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Post by buffer21 on Jan 11, 2012 14:32:08 GMT
Hello all. Can anyone tell me why the 18Th lancs fusiliers does not seem to exist, my grandfather Thomas Shaw was in this section and it jumps from 16 to 19 Th LF.
Help welcome
Eileen
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Post by shred on Jan 11, 2012 18:33:03 GMT
Hi Eileen,
There was an 18th battalion. The Salford battalions were the 15th (1st Salford), 16th (2nd Salford), 19th (3rd Salford) and the 20th (4th Salford). The 17th and 18th Lancashire Fusiliers were the 1st and 2nd South East Lancashire respectively.
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tonyrod
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Post by tonyrod on Jan 13, 2012 18:13:29 GMT
16th (Service) Battalion (2nd Salford) Formed in Salford, 15 November 1914, by Mr Montague Barlow MP and the Salford Brigade Committee. Moved on 28 December 1914 to Conway and on 21 June 1915 to Catterick. Record same as 15th Bn.
17th (Service) Battalion (1st South East Lancashire) Formed in Bury on 3 December 1914 by Lieut-Col. G. E. Wike and a Committee as a Bantam Battalion. Moved on 16 March 1915 to Chadderton (Oldham) and in June 1915 to Masham. 21 June 1915 : attached to 104th Brigade, 35th Division. Formally adopted on 27 August 1915 by the War Office. Moved to Cholderton in August 1915. Landed at Le Havre 29 January 1916. Ceased to be a Bantam Bn in early 1917.
18th (Service) Battalion (2nd South East Lancashire) Formed in Bury on 13 January 1915 by Lieut-Col. G. E. Wike and a Committee as a Bantam Battalion. Moved on 8 April 1915 to Garswood Park (Ashton in Makerfield) and in June 1915 to Masham. 21 June 1915 : attached to 104th Brigade, 35th Division. Record same as 17th Bn.
19th (Service) Battalion (3rd Salford) (Pioneers) Formed in Salford, 15 January 1915, by Mr Montague Barlow MP and the Salford Brigade Committee. Moved in March 1915 to Conway and on 21 June 1915 to Catterick. 21 June 1915 : attached to 96th Brigade, 32nd Division. Landed at Le Havre 22 November 1915. 5 January 1916 : transferred to 14th Brigade in same Division. 29 July 1916 : transferred to GHQ and converted to Pioneer Battalion. 7 August 1916 : transferred to 49th (West Riding) Division.
20th (Service) Battalion (4th Salford) Formed in Salford, 23 March 1915, by Mr Montague Barlow MP and the Salford Brigade Committee as a Bantam Battalion. Moved in July 1915 to Conway and in August 1915 to Cholderton. August 1915 : attached to 104th Brigade, 35th Division. Landed at Le Havre 30 January 1916. 16 February 1918 : disbanded in Belgium.
21st and 22nd (Reserve) Battalions
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