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1st Battalion, Dorsetshire Regiment



   The 1st Battalion, Dorsetshire Regiment was in Belfast in August 1914 at the outbreak of war, serving with 15th Brigade, 5th Division. The battalion was sent to France, arriving on 16th August 1914 and fought on the Western Front throughout the war. The Battalion's worst losses were at Hill 60 at the beginning of May 1915 during Second Battle of Ypres. The Germans launched a gas attack which resulted in just under 500 casualties. in November 1915 the 1st Battalion transferred to the newly arrived 32nd Division as part of an exchange to stiffen the inexperienced volunteer division with the more experienced 5th Division. In 1916 they were in action during the Battles of the Somme 1916, In 1917 they were involved in Operations on the Ancre and the pursuit of the German retreat to the Hindenburg Line. In 1918 they were in action on the Somme and in the Battles of the Hindenburg Line and the Final Advance in Picardy.

 

21st of August 1913 Lecture

4th August 1914 Mobilisation Orders

5th August 1914  Preperation of Battalion

6th August 1914  Parties joining Battalion in preperation for embarkation

7th August 1914  More arrivals

8th August 1914 Movements in / Out

8th August 1914 General Orders

9th of August 1914 At Southampton

9th August 1914 C.O.'s Inspection

9th August 1914 Battalion to prepare

9th August 1914 Nominal Roll

10th August 1914 Training

11th August 1914 Training

12th August 1914 Field Firing

13th of August 1914 Landing in France

13th of August 1914   Landing in France

13th August 1914 Divine Service

14th of August 1914 Advance Party Leave

14th August 1914 Embarkation

15th of August 1914  Arriving Busigny

15th August 1914 At Sea

16th of August 1914 Billets Organised

16th August 1914 Disembarkation in Le Havre

17th August 1914 On the move

18th of August 1914 15th Bde Arrives

18th August 1914 Movement

19th August 1914 Remained in Ors

20th of August 1914 Preparing to March

20th August 1914 No move today

21st of August 1914 March Instructions

21st August 1914 On the Move

22nd of August 1914  On the March

22nd August 1914 Move

23rd Aug 1914 In Action

23rd of August 1914 Holding the Line

23rd August 1914 Move Orders

24th August 1914 On the Move

25th August 1914  Retirement of Brigade

26th of August 1914  Holding Position

26th August 1914 Orders to stand to arms

27th of August 1914 Retirement in the Dark

27th August 1914 On the Move

28th of August 1914 An Exhausting March

28th August 1914 Move

29th of August 1914 Sleeping in the Streets

29th August 1914 March to Carlepont

30th August 1914 Move to Croutoy

31st of August 1914  Pursued by Germans

31st August 1914 Crepy

1st Sep 1914 In Action

1st of September 1914 A Delayed March

1st September 1914 Move

2nd of September 1914 An Early March

2nd September 1914 Retired to Montge

3rd of September 1914 Across the Marne

3rd September 1914 Retire to Mont Pichet

4th September 1914 Remained in Mont Pichet until night move

5th of September 1914 March Finished

5th September 1914 Continuing to retire

6th of September 1914 Army Advances

6th September 1914 Taking up position at Le Charnois - Guerard

7th of September 1914  Another March

7th September 1914 At the front

8th of September 1914 An Early March

8th September 1914 March to new billets in Charnesseuil

9th of September 1914 On the Move

9th September 1914 Advance continues

10th of September 1914 Marching

10th September 1914 

11th of September 1914 Marching

11th September 1914 Advance continues

12th of September 1914 A Wet March

12th September 1914 Advance continues

13th of September 1914 A Showery March

13th September 1914 Crossing River Aisne

14th of September 1914 Broken Bridges

14th September 1914 Advance continues

15th of September 1914 An Attack Falters

15th September 1914 Attack on Chivres Spur

16th of September 1914 Bad Roads

16th September 1914  Billetted in Jury

17th of September 1914 Artillery Reinforced

17th September 1914 Trench work

18th of September 1914 Some Enemy Firing

19th of September 1914 Trenches Fired Constantly

20th of September 1914 Sappers Make a Bridge

20th September 1914 Work on Le Pavillon farm position

21st of September 1914  Missy on Fire

21st September 1914 Remained in billets in Jury

22nd of September 1914 Enemy Retiring?

