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15th (1st Edinburgh) Battalion, Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment)
15th (1st Edinburgh) Battalion, Royal Scots was raised in September 1914 by the Lord Provost and City with half the men being recruited in Edinbugh and half in Manchester, for this reason the Battalion is sometimes known as the Manchester Scottish. After initial training close to home, they moved to Troon in March 1915 then in June they joined 101st Brigade, 34th Division at Ripon. They moved to Sutton Veny for final training in September and proceeded to France, landing at Le Havre on the 8th of January 1916. 34th Division concentrated at La Crosse, east of St Omer. They were in action during the Battles of the Somme, including the capture of Scots and Sausage Redoubts, The Battles of Bazentin Ridge and Pozieres Ridge. In 1917 they fought in the The First and Second Battles of the Scarpe and the The Battle of Arleux during the Arras Offensive. In August they were involved in the fighting at Hargicourt and in October they took part in The Third Battles of Ypres at the Broenbeek. In 1918 they were in action in The Battle of St Quentin and then moved to Flanders seeing action in The Battle of Estaires, The Battle of Bailleul and The First Battle for Kemmel Ridge during the Battles of the Lys, suffering heavy losses. The 34th Division was then withdrawn from fighting and on the 21st of April they moved to the area west of Poperinge for reorganisation and was engaged in digging a new defensive line between Abeele and Watou. On the 13th of May the infantry units moved to the area around Lumbres and reduced to a cadre which was then employed in the training of newly arrived American troops. The 15th Royal Scots transferred to 39th Division at Wolphus on the 17th of May. The battalion was disbanded in France on the 14th of August 1918.
22nd Oct 1915 Inspection
12th Dec 1915 Orders Received
20th Dec 1915 Orders
8th Jan 1916 On the Move
9th Jan 1916 On the Move
10th Jan 1916 On the Move
12th Jan 1916 Locations
15th Jan 1916 On the Move By the 15th of January 1916 all units of 34th Division had arrive in France and concentrated at La Crosse, east of St Omer.
16th Jan 1916 Organisation
20th Jan 1916 Inspection
21st Jan 1916 Orders
21st Jan 1916 Instruction 
22nd Jan 1916 Orders Issued
23rd Jan 1916 On the Move
23rd Jan 1916 In Reserve
24th Jan 1916 Inspection
25th Jan 1916 Instruction
26th Jan 1916 On Alert
27th Jan 1916 Emergeny Scheme
28th Jan 1916 Emergeny Scheme
11th Feb 1916 Inspection
12th Feb 1916 On the March
13th Feb 1916 On the March
19th Feb 1916 Move
29th Mar 1916 Stores
1st Jul 1916 34th Division in Action
1st Jul 1916 Advance
1st Jul 1916 In Action
1st Sep 1916 Artillery in Action
2nd Sep 1916 Quiet
3rd Sep 1916 Quiet
4th Sep 1916 Visit
5th Sep 1916 Stormy
6th Sep 1916 Instruction
7th Sep 1916 Artillery Active
8th Sep 1916 Bombardment
9th Sep 1916 Orders
10th Sep 1916 Quiet
11th Sep 1916 Preparations
12th Sep 1916 Reliefs
12th Sep 1916 Orders
13th Sep 1916 Wire Cutting
14th Sep 1916 Raid
15th Sep 1916 Trench Raids
16th Sep 1916 Bombardment
17th Sep 1916 Orders
18th Sep 1916 Trench Raids
19th Sep 1916 Orders
20th Sep 1916 Orders
21st Sep 1916 Quiet
22nd Sep 1916 Arrivals
23rd Sep 1916 Orders
24th Sep 1916 Trench Mortars
25th Sep 1916 Shelling
26th Sep 1916 Some Shelling
27th Sep 1916 Trench Mortars
28th Sep 1916 Training & Reliefs
29th Sep 1916 Wire Cutting
30th Sep 1916 Trench Raid
1st Oct 1916 Quiet
2nd Oct 1916 Quiet
3rd Oct 1916 Shelling
4th Oct 1916 Orders
5th Oct 1916 Wire Cut
6th Oct 1916 Rounds Fired
7th Oct 1916 Trench Raid
8th Oct 1916 Artillery Active
9th Oct 1916 Quiet
10th Oct 1916 Quiet
11th Oct 1916 Course
12th Oct 1916 Trench Raids
13th Oct 1916 Reliefs
15th Oct 1916 Conference
16th Oct 1916 Courses
18th Oct 1916 Reliefs
19th Oct 1916 Orders Issued
20th Oct 1916 Trench Raids
21st Oct 1916 Enemy Aircraft
22nd Oct 1916 Artillery Active
23rd Oct 1916 Artillery Active
24th Oct 1916 Experiment
25th Oct 1916 Artillery Active
26th Oct 1916 Wire Cutting
27th Oct 1916 Artillery Active
28th Oct 1916 Artillery in Action
29th Oct 1916 Heavy Shelling
30th Oct 1916 Artillery Active
31st Oct 1916 Warning
21st April 1917 Operational Order
24th June 1917 Divine Service.
