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24th Division    The 24th Division was established in September 1914 as part of Army Order 388 authorising Kitchener's Third New Army, K3. The units of the Division began to assemble in the area of Shoreham. Early days were somewhat chaotic, the new volunteers having very few trained officers and NCOs to command them, no organised billets or equipment. It was March 1915 before makeshift drab uniforms arrived and not until July before rifles were issued. The Division moved between the 19th and 23rd of June 1915 to Aldershot for final training. Lord Kitchener inspected the Division at Chobham ranges on 19 August and next day it was the turn of King George V. Orders were received on 19 August to move to France and the first units departed one week later. Concentration was completed in the area between Etaples and St Pol on 4 September. The Division's first experience was truly appalling. Having been in France for only a few days, lengthy forced marches brought it into the reserve for the British assault at Loos. GHQ planning left it too far behind to be a useful reinforcement on the first day, but it was sent into action on 26 September, whereupon it suffered over 4178 casualties for very little gain. The Division served on the Western Front for the remainder of the war, taking part in many of the significant actions: 1915 The Battle of Loos 1916 The German gas attack at Wulverghem The Battle of Delville Wood - Somme The Battle of Guillemont - Somme 1917 The Battle of Vimy Ridge, a phase of the Arras offensive The Battle of Messines The Battle of Pilkem Ridge - Third Battles of Ypres The Battle of Langemarck - Third Battles of Ypres The Cambrai Operations (the German counter attack) 1918 The Battle of St Quentin - Somme The Actions at the Somme Crossings - Somme The Battle of Rosieres - Somme The First Battle of the Avre - Somme The Battle of Cambrai 1918, a phase of the Battles of the Hindenburg Line The pursuit to the Selle - Final Advance in Picardy The Battle of the Sambre - Final Advance in Picardy including the passage of the Grand Honelle When the Armistice came into effect at 11am on 11 November 1918 the units of the Division were holding positions 1.5 miles east of the Maubeuge-Mons road. Between 17-19 November they moved back to the area between Denain and Douai and 25-27 November went to the area St Amand-Orchies. On 18 December the Division moved once more, to Tournai. Demobilisation began and by 26 March 1919 only cadres were left. In all the 24th Division had suffered the loss of 35362 killed, wounded and missing. The Units forming the Divisional Order of Battle of the 24th Division 71st Brigade Brigade moved to 6th Division on 11 October 1915 in exchange for 17th Brigade 9th Btn, Norfolk Regiment 9th Btn, Suffolk Regiment 8th Btn, Bedfordshire Regiment 11th Btn, Essex Regiment 72nd Brigade 8th Btn, Queen's left February 1918 8th Btn, Buffs left October 1915 9th Btn, East Surrey Regiment 8th Btn, Royal West Kent Regiment 1st Btn, North Staffordshire Regiment joined October 1915 72nd Machine Gun Company joined 14 March 1916, moved into Divisional MG Battalion 5 March 1918 72nd Trench Mortar Battery formed by 19 July 1916 73rd Brigade 12th Btn, Royal Fusiliers left October 1915 9th Btn, Royal Sussex Regiment 7th Btn, Northamptonshire Regiment 13th Btn, Middlesex Regiment 2nd Btn, Leinster Regiment joined October 1915, left February 1918 73rd Machine Gun Company joined 14 March 1916, moved into Divisional MG Battalion 5 March 1918 73rd Trench Mortar Battery formed by 15 June 1916 17th Brigade 18 October 1915 transferred from 6th Division, in exchange for 71st Brigade 1st Btn, Royal Fusiliers 12th Btn, Royal Fusiliers disbanded February 1918 2nd Btn, Leinster Regiment left October 1915 3rd Btn, Rifle Brigade 8th Btn, Buffs joined October 1915, disbanded February 1918 1/2nd Btn, London Regiment left 9 February 1916 17th Machine Gun Company formed 17 January 1916, moved into Divisional MG Battalion 5 March 1918 17th Trench Mortar Battery