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11th Battalion, Royal Welsh Fusiliers    11th (Service) Battalion, Royal Welch Fusiliers was raised at Wrexham on the 18th of October 1914 as part of Kitchener's Third New Army and joined 67th Brigade, 22nd Division. They trained at Seaford and spent the winter in billets in St Leonards. They returned to Seaford in April 1915 then moved to Aldershot for final training in June 1915. The proceeded to France in early September, the division concentrating near Flesselles. In October they moved to Marseilles by train and embarked for Salonika on the 27th. 67th Brigade, 9th Borders, 68th Field Ambulance and the Advanced Divisional HQ saw their fisrt action in the second week of December in the Retreat from Serbia. In 1916 the division fought in the the Battle of Horseshoe Hill and Battle of Machukovo. In 1917 they were in action during the Battles of Doiran. In mid 1918 a number of units transferred to France, the remainder fo the division again being in action at Doiran just before the Armistice with Bulgaria was signed at the end September 1918. By the 20th of October the Division was at Stavros and embarked on destroyers to attempt a landing at Dede Agach, but rough weather forced abandonment and the infantry finally landed on the 28th and reached Makri before the Armistice with Turkey. Demobilisation began at Chugunsi and was complete by the end of March 1919. 3rd of September 1915 Off to France 5th of September 1915 In France 5th of September 1915 Concentration of Units 6th of September 1915 More Arrivals 7th of September 1915 More Units Join 9th of September 1915 Trench Training 10th of September 1915 On the Move   10th of September 1915 More Moves 11th of September 1915 Changes of Command   12th of September 1915  67th Brigade Under Instruction   14th of September 1915  Both Sides Retaliate   17th of September 1915 Advance Units Arrive   21st of September 1915 In the Front Line 22nd of September 1915 Gas Precautions 25th of September 1915 Limited Ammunition 29th of September 1915 Snipers and Reliefs 1st of October 1915 A Basket of Snipers 1st of October 1915 New Troops 8th of October 1915 German Dud Shell 9th of October 1915 Artillery Regrouped 10th of October 1915 New and Old Armies 11th of October 1915 Subalterns Adventures 12th of October 1915 Catapulting Mills' Bombs 23rd of October 1915 French Take Over Front 30th of October 1915 Ready to Go If you can provide any additional information, please add it here. Want to know more about 11th Battalion, Royal Welsh Fusiliers? There are:5255 items tagged 11th 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 11th Battalion, Royal Welsh Fusiliers during the Great War 1914-1918. Alabaster John. Pte. (d.6th May 1918) Deeble Arthur. Pte. (d.18th Sep 1918) Deeble Arthur. Pte. (d.18th Sept 1918) Keylock Alfred James. Pte. (d.29th Sep 1919) Lewis David John. Pte McMillen Hamilton. Col.Sjt. Talbot Henry Waletr. 2nd Lt. 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 11th Battalion, Royal Welsh Fusiliers from other sources. 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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. We are now on Facebook. Like this page to receive our updates, add a comment or ask a question. If you have a general question please post it on our Facebook page. 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. Alfred James Keylock 11th Battalion Royal Welch Fusiliers (d.29th Sep 1919) My grandmother Emmeline Price was the sweetheart of Alfred Keylock. He was one of several siblings who had been orphaned in early life and raised in a home in Bristol, although he had been born in Tewkesbury. Emmeline’s father Richard Price had adopted Alfred and at the date of his enlistment he was working as a Farm Labourer at Noyadd in Rhayader. He enlisted at Knighton on 1st of July 1916 and sent to Kinmel Park near Liverpool for training. He embarked on the Franconia at Devonport for the Balkan theatre on 1st of September 1916, and joined his unit on the 13th of that month. The 11th Battalion were involved in fighting against Serb forces at Dorian just before the armistice with Bulgaria was declared at the end of September 1918. Alfred lost his battle with pneumonia and malaria at the 4th General Hospital just days before. He was buried at Lambert Road Military Cemetery in Salonika. Gil Add to this record.   Col.Sjt. Hamilton McMillen 11th Btn Royal Welch Fusiliers Colour Sergeant Hamilton McMillen had an extremely brief World War 1 military career. He enlisted at Wrexham on 14 September, marched in to the 11th Royal Welsh Fusiliers on 17 September and was discharged medically unfit on 29th of September. Others may have had shorter careers but Col Sgt McMillen probably had better reason -- he was 63 years old and had originally answered the call to the Colours in 1872. When Lt Roger Shickland of 4th Kings Own Royal Lancahire Regiment witnessed his attestation signature, Col Sgt McMillen had been retired for 20 years after service with 31st Foot in Malta, Gibraltar, South Africa and Mauritius and with Royal Inskilling Fusiliers in Hong Kong and Singapore. He'd completed his service as an instructor with The Liverpool Regiment, a role he'd been looking forward to with 11 RWF. Col Sgt McMillen's brother Joshua, who'd joined the 31st Foot in 1866 and served until 1894 also re-enlisted for World War 1. He was accepted and served throughout the War as a Quartermaster. Ian Edwardson Add to this record.   2nd Lt. Henry Waletr Talbot 9th Battalion Royal Welsh Fusiliers Henry Walter Talbot served with the 9th and 11th Battalion Royal Fusiliers during the Great War. Previous to that he was with the Army Service Corps. He was a Sergeant with the 11th Battalion Royal Fusiliers serving in Macedonia and on strong recommendation of his commanding officer he returned to England and trained at Gidea Hall, Romford. He passed out on the 31st of July 1917 as a commissioned officer with honour and re-joined the Royal Welsh Fusiliers as 2nd Lieutenant. When Armistice came he was serving as acting Captain on the Somme with the 9th Battalion. Paul Mason Add to this record.   Pte. Arthur Deeble 11th Btn. Royal Welsh Fusiliers (d.18th Sept 1918) Arthur Deeble died aged 23 and was buried in the Karasouli Military Cemetery in Greece. He was the son of John and Sarah Ann Deeble, of 59 Cavour Street, Burnley, Lancs. S. Flynn Add to this record.   Pte. Arthur Deeble 11th Btn. Royal Welsh Fusiliers (d.18th Sep 1918) Arthur Deeble served with the 11th Battalion Royal Welsh Fusiliers during WW1 and died on the 18th September 1918, aged 23. He is buried in Karasouli Military Cemetery in Greece. Arthur was the son of John and Sarah Ann Deeble, of 59, Cavour St., Burnley. S Flynn Add to this record. Recomended Reading. Available at discounted prices.

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