The Royal Warwickshire Regiment 1914-1918

THE ROYAL WARWICKSHIRE REGIMENT 1914-18

Le Cateau, Retreat from Mons, Marne 1914, Aisne 1914 '18, Armentières 1914, Ypres 1914 '15 '17, Langemarck 1914 '17, Gheluvelt, Neuve Chapelle, St. Julien, Frezenberg, Bellewaarde, Aubers, Festubert 1915, Loos, Somme 1916 '18, Albert 1916 '18, Bazentin, Delville Wood, Pozières, Guillemont, Fleers Courcelette, Morval, Le Transloy, Ancre Heights, Ancre 1916, Arras 1917 '18, Vimy 1917, Scarpe 1917 '18, Arleux, Oppy, Bullecourt, Messines 1917 '18, Pilckem, Menin Road, Polygon Wood, Broodseinde, Poelcappelle, Passchendaele, Cambrai 1917 '18, St. Quentin, Bapaume 1918, Rosières, Lys, Estaires, Hazebrouck, Bailleul, Kemmel, Béthune, Drocourt Quéant, Hindenburg Line, Épéhy, Canal du Nord, Beaurevoir, Selle, Valenciennes, Sambre, France and Flanders 1914-18, Piave, Vittorio Veneto, Italy 1917-18, Suvla, Sari Bair, Gallipoli 1915-16, Tigris 1916, Kut al Amara 1917, Baghdad, Mesopotamia 1916-18, Baku, Persia 1918.

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1st Battalion

4.8.14 Shorncliffe, as part of 10th Brigade, 4th Division. Landed in France 22.8.14. On 11.11.18 located S.E. of Valenciennes, France.

2nd Battalion

4.8.14 Malta. Landed in England 19.9.14 and joined 22nd Brigade, 7th Division at Lyndhurst. Landed at Zeebrugge 7.10.14. Arrived in Italy 24.11.17. On 4.11.18 located west of Udine, Italy.

Victoria Cross:

Sgt A.Vickers

Hulluch Quarries, 25.9.15

1/5th Battalion T.F.

4.8.14 Thorp Street, Birmingham as part of Warwickshire Brigade, South Midland Division. To Chelmsford area, August 1914. Landed at Havre 22.3.15. Formation became 143rd Brigade, 48th (South Midland) Division on 13.5.15. November 1917 to Italy. On 4.11.18 located N.E. of Trent, Austria.

1/6th Battalion T.F.

1/7th Battalion T.F.

4.8.14 Coventry as part of Warwickshire Brigade, South Midland Division. To Chelmsford area, August 1914. Landed at Havre 22.3.15. Formation became 143rd Brigade, 48th (South Midland) Division on 13.5.15. November 1917 to Italy. On 4.11.18 located N.E. of Trent, Austria.

Victoria Cross:

Cpl A.Hutt

Terrier Farm, Poelcapelle, 4.10.17

1/8th Battalion T.F.

4.8.14 Aston Manor, Birmingham as part of Warwickshire Brigade, South Midland Division. To Chelmsford area, August 1914. Landed at Havre 22.3.15. Formation became 143rd Brigade, 48th (South Midland) Division on 13.5.15. November 1917 to Italy. On 11.9.18 left 48th Division for France and joined 75th Brigade, 25th Division in St Riquier area on 19.9.18. On 11.11.18 located near Landrecies, France.

Victoria Cross:

Cpl W.Amey MM

Landrecies, 4.11.18

2/5th Battalion T.F.

Formed in Birmingham, October 1914. February 1915 to 2/1st Warwickshire Brigade, 2/1st South Midland Division in Northampton area. To Chelmsford area March 1915. Formation became 182nd Brigade, 61st (South Midland) Division in August 1915. To Salisbury Plain March 1916. Landed in France 21.5.16. Disbanded 20.2.18 and personnel to 2/6th Battalion and 24th Entrenching Battalion.

2/6th Battalion T.F.

2/7th Battalion T.F.

Formed at Coventry, October 1914. February 1915 to 2/1st Warwickshire Brigade, 2/1st South Midland Division in Northampton area. To Chelmsford area March 1915. Formation became 182nd Brigade, 61st (South Midland) Division in August 1915. To Salisbury Plain March 1916. Landed in France 21.5.16. On 11.11.18 located south of Valenciennes, France.

2/8th Battalion T.F.

9th Battalion

Formed at Warwick in August 1914. To Salisbury Plain in 39th Brigade, 13th (Western) Division. To Basingstoke January 1915. To Blackdown, Aldershot, in February. Sailed from Avonmouth on 24.6.15. Landed at Suvla Bay, Gallipoli, August 1915. January 1916 to Mudros, and then to Egypt. Embarked at Suez on 16.2.16 for Mesopotamia. Landed at Basra on 28.2.16. July 1918 with 39th Brigade to North Persia Force. On 31.10.18 located at Transcaspia, Krasnovodsk.

