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22nd Infantry Brigade
22nd Infantry Brigade served with 7th Division on the Western Front during the Great War.
22nd Brigade was made up of
- 1st Battalion, Royal Welch Fusiliers
- 2nd Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
- 1/8th Battalion, Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment) (until August 1915)
- 1/7th Battalion, King's (Liverpool Regiment) (from November 1915 to January 1916)
- 2nd Battalion, Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) (until December 1915)
- 1st Battalion, South Staffordshire Regiment (until December 1915)
- 20th (Service) Battalion (5th City), Manchester Regiment (from December 1915)
- 24th (Service) Battalion (Oldham), Manchester Regiment (from December 1915 to 22nd of May 1916)
- 2nd Battalion, The Royal Irish Regiment (from May 1916 to October 1916)
- 2/1st Battalion, Honourable Artillery Company (from October 1916)
7th Sep 1914 New CO
13th Sep 1914 Arrivals
19th Sep 1914 Arrivals
20th Sep 1914 22nd Infantry Brigade organising
20th Sep 1914 Mobilisation
21st Sep 1914 Mobilised
23rd Sep 1914 Mobilisation Continues
2nd Queens War Diary Mobilisation Continues
27th Sep 1914 Mobilisation Continues
4th October 1914 On the Move
4th Oct 1914 On the Move
4th Oct 1914 Orders Received
5th Oct 1914 Embarkation
5th Oct 1914 On the Move
5th Oct 1914 On the Move
6th October 1914 On the Move
6th Oct 1914 On the Move
6th Oct 1914 On the Move
7th Oct 1914 On the Move
7th Oct 1914 On the Move
7th Oct 1914 In Billets
8th October 1914 On the march
8th Oct 1914 On the March
8th Oct 1914 On the Move
9th Oct 1914 Orders
9th Oct 1914 On the Move
9th Oct 1914 Anxiety
10th Oct 1914 On the Move
10th Oct 1914 Outposts
10th Oct 1914 Withdrawal
11th October 1914 Heavy Firing
11th Oct 1914 Holding the Line
11th Oct 1914 Hostile Forces
11th Oct 1914 Orders
12th Oct 1914 Route March
12th Oct 1914 On the March
12th Oct 1914 On the March
13th October 1914 On the March
13th Oct 1914 On the March
13th Oct 1914 Enemy Closes
14th October 1914 Footsore
14th Oct 1914 On the March
14th Oct 1914 On the March 
15th October 1914 On the March
15th Oct 1914 Patrols
15th Oct 1914 Hostile Column
16th Oct 1914 Into Position
16th Oct 1914 On the March
16th Oct 1914 Into the Line
16th Oct 1914 Line Advanced
17th Oct 1914 In the Trenches
17th Oct 1914 Holding the Line
17th Oct 1914 Enemy Active
18th Oct 1914 In Reserve
18th Oct 1914 Planning
19th October 1914 Defences Improved
19th Oct 1914 Advance
19th Oct 1914 In Action
19th Oct 1914 Hard Fighting
20th October 1914 Entrenched
20th Oct 1914 In Action
20th Oct 1914 Defensive Line
21st October 1914 Under fire
21st Oct 1914 In Action
21st Oct 1914 Hard Fighting
22nd October 1914 Entrenched
22nd Oct 1914 In Defence
22nd Oct 1914 New Line Occupied
22nd Oct 1914 Bombardment
23rd October 1914 Dead Buried
23rd Oct 1914 Heavy Shelling
23rd Oct 1914 Under Fire
24th October 1914 At the Front
24th Oct 1914 In Action
24th Oct 1914 Hard Fighting
24th Oct 1914 Enemy Break Through
25th October 1914 Ready to Move
25th Oct 1914 In Reserve
25th Oct 1914 Enemy Break Through
26th October 1914 The Queens take prisoners
26th Oct 1914 Pressure
26th Oct 1914 Forced Back
27th October 1914 Fighting
27th Oct 1914 Shelling
27th Oct 1914 Orders Received
28th October 1914 The Queens fighting on
28th Oct 1914 Reliefs
28th Oct 1914 Artillery Active
29th October 1914 The Queens move on at the front
29th Oct 1914 Reliefs
29th Oct 1914 Hard Fighting
30th October 1914 Fighting hard
30th Oct 1914 Attack
30th Oct 1914 Hard Fighting
31st October 1914 The Queens in the trenches
31st Oct 1914 In Action
31st Oct 1914 Hard Fighting
31st Oct 1914 Hard Fighting
1st November 1914 22nd Infantry Brigade Reforms
