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1st Battalion, Welch Regiment    1st Battalion, Welsh Regiment were in Chakrata, India, with Dehra Dun Brigade, Meerut Division when war was declared in August 1914. As soon as a territorial unit arrived to take over the garrison, the 1st Welsh returned to England, landing at Plymouth on the 22nd of December joining 84th Brigade, 28th Division at Hursley Park near Winchester. They proceeded to France from Southampton, landing at le Harve on the 18th of January, they concentrated in the area between Bailleul and Hazebrouck, being joined by additional Territorial units. In 1915 they were in action in The Second Battle of Ypres and The Battle of Loos. On the 19th of October 1915 orders were recieved to prepare to sail and five days later the first units left Marseilles for Alexandria in Egypt all units (with the exception XXXI and CXLVI Brigades RFA) arrived the by 22nd of November and they went on to Salonika on the 4th of January 1916. Later in the year they were in action during the occupation of Mazirko and the capture of Barakli Jum'a. In 1917 they were involved in the capture of Ferdie and Essex Trenches (near Barakli Jum'a) and then the capture of Barakli and Kumli. In mid 1918 a number of units returned to France The remainer of the Division were later in actio at the Battle of Doiran and the pursuit to the Strumica valley. When Hostilities with Bulgaria ceased at the end of September the 28th Division was in the area of Trnovo. They moved in early November to Gallipoli and occupied the Dardanelles Forts. 31st October 1914 The Queens in the trenches 2nd Feb 1915 Registration   4th Feb 1915 Attack Made   16th Feb 1915 Barrage   17th Feb 1915 Attack Made   23rd of February 1915  23rd Feb 1915 Reorganisation 24th Feb 1915 Artillery Support   24th of February 1915 Snipers Checked   26th Feb 1915 Reliefs   26th of February 1915 Patrol Encountered   27th Feb 1915 Signal Message   27th Feb 1915 Conference   27th of February 1915 Brigade Relief   28th Feb 1915 Shelling   28th of February 1915  Artillery Reorganised   2nd of March 1915  Patrols   3rd of March 1915 Enemy Fire Silenced   4th of March 1915 Enemy Nervous   6th of March 1915  No Hostile Patrols    7th of March 1915  A Searchlight Hit    10th of March 1915 POW Taken   11th of March 1915 Mortar Shells   16th March 1915  Information 16th of March 1915 No Hostile Patrols   19th of March 1915  Patrols   20th of March 1915     29th of March 1915 Quiet Time    30th of March 1915  Hostile MG Damaged?    31st of March 1915     31st March 1915  Working Parties   31st of March 1915 Staff 1st of April 1915 Orders   4th of April 1915 A White Flag   5th of April 1915 Quiet Day 7th Apr 1915 Reorganisation 19th Jun 1915 Reliefs 26th Jun 1915 Reliefs 3rd Jul 1915 Reliefs 10th Jul 1915 Reliefs 19th Jul 1915 On the March 22nd Jul 1915 Orders 28th Jul 1915 Reliefs If you can provide any additional information, please add it here. Want to know more about 1st Battalion, Welch Regiment? There are:5273 items tagged 1st Battalion, Welch 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 1st Battalion, Welch Regiment during the Great War 1914-1918. Davies Joseph. Pte. (d.8th May 1915) Gould William Thomas. Pte. (d.28th February 1917) Gowman William. Pte. (d.2nd Oct 1915) Jones Harry. Pte. (d.4th Oct 1915) Jones James. Pte. (d.26th May 1916) Vodden John. Pte (d.18th August 1915) Wagstaff Andrew. Pte. (d.25th May 1915) 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 1st Battalion, Welch Regiment from other sources. 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If the information here has been helpful or you have enjoyed reaching the stories please conside making a donation, no matter how small, would be much appreciated, annually we need to raise enough funds to pay for our web hosting or this site will vanish from the web. If you enjoy this site please consider making a donation. Announcements 22nd April 2024     Please note we currently have a massive backlog of submitted material, our volunteers are working through this as quickly as possible and all names, stories and photos will be added to the site. If you have already submitted a story to the site and your UID reference number is higher than 263973 your submission is still in the queue, please do not resubmit. 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. Harry Jones 1st Btn. Welsh Regiment (d.4th Oct 1915) Harry Jones was killed in action on the 4th of October 1915 and is buried in Bethune Town Cemetery, France. He was born in Liverpool, and was a resident of Caerphilly, Glam. s flynn Add to this record.   Pte. William Thomas Gould 1st Btn. Welsh Regiment (d.28th February 1917) William Gould served with 1st Battalion, Welsh Regiment. Colin Bull Add to this record.   Pte. James Jones 1st Btn. Welch Regiment (d.26th May 1916) James Jones was my great great uncle who died in action at Salonika. I am looking for service records, pictures or stories about him. Shane Mccarthy Add to this record. Recomended Reading. Available at discounted prices.

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