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11th Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers    11th (Service) Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers was raised at Codford in October 1914 as part of Kitchener's Third New Army, and joined 74th Brigade, 25th Division. The Division assembled for training in the area around Salisbury. They proceeded to to France on the 25th of September 1915, landing at Boulogne and the division concentrated in the area of Nieppe. Their first action was in defence of the German attack on Vimy Ridge in May 1916. They then moved to The Somme and joined the Battle just after the main attack, with 75th Brigade making a costly attack near Thiepval on the 3rd of July. The Division was in action at The Battle of Bazentin, The Battle of Pozieres and The Battle of the Ancre Heights. In 1917 they were in action at The Battle of Messines attacking between the Wulverghem-Messines and Wulverghem-Wytschaete roads. In the Third battle of Ypres were were in action during The Battle of Pilkem. In 1918 they were in action on The Somme, in the Battles of the Lys. On the 12th of August 1918 the 11th Lancashire Fusiliers was disbanded in France. 24th Sep 1915 On the Move 25th Sep 1915 On the Move 26th Sep 1915 At Rest 27th Sep 1915 On the Move 28th September 1915 Instruction 28th of September 1915  28th of September 1915 Orders 28th Sep 1915 On the Move   29th September 1915  29th Sep 1915 Instruction 30th of September 1915 Reorganisation 30th September 1915 Orders   30th Sep 1915 Instruction 1st of October 1915 Trench Instruction   2nd of October 1915 Orders 2nd of October 1915  A Relief   3rd of October 1915 Orders 3rd of October 1915 Trenches Taken Over   4th of October 1915  In the Trenches   5th of October 1915  Persistent Sniping   6th of October 1915  Enemy's Parapet Hit   7th of October 1915 Trenches Unchanged 8th of October 1915  A How Shells Enemy 9th of October 1915 Working Parties Out 10th of October 1915 A Quiet Night 11th of October 1915 Whizbangs Do No Harm 12th of October 1915  Very Quiet 13th of October 1915 Concentrated Artillery Fire   14th of October 1915 Trench Improvements   15th of October 1915 Bath Time   16th of October 1915 Work and Baths   17th of October 1915 Divine Service   18th of October 1915 Baths and Work   19th of October 1915 Large Working Party   20th of October 1915 Loyal N Lancs Relieved   21st of October 1915  Heavy Rain   22nd of October 1915 Trench Improvements   23rd of October 1915 Several Patrols Out   24th of October 1915 More Patrols   25th of October 1915  Heavy Rain   26th of October 1915 Aeroplanes Active   27th of October 1915 Visit by the King   28th of October 1915 Gas Lecture   29th of October 1915 Baths and Work   30th of October 1915  Bath Time   31st of October 1915 Divine Service and Work   1st of November 1915 Digging   2nd of November 1915 Relief   3rd of November 1915 Trenches Collapsing   4th of November 1915  Trench Repairs   5th of November 1915  Artillery Busy   6th of November 1915 Patrols Out   7th of November 1915 More Repairs   88th of November 1915  Patrols and Shelling   9th of November 1915 Baths   10th of November 1915  Working Parties   11th of November 1915 Working Parties   12th of November 1915  Trench Repairs   13th of November 1915  Draining Land   14th of November 1915 Church Parade   15th of November 1915  Trench Repairs   16th of November 1915  An Enemy Mine   17th of November 1915  Artillery Active   18th of November 1915  Crater Blown   19th of November 1915  Patrols   20th of November 1915  Bathing   21st of November 1915 Working Parties   22nd of November 1915 Draining Trenches   23rd of November 1915  Trench Work   24th of November 1915 Drainage Work   25th of November 1915 A Relief   26th of November 1915  Quiet Night   27th of November 1915  A Reconnoitre   28th of November 1915  Trench Work   29th of November 1915  Wiring Party Out   30th of November 1915 Floods   1st of December 1915  Baths   2nd of December 1915 Working Parties   2nd of December 1915  Working Parties   3rd of December 1915 Enemy Mine Exploded   4th of December 1915  Armentieres Shelled    5th of December 1915 Divine Service   6th of December 1915  Dressing Station Hit   7th of December 1915 Repairs to Trenches 8th of December 1915 Enemy Snipers Active 9th of December 1915 A Minor Operation 10th of December 1915 Artillery Active 11th of December 1915 Baths 12th of December 1915 Working Parties 13th of December 1915 Le Bizet Shelled 14th of December 1915 Working Parties 15th of December 1915  RFA Battery Hit 16th of December 1915  Very Quiet Night 17th of December 1915  Patrols Out 18th of December 1915 Repairs Continue 19th of December 1915  Trenches Wired 20th of December 1915 Work Abandoned 