These records are the unit war diaries of the british army in the first world war. There are over 35,000 northamptonshire regiment pension and service records for this regiment and its antecedents in various war office series held at the national archives. You can then scroll through the pdf files to locate the battalion and dates that you are interested in. Unknown or na responsibility northampton borough council. He specialises in family research about the great war. Uk, wwi war diaries gallipoli and dardanelles, 19141916. At enslin, 25th november, their losses were trifling. Family grave, nottingham southern cemetery, wilford hill. L b smith, linden house, ampthill, bedfordshire was born in ampthill. Arthur james pack below is recorded as died of wounds on. British army war diaries 19141922 the national archives. The northamptonshire regiment military history forum. The battle was planned for this time as the harsh winter was coming to an end and it was the perfect time to launch an attack. First world war diaries go online to mark centenary gov.
He enlisted at luton and served with 6th battalion northamptonshire regiment he died of his wounds on 3rd april 1918 and is buried in nampsauval british cemetery, somme, france. Pte samuel stokes, 43241, 6th battalion northamptonshire regiment, was killed in action on the somme on october 25th, 1916. All i know is that he was shot in the elbow somewhere in the somme area, and was in the 4th london general hospital from 30th april 1918 to 1st august 1918. You can then scroll through the pdf files to locate the battalion and dates that you. Their casualties were 3 officers and 15 men wounded. In 1960, it was amalgamated with the royal lincolnshire regiment to form the 2nd east anglian regiment duchess of gloucesters own royal lincolnshire and northamptonshire, which was amalgamated with the 1st east anglian regiment royal norfolk and suffolk, the 3rd east anglian. Information should include name, regiment, rank, number, date of death, where. On 17th february 1917, the 6th northamptonshire regiment was in the boom ravine battle, in which alfred bass was killed. Roll of honour northamptonshire kettering world war.
The album includes group photographs and a dinner menu from a celebration to kettering men of the 6th northamptonshire regiment. It has been suggested to me one of the ways to find out is inves. Northamptonshire regiment in the second world war 1939. Squadron northants yeomanry in 4 division july to december 1916 and the. Northamptonshire regiment in the second world war 19391945. John gervase wood, 2nd lieutenant northamptonshire regiment, killed in action near eaucourt labbaye, oct 3rd 1916 in his 20th year. The northamptonshire regiment of 1914 was an amalgamation of the 48th and 58th regiments of foot following the cardwell reforms of 1881. During december the battalion was involved in activities such as training, drill, educational classes etc.
The war diary of 10th royal berkshire records the difficult conditions under which the attacking. The national archives has today made thousands of digitised first world war unit war diaries from. You can view the images online or download them to your computer as a pdf file. Recorded here are various war memorials within a variety of counties including main sections for bedfordshire, buckinghamshire, cambridgeshire, huntingdonshire, lincolnshire, northamptonshire and norfolk. Daily accounts of the royal sussex regiment battalions 191419. Sergeant william holmes 6th battalion northamptonshire regt. January 1918 please use the comments box below if you can provide more information about this person. The northamptonshire regiment in ww1 posts facebook. This collection contains the digitized war diaries of cef infantry. The war diaries only state over 200 casualties in a fourday period. They are not personal diaries try the imperial war museum or local record offices for those. The slaughter of the county regiment, the steelbacks the fateful 9th may 1915.
Northamptonshire regiment in the second world war, the wartime memories project. Converted into a searchlight unit between the wars, they served in the defence. They became respectively the 1st and 2nd battalions and this should be borne in mind, because in the narrative these battalions are sometimes referred to as 1st and 2nd and at other times simply as the 48th and the 58th. The commonwealth war graves commission has 1,350 recorded ww1 deaths for the 2nd battalion, northamptonshire regiment. Fiftyeight battle honours were awarded and the book is dedicated to the six thousand and forty soldiers of all ranks who gave their lives. The 1st northamptonshire rifle volunteers were a unit of the british army raised from 1859 onwards as a group of originally separate rifle volunteer corps rvcs. Additional information from the lives of the first world war website.
Early in 1901 the battalion was taken to the central transvaal, and along with the wiltshire regiment occupied posts on the line between warm baths and pietersburg. Operation war diary, launched in 2014, is a crowdsourcing project in. Roll of honour northamptonshire wellingborough world. These include information on officers, regimental histories, letters, diary entries, personal accounts and information about actions during the second world war. You can then scroll through the pdf files to locate the battalion and dates that. Understandably stanley osman never talked about his experiences. The excerpts from the war diary of the 7th battalion northamptonshire regiment, wo 952218 the national archives pro, and the 73rd field ambulance, wo 952202 the national archives pro are reproduced here by kind permission of the national archives, public record office, kew, london, uk. The northamptonshire regiment in ww1 may 9, 2017 almost 100 men from northampton were kia on aubers ridge, from the 1st and 2nd bns of the regt and also other units.
Uk, wwi war diaries france, belgium and germany, 19141920. Many of the war diaries were scribbled hastily in pencil and use obscure abbreviations, whilst some are the second carbon copy of the original, so they may be. Photograph album owned by captain v p mobbs of 6th battalion northamptonshire regiment in france 191418. Sergeant william holmes 6th battalion northamptonshire regt, no. Horace maycock, late northamptonshire regiment, exprisoner of war, and his comrades. Additional name information from the lives of the first world war website. War diaries of the first world war library and archives canada. Private charles henry mcgoldrick was buried on 22nd september, 1916 in towcester road cemetery, northampton, northamptonshire, england plot number 448. They later became the 4th volunteer battalion of the northamptonshire regiment and saw action in the gallipoli and palestine campaigns during world war i. Northamptonshire regiment archives page 2 of 2 ww1. Bbc ww2 peoples war the darkest hour 5th northamptons. The history of the northamptonshire regiment, 1948 1960 by lt. Clicking on the link will take you to the results on findmypast but you will need a subscription or payperview credits to actually view the records. With each download, you will typically see a unit diary that may cover a period of several years.