Victoria Cross:

Captain R.E.Phillips

Riber Hai, Kut, 25.1.17

10th Battalion

Formed at Warwick in September 1914. To Salisbury Plain in 57th Brigade, 19th (Western) Division. To Winter billets December 1914. Concentrated around Tidworth, early 1915. To France 17.7.15. On 11.11.18 located west of Bavai, France.

Victoria Cross:

Captain J.R.Gribble

Hermies Ridge, 23.3.18

11th Battalion

Formed at Warwick in October 1914. Army Troops attached to 24th Division on South Downs. Joined 112th Brigade, 37th Division in April 1915 on Salisbury Plain. To France 30.7.15. Disbanded in France, in Wardrecques area, on 7.2.18.

14th Battalion (1st Birmingham Pals)

Raised at Birmingham by the Lord Mayor and a local committee in September 1914. To Sutton Coldfield 5.10.14. To Wensley Dale and 95th Brigade, 32nd Division on 25.6.15. To Codford, Salisbury Plain on 5.8.15. Landed at Boulogne 21.11.15. To 13th Brigade, 5th Division 28.12.15. To Italy 29.11.17 - 6.12.17. Returned to France 1/6.4.18. On 5.10.18 became Pioneer Battalion, 5th Division. On 11.11.18 located Pont-sur-Sambre, France.

15th Battalion (2nd Birmingham Pals)

Raised at Birmingham by the Lord Mayor and a local committee in September 1914. To Sutton Coldfield 5.10.14. To Wensley Dale and 95th Brigade, 32nd Division June 1915. To Codford, Salisbury Plain on August 1915. Landed at Boulogne 21.11.15. To 14th Brigade, 5th Division 28.12.15. To 13th Brigade, 5th Division 14.1.16. To Italy 10/16.12.17. Returned to France 1/6.4.18. Disbanded near Ytres 6.10.18 and personnel to 14th and 16th Battalions.

16th Battalion (3rd Birmingham Pals)

Raised at Birmingham by the Lord Mayor and a local committee in September 1914. At Moseley, Birmingham. To Malvern March 1915. To Wensley Dale and 95th Brigade, 32nd Division June 1915. To Codford, Salisbury Plain on August 1915. Landed at Boulogne 21.11.15. To 15th Brigade, 5th Division 26.12.15. To Italy 13.12.17. Returned to France 8.4.18. To 13th Brigade, 5th Division on 4.10.18. On 11.11.18 located near Le Quesnoy, France.

1st Garrison Battalion

Formed at Weymouth in August 1915. To Egypt, where it remained for the rest of the War.

PRINTED SOURCES

Carter, Terry - Birmingham Pals: 14th, 15th & 16th - Service Battalions of the Royal Warwickshire Regiment
(Pen & Sword Books 1997. ISBN 0850525470).
Available from Pen & Sword Books.

Anon - History of the 1/6th Battalion Royal Warwickshire Regiment (Cornish Brothers, Birmingham, 1922).

Anon - History of the 2/6th Battalion Royal Warwickshire Regiment (Cornish Brothers, Birmingham, 1929).

Ashby, John - Seek Glory, Now Keep Glory: The Story of the 1st Battalion Royal Warwickshire Regiment 1914-1918 (Helion & Company 2000. ISBN 1 874622 45 0).

Bill, C.A. Major - 15th Battalion Royal Warwickshire Regiment (2nd Birmingham Battalion) in the Great War (Cornish Brothers, Birmingham, 1932).

Carrington, C. - The War Record of the 1/5th Battalion The Royal Warwickshire Regiment (Cornish Brothers, Birmingham 1922).

Chidgey, H.T. - Black Square Memories: An Account of the 2/8th Battalion The Royal Warwickshire Regiment 1914-1918 (Shakespeare Head Press, Oxford, Basil Blackford 1924).

Collinson, C.S. Brevet Colonel - The 11th Royal Warwicks in France 1915-16 (Cornish Brothers, Birmingham, 1928).

Fairclough, J.E.B. - The First Birmingham Battalion in the Great War 1914-1919 (Cornish Brothers, Birmingham, 1933).

Ludlow, W.R. Brig-Gen - 8th Battalion Royal Warwickshire Regiment: A Short Description of the Battle of Beaumont Hamel 1st July 1916, Compiled from accounts of survivors (Private circulation only March 1918).

INTERNET SOURCES

The Royal Warwickshire Regiment - on Chris Baker's 'Long, Long Trail' website.

Birmingham Pals - website dedicated to the Birmingham Pals battalions.

N.B. Only battalions that saw overseas service are listed here. Units that stayed in England are not shown.

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