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1st Battalion, Hampshire Regiment
1st Battalion, Hampshire Regiment were in Colchester with 11th Brigade, 4th Division when war broke out in August 1914. This Division was held back from the original British Expeditionary Force by a last minute decision to defend England against a possible German landing. The fate of the BEF in France and the lack of any move by the Enemy to cross the channel, reversed this decision and the 1st Hampshires moved to Harrow to prepare to proceed to France. They landed at Le Havre on the 23rd of August 1914 arriving in time to provide infantry reinforcements at the Battle of Le Cateau, the Divisional Artillery, Engineers, Field Ambulances and mounted troops being still en-route at this time. They were in action at the The Battle of the Marne, The Battle of the Aisne and at The Battle of Messines in 1914. In 1915 they fought in The Second Battle of Ypres and in 1916 moved south and were in action during the Battles of the Somme. In 1917 they were at Arras, in action during the The First and Third Battles of the Scarpe, before heading north for the Third Battle of Ypres, where they fought in The Battle of Polygon Wood, The Battle of Broodseinde, The Battle of Poelcapelle and The First Battle of Passchendaele. In 1918 they were in action on The Somme, then returned to Flanders fighting in the Defence of Hinges Ridge during The Battle of Hazebrouck and in The Battle of Bethune, The Advance in Flanders The Second Battles of Arras, the Battles of the Hindenburg Line and the Final Advance in Picardy. The 4th Division was demobilised in Belgium in early 1919.
29th Jul 1914 Troops deployed
26th Aug 1914 Shellfire
27th Aug 1914 Enemy Advance
27th August 1914 On the Move
30th Aug 1914 Rear Guard
30th of August 1914 A Hot March
30th Aug 1914 On the March
31st Aug 1914 Rear Guard
31st August 1914 Continued withdrawals
31st Aug 1914 On the March
1st Sep 1914 Rear Guard
1st Sep 1914 Withdrawal
1st Sep 1914 On the March
2nd September 1914 Further retreat
2nd Sep 1914 Rear Guard
2nd Sep 1914 Withdrawal
2nd Sep 1914 On the March
3rd Sep 1914 Rear Guard
3rd of September 1914 Across the Marne
3rd Sep 1914 On the March
4th September 1914 Relocation
4th Sep 1914 Rear Guard
4th Sep 1914 On the March
5th September 1914 Rear guard retires
5th Sep 1914 Rear Guard
6th Sep 1914 Advance Guard
6th Sep 1914 On the March
7th Sep 1914 Advance Guard
8th Sep 1914 Advance Guard
9th September 1914 Battle of Marne
9th Sep 1914 Bridging
10th September 1914 Battle of Marne
10th of September 1914 Marching
12th September 1914 On the March
12th Sep 1914 On the March
13th Sep 1914 Attack Made The 1st Hampshires led the attack against the Germans at the 1st Battle of the Aisne.
13th September 1914 Continued Advance
13th Sep 1914 On the March
15th Sep 1914 Holding the Line
16th Sep 1914 Reorganisation
17th Sep 1914 Shelling
18th Sep 1914 Reorganisation
20th Sep 1914 Reinforcements
23rd Sep 1914 Reinforcements
24th Sep 1914 Trench Work
30th Sep 1914 Trench Work
5th Oct 1914 Trench Work
6th Oct 1914 Reliefs
7th Oct 1914 On the March
8th Oct 1914 On the March
9th Oct 1914 On the March
10th Oct 1914 On the March
11th Oct 1914 On the Move
12th Oct 1914 On the Move
13th Oct 1914 On the March
14th Oct 1914 On the March
15th Oct 1914 In Action
16th Oct 1914 Attack Made
17th Oct 1914 In Reserve
18th Oct 1914 On the March
19th Oct 1914 Shelling
20th Oct 1914 Digging in
21st Oct 1914 On the March
22nd Oct 1914 Reliefs
27th Oct 1914 Trench Work
28th Oct 1914 Reliefs 
29th Oct 1914 Holding the Line
30th Oct 1914 Under Shellfire
30th Oct 1914 Attack Made
31st Oct 1914 Attack Made
1st Nov 1914 Bombardment
2nd Nov 1914 Reliefs Complete
3rd Nov 1914 Quiet
4th Nov 1914 Reliefs
5th Nov 1914 Trench Work