22nd September 1914 Orders

23rd of September 1914 Heavy Shelling

23rd September 1914 Move to Missy

24th September 1914 Trench repairs

25th of September 1914  Very Quiet

25th September 1914 Defences

26th September 1914 Trench work

26th of September 1914 Moves Successful

27th of September 1914 A False Alarm

27th September 1914 Enemy activity

28th of September 1914 Shelling

28th September 1914 Heavily shelled

29th of September 1914 Quiet

29th September 1914 Village Shelled

30th of September 1914 Astride the Aisne

30th September 1914 Slight shelling

1st of October 1914 A Withdrawal

1st October 1914 Orders received

2nd of October 1914 Moonlit Relief

2nd October 1914 On the March

3rd of October 1914 On the March

3rd October 1914 On the March

4th of October 1914 On the March

4th October 1914 On the March

5th of October 1914 A New HQ

5th October 1914 Into Billets

6th of October 1914 Orders to Move

6th October 1914 On the March

7th of October 1914 A Train Ride

7th October 1914 Arrived at Amiens

8th of October 1914 Entraining Finished

8th October 1914 On the March

9th October 1914 Billeted

10th October 1914 Move

11th of October 1914 New Billets  location map

11th October 1914 Billeted in Street.  location map

12th Oct 1914 Shelling

12th of October 1914 Orders to Advance  location map

12th October 1914 Contact

13th Oct 1914 Heavy Shelling

13th of October 1914 Advance Resumed  location map

13th October 1914 Heavy casualties

14th of October 1914 Supporting the French  location map

14th October 1914 Heavily shelled all day

15th of October 1914 Advance Ordered to Continue  location map

15th October 1914 H.E. shells dropped

16th of October 1914 Empty German Trenches  location map

16th October 1914 In Reserve

17th of October 1914 An Advance  location map

17th October 1914 Assembly

18th Oct 1914 Attack Made

18th of October 1914 Advance Resumed  location map

18th October 1914 H.E. shell fire

19th of October 1914  Slow Progress   location map

19th October 1914 Billeted

20th of October 1914 A Fluid Front  location map

20th October 1914 Return to old positions

21st October 1914 Positioned in rear

22nd of October 1914 Our Line Attacked  location map

22nd October 1914 Exposed and vulnerable at the front

23rd of October 1914 Withdrawing to a New Line  location map

23rd October 1914 In Billets

24th of October 1914 Germans Attack  location map

24th October 1914 Road repaired

25th of October 1914 More Attacks  location map

25th October 1914 Orders to stand to arms.

26th of October 1914 Germans Repulsed  location map

26th October 1914 Working parties

27th of October 1914 A Counter Attack  location map

27th October 1914 Reinforcements joined.

28th of October 1914 Counter Attack Falters   location map

28th October 1914 Night attack was abandoned

29th of October 1914  Determined German Attack  location map

29th October 1914 Reinforcements distributed to companies.

30th of October 1914 German Attack Fades  location map

30th October 1914 Battalion marched to Calonne

31st of October 1914 A Counter Attack   location map

31st October 1914 Bn. marches to Strazeele and billets

1st November 1914 On the Move  location map

2nd of November 1914 Three Groups Organised  location map

2nd November 1914 Entrenching  location map

3rd of November 1914  Situation Report  location map

3rd November 1914 In Trenches

4th November 1914 Counter attack probable.

5th of November 1914  French Attack Falters

5th November 1914 In touch with French troops

6th November 1914 Quiet day

7th November 1914 Attack probable

8th of November 1914 Half-hearted Attacks  location map

8th November 1914 Quiet

10th November 1914 Connection maintained with French.