21st of December 1915 Baths 22nd of December 1915 Working Parties 23rd of December 1915  Working Parties 24th of December 1915  Working Parties 25th of December 1915 LNL Relieved 26th of December 1915 Our Artillery Active 27th of December 1915 Both Artilleries Active 28th of December 1915 A Minor Operation 29th of December 1915  Enemy's Trenches Damaged 30th of December 1915   A Relief 31st of December 1915  Baths 1st of January 1916  Working Parties 2nd of January 1916  Working Parties 3rd of January 1916 Casualties   4th of January 1916 Quiet Night 5th of January 1916  Enemy Active 6th of January 1916  Quiet Night 8th of January 1916 Snipers Active 9th of January 1916  Artillery Active 10th of January 1916 Working Parties 11th of January 1916 Baths and Work 12th of January 1916 Working Parties 13th of January 1916  Working Party 14th of January 1916 Working Parties 15th of January 1916 Reliefs 16th of January 1916  Patrols 17th of January 1916 Trench Repairs 18th of January 1916 Reliefs 19th of January 1916  Attack Made 20th of January 1916 Aeroplanes Active 21st of January 1916  Enemy Alert 22nd of January 1916 Enemy Active 23rd of January 1916 Rifle Fire 24th of January 1916 Enemy Alert 25th of January 1916 Enemy Nervous 26th of January 1916 Battalion Relief 27th of January 1916 Quiet Night 28th of January 1916 Cleaning Up 29th of January 1916 Cleaning 30th of January 1916 A Parade 31st of January 1916 Drills 1st of February 1916  Training and Inspections 2nd of February 1916  Football 2nd of March 1916 Baths and Training 3rd of February 1916 A Route March 4th of February 1916 Football Match 5th of February 1916  Enemy Aviators Repelled 6th of February 1916  Div League Game 7th of February 1916 Parades 8th of February 1916  Brigade Final 9th of February 1916  2nd Army Inspection 10th of February 1916  Inspection 11th of February 1916 Football Scores 12th of February 1916 Medals Awarded 13th of February 1916 Church Parade 14th of February 1916 Transport Inspected 15th of February 1916 More Orders 16th of February 1916  A Gale 17th of February 1916  Inoculations 18th of February 1916  Route March   19th of February 1916 Baths 20th of February 1916  Parade 21st of February 1916 Training 22nd of February 1916  Training in Snow 23rd of February 1916 On the March 24th of February 1916 Enemy Aircraft Shelled 25th of February 1916 Training and Snow   26th of February 1916 Snow 27th of February 1916  Divine Service 28th of February 1916  Route March 29th of February 1916  Another March 1st of March 1916 A March   3rd of March 1916  Practising an Attack 4th of March 1916  Lectures 4th of April 1916 Dugout Smashed 5th of March 1916  Divine Service 6th of March 1916 Marching 7th of March 1916 Snowy March 8th of March 1916 Short March 9th of March 1916 Cleaning Up 10th of March 1916  On the March   11th of March 1916 Resting 12th of March 1916  On the March 13th of March 1916 Arms Inspection 13th of March 1916  Inspection 14th of March 1916 Sunny Day 15th of March 1916 Practise Attack 16th of March 1916 Tactical Exercise 17th of March 1916 On the March 18th of March 1916  Drills 19th of March 1916 Divine Service 20th of March 1916 Attack Practised 21st of March 1916 Corps Commander Attends 22nd of March 1916 Training 23rd of March 1916  Reconnoitring New Area 24th of March 1916  Snow 25th of March 1916 Training 26th of March 1916 Raining 27th of March 1916  Reliefs   28th of March 1916 Tunnelling Parties 29th of March 1916 Aeroplanes Active 30th of March 1916  Some Fatigues 31st of March 1916 Fatigues 1st of April 1916 Mining Shifts 2nd of April 1916 Aeroplanes Active 3rd of April 1916 Enemy Plane Down 5th of April 1916  Quiet Day 5th of May 1916  Work Parties Out 6th of April 1916 Fatigues 7th of April 1916 Slight Shelling 8th of April 1916  Aitcraft on Fire 9th of April 1916  Fatigue Work 10th of April 1916 Artillery Quiet 10th of May 1916 Cleaning Up 11th of April 1916  New Billets 12th of April 1916 On the March 13th of April 1916  Cleaning Day 14th of April 1916 Drills and Parades 15th of April 1916 Training 16th of April 1916 Church Parades 17th of April 1916   Bath Time 18th of April 1916 Very Wet Weather 19th of April 1916  Smoke Bomb Class 20th of April 1916 Route March 21st of April 1916 Into the Trenches 22nd of April 1916  German TMs Active 23rd of April 1916  Hows Hit Trenches 24th of April 1916 Working Parties Out 25th of April 1916  TM Bombardment 26th of April 1916 Front Trenches Damaged 27th of April 1916 Enemy Snipers Active 28th of April 1916  Enemy Mine Blown 29th of April 1916  New Trenches Dug 30th of April 1916  Mine Explodes 1st of May 1916  Quiet Night 2nd of May 1916  Mine Exploded 3rd of May 1916   Relief 4th of May 1916  Quiet Day 6th of May 1916  Work Day and Night 7th of