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2/9th (2nd Queen Victorias Rifles) Battalion, London Regiment    2nd/9th (2nd Queen Victoria’s Rifles) Battalion, London Regiment, was formed in August 1915. The 2/9th went to France in February 1917 with 58th Division and saw action at Bullecourt and Third Ypres before amalgamating with the 1st/9th Battalion. 6th of September 1915 In camp (UK) 7th September 1915 In camp (UK) 7th Sep 1915 Enemy Aircraft  In camp (UK) 8th Sep 1915 Enemy Aircraft 10th Sep 1915 Inspection  In camp (UK)  In camp (UK)  In camp (UK) 12th Sep 1915 Enemy Aircraft  In camp (UK) court martial 13th Sep 1915 Enemy Aircraft  In camp (UK) - court martial 15th Sep 1915 Inspection 17th Sep 1915 Inspection  In camp (UK)  In camp (UK) admin 30th Sep 1915 Inspection  In camp at Bromeswell, court martial  In camp (UK)  In camp (UK) court martial  In camp (UK) and airships (Zeppelins) spotted  In camp (UK) - court martial  In camp (UK) - aircraft warning  In camp (UK)  In camp (UK) - aircraft warning again  On the move  In camp (UK) - court martial  Rifleman AWOL  In camp (UK) - court martial and men transfer to RFC  In camp (UK) - court martial  In camp (UK) - court martial  In camp (UK) - court martial  In camp (UK) - court martial  In camp (UK) - court martial  In camp (UK) - court martial  In camp (UK) - court martial  In camp (UK) - court martial  In camp (UK) - court martial  In camp (UK), court of enquiry  Rifleman AWOL  Aircraft about  The enemy within  Fresh recruits received  Soldiers transferred out  Officer transfers back to his unit May 1916 On the Move July 1916 On the Move  Officer transferred back to 3/9 1st Jan 1917 Instructions 2nd Jan 1917 Orders 7th Jan 1917 Orders 8th Jan 1917 Officers 9th Jan 1917 Transfers 11th Jan 1917 Postings 17th Jan 1917 Instructions 20th Jan 1917 Advance Party 27th Jan 1917 Orders 30th Jan 1917 On the Move 31st Jan 1917 Orders 1st Feb 1917 In Camp 2nd Feb 1917 In Camp 3rd Feb 1917 Recruitment, training and deployment to the Western Front 4th February 1917 Sailing to France 5th February 1917 Leaving rest camp 6th of February 1917 Troop movement via train 7th of February 1917 In billets 8th of February 1917 Fresh billets 9th of February 1917 Training 13th of February 1917 Moving again 14th February 1917 Trench Instruction 17th of February 1917 Into billets 18th of February 1917 Relief 19th of February 1917 Gas training 26th of February 1917 Move 27th of February 1917 Reliefs 1st of March 1917 In reserve trenches 4th March 1917 Reliefs 5th March 1917 In billets 6th March 1917 Reliefs 7th of March 1917 In reserve trenches 10th of March 1917 Relefs 11th of March 1917 In trenches 14th of March 1917 Trench movements 15th of March 1917 Back into trenches 18th of March 1917 First trench raid 19th of March 1917  Salvaging trenches 20th March 1917 More trench salvaging 22nd of March 1917 Battalion retires 23rd of March 1917 In billets 24th of March 1917 Working parties 25th of March 1917 In billets 26th of March 1917 Working parties 27th of March 1917 Funeral 28th of March 1917 Working parties 29th of March 1917 Working parties 30th of March 1917 C Company to Arras 31st of March 1917 troop movements 1st of April 1917 Into trenches 2nd of April 1917 In billets   3rd of April 1917 troop movements 4th of April 1917 In billets 5th of April 1917 On the Move 6th of April 1917 Inspection 7th of April 1917 Working parties 8th of April 1917 Church parade 9th of April 1917 troop movements 10th of April 1917 Working parties and training 11th of April 1917 Working parties and training 12th of April 1917 Working parties 13th of April 1917 Working parties and training 14th of April 1917 Rail working party 20th of April 1917 Training at Achiet-le-Petit 21st of April 1917 Working parties and training 22nd of April 1917 Practice attack 23rd of April 1917 Working parties and training 24th of April 1917 Working parties and training 25th of April 1917 Inspection 26th of April 1917 Parade and more training 27th of April 1917 Parade, inspection and training 28th of April 1917 Inspection and working parties 29th of April 1917 Church parade 30th of April 1917 Working Parties 1st of May 1917 Musketry practice 2nd of May 1917 Working parties and training 3rd of May 1917 Training 4th of May 1917  On the Move 5th of May 1917 Support line 6th of May 1917 In Support 7th of May 1917 Under occasional shellfire 8th of May 1917 Moved up to firing line 9th of May 1917 In the trenches 10th of May 1917  In trenches 12th of May 1917 Relief 13th of May 1917 Resting and cleaning kit 15th of May 1917 In camp and training 16th of May 1917 Practicing night trench raids 17th of May 1917 Training 19th of May 1917 Training 20th of May 1917 Up to the trenches 21st of May 1917 In reserve position 22nd of May 1917 Reliefs 23rd of May 1917 Artillery Active 24th of May 1917 Shelling 25th of May 1917 Under fire 26th of May 1917 In Reserve 27th of May 1917 On the Move 28th of May 1917 In camp 