THE MIDDLESEX REGIMENT 1914-18
Mons, Le Cateau,
Retreat from Mons, Marne 1914, Aisne 1914 '18, La Bassée 1914, Messines
1914 '17 '18
, Armentières 1914, Neuve Chapelle, Ypres 1915 '17 '18, Gravenstafel,
St. Julien, Frezenberg, Bellewaarde, Aubers, Hooge 1915, Loos, Somme 1916 '18, Albert
1916 '18, Bazentin, Delville Wood, Pozières, Ginchy, Flers-Courcelette,
Morval, Thiepval, Le Transloy, Ancre Heights, Ancre 1916 '18, Bapaume 1917 '18,
Arras 1917 '18, Vimy 1917, Scarpe 1917 '18, Arleux, Pilckem, Langemarck 1917,
Menin Road, Polygon Wood, Broodseinde, Poelcappelle, Passchendaele, Cambrai
1917 '18, St. Quentin, Rosières, Avre, Villers Bretonneux, Lys, Estaires,
Hazebrouck, Bailleul, Kemmel, Scherpenberg, Hindenburg Line, Canal du
Nord, St. Quentin Canal, Courtrai, Selle, Valenciennes, Sambre, France and
Flanders 1914-18, Italy1917-18, Struma, Doiran 1918, Macedonia 1915-18, Suvla,
Landing at Suvla, Scimitar Hill, Gallipoli 1915, Rumani, Egypt 1915-17, Gaza, Jerusalem,
Jericho, Jordan, Tell 'Asur, Palestine 1917-18, Mesopotamia 1917-18,
Murman 1919, Dukhovskaya, Siberia 1918-19.
Researching a soldier of this regiment?
CLICK HERE.
| Battalion | Brigade | Division | Overseas | Notes |
| 1st | 19 | 6 | F/F 11.8.14 | Also served 2, 27th & 33 Divisions. |
| 2nd | 23 | 8 | F/F 7.11.14 | |
| 3rd | 85 | 28 | F/F 19.1.15 | |
| 4th | 8 | 3 | F/F 14.8.14 | To 63 Bde, 21 Div 1915. Then 37 Div 1916. |
| 1/7th | 167 | 56 | F/F 13.3.15 | To Gibraltar 10.9.14 |
| 2/7th | 201 | 67 | Egypt 31.8.15 | To Gibraltar 7.2.15. To France 15.5.15. Disbanded Rouen 15.6.15. |
| 1/8th | 167 | 56 | F/F 9.3.15 | To Gibraltar 18.9.14. |
| 2/8th | 201 | 67 | Egypt 31.8.15 | To Gibraltar 7.2.15. To France 15.5.15. Disbanded Rouen 15.6.15. |
| 1/9th | 53 | 18 (Ind) | India 2.12.14 | To Mesopotamia 23.11.17. |
| 1/10th | - | - | India 2.12.14 | |
| 2/10th | 201 | 67 | Gallipoli 9.8.15 | To Egypt 19.12.15. Palestone 1917-18. Disbanded Egypt 19.8.18. |
| 11th | 36 | 12 | F/F June 1915 | Disbanded France 7.2.18. |
| 12th | 54 | 18 | F/F 26.7.15 | Disbanded France 13.2.18. |
| 13th | 73 | 24 | F/F 2.9.15 | |
| 16th (Pubic Schools) | 100 | 33 | F/F 17.11.15 | To 86 Bde, 29 Div on 24.4.16. Disbanded France 11.2.18. |
| 17th (1st Football) | 100 | 33 | F/F 18.11.15 | To 6 Bde, 2 Div 8.12.15. Disbanded France 10.2.18. |
| 18th (1st Public Works) | Pnr | 33 | F/F 15.11.15 | Pioneers. |
| 19th (2nd Public Works) | Pnr | 41 | F/F 2.5.16 | Pioneers. |
| 20th (Shoreditch) | 121 | 40 | F/F June 1916 | Reduced to cadre May 1918. To UK & reconsituted June, then F/F 5.7.18 with 43 Bde, 14 (Light) Div. |
| 21st (Islington) | 121 | 40 | F/F June 1916 | Reduced to cadre May 1918. Later 39 & 25 Divs. |
| 23rd (2nd Football) | 123 | 41 | F/F 3.6.16 | To Italy 21.11.17. To F/F 7.5.18. |
| 25th (Garrison) | 213 | 71 | India | Hong Kong 1.4.17. Two companies in Singapore. Siberia 1918-19. |
| 26th | Pnr | 27 | Salonika 24.8.16 | To South Russia 30.11.18 - March 1919. Siberia April 1919 then Murmansk. Returned to UK October 1919. |
F/F = France & Flanders
PRINTED SOURCES
Anon - Magazine of the Ninth Battalion Middlesex Regiment (India 1916-?)
Grain, H.W.W - The
16th (Public Schools) Service Battalion (The Duke of
Wyrll, E. - DIE-HARDS IN THE GREAT WAR
(Middlesex Regiment) (2 Volumes: Reprinted Naval & Military Press
2002)
INTERNET SOURCES
1st Bn Middlesex Regiment - excellent site packed full of information.
The Middlesex Regiment - on Chris Baker's 'Long, Long Trail' website.
Middlesex Regiment Shot at Dawn - soldiers of the regiment executed in WW1.
WW1
Photos Middlesex Regiment - photos of Middlesex men on WW1 Photos
site.
N.B. Only battalions that saw overseas service are listed here. Units that stayed in England are not shown.
©Paul Reed 2005
