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2nd Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment
8th Nov 1914 2nd Gloucesters arrive in England 2nd Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment landed at Southampton at 9am on the 8th of November 1914 aboard HMT Arcadia having sailed from their pre war station of Ching-Wang-Tao in Northern China. Orignially bound for Sialkot in India, they had been diverted home to join the 81st Brigade, 27th Division. They entrained for Winchester then marched to Hursley Park.
18th Dec 1914 2nd Gloucesters proceed to France 2nd Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment marched from Hursley Park and entrained for Southampton where they boarded the City of Chester bound for Le Harve.
10th Jan 1915 Shelling
16th Jan 1915 Reliefs
8th May 1915 The "Second Battle of Ypres". 1st Battalion fighting at Sanctuary Wood, Zillebeke, Belgium 1915. 
The 1st Battalion Royal Scots position on 8th May 1915 shown on map (1/R. Scots) 1st Battalion fighting at Sanctuary Wood, Zillebeke, Belgium.
1st Battalion Royal Scots ordered to form part of Composite Brigade with 2 Companies each. 2nd Brigade Royal Irish Fusiliers and 2nd Brigade Leinster Regiment.
Lt. Col. Callender to command composite Brigade with Captain H. E. Stanley-Murray as Staff Officer - Command of the battalion devolved upon Major H.F. Wingate with Cap. J. Burke as Acting Adjutant.
Composite dissolved at 6pm and the battalion proceeded with all speed to the Zouave Wood (Hooge) under command of Lt. Col. Callender.
The Germans attacked the area of woods south of the Menin Road after a horrendous artillery bombardment all day.
Heavy fighting near Hooge and North of Menin Road.
The 1st Battalion Royal Scots were sent up the line in support of 81st Brigade. The 81st were in a small salient and the northern side was ' sagging '. When the 1st Royal Scots arrived they found the unit to their left had been forced from their trenches and the Germans were in the process of occupying them. The 1st RS fixed bayonets and charged, evicting them in disarray.
The 1st Royal Scots and their territorial companions in the 9th Royal Scots held these trenches, without losing a sap, until relieved on the night of 22nd/23rd May.
About 6pm orders were received to proceed to Sanctuary Wood.
The battalion arrived soon after dusk and were halted at Zouave Wood.
Officers went ahead and inspected trenches held by 2nd Gloucester's, and the battalion took over these trenches before dawn the following day.
Disposition of battalion - A & D Coys fire trenches, B & C Coys support trenches.
9th May 1915 Orders 
7th of June 1917 A Big Offensive
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Those known to have served with2nd Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment during the Great War 1914-1918. - Alcock Frederick. L/Sgt. (d.30th September 1918)
- Ford William. Pte. (d.29th Aug 1918)
- Healey William. Pte. (d.15th May 1915)
- Leigh Frederick. Pte.
- Meath Thomas William. L/Cpl. (d.20th August 1915)
- Newport John William. Pte.
- Parsons VC. Hardy Falconer. 2nd Lt. (d.21st Aug 1917)
- White Thomas William. Pte. (d.13th May 1915)
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Pte. John William Newport 2nd Btn. Gloucestershire Regiment John Newport served with the 2nd Gloucester Regiment.
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L/Cpl. Thomas William Meath 2nd Btn. Gloucestershire Regiment (d.20th August 1915) Thomas Meath, known as Bill was the son of Laurence Meath and Ellen Goble of Folkestone Kent. He was born on the 16th August 1891. He served in the 2nd Btn. Gloucestershire Regiment and in 1911 was with them in Vendala Barracks in Malta.
He died on the 20th August 1915 in France and Flanders and is buried in Brewery Orchard Cemetery Bois-Grenier France.
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Pte. William Ford 2nd Btn. Gloucestershire Regiment (d.29th Aug 1918) William Ford served with the 2nd and 3rd Battalions, Gloucestershire Regiment.
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Pte. Frederick Leigh 2nd Btn. Gloucestershire Regiment I was trying to discover who from my family had served in the First World War and I found that I had two great uncles - Frederick Charles Leigh and William Edward Leigh - who had served. Both were serving at the outbreak of the war, Frederick in the Gloucesters and the William in the Royal Marines. My plan is to put together their story to pass on to my children and grandchildren.
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L/Sgt. Frederick Alcock 2nd/5th Btn. Gloucestershire Regiment (d.30th September 1918) My uncle, Frederick Alcock, lived in Bedminster, Bristol, England and was 39 years old when he was killed in action in France. He is buried in the Rue-Due-Bois Military Cemetary.
There was a fight at "Junction Post", SE of Fleurbaix on 30 September 1918 in which two officers of his unit were also killed - so I am assuming he could have been with them, though this has not been verified.
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2nd Lt. Hardy Falconer Parsons VC. 1st/2nd Btn. att 14th Bn. Gloucestershire Regiment (d.21st Aug 1917)  Hardy Parsons died of wounds on 21st of August 1917, aged 20 and is buried in the Villers-Faucon Communal Cemetery in France.
He was the son of the Rev. and Mrs. J. Ash Parsons, of Leysian Mission, City Rd., London. Educated at Kingswood School, Bath, he was amedical Student at Bristol University, preparing for Medical Missionary Work
An extract from "The London Gazette," dated 17th Oct., 1917, records the following:- "For most conspicuous bravery during a night attack by a strong party of the enemy on a bombing post held by his command. The bombers holding the block were forced back, but Second Lieutenant Parsons remained at his post, and, single-handed, and although severely scorched and burnt by liquid fire, he continued to hold up the enemy with bombs until severely wounded. This very gallant act of self-sacrifice and devotion to duty undoubtedly delayed the enemy long enough to allow of the organisation of a bombing party, which succeeded in driving back the enemy before they could enter any portion of the trenches. The gallant officer succumbed to his wounds."
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