of Royal Fusiliers in 1903, aged 16, did Field Camps at Salisbury Plain 1905, and Savoy 1906. Enlisted at Tufton Street, Westminster on 7 September 1914 in the 2nd/2nd London R.R.F., and transferred to the 1st/2nd on January 1917.
WW1 movements.
1/2nd (City of London) Battalion (Royal Fusiliers)
August 1914 Tufton Street in Westminster.
Part of 1st London Brigade, 1st London Division.
Moved on mobilisation to guarding the Amesbury-Southampton docks railway.
4 September 1914 : sailed with Brigade from Southampton to Malta, arriving Valetta 14 September.
2 January 1915 : left Malta, arrived at Marseilles on 6 January.
21 February 1915 : joined the 17th Brigade in 6th Division.
14 October 1915 : transferred with the Brigade to 24th Division.
9 February 1916 : transferred to 169th Brigade in 56th (London) Division.
Stanley joined this unit in January 1917.
From the date of his death (26th Oct 1917), he was probably killed at the Battle of Passchendaele during the 3rd Battle of Ypres.
A battle fought in a sea of mud.
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Pte John Pearcy 6th Btn. Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry My Grandfather,John Pearcy served on the Western Front from 1916 with the 6th batt. Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, in early 1918 this battalion was disbanded and Grandfather was posted to the 16th Entrenching battalion. Shortly after this the Germans launched their spring offensive and grandfather was then posted to the 3rd London Regt. and went back into front line actions.
On the 8th August 1918 the 3rd London's went into action on the first day of the battle of Amiens, their jumping off point was on the green line near Malard Wood, on exiting the wood they came under heavy fire from the German positions on Chipily ridge and Grandfather was wounded in the chest with shrapnel. After being taken to a Casualty Clearing Station, Grandfather was moved out of the line to the Australian General Hospital at Rouen.
On the 17th October 1918 Grandfather returned to his unit and went into action in the final advance in Artois and Flanders. In the early hours of the 31st October 1918 the 3rd Londons were trying to establish a series of posts between the lines near the village of Bleharies in Belgium when they came under shellfire, Grandfather was badly wounded and had a leg amputated on the battlefield before being moved to hospital in Boulogne.
Later that month grandfather returned to the UK on board the hospital ship St David and spent time in several hospitals in Kent, having a re-amputation before being moved nearer home to the Leeds War Hospital in Yorkshire where he was fitted with an artificial leg but it was to be 1920 before he was discharged from hospital and returned to his family.
Grandfather became an active member of his local British Legion branch and led several remembrance day parades in his home village, Grandfather passed away in 1947.
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Pte. George R. Green 7th Btn. London Regiment I have a wristwatch engraved on the back, R. Green, 3401, 'D' Company, 7th City of London Regiment. His medal card reveals that he later served with the 3rd Battalion.
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