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55th Trench Mortar Battery 28th May 1916 Brigade Sports  Brigade sports held.   BRIGADE SPORTS HELD IN THE FIELD MAY 28. 1916. Event 1st Place 2nd 3rd Time 1. 1 Mile race Pte. Parkins M.G.C. Pte. Wood. R.W.K. L/c. Edwards E.S. 5.46 3/5 2. ½ Mile L/c. Wickington. BUFFS L/c. Edwards. E. SURREY. Pte. Wood. BUFFS. 2.36 4/5 3. ¼ Mile L/c. Edwards E Surrey. L/c. Wickington. Buffs Sgt Whipps. Buffs. 1.8 3/5 4. 220 Yards Pte. Thacker. Buffs L/c Edwards E. S. Pte Jackson. Buffs. 31 1/5 5. 100 Yards. Sgt. Guest M.G.C. Pte. Thacker BUFFS Pte. Smith BUFFS .13 6. 50 Yards Sack. Tothergill. M.G.C. Pte. Russell R.A.M.C. L/C. Gunner QUEENS. 7. Three legged L/C. Browne. F/ L/C. Browne. G BUFFS Pts. Southwell/ “ Harris. BUFFS Sgt Killick/ “ Halliday. BUFFS. 8. Obstacle. Cpl. Stubbins. T.M.B. Pte. Moore. Buffs Pte. Barton. Buffs. 10. High Jump. L/c. Stewart. Buffs Cpl. Turner. R.W.K. Pte. Jarman. Queens. 4’11” 11. Band Race Pte Wood. Queens. Pte. Mills. Queens Cpl. Bonner Queens. 12. Wheel barrow Pte. Gilbert/ “ Seymour Queens Pte. Lewis/ “ Curtis R.W.K. 13. Jockey Race. Pte Ashford/ “ Dalton. E. Surrey Cpl. Thomson/ Pte. Preed. M.G.C. 14. Sack fight BUFFS SURREYS 15. Hurdles L/c. Stewart. Buffs Pte. Smith E.S. Cpl. Turner R.W.K. 16. Pillow Fight Pte. Hanton A.S.C. Pte. Dennington E.S. Pte. Marney BUFFS. 17. Drilling 25 men All blindfolded BUFFS QUEENS W. KENTS. 18. Tug of War. E. SURREYS. QUEENS. W. KENTS. 19. Officers 220 yd Handicap Lieut. Tindal. R.W.K. Lieut. Hett. Buffs. Capt. Black. Buffs. .32 20. “ 100yds. Lieut. Tindal. R.W.K. Capt. Bowen. E.S. Lieut. Hett Buffs. .13 ----------------------- ---------------------- ------------------------ 1st Places 2nd 3rd Total BUFFS. 7 5 8 20 QUEENS. 2 3 3 8 SURREYS. 3 6 1 10 W. KENTS. 2 3 4 9 T.M.B. 1 1 A.S.C. 1 1 M.G.C. 3 1 4 R.A.M.C. 1 1 7th Buffs war diary WO95/2049 If you can provide any additional information, please add it here. Want to know more about 55th Trench Mortar Battery ? There are:0 items tagged 55th Trench Mortar Battery 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 55th Trench Mortar Battery during the Great War 1914-1918. Morse Daniel Albert. Gnr. 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 Records of 55th Trench Mortar Battery from other sources. 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. Thanks to everyone who has supported us over this time. Want to find out more about your relative's service? Want to know what life was like during the Great War? 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We also have a section on World War Two. and a Timecapsule to preserve stories from other conflicts for future generations.   Gnr. Daniel Albert Morse 256 Brigade, D Bty. Royal Field Artillery Albert Morse was born in 1888 in Chedworth. His parents were Lambert Morse and Clara Juggins. He enlisted into the Royal Field Artillery on the 13th of November 1915. The son of farmer Lambert and Clara Morse of Pinkwell, Albert enlisted in the Royal Field Artillery (RFA) in November 1915. The most numerous arm of the artillery, the horse-drawn RFA was responsible for the medium calibre guns and howitzers deployed close to the front line and was reasonably mobile. It was organised in brigades. We have no detailed record of Albert's service with the RFA, except the certain knowledge from the following newspaper report that he was wounded in a battle at Givenchy on the 18th April 1918. "Mr and Mrs L Morse of Pinkwell received the news that their son, Gunner Albert Morse, was badly gassed and burnt on April 18th in a battle near Givenchy in France. He was in a battery of the RFA 55th Division, and had been on active service for over two years. All his relatives and friends will be glad to hear that he is making good progress in the War Hospital, High Barnet." The battle was known as the Battle of the Lys where the 55th Division defended some 5 miles of the front against an all-out attack by 3 German divisions. During the battle British casualties were heavy, amounting to 163 officers and 2,956 other ranks, killed, wounded and missing. Whilst the rest of the Division was withdrawn for a brief rest, the Field Artillery and Trench Mortar Batteries remained to assist the 1st Division, and earned the gratitude of the Corps Commander, which was most freely expressed as follows:- "From Lieut.-General Sir A. Holland, K.C.B., M.V.O., D.S.O., Commanding 1 Corps 21/4/18. The Corps Commander wishes to place on record his high appreciation of the work done by the Trench Artillery of the 55th Division during the attack on Givenchy on the 18th April. The detachments, by their heroic stand, assisted materially in the retention of the Givenchy position, and have added another page to the glorious history of the Royal Regiments of Artillery." Albert eventually recovered and he returned to live at the Rookery in 1920 and 1921, subsequently moving away. Albert also served with 256 Brigade, D battery. He was wounded about 19 April 1917 and treated by 2/1st Highland Field Ambulance, 12th Ambulance Train and a Hospital Ship. We have a photograph of him in uniform and have copied his issued small book. He married Effie Ada Winifred May in 1919 in Croydon. An extract from Chedworth Remembers the Great War Mike Tovey Add to this record. Recomended Reading. Available at discounted prices.

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