May 1916 Trench Work 8th of May 1916  Quiet 9th of May 1916 Relief Complete 11th of May 1916 Baths and Parades 12th of May 1916  Practice Attack 13th of May 1916  Cable Buried 14th of May 1916  Minor Operations Planned 15th of May 1916  Ready for Op 16th of May 1916 Heavy Bombardment 17th of May 1916 More Bombardments 18th of May 1916 Trench Repairs Undone 19th of May 1916  A Relief 20th of May 1916 Cleaning Up 21st of May 1916 Refitting 22nd of May 1916 Reorganising 23rd of May 1916 Drill 24th of May 1916 Drills and Training 25th of May 1916 Inspection 26th of May 1916  Training and Drill 27th of May 1916  Training 28th of May 1916  Divine Service 29th of May 1916 GOC Inspects Transport 30th of May 1916  Exercise Cancelled 31st of May 1916 Baths 1st of June 1916 Attack Practised   2nd of June 1916 Training 3rd of June 1916 Attack Planned   4th of June 1916  Specialist Training 5th of June 1916 Training   6th of June 1916  Trench Attack Practised    7th of June 1916  Battalion Parade 8th of June 1916 Training and Drill    9th of June 1916 Training 10th of June 1916  Training 11th of June 1916 Training 12th of June 1916  Tactical Scheme 13th of June 1916   A Scheme 14th of June 1916 New Billets 15th of June 1916 On the Move 16th of June 1916 Training and Drill 17th of June 1916 MMs Awarded 18th of June 1916 New Billets 19th of June 1916 On the Move 20th of June 1916  MCs Awarded 21st of June 1916 Drill 22nd of June 1916  Bayonet Fighting Drill 23rd of June 1916  Drills 24th of June 1916  New Billets 25th of June 1916 Church Services 26th of June 1916  Physical Training 28th of June 1916 Cleaning Up 29th of June 1916 Drills 30th of June 1916 WO95/2246/2 1st of July 1916 Awaiting Orders 2nd of July 1916 Standing By 3rd of July 1916 New Billets 4th of July 1916 Drills 5th of July 1916 Drills and Training 6th of July 1916 On the Move 7th of July 1916 In the Trenches   8th of July 1916 Consolidation   9th of July 1916 Attacked on Both Flanks   10th of July 1916  A Relief and Casualties 11th of July 1916 Refitting 12th of July 1916   Training 13th of July 1916 Re-equipping 14th of July 1916  On the Move    15th of July 1916  In Trenches 16th of July 1916  Operation Orders 17th of July 1916  New Billets 18th of July 1916  Cleaning Up 19th of July 1916 Muster Parade 20th of July 1916 Training 21st of July 1916 On the Move 22nd of July 1916  On Fatigues 23rd of July 1916 Training and Cleaning 24th of July 1916 On the March 25th of July 1916  Repairing Trenches 26th of July 1916  Fairly Quiet 27th of July 1916 Quiet 28th of July 1916  Patrols Unsuccessful 29th of July 1916  Very Quiet 30th of July 1916  Relieved 31st of July 1916  Drill and Baths 1st of August 1916 Battalion Sports 2nd of August 1916 Drill and Training 3rd of August 1916  Work and Training 4th of August 1916  Reserves Trained 5th of August 1916 Relief 6th of August 1916  Divine Service 7th of August 1916  Training and Work 8th of August 1916 Work on Trenches 9th of August 1916  Work Continued 10th of August 1916 A Relief 11th of August 1916  Inspections 12th of August 1916  Training and Boxing 13th of August 1916 Baths 14th of August 1916 Training 15th of August 1916 On the March 16th of August 1916 Training 17th of August 1916  Training 18th of August 1916  Training 19th of August 1916  Cleaning Up 20th of August 1916  A Relief 21st of August 1916 Digging and Repairing 22nd of August 1916  Quiet Time 23rd of August 1916 Quiet Day 24th of August 1916  An Hour's Shelling 24th of September 1916 A Staff Ride 25th of August 1916 Day Quiet 26th of August 1916 New Billets 27th of August 1916  Cleaning 28th of August 1916  Another Relief 29th of August 1916  Repairing Trenches 30th of August 1916  Day Quiet. 31st of August 1916 Work 1st of September 1916 A Relief 2nd of September 1916  Working Parties 3rd of September 1916 Working Parties 4th of September 1916 Working Parties 5th of September 1916  Relieved 6th of September 1916 Reorganisation 7th of September 1916 March to New Billets 8th of September 1916 On the Move 9th of September 1916  Drill 10th of September 1916  Fresh Billets 11th of September 1916 On the Move 12th of September 1916  On the Move 13th of September 1916 Training 14th of September 1916  Training 15th of September 1916 Training 16th of September 1916  Training 17th of September 1916 A Demonstration 18th of September 1916  Training 19th of September 1916 Training 20th of September 1916  Training 21st of September 1916  Training 22nd of September 1916 Training 23rd of September 1916  Route March 25th of September 1916  On the Move 26th of September 1916  On the Move 27th of September 1916  On the Move 28th of September 1916 Minor Ops   29th of September 1916 Consolidation   30th of September 1916  Cleaning Up   1st of October 