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38th (Welsh) Division  Divisional History  38th (Welsh) Division was formed after official sanction was given for a Welsh Army Corps to be raised by public subscription on 10th of October 1914. The Corps was never actually formed. The Division moved to France between 21st of November and 6th of December 1915 and remained in France and Flanders throughout the war. 1916 The Battle of Albert 1917 The Battle of Pilkem The Battle of Langemark 1918 The Battle of Albert The Battle of the Bapaume The Battle of Havrincourt The Battle of Epehy The Battle of Beaurevoir The Battle of Cambrai The Battle of the Selle The Battle of the Sambre The Division was demobilised between December 1918 and June 1919, having suffered 28,600 casualties during the war. The order of battle of the 38th (Welsh) Division 113th Brigade 13th (1st North Wales) Btn, Royal Welsh Fusiliers joined November 1914 14th Btn, Royal Welsh Fusiliers joined November 1914 15th (1st London Welsh) Btn, Royal Welsh Fusiliers joined November 1914, disbanded 8 February 1918 16th Btn, Royal Welsh Fusiliers joined November 1914 17th (2nd North Wales) Btn, Royal Welsh Fusiliers joined February 1915, left July 1915 113th Machine Gun Company joined 19 May 1916, moved into 38 MG Bn March 1918 113th Trench Mortar Battery joined 26 December 1915 114th Brigade 10th Btn, (1st Rhondda) Btn, Welsh Regiment joined September 1914, disbanded February 1918 13th (2nd Rhondda) Btn, Welsh Regiment joined October 1914 14th (Swansea) Btn, Welsh Regiment joined October 1914 15th (Carmarthenshire County Committee) Btn, Welsh Regiment joined October 1914 114th Machine Gun Company joined 19 May 1916, moved into 38 MG Btn March 1918 114th Trench Mortar Battery joined 26 December 1915 115th Brigade 16th Btn, (Cardiff City) Btn, Welsh Regiment joined October 1914, disbanded February 1918 10th (1st Gwent) Btn, South Wales Borderers joined November 1914 11th Btn, (2nd Gwent) Btn, South Wales Borderers joined January 1915, disbanded February 1918 17th (2nd North Wales) Btn, Royal Welsh Fusiliers joined July 1915 2nd Btn, Royal Welsh Fusiliers joined February 1918 115th Machine Gun Company joined 19 May 1916, moved into 38 MG Bn March 1918 115th Mortar Battery joined 26 December 1915 Divisional Troops 19th (Glamorgan Pioneers) Btn, Welsh Regiment joined as Divisional pioneer battalion February 1915 176th Machine Gun Company joined 28 March 1917, moved into 38 MG Btn March 1918 38th Machine Gun Battalion formed 2 March 1918 Divisional Mounted Troops HQ, MG Section and D Squadron, Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry joined by 4 December 1915, left 31 May 1916 38th Divisional Cyclist Company joined 22 April 1915, left 10 May 1916 Divisional Artillery CXIX Brigade, RFA joined by August 1915, left 14 January 1917 CXX Brigade, RFA joined by August 1915, broken up late August 1916 CXXI Brigade, RFA joined by August 1915 CXXII (Howitzer) Brigade, RFA joined by August 1915 38 Heavy Battery, RGA raised with the Division but left for XLII Heavy Artillery Group soon after 38th Divisional Ammunition Column joined December 1914. The four Brigade Ammunition Columns amalgamated into DAC in May 1916 V.38 Heavy Trench Mortar Battery RFA formed by 28 July 1916, left for V/XV Corps 9 February 1918 X.38, Y.38 and Z.38 Medium Mortar Batteries RFA formed April 1916; Z Bty broken up 9 February 1918 when batteries reorganised to have 6 x 6-inch weapons each Royal Engineers 123rd Field Company joined April 1915 124th Field Company joined April 1915 151st Field Company joined August 1915 38th Divisional Signals Company Royal Army Medical Corps units 129th Field Ambulance joined December 1914 130th Field Ambulance joined December 1914 131st Field Ambulance joined December 1914 77th Sanitary Section left April 1917 No 5 (Welsh) Bacteriological Section transferred to First Army 3rd of December 1915 Other Divisional Troops 38th Divisional Train ASC 330, 331, 332 and 333 Companies, formed April 1915 235th Divisional Employment Company joined 23 June 1917 49th Mobile Veterinary Section AVC joined December 1914 38th Divisional 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1917 Reorganisation 21st Jan 1918 Course 4th Feb 1918 Piped out 5th Feb 1918 Course Ends 8th of February 1918 Rain Again 11th of February 1918 Training   13th Feb 1918 Personnel 21st Feb 1918 Reorganisation 29th of March 1918  Reliefs   30th of March 1918 Reliefs   31st of March 1918 Relief Completed   8th Apr 1918 Reliefs Commence 9th Apr 1918 Heavy Bombardment   10th