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2nd Battalion, Royal Fusiliers    2nd Battalion, Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) were in Calcutta, India when war broke out in August 1914. As soon as a territorial unit arrived to take over the garrison, they departed for England, arriving in December and joining 86th Brigade, 29th Division at Nuneaton. They were training for France when orders arrived to prepare to depart for Gallipoli. They embarked from Avonmouth between the 16th and 22nd of March 1915 sailing via Malta to Alexandria then on to Mudros in April. They landed at Cape Helles, Gallipoli on the 25th of April 1915 and were involved in heavy fighting until the evacuation on the nights of the 7th and 8th of January 1916 when they returned to Egypt. In March they were sent to France, sailing to Marseilles and travelling by train to concentrate in the area east of Pont Remy by the end of March. In July they went into action in the Battles of the Somme. In 1917 they were in action in the The First, Second and Third Battle of the Scarpe during the Arras Offensive, then moved to Flanders and fought in the The Battle of Langemarck, The Battle of Broodseinde and The Battle of Poelcapelle. Before moving south for The Battle of Cambrai. In 1918 they were in action in The Battle of Estaires, at Messines and The Battle of Hazebrouck including the defence of Nieppe Forest and The Battle of Bailleul. They were involved in The Action of Outtersteene Ridge, The capture of Ploegsteert and Hill 63 during the Advance in Flanders. At the Armistice the 29th Division was selected to march into Germany to occupy the Rhine bridgehead, they crossed the Belgian-German border at Malmedy on the 4th of December 1918. 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They were heavily repulsed and forced to retire. 6th Aug 1915 Attack Made 7th Aug 1915 Withdrawal 11th Aug 1915 Demonstration 19th Aug 1915 Water Scarce 20th Aug 1915 2nd Royal Fusiliers leave Cape Helles for Cape Sulva  The 2nd Royal Fusilers proceeded from Cape Helles to Cape Sulva. 21st Aug 1915 2nd Royal Fusiliers under heavy fire  The 2nd Royal Fusilers were under heavy fire from the Turks at Cape Sulva, a bombardment which lasted three dats. 21st Aug 1915 Assault Made 9th Sep 1915 2nd Royal Fusiliers proceed to Imbros   The 2nd Royal Fusilers left Chocolate Hill and proceeded to Imbross aboard HMS Usmanier for a period of rest 21st Sep 1915 2nd Royal Fusiliers departed from Imbros   The 2nd Royal Fusilers departed from Imbross and returned to the firing line the following day. 16th Oct 1915 2nd Royal Fusiliers  make an attack  The 2nd Royal Fusilers made an unsucessful attack on a sap. 17th Oct 1915 2nd Royal Fusiliers take a sap  Ten men and Sergeant of the 2nd Royal Fusilers made another attack on the sap, this time capturing it succesfully. 26th Nov 1915 A Terrible Storm 26th Nov 1915 A Tremedous Flood 27th Nov 1915 Trenches Flooded 28th Nov 1915 Snow 29th Nov 1915 Bitter Wind 30th Nov 1915 Survivors Inspected 30th Nov 1915 Reliefs 1st Dec 1915 Battalion Strength 5th Dec 1915 Reliefs 11th Dec 1915 Reliefs 12th Dec 1915 Reliefs 18th Dec 1915 Units leave Gallipoli  The evacuation from Gallipoli to Imbros took place over the nights of 18th & 19th December 1915. 17th Jan 1916 2nd Royal Fusiliers depart Mundros  The 2nd Royal Fusilers sailed from Mundros aboard the Empress of Britain bound for Alexandria. 20th Jan 1916 2nd Royal Fusiliers arrive Mustapha Pasha  The 2nd Royal Fusilers arrived at Mustapha Pasha from Alexandria. 18th Feb 1916 2nd Royal Fusiliers leave Mustapha Pasha  The 2nd Royal Fusilers entrain at Mustapha Pasha for Port Jewfick, Suez. 26th Feb 1916 Orders 28th Feb 1916 Reliefs 2nd Mar 1916 2nd Royal Fusiliers leave Suez  The 2nd Royal Fusilers embarked from Port Jewfick aboard the Alaunia, sailing through the Canel to Port Said. 2nd Mar 1916 On the Move 3rd Mar 1916 Reliefs 16th Mar 1916 2nd Royal Fusiliers depart Port Suez  The 2nd Royal Fusilers embarked from Port Suez for Marseilles via Malta. 22nd Mar 1916 2nd Royal Fusiliers arrive in France  The 2nd Royal Fusilers arrived at Marseilles from Port Suez and entrained for Port Remy. 24th Mar 1916 2nd Royal Fusiliers arrive Port Remy  The 2nd Royal Fusilers arrived Port Remy by train from Marseilles and marched 15 miles to Coulon Villiers. 4th Apr 1916 2nd Royal Fusiliers march to Beauval  The 2nd Royal Fusilers left Coulon Villiers and marched to Beauval, then to Englebelmer. 