1916 On the March   2nd of October 1916 Training and Practice 3rd of October 1916  Training 4th of October 1916  Training 5th of October 1916 Training 6th of October 1916 Operation Orders Received   7th of October 1916 Quiet   8th of October 1916  Attacks and Digging 9th of October 1916 Fairly Quiet 10th of October 1916  Front Line Relieved 11th of October 1916  Digging 12th of October 1916  Trench Improvements 13th of October 1916  New 2/CO 14th of October 1916 Counter-Attack 15th of October 1916 Day Quiet 16th of October 1916 Digging 17th of October 1916  Reliefs 18th of October 1916  Organisation for Attack   19th of October 1916 Attack Postponed 20th of October 1916  Into Hessian Again 21st of October 1916  Bn Attacks   22nd of October 1916 On the Move 23rd of October 1916 On the Bus 23rd of November 1916  Nothing to Report 24th of October 1916 On the March 25th of October 1916 Inspection 26th of October 1916  Inspection 27th of October 1916 WO95/2246/2 28th of October 1916 Inspection 29th of October 1916   Bn Entrains 30th of October 1916  Bn Detrains 31st of October 1916 Inspection and drill 1st of November 1916  Reorganisation 2nd of November 1916 On the March 3rd of November 1916  Ploegsteert Wood Trenches   4th of November 1916 Quiet Day 5th of November 1916 Wire examined 6th of November 1916 All Quiet 7th of November 1916 A Relief 8th of November 1916  Red Tabs and Clothes 9th of November 1916  Aerial Activity 10th of November 1916 Quiet Day 11th of November 1916  Relieved    12th of November 1916 Cutting Enemy Wire 13th of November 1916   Quiet Time 14th of November 1916 Realloted Section 15th of November 1916 Bombardment 16th of November 1916 Quiet Time 17th of November 1916 Enemy Quiet 18th of November 1916  Successful Relief 19th of November 1916  New Orderly Room 20th of November 1916  Quiet Day 21st of November 1916  Misty Day 22nd of November 1916 A Relief 24th of November 1916 Brigadier's Tour   25th of November 1916 Fish Tails 26th of November 1916  Artillery Bombardment 27th of November 1916  Wire Rconnaissance 28th of November 1916 Stores Redistribued 29th of November 1916 Quiet Day 30th of November 1916  A Relief 1st of December 1916 Very Cold 2nd of December 1916  Our TMs Active 3rd of December 1916 "Great Gallantry"   4th of December 1916  Rockets 5th of December 1916 Battalion Relieved 5th of December 1917  On the Move 6th of December 1916 Cleaning Up 7th of December 1916 Drills 8th of December 1916 Training 9th of December 1916  Drills 10th of December 1916 Divine Services 11th of December 1916 Drills 12th of December 1916 Drills 13th of December 1916 MM Awarded 14th of December 1916 Into Trenches   15th of December 1916 Quiet Day 16th of December 1916 Enemy TMs Active 17th of December 1916  German Patrol Under Fire   18th of December 1916   Inter-Coy Relief   19th of December 1916 Quiet Day 20th of December 1916  Parapet Smashed   21st of December 1916 Enemy Mortared 22nd of December 1916  A Relief 23rd of December 1916 Three Bays Demolished   24th of December 1916 Day Quiet 25th of December 1916  Some Retaliation   26th of December 1916  Day Quiet 27th of December 1916  TMs Active   28th of December 1916 Enemy Mortars Active   29th of December 1916  Enemy Wire Damaged   30th of December 1916 Company Reliefs 31st of December 1916 Promotions 1st of January 1917 Enemy Bombarded    2nd of January 1917 Baths and Work   3rd of January 1917  Baths   4th of January 1917  Parades 5th of January 1917  Parades and a Lecture 6th of January 1917 A Relief    7th of January 1917  Day Quiet 8th of January 1917  Uneventful Day 9th of January 1917 Enemy Bombarded 10th of January 1917 Battalion Relieved 11th of January 1917  Parades and Baths 12th of January 1917 Parades 13th of January 1917 Parades 14th of January 1917  In Trenches 15th of January 1917  Day Quiet 16th of January 1917 A Quiet Day 17th of January 1917 Quiet Time 18th of January 1917 Into Billets 19th of January 1917 Work 20th of January 1917  Work 21st of January 1917 Work 22nd of January 1917 In Front Line 23rd of January 1917 Work on Damaged Trenches 24th of January 1917 Quiet Day 25th of January 1917 Very Quiet 26th of January 1917 March to Regina Camp 27th of January 1917  Training and Baths 28th of January 1917 Work and Training 29th of January 1917 Training and Work 30th of January 1917 Back in Trenches 31st of January 1917 In Trenches 1st of February 1917 Enemy Active 2nd of February 1917  Battalion Relief 3rd of February 1917 Training 4th of February 1917 Parades 5th of February 1917  Training 6th of February 1917 Musketry 7th of February 1917  New Commander 8th of February 1917 Battalion Training 9th of February 1917 Training 10th of February 1917 Route March 11th of February 1917 Parade 12th of February 1917 