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99th Infantry Brigade    99th Brigade served with 33rd Division during training and proceeded to France in November 1915, soon after arriving it transferred to 2nd Division. They saw action on the Western Front during the Great War. 99th Brigade was made up of 17th (Empire) Battalion, Royal Fusiliers 22nd (Kensington) Battalion, Royal Fusiliers 23rd (1st Sportsmen's) Battalion, Royal Fusiliers 24th (2nd Sportsmen's) Battalion, Royal Fusiliers (to December 1915) 1st Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps (from December 1915) 1st July 1915 In Camp 3rd July 1915 Training Areas 4th July 1915 Arrivals 5th July 1915 Arrivals 7th July 1915 Arrivals 9th July 1915 New OC Jul 1915 Training Instruction Jul 1915 Billets 4th Nov 1915 Orders 5th Nov 1915 Exercise 6th Nov 1915 Advance Party 7th Nov 1915 Advance Party 8th Nov 1915 Inspection 8th Nov 1915 Orders 15th Nov 1915 On the Move 16th Nov 1915 On the Move 17th Nov 1915 In Camp 18th Nov 1915 On the Move 19th Nov 1915 On the Move 20th Nov 1915 Visits 20th Nov 1915 Recce 22nd Nov 1915 New Billets 23rd Nov 1915 On the March 24th Nov 1915 Conference 25th Nov 1915 Reorganisation 26th Nov 1915 Instruction   27th Nov 1915 Visits 28th Nov 1915 Instruction   29th Nov 1915 Instruction 30th Nov 1915 Instruction   16th Dec 1915 Reorganisation 17th Dec 1915 Trench Work 24th Dec 1915 Trench Work 25th Dec 1915 Reliefs Complete   26th Dec 1915 Working Parties 27th Dec 1915 Working Parties   28th Dec 1915 Reliefs 31st Dec 1915 Recce 11th Jan 1916 Inspection 12th Jan 1916 Route March 15th Jan 1916 Orders 16th Jan 1916 On the March 17th Jan 1916 On the March 23rd Feb 1916 Snow 24th Feb 1916 Ready to Move 28th Feb 1916 On the March 29th Feb 1916 Reliefs 1st Mar 1916 Artillery Active 21st Mar 1916 Reliefs 28th Mar 1916 On the Move 3rd Apr 1916 Inspection 11th Apr 1916 Training   12th Apr 1916 Bad Weather 13th Apr 1916 On the Move 15th Apr 1916 Working Parties 20th May 1916 Training   21st May 1916 On the March 22nd May 1916 Orders   23rd May 1916 Operations 2nd Jun 1916 Reliefs Complete 12th Jun 1916 Working Parties 16th Jun 1916 Reliefs 22nd Jul 1916 At Rest 23rd Jul 1916 On the March 24th Jul 1916 Reliefs Complete 25th Jul 1916 Shelling 25th of July 1916  Enemy Advances   26th Jul 1916 Gas 26th July 1916 Operation Order No.9.   27th Jul 1916 Attack Made 28th Jul 1916 Attack Made   10th Aug 1916 Address 13th Aug 1916 On the Move 14th Aug 1916 Training 4th Sep 1916 Gas   24th Sep 1916 Church Parade 6th Oct 1916 Reliefs   10th Oct 1916 Training 11th Oct 1916 Training 12th Oct 1916 Training 13th Oct 1916 Training 22nd Oct 1916 Reliefs 11th Nov 1916 On the March 12th Nov 1916 Into the Trenches 13th Nov 1916 Harsh Conditions 14th Nov 1916 Attack Made 14th November 1916 Battalion under Orders of the 99th Brigade 15th Nov 1916 Attack Made 15th November 1916 Captain J.S. Thain M.C. Adjutant Wounded. 16th Nov 1916 Reliefs 6th Jan 1917 Training 1st Feb 1917 Reliefs 17th Feb 1917 Attack Made 5th Mar 1917 Reliefs 10th Mar 1917 Attack Made 11th Mar 1917 Patrols 26th Mar 1917 On the March 27th Mar 1917 On the March 28th Mar 1917 On the March 28th Apr 1917 Attack Made   29th Apr 1917 In Action   21st of May 1917 Quiet Night   24th of May 1917  Relief Completed   12th of June 1917 Relief   14th of June 1917 Relief   20th Jun 1917 Move 21st Jun 1917 Reliefs 17th Jul 1917 Shelling   27th Jul 1917 Reliefs   4th Aug 1917 Trench Raid   7th Aug 1917 Gas 8th Aug 1917 Reliefs   21st Aug 1917 Funeral   24th Aug 1917 Orders 26th Aug 1917 Reliefs   7th Sep 1917 Reliefs   8th Sep 1917 Instruction 9th Sep 