21st Apr 1916 2nd Royal Fusiliers at Auchonvillers  The 2nd Royal Fusilers arrived at Auchonvillers and were engaged in trench work at Beaumont Hamel. 18th May 1916 2nd Royal Fusiliers into Trenches  The 2nd Royal Fusilers went into the trenches near Mally-Maillet. 2nd Sep 1916 In the Trenches 3rd Sep 1916 Reliefs Completed 20th Feb 1918 Working Parties & Concert 21st Feb 1918 Working Parties & Concert 22nd Feb 1918 Concert 23rd Feb 1918 Concert If you can provide any additional information, please add it here. Want to know more about 2nd Battalion, Royal Fusiliers? There are:5398 items tagged 2nd Battalion, Royal 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 2nd Battalion, Royal Fusiliers during the Great War 1914-1918. Ainsworth Gerald. L/Cpl. (d.27th March 1918) Arkwright Alfred Stanley. Pte. (d.25th Apr 1915) Atkins Herbert Ernest King. Pte. (d.26 May 1915) Baber George Robert. Pte. (d.22nd Sep 1918) Baber George Robert. Pte. (d.22nd Sep 1918) Beames Frank Rupert. Pte. (d.28th February 1917) Bowie Edward John. Lt. Brooks Henry William. Pte. (d.25th November 1916) Bulbeck Henry Edmund. Lt. (d.6th Nov 1916) Carey William James. Pte. (d.22nd Nov 1917) Cooper David. Pte. (d.27th October 1916) Cunningham William. Pte. (d.1st July 1916) Davies MM. Robert William. Pte. Davis Percival James. Pte. (d.16th Oct 1916) Doughty Alfred John. Pte. Draper G. Pte Ellse Ogden. Pte. Evans Arthur. Pte. (d.1st July 1916) Evans Arthur. Pte. (d.1st Jul 1916) Farr William Charles. (d.9th Oct 1917 ) Firmston William. Sgt (d.13th April 1918) Frost Gilbert Henry. Pte. (d.8th Nov 1915) Goodhand George. Cpl. Hawkins Walter Thomas. Pte. (d.29th September 1918) Higginson Arthur. Pte (d.12th Aug 1917) Hill Edward John. Pte. (d.28th Feb 1917) Hobbs Thomas William. Pte. (d.26th Oct 1917) Holloway John E.. Lt. (d.7th May 1915) Jennings George William. Pte. (d.11th August 1917) Joel MM. Joseph Henry. Sgt. Jones Henry. Pte. (d.30th June 1915) Kiff Henry Arthur . Pte (d.25th April 1915) Lloyd F. J.T.. QMS (d.26th September 1915) McAlpin MiD. Kenneth Furgus. T/Capt McMahon John. Pte. (d.2nd Oct 1915) Mitchell Geoffrey Arthur Nevett. Cpl. Munden CdeG. Marwood Mintern. Lt. Nice Frederick William. Pte. (d.24th April 1917) Parr Stanley. Pte. Seal Thomas. Pte (d.1st July 1916) Smallwood Rowland. Pte. Spry William T.. Pte. (d.14th June 1918) Tate Arthur Lewis. Pte. (d.9th October 1917) Tonge Reginald Severn. L/Cpl. (d.17th Feb 1917) Vale Edward Charles. Pte. (d.9th Oct 1917) Wells Hurleston Vesey. Capt. (d.12th April 1918) White Leonard Gilbert. Pte. (d.16th November 1918) White Leonard Gilbert. Fus. (d.16th November 1918) Williams Charles Edward. Cpl. (d.27th Oct 1916) Willis Henry. Pte. (d.1st July 1916) Wood Monthem Frank. Pte. Wright James. Pte. Wright William Albert. Staff Sgt. (d.7th Dec 1917) 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 2nd Battalion, Royal Fusiliers from other sources. The Wartime Memories Project is the original WW1 and WW2 commemoration website. 1st of September 2023 marks 24 years since the launch of the Wartime Memories Project. 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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.   Sgt William Firmston 2nd Btn. Y Coy. Royal Fusiliers (d.13th April 1918) William Firmston was the son of William Henry and Emily Emma Firmston, of 9 Schoolhouse Lane, Teddington, Middx. He is remembered on the Ploegsteert Memorial to the Missing and also served in Gallipoli. Peter Firmston Add to this record.   L/Cpl. Reginald Severn Tonge 22nd Btn, Royal Fusiliers (d.17th Feb 1917) Reginald Tonge was killed in action the 17th of February 1917, aged 37 and is buried in Dernancourt Communal Cemetery Extension in France. He was the son of Julia Tonge, of Raby Lodge, 35 Oliver Grove, South Norwood, London. s flynn Add to this record.   Pte. George Robert Baber 2nd Btn. Royal Fusiliers (d.22nd Sep 1918) George Baber enlisted with the 2nd London Regiment and was posted to 2nd Btn. Royal Fusiliers. John Baber Add to this record.   Pte. Arthur Evans 2nd Btn Royal Fusiliers (d.1st Jul 1916) After many years we located my grandfather, Arthur Evans in Hawthorn Ridge Cemetery No 2. My Father, of the same name, never met his own father who had been killed a few months after my father had been born, but at the ripe old age of 80, and with failing health I managed to get him, with the help of family members, to Hawthorn Ridge to see his own father's grave. It was a very very sad day and a few months later my dad died. John Evans Add to this record.   