Actions of the hohenzollern redoubt military wiki fandom. Our local battalion, the 5th lincolns took part in the wonderful operation that ended the war, the swimming of the canal du nord, a glorious episode, but their deeds at the attack on the hohenzollern redoubt could not be equalled for the coolness and bravery. Edward thomas, 1878 1917 now all roads lead to france and heavy is the tread of the living. Mbe and bem new year honours for humbled lincolnshire. Hohenzollern redoubt memorial project gutenberg self. He served with the lincolns through the sinn fein rebellion in dublin before being posted to france with the gloucesters. These companies were based in the north and east of lincolnshire, and battalion headquarters was established at grimsby. Remembering the 15th battalion lincolnshire regiment at the attack upon the hohenzollern redoubt. Second lieutenant philip edward thomas, royal garrison. British planners judged the hohenzollern redoubt to be the strongest defensivework on the whole of the front. The 1901 census lists the couple and their six children albert 12yrs, charles 10yrs, olive 8yrs, irvine 6yrs, myra 4yrs and rose 2yrs as resident in church road, bolinbroke. The 15th battalion of the lincolnshire regiment were a territorial force unit based in the north of the county raised as a result of the haldane reforms in 1908. The units predecessor, the 3rd volunteer battalion, lincolnshire regiment, had been formed in june 1900 by detaching six companies from the regiment s 1st volunteer battalion.
The actions of the hohenzollern redoubt took place from 19 october 1915, at the hohenzollern redoubt hohenzollernwerk near auchylesmines in france, on the western front in world war i. Lincolnshire regiment 19141918 unit histories great. The north midland division was a formation of the territorial force. To mark this event, his old workmates at rustons engineering works in lincoln, presented him with a citation, together with a purse of gold and a book with all signatures of contributors. His father had served with the lincolns before him. The 26th brigade of the 9th scottish division had the unenviable task of assaulting the redoubt, a warren of defensive works that surrounded the prewar mining complex fosse 8. Army list 1915, 5 th battalion territorial lincolnshire regiment second lieutenant j s nichols, commissioned 19 september 1914 and shown as on active service supplement to the london gazette, 27 june 1917, page 6370 lieutenant j s nichols to be captain in lincolnshire regiment, with precedence as from 1 june 1916. In april 1887 queen victoria announced, following general order no 39, that the 1st and 2nd derbyshire rifle volunteer corps should thereafter be known as the 1st and 2nd volunteer battalion of the sherwood foresters the derbyshire regiment.
The british first attacked the redoubt on september 25, 1915, the first day of the battle of loos historians generally take the battle to have lasted from september 25october. The regiment went on to fight against the french in egypt and portugal during the french revolutionary war 17921802 and the peninsular war 18021814. It lies at the southern edge of the lincolnshire wolds and north of the fenlands, and is surrounded by scenic. In the aftermath of the battle of loos 25 september 8 october 1915, the 9th scottish division captured the strongpoint and then lost it to a german counterattack. The men of the 15th battalion of the lincolnshire regiment had. I met peter bradshaw one november remembrance day at the coxhill cemetery gainsborough. Historical record of the seventeenth, or the leicestershire regiment of foot. The hohenzollern redoubt sandall, 5th lincolnshire regiment. Gainsboroughs war story lincolnshire county council. The 1st5th north staffords were the potteries battalion of the first world war. If anyone would like a copy feel free to send me pm and ill email it to. He was in the wharncliffe war hospital, in sheffield in ward 29d, bed number 182 as detailed on the poem which was published in leaflet form about the county out of spilsby, lincs. Arthur black was killed on october 1915 in the battle of the hohenzollern redoubt, when 357 soldiers of the 14th and 15th lincolnshire regiment died in less than half an hour along with a thousand other men.
The town is adjacent to the main a16, 33 miles 53 km east of the county town of lincoln, 17 miles 27 km northeast of boston and miles 21 km northwest of skegness. The attack of the 46th north midland division at gommecourt on the first day of the battle of the somme is one of the most controversial incidents of the great war. The first army including the 46 th territorial division 8 th brigade begins a massive twohour artillery barrage at hohenzollern redoubt with 540 howitzers and other guns at 12. Regimental association royal lincolnshire regiment. Roads, edward thomas 22 january 1916 1 the name appeared in the casualty list of the army and navy gazette of the 21 april 1917. A history of the 5th battalion the lincolnshire regiment by colonel t. Opusculum reflections on the first world war, digital. Herbert enlisted into the lincolnshire regiment at the age of 18, on 23rd november 1914. The men for this battalion were taken from a provisional battalion organised at dunstable in september 1914 of drafts of men from lincoln, grimsby and leicester. A divisional order issued two days later praised the most gallant conduct of the soldiers who attacked the hohenzollern redoubt. Almost all of the men who died on that day, have no known grave many still lay where they fell. The royal anglian and royal lincolnshire regimental.