6th Nov 1914 Snipers
7th Nov 1914 Continued Action
7th Nov 1914 Prisoners Taken
8th Nov 1914 Snipers
9th Nov 1914 Snipers
14th Nov 1914 Reliefs
17th Nov 1914 Reliefs
18th Nov 1914 Heavy Rain
22nd Nov 1914 Reinforcements
30th Nov 1914 Defence Work
5th December 1914 Quiet
9th December 1914 Uniforms
18th Dec 1914 Wet Weather
19th Dec 1914 Attack Made
25th Dec 1914 Quiet
31st Dec 1914 Quiet
31st Jan 1915 Quiet
8th Feb 1915 Instruction
19th Feb 1915 Quiet
27th Feb 1915 Instruction
28th Feb 1915 Intermittent Shelling
14th Mar 1915 Change of Command
19th Mar 1915 Change of Routine
31st Mar 1915 Quiet
1st Apr 1915 In the Trenches
5th Apr 1915 Reliefs
11th Apr 1915 Reliefs
15th Apr 1915 Reliefs
15th Apr 1915 Reliefs
23rd Apr 1915 Orders
25th Apr 1915 Confusion
26th Apr 1915 Heavy Casualties
26th Apr 1915 Confusion
27th Apr 1915 In the Trenches
27th Apr 1915 Reinforcements
28th Apr 1915 Counter Attack
29th Apr 1915 Line Extended
30th Apr 1915 Under Shellfire
1st May 1915 Shelling
2nd May 1915 Shelling
3rd May 1915 Orders
4th May 1915 Withdrawal
5th May 1915 Orders
9th May 1915 Holding the Line
10th May 1915 Reliefs Complete
11th May 1915 Shelling
12th May 1915 Enemy Active
13th May 1915 Bombardment
14th May 1915 Quieter
15th May 1915 Quiet
16th May 1915 Reliefs
17th May 1915 In Support
19th May 1915 Reliefs
21st of May 1915 Awards
22nd May 1915 Reliefs
23rd May 1915 Working Parties
23rd May 1915 Into Billets
23rd May 1915 Working Parties
24th May 1915 Orders
25th May 1915 Ready
27th May 1915 Reliefs
28th May 1915 In the Trenches
29th May 1915 In the Trenches
30th May 1915 Shelling
31st May 1915 Quiet
1st Dec 1915 Outposts
13th Dec 1915 Orders
26th Apr 1916 Trench Work
1st July 1916 1st Hampshires in action 1st Battalion Hampshire Regiment were fighting in the Beaumont-Hamel area of the conflict on this day, and dead were buried at Redan Ridge No 2 cemetery.
1st Jul 1916 Attack Made
1st Jul 1916 Over the Top
1st July 1916 Bombardment
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Those known to have served with1st Battalion, Hampshire Regiment during the Great War 1914-1918. - Abbott MC. Charles. 2nd Lt.
- Andrews George John. Pte. (d.8th November 1914)
- Barton Herbert John. L/Cpl. (d.8th June 1918)
- Behan Michael William. CQMS (d.8th Oct 1917)
- Blewitt Fred. Pte. (d.22nd April 1918)
- Brown Archibold. (d.22nd January 1917)
- Budd Thomas . Capt.
- Bushen John Henry. Pte. (d.1st November 1918)
- Cole Ernest Edward. Cpl.
- Cuff Archibald John. Pte. (d.14th May 1915)
- Daw William Henry. Pte.
- Eldridge Albert John Walter. Cpl. (d.22nd Apr 1918)
- Fether Edward. L/Cpl. (d.1st July 1916)
- Goodall James. Pte.
- Green Arthur. Cpl. (d.12th April 1918)
- Harbut Richard. Pte. (d.7th Jul 1915)
- Hemmett William Alfred. Pte. (d.25th April 1916)
- Hicks Frederick R. Lt.Col. (d.12th Jun 1915)
- Kelly John. Pte. (d.22nd April 1918)
- Lee William Henry. L/Cpl (d.16th Sep 1914)
- Leech James Thomas. Pte. (d.28th Apr 1916)
- Linklater Robert. Pte. (d.11th April 1917)
- McCarthy William Daniel. Pte. (d.4th Oct 1917)
- Merritt William. (d.30th Oct 1914)
- Neville William Garlick. Pte. (d.1st July 1916)
- Newberry William Sidney. Pte. (d.4th Oct1917)
- Paice Nathaniel John. Pte. (d.24th Jul 1918)
- Parsons William George. Pte. (d.4th July 1916)
- Payne Archibald Mark. (d.1st Jul 1916)
- Payne Ernest. Pte. (d.16th April 1917)
- Peachey Harry Thomas James. Pte. (d.23rd Oct 1916)
- Perris Thomas. Pte.
- Price Harry. Pte. (d.9th July 1915)
- Rickman Henry Robert. Pte. (d.12 April 1917)
- Ryder Leonard. Pte. (d.3rd Nov 1914)
- Seely Frank Reginald. 2nd Lt. (d.13 April 1917)
- Seely Frank Reginald. 2nd Lt. (d.Apr 1917)
- Shave H.. Pte. (d.24th October 1918)
- Shaw John Henry. Pte (d.5th December 1918)
- Sheath J. C. W.. Pte.