Pte. James Wright 24th Btn. Royal Fusiliers James Wright served with 24th Royal Fusiliers in the Great War. He also served with the 1st, 2nd and 12th Royal Fusiliers. He also served with the Canadian Army during WW2. Add to this record.   Pte. Frank Rupert Beames 2nd Btn. Royal Fusiliers (d.28th February 1917) Frank Beames served with the 2nd Battalion, Royal Fusiliers in WW1. He died 28th of February 1917 aged 21 years and is remembered on the Thiepval Memorial in France. Son of James Rupert and Kezia Beames of The Limes, Hatton, Feltham, Middx. Hazel Orchard Add to this record.   Pte. Gilbert Henry Frost 2nd Btn. Royal Fusiliers (d.8th Nov 1915) Gilbert Frost served with the the 2nd Battalion, Royal Fusiliers in WW1. He died of wounds in the Balkan Theatre (Gallipoli), only a short time after joining up on 8th of November 1915. Gilbert had worked as a beer seller and on his death left a widow, Mary May (Sunderland) of Beresford Street, Shelton, Stoke-on-Trent. He was the son of Albert K Frost (deceased at that time) and Evelyn Lucy Frost. He died aged 33 years and is buried in Hill 10 Cemetery in Turkey. Lee Nicon Add to this record.   Pte. Henry Jones 2nd Battalion Royal Fusiliers (d.30th June 1915) Henry Jones was the elder brother of my Grandfather Leonard. My Grandfather never spoke of him, and it was not until many years after the death of my beloved Grandfather that I found out of his existence. I remember as a child being at my Grandparent's on 11th November each year and the television being on and Grandad sitting in his chair quietly watching the event, not knowing about Great Uncle Henry. Great Uncle Henry is buried at the Lancashire Landing Cemetery, Turkey. This information was found for me by the CWGC. Rosalind Hedges Add to this record.   Pte. John McMahon 2nd Btn. Royal Irish Fusiliers (d.2nd Oct 1915) John McMahon, born in Cara Street in Clones in 1892 was one of those who never came home. The youngest of the 13 children of William & Mary McMahon, John grew up in a staunch nationalist home environment, with his mother and many of his siblings taking an active role in the struggle for Irish independence. The harsh economic realities of life in the early years of the 20th century drove John down a different path and seen him enlisting in the 2nd Battalion of the Royal Irish Fusiliers. For many young men of his generation the British Army offered an opportunity for gainful employment and the excitement of travelling to the far corners of the then flourishing British Empire. Before the outbreak of World War 1 John was stationed in India, but in 1915 as hostilities escalated, John`s regiment was recalled to England prior to being deployed to the Western Front. Hoping he would be given some rest and relaxation after the seven week arduous journey on the high seas, John penned a letter to his mother back home in Clones. It would be the last contact Mary McMahon had with her youngest son. Dear Mother, Just a few lines hoping to find you well as I am well myself. We arrived in England on the 21st of this month, we were 7 weeks on the water. I got your letter when we arrived in camp. We are in Winchester Camp and it is very cold. We don't know when we are for the front. I expect it won't be very long. We might get 5 days pass, if I do you can expect me home in a couple of days. Goodbye, Wright soon Johnie. Private John McMahon, aged 23 years, died by a sniper`s bullet on Saturday 2nd of October 1915. His mortal remains lay in Hangard Communal Cemetery in the Somme region of Northern France. Paul McMahon Add to this record.   Pte. Arthur Evans 2nd Battalion Royal Fusiliers (d.1st July 1916) My Grandfather, Arthur Evans, was killed on the first day of the Battle of the Somme. My Grandmother was expecting my father at the time, he was killed before he had the chance to see him. She called my father Arthur Evans in memory of his father. Over the years my father never mentioned him and didn't know where he was buried. He he got to the ripe old age of 80years when my brother in law contacted the War Graves Commission out of interest to see if any information was available. In the following months we had all the information needed. At the time my father's health had deteriorated but we managed to get him to the Somme to see his own father's grave. A very emotional time for all concerned sadly it was to be one of the last things he did before he died. John Evans Add to this record.   