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6th Battalion, London Regiment
6th (City of London) Battalion (Rifles), London Regiment were a unit of the Territorial Force with their HQ at 57a Farringdon Road, Holborn. They were serving with the 2nd London Brigade, 1st London Division when war broke out. In November 1914 the battalion was transferred to 4th London Brigade, 2nd London Division, later transferring to 140th Brigade, 47th Division with which it remained till January 1918. The 6th Battalion landed in France in March 1915 and saw its first major action at Loos in September. The Battalion fought on the Somme, and at Messines, in the Third Battle of Ypres and at Cambrai. At the end of January 1918 the Battalion amalgamated with the 2/6th Battalion and joined the 174th Brigade, 58th Division.
1st Feb 1915 Inspection
2nd Feb 1915 Exercise
3rd Feb 1915 Divisional Exercise
12th Feb 1915 Exercise
12th Feb 1915 Divisional Exercise
22nd Feb 1915 Exercise
22nd Feb 1915 Exercise
26th Feb 1915 Exercise
6th Mar 1915 Orders
9th Mar 1915 Musketry
12th Mar 1915 Orders
15th Mar 1915 On the Move
16th Mar 1915 On the Move
17th Mar 1915 On the Move
18th Mar 1915 On the Move
18th Mar 1915 On the Move
19th Mar 1915 On the Move
20th Mar 1915 On the March
21st Mar 1915 Church Parade
22nd Mar 1915 Inspection
23rd Mar 1915 Orders
23rd Mar 1915 Praise
23rd Mar 1915 Route March
24th Mar 1915 Instruction
24th Mar 1915 On the March 
24th March 1915 Telegram
25th Mar 1915 Instruction
25th Mar 1915 Instruction
26th Mar 1915 Instruction
27th Mar 1915 Frost
27th Mar 1915 Trench Work
28th Mar 1915 No Wood
28th Mar 1915 Air Raid
29th Mar 1915 Orders
29th Mar 1915 Training
30th Mar 1915 Orders Received
30th Mar 1915 Trench Work
31st Mar 1915 Instruction
31st Mar 1915 Trench Work
1st Apr 1915 Orders
2nd Apr 1915 Trench Raid
3rd Apr 1915 In the Trenches
4th Apr 1915 In the Trenches
5th Apr 1915 Reliefs
6th Apr 1915 Inspection
7th Apr 1915 On the March
8th Apr 1915 Training
9th Apr 1915 Training
10th Apr 1915 Training
11th Apr 1915 Church Parade
12th Apr 1915 Trench Work
13th Apr 1915 Working Parties and Training
14th Apr 1915 Measles
15th Apr 1915 Working Parties and Training
16th Apr 1915 Route March
17th Apr 1915 On the March
19th Apr 1915 Reliefs Complete
19th Apr 1915 Relief
20th Apr 1915 Shelling
20th April 1915 Trenches Visited
21st Apr 1915 Mines Exploded
22nd Apr 1915 Heavy Firing
22nd April 1915 The C.O., Adjt. and M.O. visited 6th Battalion in Quinchy trenches
23rd Apr 1915 Reliefs
23rd April 1915 R.E. Officer visited H.Q. and gave work to be done.
23rd April 1915 Operational Order No.3
24th Apr 1915 On the March
25th Apr 1915 Quiet
25th April 1915 Church Parade at Lapugnoy.
26th Apr 1915 Baths
28th April 1915 M.G. detachment to be attached temporarily to 6th London Infantry Brigade.
1st May 1915 Training
2nd May 1915 Church Parade
3rd May 1915 Relief Completed
4th May 1915 Reliefs
1st June 1915 Operational Order No.2.
6th June 1915 Operational Order No.10.
12th June 1915 Operational Order No.10.
15th June 1915 Operational Order No.11.
15th June 1915 Reference Operational Order No.11.
16th June 1915 Reliefs
17th June 1915 German counter attack
20th June 1915 Reliefs
21st June 1915 Operational Order No.14.
22nd June 1915 Reliefs
26th June 1915 Operational Order No.14.
