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8th Battalion, Kings Shropshire Light Infantry
8th (Service) Battalion, King's Shropshire Light Infantry were raised at Shrewsbury in September 1914, part of Kitchener's Third Army and joined 66th Brigade, 22nd Division. They trained at Seaford, spending the winter in billets at Eastbourne from December returning to Seaford in March 1915. They moved to Aldershot in May for final training and proceeded to France on the 5th of September, the division concentrating near Flesselles. In October they moved to Marseilles by train and embarked for Salonika on the 27th. 67th Brigade, 9th Borders, 68th Field Ambulance and the Advanced Divisional HQ saw their fisrt action in the second week of December in the Retreat from Serbia. In 1916 the division fought in the the Battle of Horseshoe Hill and Battle of Machukovo. In 1917 they were in action during the Battles of Doiran. In mid 1918 a number of units transferred to France, the remainder fo the division again being in action at Doiran just before the Armistice with Bulgaria was signed at the end September 1918. By the 20th of October the Division was at Stavros and embarked on destroyers to attempt a landing at Dede Agach, but rough weather forced abandonment and the infantry finally landed on the 28th and reached Makri before the Armistice with Turkey. Demobilisation began at Chugunsi and was complete by the end of March 1919.
3rd of September 1915 Off to France
5th of September 1915 In France
5th of September 1915 Concentration of Units
8th of September 1915 More Troops Join
10th of September 1915 On the Move 
11th of September 1915 Moves
12th Sep 1915 Instruction
17th of September 1915 Advance Units Arrive
21st of September 1915 In the Front Line
22nd of September 1915 Gas Precautions
26th of September 1915 Bathing Arrangements
28th Sep 1915 Advance Party
29th Sep 1915 Relief Complete
29th of September 1915 Snipers and Reliefs
8th of October 1915 German Dud Shell
9th of October 1915 Artillery Regrouped
10th of October 1915 No Blankets
12th of October 1915 Catapulting Mills' Bombs
30th of October 1915 Ready to Go
24th Apr 1917 Attack Made
9th Feb 1918 Reliefs
28th Feb 1918 Reliefs
3rd Mar 1918 At Rest
18th Mar 1918 Orders
14th Apr 1918 Church Parade & Reliefs
16th Apr 1918 Reliefs
5th May 1918 Brigade Sports
6th May 1918 Conference
3rd June 1918 On the March
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Lt. Leopold Profeit 8th Btn. Kings Shropshire Light Infantry (d.25th Apr 1917) Leopold Profeit was a son of Dr. Alexander Profeit, Queen's Commissioner at Balmoral during the reign of Queen Victoria.
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Cpl. Charles William Heaton 8th Btn. King's Shropshire Light Infantry  My maternal grandfather, Charles William Heaton, was born on the 9th August 1895 in Dyke Street Everton, Lancashire. He attended St. John's Church in Everton where he was a choirboy. According to my mother, he had a fine baritone voice as a man. He possessed a fine collection of books (many of which have been passed down to my mother), including the complete works of William Shakespeare as well as books on history and philosophy, gramophone records, and pianola rolls. At the age of 15, Charles moved from Everton to Bloomsbury, London, where was apprenticed to his uncle as a French polisher.
Soon after the start of the Great War, on 8 September 1914, Charles enlisted in the army. He joined the King's Light Shropshire Infantry, which he facetiously referred to as ‘The King's Silly Little Idiots’. His serial number was W3626, his regimental number was 13701, and he held the rank of Corporal. He served in Greece – we have his pay-book, showing he was paid in drachmas. After contracting and suffering from malaria, he received a war pension of 13 shillings a month. On 23 February 1919, he was demobbed and transferred to Army Reserves, Shrewsbury.
According to my mother, he was a highly principled man and a firm Socialist both by nature and politically. He may also have been at one time a member of the Communist Party. He received the daily paper - The Daily Worker and Russia Today, which were the mouthpieces of the party. He was a staunch supporter of the National Amalgamated Furnishing Trades Association and became President at Branch 54 in Liverpool. He would often leave the family at home whilst he went to his club at the Union's Liverpool headquarters at Low Hill, ostensibly on Union business but probably for a few pints of beer.
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Pte. David Higham 8th (Service) Btn. King's Shropshire Light Infantry David Higham was my grandfather. He left work in the cotton mill in Blackburn at the age of 19 and enlisted in 1915. He was small at enlistment. He was only 5 Ft 1 and a half inches tall, which would have prevented his earlier enlistment until there was a relaxation of the minimum height requirements. He enlisted in the South Wales Borderers before joining his intended unit the King's Shropshire Light Infantry. My grandmother came from Shropshire so that may have encouraged that. He served in Salonika with the allied expeditionary force there and, after seeing active service, suffered a common fate there as he was invalided back to Malta with illness. He spent some time in Malta recovering (he had fond memories of his time there) before being discharged on 20th of Novemeber as no longer fit for war service.
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Major Geoffrey Carr MC, MID 8th Battalion King's Shropshire Light Infantry I'm researching my grandfather who served with 8th Battalion Shropshire Light Infantry during WW1. He was Mentioned in Dispatches in November 1917 and was awarded the MC in the New Year's Honours list in 1918/19.
If anyone has any information on my grandfather please let me know.
Thanks.
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Pte. Harry Grimshaw 8th Btn. Shropshire Light Infantry (d.31st August 1917) Harry Grimshaw was killed in action on the 31st of August 1917 and is buried in in the Doiran Military Cemetery in Greece.
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Pte. John Howard Mawdsley 8th Btn. Shropshire Light Infantry (d.27th Dec 1916) John Howard Mawdesley served with the 8th Battalion, Shropshire Light Infantry during WW1 and died on the 27th December 1916, aged 32. He is commemorated on the Doiran Memorial near the Doiran Military Cemetery in Greece.
He was the son of William Henry Mawdsley, of Oakengates, Salop and husband of Alice Morris (formerly Mawdsley), of 16, Frame Lane, Doseley, Dawley, Salop.
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Pte. Harry Grimshaw 8th Btn. Shropshire Light Infantry (d.31st Aug 1917) Harry Grimshaw served with the 8th Battalion Shropshire Light Infantry during WW1 and was killed in action on the 31st August 1917. He is buried in Doiran Military Cemetery, Greece.
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