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19th (St Pancras) Battalion, London Regiment
19th (St Pancras) Battalion, London Regiment, a Territorial unit and had thier headquarters at 76 High Street, Camden Town, serving as part of 5th London Brigade, 2nd London Division. The Division had just arrived for their annual summer camp on Salisbury Plain when war wasdeclared in August 1914, they were at once recalled to their home base and mobilised for war service. The Division concentrated in the St Albans area for training. They proceeded to France on the 10th of March 1915, landing at le Havre, being only the second TF Division to arrive in theatre. The 5th London Brigade was ordered to Cassel, and the remainder of the Division concentrated near Bethune and were joined by 5th London Brigade near the end of the month. On the 11th of May 1915 the formation was renamed 141st Brigade, 47th (2nd London) Division. They saw action in The Battle of Aubers Ridge, The Battle of Festubert, The Battle of Loos and The subsequent Actions of the Hohenzollern Redoubt, In 1916 they fought during The German attack at Vimy Ridge, and on The Somme in The Battle of Flers-Courcelette capturing High Wood, The Battle of the Transloy Ridges in which the captured Eaucourt l'Abbaye and The attacks on the Butte de Warlencourt. In 1918 they were in action in The Battle of Messines, the Third Battles of Ypres and The Cambrai Operations where they captured Bourlon Wood and fought against the German counter attacks. In 1918 they were in action on The Somme and the Final Advance in Artois including making the official entry into Lille. At the Armistice the the forward units of the Division had reached Franses-lez-Buissenal. They marched back to Tournai and on the 26th of November moved on to the Bethune area where demobilisation began with the first parties returning to England in the first week of January 1919.
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28th January 1918 Work in connection with re-organisation carried on.
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Those known to have served with19th (St Pancras) Battalion, London Regiment during the Great War 1914-1918. - Allibone John. Dmr.
- Anderson John. L/Sgt.
- Batte Sidney. 2nd Lt. (d.20th Jan 1918)
- Bedford Percy William. Pte
- Bennett Edwin Fredrick Martin. Pte. (d.28th Oct 1918)
- Billings Albert Edward. Pte. (d.29 September 1916)
- Bish Harold. Pte. (d.22nd Aug 1917)
- Brooks Frederick Francis. Pte.
- Chapman George Henry. Pte. (d.5th Dec 1917)
- Child Arthur Leslie Roland. Pte.
- Crane Percy Maurice Stanley. Cpl. (d.2nd Sept 1918)
- Croucher Robert Gort. Pte. (d.5th Jun 1917)
- Drew Alfred Stephen. Pte.
- Elliott Timothy Goddard. Rfmn.
- Feder Emanuel. Pte. (d.1st Sept 1918)
- Filler William Frederick. Pte. (d.15th Sep 1916)
- Float John Frederick. Pte. (d.15th September 1916)
- Frost Sydney Ernest. Pte.
- Goldsmith Herbert William. Pte. (d.31st Jul 1918)
- Hadley Charles Ernest. Pte. (d.15th Sep 1916)
- Harris Albert John. Pte. (d.11th Jul 1917)
- Harris John. Pte. (d.11th Jul 1917)
- Harvey H.. Cpl. (d.7th Jun 1917)
- Hicks Alfred. Pte. (d.12th Jul 1916)
- Hicks Alfred. Pte. (d.12th July 1916)
- Lacey Frederick Victor. Pte. (d.14th Oct 1918)
- Morden Richard William. Pte.
- Peake George. Pte.
- Pearce Percy George. Pte. (d.15th Sep 1916)
- Richmond MC. Matthew Wilson. 2nd Lt.
- Richmond MC. Matthew Wilson. A/Capt.
- Ridout Arthur Frederick. RSM. (d.15th Sep 1916)
- Ridout Arthur Frederick. RSM. (d.15th Sep 1916)
- Sandell Albert Edward. Pte. (d.7th December 1917)
- Savory Ernest. Pte.
