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16th Battalin Lancashire Fusiliers help
« on: Sunday 09 November 14 17:15 GMT (UK) »
Hi I am trying to search a relative who was killed in WW1.  His name was Arthur Salmon 57325  He was killed in July 1918.  I am trying to find out more about his service history, where he enlisted and what battles he fought in.

I would be grateful for any help

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Re: 16th Battalin Lancashire Fusiliers help
« Reply #1 on: Sunday 09 November 14 17:42 GMT (UK) »
1916
The Battle of Albert*
The Battle of Bazentin*
The Battle of the Ancre*
* the battles marked * are phases of the Battles of the Somme 1916


1917
Operations on the Ancre
The pursuit of the German retreat to the Hindenburg Line


1918
The First Battle of Arras, a phase of the First Battles of the Somme 1918
The Battle of Amiens
 The Battle of Albert ^
 The Battle of Bapaume ^
^ the battles marked ^ are phases of the Second Battles of the Somme 1918
The Battle of the St Quentin Canal+
The Battle of Beaurevoir+
+ the battles marked + are phases of the Battles of the Hindenburg Line
The Battle of the Sambre, including the passge of the Oise-Sambre Canal,  a phase of the Final Advance in Picardy


15th (Service) Battalion (1st Salford)
Formed in Salford, 11 September 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.
21 June 1915 : came under orders of 96th Brigade, 32nd Division.
Moved on 13 August 1915 to Codford and formally adopted two weeks later by the War Office.
Landed at Boulogne 22 November 1915.

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.

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.
Kings of Wessex & Scotland
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Re: 16th Battalin Lancashire Fusiliers help
« Reply #2 on: Sunday 09 November 14 17:49 GMT (UK) »
Find my past and ancestry free over the weekend good for looking up military records  :)

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Re: 16th Battalin Lancashire Fusiliers help
« Reply #3 on: Sunday 09 November 14 18:14 GMT (UK) »
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.
Kings of Wessex & Scotland
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Re: 16th Battalin Lancashire Fusiliers help
« Reply #4 on: Monday 16 April 18 12:45 BST (UK) »
You might also be interested in this:
http://www.lancs-fusiliers.co.uk/feature/Capt_John_Tattersall.htm

Dear Jim:

If I can crash this request please! I have Frederick George Cosham living in Dover enlisted 1914 at Dover with the 16th Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers.

Do you know where Cosham would have signed up for service in Dover?

Thx

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Re: 16th Battalin Lancashire Fusiliers help
« Reply #5 on: Monday 16 April 18 15:05 BST (UK) »
Info so far is that he attested into the ASC as part of Kitchener's New Army. In this case K4.
You can determine this from his 1st. (overseas) no. S4/122921=a service Coy. in K4 which was formed in Nov. 1914.
16/L.F. was also formed in Nov. 1914 as part of K4 & was assigned to the 32nd. Div.
It's possible he was attached to this Div. while in the ASC but impossible to say for sure.
As his service record was one of those destroyed during the Blitz it can't be said when he transferred to 16/Batt. L.F.
Town Halls were the usual place of recruitment.
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.
Kings of Wessex & Scotland
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Re: 16th Battalin Lancashire Fusiliers help
« Reply #6 on: Monday 16 April 18 19:36 BST (UK) »
Info so far is that he attested into the ASC as part of Kitchener's New Army. In this case K4.
You can determine this from his 1st. (overseas) no. S4/122921=a service Coy. in K4 which was formed in Nov. 1914.
16/L.F. was also formed in Nov. 1914 as part of K4 & was assigned to the 32nd. Div.
It's possible he was attached to this Div. while in the ASC but impossible to say for sure.
As his service record was one of those destroyed during the Blitz it can't be said when he transferred to 16/Batt. L.F.
Town Halls were the usual place of recruitment.

Thx Jim1

So perhaps he didn't intend to, but my man signed up. He was about 23 years old, so what would happen next?  As an example how soon would he be moved for training etc..

Mike

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« Reply #7 on: Monday 16 April 18 22:12 BST (UK) »
After his preliminary medical & signing on the dotted line he would have been given a date & place to start his training usually a couple of days away. He would have reported to the ASC Training Depot (Supply) where he would have undertaken 3 months training & a further medical. He would also have been allocated his service number.
He then would have been posted to a Divisional Train. This was the supply route from the docks to the Divisions in the field.
If he was F.G.Cosham Baker & pastry cook this will tell you what he was probably doing in the ASC.
I'm pretty sure he never thought he'd end up fighting in the trenches.
As to intending to sign up, he certainly did intend to as at this time the Army was made up of volunteers.
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.
Kings of Wessex & Scotland
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www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/

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Re: 16th Battalin Lancashire Fusiliers help
« Reply #8 on: Tuesday 17 April 18 09:25 BST (UK) »
Thank you Jim1

Especially for your guidance and help.


Mike