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103rd Infantry Brigade 22nd Oct 1915 Inspection 12th Dec 1915 Orders Received 20th Dec 1915 Orders 8th Jan 1916 On the Move 9th Jan 1916 On the Move 10th Jan 1916 On the Move 11th Jan 1916 On the Move 12th Jan 1916 Locations 12th Jan 1916 On the Move 13th Jan 1916 In Billets 15th Jan 1916 On the Move  By the 15th of January 1916 all units of 34th Division had arrive in France and concentrated at La Crosse, east of St Omer. 16th Jan 1916 Organisation 20th Jan 1916 Inspection 21st Jan 1916 Orders 21st Jan 1916 Instruction   22nd Jan 1916 Lectures 22nd Jan 1916 Orders Issued 23rd Jan 1916 On the Move 23rd Jan 1916 In Reserve 24th Jan 1916 Inspection 26th Jan 1916 On Alert 27th Jan 1916 Emergeny Scheme 28th Jan 1916 Emergeny Scheme 18th Feb 1916 Reliefs Complete   19th Feb 1916 Move   22nd Feb 1916 Reliefs   23rd Feb 1916 Working Parties and Training   24th Feb 1916 Working Parties and Training   25th Feb 1916 Working Parties and Training   26th Feb 1916 Reliefs   1st Mar 1916 Reliefs   2nd Mar 1916 In Billets   3rd Mar 1916 In Billets   4th Mar 1916 On the March   5th Mar 1916 Work in Camp   13th Mar 1916 Training   14th Mar 1916 Reliefs   18th Mar 1916 Reliefs   19th Mar 1916 Training   22nd Mar 1916 Reliefs   26th Mar 1916 Reliefs   27th Mar 1916 Training   29th Mar 1916 Stores   31st Mar 1916 Reliefs   4th Apr 1916 Reliefs   5th Apr 1916 Training   10th Apr 1916 Reliefs   11th Apr 1916 On the March   12th Apr 1916 On the March   13th Apr 1916 On the March   14th Apr 1916 On the March 15th Apr 1916 In Billets   30th Apr 1916 Training   1st May 1916 Training   3rd May 1916 Training   4th May 1916 On the Move   5th May 1916 On the March 6th May 1916 On the March 7th May 1916 In Billets 8th May 1916 Reliefs   9th May 1916 In Reserve   10th May 1916 Reliefs   11th May 1916 Holding the Line   15th May 1916 Reliefs   18th May 1916 In Reserve   19th May 1916 On the March 1st Jun1916 On the March 2nd Jun1916 In Billets 7th Jun1916 Working Parties 8th Jun1916 On the March   14th Jun1916 Working Parties   15th Jun1916 On the March 26th Jun 1916 Exercise 27th Jun 1916 On the March   28th June Letters Home  The raider did not get much rest for on the 27th and 28th the Battalions of 34th Division began to move forward. This in preparation for the opening of the attack. For the previous four days the British Artillery had been bombarding the German trenches. Every man in the Brigade was aware that the opening of the offensive was very close. Before setting off for the front line men wrote what could be their last letters home. However the date and time of attack was to be delayed by forty eight hours. Heavy summer rain had fallen on the 26th and 27th there was a great possibility of flooding. On the 28th June the decision was taken to postpone the attack. The Divisional and Brigade staff Officers had the job of halting and turning around those battalions on their way to the front line. research 28th Jun 1916 On the March 29th Jun 1916 On the March   30th Jun 1916 On the March   1st Jul 1916 In Action   4th Jul 1916 Reliefs   5th Jul 1916 On the March   5th July 1916 Orders 6th Jul 1916 On the March 6th July 1916 Moves 7th Jul 1916 Training 7th July 1916 Moves 8th July 1916 Moves 9th July 1916 Orders 10th Jul 1916 Training 12th July 1916 Quiet 13th Jul 1916 Training 14th Jul 1916 On the March 15th Jul 1916 On the March 16th Jul 1916 On the March 17th Jul 1916 Training 24th Jul 1916 On the March 25th Jul 1916 Training 1st Aug 1916 In Billets   2nd Aug 1916 Reliefs   14th Aug 1916 Quiet   15th Aug 1916 Reliefs   16th Aug 1916 On the March 21st Aug 1916 Training 22nd Aug 1916 On the Move   23rd Aug 1916 Training   26th Aug 1916 On the Move   27th Aug 1916 On the Move 28th Aug 1916 On the March   29th Aug 1916 At Rest   30th Aug 1916 Reliefs   1st Sep 1916 Reliefs   2nd Sep 1916 In Support   3rd Sep 1916 Attack Made   4th Sep 1916 Holding the Line   4th Sep 1916 Trench Mortars   5th Sep 1916 Reliefs   6th Sep 