|
4 August
1914 |
Mobilised
for service at Dover, England with the 12th Infantry Brigade, 4th
Division
The first shots of the war - The
Drummers in Dover
Message from the King
Lord Kitchener's Advice to Troops |
|
23 August
1914 |
Arrived in
France at Boulogne on board SS Saturnia
Message in bottle
The 1914 Star Medal roll lists
all the soldiers of the 1st Battalion in France between now and the
end of November. |
|
August 1914 |
Retreat from
Mons |
|
26 August
1914 |
Battle of Le
Cateau
Captain Henry Clutterbuck at the
battle.
Soldier's Stories as
reported in Lancaster newspapers |
|
7-10
September 1914 |
Battle of
The Marne |
|
12-15
September 1914 |
Battle of
The Aisne |
|
13 October -
2 November 1914 |
Battle of
Armentieres |
|
13 October 1914 |
Capture of Meteren |
|
21 October 1914 |
Battle of Armentieres |
|
August - November 1914 |
Soldier's Stories as reported in Lancaster newspapers
List of soldiers died August -
December 1914 |
|
22 April to 25 May 1915 |
2nd Battle
of Ypres |
|
2 May 1915 |
Repulse of Gas Attack (Wieltje Farm) |
|
24 May 1915 |
Repulse of Gas Attack (La
Brique) |
|
24-25 May
1915 |
Battle of
Bellewaerde Ridge |
|
12 April 1916 |
Raid at Rausart |
|
1 July to 18
November 1916 |
The Somme |
|
1 July 1916 |
Assault of North of Beaumont Hamel (Serre)
Major Henry Dearden Matson at the
battle.
Message from Lieutenant General Hunter
Weston |
|
1-13 July
1916 |
The Somme:
Battle of Albert |
|
26 September 1916 |
A draft of 370 other ranks join the battalion from
the Lincolnshire Regiment. |
|
23 October 1916 |
Capture of Spectrum Trench |
|
9 April - 4
May 1917 |
The Battles
of Arras |
|
9 April 1917 |
Capture of Fampoux |
|
11 April 1917 to 11 May 1917
|
Capture of Roeux |
|
3 May 1917 |
Attack near Fampoux |
|
September to October 1917 |
3rd Battle of Ypres |
|
9 October
1917 |
3rd Battle
of Ypres: Battle of Poelcappelle |
|
12 October
1917 |
3rd Battle
of Ypres: Battle of Passchendaele
Capture of Poelcappelle |
|
28 March
1918 |
Defence of
Arras - Battle of River Scarpe |
|
29 March 1918 |
Repulse of German attack River
Scarpe |
|
April 1918 |
Battle of Lys |
|
18 April
1918 |
Battle of
Bethune
Loss and Recapture of Riez du Vinage |
|
2 September
1918 |
3rd Battle of the Somme
Battle of
the Drocourt-Queant Line |
|
October to November 1918
|
Advance to Victory |
|
27 October 1918 |
Capture of Querenaing |
|
2 November
1918 |
Battle of
Valenciennes and Capture of Querenaing and Presseau. |
|
21 June 1919 |
Return to England |
