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143rd (Warwickshire) Brigade
28th Aug 1914 Volunteers Required The Warwickshire Brigade received the official request for the Territorials to volunteer for service overseas. For many it would be a difficult decision, many of the men were skilled working-class with young families, a direct result of the drive to get companies to support the TF, often their work pay exceeded the army rate of pay. Those men who felt unable to consent, were subsequently posted to the reserve second line unit of their battalions which were being formed at home, the 2/5th, 2/6th, 2/7th and 2/8th Warwicks.
15th Feb 1916 Sport
1st Mar 1915 Brigade at Country House The headquarters of the Warwickshire Brigade was stationed at Felix Hall, Kelvedon, Essex. The 6th Btn Royal Warwicks were also stationed at Kelvedon, with the 5th being at Braintree, the 7th at Witham and the 8th Battalion also at Braintree.
19th Mar 1915 Notice to Deploy The Warwickshire Brigade received the order from London on the 19th of March, giving them 3 days' notice of their transfer to the front. The men were issued with webbing and had to quickly learn how to use it. There was, still no sign of Lee Enfield rifles or Vickers machine guns to replace their out of date weaponry, Lee Metford rifles and the Maxims.
23rd Mar 1915 Warwickshire Territorials arrive in France The ships carrying The Warwickshire Brigade arrive off Le Havre Between 02.00 and 03.00 in the morning. They wait for daylight before docking and the troops disembark beginning at 7am. Interpreters join the battalions and they march through the town to No.6 Rest Camp at Graville. The transport sections being the last to arrive at 21.00.
24th Mar 1915 Warwickshire Territorials on the Move
25th Mar 1915 Warwickshire Territorials on the Move
27th Mar 1915 Route March
28th Mar 1915 Warwickshire Territorials on the March
29th Mar 1915 Under Instruction 
30th Mar 1915 Digging Trenches
31st Mar 1915 Digging Trenches
1st Apr 1915 On the March
2nd Apr 1915 Under Instruction
3rd Apr 1915 Territorials Under Instruction
4th Apr 1915 Territorials Under Instruction
5th Apr 1915 Warwcks return to Billets
6th Apr 1915 Warwcks on the March
7th Apr 1915 In Billets
8th Apr 1915 Specialist Courses
9th Apr 1915 Route March & Bomb Throwing
11th Apr 1915 Route March & Bomb Throwing
12th Apr 1915 Into the Trenches
13th Apr 1915 In the Trenches
14th Apr 1915 Trench Work
15th Apr 1915 Trench Work
16th Apr 1915 Reliefs
17th Apr 1915 Trench Work
18th Apr 1915 Quiet Day
19th Apr 1915 Encounter with the Enemy
20th Apr 1915 Reliefs
21st Apr 1915 Farms Searched
22nd Apr 1915 Noxious Gases
23rd Apr 1915 Noxious Gases
24th Apr 1915 Reliefs
25th Apr 1915 Working Parties and Shelling
26th Apr 1915 Working Parties
27th Apr 1915 Situation Normal
28th Apr 1915 Reliefs Completed
29th Apr 1915 Warwicks provide Instruction
30th Apr 1915 Communications Trenches Completed
30th Apr 1915 Enemy Trench Located
8th May 1915 Situation Normal
24th May 1915 Gunfire at Ypres
28th May 1915 Enemy Attack
31st May 1915 Instruction
8th Jun 1915 Brigade Conference
16th Jun 1915 All Quiet
18th Jun 1915 Sniping and Rifle Grenades
19th Jun 1915 Reliefs
19th Jun 1915 Reliefs
27 Jul 1915 Front Line Inspected
27 Jul 1915 Front Line Inspected
15th Aug 1915 Reliefs
23rd Aug 1915 Divisional Reserve
1st Apr 1916 Football Tournament
14th of July 1916 On the Move
20th Apr 1917 Orders
21st Apr 1917 Working Parties
28th of July 1917 Orders for an Attack
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