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1st Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers
1st Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers were stationed at Karachi, India at the outbreak of the Great War. They returned to the UK in January 1915 to join 86th Brigade, 29th Division and embarked for Gallipoli via Egypt in March. They saw action throughout the peninsula conflict and returned to Egypt in January 1916. They were deployed to France and saw action on the Western Front on the Somme, at Arras and in the Third Battle of Ypres. In 1918 they fought in Flanders ending the war at Moen south east of Courtrai.
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14th May 1916 Into the Line At 3pm 18th DLI proceeded from Bus Les Artois to front line trenches and took over from 11th East Yorks Regiment
Battalion on left flank was 16th West Yorks Regt and on right 1st Lancashire Fusiliers up to 18th May 1916 and then afterwards the 16th Middlesex Regiment
The National Archives 18DLI War Diary WO95/2361/1
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30th Sep 1918 Advance Guard At Becelaere at 5.30am 9th (North Irish Horse) Battalion, Royal Irish Fusiliers, covered by an advance guard, moved forward through J.18.b, K.13 central to K.16.c. Information was received from Brigade to the effect that the 109th Brigade held Terhand and Dadizeele. 9th North Irish Horse Battalion was to pass through 1st Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers at 0700. 12th Royal Irish Rifles to advance on our left, Terhand, Vijfwegen Road the inter-Battalion boundary, the first objective to be a line roughly north and south through Vijfwegen (K.24.a); second objective to be railway running north and south (K.20 and K.26 central); third objective to be Mooreseele. The 29th Division was on our right.
At 0700 1st Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers were on a line running south-west through K.21.a and c. The 9th Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers were facing south with posts along Terhand, Vinwegen Road. The 1st Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers were held up by machine gun fire and had lost touch with the 29th Division.
A patrol from 9th North Irish Horse Battalion discovered the 1st Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers holding line running south from K.19.a.9.6 through K.19 central, i.e. 2000 yards in rear. B Company 9NIH were sent to move along line of enemy wire through K.21.b, K.22.c and K.29.c to occupy high ground in K.30.a.
C Company to move to right rear of B Company to protect flank, to get and keep in touch with 29th Division.
A Company to move through K.22 central, K.23 central to K.24.c and to keep touch with 12th Royal Irish Rifles and
D Company to move in support along Terhand, Vijfwegen Road.
B and C Companies 9th North Irish Horse came under machine gun fire almost at once after moving through the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, but A Company met with no opposition until they reached the east side of Methuen Wood, when they came under machine gun fire from houses in K.23.d about 9.30am. About this time the reserve Company came under machine gun fire from a pill box on K.24.b.0.3 and Leadenhall Copse which were cleared in spite of stiff resistance by 1230.
Twelve prisoners and two machine guns were captured in this operation, and an Officer with twenty Other Ranks of the enemy being killed.
All further attempts to advance our line beyond the general line of this pill box and Leadenhall Copse were prevented by very heavy machine gun fire from fortified farms on our right flank which was still hanging back.
At about 1800 when the 2nd Royal Irish Rifles passed through the line to attack, the general line ran K.24.b.0.3, Leadenhall Copse, K.23.d.2.5, K.29.b.2.8.
9th North Irish Horse Battalion casualties during the day were six Officers and 130 Other Ranks.
War Diarie North Irish Horse
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Those known to have served with1st Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers during the Great War 1914-1918. - Abbott Broughton. Pte. (d.26th July 1917)
- Addison John Williams. Pte. (d.4th Jun 1915)
- Addison Thomas. Pte. (d.11th May 1915)
- Atkinson Walter. Pte. (d.25th Apr 1915)
- Banks MM. Thomas. Cpl. (d.4th Apr 1918)
- Bannister James. Pte. (d.15th Mar 1918)
- Barnes James. Spr.
- Barnes Walter George. Cpl. (d.4th June 1915)
- Bickle John. Pte. (d.9th June 1915)
- Bickle John. Pte. (d.9th June 1915)
- Brady Lawrence. Pte. (d.9th Oct 1917)
- Bromley VC. Cuthbert. Maj. (d.13th Aug 1915)
- Cooper William Henry. Pte. (d.12th Apr 1918)
- Costello John. Pte. (d.4th June 1915)
- Evetts Francis. Pte. (d.1st July 1916)
- Foster John. Pte. (d.20th Jul 1916)
- Hammond Thomas. Pte. (d.4th June 1915)
- Haslam Thomas Ardill. Pte. (d.6th May 1915)
- Hillidge William. L/Sgt. (d.12th August 1918)
- Hyde Edwin. Fslr. (d.4th June 1915)
- Kenealy VC. William Stephen. L/Sgt. (d.29th June 1915)
- Kenny MM Robert. Sgt. (d.2nd Dec 1917)
- Mackie Arthur William. Pte.