11th November 1914 Considerable shelling

12th November 1914 Troubled by German Light Gun

13th November 1914 Intermittent shelling.

14th November 1914 Battalion H.Q. Moves

15th of November 1914  2nd Corps Reorganise

15th November 1914 Change of command

16th November 1914 High explosive shells.

17th November 1914 Working parties for digging

18th of November 1914 Shell Fire

18th November 1914 Orders for relief

19th of November 1914 Movements   location map

19th November 1914 Billets  location map

20th November 1914 in Billets

21st November 1914 In billets

22nd of November 1914 In the Line  location map

22nd November 1914 Inspection

23rd of November 1914  Germans Digging In  location map

23rd November 1914 Billets

24th of November 1914  Our Artillery Effective  location map

24th November 1914 Reliefs

25th of November 1914  Royal Scots Shelled

25th November 1914 Trenches shelled by own guns

26th of November 1914 Quiet and Misty  location map

26th November 1914 Counter sniping

27th November 1914 Improvement of trenches

28th of November 1914  On the Move

28th November 1914 Quiet

29th of November 1914  Infantry Distribution  location map

29th November 1914 Orders Received

30th November 1914 Trenches strongly held

1st of December 1914  Quiet Time

1st December 1914 Reliefs  location map

2nd December 1914 Heavy shelling of trenches

3rd of December 1914 Instructions

3rd December 1914 Reliefs

3rd December 1914 Reliefs

4th December 1914 In billets

5th of December 1914  Relief Complete   location map

6th of December 1914 Frosty Night

7th December 1914 Relief

8th of December 1914 Poor Conditions

8th December 1914 Reliefs

9th Dec 1914 Snipers Active

9th December 1914 Quiet

10th of December 1914 Naval Victory Cheered

10th December 1914 Relief

11th December 1914 Battalion billeted.

12th December 1914 Battalion remained billeted

13th December 1914 Change of command

14th of December 1914  French on the Offensive  location map

14th December 1914 On the Move   location map

15th of December 1914  Operations Resumed  location map

15th December 1914 Ready

16th of December 1914  Instruction  location map

16th December 1914 In billets.

17th Dec 1914 Wet  location map

17th of December 1914 Wet Weather   location map

17th December 1914 Reliefs

18th of December 1914 No Progress

18th December 1914 Orders

19th December 1914 German trenches strongly held.

20th of December 1914 Direct Hits Made

20th December 1914 Orders

21st of December 1914 Howitzers Silenced  location map

21st December 1914 Trenches heavily shelled

22nd December 1914 Slight shelling

23rd Dec 1914 Marvelous Works

23rd of December 1914 Frosty Night

23rd December 1914 Own shells short

24th Dec 1914 Shelling  location map

24th December 1914 Enemy transport heard.

25th December 1914 Quiet day.

26th of December 1914 Messines Square Targetted   location map

26th December 1914 Sounds of singing

27th December 1914 Fairly heavy shellfire.

28th December 1914 Patrols

29th December 1914 Reliefs  location map

30th December 1914 In Billets

31st of December 1914 Message  location map

31st December 1914 In Billets

1st January 1915 In Billets

2nd January 1915 In Billets

4th of January 1915 Trench Work  location map

4th January 1915 Relief

5th January 1915 Sniping

6th January 1915 Enemy shelling

7th Jan 1915 Reliefs  location map

7th of January 1915 Very Wet Weather  location map

7th January 1915 Reliefs

8th of January 1915 Trenches Damaged   location map

8th January 1915 In Billets

10th Jan 1915 Difficult Conditions  location map

10th January 1915 Reliefs

11th January 1915 Shelled by light gun.

