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34th Sikh Pioneers, British Indian Army 2nd July 1915 Stores   9th Jan 1917 Counter Attacks 10th Jan 1917 Steady Progress 11th Jan 1917 Assault Fails 13th Jan 1917 Progress Made 14th Jan 1917 Aircraft shot down 15th Jan 1917 Air Raid 16th Jan 1917 Slight Advance 17th Jan 1917 Hard Fighting 18th Jan 1917 Heavy Bombardment 18th Jan 1917 Ground Gained If you can provide any additional information, please add it here. Want to know more about 34th Sikh Pioneers, British Indian Army? There are:10 items tagged 34th Sikh Pioneers, British Indian Army 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 34th Sikh Pioneers, British Indian Army during the Great War 1914-1918. Armstrong George Pierce. Lt. (d.2nd July 1915) 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 Records of 34th Sikh Pioneers, British Indian Army from other sources. The Wartime Memories Project is the original WW1 and WW2 commemoration website. 1st of September 2023 marks 24 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 9th May 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 264033 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. We are now on Facebook. Like this page to receive our updates, add a comment or ask a question. If you have a general question please post it on our Facebook page. 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.   Lt. George Pierce Armstrong 34th Sikh Pioneers (d.2nd July 1915) George Armstrong was born on 6th December 1891 in Southampton, son of George & Sarah Mary Anne Armstrong of Marhamchurch, Bude, Cornwall, his father was a Captain, master of the Hospital Carrier SS Hildonan Castle. He was educated at Bedford Modern School, Cheltenham School and Sandhurst Royal Military Academy. On 6th September 1911 he was commissioned 2nd Lieutenant and appointed to the Indian Army, joining the 34th Sikh Pioneers on 17th November 1912. He was promoted to Lieutenant on 6th December 1913. At the outbreak of war he travelled with two units from Bombay and arrived in France in October 1914. He was wounded at Festaubert on 23rd of November 1914. He was killed in action on 2nd of July 1915 age 23 years and is buried in Estaires Communal Cemetery, France. He is remembered in the Sandhurst Royal Military College Chapel. He was a pupil of Bedford Modern School 1900-09, commemorated on the School War Memorial, which was unveiled in 1923 and in the Roll of Honour, published in The Eagle, December 1923. The Old Boys of this School who, as in duty bound, laid down their lives in a great cause. Information courtesy of www.roll-of-honour.com Caroline Hunt Add to this record. Recomended Reading. Available at discounted prices.

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