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22nd Infantry Brigade    22nd Infantry Brigade served with 7th Division on the Western Front during the Great War. 22nd Brigade was made up of 1st Battalion, Royal Welch Fusiliers 2nd Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment 1/8th Battalion, Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment) (until August 1915) 1/7th Battalion, King's (Liverpool Regiment) (from November 1915 to January 1916) 2nd Battalion, Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) (until December 1915) 1st Battalion, South Staffordshire Regiment (until December 1915) 20th (Service) Battalion (5th City), Manchester Regiment (from December 1915) 24th (Service) Battalion (Oldham), Manchester Regiment (from December 1915 to 22nd of May 1916) 2nd Battalion, The Royal Irish Regiment (from May 1916 to October 1916) 2/1st Battalion, Honourable Artillery Company (from October 1916) 7th Sep 1914 New CO 13th Sep 1914 Arrivals 19th Sep 1914 Arrivals 20th Sep 1914 22nd Infantry Brigade organising 20th Sep 1914 Mobilisation 21st Sep 1914 Mobilised 23rd Sep 1914 Mobilisation Continues 2nd Queens War Diary Mobilisation Continues 27th Sep 1914 Mobilisation Continues 4th October 1914 On the Move 4th Oct 1914 On the Move 4th Oct 1914 Orders Received 5th Oct 1914 Embarkation 5th Oct 1914 On the Move 5th Oct 1914 On the Move 6th October 1914 On the Move 6th Oct 1914 On the Move 6th Oct 1914 On the Move 7th Oct 1914 On the Move 7th Oct 1914 On the Move 7th Oct 1914 In Billets 8th October 1914 On the march 8th Oct 1914 On the March 8th Oct 1914 On the Move 9th Oct 1914 Orders 9th Oct 1914 On the Move 9th Oct 1914 Anxiety 10th Oct 1914 On the Move 10th Oct 1914 Outposts 10th Oct 1914 Withdrawal 11th October 1914 Heavy Firing 11th Oct 1914 Holding the Line 11th Oct 1914 Hostile Forces 11th Oct 1914 Orders 12th Oct 1914 Route March 12th Oct 1914 On the March 12th Oct 1914 On the March 13th October 1914 On the March 13th Oct 1914 On the March 13th Oct 1914 Enemy Closes 14th October 1914 Footsore 14th Oct 1914 On the March 14th Oct 1914 On the March   15th October 1914 On the March 15th Oct 1914 Patrols 15th Oct 1914 Hostile Column   16th Oct 1914 Into Position 16th Oct 1914 On the March   16th Oct 1914 Into the Line   16th Oct 1914 Line Advanced   17th Oct 1914 In the Trenches 17th Oct 1914 Holding the Line   17th Oct 1914 Enemy Active   18th Oct 1914 In Reserve   18th Oct 1914 Planning   19th October 1914 Defences Improved   19th Oct 1914 Advance   19th Oct 1914 In Action   19th Oct 1914 Hard Fighting   20th October 1914 Entrenched   20th Oct 1914 In Action   20th Oct 1914 Defensive Line 21st October 1914 Under fire   21st Oct 1914 In Action   21st Oct 1914 Hard Fighting 22nd October 1914 Entrenched 22nd Oct 1914 In Defence 22nd Oct 1914 New Line Occupied   22nd Oct 1914 Bombardment 23rd October 1914 Dead Buried 23rd Oct 1914 Heavy Shelling   23rd Oct 1914 Under Fire 24th October 1914 At the Front 24th Oct 1914 In Action 24th Oct 1914 Hard Fighting   24th Oct 1914 Enemy Break Through 25th October 1914 Ready to Move 25th Oct 1914 In Reserve   25th Oct 1914 Enemy Break Through 26th October 1914 The Queens take prisoners 26th Oct 1914 Pressure   26th Oct 1914 Forced Back 27th October 1914 Fighting 27th Oct 1914 Shelling 27th Oct 1914 Orders Received 28th October 1914 The Queens fighting on 28th Oct 1914 Reliefs 28th Oct 1914 Artillery Active 29th October 1914 The Queens move on at the front 29th Oct 1914 Reliefs 29th Oct 1914 Hard Fighting 30th October 1914 Fighting hard 30th Oct 1914 Attack 30th Oct 1914 Hard Fighting 31st October 1914 The Queens in the trenches 31st Oct 1914 In Action 31st Oct 1914 Hard Fighting   31st Oct 1914 Hard Fighting   1st November 1914 22nd Infantry Brigade Reforms 2nd November 1914 Reorganisation 3rd November 1914 Battalions on the move 4th November 1914 Reinforcements 5th November 1914 Billets 6th November 1914 On the Move 6th Nov 1914 Action 7th