Practising Attack 13th of February 1917 Practising Attack 14th of February 1917 Inspection 15th of February 1917 Training 16th of February 1917 Route March 17th of February 1917 Practising 18th of February 1917 Church Parade 19th of February 1917  Practising Attack 20th of February 1917 On the March 21st of February 1917  Marching 22nd of February 1917 Marching 23rd of February 1917 Muster Parades 24th of February 1917 Training 25th of February 1917  Parades 26th of February 1917 Training 27th of February 1917 Route March 28th of February 1917  Training 1st of March 1917  Lectures and Training 2nd of March 1917 Training 3rd of March 1917 Training 4th of March 1917 Musketry 5th of March 1917 Digging and Training 6th of March 1917 Training 7th of March 1917  Training 8th of March 1917 Gas Barrage 9th of March 1917 Field Firing 10th of March 1917 Attack Practised 11th of March 1917 Football 12th of March 1917  On the Move 13th of March 1917 Baths 14th of March 1917 Field Firing 15th of March 1917  Football Replay 16th of March 1917 Musketry Competition 17th of March 1917  Night Work 18th of March 1917 Field Firing 19th of March 1917 Practice Attack 20th of March 1917 On the Move 21st of March 1917  On the Move 22nd of March 1917 Attached to Anzac Corps 23rd of March 1917   Work 24th of March 1917 Work 25th of March 1917 Work 26th of March 1917 Work 27th of March 1917 Work 28th of March 1917 Baths 29th of March 1917 Work 30th of March 1917 Work 31st of March 1917 Work 1st of April 1917  Parades 2nd of April 1917 Work 3rd of April 1917  Baths and Work 4th of April 1917 LG Courses and Work 5th of April 1917 Baths and Work 6th of April 1917  On the Move   7th of April 1917  Cleaning Up 1917-04-08 Parades 9th of April 1917 Training 10th of April 1917  Specialist Training   11th of April 1917  Winter Clothing Withdrawn 12th of April 1917 Training and Work 13th of April 1917 A Move   14th of April 1917  Work 15th of April 1917   Parades 16th of April 1917 Work 17th of April 1917 Work 18th of April 1917  Work 19th of April 1917 Work 20th of April 1917  Work 21st of April 1917 Night Work 22nd of April 1917 Church Services 23rd of April 1917   Day and Night Work 24th of April 1917  Baths and Work 25th of April 1917  New Billets 26th of April 1917  New Billets 27th of April 1917  Excavating 28th of April 1917 Work 29th of April 1917 Work 30th of April 1917  On the Move   1st of May 1917  Bulford Camp   2nd of May 1917 Work 3rd of May 1917 Work    4th of May 1917  Working Parties 5th of May 1917 Attack Practised 6th of May 1917 Parades 7th of May 1917 Inspection 8th of May 1917 Work 9th of May 1917 Relief of New Zealanders 10th of May 1917  A Relief   11th of May 1917   In Trenches 12th of May 1917 In Trenches 13th of May 1917  In Trenches 14th of May 1917  In Trenches 15th of May 1917  In Trenches 16th of May 1917 Return to Bulford 17th of May 1917 Work   18th of May 1917 Day Work   19th of May 1917  A Move   20th of May 1917 Parade 21st of May 1917  Fatigues 22nd of May 1917 Digging and Carrying 23rd of May 1917 Digging 24th of May 1917 On the Move 25th of May 1917 New Area 26th of May 1917 Attack Practised 27th of May 1917  Attack Practised 28th of May 1917 Parades 29th of May 1917 Move by Train 30th of May 1917  Training 31st of May 1917 Training 1st of June 1917 La Creche 3rd of June 1917 Model Viewed 4th of June 1917 2 Officers Join 5th of June 1917 On the Move 6th of June 1917 Equipment Issued 7th of June 1917 Attack Launched   8th of June 1917 Consolidation 9th of June 1917  On the Move   10th of June 1917  Digging 11th of June 1917 Into Bivouacs   12th of June 1917 Relieving Australians   13th of June 1917  Digging 14th of June 1917 Reliefs 15th of June 1917  Cleaning Up   16th of June 1917 Sports 17th of June 1917 Inspection   18th of June 1917 Outposts Joined Up 19th of June 1917 Enemy Scattered 20th of June 1917 Heavy Shelling   21st of June 1917 Working Parties 22nd of June 1917 Relief 23rd of June 1917  Into Billets   24th of June 1917 On the Move    25th of June 1917 Marching    26th of June 1917 On the March   27th of June 1916  Training 27th of June 1917 Clreaning Up 28th of June 1917 On the Range 29th of June 1917 Training and Baths 30th of June 1917 Honours Awarded 1st of July 1917 Parade 2nd of July 1917 Route March 3rd of July 1917  Training 4th of July 1917  Training 5th of July 1917 Training 6th of July 1917 Route March 7th of July 1917   Training 8th of July 1917 Parades 9th of July 1917 Training 10th of July 1917 Exercises 11th of July 1917 On the March 12th of July 1917 Parade   13th of July 1917  Exercises 14th of July 1917 Heavy Rain 15th of July 1917  Parade 16th of July 1917 In Bivouacs   17th of July 1917  In Bivouacs    18th of July 1917 In Billets 19th of July 1917  Attack Practised 