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11th (1st Finsbury Rifles) Battalion, London Regiment
11th (County of London) Battalion (Finsbury Rifles), London Regiment were a unit of the Territorial Force with their HQ at 17 Penton Street, Finsbury.
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11th (1st Finsbury Rifles) Battalion, London Regiment
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- Allen John Walter. Pte (d.26th September 1916)
- Anderson Charles Patrick.
- Daykin Thomas. Rfmn.
- Downs Thomas William. Pte. (d.19th Apr 1917)
- Dunn Edgar. L/Cpl. (d.11th September 1915)
- Hodgson Henry Alfred. Pte.
- Osborne Lionel James . L/Cpl. (d.24th March 1918)
- Pope Charles. Rfmn. (d.17th April 1917)
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Pte John Walter Allen 11th Btn London Regiment (d.26th September 1916)Private John Allen served with the 11th Battalion London Regiment in WW1. He was killed in action during the battle of the Somme on 26th of September 1916.
Holly Burton
Rfmn. Charles Pope 1st/11th (Finsbury Rifles) Btn. London Regiment (d.17th April 1917)Charles Pope was my wife's great uncle. He was killed at the 2nd Battle of Gaza on 17th April 1917, aged 30. This is also the date on the panel of the War Memorial in Spa Green Garden, Finsbury. He is buried in Gaza War Cemetery.
Pte. Henry Alfred Hodgson 11th (1st Finsbury Rifles) Btn. London RegimentMy Grandfather Henry Hodgson enlisted in 1912 with the 2/11th Battalion County of London Regiment (Finsbury Rifles), he served in the Battle of Ypres at Passchendaele, surviving the war after being wounded, he went on to serve in the Home Guard in WW2. He passed away in 1963.Philip K. Hodgson
L/Cpl. Lionel James Osborne 1/20th (Blackheath and Woolwich) Btn. London Regiment (d.24th March 1918)Lance Corporal Lionel James Osborne, son of George Osborne, 22 Saunders Piece, Ampthill, Bedfordshire; born in Ampthill, living in Liverpool Street, London and enlisted in St. Pancras, London. Initially served with the 11th Battalion, London Regiment (service no.4580) then served with 1st/20th (County of London) Battalion, (Blackheath and Woolwich) London Regiment.He was killed in action on 24th March 1918 in France and Flanders age 22 years and is commemorated on Arras Memorial, France. He is remembered on The War Memorial, St. Andrews Church, Ampthill.
Information courtesy of www.roll-of-honour.com
Caroline Hunt
Rfmn. Thomas Daykin 1/11th (Finsbury Rifles) Btn. London RegimentThomas Daykin served with the 11th (Finsbury Rifles) Battalion , London Regiment during WW1. Formerly number 837 with Army Service Corps. Medal card quotes he went to France in Jan 1915, but 1/11th went to Gallipoli and stayed in Middle East for remainder of the war.Editor's Note: The date for arriving in France is the first time he entered a theatre of war, so he must have gone to France with the ASC before he transferred to the London Regiment.
Linda Dennis
Charles Patrick Anderson 11th Btn. London RegimentMy Grandad, Charles Patrick Anderson served with the 1/11th London Regt. After the war he was in the "Black and Tans"Kevin Anderson
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