November 1914 Attack Made 7th Nov 1914 In Action 8th November 1914 Hard Fighting 9th November 1914 Move 11th November 1914 Inspection 12th November 1914 Reorganisation 13th November 1914 Reorganisation 14th November 1914 On the Move 15th November 1914 Defences 16th November 1914 Improvements 17th November 1914 In the trenches 17th Nov 1914 Reliefs   18th November 1914 Divisional Reserve 19th November 1914 At Rest 20th November 1914 Reorganisation 21st November 1914 In the trenches 22nd November 1914 Snipers 23rd November 1914 Reliefs 24th November 1914 At Rest 25th November 1914 Inspection 26th November 1914 Reinforcements 27th November 1914 Wet Weather 28th November 1914 Improvements 29th November 1914 Into billets 30th November 1914 In Reserve 1st December 1914 Shelling 2nd December 1914 Reliefs 3rd December 1914 Patrols 4th December 1914 Reliefs 5th December 1914 The Queens resting 6th December 1914 The Queens resting 7th December 1914 Divisional Reserve 8th December 1914 Reliefs 9th December 1914 Communication Trenches 10th December 1914 Snipers Active 11th December 1914 Enemy Sighted 12th December 1914 Snipers 12th Dec 1914 Orders   13th December 1914 The Queens under fire 13th Dec 1914 Reliefs   14th December 1914 2nd Queens ready to attack 14th Dec 1914 Messages 15th December 1914 The Queens captured a prisoner 16th December 1914 Reserve 17th December 1914 In Reserve 18th December 1914 In Action 18th Dec 1914 Attack   19th Dec 1914 Losses 20th December 1914 Reliefs 21st December 1914 In Reserve 22nd December 1914 Divisional Reserve 23rd December 1914 Reliefs 24th December 1914 Quiet 25th December 1914 Armistice 26th December 1914 Xmas Armistice 27th December 1914 Wet Weather 28th December 1914 Reliefs 29th December 1914 At Rest  2nd Queens are at Rue de Delpierre as No.2 Reserve. Resting and cleaning. 2nd Queens War Diary 30th December 1914 At Rest   31st December 1914 New Year's Eve   1st Jan 1915 Change of Billets for 2nd Queens 2nd Jan 1915 2nd Queens in Reserve 3rd Jan 1915 2nd Queens in reserve 4th Jan 1915 2nd Queens in reserve 5th January 1915 Back into trenches 6th Jan 1915 2nd Queens Hq moves 6th Jan 1915 2nd Queens Hq moves 7th Jan 1915 2nd Queens in trenches 8th Jan 1915 2nd Queens in trenches 9th Jan 1915 2nd Queens in trenches 10th January 1915 2nd Queens at rest 11th Jan 1915 2nd Queens inspected   12th Jan 1915 2nd Queens inspected   13th Jan 1915 2nd Queens on the move 14th January 1915 Appointments and replacements 15th Jan 1915 Working Parties 16th Jan 1915 Billets shelled 17th Jan 1915 2nd Queens to trenches 18th Jan 1915 2nd Queens in trenches 19th Jan 1915 2nd Queens in trenches 20th January 1915 New Billets 21st Jan 1915 2nd Queens under fire 22nd Jan 1915 2nd Queens take baths 23rd Jan 1915 2nd Queens inspected   24th Jan 1915 2nd Queens church parade   25th Jan 1915 2nd Queens in billets 26th Jan 1915 2nd Queens parade   27th Jan 1915 Ongoing defensive adjustments 28th Jan 1915 2nd Queens in billets 29th Jan 1915 2nd Queens leave billets 30th Jan 1915 2nd Queens in trenches 31st Jan 1915 2nd Queens in trenches 5th February 1915 General Cappers football cup.  2nd Battalion Queens (Royal West Surrey Regiment) played a Football match versus Royal Welsh Fusiliers at Rue du Bataille. Result Welsh Fusiliers won 6-0. 2nd Battalion Queens (Royal West Surrey Regiment) are in in billets at La Toulette, transport inspected and a concert was held for the men at Fleurbaix. Officers 28 and men 874, 3 from hospital. 