Regiment: King's Royal Rifle Corps (KRRC), 11th Battalion

11th (Service) Battalion
Sept 1914 Formed in Winchester as part of the Second New Army (K2) then moved to Blackdown, Aldershot to join the 59th Brigade of the 20th Division.
Feb 1915 Moved to Witley and then to camp near Salisbury Plain.
21.07.1915 Mobilised for war and landed at Boulogne and ended in various actions on the Western Front including;
During 1916
The Battle of Mount Sorrel, The Battle of Delville Wood, The Battle of Guillemont, The Battle of Flers-Courcelette, The Battle of Morval, The Battle of Le Transloy.
During 1917
The German retreat to the Hindenburg Line, The Battle of Langemarck, The Battle of the Menin Road Ridge, The Battle of Polygon Wood, The Cambrai Operations.
During 1918
The Battle of St Quentin, The actions at the Somme crossings, The Battle of Rosieres, The Battle of the Selle, The Battle of Valenciennes, The Battle of the Sambre.
11.11.1918 Ended the war in France, Jenlain north of Le Quesnoy.

Last Name
Address
Narrative
, SHEFFIELD, , SOUTH YORKSHIRE, UK
       
       
Died on
30/11/1917
       
Aged
32
BORN HULL 1885. ENLISTED SHEFFIELD. LIVED ATTERCLIFFE. DIED OF WOUNDS. SON OF GEORGE & SARAH WILLFORD.