- Schmidt John Albert. Pte. (d.29th September 1916)
- Sherwood William Edward. Pte. (d.5th December 1917)
- Wollaston Herbert Stanley.
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Pte. Harold Bish 1/19th Btn. London Regiment (d.22nd Aug 1917) Harold Bish is my great uncle, son of Sophia Bish nee Taylor, first wife of my Great Grandad. Sophia moved from Nottingham (after separating from grt grandad) to Shepherds Bush before the war, where Harold worked as an accountants clerk.
He joined the Middlesex Regiment later served with the 1/19th Battalion London Regiment. Unfortunately he never returned from war and Sophia suffered the death of a second son. I would love to trace his medals - Victory and British.
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Pte. George Henry Chapman 19th Btn. London Regiment (d.5th Dec 1917) George Henry Chapman died of wounds on the 5th of December 1917, aged 29 and is buried in the Etaples Military Cemetery in France.
He was the son of Mr and Mrs S Chapman, of Carlisle, husband of Ethel Jane Chapman, of 87, Suffolk St., Poplar, London.
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Pte. Herbert William Goldsmith 19th Btn. B Coy. London Regiment (d.31st Jul 1918) Herbert Goldsmith was the 3rd son of Frank and Sarah Goldsmith of Bermondsey in London.
He was killed in action in France aged 19.
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RSM. Arthur Frederick Ridout 19th (County of London) Btn. London Regiment (d.15th Sep 1916) Arthur Ridout was born in 1883 in Okeford Fitzpaine, Dorset, the second child of three of Frederick and Elizabeth Ridout (formerly Trent, nee Ross). His mother had lost her first husband and carried on farming the family farm. Arthur had two sisters, the elder dying in infancy and his younger sister Mary Minnie, known as Min throughout her life. He had 6 half-brothers and -sisters. By 1901, Arthur was living with his eldest half brother, John Ross Trent, and his wife in Mitcham, Surrey. His occupation was railway clerk. He met his future wife, Ella Jessie Arthur, and they married in 1911 in Tonbridge Kent. His sisterm Min stayed in touch with her brother and became good friends of his wife Ella who was a very good pianist. As a result of her meeting with Arthur and Ella, she met a friend of Arthur's and he became the love of her life. He too served in the First World War but none of the family remembers his name, and unfortunately he was killed. Min hadn't been able to marry her betrothed, and she led a very sad life with very little money. Arthur joined up on 5th September 1914, naming his wife Ella, his half-brother John Trent, and his sister Minnie as relatives.
From research, he went out to France with the 1st Battalion, London Regiment on 9th March 1915 and at the time of his death was acting RSM. He had one stripe when the Battalion landed in France and became a sergeant when the Battalion went to Loos and he came through unwounded. Shortly afterwards, he was promoted to CSM of D Company. When RSM King left to take up a Commission, Arthur was promoted to RSM in about May 1916. He was a very popular figure, and his influence and example brought his NCOs to a high standard of efficiency. During a relief of Vimy Ridge when shelling was severe, Arthur refused to leave until the last man had left the trenches. The only way back was across the Souchez Valley, but they had only just arrived when the Germans shelled them, with shrapnel falling like rain. Arthur and three others ended up in a trench, exhausted. Arthur met his death on 15th September 1916 after a couple of days hidden in the Happy Valley. The Battalion marched off to High Wood and one of the soldiers remembers acting upon impulse and shook the hands of some of the men including Arthur. He says he was glad he did because he never saw Ridout again. Arthur met his death by an unlucky shell at High Wood.
He was apparently "sincerely missed, he had endeared himself to all and such was the affection felt for him and that I have often seen tears in the eyes of a comrade when speaking of him." – JWW (Memories, the Journal of the 19th London Regiment OCA. No 2,Vol2, Summer 1922).
Arthur is remembered at the London Cemetery and Extension, Longueval and on the Shillingstone, Dorset, War Memorial - his mother Elizabeth was living there in 1922. Shillingstone is a village near Okeford Fitzpaine, Dorset.
