Regiment: London Regiment 1/14th County of London Battalion London (Scottish)

1/14th (County of London) Battalion (London Scottish)
04.08.1914 Stationed at Westminster as part of the 4th London brigade of the 2nd London Division and then moved to Abbots Langley, Herts.
Sept 1914 Mobilised for war and embarked for France leaving the 2nd London Division and arriving at Havre.
16.09.1914 Transferred to the G.H.Q. Troops.
31.10.1914 Transferred to Cavalry Corps and engaged at Messines and Ypres.
07.11.1914 Transferred to the 1st Brigade of the 1st Division and engaged in various actions on the Western Front including;
1914
The Battle of Mons and the subsequent retreat, The Battle of the Marne, The Battle of the Aisne, First Battle of Ypres.
1915
Winter Operations 1914-15, The Battle of Aubers, The Battle of Loos.
08.02.1916 Transferred to the 168th Brigade of the 56th Division;
1916
The diversionary attack at Gommecourt, The Battle of Ginchy, The Battle of Flers-Courcelette, The Battle of Morval, The Battle of the Transloy Ridges.
1917
The German retreat to the Hindenburg Line, The First Battle of the Scarpe, The Third Battle of the Scarpe, The Battle of Langemarck, The capture of Tadpole Copse, The capture of Bourlon Wood, The German counter attacks.
1918
The First Battle of Arras, The Battle of Albert, The Battle of the Scarpe, The Battle of the Canal du Nord, The Battle of the Cambrai, The pursuit to the Selle, The Battle of the Sambre, The passage of the Grand Honelle.
11.11.1918 Ended the war at La Dessous near Blaregnies north of Maubeuge, Belgium.

Last Name
Address
Narrative
3 Palmer Street, Westminster, London
       
Died on
31/10/1914
       
Aged
32
Born Hull 16 May 1881. Seventh Son of Colonel, Matthew Henry Farquharson (1839-1917) and Emma Loat (1844-1929), of of "Glengarry," The Grove, Woking, Surrey (CWGC address). Son of a retired Royal Marine Colonel. He had eight brothers and three sisters and came from a distinguished military family. Educated at Dulwich College, where he […]
HERNE HILL, LONDON, LAMBETH, SOUTHWARK, UK
       
Area
       
Died on
29/03/1918
       
Aged
33
BORN HULL 1885. ENLISTED LAMBETH. LIVED HERNE HILL, SURREY. (SOLDIERS DIED RECORDS). WORKED FOR MESSRS. MAW TILL & KIRKE CO, HULL. HE WAS A WELL KNOWN ATHLETE IN HULL AND HAD A REPUTATION AS A BOWLER IN THE HULL THURSDAY CRICKET LEAGUE. HE HAD LIVED AT NORTH CAVE AND WAS KILLED, ON 29/03/1918, AGED 33, AFTER A LONG STINT AT THE FRONT. HI […]