Fus. Leonard Gilbert White 2nd Btn. Royal Fusiliers (d.16th November 1918) Leonard White was a milkman. He enlisted at Shoreham Camp at Shoreham by Sea, Sussex in 1914. He served through the Dardanelles Campaign, also served in Egypt, then to the trenches on Western Front. He was wounded in Nov 1918 days before the Armistice was signed. He died of wounds in a Miltary Hospital in Liverpool on 16th of November 1918. He is buried in Mill Lane Cemetery at Shoreham by Sea. His mother was a midwife Mrs Caroline White of 5 Buckingham Cottages, Shoreham by Sea. G L White Add to this record.   Pte. Leonard Gilbert White 2nd Btn. Royal Fusiliers (d.16th November 1918) My great uncle, Leonard White, enlisted in the 2nd Battalion, Royal Fusiliers at Shoreham Camp, which was Training Camp situated on the South Downs. He served at Gallpoli, but was wounded just before the war's end, and died of wounds at a hospital in Liverpool. His body was transferred to Shoreham-by-Sea. He was aged 31, and a bachelor. His civilian job was as a milkman. Add to this record.   T/Capt Kenneth Furgus McAlpin MiD. 2nd Battalion Royal Fusiliers When Grandfather, Kenneth, left Marlborough College, he joined Guy's Hospital to start his training as a dental surgeon. However, he also joined the University of London Officer Training Corps, where he remained until 12th September 1915. He he was commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant into the Light Royal Fusiliers (now known as the Regiment of Fusiliers), 2nd Battalion, arriving on the 12 November 1915 in the Dardanelles, Gallipoli. By the 16th November he had his first battle field promotion to T/Lieutenant. It was during this time that he was transferred to the Machine Gun section of the Battalion, which would in time form part of the Machine Gun Corp. where he would see action later on in the Great War as part of the 52 Battalion Machine Gun Corp He was finally evacuated from Gallipoli as part of the general withdrawal back to Palestine in December 1915, where the battalion stayed until embarking to Marseille, France in April 1916. As part of the pre planning and build up for what we now know as the Battle of the Somme, the battalion made its second debut in major operations in another attempt to achieve the impossible. On this occasion it took part as part of the 29th Division in the holding attack north of Ancre. It was here that Grandpa received his second battlefield promotion to T/Captain. He was wounded during the Battle of the Somme on 16th of August 1916 at Delville Wood. Unfortunately, I have not been able to find out the nature of the wound, but it was, I expect nothing too serious as he was back at the front fairly quickly. He remained in the front line in France until December 1916, when the battalion where again withdrawn back to Palestine, where the battalion stayed for the whole of 1917. In January 1918, the Battalion found itself back on the western front, where the Battalion was heavily engaged with the Big Push by the German Imperial Army and the resulting The Spring Offensive, then later in the Battle of Amiens in August 1918, which has seen the nation remembering this decisive battle, which is widely recognised as the turning point in the Great War, where the lessons of the Somme had been learnt. This battle saw for the first time Infantry, Artillery and Tank regiments together with the air support all coordinating in one single action, with devastating results, that the German Imperial Army where never to recover from. Grandpa stayed in France after the amnesties on the 11th of November 1918 until Spring 1919. It was during this period that Grandpa was Mentioned in Dispatches on 2 separate occasions. The first occasion was in the dispatch from General Sir Edward Allenby on the 5thof April 1918 and the second occasion was in the dispatch from General Haig on the 8th of November 1918. Unfortunately, I have not been able to see what he did to warrant these mentions. I have no recollection of this been discussed within the family. Unfortunately, we will probably never know, as the majority of the records in the War Office where destroyed by a direct hit during the 2nd World War. This period also saw the last of his battle field promotions, to A/Major in the Machine Gun Corps on the 25th April 1918. He was finally discharged from the regular Army in Aug 1919, where he resumed his studies at Guy's Hospital to finally qualify as a dental surgeon. Robert McAlpin Add to this record.   