1917 Gas Shells 23rd Sep 1917 Quiet 24th Sep 1917 Raid 6th Oct 1917 On the March 21st Oct 1917 Football 25th Oct 1917 Exercise 31st Oct 1917 Training 5th Nov 1917 On the March 6th Nov 1917 On the March 7th Nov 1917 On the March 8th Nov 1917 On the March 9th Nov 1917 In Billets 22nd Nov 1917 Orders 23rd Nov 1917 On the Move 24th Nov 1917 On the Move 25th Nov 1917 On the March   26th Nov 1917 Reliefs   27th Nov 1917 Attack Made   27th Nov 1917 Intermittent Shelling   29th Nov 1917 Attack Made   30th Nov 1917 In Action   1st Dec 1917 Reliefs   2nd Dec 1917 Attack Made   3rd Dec 1917 Shelling   4th Dec 1917 Withdrawal   5th Dec 1917 At Rest 12th Dec 1917 In the Line 13th Dec 1917 Reliefs   17th Dec 1917 Reliefs   18th Dec 1917 Trench Work   19th Dec 1917 Trench Work   20th Dec 1917 Reliefs   26th Dec 1917 Reliefs 30th Dec 1917 Reliefs 3rd Jan 1918 Attack 4th Jan 1918 In Reserve 5th Jan 1918 In Reserve 5th Jan 1918 Training 6th Jan 1918 In Reserve 7th Jan 1918 Training 9th Jan 1918 Snow 10th Jan 1918 Snow 11th Jan 1918 Poor Weather 12th Jan 1918 Training 13th Jan 1918 Snow and Frost 14th Jan 1918 Training 15th Jan 1918 Training 16th Jan 1918 Bad Weather 17th Jan 1918 Poor Weather 19th Jan 1918 Orders 20th Jan 1918 Orders 21st Jan 1918 Heavy Rain 23rd Jan 1918 Reliefs 24th Jan 1918 In the Line 24th Jan 1918 In Billets 25th Jan 1918 Artillery Active   25th Jan 1918 Inspection 26th Jan 1918 Orders   27th Jan 1918 Fog 28th Jan 1918 Artillery Active   29th Jan 1918 Artillery Active 30th Jan 1918 Artillery Active 31st Jan 1918 Thick Mist 1st Feb 1918 Trenches Improved 2nd Feb 1918 Trenches Improved 2nd Feb 1918 Reorganisation 3rd Feb 1918 Orders 3rd Feb 1918 Reliefs 4th Feb 1918 Shelling 5th Feb 1918 Warmer 6th Feb 1918 Orders 7th Feb 1918 Fraternisation 8th Feb 1918 Quiet 9th Feb 1918 Reorganisation 10th Feb 1918 Shelling 11th Feb 1918 Quiet 12th Feb 1918 Quiet 13th Feb 1918 Some Shelling 14th Feb 1918 Patrols   15th Feb 1918 Artillery Active 16th Feb 1918 Artillery Active 17th Feb 1918 Enemy Aircraft   18th Feb 1918 Misty   19th Feb 1918 Quiet   20th Feb 1918 Gas Shells   21st Feb 1918 Reorganisation   22nd Feb 1918 Patrols 22nd Feb 1918 Reliefs 23rd Feb 1918 Shelling   24th Feb 1918 Shelling   25th Feb 1918 Shelling   26th Feb 1918 Artillery Active   27th Feb 1918 Artillery Active 28th Feb 1918 Shelling   1st Mar 1918 Raids   2nd Mar 1918 Snow 3rd Mar 1918 Patrols   4th Mar 1918 Quiet   5th Mar 1918 Patrols   6th Mar 1918 Gas   7th Mar 1918 Enemy Active   7th Mar 1918 Gas 8th Mar 1918 Enemy Active   9th Mar 1918 Mist 10th Mar 1918 Enemy Active 11th Mar 1918 Gas 11th Mar 1918 Gas Bombardment 12th Mar 1918 Gas 12th Mar 1918 Reliefs 13th Mar 1918 Raids 14th Mar 1918 Artillery Active 15th Mar 1918 Intense Fire 16th Mar 1918 Trench Raid   17th Mar 1918 Patrols   18th Mar 1918 Raids   19th Mar 1918 Patrols 20th Mar 1918 Reliefs 21st Mar 1918 Arrangements   21st Mar 1918 In Action   22nd Mar 1918 Fighting Withdrawal   22nd Mar 1918 Messages 23rd Mar 1918 Messages   23rd Mar 1918 Fighting Withdrawal   23rd Mar 1918 Rearguard Action 24th Mar 1918 Messages   24th Mar 1918 In Defence   24th Mar 1918 Fierce Fighting   25th Mar 1918 Fighting Withdrawal   25th Mar 1918 Fierce Attack 26th Mar 1918 Fighting Withdrawal   26th Mar 1918 Holding the Line   27th Mar 1918 In Defence   27th Mar 1918 Moves   27th Mar 1918 Into Billets 28th Mar 1918 Reorganisation   29th Mar 1918 Enemy Quieter   30th Mar 1918 Reorganisation 31st Mar 1918 Shelling 31st Mar 1918 Intermittent Shelling 1st Apr 1918 Reliefs 2nd Apr 1918 On the March 3rd Apr 1918 On the Move 11th of April 1918 Quiet...and then...   15th