2nd November 1914 Reorganisation
3rd November 1914 Battalions on the move
4th November 1914 Reinforcements
5th November 1914 Billets
6th November 1914 On the Move
6th Nov 1914 Action
7th November 1914 Attack Made
7th Nov 1914 In Action
8th November 1914 Hard Fighting
9th November 1914 Move
11th November 1914 Inspection
12th November 1914 Reorganisation
13th November 1914 Reorganisation
14th November 1914 On the Move
15th November 1914 Defences
16th November 1914 Improvements
17th November 1914 In the trenches
17th Nov 1914 Reliefs
18th November 1914 Divisional Reserve
19th November 1914 At Rest
20th November 1914 Reorganisation
21st November 1914 In the trenches
22nd November 1914 Snipers
23rd November 1914 Reliefs
24th November 1914 At Rest
25th November 1914 Inspection
26th November 1914 Reinforcements
27th November 1914 Wet Weather
28th November 1914 Improvements
29th November 1914 Into billets
30th November 1914 In Reserve
1st December 1914 Shelling
2nd December 1914 Reliefs
3rd December 1914 Patrols
4th December 1914 Reliefs
5th December 1914 The Queens resting
6th December 1914 The Queens resting
7th December 1914 Divisional Reserve
8th December 1914 Reliefs
9th December 1914 Communication Trenches
10th December 1914 Snipers Active
11th December 1914 Enemy Sighted
12th December 1914 Snipers
12th Dec 1914 Orders
13th December 1914 The Queens under fire
13th Dec 1914 Reliefs
14th December 1914 2nd Queens ready to attack
14th Dec 1914 Messages
15th December 1914 The Queens captured a prisoner
16th December 1914 Reserve
17th December 1914 In Reserve
18th December 1914 In Action
18th Dec 1914 Attack
19th Dec 1914 Losses
20th December 1914 Reliefs
21st December 1914 In Reserve
22nd December 1914 Divisional Reserve
23rd December 1914 Reliefs
24th December 1914 Quiet
25th December 1914 Armistice
26th December 1914 Xmas Armistice
27th December 1914 Wet Weather
28th December 1914 Reliefs
29th December 1914 At Rest 2nd Queens are at Rue de Delpierre as No.2 Reserve. Resting and cleaning.2nd Queens War Diary
30th December 1914 At Rest
31st December 1914 New Year's Eve
1st Jan 1915 Change of Billets for 2nd Queens
2nd Jan 1915 2nd Queens in Reserve
3rd Jan 1915 2nd Queens in reserve
4th Jan 1915 2nd Queens in reserve
5th January 1915 Back into trenches
6th Jan 1915 2nd Queens Hq moves
6th Jan 1915 2nd Queens Hq moves
7th Jan 1915 2nd Queens in trenches
8th Jan 1915 2nd Queens in trenches
9th Jan 1915 2nd Queens in trenches
10th January 1915 2nd Queens at rest
11th Jan 1915 2nd Queens inspected
12th Jan 1915 2nd Queens inspected
13th Jan 1915 2nd Queens on the move
14th January 1915 Appointments and replacements
15th Jan 1915 Working Parties
16th Jan 1915 Billets shelled
17th Jan 1915 2nd Queens to trenches
18th Jan 1915 2nd Queens in trenches
19th Jan 1915 2nd Queens in trenches
20th January 1915 New Billets
21st Jan 1915 2nd Queens under fire
22nd Jan 1915 2nd Queens take baths
23rd Jan 1915 2nd Queens inspected
24th Jan 1915 2nd Queens church parade
25th Jan 1915 2nd Queens in billets
26th Jan 1915 2nd Queens parade
27th Jan 1915 Ongoing defensive adjustments
28th Jan 1915 2nd Queens in billets
29th Jan 1915 2nd Queens leave billets
30th Jan 1915 2nd Queens in trenches
31st Jan 1915 2nd Queens in trenches
5th February 1915 General Cappers football cup. 2nd Battalion Queens (Royal West Surrey Regiment) played a Football match versus Royal Welsh Fusiliers at Rue du Bataille. Result Welsh Fusiliers won 6-0. 2nd Battalion Queens (Royal West Surrey Regiment) are in in billets at La Toulette, transport inspected and a concert was held for the men at Fleurbaix. Officers 28 and men 874, 3 from hospital. 2nd Lieutenants AN Heller and WJ Dew both from the Queens joined the Battalion.
