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26th Division    The 26th Division was established in September 1914 as part of Army Order 388 authorising Kitchener's Third New Army, K3. The units began to to assemble in the Salisbury Plain area from September 1914. Khaki uniform and equipment were not made available until February-April 1915 and in the meantime eveything was improvised. Embarkation for France began in September 1915 and the concentration of units at Guignemicourt (west of Amiens) was completed before the end of the month. However, the Division was not destined to remain on the Western Front, because in November 1915 it moved to Salonika where it then remained. On 2 November, the Division concentrated at Flesselles and moved to Salonika via embarkation at Marseilles. On 26 December 1915, units began to move from Lembet to Happy Valley Camp and all units were in place there by 8 February 1916. The 26th Division remained in the Salonika theatre for the rest of the war, taking part in the following operations: 1916 The Battle of Horseshoe Hill 1917 The Battles of Doiran 1918 The Division lost a number of units in mid 1918, which were transferred to France The Battle of Doiran The Pursuit to the Strumica Valley. Forward units crossed the Serbian-Bulgarian boundary on 25 September 1918. Hostilities with Bulgaria ceased two days later. The Division advanced towards Adrianople (as the war with Turkey was still underway) but this also soon ceased. 26th Division successively became part of the Army of the Danube and then of the Occupation of Bulgaria. Demobilisation began in February 1919, with Italian troops arriving to replace the dwindling British presence. By 10 May 1919, the Division ceased to exist. The 26th Division had suffered casualties of 8,022 killed, wounded and missing during the war but vastly larger numbers sick with malaria, dysentery and other diseases rife in the Salonika theatre. Order of Battle of the 26th Division 77th Brigade 8th Btn, Royal Scots Fusiliers 11th Btn, Cameronians 10th Btn, Black Watch left 30 June 1918 12th Btn, Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders 77th Machine Gun Company joined 24 July 1916 77th SAA Section Ammunition Column joined 27 July 1916 77th Trench Mortar Battery joined 3 November 1916 78th Brigade 9th Btn, Gloucestershire Regiment left 4 July 1918 11th Btn, Worcestershire Regiment 7th Btn, Ox & Bucks. Light Infantry 7th Btn, the Royal Berkshire Regiment 78th Machine Gun Company joined 22 July 1916 78th SAA Section Ammunition Column joined 27 July 1916 78th Trench Mortar Battery joined 12 November 1916 79th Brigade 10th Btn, Devonshire Regiment 8th Btn, Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry 12th Btn, Hampshire Regiment 7th Btn, Wiltshire Regiment left 16 June 1918 79th Machine Gun Company joined 15 July 1916 79th SAA Section Ammunition Column joined 27 July 1916 79th Trench Mortar Battery joined 3 November 1916 Divisional Troops 10th Btn, Gloucestershire Regiment left August 1915 8th Btn, Oxford & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry became Divisional Pioneer Battalion in February 1915 8th Btn, Royal Berkshire Regiment left August 1915 Divisional Mounted Troops A Sqn, e Lothians & Border Horse Yeomanry joined 30 July 1915, left 29 November 1916 26th Divisional Cyclist Company, Army Cyclist Corps formed 4 January 1915, left 16 December 1916 Divisional Artillery CXIV Brigade, RFA CXV Brigade, RFA CXVI Brigade, RFA CXVII Brigade, RFA left 9 August 1917 for 74th (Yeomanry) Division 26th Divisional Ammunition Column RFA transferred to XII Corps Ammunition Column, 22 January 1917. 22nd Division retained the Brigade Ammunition Columns 131st Heavy Battery, RGA raised with the Division in January 1915 but moved to France joining XXIII Heavy Artillery Brigade on 12 March 1916 LVII Brigade, RFA joined September 1917 XXXI Brigade, RFA briefly attached 17 June to 24 August 1917 IV Highland Mountain Brigade, RGA briefly attached in August 1918 Royal Engineers 95th Field Company left 29 January 1915 for 16th (Irish) Division 96th Field Company left 1 February 1915 for 20th (Light) Division 107th Field Company joined 30 January 1915 from 35th Division 108th Field Company joined 30 January 1915 from 35th Division 131st Field Company joined 25 April 1915 26th Divisional Signals Company Royal Army Medical Corps 78th Field Ambulance joined 25 August 1915 79th Field Ambulance joined 25 August 1915 80th Field Ambulance joined 25 August 1915 43rd Sanitary Section Other Divisional Troops 26th Divisional Train ASC 202, 203, 204 and 205 Companies ASC joined in November and December 1914 but remained when the Division moved to Salonika, becoming the 32nd Divisional Train. 