May 1918 Inspection 16th May 1918 Inspection 17th May 1918 Training 23rd May 1918 Inspection 1st Jun 1918 Training   16th Jun 1918 Reliefs 30th Jun 1918 Reliefs 16th Jul 1918 Training 17th Jul 1918 Training 19th Jul 1918 Training 20th Jul 1918 Reliefs 5th Aug 1918 Reliefs   16th Aug 1918 Reliefs 18th Aug 1918 Orders 19th Aug 1918 Training 20th Aug 1918 On the Move 21st Aug 1918 Attack Made   24th Aug 1918 In Action   25th Aug 1918 On the March 2nd Sep 1918 Orders   3rd Sep 1918 Attack Made   4th Sep 1918 Advance   5th Sep 1918 Patrol   6th Sep 1918 Artillery Active   7th Sep 1918 Counter Attacks   8th Sep 1918 Reliefs   27th Sep 1918 Orders   28th Sep 1918 Attack Made   29th Sep 1918 Attack Made   30th Sep 1918 Reliefs   6th October 1918 0600 hours Brigade H.Q. informed that posts had been pushed forward and that companies were organised in depth. 7th October 1918 Orders received from Brigade H.Q. giving details of attack and ordering the withdrawal of the Support Companies 2nd Royal Scots. 8th Oct 1918 Attack Made   18th Oct 1918 Training & Sports 20th Oct 1918 On the March 23rd Oct 1918 Orders   24th Oct 1918 In Action   25th Oct 1918 In Action   26th Oct 1918 Reliefs 2nd Nov 1918 On the March 3rd Nov 1918 Orders 4th Nov 1918 Orders If you can provide any additional information, please add it here. Want to know more about 99th Infantry Brigade? There are:706 items tagged 99th Infantry Brigade 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 99th Infantry Brigade during the Great War 1914-1918. Holmes Peter. 24th (Sportsmans) Btn. 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 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? 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If you have already submitted a story to the site and your UID reference number is higher than 264989 your submission is still in the queue, please do not resubmit. Wanted: Digital copies of Group photographs, Scrapbooks, Autograph books, photo albums, newspaper clippings, letters, postcards and ephemera relating to the Great War. 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. 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. 263562 Peter Holmes 24th (Sportsmans) Btn. Royal Fusiliers Peter Holmes was married to Florence (nee Armstrong). At the time of his enlistment in Liverpool (January 1915) he was 36 years old. Height: 5'8", weight: 12st 2lbs, good physical condition, except for defective teeth. The 24th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers spent the next 11 months training in Nottingham and then on Salisbury Plain, before moving to France in November of 1915 as part of the 99th Brigade, 33rd Division. The spring of 1916 saw Peter involved on localised operations. When the Battle of the Somme opened Peter and his Battalion were enjoying a period of rest and re-fit. However, this didn't prevent Peter from being injured in action and having to leave the line to recover. Peter subsequently returned to the regiment and took part in the Battle of Ancre, only to be wounded on the first day. This necessitated him leaving from the line for a month, before re-joining his Regiment in the area of Festubert, where he was under constant threat from artillery and sniper fire. In 1918 he joined the Labour Corps serving in an Area Employment Company. He was appointed Acting Sgt 7th of March 1919 and returned to England to be demobilised on the 12th May 1919, with no disability. Peter died in the 1945 in Chester Royal Infirmary, Chester. He was my 1st Cousin 2 x removed. Andy Holmes Add to this record.

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