27th June 1915 Operational Order No.17.
28th June 1915 Operational Order No.24.
5th July 1915 Operational Order No.19.
6th July 1915 Operational Order No.20.
29th July 1915 Operation Order No.21.
30th Jul 1915 Reliefs
31st July 1915 Preliminary notice of relief.
1st August 1915 140th Infantry Brigade - Working parties
1st August 1915 Schedule of Reliefs
1st August 1915 Orders Received
2nd August 1915 Reference Operational Order No.22.
24th August 1915 Preliminary Operations Order.
24th August 1915 Orders
25th August 1915 Reference Operational Order No.23
16th September 1915 Reliefs
25th September 1915 Successful assault
28th Sep 1915 The Terriers Bite
8th October 1915 Operational Order 31.
11th November 1915 Relieved 6th Battalion in A2 Sub-Sector.
11th October 1915 Operational Order 31.
16th Oct 1915 The Derby Scheme
19th October 1915 Sharp Shooters.
21st October 1915 140th Infantry Brigade. Operational Order No.34.
21st October 1915 Operational Order No.34.
26th October 1915 140th Infantry Brigade. Operational Order No.36.
26th October 1915 Operational Order No.36.
29th October 1915 140th Infantry Brigade. Operational Order No.36.
3rd November 1915 Moved to Old German Front Line.
5th November 1915 Relieved 6th Battalion in A1 Sub-Section.
8th November 1915 Battalion H.Q. is in Loos
11th November 1915 Orders
13th November 1915 Operational Order No.42.
13th November 1915 Schedule of Movement.
13th November 1915 Route cancelled
14th of November 1915 On the Move
1st Dec 1915 Derby Scheme Armlets
11th Sep 1915 Last day of Derby Scheme Recruitment
13th December 1915 Operational Order No.44.
13th December 1915 Schedule of Billeting
16th December 1915 140th Infantry Brigade will relieve the 141st Infantry Brigade
17th December 1915 Operational Order No.45.
18th December 1915 Battalion transport will move to Noyelles Les Vermelles
23rd December 1915 Battalion moved to Front Line in C1 Sector
23rd December 1915 Brigade Operational Order No.46.
26th December 1915 Operational Order No. 47.
30th December 1915 Orders
10th Jan 1916 Group System Reopens
5th February 1916 Reliefs
8th February 1916 Work on SAP on right of crater.
9th February 1916 Call Ups
8th March 1916 Flammenwerfer demonstration
17th May 1916 Operational Order No.79.
23rd May 1916 Operations
16th August 1916 Brigade Training
14th September 1916 Operational Order No.106
18th September 1916 Battalion in new positions
22nd October 1916 Enemy mine
23rd October 1916 Quiet
24th October 1916 Reliefs
22nd December 1916 Operational Order No.127
23rd December 1916 Reliefs
5th February 1917 Enemy shelled the Bluff, Wynde, Duck Boards & King Street
3rd March 1917 Reliefs
22nd Mar 1917 Reliefs
28th March 1917 Operational Order 152.
29th March 1917 In Support
12th April 1917 Relief
3rd May 1917 Reliefs
3rd June 1917 Operational Order
9th June 1917 Enemy shelled our lines heavily
17th July 1917 Artillery activity normal.
18th of July 1917 A close call
23rd July 1917 Practice barrage on our Left and Front.
5th August 1917 Church Parades
2nd December 1917 Attack by 2 Companies to retake ground lost by 6th London Regt.
30th November 1917 Enemy fairly quiet in the evening.
22nd January 1918 Battalion H.Q. moved from Kaiser Trench to Kaiser Support.
2nd February 1918 Reorganisation
6th Sep 1918 Ground Gained
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Those known to have served with6th Battalion, London Regiment during the Great War 1914-1918. - Allen Henry James Olaf. Cpl. (d.7th Jun 1917)
- Allen DCM. Henry James Olaf. Cpl. (d.7th Jun 1917)
- Baker Ernest Audley. Rflmn
- Baker Louis Harley. Rflmn. (d.9th Jan 1918)
- Barlow MID. Knightley Trevor. Cpl.