12th January 1915 Quiet day

13th Jan 1915 Reliefs  location map

13th of January 1915  Snipers Active   location map

13th January 1915 Reliefs

14th January 1915 In Billets

15th of January 1915 Germans Fire Slowly  location map

16th of January 1915 Squally Weather  location map

16th January 1915 On the Move

19th of January 1915  Thaw Sets In  location map

21st of January 1915 Wulverghem Shelled  location map

22nd of January 1915 Aeroplane-Aided Shelling  location map

24th of January 1915 Machine Gun Silenced  location map

24th January 1915 Reliefs  location map

25th January 1915 Quiet night.

26th January 1915 Snipers dugout destroyed.

27th Jan 1915 Support  location map

27th January 1915 Quiet

28th Jan 1915 Reliefs  location map

28th January 1915 Reliefs commenced.  location map

29th January 1915 Remained in billets

30th Jan 1915 Reliefs  location map

30th January 1915 Reliefs

31st January 1915 In Billets

1st of February 1915  No 7 Trench Hit

1st February 1915 New Billets

2nd February 1915 In Billets

3rd of February 1915  Snipers Silenced  location map

9th February 1915 Reliefs  location map

10th February 1915 Musketry fight.  location map

11th of February 1915 Hostile MG Shelled  location map

11th February 1915 Enemy shelling

12th of February 1915  Quiet Day

12th February 1915 Fairly quiet night.

13th of February 1915 Trenches Maintained  location map

13th February 1915 Considerable rifle fire

14th of February 1915 Germans Plan an Attack?

14th February 1915 In Billets

15th of February 1915 Heavy Rain

16th of February 1915 Baling All Night  location map

17th February 1915 Orders

18th Feb 1915 Orders

18th of February 1915 Grenades Cause Confusion  location map

18th February 1915 Orders Received

18th February 1915 Reliefs

19th Feb 1915 Mortar Fire

19th February 1915 Communication Problems

20th February 1915 Considerable Shelling

21st of February 1915 8th Howitzers Leave  location map

21st February 1915 Airship seen

22nd of February 1915 Cheering and Rockets  location map

22nd February 1915 Visit

23rd February 1915 Trenches and farms shelled

24th of February 1915 Snipers Checked  location map

24th February 1915 Battalion remained in farms above mentioned.

25th February 1915 Remained in farms

27th of February 1915 Brigade Relief  location map

27th February 1915 Reliefs

28th February 1915 In Billets

1st March 1915 In Billets

3rd March 1915 On the March  location map

4th March 1915 Reliefs

5th March 1915 Quiet Night.

6th March 1915 Enemy firing continuously

7th March 1915 Remained at Chateau.

8th Mar 1915 Reliefs  location map

8th March 1915 Reliefs

9th March 1915 German advance quashed

10th Mar 1915 Reliefs  location map

10th March 1915 Enemy Active

11th March 1915 In Billets

12th Mar 1915 Shelling  location map

12th March 1915 Reliefs

13th March 1915 Pump

14th Mar 1915 Bombardment

14th March 1915 Bombardment

15th March 1915 Shelling  location map

16th March 1915  Information

16th March 1915 Orders  location map

17th March 1915 Into Billets  location map

18th of March 1915 Trench Mortars

18th March 1915 Remained in huts

21st of March 1915 Intelligence

21st March 1915 Reliefs

22nd March 1915 Enemy Active

23rd March 1915 Patrol

23rd March 1915 Reliefs.

24th March 1915 At Rest

25th March 1915 Reliefs

26th March 1915 Parapet badly damaged.

27th March 1915 Bursts of fire during night.

28th March 1915 Relief complete.

28th March 1915 Reliefs

29th March 1915 At Rest

31st March 1915 On the March  location map

1st April 1915 In huts  location map

5th April 1915 Reliefs

6th April 1915 Very wet night.

7th of April 1915 Mostly Quiet   location map

7th April 1915 Relief in trenches

8th April 1915 Into huts  location map

9th April 1915 In huts.  location map

10th April 1915 Reliefs  location map

11th of April 1915 Train Fired On  location map

11th April 1915 Relief completed.

