Captain Otter and "B" Company.Captain Otter and "B" Company.20th May, 1915.
May 16th.
The Battalion was withdrawn to the canal bank.
May 19th.
Orders were received that the London Rifle Brigade was to be withdrawn and sent the next day to General Headquarters. The Battalion marched that evening to Vlamertinghe, and was billeted there.
May 20th.
The Battalion marched past the Divisional Commander after he had inspected it, and expressed his deep appreciation of all it had done since April 25th. It boarded the motor-buses, and proceeded to General Headquarters.
The London Rifle Brigade thus left the 4th Division after six months.
The Brigade, Divisional, and Corps Commanders had all personally thanked the Battalion for the work it had done, and congratulated it on its behaviour under the most trying circumstances. But perhaps even more valued were the farewell letters from the Battalions of the 11th Brigade, showing, as they did, that they really felt the London Rifle Brigade to have become part of their Regular Brigade.
The London Rifle Brigade arrived at Tatinghem, and enjoyed ten days' complete rest during perfect weather.
The Rangers and Kensingtons had also been withdrawn from the line.
Sec.-Lieut. F. D. Charles and "C" Company.Sec.-Lieut. F. D. Charles and "C" Company.20th May, 1915.
June 1st.
These three Battalions were amalgamated for work on lines of communications. This entailed the handing over of all the active service equipment, and also all transport. The latter was a bitter blow, as the work of the transport, personnel, and animals had been beyond all praise. It is worth noting that in spite of the very heavy work of the previous four weeks the transport had actually accomplished the thirty-mile trek from the Salient in under 20 hours.
Lines of Communication.
June 1st—Oct. 1st.
This period calls for no detailed treatment. Headquarters, and the balance of the men not employed at the different railheads, remained at St. Omer, first in the artillery barracks, and from July 1st under canvas.
The numbers at the various railheads altered very considerably from time to time, e.g., on June 6th 210 other ranks were scattered over fifteen stations, and on September 24th there were 374 other ranks at twenty-one different stations.
In addition to these details, the Battalion was called upon to furnish escorts and large parties for detraining work.
During the battle of Loos the Kensingtons and London Rifle Brigade between them furnished all the escorts for German prisoners, every available man, including grooms and officers' servants, being used.
The variety of the work on lines of communication provided scope for every type ofindividual—clerks to R.T.O.'s, telephone operators, guards, shell fuse setters, navvies on coal wharves, caretakers of a horse rest camp, hospital orderlies—while from time to time at small stations non-commissioned officers were left in complete charge.
Sec.-Lieut. Wallis and "D" Company.Sec.-Lieut. Wallis and "D" Company.20th May, 1915.
From September 2nd to 30th the following four officers were lent to the Gas Brigade, and took part in the battle of Loos:—Captain R. E. Otter, Lieutenant F. H. Wallis, and Sec.-Lieutenants A. B. White and F. D. Charles.
On August 9th the composite Battalion was broken up, and each unit regained its individuality. This did not make any practical difference until October 2nd, when the London Rifle Brigade was transferred from the lines of communication to General Headquarters troops, and marched to Blendecques, the band of the Artists being kindly lent by their Commanding Officer to play it out.
While the Battalion was under canvas at General Headquarters, the officers messed in the Salle d'Honneur of the 8th Regiment of Infantry. On leaving, a present of a glass inkpot, with the regimental crest of the London Rifle Brigade, was sent to this French regiment as a small memento of the occasion. A most cordial and charming reply was received by Colonel Bates from Colonel Roubert, in which the latter looked forward to seeing the London Rifle Brigade once again in his barracks after victory had crowned the Allies' arms.
Sec.-Lieut. Barker and M.G. Team.Sec.-Lieut. Barker and M.G. Team.20th May, 1915.
Oct. 2nd—25th.
The stay at Blendecques was intended to be a period of training before being sent back to the front. The actual period was 23 days, but, as it took more than a week to collect all the details from the various railheads, little more than a fortnight's full training was possible.
The reluctance of the authorities at these railheads to part with their London Rifle Brigade detachments, even after their reliefs had arrived, although complimentary, was not a little annoying, but the grateful letters received by the Commanding Officer in some measure compensated for the delay.
These three weeks were a period of remobilisation. Most of the non-commissioned officers who had survived Ypres had taken commissions. All the specialists had to be retrained. The transport and detailed equipment had to be indented for. The essentials were received by degrees, and actually completed a few days before the Battalion moved.
Oct. 25th.