Pte. Arthur Lewis Tate 2nd Btn. Royal Fusiliers (d.9th October 1917) Private Arthur Lewis Tate was born in Holborn in 1893. His family moved to 19 Gloucester Road, Acton and he was educated at St Mary's School. He enlisted in Hounslow with the 2nd Battalion, Royal Fusiliers, service no. L/15226. At the beginning of the war he was serving in India, then served in France and the Dardanelles where he caught malaria. He was then moved to the Western Front and died on the 9th of October 1917, aged 24 during the third Battle of Ypres. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium. He is remembered on the War Memorial, St Mary's Church, Acton, London. Information courtesy of www.stmaryacton.org.uk Caroline Hunt Add to this record.   Pte. Robert William Davies MM. 69th Coy. Machine Gun Corps Robert Davies was my grandfather, he died in 1981 in Stockton on Tees, Co Durham. During the attack of the 69th Brigade on the Hill 60 Sector on 7th of June 1917. He was wounded in the wrist and was awarded the Military Medal for his actions. Later in the War my Grandfather was taken prisoner by the Germans, he finally arrived home on Stockton on Tees around March 1922. I am still in the process of trying to find more details of his history between 1917 and 1922. John Davies Add to this record.   Pte. George William Jennings 1st Btn. Royal Fusiliers (d.11th August 1917) George Jennings was one of four brothers who served during the Great War. He served with the 1st & 2nd Btns. Royal Fusiliers. Only two of the brothers returned home in 1918, both George and his brother Percy died during the Battle of Passchendaele the Third Battle of Ypres. Georges body was never recovered, probably a victim of the Flanders mud during this terrible battle. Peter Jennings Add to this record.   Pte. Stanley Parr 2nd Btn. Royal Fusiliers I'm not sure when my grandfather, Stanley Parr, joined the British Army; whether he volunteered or was conscripted. He would have joined from his home city of Sheffield but it is uncertain how he found himself in the second battalion in the Royal Fusiliers, a Regular British Army formation. His older brother, Herbert Parr, a Private in the 9th KOYLI, died of wounds in early May 2017. His grave is at Warlencourt Halte, between Arras and Doullens. Both brothers are named on the Eccleshall War Memorial in Sheffield. We know Stanley was captured after being gassed and wounded, probably in late 1917. He spent some time in a POW camp, Fort MacDonald near Lille, evidently with many Portuguese POWs, before being transported east to Poland where he was put to work in a salt mine. On release at the end of the war he evidently wandered eastern Europe, probably with other POWs attempting to get home. He contacted Spanish 'flu in Switzerland but was nursed back to some form of health in a Red Cross hospital there. He returned to Sheffield in 1919. We have a small silver medallion he received from the City of Sheffield indicating he was a POW 1919. Stanley couldn't work properly because of his war injuries. He died in 1931 and is buried at the Eccleshall cemetery in Sheffield Tony Parr Add to this record.   Pte. Edward Charles Vale Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry (d.9th Oct 1917) Edward Vale was born in 1890 at Ely, Cambridgeshire, son of William and Ellen Vale. He previously served with 2nd Royal Fusiliers and 2nd and 6th Battalions Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry before transferring to the 1/4th Battalion. His name appears on the War Office Daily Casualty List (Wounded), 24th September 1917, Edward died at Knightshayes V.A.D. Hospital, near Tiverton, Devon, of wounds received in France, 9th of October 1917. Buried in Chevithorne (St Thomas) Churchyard, Devon, he is remembered on the Stretham, Cambs War Memorial. Colin Green Add to this record.   Pte. George Robert Baber 2/2nd Btn. (d.22nd Sep 1918) George Baber served with the 2nd Royal Fusiliers before being posted to 2nd/2nd Battalion, London Regiment. Add to this record.   Capt. Hurleston Vesey Wells 2nd Battalion Royal Fusiliers (d.12th April 1918) Hurleston Wells is remembered on the Ploegsteert Memorial. Peter Vesey Wells Add to this record. Recomended Reading. Available at discounted prices.

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