112, 113, 114 and 115 Coys ASC then transferred from 11th (Northern) Division. On 22 January 1916, the Train was on board the "Norseman" when it was torpedoed in the Gulk of Salonika but all personnel were saved, although 600 mules lost their lives. In October 1916 the Train was reorganised into "Pack and Wheel Echelons"; in July 1917 it was further reorganised, to suit local conditions 38th Mobile Veterinary Section AVC 817th Divisional Employment Company formed October 1917 26th Divisional Motor Ambulance Workshop joined June 1915 but remained in France 25th Jul 1915 Sports 7th of July 1915  21st July 1915 On the Move 20th Sep 1915 On the Move 29th of September 1915 Engineers Arrive 29th Sep 1915 On the March 30th Sep 1915 Instruction 1st Oct 1915 Instruction 2nd of October 1915 Training 2nd of October 1915 `Shows' and Football   2nd Oct 1915 Instruction 3rd of October 1915 Battalion Dispositions   3rd Oct 1915 Instruction 4th of October 1915  New Biplane Spotted   4th Oct 1915 Instruction 5th Oct 1915 Instruction 6th Oct 1915 Instruction 7th Oct 1915 Instruction 8th Oct 1915 Instruction 9th Oct 1915 On the March 10th of October 1915 30 Whizzbangs    10th Oct 1915 Training 12th of October 1915 77th Brigade Arrives   14th of October 1915 Germans Explode Mine   15th of October 1915 No Ammunition   16th of October 1915  Bombs and Reliefs   17th of October 1915 New Drafts 18th Oct 1915 On the March 20th of October 1915 Reliefs and Moves 20th of October 1915 Gun Distribution   21st of October 1915 Relieved by the French 22nd of October 1915 Reliefs 23rd of October 1915 French Take Over Front 25th of October 1915 German Mine Exploded   27th of October 1915 German Work Destroyed   31st of October 1915  Unusual Activity   1st of November 1915 East Surreys Shoot German   2nd of November 1915 Heavy Transport   24th Nov 1915 On the Move 25th Nov 1915 In Camp 26th Nov 1915 In Camp 27th Nov 1915 Snow 28th Nov 1915 Route March 29th Nov 1915 Route March 30th Nov 1915 Route March 2nd Dec 1915 Exercise 3rd Dec 1915 Baths 4th Dec 1915 Training 5th Dec 1915 Church Parade 6th Dec 1915 Route March 7th Dec 1915 Fatigues 8th Dec 1915 Fatigues 9th Dec 1915 Fatigues 10th Dec 1915 Fatigues 11th Dec 1915 Fatigues 12th Dec 1915 Working Parties 13th Dec 1915 Working Parties 14th Dec 1915 On the March 15th Dec 1915 Attachment 30th Dec 1915 Air Raid 1st Jan 1916 Patients 2nd Jan 1916 Detachment 9th Feb 1916 Transfer 25th of April 1917    18th Aug 1917 Inferno 24th Dec 1917 Reorganisation 21st Jan 1918 Course 5th Feb 1918 Course Ends 13th Feb 1918 Personnel 21st Feb 1918 Reorganisation 18th Mar 1918 Orders 16th Apr 1918 Reliefs 6th of October 1918 Orders   9th of October 1918    If you can provide any additional information, please add it here. Want to know more about 26th Division? There are:74 items tagged 26th 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 26th Division during the Great War 1914-1918. Dracup Lister. Cpl. 11th Btn. (d.19th Nov 1916) Fitts Sydney Albert. Pte. 10th Btn. (d.8th Aug 1916) Stallard Charles Albert. L/Cpl. 9th Btn. (d.25th Apr 1917) Taylor John Wood. Spr. 131st Field Company (d.28th November 1917) 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. 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Announcements 18th 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 263925 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. 1206088 Pte. Sydney Albert Fitts 10th Btn. Gloucestershire Regiment (d.8th Aug 1916) Sydney Fitts was my Great Uncle, and all I know about him is that he was injured at Somme and died of his wounds in Manchester. He is buried with his brother at Cheltenham Cemetery, Prestbury in a CWGC grave. (only his name appears on the stone). Barry Wilson Add to this record. 250915 Spr. John Wood Taylor 131st Field Company Royal Engineers (d.28th November 1917) John Taylor was my grandfather on my Dad's side. No one ever spoke about him when I was growing up. I did some research myself, but living in the U.S. now it is difficult. Would like to know a little more about what the 131st Field Company actually did. All I know is that it was part of the 26th Division on the Doiran Front. John Taylor Add to this record. 218370 L/Cpl. Charles Albert Stallard 9th Btn. Gloucestershire Regiment (d.25th Apr 1917) Charles Albert Stallard served with the 9th Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment during WW1 and died on the 25th April 1917, aged 29 in the Salonika campaign. He is remembered on the Doiran Memorial in Greece. He was the son of Mrs. Edith Stallard, of 36, Jervis Rd., Stamshaw, Portsmouth. S Flynn Add to this record. 218354 Cpl. Lister Dracup 11th Btn. Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) (d.19th Nov 1916) Lister Dracup served with the 11th Battalion Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) during WW1 and died on the 19th November 1916, aged 20. He is buried in Karasouli Military Cemetery, Greece. He was the son of Abraham and Sarah Dracup, of 105, Hufling Lane, Burnley. S Flynn Add to this record.

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