- Dowsett William David. L/Sgt. (d.6th April 1918)
- Elliott Cyril Charles. Rfm. (d.28th June 1915)
- Gearing James Thomas. Rfmn. (d.15th Sep 1916)
- Goode MM. Joseph Edward . Sgt.
- Gridley Arthur James. PTE Rifleman
- Hill Edward Ernerst. Rflmn (d.31st August 1918)
- Hirst Alexander E R. Rifleman (d.15th Sep 1916)
- Hoult Frank Ernest. Pte.
- Johnson Charles Edward. Rfn. (d.15th Dec 1916)
- Loveday Frederick George. (d.6th Apr 1918)
- Mills Cecil George. Pte. (d.18th September 1915)
- Mills William Charles . Cpl. (d.7th Jun 1917)
- More Charles John. Pte. (d.29th Sep 1916)
- Nokes Harry. Rflmn. (d.13th Aug 1918)
- O'Leary Francis. Sgt. (d.15th Sept 1916)
- Petter Lewis Norman. Sgt. (d.9th Nov 1915 )
- Phillips William. Rfm.
- Porter Ralph. Pte. (d.16th October 1918)
- Redgrave Harry Leslie. Pte.
- Reeves Alfred Charles. Rflmn. (d.9th Aug 1918)
- Rowen Walter . Rfm. (d.28th Oct 1917)
- Southgate Albert Edward. Rflmn. (d.19th Apr 1918)
- Stratton William Gerald. Rflmn. (d.24th July 1918)
- Tassart Hedley. Pte.
- Taylor William. Rfm. (d.23rd Nov 1916)
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Cpl. William Charles Mills 1/6th Btn. London Regiment (d.7th Jun 1917) William Charles Mills is commemorated on the Menin Gate memorial on panel 54. He was the husband of Florence Elizabeth Mills.
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Pte. Harry Leslie Redgrave 6th Btn. London Regiment Harry Redgrave was the son of William Arthur Redgrave and Annie Redgrave (nee Bilton), husband of Kathleen Mabel Redgrave (nee Hamblen).
Born in 1896, Harry had been a gentlemen's hairdresser in his civilian life, and had served during WW1 in the Territorial Force with the 6th Battalion City of London Rifles. In WW2 he served with the 35th Light Anti Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery.
Harry died 5th of March 1943 aged 46 years and is commemorated on the Singapore Memorial, he has no known grave.
Harry was connected to the Redgrave family of acting fame through his grandfather Montague Redgrave.
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Rflmn. Alfred Charles Reeves 6th Btn. London Regiment (d.9th Aug 1918) We know very little about Alfred Reeves. He was a green-grocer and married to Alice Maria Kiddle. They had one child, May Elizabeth Annie Reeves (my mother). She was born in 1915 and too young to remember her father, whom she must have met at less once, as there is a photo of the family together.
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Pte. Cecil George Mills 1/6th Battalion London Regiment (d.18th September 1915) Cecil Mills was killed in action on the 18th of Sept 1915 aged 19. He is buried at Hospital Farm Cemetery in Belgium. This area had a building used as a dressing station so he probably arrived in a severely injured state and later died of wounds.
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Rfmn. James Thomas Gearing 1st/6th (City of London Rifles) Btn. London Regiment (d.15th Sep 1916) James Gearing has no known grave, he is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial.
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Sgt. Lewis Norman Petter 6th (City of London Rifles) Btn. London Regiment (d.9th Nov 1915 ) Lewis Petter was born in 1894 in Tottenham, Middlesex to Arthur Lewis Petter (1855-1918) & Lydia Fiander (1857-1897).
He was baptized at All Hallows Church in Tottenham on the 1st of July 1894.
In 1901 he was living with his family at 22 Brampton Road, Harringay, Middlesex.
In 1911 he was living at 10 Bowes Road, Palmers Green, London and his occupation was a Clerk for a Packing Case Manufacturer.
Thomas joined the 6th Battalion, London Regiment, no exact date of enlistment available.
