Regiment: London Regiment 1/10th County of London Battalion (Hackney Rifles)

1/10th (City of London) Battalion (Hackney) & 1/11th (County of London) Battalion (Finsbury Rifles)
04.08.1914 The 1/10th stationed at Hackney and the 1/11th stationed at Pentonville both as part of the 3rd London Brigade of the 1st London Division and then moved to Bullswater, Pirbright and then Crowborough.
April 1915 Transferred to the East Midland Brigade of the East Anglian Division and then moved to Norwich.
07.05.1915 The formation became the 162nd Brigade of the 54th Division and then moved to St. Albans.
July 1915 Embarked for Mudros from Plymouth.
11.08.1915 Landed at Suvla Bay and engaged in various Operations against the Turkish Army in the Suvla Bay area.
Dec 1915 Evacuated from Gallipoli to Egypt due to severe casualties from combat, disease and harsh weather (only 240 Officers and 4480 men remained of the Division when it was evacuated).
1916
Suez Canal Defence.
1917
The First Battle of Gaza, The Second Battle of Gaza, The Third Battle of Gaza, The Capture of Gaza, The Battle of Jaffa.
1918
The fight at Ras el’Ain, The operations at Berukin, The Battle of Sharon.
31.10.1918 Ended the war at Beirut, Palestine.

Last Name
Address
Narrative
28 PERTH STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
       
       
Died on
02/11/1917
       
Aged
23
BORN HULL 1894. SON OF JAMES & ROSE GREEN, AT 28 PERTH STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). SON OF A GARDENER. WORKED AS A CLERK (1911 CENSUS). HE ENLISTED IN GRIMSBY. SERVED IN THE 10TH (COUNTY OF LONDON) REGIMENT HACKNEY. SERVED IN THE MIDDLE EAST. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 02/11/1917, AGED 23. COMMEMORATED ON THE JERUSALEM MEMORIAL. UNMARRIE […]
, SUTTON ON HULL, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
       
       
Died on
09/11/1915
       
Aged
28
BORN WALES 1888. SON OF WILLIAM JOHN & EDITH BETHA HUTCHINGS OF 24 ROKEBY AVENUE REDLAND, BRISTOL. LIVED IN LETCHWORTH. SERVED AS A SECOND LIEUTENANT IN THE 10TH LONDON REGIMENT (HACKNEY RIFLES). HE DIED OF WOUNDS IN MALTA. RECEIVED AT GALLIPOLI. HIS NAME IS LISTED ON SUTTON ON HULL WAR MEMORIAL.HIS CONNECTION IS UNCLEAR, BUT THIS IS THE […]