The London Rifle Brigade moved by motor-bus in pouring rain to join the 3rd Division, which was resting east of Cassel. It relieved the Honourable Artillery Company in the 8th Infantry Brigade. The latter Battalion returned in the same buses. The transport had marched on the previous day.
Incessant rain and frequent inspections, combined with training on the lines laid down by the new Division, employed the time up to November 23rd.
The Barracks, General Headquarters.The Barracks, General Headquarters.
Nov. 23rd.
The Battalion marched to Poperinghe. For the first time it now had a bombing section of 2 officers and 70 other ranks; a sniping detachment was also organised.
Nov. 29th.
The Battalion relieved the Liverpool Scottish in the front line. The trenches were in a desperate state, with very few traverses, no complete communication trenches or second line, and mud quite indescribable. They were also overlooked, and enfiladed by the enemy. The tour was normally seven days, with two companies in the front line and two in reserve near Battalion Headquarters.
Work was rendered very difficult owing to the water-logged nature of the ground.
Ration parties took as much as seven hours to accomplish one round journey.
On the whole, the Battalion was amazingly fortunate while in these trenches. It suffered casualties from occasional shelling and sniping, but on certainly two occasions the enemy bombarded the trenches and blew in fifty yards of parapet without inflicting a single casualty.
The march to and from the trenches was an exceedingly trying one. Only once was part of the Battalion able to use motor-buses, but, after the first tour, use was made of the "Ypres Express," to whose Commanding Officer the London Rifle Brigade will ever remain indebted.
The Battalion was in the trenches during the abortive gas attack on December 19th, but wasnot affected by the gas, which passed just behind it.
Poperinghe, 1915.Poperinghe, 1915.
Christmas Day was spent in Poperinghe.
1916.
Jan. 4th.
On leaving the trenches on this date the Battalion was kept in Brigade reserve. Apart from heavy night-working parties, the week was not too uncomfortable, though baths were impossible.
Jan. 18th.
The London Rifle Brigade returned to rest under canvas instead of to billets.
Feb.1st—8th.
Owing to the relief of the 3rd Division this period was one of variety. The Battalion marched from trenches to rest, and back into reserve. It was attached to three different Brigades, and for a time was Divisional Troops. Eventually, on the 8th, orders were received to entrain the next day. The various outlying details were collected before midnight.
Feb. 9th.
The Battalion entrained for the South.
Gommecourt.
July 1st.
This fighting is too recent for any details, however bare, to be given.
Previous to this date the Battalion, now part of as fine a Territorial Division as France had ever seen, took its ordinary tour of training and trenches. It was, of course, known that the Division was going "over the top" at the beginning of the offensive, and all training was carried out with this great end in view.
Voormezeele Church.Voormezeele Church.
The following extract from the account published in the Press is given here, not because thewriter of these notes does not feel able to give his own account, but because he might unwittingly say more than the Censor would feel able to pass:—
"I am about to give, on first-hand information, an account of the part which has been played by certain of our famous London Regiments. These regiments, which included the London Rifle Brigade, the Queen Victoria's Rifles, the Rangers, the Queen's Westminsters, and London Scottish, had assigned to them certain objectives near Gommecourt, towards the northern end of our original line of advance, where, as is well known, owing to the extraordinary preparations which the enemy had made in that direction, we did not fare so well as we have done, and continue to do, further south. The London Regiments, which fought with magnificent gallantry and tenacity, did, in fact, accomplish their primary objects, but, owing to circumstances beyond their control, they subsequently had to retire to a line which nearly corresponds to that they occupied before the battle began. . . . ."
"I am about to give, on first-hand information, an account of the part which has been played by certain of our famous London Regiments. These regiments, which included the London Rifle Brigade, the Queen Victoria's Rifles, the Rangers, the Queen's Westminsters, and London Scottish, had assigned to them certain objectives near Gommecourt, towards the northern end of our original line of advance, where, as is well known, owing to the extraordinary preparations which the enemy had made in that direction, we did not fare so well as we have done, and continue to do, further south. The London Regiments, which fought with magnificent gallantry and tenacity, did, in fact, accomplish their primary objects, but, owing to circumstances beyond their control, they subsequently had to retire to a line which nearly corresponds to that they occupied before the battle began. . . . ."
For its work on this day the Corps, of which the Division formed a part, received a special verbal message of thanks, delivered by one of Sir Douglas Haig's A.D.C.'s. This was subsequently confirmed in writing by the Chief of the General Staff.
Trench Battalion Headquarters.Trench Battalion Headquarters.November, 1915—February, 1916.
