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The 20th Batallion The London Regiment The 20th Batallion The London Regiment Those known to have served with The 20th Batallion The London Regiment during The Great War Select a story link or scroll down to browse those stories hosted on this site. Pte. James William Betson 1/20th Btn. (d.10th Jul 1917) Pte. E. Boughton 1/20th Btn. (d.10th Jul 1917) Pte. Thomas William Cooper MM. 20th Battalion Read his Story. Pte. J. T. Cox 1/20th Btn. (d.5th Jul 1917) Pte. H. F Denman 1/20th Btn. (d.10th Jul 1917) Pte. A. J. Horwood 1/20th Btn. (d.10th Jul 1917) Pte. James Howard 1/20th Btn. Pte. Alfred Lewis Mantle 1/20th Btn. (d.7th July 1917) Pte. Ernest Edmund Pearce 1/20th Btn. (d.10th Jul 1917) Pte. Edward David Pugh 20th Battalion (Blackheath and Woolwich) (d.28th Jan 1917) Read his Story. Pte. W. Staff 1/20th Btn. (d.8th Jul 1917) Pte. Frank Edward Whelan 1st Btn Pte. Frank Edward "stick in the mud" Whelan 1/20th Btn. Read his Story. Pte. R. Wood 1/20th Btn. (d.10th Jul 1917) Pte. Thomas William Cooper MM. 20th Battalion London Regiment My grandfather, Tom Cooper, joined up in September 1914, at the age of 23. He was awarded a Military Medal (which I have -- but I would like to find further details of the reason for this award). Sadly, he was gassed, which probably contributed to his early death (from TB) in 1946, but he survived WW1 and is recorded as 'serving with the colours' Sept 1914 to April 1919. He was demobbed in March 1920. Pte. Frank Edward "stick in the mud" Whelan 1/20th Btn. London Regiment My Grandad, Frank Whelan, lived in Lewisham, Catford and Bellingham. He was a painter and decorater and worked on Lewisham and Hither Green hospitals. He got married to Nellie Flowers after the war and had 6 kids, Frank died in 1965. Pte. Edward David Pugh 20th Battalion (Blackheath and Woolwich) London Regiment (d.28th Jan 1917) Edward enlisted into the 20th Blackheath and Woolwich Rifleman and went to fight in France and Flanders fields. As the army were stuck in their trenches, Edward wrote a letter to his mother telling her about where he was saying that the trenches weren't as nice as the drawing room at home and he told his mother he loved her. His battalion advanced and they were under attack, Edward was killed on 28/1/1917, nineteen days after writing his letter to his family. Edward David Pugh is remembered with honours in the Lissenthoek military cemetery.

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