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141st Infantry Brigade 1st Feb 1915 Inspection 2nd Feb 1915 Exercise 3rd Feb 1915 Divisional Exercise 12th Feb 1915 Exercise 12th Feb 1915 Divisional Exercise 22nd Feb 1915 Exercise 22nd Feb 1915 Exercise 26th Feb 1915 Exercise 2nd Mar 1915 Instructions 4th Mar 1915 Preparations 5th Mar 1915 Leave 6th Mar 1915 Orders 8th Mar 1915 Orders Received 9th Mar 1915 On the Move 9th Mar 1915 On the Move 10th Mar 1915 In Camp 11th Mar 1915 Entraining 12th Mar 1915 Arrival 18th Mar 1915 On the Move 22nd Mar 1915 Inspection 23rd Mar 1915 Orders 23rd Mar 1915 Praise 24th Mar 1915 Instruction 25th Mar 1915 Instruction   26th Mar 1915 Instruction 27th Mar 1915 Frost   28th Mar 1915 No Wood 29th Mar 1915 Orders 30th Mar 1915 Orders Received 31st Mar 1915 Instruction 1st Apr 1915 Training 2nd Apr 1915 Training 3rd Apr 1915 Inspection 4th Apr 1915 Training 5th Apr 1915 Training 6th Apr 1915 Instruction   8th Apr 1915 Instruction   9th Apr 1915 Instruction 10th Apr 1915 Instruction   11th Apr 1915 Instruction 12th Apr 1915 Instruction 13th Apr 1915 Instruction 14th Apr 1915 Instruction 15th Apr 1915 Instruction 16th Apr 1915 Instruction 17th Apr 1915 Instruction 18th Apr 1915 Church Parade   19th Apr 1915 Into Billets   20th Apr 1915 Inspection 21st Apr 1915 Inspection 22nd Apr 1915 Orders Received 23rd Apr 1915 Report 24th Apr 1915 Relief   25th Apr 1915 Quiet   26th Apr 1915 Quiet   27th Apr 1915 Quiet   28th Apr 1915 Quiet   29th Apr 1915 Quiet   30th Apr 1915 Some Shelling   1st May 1915 Heavy Firing   2nd May 1915 Quiet   3rd May 1915 Relief Completed   4th May 1915 Reliefs   5th May 1915 Reliefs   6th May 1915 Preparations 7th May 1915 Conference 8th May 1915 Preparations 9th May 1915 On the March   10th May 1915 Orders   11th May 1915 Orders Received 12th May 1915 Relief    13th May 1915 Orders Received   14th May 1915 Heavy Rain   15th May 1915 Breastworks   16th May 1915 Supporting Fire   17th May 1915 Orders Issued   22nd May 1915 Orders 23rd May 1915 Reliefs   24th May 1915 Inspection 25th May 1915 Attack Made 26th May 1915 Hard Fighting 27th May 1915 Message of Congratulation 28th May 1915 Bombing Attack 29th May 1915 Bombing Attack 30th May 1915 Enemy Active 31st May 1915 Recce 1st Jun 1915 Reliefs 2nd Jun 1915 Recce   4th Jun 1915 Shelling   5th Jun 1915 Inspection   6th Jun 1915 Recce 7th Jun 1915 Reliefs 8th Jun 1915 Trenches Inspected 9th Jun 1915 Shelling 10th Jun 1915 Quiet 11th Jun 1915 Reliefs   12th Jun 1915 On the March   12th June 1915 Operational Order No.10.   13th Jun 1915 Clothing 14th Jun 1915 Training 15th Jun 1915 Instruction 16th Jun 1915 On the March   17th Jun 1915 On the March 18th Jun 1915 Reliefs 19th Jun 1915 Quiet 20th Jun 1915 Quiet 21st Jun 1915 Shelling 22nd Jun 1915 Shelling 23rd Jun 1915 Pigeons 24th Jun 1915 Reliefs 25th Jun 1915 Reinforcements 26th Jun 1915 Working Parties 27th Jun 1915 Working Parties 28th Jun 1915 Reliefs 28th June 1915 Attachment 29th Jun 1915 Trench Work 29th June 1915 Battalion remained in Reserve 30th Jun 1915 Shelling 5th July 1915 Operational Order No.19. 6th July 1915 Operational Order No.20. 8th Jul 1915 In Reserve   9th Jul 1915 Refitting   10th Jul 1915 Working Parties   11th Jul 1915 Working Parties 12th Jul 1915 Working Parties 13th Jul 1915 Working Parties 14th Jul 1915 Working Parties 15th Jul 1915 Reliefs 17th Jul 1915 Reliefs 17th July 1915 Bivouac 18th Jul 1915 Quiet   19th Jul 1915 Quiet   20th Jul 1915 Instruction   21st Jul 1915 Quiet 22nd Jul 1915 Instruction 23rd Jul 1915 Under Shellfire 24th Jul 1915 Instruction 25th Jul 1915 Instruction 26th Jul 1915 Shelling 27th Jul 1915 Shelling 28th Jul 1915 Shelling 28th July 1915 Instruction in trenches 29th Jul 1915 Shells 30th Jul 1915 Reliefs   31st Jul 1915 Training   1st Aug 1915 Shelling 2nd Aug 1915 Orders 3rd August 1915 Relief 3rd Aug 1915 Preparations 4th Aug 1915 On the March 5th Aug 1915 Training 6th Aug 1915 Baths 7th Aug 1915 Training 8th Aug 1915 Church Parade 9th Aug 1915 Route March 10th Aug 1915 Training 13th Aug 1915 Baths 14th Aug 1915 Sports 15th Aug 1915 Heavy Rain 16th Aug 1915 Route March 17th Aug 1915 Sports 18th Aug 1915 On the March 19th Aug 1915 Working Parties 20th Aug 1915 Working Parties 21st Aug 1915 Working Parties 22nd Aug 1915 Working Parties 23rd Aug 1915 Working Parties 24th August 1915 Preliminary Operations Order.   