20th of July 1917  21st of July 1917 Baths 22nd of July 1917 Church 23rd of July 1917 On the Bus   24th of July 1917  New Billets   25th of July 1917 On the March   26th of July 1917 On the Move 27th of July 1917 Training 28th of July 1917 Gas Practise 29th of July 1917 On the March   30th of July 1917 Resting 31st of July 1917  Shell Falls 1st of August 1917 In Dugouts 2nd of August 1917 In Dugouts 3rd of August 1917  A Reconnoitre 4th of August 1917 Heavy Shelling   5th of August 1917 Into the Line   6th of August 1917 In the Line    7th of August 1917 Heavy Shelling   8th of August 1917 Attack Postponed 9th of August 1917 Planes Active 10th of August 1917 Zero Day   11th of August 1917  Snipers Active    12th of August 1917 Cleaning Up   13th of August 1917 Baths   14th of August 1917 On the Move   15th of August 1917 Training 16th of August 1917 Training 17th of August 1917 On the Move 18th of August 1917 Training 19th of August 1917 Church and Lecture 20th of August 1917 On the March   21st of August 1917 Inspection   22nd of August 1917 Training 23rd of August 1917 New 2/CO 24th of August 1917 Training 25th of August 1917 In Bivouacs 26th of August 1917 On the Range 27th of August 1917  Training and Lecture 28th of August 1917 Range Firing   29th of August 1917 Training and Baths 30th of August 1917 On the Range 31st of August 1917 March to Billets   1st of September 1917  On the March   2nd of September 1917  March to Relief   3rd of September 1917 Quiet Morning 4th of September 1917 Quiet Day 5th of September 1917 Aeroplanes Active 6th of September 1917 Heavy Barrage 7th of September 1917 Work 8th of September 1917 On the Move   9th of September 1917 Cleaning Up 10th of September 1917  Training 11th of September 1917 On the Bus 12th of September 1917 New Billets 13th of September 1917 On the March 14th of September 1917 Training 15th of September 1917 On the Range   16th of September 1917  Shooting Competition 17th of September 1917  Training 18th of September 1917 Training and Baths 19th of September 1917  Training 20th of September 1917 Attack Demonstrated 21st of September 1917 Sports 22nd of 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Want to know more about 11th Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers? There are:6309 items tagged 11th Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers available in our Library   These include information on officers, regimental histories, letters, diary entries, personal accounts and information about actions during the Great War. Those known to have served with 11th Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers during the Great War 1914-1918. Atkinson George. Pte. Booth James Edward. Pte. (d.27th Apr 1918) Brannick James. Pte. (d.10th Aug 1917) Bromiley James. Sgt. (d.3rd January 1916) Browne Gordon Albert. Pte. (d.20th Apr 1918) Buckley Thomas. Pte. (d.16th May 1916) Cassidy Edward. Pte. (d.16th Jul 1916) Cook James Edwin. L/Cpl. (d.30th May 1918) Critchley William. Pte. (d.6th May 1916) Dixon Robert Charles Frederick. Pte. Edwards MC William Ian. Capt and Adjutant (d.5th August 1917) Flynn Daniel. Pte. (d.1st May 1918) Flynn Daniel. Pte. (d.1st May 1918) Garratt Wilfred Horace. 2nd Lt. Gerrard William. L/Cpl. 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Wanted: Digital copies of Group photographs, Scrapbooks, Autograph books, photo albums, newspaper clippings, letters, postcards and ephemera relating to the Great War. If you have any unwanted photographs, documents or items from the First or Second World War, please do not destroy them. The Wartime Memories Project will give them a good home and ensure that they are used for educational purposes. Please get in touch for the postal address, do not sent them to our PO Box as packages are not accepted. We are now on Facebook. Like this page to receive our updates, add a comment or ask a question. If you have a general question please post it on our Facebook page. World War 1 One ww1 wwII greatwar great battalion regiment artillery Did you know? We also have a section on World War Two. and a Timecapsule to preserve stories from other conflicts for future generations.   Pte. Stephen Harrison 11th Btn. Lancashire Fusiliers (d.7th May 1916) Stephen Harrison was killed in action on the 7th of May 1916, aged 33. Buried in Aubigny Communal Cemetery Extension in France, he was the son of Henry and Hannah Harrison of Burnley and lived at 33 Berry Street, Burnley. s. flynn Add to this record.   