Lieut.-Colonel Bates, D.S.O., was given sick leave in August, and Major R. H. Husey, M.C., took command. Under his leadership the Battalion added to its laurels in the fighting during September.
SECOND BATTALION.
At the beginning of September, 1914, permission was obtained to form a second Battalion. Recruiting was commenced at Headquarters in Bunhill Row on the 3rd, and the Battalion was filled in one day. So great was the rush of recruits that, had it been possible to obtain leave to do so, another Battalion could easily have been formed. Great care was taken, under these advantageous circumstances, in the selection of recruits. Those taken, combined with the draft from the 1st Battalion of men who were unable at that time to undertake the foreign service obligation, made up a fine Battalion.
Of the officers on formation, the following had formerly served in the Regiment, or were serving, and transferred from the 1st Battalion under the home service condition:—
Lieut.-Colonel G. R. Tod, formerly Adjutant for five years, 1898-1903.
Major G. Harvest.
Quartermaster and Hon. Major J. Guppy.
Captain C. G. H. Macgill, M.V.O., who acted as Adjutant until the formation of the Home Service Provisional Battalion.
Captain S. Bowers.
Captain C. R. Bland.
Captain H. B. Prior.
Captain C. E. Johnstone.
Captain C. Furze.
Lieutenant B. E. Bland.
Entrance to Camp, Rest Billets, May, 1916, where the Lord Mayor saw the Battalion on Parade.Entrance to Camp, Rest Billets, May, 1916, where the Lord Mayor saw the Battalion on Parade.
THIRD BATTALION.
The 3rd Battalion was raised on November 30th, 1914. The first Commanding Officer was Colonel H. C. Cholmondeley, C.B. (see pages 3 and 4). The Battalion was fortunate in having the help of several old members of the Regiment in the commissioned and non-commissioned ranks. They were invaluable in carrying on to the new men the traditions and ésprit de corps of the London Rifle Brigade.
After some five months in London, the Battalion proceeded at the end of April by train to Wimbledon, and on, by route march, to Tadworth, where it went under canvas. Soon after its arrival Colonel Cholmondeley was given command of a 4th Line Brigade, and the command of the Battalion was taken over by Major Norman C. King, T.D., who went out to the front with the 1st Battalion, and had been invalided home. Lieut.-Colonel King, being theofficer with the senior permanent rank on the cadre of the Regiment, now commands it.
The system of training adopted was that of a public school; that is to say, the company represented the house, and the Captain the house master, who administered the company, but was not responsible for its training. The instructors in each subject—e.g., drill, musketry, bombing, etc.—each had their own staff of assistants, and every platoon was taken up in turn for its lesson. This represented the forms of a school. The system proved very successful, and received commendation from high authority. It was subsequently recommended for adoption over the whole of the Southern Command, but was too much of a departure from tradition to be taken over as it stood, though it was recommended in a modified form.
As the summer of 1915 passed on, officers from the 1st Battalion, who had been wounded in the second battle of Ypres in April-May, were posted to the 3rd Battalion on recovery. Thus began the circulation between the 1st and 3rd Battalions which has proved so invaluable in keeping close touch and sympathy between those at the front and those at home.
On November 12th the Battalion moved to billets in Sutton, and received the greatest kindness and consideration there. Everything possible was done for the comfort of the Battalion, and not the least of the kindnesses receivedwere the services at Christchurch, under the Rev. Courtney Gale. Nothing could have exceeded the warmth and vigour of the church parades, which were much appreciated by all ranks.
On January 10th, 1916, the Battalion moved to its present camp.
ADMINISTRATIVE CENTRE.
The Headquarters and Depôt or Administrative Centre are situated at 130, Bunhill Row, E.C., and are in charge of Captain H. Ferguson, to whom the Regiment owes a considerable debt of gratitude for the whole-hearted way he has thrown himself into the work since he joined. Having been private secretary to the late Lord Roberts, he has brought a ripe knowledge and warm appreciation of the Territorial Force to bear on the thousand and one details which have to be arranged from Headquarters. Here it is that recruits receive their equipment and their first insight into drill.
The finances of the Regiment since war broke out have been ably looked after by Major C. W. Cornish, V.D., who took up the reins again after having laid them down in 1908.
The London Rifle Brigade Mutual Aid Society centres in Bunhill Row, and a copy of its scheme is given in Appendix F.
The Prisoners' Aid Fund, for sending food and warm clothing to non-commissioned officersand riflemen of the Regiment who are prisoners, is also controlled from Headquarters. Weekly parcels are sent by ladies of the Regiment to any whose relatives are not in a position to send them all they require.
