18th (Service) Battalion (1st Tyneside Pioneers)
14.10.1914 Formed at Newcastle by the Lord Mayor & the City.
21.12.1914 Moved to Rothbury.
08.02.1915 Became a Pioneer battalion and then moved to Cramlington, then Kirkby Malzeard and joined the 34th Division as a Pioneer Battalion.
30.08.1915 Moved to Windmill Hill, Salisbury Plain and then Sutton Veny.
08.01.1916 Mobilised for war and landed at Havre and the Division engaged in various actions on the Western front including;
1916
The Battle of Albert, The Battle of Bazentin Ridge, The Battle of Pozieres Ridge, The Battle of Flers-Courcelette.
1917
The First Battle of the Scarpe, The Second Battle of the Scarpe, The Battle of Arleux, The fighting at Hargicourt, The Third Battles of Ypres.
1918
The Battle of St Quentin, The Battle of Estaires, The Battle of Bailleul, The First Battle for Kemmel Ridge.
18.05.1918 Reduced to cadre.
17.06.1918 Transferred to 116th Brigade of the 39th Division.
29.07.1918 Transferred to the 118th Brigade.
16.08.1918 Transferred to the 66th Division.
20.09.1918 Transferred to the 197th Brigade to defend the Lines of Communication.
11.11.1918 Ended the war at Haudricourt south of Aumale, France.
Regiment: Northumberland Fusiliers 18th, Tyneside Pioneers Battalion, C Company
BORN HULL 1898. SECOND SON OF MARY GREENWOOD (1863-1942) & THE LATE THOMAS WALL (1859-1927), OF 347, ANLABY ROAD, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). ONE OF FOUR CHILDREN. HE HAD TWO BROTHERS, TOM AND VICTOR, AND ONE SISTER, ENID MARY WALL. HIS FATHER WAS A RETAIL CHEMIST. HE WAS A STUDENT. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. FORMERLY, PRIVATE, 50322, W […]
