Regiment: King's Royal Rifle Corps (KRRC), 16th Battalion

16th (Service) Battalion (Church Lads Brigade)
19.09.1914 Formed by Field Marshal Lord Grenfell (Comdt.) in Denham, Bucks.
Mar 1915 Moved to Essex, back to Denham and then to Clipstone to join the 100th Brigade of the 33rd Division.
01.07.1915 Taken over by the War Office and moved to Salisbury Plain.
17.11.1915 Mobilised for war and landed at Havre and engaged in various actions on the Western Front including;
During 1916
The Battle of Albert, The Battle of Bazentin, The attacks on High Wood, The capture of Boritska and Dewdrop Trenches.
During 1917
The First and Second Battles of the Scarpe, The actions on the Hindenburg Line, Operations on the Flanders coast, The Battle of the Menin Road Ridge, The Battle of Polygon Wood.
During 1918
The Battle of Messines, The Battle of Hazebrouck, The Battle of Bailleul, The defence of Neuve Eglise, The First Battle for Kemmel Ridge, The Battle of the Epehy, The Battle of the St Quentin Canal, The Battle of the Beaurevoir Line, The Battle of Cambrai, The pursuit to the Selle, The Battle of the Selle.