formed by 26 July 1916 8th Btn, Queen's joined February 1918 Divisional Troops 11th Btn, Royal Warwickshire Regiment joined before March 1915, left 9 April 1915 13th Btn, Royal Fusiliers joined before March 1915, left 9 April 1915 12th Btn, Sherwood Foresters joined before March 1915, converted to Pioneer Battalion in April 1915 No 3 Motor Machine Gun Battery joined 30 October 1915, left 23 November 1915 191st Machine Gun Company joined 15 December 1916, moved into Divisional MG Battalion 5 March 1918 24th Machine Gun Battalion created 5 March 1918 Divisional Mounted Troops A Sqn, 1st Royal Glasgow Yeomanry joined 30 June 1915, left 29 April 1916 24th Divisional Cyclist Company, Army Cyclist Corps formed by 15 February 1915, left 29 April 1916 Divisional Artillery CVI Brigade, RFA CVII Brigade, RFA CVIII Brigade, RFA left 27 January 1917 CIX (Howitzer) Brigade, RFA broken up 3 October 1916 24th Heavy Battery, RGA raised in August 1914 for the Division. Redesignated 130th HB. Left before Division went to France and joined XXXV HA Brigade for service in Egypt. Not same as 24th Heavy Battery, a unit of the pre-war regular army 24th Divisional Ammunition Column 13th Divisional Ammunition Column joined 3 July 1915, left 6 August 1915 V.24 Heavy Trench Mortar Battery RFA joined 30 July 1916, left February 1918 X.24, Y.24 and Z,24 Medium Trench Mortar Batteries RFA joined by 30 April 1916, Z.24 broken up in February 1918 and X and Y expanded to six guns each Royal Engineers 91st Field Company left January 1915 92nd Field Company left January 1915 103rd Field Company joined February 1915 104th Field Company joined January 1915 129th Field Company joined March 1915 24th Divisional Signals Company Royal Army Medical Corps 72nd Field Ambulance 73rd Field Ambulance 74th Field Ambulance 41st Sanitary Section left 5 April 1917 for First Army Other Divisional Troops 24th Divisional Train ASC 194, 195, 196 and 197 Companies 36th Mobile Veterinary Section AVC joined 25 June 1915 223rd Divisional Employment Company formed by 30 June 1917 24th Divisional Motor Ambulance Workshop merged into Divisional Supply Column April 1916 There is no main memorial to the 24th Division but it is well remembered in the village of Verguier, where it fought so valiantly against the German attack on 21 March 1918. 27th Jun 1915 Orders 21st Aug 1915 Orders Received 21st Aug 1915 Orders Received 24th Aug 1915 Inspection 29th Aug 1915 Mobilisation 30th Aug 1915 On the Move 31st Aug 1915 On the Move 1st Sep 1915 On the Move 1st Sep 1915 On the Move 2nd Sep 1915 On the Move 2nd Sep 1915 On the Move 3rd Sep 1915 In Billets 3rd Sep 1915 On the Move 4th Sep 1915 24th Division Concentrate 4th Sep 1915 In Billets 4th Sep 1915 In Billets 4th Sep 1915 Billets 5th Sep 1915 In Billets 6th Sep 1915 Change of Command 6th Sep 1915 Training 7th Sep 1915 Field Day 7th Sep 1915 Exercise 7th Sep 1915 Training 8th Sep 1915 Training 9th Sep 1915 Spies 9th Sep 1915 Training 10th Sep 1915 Orders 10th Sep 1915 Route March 11th Sep 1915 Field Day 11th Sep 1915 Exercise 12th Sep 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1917 Equipment & Technical Stores   7th of June 1917  A Big Offensive   7th June 1917 At 0030 hours night of 6th - 7th the Battalion moved on to tapes laid out behind our Front Line   10th Aug 1917 Attack Made   19th August 1917 Operational Order 125   2nd Sep 1917 Reliefs 3rd Sep 1917 Reliefs   28th Sep 1917 Quiet 16th Nov 1917 Gas Helmets 24th Dec 1917 Reorganisation 21st Jan 1918 Course 5th Feb 1918 Course Ends 13th Feb 1918 Personnel 21st Feb 1918 Reorganisation 28th Feb 1918 Quiet 5th Mar 1918 Reorganisation 10th Mar 1918 Reliefs   11th Mar 1918 Reliefs   12th Mar 1918 HQ Moves   13th Mar 1918 Reinforcements 20th Mar 1918 Bombardment 20th Mar 1918 Draft 21st Mar 1918 Into Position 21st Mar 1918 In Action   22nd Mar 1918 Withdrawal 22nd of March 1918 Message   22nd Mar 1918 In Action   23rd Mar 1918 Withdrawal 23rd Mar 1918 Withdrawal   24th Mar 1918 In Defence 24th of March 1918 Message 24th of March 1918  24th Mar 1918 