- Middleton Frederick Henry. Pte. (d.12th Apr 1918)
- Moss William. Pte. (d.30th April 1918)
- Shirley Joseph. Pte. (d.20th January 1918)
- Stubbs VC. Frank Edward. Sgt. (d.25th Apr 1915)
- Tully Maurice. Pte.
- Walton Anthony. Pte. (d.24th Nov 1916)
- Whalen James. Pte (d.20th July 1916)
- Wilson William . C.S.M. (d.25th Apr 1915)
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Pte. John Bickle 1st Btn. Lancashire Fusiliers (d.9th June 1915) John Bickle died on 9th June 1915, in Malta from wounds received at Gallipoli, aged 42. He is buried in Pieta Military Cemetery in Malta.
He lived at 34 Caldervale Rd, Burnley, Lancashire.
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Pte. Maurice Tully 10th Btn. Lancashire Fusiliers Maurice Tully is my Grandda.
He was in the 10th Battalion and the 1st Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliets from 1915 to 1918. He was sent back to the UK as he was wounded.
He lived in Plat Bridge, Wigan.
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Pte. Anthony Walton 23rd (4th Tyneside Scottish) Btn. Northumberland Fusiliers (d.24th Nov 1916) Anthony Walton died from war wounds on the 24th of November 1916, aged 30 years.
He was seconded to the 11th Lancashire Fusiliers, from the 4th Tyneside Scottish, at the time of his death and is laid to rest at Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extension in France.
Anthony's bravery will never be forgotten in our family, his memory lives and will live on with our family for eternity.
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Spr. James Barnes Royal Engineers James Barnes was born 1895 he was one of 8 children born in Swinton Manchester. He joined the 1st Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers 2nd of September 1914 aged 19 and 2 months. On the 15th of July 1915 he went to fight in France, serving with the Royal Engineers where he contracted pulminary tuberculosis, with TB present in his phlem. He weighed 7st 13lbs. He was sent home and later discharged from the Army on the 5th of Feb 1917. He later died 14 Jan 1918 aged 22 years. He was my Grandad's brother.
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Pte. Joseph Shirley 1st Batallion Lancashire Fusiliers (d.20th January 1918) Joseph Shirley, the only son of John and Harriet Shirley, was my great-uncle. He lived at 36 Star Street,Liverpool. He died on 20th of January 1918, aged 20 and is Remembered with Honour at Tyne Cot Memorial to the Missing near Zonnebeke in West Flanders.
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Cpl. Walter George Barnes 1st Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers (d.4th June 1915) Walter Barnes was my Great Uncle. I had never met him as he died in Gallipoli 1915. In 2007 two kind gentlemen who were going to Gallipoli put a poppy on his memorial headstone.
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Pte. Francis Evetts 1st Btn. Lancashire Fusiliers (d.1st July 1916) Frank Evetts was one of five brothers involved in the Great War; dying aged 21 at Beaumont Hamel. On his gravestone For King and Country. Finding the death penny led me to research with the guidance of the Tamworth Ancestral Club.
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Pte. Broughton Abbott 1st and 3rd Bt. Lancashire Fusiliers (d.26th July 1917) My Great Uncle Broughton Abbott landed at Gallipoli with the 1st Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers, he was wounded in the legs and eventually sent back to England for recuperation with the 3rd Battalion.
He later rejoined the 1st Battalion in France/Flanders where he was once again wounded very badly in the legs, after having one leg amputated he finally succumbed to his wounds and died in the hospital in Calais and is buried in the Calais cemetery.
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Sgt. Robert Kenny MM 1st Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers (d.2nd Dec 1917) Robert Kenny received his Military Medal for action in the Gallipoli Campaign. Held the rank of WO2 and following the campaign was promoted to Sergeant
He died of wounds at the Battle of Cambrai France on 2nd of December 2017 and is commemorated on the Cambrai Memorial, Louverval, France.
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Pte. John Bickle 1st Btn. Lancashire Fusiliers (d.9th June 1915) John Bickle died, age 42, in Malta from wounds received at Gallipoli, and is buried in the Pieta Military Cemetery in Malta.
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Pte. John Costello 1st Btn. Lancashire Fusiliers (d.4th June 1915) John Costello died on the 4th of June 1915, aged 19 and is commemorated on Sp. Mem. B.18 in the Twelve Tree Copse Cemetery, Gallipoli, Turkey.
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L/Sgt. William Stephen Kenealy VC. 1st Btn. Lancashire Fusiliers (d.29th June 1915)  William Kenealy died on the 29th of June 1915, aged 29 and is buried in the Lancashire Landing Cemetery, Gallipoli, Turkey.