I have a picture of a soldier who I think is Arthur but no one can confirm it now. If anyone has further information, please let me know.
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RSM. Arthur Frederick Ridout 19th (County of London) Btn. London Regiment (d.15th Sep 1916) Arthur Ridout was my great-great-grandmother's son by her second marriage. He was very close to his half brothers and sisters being from a farming family in Okeford Fitzpaine, Dorset. In 1911, he married Ella who was a great friend of Arthur's sister Minnie Ridout, who was also courting a soldier (a friend of her brother Arthur) and was engaged to be married to him. He enlisted on 5th September 1914 at Camden Town. On 9th March 1915 he was sent to France with the 1st Battalion. He landed in France with one stripe and gained promotions through merit, being promoted to Sergeant in Loos and then to CSM of D Company. He was very well liked from all accounts. He became RSM in May 1916. He died in battle on 15th September 1916 at High Wood, Longueval, Somme, France. He is buried at the London Cemetery and Extension, Longueval and commemorated on the Mitcham War Memorial and also at Shillingstone, Dorset War Memorial.
His sister Minnie Ridout also lost her fiancé during the First World War and she never married.
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Pte. John Frederick Float 1st/19th Bn. London Regiment (d.15th September 1916) Jack Float served with the 19th London Regiment.
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Pte. John Albert Schmidt 19th (St Pancras) Btn. London Regiment (d.29th September 1916) John Schmidt served with the 19th Battalion, London Regiment in WW1. He died 29th of September 1916 aged 19 years and is remembered on the Thiepval Memorial in France. Son of Mr. and Mrs. F. Schmidt of 1 Great Ormond St. Holborn, London.
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Pte. Edwin Fredrick Martin Bennett 19th (St Pancras) Btn. London Regiment (d.28th Oct 1918) Edwin Bennett served with the 19th Battalion, London Regiment in WW1. He died 28th Oct 1918 aged 29 years and is buried Arras Road Cemetery at Roclincourt in France. Son of Edwin and Sarah Jane Bennett of 62 Whistler St. Drayton Park, Holloway, London.
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Pte. William Edward Sherwood 19th (St Pancras) Battalion London Regiment (d.5th December 1917) At the outbreak of the war in 1914, Bill Sherwood was a 36 year old wharf foreman living with his wife, Emily and their 2 children, Stanley aged 11 and Doris aged 8 in London's Limehouse. His life was turned upside down in 1915 as firstly his wife died in early in the year and then his mother died suddenly on Christmas Day at her home on Salmon Lane of a brain haemorrhage. The family had been ripped to shreds and with the introduction of government conscription the following year, Bill found himself having to leave his children behind.
Bill joined 19th Battalion, London Regiment on 11th of December 1916 and saw action at the Battle of Messines, the 3rd Battle of Ypres and at Cambrai, where on 29th November the unit took over the recently-captured Bourlon Wood just in time to be hit by a German counter-attack the following morning.
The 1/19th Londons were badly affected by the enemy bombardment, particularly by gas shells. Out of 15 officers and over 600 men of the battalion who took up position in the wood, only 5 officers and 65 other ranks remained in the line by the end of the day, and many of those were later evacuated to hospital suffering the effects of gas. Unfortunately, it appears that Bill was one of those men. He was transported to No. 3 Stationary Hospital in Rouen and he succumbed to his injuries on 5th December 1917. He was laid to rest at the St Sever Cemetery Extension in Rouen
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Pte. William Frederick Filler 19th Btn. London Regiment (d.15th Sep 1916) William Filler was 25 years old when he died of his wounds at the Battle of the Somme. He left a widow, Maude E Greenhalgh, nee Smith.
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Pte. Alfred Hicks 19th Btn. London Regiment (d.12th July 1916) Alfred Hicks served with the 19th Battalion, London Regiment and was attached to 138th Coy. Royal Engineers when he lost his life.
