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Re: London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers) - which Battalion please?
« Reply #9 on: Wednesday 05 April 17 11:01 BST (UK) »
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For war diaries and more info, see http://www.25throyalfusiliers.co.uk/formation.html, click the war diary tab.

As is normal, officers were mentioned, other ranks only exceptionally.  The entry for 4 Jan 1917 records the death of Capt Selous.

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Re: London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers) - which Battalion please?
« Reply #10 on: Wednesday 05 April 17 15:42 BST (UK) »
The 1/4 London Regt. were at Hebuterne France on 1/7/16 which is just south of Gommecourt which is the name of the battle they were involved in. This was of course the 1st. day of the Somme offensive.
They started the day with 32 Officers & 890 OR's. By the end they had just 7 Officers & 356 OR's.
Most were killed by shelling.
http://maps.nls.uk/view/101465221
Warks:Ashford;Cadby;Clarke;Clifford;Cooke Copage;Easthope;
Edmonds;Felton;Colledge;Lutwyche;Mander(s);May;Poole;Withers.
Staffs.Edmonds;Addison;Duffield;Webb;Fisher;Archer
Salop:Easthope,Eddowes,Hoorde,Oteley,Vernon,Talbot,De Neville.
Notts.Clarke;Redfearne;Treece.
Som.May;Perriman;Cox
India Kane;Felton;Cadby
London.Haysom.
Lancs.Gay.
Worcs.Coley;Mander;Sawyer.
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Re: London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers) - which Battalion please?
« Reply #11 on: Wednesday 05 April 17 17:24 BST (UK) »
Thank you EVERYONE. 

I'm still bit confused ... so 1st/4th is actually 4th Bn., if I'm looking on the Long, Long Trail?

where it says in Aug14 they were on Isle of Wight; and were attached to 3rd Division on 1st July 1917? Just want to make sure i'm looking at the right division. 

Wright (West Ham, Stratford, Cripplegate)
Widenstrom (Chicago and Minnesota)
Swain (Cripplegate, St Lukes)
Wolfe (St Giles in the Fields)
Willis (Gt. Leighs; Brentford)
Bryant (Bristol, Glos)
Searle (Kent/Surrey)
Keyworth (Yorkshire)
Biggs (Harrow Weald)
Collins (Harrow Weald and Wiltshire)
Langston (Harrow Weald)

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Re: London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers) - which Battalion please?
« Reply #12 on: Wednesday 05 April 17 17:44 BST (UK) »
Not quite!

the Isle of Wight was where 4th Battalion Royal Fusiliers (City of London) Regiment was in Aug 14
http://www.longlongtrail.co.uk/army/regiments-and-corps/the-british-infantry-regiments-of-1914-1918/royal-fusiliers-city-of-london-regiment/

1/4th (City of London) Battalion (Royal Fusiliers) of the London Regiment is the one you are after, in London in Aug 14
http://www.longlongtrail.co.uk/army/regiments-and-corps/the-british-infantry-regiments-of-1914-1918/london-regiment/

Head hurt yet? :)

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It is with great difficulty I share with you that in the early hours of 07 August 2021, Maximilian passed away unexpectedly but peacefully.

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Zoe



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Re: London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers) - which Battalion please?
« Reply #13 on: Wednesday 05 April 17 17:57 BST (UK) »
Thanks MaxD - I think I've finally got it! :)
Wright (West Ham, Stratford, Cripplegate)
Widenstrom (Chicago and Minnesota)
Swain (Cripplegate, St Lukes)
Wolfe (St Giles in the Fields)
Willis (Gt. Leighs; Brentford)
Bryant (Bristol, Glos)
Searle (Kent/Surrey)
Keyworth (Yorkshire)
Biggs (Harrow Weald)
Collins (Harrow Weald and Wiltshire)
Langston (Harrow Weald)

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Re: London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers) - which Battalion please?
« Reply #14 on: Friday 07 April 17 03:13 BST (UK) »
Thank you MaxD and for your personal message. It's my own fault. I should have asked my grandfather about his service in German East Africa. I knew little about the subject, certainly nothing about Selous and his death there.

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Re: London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers) - which Battalion please?
« Reply #15 on: Friday 07 April 17 08:54 BST (UK) »
You are not alone in wishing you had asked more!  While not the same as personal memories, the very detailed war diary transcripts on the site give a clear picture of what his battalion was doing and where and it would be fair to assume that the diaries are telling the story of grandad's war.

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I am Zoe Northeast, granddaughter of Maximilian Double.
 
It is with great difficulty I share with you that in the early hours of 07 August 2021, Maximilian passed away unexpectedly but peacefully.

With deep sadness,
Zoe



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