27th July 1917 Operational Orders
31st July 1917 Account of Operations of this Battalion.
4th of January 1918 Enemy Aeroplanes
8th of January 1918 Heavy Snow
12th of January 1918 Thaw then Frost
21st of January 1918 A Surrender
22nd of January 1918 Relief Completed
29th of January 1918 Divisional HQ Moves
31st of January 1918 Training
3rd of February 1918 Weather Fine
28th of February 1918 On the Move
1st of March 1918 On the Move
5th of March 1918 No Hostile Patrols
8th of March 1918 Prisoner Taken
14th of March 1918 Fifteen Patrols Out
17th of March 1918 Enemy Aircraft Very Active
21st of March 1918 Enemy Bombardments
22nd Mar 1918 Heavy Shelling
23rd of March 1918 A March and an Extract
31st of March 1918 Relief Completed
1st Apr 1918 Enemy Active
1st Apr 1918 Hostile Patrols
2nd Apr 1918 Enemy Active
2nd Apr 1918 Shelling
3rd Apr 1918 Artillery in Action
3rd Apr 1918 Reliefs Completed
4th Apr 1918 Enemy Artillery Active
4th Apr 1918 Hostile Artillery
5th Apr 1918 Reliefs
5th Apr 1918 Relief
5th Apr 1918 Reliefs Complete
6th Apr 1918 Quiet
7th Apr 1918 Working Party
7th Apr 1918 Gas
8th Apr 1918 Working Party
8th Apr 1918 Low Visibility
9th Apr 1918 In Action
9th Apr 1918 In Action
9th Apr 1918 In Action
9th Apr 1918 Bridges
10th Apr 1918 Orders to Move Orders were received by the 6th West Ridings at 12.15am to move off from Reninghelct in buses; the buses moved off about 3am. and we arrived at Le Creche at about 5am. We then proceeded to march to the vicinity of Le Veau (map reference B14a, Sheet 36) where the battalion halted and their packs were stacked. Tea was made for the men and the orders for the next moved were issued. Our transport proceeded by road from the Busseboom area to vicinity of Neuve Eglise (map reference T14b, sheet 18). The battalion moved off a little after 9am by platoons at 100 yard intervals and took up an assembly position about L'Epinette cross roads (map reference B27b, sheet 36. 'A' and 'B' companies were to the south and 'C' and 'D' companies to the north. The 1/4th. D. of W. were on our right and the 1/7th. D. of W. were on our left. From 10.30am onwards, Erquinghem-Lys was heavily shelled. Orders were received at about 1pm. and the battalion moved across to the Nieppe defences, which consisted of a strong line well wired. Our left rested on Armentieres Road (map reference B16b, sheet Croix du Bac) after readjustement with 1/7th. Battalion. 'B' Company were on the right with the right part of the railway (map reference B28a)and 'D' Company was on the left with the left part on the Armentieres road. 'C' Company was at first in support but later was pushed in to assist 'B' Company. 'A' Company remained in reserve but sent one platoon to be in close support to 'B' and 'C' Companies. Our trenches filled up all day with stragglers from the 22nd. and 25th. Northumberland Fusiliers and the 15th. and 16th. Royal Scots. One complete company of the 23rd. N. F.'s crowded into the left of our line and came under our C. O.'s orders. A fairly quiet night passed with some shelling on Nieppe and Pont du Nieppe. Gas shells were prevalent. Casualties on this day for 6th Battalion West Riding Regt were 10964 Private H. Kilburn (Killed in Action), 19550 Private W. Marsden (Wounded), 24765 Lance Corporal H. Spink (Wounded), 267843 Private C. Sprigg (Wounded) and 267555 Private A Stocks. (Wounded accidentally)
10th Apr 1918 Messages
10th Apr 1918 Gallant Fighting
10th Apr 1918 In Action
10th Apr 1918 Withdrawal
11th Apr 1918 Withdrawal
11th Apr 1918 In Defence
11th Apr 1918 Holding the Line
12th Apr 1918 Defensive Action
13th of April 1918 Under Heavy Attack
16th of April 1918 Orders
18th Apr 1918 Reliefs
30th of April 1918 Reports
26th May 1918 Church Parades.