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Pte. Alfred Hicks 19th Btn. London Regiment (d.12th Jul 1916) Alfred Hicks of the 19th London Regiment was serving attached to 138th Coy.
Royal Engineers when he lost his life.
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Pte. Richard William Morden 19th Btn. London Regiment Richard Morden was my grandfather he served with the 19th London Regiment. He experienced a gas attack and suffered with his lungs after the war.
He was captured by the Germans and worked on a farm in Germany as a POW. Where he said he was well treated.
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Pte. Charles Ernest Hadley 19th Btn. London Regiment (d.15th Sep 1916) My grandfather was killed in High Wood his name on the Thiepval Monument is spelt Hadly but should be Charles Ernest Hadley.
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Pte. Arthur Leslie Roland Child 19th (Post Office Rifles) Btn. London Regiment Arthur Child served with the Post Office Rifles.
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Pte. John Harris 13th Btn. Kings Royal Rifle Corps (d.11th Jul 1917) John Harris was born in Scotland in 1894. He joined up at St Paul's Church, Hackney, London. He was attached to the 13th Battalion, the Kings Royal Rifle Corps and served from 25th August 1915 to 14 December 1915. I think he transferred to 19th Btn. London Regiment, St Pancras (service numbers 6099 and 612384.) He served from 16th June 1916 to 11th July 1917 when he was killed. He is buried at Woods Cemetery. There is an error with on his war grave - it says `John Albert Harris No. 612384, parents John Harris late of South Wales Borderers; mother Ellen Harris, 155 London Road, Dover'. war graves have made a mistake with another soldier of the same name. John's parents were William Harris born Scotland and mother Mary Ann Harris. They lived in Hackney, London. I know this for a fact.
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L/Sgt. John Anderson 19th (St Pancras) Btn. London Regiment John Anderson resided in Chalk Farm, his occupation was a French polisher. He was 5ft 3†and joined the 19th Battalion, London Regiment (number 1920, then 610032).
On the first day of the Battle of Loos, 25th September 1915, he was wounded in the head by gunshot. John survived and returned to his unit on 14th of October 1915. He was promoted from Private to Lance Corporal on 28th of June 1916 and then to Corporal on 12th of August 1916. On 15th of September 1916 John was appointed Lance Sergeant. On this day the 19th London Battalion were part of the second wave of the attack that captured High Wood (a part of the Battle of Flers-Courelette, itself part of the Somme offensive) and he received a bayonet wound to his wrist but only appears to have been away from his regiment for two days.
In 1917 he was posted to the London command depot in England and served there between 10th of April 1917 and 24th of September 1917 when he was discharged from the army due to the effects of wounds.
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Dmr. John Allibone 19th (St Pancras) Btn. London Regiment John Allibone lived in Camden Town and joined the London Regiment in 1911. He was wounded by gun shot to his left hand side at Loos on the 25th of September 1915 and was sent home where he was eventually attached to the Provosts of the 3rd London Regt. He received the Kings Silver War Badge in October 1916. John died on 25th June 1925 aged only 33yrs.
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A/Capt. Matthew Wilson Richmond MC. 19th Btn. London Regiment 2nd Lt (A/Capt) Matthew Wilson Richmond MC. served with the 1/19th Bn, London Regt. (TF),attd. 97th Trench Mortar Bty. His citation reads:
"This officer was ordered at short notice to support with his Light T.M Bty an extensive raid on Houthulst Forest on the 18/19th Feb 1918.
He carefully selected his position, and being ordered not to register, made most accurate observations in broad daylight in the open and in close proximity to the enemy.
During the attack his battery fired over two tons of ammunition under conditions necessitating the greatest accuracy without a round short, despite enemy shelling and machine gun fire. He personally manned and fired the gun that was firing in closest proximity to our own infantry.
By his thorough reconnaissance, organisation and devotion to duty during the fight he largely contributed to the success of the operation."
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2nd Lt. Matthew Wilson Richmond MC. 19th Bn London Regiment Matt Richmond also served with 97th Trench Motar Bty.
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