He entered the theatre of war in France on the 18th of March 1915.
He was killed in Action on the 9th of November 1915.
A memorial to him & his comrades is displayed at Dud Corner Cemetery, Loos-en-Gohelle in France.
We thank him and all the fallen heroes for their service.
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Pte. Hedley Tassart 6th Btn. London Regiment I have found these records of my grandfather's brother, Hedley Tassart, who I believe died at Ypres.
He was born and lived in Chelsea and served with the City of London Regiment. He was one of 4 brothers that served in WW1. The brothers were Reg, Albert and Cecil. My grandfather Albert Tassart served with the Post Office Rifles and was awarded the MM.
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Pte. Frank Ernest Hoult 6th Battalion London Regiment My Grandfather, Frank Hoult, enlisted between the 6th September and 7th October 1914 with the 6th Battalion, City of London Rifles, after being given a White Feather a few days before.
He proceeded to France on 17th of March 1915 he took part in most key battles, surviving Loos, but was stranded in No Mans Land for 4 days during the regiments many attacks at The Somme in late 1916, with a shrapnel wound in his ankle. So hungry he felt like eating the mud he was thankfully rescued by colleagues to live to tell the tale.
He was transferred on 29th November 1917 to the Army Service Corps which is why after the War he became a Bus driver, operating out of the Dagenham, Becontree Garages until his retirement in 1958.
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Rflmn. Harry Nokes 6th Btn. London Regiment (d.13th Aug 1918) Harry Nokes was the son of James and Florence Louisa Nokes of Wandsworth, London, aged 19.
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Pte. Ralph Porter 6th Btn. B Coy. London Regiment (d.16th October 1918) Ralph Porter died at home of injuries sustained at war.
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Rflmn Edward Ernerst Hill 6th Btn. London Regiment (d.31st August 1918) Ernie Hill served with 6th Battalion, London Regiment.
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Pte. Charles John More 6th Btn. London Regiment (d.29th Sep 1916) Charles More was born in 1893 in Camberwell, London
He died in the Battle of Loos
serving as a Rifleman with the 6th Battalion, London Regiment known as "the cast iron sixth". He is buried in the Maroc British Cemetery, Grenay, Northern France where he is remembered on the special memorial 18.
The is also possibly a plaque in Rye Lane Chapel in Peckham, London.
This is all I have at present. I am putting this on for a fellow church member to see if we can find any descendants.
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Rfm. Cyril Charles Elliott 6th Btn. London Regiment (d.28th June 1915) Cyril Elliott was the son of William M. and Ada M. Elliott of 43 Glenlyon Rd., Eltham, London. One of the first to volunteer, he died of wounds and is buried in Boulogne.
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PTE Rifleman Arthur James Gridley 6th Btn London Regiment I've been researching my late grandfather's activity in WW1, Arthur Gridley was a Rifleman in the 6th London Regiment. I have been able to establish this from medals inherited from my mother. I have his number 1833 and another regimental number 320364. He enlisted on 7th of August 1914 and was discharged on 23rd of December 1918 being declared no longer physically fit to serve.
I'm keen to find out where he was posted and what activities he might have been involved in but I'm struggling to find this information.
I'd be really grateful if anyone can help in any way
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Rflmn. William Gerald Stratton 6th Battalion. "D"Coy. London Regiment(City of London Rifles) (d.24th July 1918) In October 1916 Gerald Stratton was in No.8 Camp Hospital Sutton Veny, Warminster, Wiltshire. In a letter to sister he wrote - "I am getting on fine now. I still have a fat face but there is no pain." He mentioned having visited cousins in Bath and said - "I was glad to get out of the hospital as there was not much life there, and they would not let you smoke in the ward so I was four days without a smoke".
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Cpl. Henry James Olaf Allen DCM. 1/6th Btn. London Regiment (d.7th Jun 1917) I am currently researching my Great Uncle Henry Allen's history.