Victoria Cross.
9539 Lance-Sergeant Douglas Walter Belcher (now Sec.-Lieutenant, Queen Victoria's Rifles).
K.C.V.O.
The Bishop of London.
C.M.G.
Lieut.-Colonel W. D. The Earl Cairns.
D.S.O.
Major A. S. Bates.Captain A. C. Oppenheim, King's Royal Rifle Corps.
Military Cross(10).
Captain R. H. Husey.Captain J. R. Somers-Smith.Captain H. L. Johnston.Captain C. W. Trevelyan.Captain F. H. Wallis.Captain R. Russell.Captain F. H. Crews.Lieutenant E. R. Williamson (with a Trench Mortar Battery).Sec.-Lieutenant A. K. Dodds (attached 181st Company, Royal Engineers).Sec.-Lieutenant R. E. Petley.
D.C.M.(12).
9338 Sergeant (now Captain, Hampshire R., T.F.) W. F. Pothecary.6968 Signalling Sergeant E. A. Adams.8541 Sergeant R. V. Todd.9435 Transport Sergeant A. Gordon (now Sec.-Lieutenant, London Rifle Brigade).515 Sergeant W. M. Lilley.9996 Sergeant W. A. Roulston (killed).9497 Corporal (now Lieutenant, London Rifle Brigade) G. G. Boston.75 Lance-Corporal T. H. Stransom (now Sec.-Lieutenant, London Rifle Brigade).11003 Lance-Corporal C. Taylor.1006 Rifleman J. S. Lindsay (now Sec.-Lieutenant, London Rifle Brigade).8896 Rifleman R. S. Clark.10839 Rifleman E. L. Kench.
Military Medal(28).
1867 Regimental Sergeant-Major J. Adams.660 Sergeant (now Sec.-Lieutenant, London Rifle Brigade) P. T. Dyer.10835 Sergeant F. C. Keele.9412 Sergeant (now Sec.-Lieutenant, London Rifle Brigade) E. H. Slade.1131 Sergeant W. G. T. Mason.776 Corporal R. F. Ebbetts.9535 Corporal (now Sec.-Lieutenant, Lincolnshire Regiment) P. Godsmark.9921 Lce.-Cpl. (now Sergeant) L. W. Billington.9289 Lance-Corporal (now Sec.-Lieutenant, London Rifle Brigade) H. J. F. Crisp.1621 Lance-Corporal J. H. Foaden.1220 Lance-Corporal (now at Officers' Cadet School) V. L. A. Fowle.9899 Lance-Corporal J. O. Haylock (now Sergeant-Dispenser, Northumbrian Field Ambulance).9471 Lance-Corporal (now Sec.-Lieutenant, Cheshire Regiment) H. J. C. Rowe.9137 Lance-Corporal (now Sec.-Lieutenant, King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment) R. H. Stonnill.9453 Lance-Corporal (now Corporal) H. Turner.762 Lance-Corporal R. E. Parslow.787 Sergeant C. W. Bradford (killed).1124 Rifleman H. G. Buck.1289 Rifleman F. A. Crocker.92 Rifleman (now Sec.-Lieutenant, Royal Field Artillery) W. E. Dunnett.2516 Rifleman H. W. Dunk.2822 Rifleman A. F. H. Edington.9457 Rifleman (now Sec.-Lieutenant, London Regiment) G. Gordon.10535 Rifleman W. Hawthorn.161 Rifleman (now Sec.-Lieutenant, London Regiment) E. W. G. Hodgkinson.9609 Rifleman (now Sec.-Lieutenant, London Regiment) E. B. Latham.9597 Rifleman (now Sec.-Lieutenant, London Regiment) W. E. Lockhart.147 Rifleman (Sec.-Lieutenant, Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry) A. C. Thomas (killed).
Meritorious Service Medal(2).
129 Acting-Sergt. D. Mackay.9587 Rfn. G. W. Hunter.
The Montenegrin Decoration of Danilo.
Lieut.-Col. R. H. Husey, M.C.
Croix de Guerre(with palm leaves).
515 Sergeant W. M. Lilley.
All above Orders, Decorations, and Medals were won by officers, non-commissioned officers, and riflemen while serving with, or wearing the uniform of, the Regiment.
The following officers, who served with or in the ranks of the 1st Battalion, London Rifle Brigade, have gained the award shown after their names since being transferred, or commissioned, to other Regiments[A]:—
Sec.-Lieutenant H. H. Linzell, The Border Regiment, Military Cross.
