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10th Battalion, Hampshire Regiment



   10th Battalion, Hampshire Regiment was raised at Winchester in August 1914 as part of Kitchener's First New Army and moved to Dublin, and joined 10th (Irish) Division as Divisional Troops. They moved to Mullingar in September and in March 1915 to the Curragh, transferring to 29th Brigade still with 10th (Irish) Division. They retruned to England in May and underwent final training at Basingstoke. They sailed for Gallipoli from Liverpool on the 7th of July, via Mudros. They landed at Anzac Cove and went into action on Sari Bair between the 6th and 10th of August then went on to attack Hill 60 later in the month. They were withdrawn from Gallipoli on the 29th of September 1915 to Mudros, moving to Salonika, landing between the 5th and 10th of October. On the 7th and 8th of December they were in action at Kosturino, in the retreat from Serbia. Some units of the Division were in action at the Karajakois and Yenikoi in late September and early October. They sailed from Salonika to Egypt in early September, concentrating near Rafa to prepare for the Palestine Campaign. On the 2nd of November 1916 the 10th Hampshires transferred to 82nd Brigade, 27th Division. In 1917 they were in action durinhg the capture of Homondos. In mid 1918 a number of units returned to France and in Sepetember the remaining units of the 27th Division were in action in the final offensive in Salonika, including the capture of the Roche Noir Salient, the passage of the Vardar river and the pursuit to the Strumica valley. Hostilities with Bulgaria ceased on the 30th of September, the 27th Division continued to advance and war wasordered to halt and turn about on the 2nd of November, being ordered to the Black Sea. The Division reached Constantinople on the 19th of December and set up a HQ at Tiflis in January 1919. The Division was finally disbanded on the 24th of September 1919 at Batum.

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8th Aug 1915 On the March

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10th Aug 1915 Attack

11th Aug 1915 Relief

13th Aug 1915 In the Trenches

19th Aug 1915 In the Trenches

20th Aug 1915 Relief

21st Aug 1915 In Action

31st Aug 1915 In Support

13th May 1917 Bombardment

15th May 1917 Attack Made

16th May 1917 Counter Attack

18th August 1917 Orders

1st Sep 1917 On the Move

5th Sep 1917 On the Move

22nd Sep 1917 On the Move

7th August 1918 Reliefs

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Those known to have served with

10th Battalion, Hampshire Regiment

during the Great War 1914-1918.

  • Day Harry. L/Sgt. (d.7th December 1915)
  • Oxford Harold George. Cpl (d.10th August 1915)
  • Salter Charles Greenhood. Pte. (d.12th Jul 1915)
  • Scripps John. Pte. (d.6th Sep 1918)
  • Wright Charles Robert. Pte. (d.21st Aug 1915)

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  Pte. Charles Greenhood Salter 10th Battalion Hampshire Regiment (d.12th Jul 1915)

Charles Salter in remembered on the Doiran Memorial in Greece







  Cpl Harold George Oxford 10th Btn Hampshire Regiment (d.10th August 1915)

Harold Oxford was born at Melbury Abbas, Dorsetshire in early 1881 to Fred and Elizabeth Oxford. He was living with his parents in Paynes Road, Freemantle, Southampton at the time of the 1911 census and working as a dock labourer. Husband of Alice Wayman of Fordingbridge, Hampshire (marriage registered April-June 1915).

Harold served with the 10th Battalion, Hampshire Regiment in WW1 and died 10th of August 1915 at Gallipoli. He is remembered on the Helles Memorial in Turkey.







  Pte. Charles Robert Wright 10th Battalion Royal Hampshire Regiment (d.21st Aug 1915)

Charles Wright was my Sister-in- Law, Ann Sweeney's, grandfather. He died at Gallipoli on 21st of August 1915 and is commemorated on the Helles Monument. However, as he died without mentioning to the army that he was married, his widow never received a pension. This meant that his two daughters, one of which was Ann's Mum, had to go to work, in service, at a very early age to make ends meet.

Colin Sweeney






  Pte. John Scripps 10th Btn. Hampshire Regiment (d.6th Sep 1918)

John Scripps, enlisted at Tottenham, where he joined the Bedfordshire Regiment. Seconded as a private to the 10th Battalion, The Hampshire Regiment. He died of his wounds, 6th September 1918 at the Battle of Roche Noir near Salonika in Greece and is buried at Karasouli Military Cemetery in Greece.

Chris Allan






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