4th Battalion, Kings Shropshire Light Infantry

   4th Battalion, King's Shropshire Light Infantry was a territorial unit and were based in Shrewsbury as Army Troops attached to Welsh Division when war broke out in August 1914. They were mobilised for war and moved to Sittingbourne. On the 29th of October 1914 they sailed from Southampton for India, arriving at Bombay on 1st of December. On the 10th of February 1915 they moved to Singapore, with a detachment being sent to the Andaman Islands, remaining there until the 13th of April 1917. The battalion was recalled to Britain, pausing at Capetown from the 30th of May until the 29th of June when they sailed for Southampton. Once in England, they re-equipped and proceeded to France on the 27th of July 1917, landing at Le Havre. On the 18th of August they joined 190th Brigade, 63rd (Royal Naval) Division and saw action in The Second Battle of Passchendaele, in December were involved in The action of Welsh Ridge. On the 4th of February 1918 the battalion transferred to 56th Brigade, 19th (Western) Division and fought on The Somme during The Battle of St Quentin and The Battle of Bapaume and in the Battles of the Lys at Messines, Bailleul and The First Battle of Kemmel Ridge. They fought in The Battle of the Aisne and during the Final Advance in Picardly they were in action in The Battle of the Selle, The Battle of the Sambre and the passage of the Grand Honelle. At the Armitice were were in billets near Bavay. Demobilisation began in December 1918 and the final cadres returned to England on the 27th of June 1919.

20th Feb 1915 Mutiny Contained

22nd Feb 1915 Courts Martial

17th Aug 1917 On the Move

19th Aug 1917 Reorganisation

20th Aug 1917 Leave

21st Aug 1917 Posting

22nd Aug 1917 Course

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24th Aug 1917 Posting

25th Aug 1917 Posting

23rd Mar 1918 Heavy Fighting

23rd of March 1918 Mass Attack

24th Mar 1918 Fighting Withdrawal

5th of April 1918 Quiet Front

10th of April 1918 Under Attack

10th of April 1918 Into Battle

11th of April 1918 Quiet...and then...

12th of April 1918 Enemy Advances

13th of April 1918 Under Heavy Attack

1st Aug 1918 Training

2nd Aug 1918 Training

3rd Aug 1918 Training

4th Aug 1918 Orders Received

5th Aug 1918 Training

6th Aug 1918 On the Move

7th Aug 1918 Reliefs Complete

8th Aug 1918 Farm Captured

9th Aug 1918 Possible Booby Traps

29th of August 1918 Reliefs

1st Sep 1918 Training

2nd Sep 1918 Training

3rd Sep 1918 Training

4th Sep 1918 Orders Received

5th Sep 1918 Reliefs

6th Sep 1918 Line Advanced

7th Sep 1918 Consolidation

8th Sep 1918 Consolidation

9th Sep 1918 Reliefs

10th Sep 1918 Reliefs Completed

11th Sep 1918 Poor Conditions

12th Sep 1918 Poor Conditions

13th Sep 1918 Reliefs

14th Sep 1918 Patrols

15th Sep 1918 Advance

16th Sep 1918 Consolidation

17th Sep 1918 Reliefs

18th Sep 1918 In Camp

19th Sep 1918 In Camp

20th Sep 1918 Training

21st Sep 1918 Reliefs

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Bradley Joseph. Pte. (d.28th March 1918)
Jones Harold Douglas. Private (d.6th July 1918)
Pope Arthur George. Sgt. (d.21st August 1918)
Yapp James. Grdsmn. (d.27th Nov 1917)

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Grdsmn. James Yapp 3rd Btn. Grenadier Guards (d.27th Nov 1917)

James Yapp was killed in action on the 27th of November 1917, aged 22 and is commemorated on The Cambrai Memorial in France. He was the son of James & Sarah Yapp of 44 Stable Row, Lightmoor, Dawley, Shropshire and had enlisted into the KSLI Territorials (4th Bn.) in June 1913 aged 17 years 10 months and had been discharged as unfit for duty in Oct 1914 only to immediately re-enlist into the Guards
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