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Entrenching Battalions



24th of September 1915 Wet Weather   location map

4th October 1915 Shells and Trench Mortars

8th October 1915 Inspection

16th October 1915 Battalion remained in trenches.

16th October 1915 Battalion remained in trenches.

8th of August 1916 Patrols Out  location map

24th Aug1916 3rd Monmouths transferred  252 NCO's and men of the 3rd Monmouth Battalion left to join the 9th Entrenching Battalion. Of these 252 men 200 were transferred on the 20th of September from the 9th Entrenching Battalion into the 9th Welsh Regiment and the remainder into the 9th Welsh Fusiliers.

16th Oct 1916 Working Parties and Training  location map

15th Feb 1918 Bathing

16th Feb 1918 Reorganisation

23rd of March 1918 A Serious Gap  location map

26th of March 1918  On the March

29th of March 1918 Reorganisation

31st of March 1918 Account of Operations  location map

31st Mar 1918 Reinforcements

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Those known to have served with

Entrenching Battalions

during the Great War 1914-1918.

  • Byfield DCM MID Arthur Charles Herbert. RSM. 17th Btn.
  • Carr Robert. Pte. 8th Btn. (d.25th September 1915)
  • Goddard Arthur Stanley. Pte. 3rd Btn.
  • Spencer John. Pte. 10th Btn. (d.4th Apr 1918)

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Pte. John Spencer 10th Btn. Gloucestershire Regiment (d.4th Apr 1918)

In February 1918, the 10th Glosters was disbanded and re-formed as the 13th Entrenching Battalion, which itself was disbanded shortly thereafter with its personnel being distributed to infantry units in the face of the German Spring Offensive (Operation Michael). Private John Spencer was attached to the 5th Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry.

Peter White




255064

Pte. Arthur Stanley Goddard 3rd Btn. Monmouthshire Regiment

We have found out all of the information from Arthur Goddard's records. He served with the 3rd Monmouthshire Regiment, was later moved to the 9th Royal Welsh Fusiliers. On the Roll of Individuals it states Infantry Base Depot and also attached 9th Entrenching Battalion.

Sue Goddard




249001

Pte. Robert Carr 8th Btn. Gordon Highlanders (d.25th September 1915)

Robert Carr was born in the village of Killearn in Stirlingshire and was a general labourer. He originally enlisted in the Cameron Highlanders on the 13th of October in Edinburgh aged 32. But was discharged medically unfit for active service twelve days after joining due to a bad right knee. He Re-enlisted into the Gordon Highlanders on the 24th of May 1915 in Aberdeen.

He was posted to France on the 14th of July 1915 and placed into a camp before being moved to the 5th Entrenching Battalion on the 3rd of September and then moved into the 8th Battalion on the 13th at Beuvry along with 29 other men two of them being English. Sadly, he was killed presumed missing in action on the 25th of September 1915 in the attack on the Hohenzollern Redoubt. His name is on the is on Panel 116 in the Loos Memorial.





237715

RSM. Arthur Charles Herbert Byfield DCM MID 17th Btn. Middlesex Regiment

Arthur Byfield served with the 17th Middlesex Regiment and 6th Entrenching Battalion.

Scott Scherer








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