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9th (Pioneers) Battalion, North Staffordshire Regiment    9th Battalion, North Staffordshire Regiment was raised at Lichfield on the 20th of September 1914 as part of as part of Kitchener's Third New Army joined 22nd Division as army troops. They trained on the South Downs, spending the winter in billets in Hastings from December. On the 20th of April 1915 they became a Pioneer Battalion and transferred to the newly forming 37th Division, which was concentrating at Cholderton on Salisbury Plain. They proceeded to France, landing at Le Havre on the 29th of July, the division concentrating near Tilques. They went into action in The Battle of the Ancre. In 1917 they fought in The First Battle of the Scarpe, including the capture of Monchy-le-Preux, The Second Battle of the Scarpe and The Battle of Arleux. They were in action during the Third Battles of Ypres. 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Want to know more about 9th (Pioneers) Battalion, North Staffordshire Regiment? There are:5288 items tagged 9th (Pioneers) Battalion, North Staffordshire 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 9th (Pioneers) Battalion, North Staffordshire Regiment during the Great War 1914-1918. Bennett George. Pte. (d.April 1917) Hearn Charles Albert. Pte. (d.16th Sept 1918) Newman Cyril Arnell. Temp 2nd Lt. (d.28th Apr 1917) Parton MM. Gordon. Pte. (d.15th Sep 1918) Parton James Arthur. Pte. (d.9th Apr 1917) Robertson Mowbray Mitcalfe. (d.31st Aug 1916) Spender Ernest Harry. Pte. (d.21st August 1917) Tower Frederick William. Pte. (d.24th Sep 1917) Warwick Thomas Harry. 2nd Lt. 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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. Ernest Harry Spender 9th(Pioneers)Btn. North Staffordshire Regiment (d.21st August 1917) He served as Harry Spender. Birth name Ernest Harry Spender Add to this record.   2nd Lt. Thomas Harry Warwick 9th Btn. North Staffordshire Regiment (d.28th April 1917) Great Uncle Thomas Warwick joined the 1st Bedfordshire Regiment in France in July 1915. He was commissioned in September 1915 and transferred to 9th (Pioneer) Battalion, North Staffordshire Regiment the next year as a 2nd Lieutenant. He was killed on Saturday 28th April 2017 at the Battle of Arleux, and is buried in the Cabaret-Rouge British Cemetery. MaggieP Add to this record.   Pte. Charles Albert Hearn 9th Btn. North Staffordshire Regiment (d.16th Sept 1918) Bertie Hearn was my wife's uncle on her mother's side, she was Bertie's sister, Rosa Jessie Hearn. I found him during research of the family tree. On 23rd May 2015 my wife and I were taken to Sunken Road Cemetery at Boisleux-St.Marc. We believe that we are the first of the family to visit his grave. Our son Matthew had purchased a duplicate set of Bertie's medals to which he was entitled. We photographed his headstone with the medals and left two wooden crosses with personal messages from his niece Valerie Swinnerton and two great, great nephews. Unfortunately we never knew about Bertie from the family, so we do not know of any existing photos of Bertie himself. Alan Swinnerton Add to this record.   Pte. George Bennett 9th Btn. North Staffordshire Regiment (d.April 1917) The family story is that George Bennett, who worked on the railway, lied about his age so he could fight for King and Country, aged 17. His Mother, my Grandmother, never got over it. My Mother told me how she would sit and rock in her chair crying at the loss of her only Son. My mother was born in 1917 and never knew George but kept his memory alive. I have done the same, and I have told my children and grandchildren the same. We shall never forget him and all those fallen in War George Bennett died in the 1st Canadian Casualty Clearing Station and is interred at the Aubigny Communal Cemetery Extension. Heather Hancock Add to this record.   Pte. Frederick William Tower 9th Btn. North Staffordshire Regiment (d.24th Sep 1917) Frederick Tower is Resting in peace in Kemmel Chateau Military Cemetery, Belgium. Last visited by his family on June 2011 from New Zealand. Mark Towers Add to this record.    Mowbray Mitcalfe Robertson 9th Btn. North Staffordshire Regiment (d.31st Aug 1916) My great-uncle, Mowbray Mitcalfe Robertson, of the 9th Batallion, North Staffordshire Regiment, was killed on the Somme on the 31st August 1916 and is buried in Dantzig Alley British Cemetery, Mametz, Picardy, France. He was actually a South African. David Flinn Add to this record. Recomended Reading. Available at discounted prices.

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