- Taylor Walter William. L/Cpl. (d.12th May 1917)
- Thatcher Harry. Pte. (d.13th May 1915)
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L/Cpl William Henry Lee 1st Btn. Hampshire Regiment (d.16th Sep 1914) I am researching the men of Farnborough, Hampshire who died in the First World War and who are recorded on the memorial in St Peter's Church, William Lee is amongst them.
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Cpl. Albert John Walter Eldridge 1st Btn. Hampshire Regiment (d.22nd Apr 1918) Albert Eldridge was my Grandfather. He enlisted on 22nd September 1914 and apparently was shot and killed by a sniper whilst being stretchered to hospital. He left a wife, 4 daughters and a son, my father.
He is buried in Pont du Hem Military Cemetery, La Gorgue, near Le Bassee, France.
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Cpl. Ernest Edward Cole 11th Btn. Hampshire Regiment Ernest Cole was my Grandfather. During WW1 he served with the 11th Battalion Hampshire Regiment. Post war he was commissioned into the Tank Corps as as second Lieutenant.
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Pte. H. Shave 1st Battalion Hampshire Regiment (d.24th October 1918) H Shave was my nan's uncle and she was told by her dad that he was shot by a sniper out of a tree. He was buried at Denain Communal Cemetery.
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Pte. George John Andrews 1st Battalion Hampshire Regiment (d.8th November 1914) George Andrews served with the 1st Battalion, Hampshire Regiment. I have done a small amount of research after finding my great uncle George's service issue Bible. He was a regular and had served in South
He was deployed and sadly killed at Ploegsteert (Plug Street Wood) on 8th of November 1914. I would be grateful if anyone else has information about these brave patriots who gave their life in this campaign.
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Capt. Thomas Budd 1st Btn. Hampshire Regiment One of 3 Brothers who Served in WW1 in France-
Thomas Budd - 17/21st Lancers, later Captain 1st Battalion, Hampshire Regiment - A regular Soldier from 1899 - 1919.
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Frederick Budd - 7th Service Battalion, East Surrey Regiment.
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Arthur Benjamin Budd 1st Battalion, Hampshire Regiment.
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Pte. William George Parsons 1st Btn. Hampshire Regiment (d.4th July 1916) William Parsons served with the 1st Battalion Hampshire Regiment during WW1. He succumbed to injuries sustained during the Battle of the Somme and passed away on 4th of July 1916 at the age of 22.
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Cpl. Arthur Green 1st Btn. Wiltshire Regiment (d.12th April 1918) Arthur Green was born and raised in the Hampshire town of Whitchurch. He enlisted with the Hampshire Regiment and served for 3 years as a regular soldier before returning to his home town where he worked as a groom and barman in local hotels and public houses. He married and started a family but was recalled as a reservist at the very outbreak of the Great War. He fought alongside his comrades in the 1st Hampshires throughout 1915 And into 1916 when, on the terrible first day of The Battle of the Somme, he was seriously injured on Redan Ridge and evacuated to England.
Having recovered Arthur was rebadged and was soon at the front again with 1st Wiltshires. April 1918 found him in front of Plugstreet Wood as a Corporal facing the onslaught of what was to be the last desperate attempt by the Germans to achieve victory on the Western Front. We can only assume that Arthur was wounded in this battle and captured as he was buried in a German cemetery at La Basse Ville, Warneton, close by a German hospital and several miles in the rear of their front.
Corporal Arthur Green now rests in The Strand Cemetery proudly remembered by his succesors and their extended families.
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Pte. William Garlick Neville 1st Btn. Hampshire Regiment (d.1st July 1916) My great uncle William Garlick Neville was killed on the first day of the Somme - 1st July 1916 - and is buried at Redan Ridge Cemetary No 2 in Beaumont Hamel. He came from Mortimer in Berkshire and was my grandad's younger brother. Before the war he was the postman for the village and a local bell ringer. He is also commemerated on the web page for the Central Council of Bellringers and on the war memorial in Mortimer.
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Archibold Brown 1st Btn. Hampshire Regiment (d.22nd January 1917) I am trying to locate anyone who has information about the 1st Hampshires. My great grandad died in 1917 in France. I know that the 1st Hampshire Regiment was in France with the 298th brigade RFA.
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Pte. James Goodall 1st Btn. Hampshire Regiment James Goodall served with the 1st Battalion, Hamshire Regiment
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Pte. Leonard Ryder 1st Btn. Hampshire Regiment (d.3rd Nov 1914) At the age of 73 years, I have recently discovered that I had an Uncle Leonard Ryder who served in WW1. I know nothing remarkable about him except that he was sent to France in August 1914 and died of wounds on 3rd November 1914.