1916 In Support   7th Sep 1916 Enemy Aircraft   8th Sep 1916 In the Line   9th Sep 1916 Attack Made   10th Sep 1916 Artillery Active   11th Sep 1916 In Reserve   12th Sep 1916 Orders 12th Sep 1916 Reliefs   13th Sep 1916 On the March   14th Sep 1916 At Rest 15th Sep 1916 On the March   16th Sep 1916 Working Parties   17th Sep 1916 Orders 17th Sep 1916 Working Parties   18th Sep 1916 On the March   19th Sep 1916 In Billets 20th Sep 1916 On the Move 21st Sep 1916 Quiet 21st Sep 1916 At Rest 22nd Sep 1916 Arrivals   22nd Sep 1916 On the March 23rd Sep 1916 Orders   23rd Sep 1916 On the March   24th Sep 1916 Trench Mortars   24th Sep 1916 Reliefs   25th Sep 1916 Shelling   26th Sep 1916 Some Shelling   27th Sep 1916 Trench Mortars   28th Sep 1916 Training & Reliefs   28th Sep 1916 Reliefs   29th Sep 1916 Wire Cutting   29th Sep 1916 In Support   30th Sep 1916 Trench Raid   30th Sep 1916 In Support   1st Oct 1916 Quiet 1st Oct 1916 In Reserve   2nd Oct 1916 Quiet 3rd Oct 1916 Shelling   3rd Oct 1916 In Reserve   4th Oct 1916 Orders   4th Oct 1916 Reliefs   5th Oct 1916 Wire Cut   6th Oct 1916 Rounds Fired   7th Oct 1916 Trench Raid   8th Oct 1916 Artillery Active   9th Oct 1916 Quiet 9th Oct 1916 Shelling   10th Oct 1916 Quiet 10th Oct 1916 Working Parties   11th Oct 1916 Course 12th Oct 1916 Trench Raids   12th Oct 1916 Trench Raid   12th Oct 1916 Orders Received   13th Oct 1916 Working Parties   14th Oct 1916 Reliefs 15th Oct 1916 Conference 15th Oct 1916 Working Parties   16th Oct 1916 Courses 16th Oct 1916 Reliefs   17th Oct 1916 Holding the Line   19th Oct 1916 Orders Issued 20th Oct 1916 Trench Raids 20th Oct 1916 Holding the Line   21st Oct 1916 Enemy Aircraft 22nd Oct 1916 Artillery Active   22nd Oct 1916 Holding the Line   23rd Oct 1916 Artillery Active   23rd Oct 1916 Reliefs   24th Oct 1916 Experiment 25th Oct 1916 Artillery Active 26th Oct 1916 Wire Cutting 27th Oct 1916 Artillery Active 28th Oct 1916 Artillery in Action 28th Oct 1916 Reliefs   29th Oct 1916 Heavy Shelling   30th Oct 1916 Artillery Active   31st Oct 1916 Warning   1st Nov 1916 Holding the Line   3rd Nov 1916 Reliefs   4th Nov 1916 Working Parties   5th Nov 1916 Working Parties   11th Nov 1916 Reliefs   12th Nov 1916 Holding the Line   13th Nov 1916 Holding the Line   15th Nov 1916 Reliefs   16th Nov 1916 Working Parties   17th Nov 1916 Working Parties   18th Nov 1916 Working Parties   19th Nov 1916 Working Parties   20th Nov 1916 Working Parties   21st Nov 1916 Reliefs   22nd Nov 1916 Holding the Line   23rd Nov 1916 Holding the Line   24th Nov 1916 Holding the Line   25th Nov 1916 Holding the Line   26th Nov 1916 Holding the Line   27th Nov 1916 Reliefs   28th Nov 1916 Reliefs   30th Nov 1916 In Billets   1st Dec 1916 Training   11th Dec 1916 Reliefs   12th Dec 1916 Working Parties   13th Dec 1916 Working Parties   14th Dec 1916 Working Parties   15th Dec 1916 Working Parties   16th Dec 1916 Working Parties   17th Dec 1916 Reliefs 18th Dec 1916 Holding the Line 19th Dec 1916 Holding the Line 20th Dec 1916 Holding the Line 22nd Dec 1916 Holding the Line 23rd Dec 1916 Relief Completed 24th Dec 1916 In Billets 25th Dec 1916 In Billets 26th Dec 1916 Working Parties 27th Dec 1916 Training 28th Dec 1916 Working Parties 29th Dec 1916 Reliefs 30th Dec 1916 Working Parties 31st Dec 1916 Working Parties 3rd of January 1918  Several Casualties 6th of January 1918  Reliefs Complete   7th of January 1918 Trench Mortars Active 15th of January 1918 Trenches Very Bad 19th of January 1918 Warning of Divisional Relief   23rd of January 1918  Prisoner Captured   25th of January 1918 Enemy Raids Listening Post 27th of January 1918 Enemy Very Quiet 31st of January 1918 Training   1st of February 1918 Defence Line Work   3rd of February 1918  Weather Fine   14th of February 1918 Training 26th of February 1918 Corps Commander Visits   28th of February 1918 On the Move   7th of March 1918  Warm Weather   3rd of March 1918  Very Quiet   11th of March 1918 Hostile Shelling Increases   13th of March 