Apr 1918 Under Fire   11th Apr 1918 Orders to Withdraw   13th of April 1918 Under Heavy Attack   17th of April 1918 Batteries into Action   25th of April 1918 Another Busy Day   30th of April 1918 Aeroplanes Active 30th of April 1918 Reports   15th of September 1918 EAs Active   17th of September 1918 Back Areas Bombed   18th of September 1918 Attack Commences   30th of September 1918  Divisional Relief   4th of October 1918    5th of October 1918 Orders   7th of October 1918    8th of October 1918  12th of October 1918 Orders   17th of October    If you can provide any additional information, please add it here. Want to know more about 38th (Welsh) Division? There are:256 items tagged 38th (Welsh) Division 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 38th (Welsh) Division during the Great War 1914-1918. Cross Terriss Norman. Sig. D Battery, 155th Brigade Jones Millard Fillmore. Pte. 16th Btn. (d.17th Dec 1916) Meredith Stephen. Pte. 14th (1st Swansea) Btn. (d.5th Aug 1917) Thomas Richard. Pte. 14th (Swansea) Battalion (d.16th Sept 1918) Willaims William. Pte. 13th (2nd Rhondda) Btn. 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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. 1206485 Pte. Millard Fillmore Jones 16th Btn. Welsh Regiment (d.17th Dec 1916) I have had for years a postcard sent to my Nana. I have never quite understood the message on the back. It is from her brother William serving in France. He's wishing her good wishes for Xmas and New Year as he feels he has to but knows she will probably not enjoy the festive season because he's just had a wire that his brother Millard Fillmore has died of his wounds on 16th December. He is trying to get home. I have often wondered who Phil was but now can see that it was a nickname short for Fillmore! I assume, but do not have confirmation, that he was injured in or prior to July possibly Mametz Wood? as his battalion took no further part that year. It seems he was taken to hospital in North Wales where his regiment was based. He was buried in Cardiff on the 24th Jan 1917 with his mother and father. 19014 Private Millard Fillmore Jones served with the 16th Battalion, Welsh Regiment during WW1 and died age 24, in Cardiff on the 17th December 1916. He is buried at Cardiff (Cathays) Cemetery, Grave Ref. 1 CE 471. The family entry above states the 16th Battalion but the Commomwealth War Graves indicates the 3rd Battalion, Welsh Regiment. However the 3rd Battalion was a depot unit based in the UK and he was probably transferred to that units strength on evacuation to the UK because of his wounds. Phil was one of the sons of William and Maria Jones, of 74, Adeline St., Splott, Cardiff. Sue Harding Add to this record. 261967 Pte. William Willaims 13th (2nd Rhondda) Btn. Welsh Regiment (d.13th Jul 1916) I know almost nothing about William Williams really. I know that he was my great-grandfather. I found a picture with the details on the back. Ricard Burgess Add to this record. 260320 Pte. Stephen Meredith 14th (1st Swansea) Btn. Welch Regiment (d.5th Aug 1917) My great-grandfather, Stephen Meredith served with the 14th (1st Swansea) Battalion, Welch Regiment. He fathered 2 children with Florence Edith Williams and they never married (Florence was still married to her previous husband). He enlisted in Swansea and was killed during 3rd Ypres, otherwise known as Passchendaele. He has no known grave but is commemorated on Menin Gate as well as the War Memorial in Woolescote. Connie Davis Add to this record. 260258 Sig. Terriss Norman Cross D Battery, 155th Brigade Royal Field Artillery Terriss Cross enlisted on 11th of September 1916 at Woolwich. He served with 155 Brigade RFA in D Battery joining them on 30th September 1917 just before the Third Battle of Ypres (Second Battle of Passchendale). They moved into reserve east of Poperinghe on 22nd of November 1917 then some 75 miles south to Bapaume. They were heavily involved in the German Spring Offensive of March 1918. They fought in support of 38th Division on 18th of September in the area of Gouzeaucourt where Terriss Cross was gassed. He was taken to 30 Field Ambulance and then moved to No. 12 General Hospital at Rouen on 24th of September and then was moved to the Cambridge Military Hospital, Aldershot. He lived until March 1977. Peter Cross Add to this record. 251162 Pte. Richard Thomas 14th (Swansea) Battalion Welch Regiment (d.16th Sept 1918) Richard Thomas served with 14th Battalion, Welch Regiment. Alan Jones Add to this record.

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