1st August 1918 Operational Orders No.41
25th September 1918 Operation Orders No.65.
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Those known to have served with15th (1st Edinburgh) Battalion, Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment) during the Great War 1914-1918. - Baxter W.. Pte. (d.8th May 1917)
- Beattie Walter John. Pte. (d.26th April 1917)
- Brown George William. Pte. (d.16th Apr 1918)
- Campsie William. Piper. (d.19th April 1920)
- Cope William. Pte. (d.26th August 1917)
- Donnan George Albert. Pte. (d.1st Jul 1916)
- Holdcroft Deggory. Pte. (d.23th Mar 1918)
- Laidlaw Arthur. Pte. (d.28th April 1917)
- McAlpine Donald. Pte. (d.11th Oct 1917)
- McGlasson Ernest. L/Cpl. (d.3rd Dec 1918 )
- Morris Donald Alexander Sinclair. Cpl. (d.26th Aug 1917)
- Naylor Hubert Hepworth. (d.1st July 1916)
- Seacy Samuel. Pte.
- Swann William. Pte.
- Tilney Ernest. Pte. (d.28th April 1917)
- Warhurst Harold Bown. Pte. (d.1st Jul 1916)
- Wight Thomas. Cpl
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Hubert Hepworth Naylor 15th Battalion Royal Scots (Lothian Regt) (d.1st July 1916) Hubert Naylor served with the 15th Battalion, Royal Scots and was killed on the 1st of July 1916.
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Pte. William Swann 15th Btn Royal Scots William Swann, known as Billy, was my Great Great Aunt's stepson. He was one of the so called Manchester Scottish, members of the 15th Battalion, Royal Scots which was raised by the Lord Provost and City with half the men being recruited in Edinburgh and half in Manchester, hence the name Manchester Scottish.
My interest in him comes from two photographs I have passed through the family welcoming him home from the war after being in a POW in Germany. My research through the archives of the International Committee of the Red Cross indicates that he was captured at Croiselles, France on the 23rd of March 1918 and was imprisoned at Parchim Camp in Germany. This was known as the Camp of Death possibly because of the high death rate from Spanish Flu.
William married in Annie Leah on 27th Dec 1927. I have not been able to trace any children. It was a later marriage, William was born in 1883, Annie in 1894 and both died in 1960.
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L/Cpl. Ernest McGlasson 15th Btn. Royal Scots (d.3rd Dec 1918 ) Ernest McGlasson died of wounds.
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Cpl. Donald Alexander Sinclair Morris C Coy. 15th Btn. Royal Scots (d.26th Aug 1917) Donald Morris was born in Edinburgh in 1885 to David and Isabella Morris (nee MacKay) and was the 5th of 8 children.
He was a soldier in the 15th Royal Scots, which was formed at Edinburgh in September 1914 by the Lord Provost. He was killed on the 26th of August 1917 in France and his name is listed on the Thiepval Memorial.
Donald's younger brother Thomas Anderson Morris (320295), born in 1894 in Edinburgh, was also killed in France on the 24th of March 1918 and is buried in the Doullens Communal Cemetery. He was a soldier in the Royal Army Medical Corps and died of wounds in the 3 Canadian Stationary Hospital, Doullens, France. The commanding officer of the hospital was Lt Col John McCrae, who wrote 'In Flanders Fields'.
