Regiment: 1/8th Argyll And Sutherland Highlanders (Princess Louise's)

1/8th (The Argyllshire) Battalion Territorial Force
04.08.1914 Stationed at Dunoon, Argyll as part of the s part of the Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders Brigade of the Highland Division and then moved to Bedford.
15.04.1915 Transferred to the 1st Highland Brigade.
May 1915 Mobilised for war and landed in France.
12.05.1915 The formation became the 152nd Brigade of the 51st Division and engaged in various actions on the Western front including;
1915
The Battle of Festubert, The Second Action of Givenchy.
1916
The attacks on High Wood, The Battle of the Ancre.
1917
The First Battle of the Scarpe, The Second Battle of the Scarpe, The capture and defence of Roeux, The Battle of Pilkem Ridge, The Battle of Menin Road Ridge, The tank attack, The capture of Bourlon Wood, The German counter attacks,.
07.02.1918 Transferred to the 183rd Brigade of the 61st Division.
1918
The Battle of St Quentin, The Actions at the Somme Crossings, The Battle of Estaires, The Battle of Hazebrouck, The Battle of Bethune.
01.06.1918 Transferred to the 45th Brigade of the 15th Division absorbing surplus personnel from the 11th Battalion.
The First Battle of Arras, The Battle of the Soissonais, The attack on Buzancy, The Final Advance in Artois.
11.11.1918 Ended that war south of Leuze, Belgium.

Last Name
Address
Narrative
3 JUBBS PLACE, GREAT THORNTON ST, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
       
       
Died on
12/04/1918
       
Aged
19
BORN HULL 1898. SON OF THOMAS & SOPHIA FLOWERS.