I note the war diary steve has supplied states in billets and grenade training from the 1821 jan. British army war diaries were handwritten or typed documents providing a daily account of the activities of a british, dominion, indian and colonial army unit on active service. Towcester road cemetery, northampton, northamptonshire. Troops of the 7th service battalion, northamptonshire regiment drawing rations from the quartermasters stores in a camp near dickebusch, 9 august 1917. My great grandad was in the second world war and he lived in rushden, northamptonshire.
Watts and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Started work at sir john turneys leatherworks at trent bridge and in early 1914 was enrolled as an apprentice to the worshipful company of leather sellers. Northamptonshire regiment a list of the 8 fallen soldiers of the nnwfhs area who are known to have served in the northhamptonshire regiment during ww1. This may be divided into several pdf files, which you can save to your computer. He belonged to the northamptonshire regiment 2nd bn service no. Northamptonshire regiment archives ww1 roll of honour. Sometimes the war diary was designated as an intelligence summary. During the course of my investigations here and in france i discovered that his unit, the 16th bavarian reserve infantry regiment, had been opposite the 2nd battalion of the northamptonshire regiment in fact only some 350 yards directly across no mans land. In october, november, and december the northamptonshire regiment were part of a column under major general douglas which operated in the southwest of the transvaal. Imperial war museum image q5849 8th reserve battalion.
Northamptonshire regiment war diaries unit war diaries. This was a british army field service regulation dating from 1907. Northamptonshire regiment archives page 2 of 2 ww1 roll. It was the responsibility of the commander of every military unit from the level of a battalion to a division to ensure that the war diary was kept up to date. In 1881 the childers reforms restructured the british army into a network of multibattalion regiments, the 48th and the 58th regiments of foot were merged to form the northamptonshire regiment. My elderly grandmother tells me there is a story of him being shot in the barracks by accident, as opposed to being killed in action.
The northamptonshire regiment was a line infantry regiment of the british army in existence from 1881 until 1960. The newly formed regiment went on to serve north west frontier operations 189798, second boer war 1899 1902 and two world wars. At belmont, 23rd november 1899, the northamptonshire regiment were in the first line, but were fortunate enough to escape without heavy loss. Good last updated on 28022019 help update these details if the condition is wrong. During and after the revolutionary war, three principal types of pensions were provided. Killed in action killed in action 4 may 1917, arras, age 21. War diaries are held at the national archives and are in the process of being. Get a daytoday look at what your ancestors unit was up to during the first world war with these war diaries. The diary is mostly taken up with political discussions but occasionally gives an eyewitness account of air strikes. Some of these records can also be viewed online on ancestry. The secretary of state for war, lord kitchener only just survived, because political attention was perhaps conveniently diverted to another, larger failure, at gallipoli.
He was the second son of samuel and phoebe stokes, of 10 alfred street, luton, to perish on the battlefield in three months lcpl robert stokes was killed in action on august 9th. F428 jonathan spencer, 5th battalion, northamptonshire regiment and family, taken in february 1915, speights studio, kettering. Please use the comments box below if you can provide more information about this person. It is a book that contains many photographs, sketches and church services from the various camps, in which c. Geoff grainger is a member of the international western front association and has an ma in first world war studies from the university of birmingham. Find your heroes and veterans from the great war in this collection of medal and award rolls. There are also other counties such as hertfordshire, essex, northamptonshire, oxfordshire, suffolk. Show off your favorite photos and videos to the world, securely and privately show content to your friends and family, or blog the photos and videos you take with a cameraphone. For the northamptonshire regiment however, it was massively significant, as. The commonwealth war graves commission has 124 recorded ww1 deaths for the 3rd reserve battalion, northamptonshire regiment. Want to know more about the northamptonshire regiment. A selection of the wardiaries from the battalions of our regiment during both world wars. F243 unnamed soldier, northamptonshire regiment, and family.
Flickr is almost certainly the best online photo management and sharing application in the world. Company quartermaster serjeant 200050, 14th battalion, northamptonshire regiment. National archives has examined the approximately 70 journals, diaries, and. Northamptonshire regiment in the great war the wartime.
These records are the unit war diaries of the british army in the first world war and are held by the national archives in record series wo 95. Aside from his literary work, he kept an indepth diary of his experiences during the war. Sherebiah butts company colonel douglas regiment, militia, and col. Sergeant william holmes 6th battalion northamptonshire. As part of northamptons conflict and community program i. According to cwgc, frederick is remembered at croisilles british cemetery, grave reference iii. Tuesday november 11th 1919, royal hotel, kettering format. Lance corporal amos sydney lenton regimental number. Gun crew from regimental headquarters company, 23rd infantry, firing 37 mm gun during an advance on german entrenched positions. Ww1 british army war diaries the great war 19141918. The 2nd was part of 5th div and was one of the most travelled during ww2. Although one of the many county regiments, the northamptonshire regiment had three battalions serving during world war two.
My great great uncle alfred skellham was killed in ww1, according to cwgc the date was 19011915. Also contained in this batch is the unit war diary for the welsh guards regiment. During the war, legendary author george orwell was among the 8. Different parts of the collection cover units serving in. This site is dedicated to those men and women who fell fighting for their country. Eric fazan and from his book the cinque ports battalion.