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7th Battalion, Kings Shropshire Light Infantry
7th (Service) Battalion, King's Shropshire Light Infantry were raised at Shrewsbury in September 1914, part of Kitchener's First Army they were attached to 76th Brigade, 25th Division. They moved to Codford for training then to Bournemouth in May 1915, to Romsey in late May then in June to Aldershot. They proceeded to France on the 28th of September 1915 landing at Boulogne and and concentrating in the area of Nieppe. On the 15th of October 1915 76th Brigade were transferred to 3rd Division and on the 19th the Battalion was moved to 8th Brigade still with 3rd Division. In 1916 they took part in The Actions of the Bluff and St Eloi Craters then moved to The Somme for The Battle of Albert, The Battle of Bazentin helping to capture Longueval, The Battle of Delville Wood and The Battle of the Ancre. In 1917 They were at Arras, seeing action at Battles of the Scarpe and The Battle of Arleux. They moved north to the Flanders and were in action during The Battle of the Menin Road and Battle of Polygon Wood during the Third Battle of Ypres. Then moved south and were in action at The Battle of Cambrai. In 1918 They were in action on The Somme, in the Battles of the Lys, the Battles of the Hindenburg Line and the Battle of the Selle. After the Armistice 3rd Division advanced into Germany as part of the Occupation Force.
26th Sep 1914 On the Move
28th May 1916 On the March
12th July 1916 The attack has again been put off, but preparations continue.
14th July 1916 The Battalion left their trenches in front of Carnoy at about 2200 hours
20th July 1916 Orders 
1st September 1916 The trenches require considerable repairs and there is a great deal of wiring required in front of our line.
16th November 1916 Warned for Move
17th November 1916 Reliefs
20th November 1916 Reliefs
28th November 1916 Draining of trenches complete.
29th November 1916 Enemy Artillery was not particularly active.
10th December 1916 Reliefs
21st December 1916 Reliefs
4th April 1917 Reliefs
9th April 1917 In Action
24th April 1917 Reliefs
1st May 1917 Orders Received
1st May 1917 Operation Order No. 2.
14th May 1917 Report
17th May 1917 Report
27th July 1917 Reliefs
4th August 1917 Reliefs
12th August 1917 Divine Service.
20th August 1917 Reliefs
26th September 1917 Attack Made
2nd November 1917 Parades and classes of instruction.
5th November 1917 Reliefs
11th November 1917 Reliefs
18th November 1917 Church parades.
19th November 1917 Relief
24th November 1917 Reliefs
29th November 1917 Move cancelled.
4th December 1917 Reliefs
26th December 1917 Battalion front extended
31st of January 1918 Training
8th February 1918 Enemy attempted raid
6th March 1918 Stand To
14th March 1918 Reliefs
27th March 1918 Front heavily bombarded
28th Mar 1918 Terrific Attack
28th March 1918 Line Held
11th April 1918 Into the Line
11th June 1918 Battalion relieved by 7th K.S.L.I. in the Front Line
20th June 1918 Preparing to move to trenches.
28th June 1918 Battalion relieved by 1st Royal Scots. Fusiliers
11th July 1918 Operation Orders.
11th July 1918 Inspections preparatory to moving to the line.
18th July 1918 Reliefs
1st August 1918 Battalion relieved 7th K.S.L.I. at night in Locon sector.
1st Aug 1918 Some Shelling
1st Aug 1918 Dispositions
2nd Aug 1918 Hostile Artillery Active
3rd Aug 1918 Quiet
4th Aug 1918 Orders Received
5th Aug 1918 Patrols
6th Aug 1918 Some Shelling
7th Aug 1918 HQ Moves
21st August 1918 The attack commenced at 0455 hours
2nd September 1918 On the Move
18th September 1918 Heavy Shelling
20th September 1918 Battalion engaged cleaning trenches and repairing damage.
27th September 1918 Heavy Shelling
1st October 1918 Battalion "Stood To" ready to move at 0700 hours.
6th October 1918 0600 hours Brigade H.Q. informed that posts had been pushed forward and that companies were organised in depth.
24th October 1918 Verbal Orders
26th Oct 1918 Reliefs
26th October 1918 On the Move
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Those known to have served with7th Battalion, Kings Shropshire Light Infantry during the Great War 1914-1918. - Baldry Henry William. L/Cpl. (d.3rd April 1916)
- Clarke William. Pte (d.27th Sep 1918)
- Corfield Henry. Pte. (d.22nd Aud 1916)
- Fleming Henry John. Pte. (d.19th December 1916)
- Hanock Harry. L/Cpl. (d.7th Nov 1917)
- Howard William John. Pte. (d.21st August 1918)
- Howells Harry. Pte. (d.25th Apr 1916)
- Pope F. G.. Cpl. (d.26th Sep 1917)
- Price Frederick George. Pte. (d.2nd August 1916)
- Ree Henry. Pte. (d.30th Mar 1918)
- Ree Henry. Pte. (d.30th March 1918)
- Seare Edmund Josiah Henry . Pte. (d.14th Jul 1916)
- Tranter Joseph. Pte. (d.1st Oct 1918)
- Wilkes MM. William Ernest. Pte.