29th of May 1917 Training 3rd of June 1917 In the line   4th of June 1917 Night patrol   5th of June 1917 In trenches   6th of June 1917 In trenches 7th of June 1917 In support 8th of June 1917 Relief Complete 9th of June 1917 Trench raid 10th of June 1917 Prisoner taken 11th of June 1917 Gas Shells 12th of June 1917 Artillery rounds falling short 13th of June 1917 All quiet 14th of June 1917 Trench raid 15th June 1917 Move Completed 16th of June 1917 Training 20th of June 1917 Digging trenches 21st of June 1917 Training 22nd of June 1917 Working parties 23rd of June 1917 Training 24th of June 1917 Church Parade 25th of June 1917 Training 26th of June 1917 Training and working parties 27th of June 1917 Training and lectures 28th of June 1917 Training and lectures 29th of June 1917 Training 30th of June 1917 Rehearsal 1st of July 1917  Church parade and filmshow 2nd of July 1917 Swimming baths 3rd of July 1917 Parade and working parties 4th of July 1917 Parade and inspection 5th of July 1917 On the Move 6th of July 1917 Move 7th of July 1917 Move to trenches 8th of July 1917 Record of Company trench positions 9th of July 1917 In front line trenches 10th of July 1917 Patrols sent out 11th of July 1917 Patrol runs into trouble 12th of July 1917 Patrols sent out 13th of July 1917 Patrols sent out 15th of July Patrols sent out 16th of July 1917 Relief 17th of July 1917 In camp - baths and working parties 18th of July 1917 In camp, working parties 19th of July 1917 Battalion moved by train 20th of July 1917 In camp training 21st of July 1917 Paraded 22nd of July 1917 Mow Cop Trench Raid   23rd of July 1917 Reserve positions 26th of July 1917 In billets 27th of July 1917 On the Move   28th of July 1917 Battalion rested 29th of July 1917 Devine service 30th of July 1917 Inspections 31st of July 1917 Inspections 1st of August 1917 Route march cancelled 2nd of August 1917 Musketry 3rd of August 1917 Route March 4th of August 1917 Training 5th of August 1917 Church parade 6th of August 1917 Training 7th of August 1917 Training 8th of August 1917 Practice attack 9th of August 1917 Training and Classes 10th of August 1917 Gallantry awards presented 12th of August 1917 Church parade 13th of August 1917 Training 15th of August 1917 Large scale mock attack 16th of August 1917 Mock attack training continues 17th of August 1917 Training 18th of August 1917 Further mock attacks 19th of August 1917 Church parade 20th of August 1917 Training 21st of August 1917 Exercise 22nd of August 1917 Training 24th of August 1917 On the Move   25th of August 1917 Recce 26th of August 1917 Recce 27th of August 1917 Conference 28th of August 1917 Training and kit inspection 29th of August 1917 Move 30th of August 1917 Change of Camp 31st of August 1917 Practice for attack 1st of September 1917 More attack practice 2nd of September 1917 Move 3rd of September 1917 New billets 5th of September 1917 Reliefs Complete 6th of September 1917 Holding the Line 8th of September 1917 Attack Made 10th of September 1917 Relief Completed 11th of September 1917 Cleaning up 12th of September 1917 Training for the next attack 12th of September 1917 Inspection 13th of September 1917 Practice for attack continues 14th of September 1917 Baths 15th of September 1917 Company Training 16th of September 1917 Church parade 17th of September 1917 Parade and inspection 18th of September 1917 Working parties 19th of September 1917 Signalling training 20th of September 1917 HQ moves camp 21st of September 1917 HQ Moves 22nd of September 1917 Cleaning up 23rd of September 1917 Prepararations 25th of September 1917 Into the front line 26th of September 1917 Over the top   27th of September 1917 Counter attack and attempt at consolidation 28th of September 1917 Aftermath of battle 29th of September 1917 Reorganising 30th of September 1917 Further reorganising 30th September 1917 Interviews given by survivors of the attack 1st of October 1917 Battalion moves to rear   2nd of October 1917 Battalion rests 3rd of October 1917 Reinforcements arrive 4th of October 1917 Training with the reinforcements 5th of October 1917 Training continues 6th of October 1917 Training followed by baths 7th of October 1917 Church parade 8th of October 1917 Rifle range 9th of October 1917 Company Training 10th of October 1917 Field firing practice 11th of October 1917 Brigade tactical exercise 12th of October 1917 Brigade tactical exercise   13th of October 1917 Training cancelled 14th of October 1917 More gunnery practice 15th of October 1917 Brigade tactical exercise   16th of October 1917 Training and rifle range 17th of October 1917 Medals awarded 18th of October 1917 Grenade throwing practice 19th of October 1917 Brigade tactical exercise 20th of October 1917 Training 21st of October 1917 Battalion moved by train   22nd of October 1917 Parade in camp 23rd of October 1917 Practice attack 24th of October 1917 Training and baths   25th of October 1917 Practice attack 26th of October 