Sec.-Lieutenant D. Blofeld, The London Regiment, Military Cross (killed).
Sec.-Lieutenant S. R. Hogg, Royal Fusiliers, Military Cross.
FOOTNOTE:[A]This list does not claim to be complete. Any additions should be sent to the Officer in Charge Depôt, where a record will be kept.
[A]This list does not claim to be complete. Any additions should be sent to the Officer in Charge Depôt, where a record will be kept.
[A]This list does not claim to be complete. Any additions should be sent to the Officer in Charge Depôt, where a record will be kept.
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The following officers and other ranks have been mentioned in despatches:—
Lieut.-Colonel W. D. Earl Cairns.
The Bishop of London.
Lieut.-Colonel A. S. Bates (3).
Major A. D. Ducat, M.B., T.D., R.A.M.C. (T.F.).
Captain A. C. Oppenheim, King's Royal Rifle Corps (2).
Captain R. H. Husey.
Captain J. R. Somers-Smith.
Captain C. W. Trevelyan.
Lieutenant R. Russell.
Sec.-Lieutenant W. L. Willett.
Sec.-Lieutenant A. K. Dodds.
709 Company Sergeant-Major A. J. R. Macveagh.
8488 Company Sergeant-Major (now Sec.-Lieutenant, Royal Field Artillery) B. K. Manbey.
8929 Corporal (now Sec.-Lieutenant, King's Royal Rifle Corps) T. H. Jenkin.
9391 Rifleman R. E. Peck.
The following officer who served in the ranks of the 1st Battalion, London Rifle Brigade, has also been mentioned in despatches since being commissioned to another regiment[B]:—
Temporary Sec.-Lieutenant L. E. Schultz, Wiltshire Regiment (killed).
FOOTNOTE:[B]This list does not claim to be complete. Any additions should be sent to the Officer in Charge Depôt, where a record will be kept.
[B]This list does not claim to be complete. Any additions should be sent to the Officer in Charge Depôt, where a record will be kept.
[B]This list does not claim to be complete. Any additions should be sent to the Officer in Charge Depôt, where a record will be kept.
Alphabetical list, by ranks—the latter as on 15/8/16—of London Rifle Brigade officers with service in France up to that date,excluding those now serving whose names have not been passed by the Censor for publication:—
Lieutenant-Colonels.Name.Joined B.E.Fas an Officer.Left B.E.F.Bates, A. S.5/11/1415/8/16Cairns, W. D., Earl5/11/149/4/15King, N. C.5/11/146/1/15Matthey, C. G. R.5/11/1412/1/15Majors.Burnell, C. D.5/11/147/5/15WoundedMacGeagh, H. D. F.5/11/1413/1/1531/8/153/12/15Soames, M. H.5/11/1417/7/15Captains.Alcock, J. E.20/12/1421/2/15WoundedBland, B. E.23/12/149/3/15Charles, F. D.8/5/1516/9/16WoundedCharles, R. D. S.19/2/157/5/15WoundedCholmeley, G. H.5/11/1421/2/1518/7/15-/7/1Woundedde Cologan, A. T. B.18/7/151/7/16PrisonerHarvey, B. S.20/12/143/5/15Wounded5/8/151/7/16KilledJohnston, H. L.5/11/1423/6/16WoundedKirby, A. G.5/11/1420/12/14WoundedKitching, G. C.5/11/1417/2/15Large, E. L.5/11/1421/5/15Died of woundsLintott, A. L.5/11/1420/1/1521/5/1519/11/15Morrison, G. H.5/11/1431/3/15KilledNobbs, H. G.8/8/169/9/16Wounded & PrisonerNow exchangedRobinson, J. G.5/11/1425/1/16Russell, R.11/2/1521/4/16Somers-Smith, J. R.5/11/143/6/1524/10/151/7/16KilledWhite, A. B.19/2/157/5/15Wounded18/7/1520/11/15Wills, E. C.8/5/1513/10/16WoundedLieutenants.Bantoft, E. S.5/7/1611/9/16Died