Withdrawal   25th Mar 1918 Counter Attack 25th of March 1918 Orders 25th of March 1918 Orders 25th Mar 1918 Line Broken   26th Mar 1918 In Action 26th Mar 1918 Withdrawal   27th Mar 1918 Congratulation Telegram 28th Mar 1918 In Action 28th of March 1918 Orders   29th Mar 1918 Holding the Line 29th Mar 1918 Attack   10th Apr 1918 Inspection 16th Jul 1918 Change of Command 3rd Oct 1918 Training 9th Oct 1918 Advance 9th Oct 1918 Advance   10th Oct 1918 Advance 7th of November 1918 A Successful Attack   If you can provide any additional information, please add it here. Want to know more about 24th Division? There are:347 items tagged 24th Division 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 24th Division during the Great War 1914-1918. Allison Alexander William. Gnr. 108th Brigade Bowler Edward St.Kentigern. Pte. 72nd Coy. (d.12th Aug 1916) Exelby William Hugill. Dvr. 72nd Field Ambulance Corps Jupp George William. Pte. 7th Btn. (d.18th Sep 1918) Laugher Frank. Pte. 11th Btn. (d.17th Sep 1917) Marriott Stanley. Sgt. 2nd Btn. McClymont James. RSM 9th Battalion Peters Charles Henry . Drv. 17th Trench Mortar Bty. (d.19th Oct 1918) Reeves Richard John. Sgt. 24th Div. Mobile Taylor Joseph Alfred . Rfn. 3rd Btn. 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He was born in 1895 and lived in Clerkenwell, Islington. He was married to Hanna Simpson. They lived in Rawstone Street, Clerkenwell and later moved to Sadlers Street (now demolished ) but off Lloyds Row ( near the famous Sadlers Wells Theatre). The first entry on his pay book is July 1916,(in the field) which suggests to me the Somme Offensive. On 28/7/1917 he was captured wounded (gassed) and taken to Limburg POW camp. He survived the war and went on to serve in section D reserves. He suffered ill health as a result of the gassing and died in 1931 (gastric ulcers) when my mum was just 8 years old. Joseph was reported as captured on 28th July 1917 around the opening of the 3rd Battles of Ypres. This coincided with the early uses of Mustard Gas by the Germans. Steve Stone Add to this record. 261864 Pte. Edward St.Kentigern Bowler 72nd Coy. Machine Gun Corps (d.12th Aug 1916) Edward Bowler was my great-uncle, my grandfather's brother. He died of wounds on 12th of August 1916, aged 22. He was one of 14 children, but he didn't have children of his own. His father was a quartermaster. He had lived in Cork, Ireland, but also in Keswick, England. Rebecca Morris Add to this record. 260906 Gnr. Alexander William Allison 108th Brigade Royal Field Artillery Alec Allison served with 108th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery. Add to this record. 231753 Dvr. William Hugill Exelby 72nd Field Ambulance Corps Army Service Corps William Exelby was one of four brothers to serve during the Great War. He attested at Stokesley on 6th January, 1915, stating his occupation as farm labourer. He was 20 years and 9 months old, 5'9" and weighed 136.5lb with a chest measurement of 37.5" and good physical development when he enlisted in January 1915. William trained as a driver with the Army Service Corps at Bradford and he was posted to France as an ambulance driver, leaving Southampton for le Havre where he arrived on 1st September 1915. He served 72nd Field Ambulance, attached to 24th Division. After the war William returned home to Stokesley. Angela Add to this record. 225486 Sgt. Richard John Reeves 24th Div. Mobile Army Veterinary Corps Richard Reeves served with 24th Division Mobile Army Veterinary Corps. Mike Walburn Add to this record. 