Regiment: London Regiment 1/16th County of London Battalion (Queen's Westminster Rifles)

1/16th (County of London) Battalion (Queen’s Westminster Rifles)
04.08.1914 Stationed at Buckingham Gate as part of the 4th London brigade of the 2nd London Division and then moved to Hemel Hempstead.
Nov 1914 Mobilised for war and embarked for France leaving the 2nd London Division and arriving at Havre.
12.11.1914 Transferred to the 18th Brigade of the 6th Division and engaged in various actions on the Western Front including;
1914
The actions on the Aisne heights.
1915
The action at Hooge.
10.02.1916 Transferred to the 169th 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 Athis north of Bavai, Belgium.