1917 Training and trench recon   27th of October 1917 Inspection 28th of October 1917 Church parade 29th of October 1917 Practice attack 30th of October 1917 Battalion moved up the line   31st of October 1917 Into trenches   1st of November 1917 Remain in trenches, under fire   2nd of November 1917 Reliefs Complete   3rd of November 1917 Resting 4th of November 1917 Move   5th of November 1917 Working parties 7th of November 1917 Relief   8th of November 1917  Relief   9th of November 1917 Company Training 10th of November 1917 Training 11th of November 1917 Inspection 13th of November 1917 Training 14th of November 1917 On the Move   16th of November 1917 Inspection and training 17th of November 1917 On the March    18th of November 1917 Church parade 21st of December 1917 Parade and inspection 7th of December 1917 On the Move   15th of December 1917 Cleaning up 16th of December 1917 Relieved from the trenches   17th of December 1917 Parade in camp 19th of December 1917 Parade and guard duty 20th of December 1917 Parade and drill 22nd of December 1917 Parade 23rd of December 1917 Memorial for those recently fallen 24th of December 1917 Back into trenches 25th of December 1917 Improving trench positions 26th of December 1917 Parade in camp 27th of December 1917  Recon of trench positions 28th of December 1917 Into trenches, Ypres area   29th of December 1917 In the trenches 1st of January 1918 Relieved from the trenches   2nd of January 1918 Cleaning up 3rd of January 1918 Parade in camp 4th of January 1918 Medals awarded 5th of January 1918 Christmas Dinner 11th of January 1918 Parade in camp 12th of January 1918 Medals awarded 13th of January 1918 Church parade 14th of January Route march and gas lecture 15th of January 1918 Rifle range 16th of January 1918 Parade and inspection 17th of January 1918 Tactical exercise 18th of January 1918 Parade in camp 19th of January 1918 Marched to Houtkerque 20th of January 1918 Moved by train to Amiens   21st of January 1918 Battalion resting 22nd of January 1918  Battalion paraded 23rd of January 1918 Parade and classes 24th of January 1918  More training 25th of January 1918 Parade and inspection 26th of January 1918 Parade and more training   27th of January 1918 Church parade 28th of January 1918 Gas inspection 29th of January 1918 Rifle range 30th of January 1918 Rifle range 31st of January 1918 Rifle range and training 6th of January 1918 Church parade 8th of January 1918 Lt Colonel Powell takes command 9th of January 1918 Parade in camp 10th of January 1918 Route march takes place If you can provide any additional information, please add it here. Want to know more about 2/9th (2nd Queen Victorias Rifles) Battalion, London Regiment? There are:5579 items tagged 2/9th (2nd Queen Victorias Rifles) Battalion, London Regiment 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 2/9th (2nd Queen Victorias Rifles) Battalion, London Regiment during the Great War 1914-1918. Lilley John. Rfn. (d.27th Jul 1917) Smith Charles George Attervill. Lt. All names on this list have been submitted by relatives, friends, neighbours and others who wish to remember them, if you have any names to add or any recollections or photos of those listed, please Add a Name to this List Records of 2/9th (2nd Queen Victorias Rifles) Battalion, London Regiment from other sources. 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If the information here has been helpful or you have enjoyed reaching the stories please conside making a donation, no matter how small, would be much appreciated, annually we need to raise enough funds to pay for our web hosting or this site will vanish from the web. If you enjoy this site please consider making a donation. Announcements 22nd April 2024     Please note we currently have a massive backlog of submitted material, our volunteers are working through this as quickly as possible and all names, stories and photos will be added to the site. If you have already submitted a story to the site and your UID reference number is higher than 263973 your submission is still in the queue, please do not resubmit. 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.   Lt. Charles George Attervill Smith 2/9th (Queen Victoria Rifles) Btn. London Regiment Before the war Charles Smith had been apprenticed to the furniture makers Waring and Gillow. He joined the Queen Victoria Rifles in 1914 as a private. He soon found himself in the trenches in France. He served under his former boss, Sam Waring, who made him his batman for a while. He also served alongside Stanley Holloway, later a star of stage and screen. Stanley had been a pupil at the same school in Acton as Charles, though a little younger. He fought in many battles, including the Ypres campaign and was commissioned in 1917. Quite a feat for a working class lad. David Smith Add to this record. Recomended Reading. Available at discounted prices.

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