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Pte. William Cope 15th Battalion Royal Scots Lothian (d.26th August 1917) William Cope married Sarah Jane Reeve on the 24th of December 1892 St Mary's Church, Ilkeston, Derbyshire.
His father was Willouhby Cope and mother Emma nee Stokes. William worked as
Coal Miner/Hewer for the Mapperley Colliery Company, at Simon Pit, Mapperley in Derbyshire, before enlisting.
He died of wounds on the 26th of August 1917.
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Pte. Donald McAlpine 15th Btn. Royal Scots (d.11th Oct 1917) Donald McAlpine served with the 15th Royal Scots.
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Pte. Samuel Seacy 15th Btn. Royal Scots My great uncle Samuel Seacy wrote a letter home on 3rd of May 1917 when he was out for a rest and I'm trying to find out what specific action from the Battle of Arras he was referring to.
He wrote: ... "We came out on the 1st; we were about 130 so we had some left out of about 900 - not so bad (ironic comment I assume!). We were cut off and had to fight for it, the others were taken or killed. It was awful - talk about Mons. It was hell Piddy (nickname of his sister, my grandmother) so don't tell mother. I thank God I got out - they were killing the wounded..."
Great Uncle Samuel was injured on 28th of August 1917 with what was described as "gunshot, severe".
Grateful for any information you can provide on Samuel's service history and details on the action he would have been participating in when he was wounded.
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Pte. George Albert Donnan 15th Btn.(1st Edinburgh) Royal Scots (d.1st Jul 1916) George Albert Donnan enlisted, aged 23, in the 15th Battalion (1st Edinburgh) Royal Scots Regiment, on 28th September 1914. Although this was a Scottish Regiment, this particular Battalion recruited over 500 from the Manchester area and, therefore, were sometimes referred to as the Manchester Scottish.
Bert was killed in action on the 1st day of the Battle of the Somme. He has no known grave but is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial.
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Piper. William Campsie 15th Bn. Royal Scots (d.19th April 1920) William Campsie served with 15th Btn. Royal Scots as a piper and later
to 156th Labour Coy. Labour Corps. I have been to his grave in Logie Stirling and seen his name on the memorial in Bridge of Allan.
I may have a photograph of him but I am not sure what his uniform would look like - I have the family photographs of the Campsies who lived in Bridge of Allan including one of his father's shop.
I would love to know where he was and what he did, we share the same first name - presumably from the same ancestor
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Pte. George William Brown 15th Battalion Royal Scots (d.16th Apr 1918) George William Brown was aged 21 when he died on 16th April 1918 whilst serving with the 15th Battalion Royal Scots. (formerly 4496 H.L.I.)
He was the son of William Borill Brown and Margaret Ann Brown of 9 Lord Nelson Street Tyne Dock South Shields. On the 1911 census he is listed as George William Brown age 13 at School living with his parents William Borill and Margaret Ann Brown and family at 55 Redwood Road, South Shields
Born in Jarrow, he enlisted in South Shields. George is remembered on the
Ploegsteert Memorial.
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Pte. Walter John Beattie 15th Battalion Royal Scots (d.26th April 1917) Walter John Beattie served with the 15th Battalion Royal Scots he was aged 33 when he died on 26th April 1917.
Born in Bulgill, Cumberland, he was the son of Janet Milligan (formerly Beattie) and the late Walter Beattie and husband of Christina Wilson Beattie (nee Aitern) of 25 Primrose Hill, Monkton, Jarrow.
On the 1911 census is recorded as Walter John Beattie age 27 Coal miner Hewer, living with wife Christina and child at 74 Laurel Street, Wallsend. Walter enlisted in Bowhill, Selkirk and is remembered on the Arras Memorial.
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Pte. Harold Bown Warhurst 15th Service Battalion Royal Scots (d.1st Jul 1916) I don't know a lot about Harold Warhurst. He was my grandmother's cousin and worked as a Junior Clerk in a Cotton Waste Mill in Manchester before joining up. He was killed on the first day of The Battle of the Somme. He is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial there. He was just 20 years old. Poignantly his only possessions found after his death, which were returned to his parents were a writing pad, a letter and his disc.
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