12th April 1915 Patrol

13th April 1915 Increased rifle fire

14th April 1915 Situation unchanged

15th April 1915 Rifle and Machine Gun Fire

16th April 1915 Quiet

17th of April 1915  Mines Exploded  location map

17th April 1915 Preparations for explosion of mines.  location map

6th of May 1915 Another Attack Fails  location map

27th May 1915 The fate that has befallen Belgium

1st Jun 1915 Reliefs

13th Jun 1915 Shelling  location map

17th Jun 1915 Reliefs  location map

21st Jun 1915 Reliefs  location map

27th Jun 1915 Reliefs  location map

3rd Jul 1915 Reliefs  location map

30th of July 1915  Detrainment

10th of August 1915  Relief of French  location map

15th of August 1915  3 Salvos Fired  location map

22nd August 1915 Order of battle.

24th of August 1915 Relief Completed  location map

1st Sep 1915 On the March  location map

10th of September 1915  Enemy Hit Dummy Battery  location map

11th of September 1915 Changes of Command  location map

1st of October 1915 Snipers Active  location map

2nd of October 1915 `Shows' and Football  location map

6th Oct 1915 Reliefs  location map

20th of October 1915 Gun Distribution  location map

25th of October 1915 German Mine Exploded  location map

29th of October 1915 Listening Post Blocked  location map

3rd Nov 1915 Reliefs

9th Nov 1915 Reliefs

15th Nov 1915 Reliefs

21st Nov 1915 Reliefs

28th Nov 1915 Hard Frost

3rd Dec 1915 Reliefs

8th Dec 1915 Attack

9th Dec 1915 Wet Night

13th Dec 1915 Very Wet

18th Dec 1915 Reliefs

20th of December 1915 Deserter Taken

22nd Dec 1915 In Billets

26th Dec 1915 Reliefs

28th of December 1915 Retaliatory Firing  location map

29th December 1915 Reliefs

7th May 1916 Enemy Attack

8th May 1916 Prisoners

4th Oct 1916 Shoots

16th Nov 1916 Reliefs

5th January 1917 Trench Raid  location map

15th Jan 1917 Air Raid

2nd Feb 1918 Reliefs

4th Feb 1918 Reliefs

19th Feb 1918 Reliefs

4th of September 1914 An Easier March

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  • Blackham Victor Charles. Pte
  • Dashwood Albert Frank. L/Cpl. (d.5th Mar 1915)
  • Dowse Alfred J.. Pte.
  • Thurley George William. Pte.
  • Toogood Arthur Thomas. Pte. (d.12th Jun 1915)

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  Pte. Alfred J. Dowse 1st. Btn. Dorsetshire Regiment

Alfred Dowse was a brother of my maternal grandmother, who sadly I only ever met just before he died. He served with the 14th Battalion, Hampshire Regiment, was wounded (we think with shell shock) in October 1916 and was repatriated to England. His Medal Roll index indicates that he returned to active service,but this time it was with the 1st. Battalion, Dorset Regiment

Derek Gibson






  Pte. Arthur Thomas Toogood 1st Btn. Dorsetshire Regiment (d.12th Jun 1915)

Arthur Toogood served with the 1st Btn. Dorsetshire Regiment.

Kath






  Pte. George William Thurley 1st Btn. Dorsetshire Regt

i am looking for imformation on my grandfather Ive tried every ave but cant seem to trace him , he was born in islington london around 1894 his father was called charles thurley a platelayer, his mother was mary thurley nee hollister, george joined the army and in 1918 / 1920 he was stationed in northern ireland in a barracks called embrigton barracks in derry city nth ireland here he met my grandmother a nellie evans who he then married in may 1920 at all saints church near his barracks , they both went to england were they had 3 children all girls my grandmother returned to derry a few years later around 1930,s but on her own george did not make any attempt to contact any of his childern ,all of whom are now dead but they all married and had families of their own. georges wife nellie died on boxing day 1957. any info on george would be great

patricia glenn






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