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2nd Battalion, Loyal North Lancashire Regiment
2nd Battalion, Loyal North Lancashire Regiment were in Bangalore, India when war broke out in August 1914. On the 3rd of November 1914 they landed at Tanga in German East Africa, with the 27th Indian Brigade. In May 1916 they moved to South Africa for a period of rest as the troops were in ill-health. They proceeded to Egypt, landing at Suez on the 18th of January 1917 and joined 232nd Brigade, 75th Division on the 14th of April, transferring to 233rd and then 234th Brigades of the same Division. On the 9th of August 1917 following a medical board they left the Division and moved to Sidi Bashr and then went into the Lines of Communication at Gaza. On the 27th of May 1918 they moved to France, landing at Marseilles and travelling by train to join
94th Brigade, 31st Division on the 4th of June. On the 28th of June they transferred to 101st Brigade, 34th Division and went into to action at The Battles of the Soissonais, the Ourcq and the capture of Baigneux Ridge. They took part in the Final Advance in Flanders and at the Armistice was at rest in the area east of Courtrai. 34th Division was selected to join the Army of Occupation and began to move towards Germany on the 14th of November. On the 22nd of December a large number men with industrial and mining skills were demobilised. By the end of January 1919 the Division was occupying the Cologne bridgehead.
18th of June 1918
28th Jul 1918 In Action
30th Jul 1918 In Action
29th August 1918 Relief and relocation
30 Aug 1918 Patrols Push Forward 
1st Sep 1918 Reliefs
1st Sep 1918 Advance Made
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Sgt.Mjr. Owen Jones MM, MSM, CdeG. 2nd Btn. Loyal North Lancashire Regiment Triple Honours for St Helens Warrant Officer.
"Company Sergeant Major Owen Jones of the 2nd Battalion Loyal North Lancashire Regiment of 40 Mill St, St Helens has been awarded the following for gallantry in action:- Military Medal (taking command of the Company when his Company Commander was killed), Medialle Militaire (1918 awarded by the French Army), Croix de Guerre with palm (French 1918 First Class Awarded by the French Army). He has served in South Africa, Mauritius, India, Germany, East Africa, Palestine and France and is at present recovering in Pilkington Special Hospital from wounds received in France."
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Clarence Duckworth 2nd Btn. D Coy. Loyal North Lancashire Regiment (d.19th Sep 1918) My great uncle Clarence Duckworth was in the 2nd Battalion, Loyal North Lancashire Regiment, he was killed at the age of 23. If anyone has any info please contact me, thank you.
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Sidney Francis Davies 2nd Battalion Loyal North Lancashire Regiment My grandfather, Sidney Francis Davies, joined up in one of the Pals Battalions when he was just 15 years old. As all his friends were already 16, he simply said that he was 16 too.
He was very proud to have been in 'the Loyals'. He was a boy bugler and remained a musician after the war, playing in the army orchestra.
He told me he was at Ypres and that he and some of his comrades helped out at a Belgian sugar factory when there was a lull in the fighting.
I still have his Soldiers Bible with 'The Soldier's Prayer' glued onto the inside cover and stamped S Davies 2 Batt Loyal Regt 1917. Folded inside is a palm cross.
While on active service, a bullet shattered his kneecap, leaving one leg shorter than the other for the rest of his life. He was discharged from the army and rehabilitated in Lancashire, training as a French polisher and cabinet-maker. He died at home in 1974 and the Royal British Legion sounded The Last Post at his funeral.
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