of woundsBeard, H. C.18/3/153/5/15WoundedBoston, G. G.8/5/1527/7/16WoundedBromiley, B.24/12/155/7/16Cartwright, G. H. G. M.5/11/1411/5/15WoundedClode-Baker, G. E.24/12/151/7/16KilledDodds, A. K.28/2/1511/10/15GassedFlindt, R. E. H.11/2/157/5/15WoundedFursdon, G. E. S.5/11/142/5/15Wounded18/7/154/9/15Long, C. W.27/5/1627/7/16Maynard, M. J.8/5/15-/10/16MissingOldfield, P. B. B.1/5/1527/7/16WoundedPetersen, J. R. S.5/11/145/5/16Pocock, B. L. E.24/12/152/7/16WoundedPrice, H. B.5/11/143/5/15KilledSedgwick, A. E.26/2/156/5/15Wounded12/8/1610/9/16KilledSlessor, P.5/11/1422/12/14Titley, P.19/1/1626/6/16Vincent, H. G.5/11/143/5/15Williamson, E. R.24/12/1510/9/16Wounded & missing, believed killedWimble, A. S.29/4/157/5/15WoundedSecond-Lieutenants.Appleton, E. R.18/7/1520/12/15Aste, P. J.18/7/154/2/16Baldwin, N. E.3/8/16-/10/16Wounded & missingBalkwill, C. V.27/5/161/7/16KilledBalls, F. A.27/5/1611/7/16Barker, H. C.29/4/1522/1/1628/3/1624/4/16Benns, A. L.5/3/161/7/16KilledBetts, A. W. T.2/5/1517/5/15WoundedBrodie, C. G.18/7/1515/9/15Camden, H. M.11/1/169/2/16Carrier, J. R.8/5/168/10/16KilledCollis, L. W.2/8/1620/9/16Cotter, G. H.11/2/1512/4/15KilledCrisp, H. J. F.27/5/1614/9/16WoundedDoust, C. B.14/3/161/7/16KilledDyer, P. T.19/7/1629/9/16WoundedFeast, A. C.8/5/1517/5/15Forbes, K.5/11/1410/2/15KilledGardiner, W. E. M.8/5/1619/7/16KilledGooding, H. R. W.19/4/1513/5/15KilledHill, R. L.13/8/156/6/16Hogg, S. R.2/5/1523/1/16Howe, G. H.27/5/1619/8/16Hewitt, F. E.11/1/1620/5/16Keddie, G. D. F.1/5/157/6/15Lindsay, J. S.19/7/1630/9/16WoundedLines, S. M.8/5/1513/5/15KilledLintott, R.29/4/153/5/15KilledLydall, R. F.9/6/161/7/16WoundedMoore, E. G.19/7/1617/9/16WoundedPetley, R. E.27/5/161/7/16WoundedPocock, B. E.29/4/1513/5/15Missing, believed killedPogose, I. R.27/7/152/7/16Died of woundsPool, E. E.11/1/169/5/16Prior, T. A.5/3/1619/5/16Radford, P. D.19/7/1621/9/16WoundedRose, E. W.22/7/151/7/16WoundedRose, O. H.27/5/1618/6/16Sawbridge, B. F.8/5/161/7/16WoundedSell, C. H.19/1/16-/9/16WoundedSharman, A. P.19/7/1611/9/16WoundedSmith, H.19/1/161/7/16WoundedStransom, J. H.29/4/1530/4/15WoundedTicehurst, G. H.4/6/1626/9/16WoundedThomas, E. G.27/5/165/7/16WoundedWarner, A.27/5/161/7/16KilledWheatley, F. M.11/1/1614/2/16WoundedWhitehead, L. E.19/4/152/5/15WoundedWillett, W. L.5/11/1413/12/14WoundedWray, M.8/5/154/6/15
List of attached officers who have served with the 1st Battalion, London Rifle Brigade, in France,excluding those now with it whose names have not been passed by the Censor for publication:—
Adjutant on Mobilisation.
Capt. A. C. Oppenheim, King's Royal Rifle Corps, wounded 13/5/15.
Medical Officers.Name & Regiment.Joined Battn.Left Battn.Maj. A. D. Ducat, M.D., T.D.5/11/1427/2/15Capt. L. Crombie12/5/16-/8/16Capt. J. M. Moyes6/5/1531/1/16Lieut. Edmunds27/2/1528/4/15WoundedLt. D. T. C. Frew3/2/1612/5/16Lt. J. D. Marshall31/1/163/2/16Second-Lieutenants.[C]Cole, C. H.14/7/164/10/16KilledHughes, C. R.14/7/1617/9/16WoundedMatthews, H. L. L.9/7/169/9/16KilledNewling, A. J.14/7/167/10/16Sanderson, G. S.14/7/1621/7/16KilledUnwin, R. W.14/7/16-/10/16KilledWilkins, J. W.14/7/16-/9/16Wounded