war diaries
7th Feb 1915 Ongoing Actions in Trenches
9th Feb 1915 2nd Queens in trenches
8th Feb 1915 2nd Queens in trenches
10th Feb 1915 2nd Queens to billets
11th Feb 1915 New Co for 2nd Queens
12th Feb 1915 2nd Queens parade
13th Feb 1915 2nd Queens in reserve
14th Feb 1915 2nd Queens ready
15th Feb 1915 2nd Queens relieve 1st South Staffs
16th Feb 1915 General visits trenches
17th Feb 1915 Quiet day for 2nd Queens
18th Feb 1915 2nd Queens under fire
19th Feb 1915 South Staffs relieve 2nd Queens
20th Feb 1915 2nd Queens inspected
21st Feb 1915 2nd Battalion Queens in billets
22nd Feb 1915 2nd Queens relieve 1st South Staffs
23rd Feb 1915 2nd Queens releive South Staffs
24th Feb 1915 2nd Queens in trenches
25th Feb 1915 Very Quiet
26th Feb 1915 Reliefs
27th Feb 1915 2nd Queens in billets
28th Feb 1915 2nd Queens in billets
1st March 1915 Relocation and back into Action
2nd Mar 1915 2nd Queens in trenches
3rd March 1915 Capture of enemy patrol members
6th March 1915 2nd Queens in billets
8th Mar 1915 Orders
10th March 1915 In Action
11th March 1915 In Action
12th March 1915 Misty Morning
13th Mar 1915 2nd Queens in trenches
14th Mar 1915 2nd Queens holding line
15th Mar 1915 Quiet day for 2nd Queens
18th March 1915 Reliefs
19th Mar 1915 2nd Queens in billets
20th Mar 1915 2nd Queens receive draft
21st Mar 1915 2nd Queens train
22nd Mar 1915 2nd Queens train
23rd Mar 1915 2nd Queens train
24th Mar 1915 2nd Queens in training
25th March 1915 On the move
26th Mar 1915 2nd Queens train
27th Mar 1915 2nd Queens train
28th Mar 1915 2nd Queens receive draft
29th Mar 1915 2nd Queens in billets
30th Mar 1915 2nd Queens train
16th May 1915 Intermediate Line
30th Jun 1915 Recce
21st Sep 1915 Orders
26th Feb 1917 Advance Made
26th Sep 1917 Demonstration
24th Oct 1917 Attack Made
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Those known to have served with22nd Infantry Brigade during the Great War 1914-1918. - Davies Richard John. Sgt. 1st Btn. (d.28th Aug 1916)
- Joyner D.C.M.. Thomas. L/Cpl. 2nd Btn.
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263696 L/Cpl. Thomas Joyner D.C.M. 2nd Btn. Royal Warwickshire Regiment Thomas Joyner was born in 1889 at Hidcote Bartrim near Shipston on Stour He joined 2nd Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment, he enlisted 30th of August 1914 at Warwick.
Hi sembarkation for France was on 4th of May 1915.
He was wounded on 24th of October 1915 at the Battle of Loos. He then transferred into 22nd Coy. Machine Gun Corps which was formed on 24th of February 1916 from men of 22nd Infantry Brigade of 7th Division.
Thomas Joyner was awarded the D.C.M. on 11th of December 1916.
Whilst Thomas's other friends and soldiers were being killed or wounded, he continually manned his machine gun for 14 hours until he was shot himself in the left eye. He continued to fire his gun until relieved by other troops. For this he received the D.C.M.
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253650 Sgt. Richard John Davies 1st Btn. Royal Welsh Fusiliers (d.28th Aug 1916) Richard Davies was my father's eldest brother. In the census of 1901 he was eleven years old and was some 27 years old when he died.
Taking his date of death as the main clue, then the 1st Battalion, Royal Welsh Fusiliers were part of 22nd Brigade, 7th Division during the attacks on Delville Wood during the Somme Battles, and to quote "An attack on the evening of 28th of August 1916, by a battalion on the right flank and a battalion of the 7th Division to the right, from the east end of the wood, against Ale Alley to the junction with Beer Trench failed."
Of the 5,500 allied soldiers interred at Delville Wood Cemetery some 3,500 were unidentified and hopefully he rests there. His name is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial.
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