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Pte. Henry Corfield 7th Btn. King's Shropshire Light Infantry (d.22nd Aud 1916) Herny Corfield was killed in action on the 22nd of August 1916, aged 38 and is buried in Plot 2. B. 102 in the Corbie Communal Cemetery Extension in France.
He was the son of Eunice Griffiths, of 25, Crown Yard, Little Dawley, Dawley, Shropshire.
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Pte. Henry Ree 7th Btn. Kings Shropshire Light Infantry (d.30th March 1918) Henry Ree is my great uncle. He enlisted into 7th Btn Kings Shropshire Light Infantry in 1914/15. He landed in France on the 28th of September 1915. Henry was reported missing on the 18th of March 1918, believed to have been seriously wounded and captured by Germans. He was taken to Estrees Field Hospital where he died of wounds on the 30th of March 1918. He was interred at Eltrees and then on 30th of September 1920 finally laid to rest in Sauchy Cauchy Cemetery, France.
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Pte. Henry Ree 7th Btn. Kings Shropshire Light Infantry (d.30th Mar 1918) Henry Ree died of wounds on 30th of March 1918 and was finally interred in Sauchy Cauchy Cemetery.
I have been endeavouring to establish where he was located when he was wounded. So far, the best I have been able to establish is that Henry was probably wounded during the period 21st to 28th of March 1918 when the 7th Battalion, according to the War Diary, suffered 174 wounded ORs.
During this period the Unit was located near Heninel. Given the proximity of Sauchy Cauchy to Heninel it appears probable, assuming Henry was with the 7th, he was one of the 174.
Henry was 25 years old when he died and is remembered in the churches at Stoke Edith and Yarkhill in Herefordshire.
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L/Cpl. Henry William Baldry 7th Battalion Kings Shropshire Light Infantry (d.3rd April 1916) Harry Baldry served with the 7th Battalion, Kings Shropshire Light Infantry.
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Cpl. F. G. Pope 7th Btn. Kings Shropshire Light Infantry (d.26th Sep 1917) F G Pope was an American who joined the British Army.
I'm a 35 year old woman living in Antwerp, Belgium.
I decided to adopt a grave at Tyne Cot Cemetery.
They are all soldiers who died in Flanders.
This was the soldiers' grave given to me and of course the little information that came with it.
So I'm still looking for information.
I really hope I can find out more about him and maybe even some family; that would be the best.
But until then I'll keep on searching
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Pte. William John Howard 7th Btn. Kings Shropshire Light Infantry (d.21st August 1918) William Howard was my great uncle on my mother's side. We have visited his grave in Bucquoy Road Cemetery France, a sad and lonely place.
The 21st of August 2018 will the 100th anniversary of his death. Little is known about his service history as according to the CWGC many records were lost during the bombing in the WW2.
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Pte. Joseph Tranter 7th Btn. (d.1st Oct 1918) Joseph Tranter as born in September 1895 at Stockend, Harescombe, Gloucestershire. He enlisted at Ross on Wye Herefordshire and was killed in action 1st October 1918 age 22, at the Battle of Cambrai. He served as a Stretcher bearer attached to Kings Shropshire Light Infantry service number 28246 and South Lancashire Regiment service number 45288. Joe is commemorated on Vis en Artois Memorial, as he has no known grave.
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Pte. Edmund Josiah Henry Seare 7th Btn. Kings Shropshire Light Infantry (d.14th Jul 1916) Edmund Seare was my Great-Grandfather's Cousin. He was born in 1888 at St.Mary Cray, near Orpington, Kent. He worked as a 'Beneath Ground Worker' in a Colliery. He moved to Wales in approximately 1909 and was married in 1910. His wife was called Mary M Jones. They lived at 4 Gertrude Street, Abercynon in Llanwonno, Wales. He carried on working as a collier in Pontypridd. Edmund and Mary had 4 children together: a daughter, Sarah J Seare (born 1910) and 3 sons, Alfred (born 1912), David (born 1913) and Edmund (born 1914).
He is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial, France.
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L/Cpl. Harry Hanock 7th Btn. Kings Own Shropshire Light Infantry (d.7th Nov 1917) My uncle, Lance Corporal Harry Hancock, 14199 was killed on 7th November 1917, I'd like to know what 7th Battalion KSLI were doing on this date?
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