He was the son of John and Margaret Kenealy of 361 Bolton Rd., Stubshaw Cross, Ashton-in-Makerfield, Lancs.
An extract from The London Gazette (No. 29273) dated 24th Aug., 1915, records the following:- "On 25th April 1915, three companies, and the Headquarters of the 1st Bn. Lancashire Fusiliers, in effecting a landing on the Gallipoli Peninsula to the West of Cape Helles, were met by a very deadly fire from hidden machine guns which caused a great number of casualties. The survivors, however, rushed up to and cut the wire entanglements, notwithstanding the terrific fire from the enemy, and after overcoming supreme difficulties, the cliffs were gained and the position maintained. Amongst the many very gallant officers and men engaged in this most hazardous undertaking, Capt. Willis, Serjt. Richards, and Pte. Kenealy have been selected by their comrades as having performed the most signal acts of bravery and devotion to duty."
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Pte. Thomas Hammond 1st Btn. Lancashire Fusiliers (d.4th June 1915) Thomas Hammond died on the 4th of June 1915 and is commemorated on on the Helles Memorial, Gallipoli in Turkey.
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Pte. Walter Atkinson 1st Btn. Lancashire Fusiliers (d.25th Apr 1915) Walter Atkinson died on 25th April 1915, aged 22. He is commemorated on on the Helles Memorial in Gallipoli, Turkey.
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Pte. Thomas Addison 1st Btn. Lancashire Fusiliers (d.11th May 1915) Thomas Addison died on the 11th of May 1915 and is commemorated on the Helles Memorial in Gallipoli, Turkey.
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Pte. John Williams Addison 1st Btn. Lancashire Fusiliers (d.4th Jun 1915) John Addison died on the 4th of June 1915 and is commemorated on the Helles Memorial in Gallipoli, Turkey.
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Sgt. Frank Edward Stubbs VC. 1st Btn. Lancashire Fusiliers (d.25th Apr 1915) Frank Stubbs was aged 27 and is commemorated on the Helles Memorial in Gallipoli, Turkey. He was native of Walworth, London
An extract from The London Gazette, No. 29985, dated 15th March, 1917, records the following:- "On the 25th April, 1915, headquarters and three companies of the 1st Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers, in effecting a landing on the Gallipoli Peninsula to the West of Cape Helles, were met by very deadly fire from hidden machine guns, which caused a great number of casualties. The survivors, however, rushed up to and cut the wire entanglements, notwithstanding the terrific fire from the enemy, and after overcoming supreme difficulties, the cliffs were gained and the position maintained. Amongst the many very gallant officers and men engaged in this most hazardous undertaking, Captain Bromley, Serjeant Stubbs, and Corporal Grimshaw have been selected by their comrades as having performed the most signal acts of bravery and devotion to duty."
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Maj. Cuthbert Bromley VC. 1st Btn. Lancashire Fusiliers (d.13th Aug 1915)  Cuthbert Bromley was 36years old and is commemorated on the Helles Memorial in Gallipoli, Turkey.
He was the son of the late Sir John Bromley, C.B., and of Lady Bromley, of Sutton Corner, Seaford, Sussex.
An extract from The London Gazette, No. 29985, dated 15th March, 1917, records the following:- "On the 25th April, 1915, headquarters and three companies of the 1st Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers in effecting a landing on the Gallipoli Peninsula to the West of Cape Helles, were met by very deadly fire from hidden machine guns, which caused a great number of casualties. The survivors, however, rushed up to and cut the wire entanglements, notwithstanding the terrific fire from the enemy, and after overcoming supreme difficulties, the cliffs were gained and the position maintained. Amongst the many very gallant officers and men engaged in this most hazardous undertaking, Captain Bromley, Serjeant Stubbs, and Corporal Grimshaw have been selected by their comrades as having performed the most signal acts of bravery and devotion to duty."
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Pte. William Moss 86 Bgde, 29th Division, 1st Btn. Lancashire Fusiliers (d.30th April 1918) William was my great uncle. He was wounded April 12th 1918 during the Battle of Hazebrouck (Lys). He died at a hospital in St Omer on 30th April 1918. He is buried in Longuenesse Souvenir Military Cemetery.
His brother Fred Moss served in Manchester Regiment and survived the war
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Cpl. Thomas Banks MM. 1st Bn. Lancashire Fusiliers (d.4th Apr 1918) Thomas Banks served with the Lancashire Fusiliers 1st Battalion and was killed in action aged 19 on 4th April 1918.
He is remembered at the Ploegsteert Memorial. He was awarded the Military Medal in June 1917
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