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10th/11th Battalion, Highland Light Infantry
10th/11th (Service) Battalion, Highland Light Infantry was formed on the 14th of May 1916 when the 10th HLI amalgamated with 11th HLI to form the 10/11th Battalion and they joined 46th Brigade in 15th (Scottish) Division. They were in action in the The Battle of Loos in 1915. In spring 1916, they were involved in the German gas attacks near Hulluch and the defence of the Kink position. They were in action duringthe Battles of the Somme, including The Battle of Pozieres, The Battle of Flers-Courcelette and the capture of Martinpuich, The Battle of Le Transloy and the attacks on the Butte de Warlencourt. In 1917 they were in action in The First and Second Battle of the Scarpe, including the capture of Guemappe during the Arras Offensive. They then moved north to Flanders and were in action during the The Battle of Pilckem and The Battle of Langemark. On the 1st of February 1918 they transferred to 119th Brigade, 40th Division then on the 16th to 120th Brigade in the same Division as the Army was reorganised. They were in action in The Battle of St Quentin and The Battle of Bapaume then moved to Flanders and were in action in The Battle of Estaires and The Battle of Hazebrouck, suffering very heavy losses. On the 6th of May 1918 the Battalion was reduced to cadre on the
3rd of June they transferred to 34th Division and on the 16th to 43rd Brigade in 14th (Light) Division at Boulogne and they returned to England. They moved to Brookwood near Aldershot and on the 21st of June 1918 the Battalion was rebuilt by absorbing the 22nd Battalion HLI. The battalion was retitled the 10th HLI and returned to France on the 5th of July, landing at Boulogne and joined Second Army, seeing action at Ypres 1918 and in the final advance in Flanders.
18th Aug 1916 In Action
30th Nov 1917 Congratulations
1st Apr 1918 Reliefs Complete
2nd Apr 1918 Moves 
3rd Apr 1918 Quiet
4th Apr 1918 Quiet
5th Apr 1918 Orders
6th Apr 1918 Reliefs Completed
7th Apr 1918 Reorganisation
8th Apr 1918 Moves
9th Apr 1918 In Action
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Those known to have served with10th/11th Battalion, Highland Light Infantry during the Great War 1914-1918. - Cowie Norman. Pte. (d.30th July 1916)
- Gracie John. Pte. (d.18th August 1916)
- Harvey John Campbell. Cpl.
- Jenkins James. Pte. (d.31st Oct 1916)
- Johnston Joseph. Pte.
- Livie John F.. L/Cpl (d.9th Apr 1918)
- McKechnie Hugh. Pte.
- Shand John. Pte. (d.11th Apr 1917)
- Sparling Harry Christopher. L/Cpl. (d.3rd Nov 1917)
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Pte. Hugh McKechnie 10th/11th Btn. Highland Light Infantry Hugh McKechnie enlisted on 9 August 1914 and saw action on the western front with the 10th/11th Battalion. He suffered wounds in action in August 1917 which subsequently lead to his discharge on 4 February 1918. The discharge cause was recorded as "Wounds xvi Army Order IIb(i) d/10/08/1917."
It appears that Hugh migrated to Western Australia in 1923 on board the SS Barrabool, which left London on 15/3/1923. He went to live with his sister who had already moved to WA.
Hugh McKechnie settled in East Perth and ultimately lived at the Sunset Hospital in Dalkeith until his death in 1974. He is buried at Karrakatta Cemetery beside the grave of his sister Minnie.
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Pte. John Shand 10th/11th Btn. Highland Light Infantry (d.11th Apr 1917) John Shand served with the 10th/11th Battalion, Highland Light Infantry.
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Pte. Joseph Johnston 10th/11th Btn. Highland Light Infantry My Grandfather, Joseph Johnston, for whom I am named, joined the 10th/11th HLI just before his 18th birthday. He was captured by German troops on 9th of April 1918, two days after his 19th birthday. He was engaged in the Battle of the Lys, part of the German Spring Offensive.
He was captured at Fleurbaix in Northern France, a village 13 miles west of Lille. By that time his HLI Battalion had become, firstly on the 1st February 1918, with the 119th Brigade of the British Army's 40th Division, and subsequently on the 16th February 1918 with the 120th Brigade of 40th Division.
He had sustained a gunshot injury to his left hand, and remained in hospital for 19 days, after which he was transferred to Gustrow, a German POW Camp approximately 120miles from Hamburg. From there he would be allocated a position as a joiner in the docks in Hamburg, where he remained until he was repatriated at the beginning of December 1918
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L/Cpl. Harry Christopher Sparling 10th/11th Battalion Highland Light Infantry (d.3rd Nov 1917) Harry Sparling was the youngest of three brothers to go to war. He and the eldest brother were both killed in action. The only surviving brother was a prisoner of war and made it home to become my great granddad.
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Pte. John Gracie 10/11th Btn. Highland Light Infantry (d.18th August 1916) John Gracie was a father, grandfather and great grandfather who never saw his family grow.
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L/Cpl John F. Livie 10th/11th Battalion Highland Light Infantry (d.9th Apr 1918) John F Livie was killed on the 9th of April 1918, I would like to know where he died and was buried and any news of his widow and child.
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