2nd Lieutenants AN Heller and WJ Dew both from the Queens joined the Battalion. war diaries 7th Feb 1915 Ongoing Actions in Trenches 9th Feb 1915 2nd Queens in trenches 8th Feb 1915 2nd Queens in trenches 10th Feb 1915 2nd Queens to billets 11th Feb 1915 New Co for 2nd Queens 12th Feb 1915 2nd Queens parade 13th Feb 1915 2nd Queens in reserve 14th Feb 1915 2nd Queens ready 15th Feb 1915 2nd Queens relieve 1st South Staffs 16th Feb 1915 General visits trenches 17th Feb 1915 Quiet day for 2nd Queens 18th Feb 1915 2nd Queens under fire 19th Feb 1915 South Staffs relieve 2nd Queens 20th Feb 1915 2nd Queens inspected 21st Feb 1915 2nd Battalion Queens in billets 22nd Feb 1915 2nd Queens relieve 1st South Staffs 23rd Feb 1915 2nd Queens releive South Staffs 24th Feb 1915 2nd Queens in trenches 25th Feb 1915 Very Quiet 26th Feb 1915 Reliefs 27th Feb 1915 2nd Queens in billets 28th Feb 1915 2nd Queens in billets 1st March 1915 Relocation and back into Action   2nd Mar 1915 2nd Queens in trenches 3rd March 1915 Capture of enemy patrol members 6th March 1915 2nd Queens in billets 8th Mar 1915 Orders   10th March 1915 In Action   11th March 1915 In Action 12th March 1915 Misty Morning 13th Mar 1915 2nd Queens in trenches 14th Mar 1915 2nd Queens holding line 15th Mar 1915 Quiet day for 2nd Queens 18th March 1915 Reliefs 19th Mar 1915 2nd Queens in billets 20th Mar 1915 2nd Queens receive draft 21st Mar 1915 2nd Queens train 22nd Mar 1915 2nd Queens train 23rd Mar 1915 2nd Queens train 24th Mar 1915 2nd Queens train 25th March 1915 On the move 26th Mar 1915 2nd Queens train 27th Mar 1915 2nd Queens train 28th Mar 1915 2nd Queens receive draft 29th Mar 1915 2nd Queens in billets 30th Mar 1915 2nd Queens train 16th May 1915 Intermediate Line 30th Jun 1915 Recce 21st Sep 1915 Orders   26th Feb 1917 Advance Made   26th Sep 1917 Demonstration 24th Oct 1917 Attack Made   If you can provide any additional information, please add it here. Want to know more about 22nd Infantry Brigade? There are:250 items tagged 22nd Infantry Brigade 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 22nd Infantry Brigade during the Great War 1914-1918. Davies Richard John. Sgt. 1st Btn. (d.28th Aug 1916) Joyner D.C.M.. Thomas. L/Cpl. 2nd Btn. 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 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. Thanks to everyone who has supported us over this time. Want to find out more about your relative's service? 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Announcements 27th 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 264001 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. 263696 L/Cpl. Thomas Joyner D.C.M. 2nd Btn. Royal Warwickshire Regiment Thomas Joyner was born in 1889 at Hidcote Bartrim near Shipston on Stour He joined 2nd Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment, he enlisted 30th of August 1914 at Warwick. Hi sembarkation for France was on 4th of May 1915. He was wounded on 24th of October 1915 at the Battle of Loos. He then transferred into 22nd Coy. Machine Gun Corps which was formed on 24th of February 1916 from men of 22nd Infantry Brigade of 7th Division. Thomas Joyner was awarded the D.C.M. on 11th of December 1916. Whilst Thomas's other friends and soldiers were being killed or wounded, he continually manned his machine gun for 14 hours until he was shot himself in the left eye. He continued to fire his gun until relieved by other troops. For this he received the D.C.M. Anthony Bond Add to this record. 253650 Sgt. Richard John Davies 1st Btn. Royal Welsh Fusiliers (d.28th Aug 1916) Richard Davies was my father's eldest brother. In the census of 1901 he was eleven years old and was some 27 years old when he died. Taking his date of death as the main clue, then the 1st Battalion, Royal Welsh Fusiliers were part of 22nd Brigade, 7th Division during the attacks on Delville Wood during the Somme Battles, and to quote "An attack on the evening of 28th of August 1916, by a battalion on the right flank and a battalion of the 7th Division to the right, from the east end of the wood, against Ale Alley to the junction with Beer Trench failed." Of the 5,500 allied soldiers interred at Delville Wood Cemetery some 3,500 were unidentified and hopefully he rests there. His name is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial. John Davies Add to this record.

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