The action of the hohenzollern redoubt took place 19 october 1915, towards the end and immediately after the battle of loos 25 september 15 october 1915, at the hohenzollern redoubt hohenzollernwerk near auchylesmines in france on the western front in world war i. Captain vickers was awarded the victoria cross on 14 october 1915 his 21st birthday in the hohenzollern redoubt for the following action. The 15th battalion lincolnshire regiment in the great war. When nearly all his men had been killed or wounded, and with only two men available to hand him bombs, captain vickers held a barrier for some hours against heavy german bomb attacks from front and flank. The 4th battalion of the lincolnshire regiment during ww1. Campaigners are urging a french energy company not to build wind turbines on the site of a first world war battlefield where 357 lincolnshire soldiers were killed in a single day. Spilsby is a market town, civil parish and electoral ward in the east lindsey district of lincolnshire, england. Peter is a retired school teacher who does much to record and preserve the events and memories of the first world war and in particular gainsboroughs involvement. The 15th bn was in the forefront of the attack on the hohenzollern redoubt in october 1915. Andrew rawsons battleground europe book on the hohenzollern redoubt notes how quickly the attack was effectively over 3. Distinguished conduct medal for his actions during the battle of the hohenzollern redoubt in 1915. In the aftermath of the battle of loos, the 9th division captured the strongpoint and then lost it to a german counterattack. Posted on october 15, 2015 october 15, 2015 author pauline loven tags hohenzollern redoubt, lincolnshire regiment, the battle of loos, vad nurse.
More than 350 of the countys men were killed in one hour. C coy were based at the drill hall, main ridge, boston. Centenary stitches ww1 commemorative knitting project. The british 9th division captured this strongpoint of german forces and then lost it to a german counterattack. In a single day, october, 1915, more than 350 men of the lincolnshire regiment were killed during an assault on the infamous german stronghold the hohenzollern redoubt. There, while researching my great grandad richard alfred dean 18801946, i have discovered that during ww1, he was in the 4th battalion of the lincolnshire regiment. This book was published to coincide with the 100th anniversary of the battalions arrival in france on march 1st. The first two companies of the 16th north staffordshires followed in support. The actions of the hohenzollern redoubt took place from 19 october 1915, at the hohenzollern redoubt near auchylesmines in france, on the western front in world war i. In 1782 all british regiments without royal titles were awarded county titles in order to aid recruitment from that area and the 10th became the 10th north lincolnshire regiment of foot. They were part of the lincoln and leicester infantry brigade, north midland division. A history of e later c barton company, 5th battalion the lincolnshire regiment from barton to the hohenzollern redoubt.
The 15th north staffordshires sustained over five hundred casualties, most had been hit within a few yards of their own trench. Born 12th july 1892 stamford, lincs and killed in attack on hohenzollern redoubt th october 1915. Scunthorpes second biggest employer, lysaghts steelworks, had more than 5,000 people on the payroll in march 1965, with many others working for. A number of books about the regiment have been published, and many can be purchased as shown below. When lysaghts steelworks was scunthorpes second biggest. The germans couldnt break the north staffords in ww1. He was thirty, and at the time of his death was attached for operations to the 5th battalion lincolnshire regiment. It was formed as a result of the reforms of the army carried out in 1908 under the secretary of state for war, richard burdon haldane and was one of 14 divisions of the peacetime tf. He has just published a book, gainsboroughs war story, the early years 1914mid 1915. Irvine ross was born in scotton, lincolnshire, the son of arthur ross, an agricultural labourer, and his wife mary. After service in ireland in 1916 these two battalions went. Hart was the commanding officer of d stamford company 4th lincolnshire regiment. Adjutant oxford basil blackwell broad street md cccc xxii.
Controversial plan to put three 650ft wind turbines on first world war battlefield where remains of fallen lincolnshire soldiers are buried. Pte hibbs of the 4th battalion, the royal lincolnshire regiment, was awarded the d. Battle of the hohenzollern redoubt, 1915 the western front association eyewitness to history the somme 1916 first world war pages tommys image gallery. It covers the battalions whole service in france, starting in february 1917 until its amalgamation with the 25th in december of that year. Their ranks had been decimated in battles such as the somme and loos, but through it. B troop lincolnshire yeomanry and 1st lincolnshire. Action of the hohenzollern redoubt military wiki fandom. The germans had recaptured the hohenzollern redoubt on 1 october after severe fighting, and had driven off a hastilyorganised british attack. The collect of the lincolnshire regiment cpl frederick stow farrier pte harold lee the battle of the somme 1916 captain john thorpe lewis at gallipoli. October th 2015 marked the centenary of a tragic day for lincolnshire. Prior to their consolidation into the 1st volunteer battalion in 1880, these. Ive just finished transcribing the war diary for the 24th bn lincolnshire regiment. Lincolnshire regiment ajax modal box a1090 william wallis, of scunthorpe,5th battalion, lincolnshire regiment, killed in action, hohenzollern redoubt,th october, 1915, aged 18. The british attack on october failed and resulted in 3,643 casualties, mostly in the first few minutes.
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