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World War One / Re: Help finding info on a rifleman WW1
« on: Sunday 13 October 19 09:14 BST (UK)  »
Thank you for that and your quick response.
 
Quote from: Regorian on Saturday 12 October 19 12:44 BST (UK)
Hello Hopster,

Welcome to Rootschat. 11th (Service) Battalion, Rifle brigade. Formed at Winchester, Sept. 1914. To Blackdown in 59th Brigade, 20th Division, February, 1915. April 1915 Hamilton Camp, near Stonehenge. 21st July 1915 landed at Boulogne. 11th November 1918, 59th brigade, 20th Division France Jenlain west of Bavai.

Here is info on 11th and 12th (Service) Battalions.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rifle_Brigade_(The_Prince_Consort%27s_Own)#Territorial_force.

 

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World War One / Re: Help finding info on a rifleman WW1
« on: Sunday 13 October 19 09:01 BST (UK)  »
Thank you for you quick responses.

That's really interesting information. I'll definitely have a look at downloading the war diaries, are they quite easy to read? Or is there lots of technical information in them?
Quote from: MaxD on Saturday 12 October 19 14:10 BST (UK)
You might like to download the war diary of the battalion from the National Archives at:
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/browse/r/h/C4555267
WO 95/2116/3 covers the period including July 1916.  (He appears on the roll of officers and men on WO95/2116/1).

10 July 1916 is described as "a quiet day" in the diary.   There was no major action taking place in their sector of the line which was just to the north of the village of Wieltje north east of Ypres.  Two parties of men attempted to carry out a raid on the enemy trenches under cover of a gas discharge (ours) and artillery barrage.  The gas did not affect the enemy as it should have done and the raid was unsuccessful.  He was one of three men who were killed in action that day, others were wounded, some who later died of wounds. . One officer and 6 men were recommended for bravery awards for bringing in and tending to the wounded.
The trench lines shown on the map/image at the link below are from later but were in pretty much the same position in July 1916.

https://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/side-by-side/#zoom=14&lat=50.8820&lon=2.9351&layers=101464639&right=BingHyb

MaxD

Despite the efforts of the men recommended for bravery awards the bodies of both him and one of the other two men killed that day were unable to be brought back for burial, hence their commemoration on the Menin Gate.


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World War One / Help finding info on a rifleman WW1
« on: Saturday 12 October 19 12:19 BST (UK)  »
Hi,
First time posting, so I hope I'm in the right area! I'm looking for some help on where I could find some more info on a relative that died during WW1.
I know some info but am interested in trying to find out where he was based just before he died, and where he may have died/what he was doing.
He was a Rifleman in the 11th Battalion Rifle Brigade, which I believe was part of the 20th light division of the 59th infantry brigade.
His name was James Carter S/5841 and he died 10th July 1916, in Ypres area as his name is on the memorial at menin gate.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.

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