Capt. George James Mahony-Jones 20 Sqd. (d.7th Apr 1917) Capt Mahony-Jones was shot down by Maximilian Muller of Jasta28 on the evening of the 7th of April 1917. His FE2d was brought down over the Front lines whilst returning from the second bombing raid of the day on Mouvaux aerodrome. Mahony-Jones lead eight FE2's each dropping two 112 pound bombs over the target, causing damage to at least two hangers. As the formation was crossing the Front lines, it was attached by a formation of Albatros Scouts, Lt Lawson's aircraft had been hit and was under attack from all sides, Mahony-Jones turned his aircraft and challenged the enemy, allowing Lawson to make an emergency landing behind the British Lines. The battle was watched from the ground by the men of the 34th Battalion AIF, their adjutant wrote to RFC HQ the following day: To the Commandant, RFC Bailleul, 8th April 1917. "The C.O. 34th battalion AIF has asked me to express a deep sense of admiration which was inspired by the gallant flying of an airman, apparently belonging to a Squadron under your command. About 6 pm on the evening of the 7th instant, two of our planes were engaged with nine of the enemy's. One plane was damaged and the other, although retreat looked possible turned and fought. Several of the enemy's planes scattered but unfortunately our plane was hit and immediately burst into flames. The scene was witnessed by the men of the Battalion from the trenches and the conspired bravery was much spoken of by them and the gallantry is sure to foster a spirit of emulation for our men to strive hard on their parts, to act in the same heroic and self sacrificing manner as this gallant airman. The true bravery of your very fine Corps was thus strikingly brought home to our men." Adj. 34th Battn. Mahony-Jones and his gunner 2nd Lt W.B.Moyes were laid to rest in a German cemetery, after the war they were transferred to the CWGC cemetery at Bailleul. Add to this record.   Sgt. James Bromiley 11th Btn. Lancashire Fusiliers (d.3rd January 1916) James Bromiley served with the 11th Lancashire Fusiliers. I was given a dog tag many years ago belonging to James Bromiley, he is buried in Gunners Farm Military Cemetery in Belgium. Roy Parrish Add to this record.   Pte. George Atkinson 11th Btn. Lancashire Fusiliers George Atkinson served with the 11th Lancashire Fusiliers. David Gerrard Add to this record.   Pte. Joseph Winterbottom 11th Btn. Lancashire Fusiliers (d.8th Jul 1917) Joseph Winterbottom married an Irish girl called Catherine Cassidy and had two children. One of the children was Mary Winterbottom who married Harry Lees. I am their granddaughter. Jane Hurley-Lees Add to this record.   Rfmn. John Herron A Coy, 11th Btn. Royal Irish Rifles My grandfather, Johnny Herron served with A Company, 11th Battalion Royal Irish Rifles at the Somme. He was buried alive by shell fire just before H hour, but was recovered from the trench collapse by a comrade called Hugh Stewart. He was taken to the Regimental Aid Post and treated. He returned to the line and took part in the storming of the Schwaben Redoubt. The next morning they were mustered, only 100 or so remained fit to continue. My grandfather was asked by the Adjutant John Deverell, (I served with his grandson,) which Battalion he would like to serve with and he chose the 11th Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers, The reason for this was this was the Battalion that had taught the ropes and he knew all the lads. There he served with Lt JRR Tolkien. He also fought at Passchendaele and the storming of Messines ridge. He was a CSM by that time. My grandfather survived the war but was badly shell shocked. Noel Herron Add to this record.   Pte. Robert Charles Frederick Dixon 11th Btn. Lancashire Fusiliers Robert Dixon, my grandfather, was born 11th February 1887 at Ibstock, Leicestershire. He served in WW1 with the 11th Lancashire Fusiliers. He was reported Killed in Action on 27th May 1918 in France. I have the letter informing my grandmother. However, he had been gassed in a shell hole and apparently, rather than hit him with the butt of his rifle, a German took him as a P.O.W. It was a huge shock to my grandmother when some time later he walked into his home in Derby, very much alive. Robert Dixon Add to this record.   Pte Amos Stacey 11th Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers Amos Stacey served with the 11th and 16th Lancashire Fusiliers. Claire Stacey Add to this record.   Pte. John Morris 11th (Service) Btn. Lancashire Fusiliers (d.8th Jan 1916) John Morris was my grandfather. He died of his wounds 8th Jan 1916 aged 24 and is buried in the Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extension, Nord. I have more or less no knowledge of John except what I have found on the internet and a little through now passed on family. He lived at 9 Bright St, Leigh in Lancashire as did my father. Any help contacts or advice would be welcome. David Morris Add to this record.   