24th August 1915 Orders   24th Aug 1915 Working Parties 25th Aug 1915 At Rest 26th Aug 1915 On the March 27th Aug 1915 Bright Moonlight 28th Aug 1915 Snipers Active 29th Aug 1915 Working Parties 30th Aug 1915 Billets 31st Aug 1915 Inspection 20th September 1915 Personnel changes  6th County of London Brigade RFA report Major Gordon left Bruay and proceeded to 141st Infantry Brigade as liaison officer. One Section from 16th London Battery (under Lt. Bruce) proceeded to the Front Line. Lt Bruce returned. War Diaries 21st September 1915 Unit Move and Inspection  6th London Brigade RFA left Place au Bruay and bivouacked at Haillicourt near the 6th London Brigade Ammunition Column. The six remaining guns of this Brigade and four guns of the 7th London Field Artillery Battery form the 47th Reserve Divisional Artillery (Chambers Group) under the command of Col Chambers. OC. 7th London FAB. Lt Bruce proceeded to 141st Infantry Brigade as Liaison Officer. 1st day of bombardment prior to Battle of Loos. War Diaries 28th September 1915 Battle of Loos  6th County of London Brigade RFA 's war diary records Lt. R Bruce officially reported killed and buried by Capt. Wood, Chaplain of the 141st Infantry Brigade. 2/Lt Lloyd took five captured German field guns and one captured machine gun to Vaudricourt, where they were inspected by Field Marshall Sir John French. War Diaries 1st October 1915 On the Move 9th October 1915 Conference  General Rawlinson spoke to the Division's representatives (Colonel, Adjutant, Major, Subalterns and thirty Gunners from each battery of the London Brigades Artillery and the 141st Infantry Brigade) at Drouviax. War Diaries 11th October 1915 Operational Order 31.   29th October 1915 140th Infantry Brigade. Operational Order No.36.   29th October 1915 140th Infantry Brigade. Operational Order No.36.   9th November 1915 Men suffering from frost bite 13th December 1915 Operational Order No.44.   16th December 1915 140th Infantry Brigade will relieve the 141st Infantry Brigade 17th December 1915 Operational Order No.45.   19th December 1915 In to Brigade Reserve 30th December 1915 Orders   5th January 1916 Relieved 32nd Regt, 18th Division ( French Infantry ) 8th January 1916 Relocations  Lowe Group (6th & 1st London Brigades RFA) is now in position at Les Brebis. The 15th and 16th London Batteries are on the Northern side of Fosse 7 and Batteries of the 1st London Brigade are on the south side of Fosse 7. The 17th London Battery is in Maroc. The 16th & 17th London Batteries each have one gun detached (but near the battery position) in such a position so as to be able to enfilade hostile trenches. Lowe Group covers the front of the 141st Inf Brigade. The day was chiefly spent in registering. The 17th London Battery position was shelled, but no damage was done. War Diaries 7th February 1916 Shelling   19th March 1916 G.O.C. IV Corps. visited   10th May 1916 Inspection by G.O.C. 21st May 1916 Enemy fire extremely heavy 18th July 1916 Slight Shelling  236th London Brigade Royal Field Artillery report from Aix-Noulette: Except for slight shelling of Boche Trench & the Straight everything was all quiet. 141st Infantry Brigade relieved by the 63rd Division. 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Want to know more about 141st Infantry Brigade? There are:235 items tagged 141st 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 141st Infantry Brigade during the Great War 1914-1918. Ridout Arthur Frederick. RSM. 19th (County of London) Btn. (d.15th Sep 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? 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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. 261327 RSM. Arthur Frederick Ridout 19th (County of London) Btn. London Regiment (d.15th Sep 1916) Arthur Ridout was my great-great-grandmother's son by her second marriage. He was very close to his half brothers and sisters being from a farming family in Okeford Fitzpaine, Dorset. In 1911, he married Ella who was a great friend of Arthur's sister Minnie Ridout, who was also courting a soldier (a friend of her brother Arthur) and was engaged to be married to him. He enlisted on 5th September 1914 at Camden Town. On 9th March 1915 he was sent to France with the 1st Battalion. He landed in France with one stripe and gained promotions through merit, being promoted to Sergeant in Loos and then to CSM of D Company. He was very well liked from all accounts. He became RSM in May 1916. He died in battle on 15th September 1916 at High Wood, Longueval, Somme, France. He is buried at the London Cemetery and Extension, Longueval and commemorated on the Mitcham War Memorial and also at Shillingstone, Dorset War Memorial. His sister Minnie Ridout also lost her fiancé during the First World War and she never married. Carol Morgan Add to this record.

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