1918 Relief 17th of March 1918  Enemy Aircraft Very Active 19th of March 1918 Rain Returns   22nd of March 1918 Divisional HQ Moves 22nd Mar 1918 Heavy Shelling   24th of March 1918 On the Move 25th of March 1918 HQ Moves 26th of March 1918 Move Into Billets   27th of March 1918 Orders to Move 28th of March 1918 HQ Moves   29th of March 1918  Reliefs   30th of March 1918 Reliefs   31st of March 1918 A Letter Received 31st of March 1918 Relief Completed   1st Apr 1918 Enemy Active 2nd Apr 1918 Enemy Active 3rd Apr 1918 Artillery in Action 4th Apr 1918 Enemy Artillery Active   4th Apr 1918 Hostile Artillery 5th Apr 1918 Reliefs Complete 6th Apr 1918 Quiet 7th Apr 1918 Gas 8th Apr 1918 Low Visibility 9th Apr 1918 Enemy Attack   9th Apr 1918 In Action 9th of April 1918 A Busy Day   9th Apr 1918 Digging in   9th Apr 1918 Digging in   9th Apr 1918 Line Held   10th Apr 1918 Messages 10th Apr 1918 In Action 10th of April 1918 Under Attack   10th Apr 1918 Withdrawal   10th Apr 1918 Enemy Attacks   11th Apr 1918 In Action 11th of April 1918 Quiet...and then...   13th of April 1918 Under Heavy Attack   14th of April 1918 A Counter-Attack   14th Apr 1918 Attack Made   14th of April 1918 Operations Orders   15th Apr 1918 Attacks Made   15th of April 1918 34th Div in Front Line   16th Apr 1918 Attacks Made   16th of April 1918 Orders   17th Apr 1918 Attacks Made   17th of April 1918 Orders and a Letter   18th of April 1918 Relief for Some   20th of April 1918 Order Alteration   25th of April 1918 Defensive Work   26th of April 1918 Defence Works    27th of April 1918 Defences and Messages   28th of April 1918 Reliefs 29th of April 1918 Misinformation 30th of April 1918 Reports   1st Jul 1918 Inspection 2nd Jul 1918 Inspection 3rd Jul 1918 Inspection 16th Jul 1918 On the Move 22nd Jul 1918 On the March 23rd Jul 1918 Ready 28th Jul 1918 Preparations 28th Jul 1918 In Action 30th Jul 1918 In Action 1st Aug 1918 Attack Made 1st Sep 1918 Reliefs 1st Sep 1918 Orders   1st Sep 1918 Advance Made 2nd Sep 1918 Line Held 2nd Sep 1918 Attack Made 3rd Sep 1918 Patrols Push Forward   If you can provide any additional information, please add it here. Want to know more about 103rd Infantry Brigade? There are:322 items tagged 103rd 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 103rd Infantry Brigade during the Great War 1914-1918. Starkey Edwin. Pte. 103rd Coy. (d.1st Jul 1916) 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? 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? The free to access section of The Wartime Memories Project website is run by volunteers and funded by donations from our visitors. If the information here has been helpful or you have enjoyed reaching the stories please conside making a donation, no matter how small, would be much appreciated, annually we need to raise enough funds to pay for our web hosting or this site will vanish from the web. If you enjoy this site please consider making a donation. Announcements 19th Nov 2024     Please note we currently have a massive backlog of submitted material, our volunteers are working through this as quickly as possible and all names, stories and photos will be added to the site. 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. 254395 Pte. Edwin Starkey 103rd Coy. Machine Gun Corps (d.1st Jul 1916) Edwin Starkey was the only son of Emily and George Starkey, born in Walsall. He had two younger sisters, Gertrude Ellen (Gertie) and Beatrice (Beattie), and a fiance named Sarah. His mother bought them a clock to mark their engagement. Despite having a reserved occupation, he joined up to serve in France and was killed, aged 21, on the first day of the Battle of the Somme. He is my Great Great Uncle, he is buried amongst his fellow men at Ovillers Military Cemetery, and he is remembered with affection and honour. For our today, he gave his tomorrow. Thanks Uncle Ted, and hope to meet you one day. Julie Baldwin-Smith Add to this record.

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