Pte. Ernest Whittaker 11th Btn. Lancashire Fusiliers (d.9th Jun 1917) Ernest Whittaker served with the 11th Lancashire Fusiliers. Sharon Cunliffe Add to this record.   Pte. Alfred Rush 11th Btn. Lancashire Fusiliers (d.21st Oct 1916) Alfred Rush served with the 11th Btn. Lancashire Fusiliers. Mark Lewis Add to this record.   2nd Lt. Wilfred Horace Garratt 11th Btn. Lancashire Fusiliers Wilfred Garratt served with the 11th Btn. Lancashire Fusiliers. Celia Taylor Add to this record.   Pte. Daniel Flynn 11th Btn. Lancashire Fusiliers (d.1st May 1918) Daniel Flynn died of wounds on 1st of May 1918 in Stendale Hospital in Germany age 30 and buried in the Berlin South Western Cemetery in Germany. He lived at 8 Hill Top Passage, Burnley, Lancashire s flynn Add to this record.   Pte. Lawrence Henry Ching Jermyn 11th Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers (d.14th April 1918) Victory Medal Add to this record.   Pte. Frank Moore 11th Btn. Lancashire Fusiliers Frank Moore served with the 11th Btn. Lancashire Fusiliers. Jane Ball Add to this record.   Pte. John Edmund West 6th Btn. Lancashire Fusiliers (d.28th Nov 1917) My Great uncle John died from gun shot wounds on a hospital ship on its way to Malta on 28th of November 1917 He was a private in the Lancashire Fusiliers 11th Battalion. He is on the Loos memorial but they have his name wrong. They have him as John Edward West and not Edmund which is a long standing family name. I have his birth, marriage and death certificates but you cannot quite make his name out, but you can tell its not Edward. Edmund is a long standing family name going back to the 15th century. They will change it if I can provide definite proof. It would be nice to get his name put right seeing as he gave his life for his country. David West Add to this record.   Sgt. John Heywood 11th Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers (d.26th Apr 1916) Jack Heywood was my great grandfather. He fought in Sudan, Crete and the second Boer war in 1900 - 1902. My grandmother's middle name was Tugela. This is a river in South Africa. John used this as his daughter's middle name because he had a lucky escape across the river form a pursuing group of Boers. He left the army in 1902 and returned to his home town of Bolton. He re-enlisted in 1914 and joined the 11th Battalion of the Lancashire Fusileers. He trained new soldiers for a time, before being shipped out to France. He was killed in action near Arras in 1916. Jeff McMahon Add to this record.   Pte Leonard Lansdale 11th Btn Lancashire Fusiliers (d.17th May 1916) Leonard was my great uncle who was one of the first soldiers to sign up to this battalion. During the war he served as a drummer in the battalion band and subsequently was a stretcher bearer. During an attack on Vimy Ridge, namely Crosbie Craters, all the officers were killed leaving the NCO's to take charge of the attack. The attack was successful and the units took the German strong points. The position was held for five days until the Germans, aided by information given by a deserter, reorganised a counter attack to re take the ground lost. The NCO Sergt Major J Moran was injured (mortally) during the counter attack and my uncle Leonard Lansdale went to give him aid and retrieve the Sergt Major to the safety of British lines. Leonard was shot by a sniper and killed instantly whilst trying to rescue his NCO. They are both buried, side by side, at Ecovires Military Cemetery Mont St Eloi. Here is an extract written by Pte W Hunt to his mother Mary Lansdale: "He was one of the drummers we had in the Band and I still always think of him when we are playing in the rest camp after coming out of the trenches. A better chum no-one could wish for and he was liked by all in the Company. I hope you will accept my regret and sympathy for the loss of a dear and brave boy." Andrew Morris Add to this record.   Capt. Thomas Rufus MC MID. 11th Btn.A Coy. Lancashire Fusiliers (d.14th Apr 1918) Thomas Rufus served with A Company, 11th Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers during WW1 and was killed in action on the 14th April 1918, aged 28. He is commemorated on the Ploegsteert Memorial for the Missing in Belgium. He was the son of Frederick and Eliza Rufus, of The Willows, Goostrey, Cheshire S Flynn Add to this record.   Pte. Daniel Flynn 11th Btn. Lancashire Fusiliers (d.1st May 1918) Daniel Flynn served with the 11th Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers during WW1 and died of wounds on the 1st May 1918 in Stendale Hospital, Germany, age 30. He is buried in the Berlin South-Western Cemetery, Germany. He lived at 8 Hill Top Passage, Burnley, Lancashire S Flynn Add to this record. Recomended Reading. Available at discounted prices.

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