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2/6th (2nd Carnarvon and Anglesey) Battalion, Royal Welsh Fusiliers 16th Oct 1915 The Derby Scheme 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 If you can provide any additional information, please add it here. Want to know more about 2/6th (2nd Carnarvon and Anglesey) Battalion, Royal Welsh Fusiliers? There are:5234 items tagged 2/6th (2nd Carnarvon and Anglesey) Battalion, Royal Welsh Fusiliers 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 2/6th (2nd Carnarvon and Anglesey) Battalion, Royal Welsh Fusiliers during the Great War 1914-1918. Battersby G. L.. Mjr. (d.29th Oct 1919) Hughes William Owen. Pte. (d.2nd October 1917) Pritchard William. Pte. (d.4th Nov 1915) 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 2/6th (2nd Carnarvon and Anglesey) Battalion, Royal Welsh Fusiliers 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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On the 3rd of July 1915 William was diagnosed as suffering with appendicitis and admitted into the Divisional Reception Hospital in Bedford, seven days later he was transferred to the 1st Southern General Hospital in the Selly Oak suburb of Birmingham. On the 19th of July 1915, whilst William was still convalescing from his operation, the 1/6th Battalion became part of the 158th Brigade, 53rd (Welsh) Division and sailed from Devonport for Gallipoli without him. Following his discharge from hospital on the 2nd of September 1915, William was transferred to the 2/6th (Territorial) Battalion of the Royal Welsh Fusiliers, who had moved from Northampton to Bedford in July 1915. At some point in 1916 William was then posted from Bedford to an Agricultural Company based at the RWF Depot in Wrexham (possibly to help with the harvest); during this time his Regimental service number was changed from 2395 to 265802. William remained at the RWF Depot for the rest of 1916 until warned early in 1917 that he was to be posted once again. On the 1st May 1917 William embarked for France to join the 1st Battalion of the Royal Welsh Fusiliers (part of the 7th Division). On the 30th September the Battalion relieved the 56th Australian Infantry Battalion, who occupied Jetty Trench to the east of the northern part of Polygon Wood. At 5.15am on the morning of the 1st October 1917, the Germans launched a counter attack consisting of 3 Battalions and 3 Sturm-truppe of the 46th Reserve Battalion. The attack fell on the area of Polygon Wood covered by the 1st Battalion RWF and the 8th Battalion the Leicestershire Regiment. The Regimental diary of the 1st Battalion RWF states that a message had been received from B Company, reporting that by 7.20am all was clear apart from heavy sniping. Sadly, it was probably during this action that William was shot, the round entered his back and penetrated through his chest. This may have occurred as elements of the RWF advanced forward to finish off the attack, only to have isolated pockets of the enemy pop from shell holes and snipe at them from behind. William would have first been taken to a field dressing station just behind the front line where morphine would have been administered and his wound dressed, from there he was evacuated to No. 3 Canadian Casualty Clearing Station at Poperinge where he finally succumbed to his wounds on the 2nd of October 1917. There was some confusion following his death regarding his identity, the telegram that the War Office received from No. 3 Canadian Casualty Clearing Station informing them of his death, gave his Regimental Number as 68366. This highlighted the fact that a mistake had been made during Williams's time at the RWF Depot in Wrexham in 1916. This mistake had been noticed quickly at the time and he was then allocated his correct number of 265802. William Owen Hughes obituary was published in the November 1917 issue of the Llandudno and District Advertiser, :The deceased was the first of the Llanrhos young men to join up, and is, we understand, the first to fall". There was a poem quite possibly written by one of the family also in the article: "We do not know what pains he bore; we did not see him die, all we know is that he has gone, and never said good-bye". Tegid Hughes Add to this record.   Mjr. G. L. Battersby 2/6th Battalion Royal Welsh Fusiliers (d.29th Oct 1919) Major Battersby, husband of Eleanor J. Battersby, of 62 Waterloo Road, Ballsbridge, Dublin, died of wounds at home aged 56. He is buried in Mount Jerome Cemetery, County Dublin, Ireland. S Flynn Add to this record.   Pte. William Pritchard 2/6th Btn. Royal Welsh Fusiliers (d.4th Nov 1915) William Pritchard was my great grandfather. He was born in Bangor, North Wales in 1866, one of 14 children. He had been a regular in the army and re-enlisted in 1914 at the age of 48. He joined the 2/6th Royal Welsh Fusailiers (Caernarfon & Anglsey) a second line unit set up after the outbreak of WW1. He died on the 14th of November 1915 and is buried in a war grave at Glanadda Banor. Edward Pritchard Add to this record. Recomended Reading. Available at discounted prices.

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