He was the eldest of a poor family of seven children. He was 17 years old. What makes it remarkable for me is how this knowledge has so strongly brought home the reality of this War and the sacrifice made by so many thousands of young boys and men.
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Pte. William Henry Daw 1st Btn. Hampshire Regiment William Henry Daw joined the British Army 23/10/1910 and served until until 22/03/1919. He was originally with the 2nd Dragoon Guards then the 1st Hampshire Regiment, possibly with the 2nd Hampshire Regiment as we believe he was wounded in Gallipoli and ended WW1 with the 116 Lwashin, 2nd Western General Hospital in Manchester and same hospital again in August 1917
He died 23rd March 1976
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L/Cpl. Walter William Taylor 1st. Battalion Hampshire Regiment (d.12th May 1917) Walter Taylor was killed in action on the 12th of May 1917. He is buried in Point-du-Jour Military Cemetery, Athies-les-Arras, France
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Pte John Henry Shaw Hampshire Regiment (d.5th December 1918) John Shaw,Pte. 87878. 1st Bn. Hampshire Regt. died of Influenza on the 5th of Dec. 1918 aged 30. He was the son of Thomas and Jane Shaw, Husband of Annie Shaw (nee Marshall) of 133 Victoria Square, Juvenal st Liverpool. This Gentlemen was my Great Great Grandfather who survived the to see end of the war but Died in a Field Hospital in Valenciennes France of Influenza.
It would mean a great deal to me if anyone had any information of my relative and to know that he can be recognised for his bravery via this website, I dont have a great deal of infomation on him and its extremely hard to find information about him or the 1st Bn. Hampshire Regt.
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Pte. Fred Blewitt 1st Battalion Hampshire Regiment (d.22nd April 1918) Fred Blewitt is my grandmother's young brother who was only 18 yrs old when he died. I didn't know whose relation he was until I looked up his death record on Ancestry.com.
Where I was also told that he is named on the Loos-en-Gohelle Memorial, and I having looked this up; it is supposed to name the dead who could not be identified. But also he is buried at the Cambrin Military Cemetery not far from Bethune where the Hampshire Regiment where fighting in 1918.
There is also another conflicting facts, on a note given to my Gran showing where he is buried. It states that he was in the 10th Battalion, King's Shropshire Light Infantry. Where as the death scroll that I have states he was in the Hampshire's and his Reg No was 230188, where on Ancestry it has his Reg no as 44315.
It looks as if I will have to pay a visit to Kew to find out if they were two different people.
Editor's Note: The information you have does relate to two individuals: Private 44315 Fred Blewitt of the 1st Battalion, Hampshire Regiment, was aged 18 when he died on 22nd of April 1918, he is remembered on the Loos Memorial his remains not being recovered from the battlefield. He was the brother of Mr. R. A. Blewett, of 18, Gworus St., Penzance.
Private 230188 Frederick Blewitt was a territorial with the 1st Shropshire Yeomanry, he went to France on the 16th of June 1915. Whilst serving with the 10th Btn. King's Shropshire Light Infantry, he died on the 9th of November 1918 whilst being treated at 54th Casualty Clearing Station and is buried at Cambrin. He lived in Preston Brockhurst and had enlisted in Lichfield. His father's name was Thomas.
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Pte. John Kelly 1st Btn. Hampshire Regiment (d.22nd April 1918) John Kelly was killed at Pacaut Wood and is buried at Mont Bernanchon Military Cemetery
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William Merritt 1st Btn. Hampshire Regiment (d.30th Oct 1914) I have recently discovered my great uncle William Merritt is on the war memorial in Fareham close to the Trinity church.
I have found out he died at Plugstreet in October 1914 though unclear if it was 27th or 30th October. I am also unsure where his remains lie at rest but assume he is one of the 56 men resting in peace at the cemetery in Plugstreet.
If anyone has any information relating to great uncle William please, please, please let me know. He has been discovered after being forgotten.
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Lt.Col. Frederick R Hicks 1st Btn. Hampshire Regiment (d.12th Jun 1915) Frederick Hicks, my grandfather, was the son of Francis Hicks and husband of Grace Winifred Hicks, of Lanhainsworth, St. Columb. He previously served in Uganda during the British East Africa Expedition (1897-98) and at the beginning of the war served in the South African Campaign. Frederick had his leg blown off in the Second Battle of Ypres on May 1st 1915, and was transported back to England. He died of gangrene aged 44, and is buried in St. Columb Major Cemetery, Cornwall.
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Pte. James Thomas Leech 1st Btn. Hampshire Regiment (d.28th Apr 1916) James Thomas Leech served with the 1st Battalion, Hampshire Regiment and was killed in action on the 28th April 1916, aged 20. He is buried in the Foncquevillers Military Cemetery in France.
James was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Mark Leech, of 140, Crockett's Rd., Handsworth, Birmingham.
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