221001 Pte. Frank Laugher 11th Btn. Royal Warwickshire Regiment (d.17th Sep 1917) Frank Laugher, son of Samuel Laugher and Mary Jane (Fisher) born 30th November 1895, in Bromsgrove. Brother to Thomas Henry, Leonard Alfred, Albert Victor, Alice, Lillie, Christopher,Daisy Elizabeth, Walter Norman and Daisy Evelyn. As a boy Frank was a member of the All Saint's Church Choir. Frank had worked at the Home and Colonial Stores and at Neale's Stores, Bromsgrove. He was working at Austin's before enlistment. Frank Laugher enlisted as a Private in the Royal Warwickshire Regiment on 3rd December 1915 at Bromsgrove when he was placed on the army reserve. On his attestation paper he gave his address as All Saints Road, Bromsgrove and his age as 20 years 0 months. He was 5 feet 7 and three quarter inches tall. Frank was mobilised on 6th May 1916 and posted overseas on 30th August 1916. Over the next the next two months he had several periods of illness concluding with influenza for which he was admitted to hospital on 4th November 1916. He was discharged from hospital on 2nd December 1916. On 17th April 1917 he joined the 11th Battalion of the Royal Warwickshire Regiment in readiness for the Battle of Arras. He was reported missing on 29th April 1917 whilst taking part in the fighting. On 30th April 1917 Frank was reported as a prisoner of war in Limburg,Germany having been captured uninjured at Arras on 28th April 1917. He died of sickness as a prisoner of war at Kriegs Gef Lazarett at Douain on 17th September 1917. Frank's possessions and his British War Medal and Victory Medal were sent to Samuel Laugher, All Saints Road, Bromsgrove, Worcestershire. Judith Laugher Add to this record. 219659 Sgt. Stanley Marriott 2nd Btn. London Regiment My father Stanley Marriott joined the 2nd London Regiment at Tufton Street Westminster in 1914, above is only photo we have, taken at Epsom Race course in October 1914 whilst training. He never spoke of his wartime experiences,we knew that he fought in the Gallipoli campaign and on the Somme. However, in 1978 he was interviewed by a Radio Humberside reporter, unfortunately his recorder malfunctioned and only bits were recovered but we were able to learn of his WW1 experiences. It appears that he served in Malta,Egypt, Gallipoli and France, mostly in the front line trenches and was wounded,in the back of the head, in the final advance on Cambrai. At the time the armistice was signed, he was in a Belgian hospital. When he died and was cremated several pieces of shrapnel were found amongst his ashes. G. Marriott Add to this record. 218713 Pte. George William Jupp 7th Btn. Royal Sussex Regiment (d.18th Sep 1918) My Great Grandfather, George Jupp, joined up on 18th January 1916 at Redhill in Surrey. George was born on 20th February 1886 in Brighton. By 1911 he had moved to East Grinstead and was working as a shop assistant. He married Edith Jennings at Moat Church, London Road on 16th July 1911. They had three children, Lily, Leslie and Laura, my Grandmother. George was first with the 9th Battalion as part of the British Expeditionary Force in France. He spent some time in 1917 in hospital back home and was with the 3rd Battalion. Later in 1917 he had been transferred to the 7th and was back in France. His family were by now living in Three Bridges, Crawley. Sadly George died, aged 32 on the 18th September 1918 at the Battle of Epehy in northern France. He is buried at Epehy Wood Cemetery. Susan Jones Add to this record. 213701 RSM James McClymont DCM. 9th Battalion Royal Sussex My grandfather,James McClymont, joined the 9th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment in Chichester on the 7th September 1914, aged 23 yrs and 4 months. His occupation was motor mechanic and before war broke out he was working as the Chauffeur to Lord Jowett. As some of his documentation was partially burnt during WW2, there is only sparse information about him. He served in France and Belgium, and took part in nearly all the engagements. He was awarded the Distingiushed Conduct medal in 1919, the announcement appeared in the London Gazette dated 15/5/1919. He was a very quiet man, and would never talk about the war, even to his family. We do know that he went back to visit Ypres after the war,(and the memorial on the Menin Gate), where he and his two brothers had fought. All three brothers survived the war, although James' brother John, died at an early age, probably due to being gassed on 17/4/1918. Jane Hanick Add to this record.

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