We have an article from the Supplement to The London Gazette dated 10th March 1916 stating that on the 11th March from the War Office with reference to the announcement of the award of Distinguished Conduct Medals in the Honours Supplement to the London Gazette, dated 14th January, 1916, the following are the acts of gallantry for which the decorations have been awarded:- 1437 Lance-Corporal H.J.O. Allen, 6th (City of London) Battalion, The London Regiment (Rifles), T.F. For conspicuous gallantry on many occasions, when he carried out reconnaissances at night outside the front trenches under heavy fire.
I am trying to find out more information regarding his service from his joining until his death on 7th June 1917, If anyone can help in anyway I would greatly appreciate it.
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L/Sgt. William David Dowsett 6th (City of London) Battalion (Rifles) London Regiment (d.6th April 1918) William Dowsett was the son of William David Dowsett and Florence Sandys. Born Lambeth 17 Nov 1894. Unmarried. Buried Etaples Military Cemetery.
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Sgt. Joseph Edward Goode MM. 6th Battalion London Regiment My grandfather, Joseph Goode enlisted in "The Cast Iron" Sixth (also known as the Printers Pals) on the 6th September 1914 at the age of 34.
From the 3/6th (Reserve Batt) he was absorbed into the 1/6th as an Acting Sergeant on the 19th April 1916. Within 3 weeks he was a full Sergeant and by November he was Acting Quarter Master Sgt (A/QMS) in "D" Company. He relinquished the "cushy" post in January 1917 and reverted to Sgt.
The verbal family history is that he won the Military Medal for capturing six drunk Germans. In fact his was one of 14 MM's that were awarded for the most successful raid in the whole of WW1. A total of 24 medals were awarded for the capture of 1 Officer, 117 ORs and 5 machine guns, and the destuction of 3 mine shafts and the opposing trenches south of Hill 60 in the Ypres Salient. The Battalion suffered 76 casualties including 14 killed and 2 missing. As the action took place on the 20th Feb 1917 and weeks were spent practicing behind the lines it would seem that Grandad gave up the A/QMS role to be in on the raid.
He stayed with the 1/6th until they were disbanded in February 1918 and spread around other Battalions. He was posted to the the 2/6th and was with them when the Germans launched their last ditch attack on the 21st March. On the 4th April the Battalion was in support of the Australian outside Villiers Bretonneux and were called forward to fill a gap in the line and it was during this action that Granddad Goode got his "Blighty wound" a shrapnel injury to his left hand, right arm and head. On the 16th he was back in England at No. 1 War Hospital, Reading from where he was discharged on the 1st June.
He was then passed fit and returned to the Reserve Battalion but not for front line infantry service and in November was transferred to 358 Coy. Labour Corp escorting prisoners of war. Because of his meritous service he was allowed to keep his infantry rate of pay. He was demob'ed on the 14th Feb 1919 and was awarded 6s-6d (65p) a week for 52 weeks for his injuries.
He died in 1947 when I was 8 years old and as the eldest son of the eldest son I should have inherited his medals but the story goes he gave them away to one of his drinking mates. I do however have his Gold half-hunter watch that was presented to him by his employer for winning the Military Medal.
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Rflmn. Albert Edward Southgate 6th Battalion City of London Rifles (d.19th Apr 1918) Albert Southgate was (or would have been) my mother's uncle: he died of wounds, aged 24, exactly eight months before her birth. He was married in 1916 to Alice M. Durtnall. He is buried at Namps au Val British Cemetery, presumably having been wounded in the defence of Amiens during the German Michael offensive and passed back to one of the several Casualty Clearing Stations which were based at Namps until the end of April 1918.
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Rfm. William Phillips 6th Btn. London Regiment My step grandfather, William Phillips was born in Milton,Gravesend in Kent on 20.6.1892.
He was posted to France on 24.12.1916 with the 6th Londons. He was blown up by a shell and had abdominal pain. He was sent to Huddersfield War Hospital and subsequently sent back to France. He sufferred from inhaling gas on five occasions but managed to see the war out and was discharged on 11.3.1919.and sent home. He married my grandmother on 28.12.1915 and lived until 29.9.1973.
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