Regiment: London Regiment 2/5th City of London Battalion London Rifle Brigade

2/5th (City of London) Battalion (London Rifle Brigade)
Sept 1914 Formed London and then moved to Haywards Heath to join the 174th Brigade of the 58th Division.
May 1915 Moved to Norwich and then Ipswich.
April 1916 moved to Foxhall Heath, near Ipswich and then Sutton Veny.
25.01.1917 Mobilised for war and landed at Havre and engaged in various actions on the Western Front including;
1917
The pursuit of the German retreat to the Hindenburg Line, The Battle of Bullecourt, The actions of the Hindenburg Line, The Battle of the Menin Road Ridge, The Battle of Polygon Wood, The Second Battle of Passchendaele.
06.02.1918 Disbanded at Moreuil.

Last Name
Address
Narrative
Gosschalk, Louis Beryln
Rifleman
London Regiment 2/5th City of London Battalion London Rifle Brigade
69 , PARK STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
       
Area
Park Street, HU2 8RR
       
Died on
20/09/1917
       
Aged
27
BORN HULL MARCH 1890. SON OF LIONEL LAZARUS GOSSCHALK (1859-1932) & ANNIE BERLYN (1867-1931). HUSBAND TO ELSIE TUPLING, WHO IN MARRIED IN HULL, IN MARCH 1913. HE ENLISTED IN KILBURN. JOINING THE 5TH (CITY OF LONDON) REGIMENT, ALSO KNOWN AS THE POST OFFICE RIFLES. SERVED AS A RIFLEMAN. KILLED IN ACTION, AT YPRES, ON 20/09/1917, AGED 2 […]