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3rd Battalion, The Coldstream Guards were based in Aldershot were at Chelsea Barracks with the 4th (Guards) Brigade, 2nd Division when war broke out in August 1914. On the 13th of August 1914 they proceeded to France, landing at Le Havre. in The Battle of Mons and the subsequent retreat, The Battle of the Marne, The Battle of the Aisne, the First Battle of Ypres and the Winter Operations of 1914-15. In 1915 they were in action during The Battle of Aubers and then on the 20th of August 1915 they transferred to the newly formed 1st Guards Brigade, Guards Division. The saw action in The Battle of Loos. In 1916 they fought on The Somme in The Battle of Flers-Courcelette and The Battle of Morval, capturing Lesboeufs. In 1917 they were in action in The German retreat to the Hindenburg Line, the Third Battle of Ypres and The Battle of Cambrai. In 1918 they fought on The Somme, during the Battles of the Hindenburg Line, The pursuit to the Selle, The Battle of the Selle and The Battle of the Sambre. At the Armistice they were near Maubeuge and were then ordered to the Rhine, crossing the German frontier on the 11th of December. Battalions began to return to England on the 20th of February 1919 and had all returned home by the 29th of April 1919.
Those known to have served with 3rd Battalion, The Coldstream Guards during the Great War 1914-1918.
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- Pte. William Trull (d.17th Oct 1917) Read their Story.
- Pte. William Trull (d.31st Jul 1917) Read their Story.
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Pte. William Trull 3rd Btn. Coldstream Guards (d.17th Oct 1917)
The first of the four sons of William and Margaret Trull to fall in action. He met his death on the western front on October 17th. He was only 23 years of age and had been in the army about 3 years.Private William Trull of the Coldstream Guards was wounded in action in France on July 29th and succumbed to his injuries two days later at a casualty clearing station. He was twenty six years of age. He joined the Army in September 1916 and went to France in the following March.
My great gramp James was 5th son who went to war, he was the lucky one.
Pte. William Trull 3rd Battalion Coldstream Guards (d.31st Jul 1917)
William was the second brother killed during the Great War. I have his obituary which reads:Private William Trull of the Coldstream Guards was wounded in action in France on July 29th and succumbed to his injuries two days later, at a Casualty Clearing Station. He was twenty six years of age. He joined the Army in September 1916 and went to France in the following March. William is buried in plot II.D.17 Dozinghem Military Cemetery.
Pte. Jack Jackson MM. 3rd Battalion Coldstream Guards
My grandfather Jack Jackson was the son of and grandson of army regulars. He joined the Coldstream Guards in May 1915 having been a miner in Co.Durham. His MM was awarded 9th October 1917 for actions [that I have never been able to elicit] at the Battle for Poelcappele. Gazetted 18 January 1918. He served with the Regiment as part of the occupying forces. He hated non-regimental officers and particularly the 'Staff' and as result refused to work for 'them' after the war, becoming a trusted bookie's runner. As a youngster I twice carried the leather bag with clock so that if he was stopped by our friendly policemen he was 'innocent'.My father was also a regular with the Royal Tank Corps after TA service with the KOYLI's. He was killed in action on the 17th June 1941 with the 7th Battalion Royal Tank Regiment while helping to save some Guards Regiments during Operation Battleaxe. As it happens one of the regiments was the 3rd Coldstreams.
I joined the RAF as a regular in the '50's and my grandfather never spoke or wrote to me for 2 years until he saw me in uniform for the first time. I was then the first member of the family to be invited for a pint at his working mans club. He claimed that one of our forebears was the CSM of one of the newly formed cavalry regiments [Maybe Hodgson's Horse] that helped to quell the Indian Mutiny, as the only other 'white man' in the Regiment. The real claim to fame was that British soldiers of the Army in India had been injured or killed by cannon balls that rolled across the parade ground after being fired through mutineers. He suggested,and it was adopted, an easier method, just fire the gunpowder, same punishment result but no injured soldiers from the British regiments.
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