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7th Battalion, Royal Scots Fusiliers    7th (Service) Battalion, Royal Scots Fusiliers was raised at Ayr in September 1914 as part of Kitchener's Second New Army and joined 45th Brigade, 15th (Scottish) Division they moved to Aldershot for training and in November 1914 went on to Bramshott and spent the winter billets in Basingstoke, in March they moved to Draycott Camp at Chisledon for final training. They proceeded to France landing at Boulogne on the 9th of July 1915. They were in action in the The Battle of Loos in 1915. In spring 1916, they were involved in the German gas attacks near Hulluch and the defence of the Kink position. On the 7th of May 1916 they amalgamated with 6th Battalion Royal Scots Fusiliers to become 6/7th Battalion. 1st August 1915 Schedule of Reliefs 2nd August 1915 Reference Operational Order No.22. 3rd August 1915 Relief 19th Oct 1915 Reliefs Complete 28th November 1915 Relieved by the 7th Royal Scottish Fusiliers. 11th May 1916 Intense bombardment 18th July 1916 Special Preparations 6th August 1916 Warning Notice.   9th August 1916 Orders 12th August 1916 Division to attack   12th August 1916 After Orders 12th August 1916 No Strong Point on Left Flank 13th August 1916 New Line 13th August 1916 Gains 13th August 1916 Operational Orders 13th August 1916 Reliefs   14th August 1916 Notes on operations 21st August 1916 Relieve 6th / 7th R.S. Fusiliers 22nd August 1916 Location "B" Battalion in Support O.G.1 & 2.   23rd August 1916 Moved forward to Front Line 24th August 1916 "C" Battalion 11th A. & S.H. relieves 6th/7th Royal Scots. Fusiliers   28th August 1916 2nd Bavarian Corps relieved the Saxons in front. 30th August 1916 Relieved 13th Royal Scots   31st August 1916 Brigade front is divided in two   7th September 1916  Company parades and Inspections. 14th September 1916 15th Division attack   14th September 1916 Report received from "A" Coy. 15th September 1916 Canadians attack   16th September 1916 Operation Orders 1916-10-03 013royscots1 007scotfus1 045bde1 3rd October 1916 Warning Order. 11th October 1916 Operational Order 11th October 1916 Operational Orders 11th October 1916 Quiet day. 19th October 1916 Operational Orders 23rd October 1916 Operational Orders   25th December 1916 Operational Orders   25th December 1916 Relieved by 6th / 7th R.S. Fusiliers   27th December 1916 Operation Orders 27th December 1916 Moved up to Front Line 29th December 1916 Operation Orders 29th December 1916 Moved back in to reserve. 16th January 1917 Operational Orders   18th January 1917 Location Pioneer Camp, Contalmaison. 20th January 1917 Relieved 6th / 7th Royal Scottish Fusiliers. 20th January 1917 Operational Orders 22nd January 1917 Operational Orders 22nd January 1917 Relieved by 6th / 7th Royal Scottish Fusiliers   28th January 1917 Operation Orders   23rd February 1917 Operation Orders 6th March 1917 Operational Orders   7th March 1917 Relieved 6th / 7th Royal Scots Fusiliers. 10th March 1917 Operation Orders   10th March 1917 Wwork under the New Zealand Tunneling Coy.    3rd April 1917 General Instruction   9th April 1917 Operational Orders   10th April 1917 The situation is roughly as follows :-   11th April 1917 Headquarters 451B 11th April 1917 Brigade will attack the Enemy at I.31.b.   19th April 1917 Operational Order   22nd April 1917 Operational Order   21st May 1917 Battalion Scheme 27th May 1917 Brigade Tactical Scheme.   27th May 1917 Instructions for Field day   4th June 1917 Battalion Scheme.   6th June 1917 Battalion Tactical Exercise   6th June 1917 Battalion Orders   20th June 1917 Operational Orders   22nd June 1917 Operational Orders 26th June 1917 Operational Orders 7th July 1917 Operational Orders 7th July 1917 Table of Working Party.   7th July 1917 Operational Orders 27th July 1917 Operational Orders   31st July 1917 Account of Operations of this Battalion.   24th September 1917 Bombarded by the Enemy 4th October 1917 Operational Orders   5th October 1917 Operational Orders   20th October 1917 Operational Orders   2nd November 1917 Administrative Orders   18th November 1917 Brigade Operational Order No. 50.   18th November 1917 45th Infantry Brigade Operation Order No.50.   19th November 1917 Orders 22nd November 1917 Operational Orders   15th December 1917 Reliefs   16th December 1917 Battalion in Brigade Reserve. 21st January 1918 Battalion Scheme   31st January 1918 Instructions   8th February 1918 Operational Order 6/18.   24th September 1918 Move completed If you can provide any additional information, please add it here. Want to know more about 7th Battalion, Royal Scots Fusiliers ? There are:5319 items tagged 7th Battalion, Royal Scots Fusiliers 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 7th Battalion, Royal Scots Fusiliers during the Great War 1914-1918. Gibson Hugh. Cpl. (d.9th Sep 1915) Greenhalgh W.. Pte (d.27th February 1916) Harriman William Alfred Foulds. Pte. Meiklejohn John. Pte. Rolfe MID Edward Fredrick. Pte. Woods Michael. Pte (d.26th September 1915) 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 7th Battalion, Royal Scots Fusiliers from other sources. 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If the information here has been helpful or you have enjoyed reaching the stories please conside making a donation, no matter how small, would be much appreciated, annually we need to raise enough funds to pay for our web hosting or this site will vanish from the web. If you enjoy this site please consider making a donation. 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.   Cpl. Hugh Gibson 7th Btn. Royal Scots Fusiliers (d.9th Sep 1915) Hugh Gibson was killed in action 9th September 1915, aged 34. he was the son of Thomas and Jean Gibson, of Blantyre, Glasgow; husband of Jessie Stoddart Gibson, of 38 Broompark Rd., High Blantyre, Glasgow s flynn Add to this record.   Pte. William Alfred Foulds Harriman 7th Btn . Royal Scots Fusiliers My granddad Bill Harriman was born in 1897 and when he joined up he was only 16. He lied about his age so he could help his country in 1914 . He went in to the Royal Scots Fusiliers and he finished up being a POW for the last two years of the war. He was put on a farm first then he got on well with the people who ran the farm. He was then put in to a salt mine until the British Red Cross found him after the war. He was in a terrible state when he came home full of lice and was only 6 stone and he had been shot but the Germans put him in a hospital and cared for his wounds before they put him on the farm. He finished up with a limp for the rest of his life. He then went and joined up in 1945. Sharron Allen Add to this record.   Pte. Edward Fredrick Rolfe MID 7th Btn. Private Edward Fredrick Rolfe served with 7th Battalion Royal Scots Fusiliers, which was amalgamated to the 6th Battalion.He was mentioned in despatches Robert D Vickers Add to this record.   Pte. John Meiklejohn 1/4 Battalion, B Company, No7 Platoon Royal Scots Fusiliers ÃÆ??Ã?Ã?  John Meiklejohn, 1/4 Battalion Royal Scots Fusiliers, was my grandfather. He was wounded at Gallipoli and again in Palistine and survied the War and went on to be a police officer. Does anyone recognise any of their family on this picture if so who are they and what happend to them? Nick Wood Add to this record. Recomended Reading. Available at discounted prices.

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