Regimental Timeline
The East Surrey Regiment
The Great War: 1916
1916 | |
The East Surrey Regiment | |
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1st Battalion |
January - June |
In trenches, Arras sector. |
July |
Battle of the Somme. |
August |
Delville Wood. |
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Battle of Guillemont; Leuze Wood. |
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Battle of Morval. |
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2nd Battalion |
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Operations in the Struma Valley, Macedonia, between Lake Butkovo and Lake Tahinos. |
Special Reserve | |
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3rd Battalion |
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Home service. |
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4th Battalion |
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Home service. |
Territorial Force | |
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1st/5th Battalion |
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Nowshera, India. |
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2nd/5th Battalion |
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Home service. |
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3rd/5th Battalion |
8th April |
Redesignated as 5th (Reserve) Battalion. |
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5th (Reserve) Battalion |
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Home Service. |
September |
Absorbs 6th (Reserve) Battalion. |
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1st/6th Battalion |
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Rawalpindi, India. |
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2nd/6th Battalion |
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Home service. |
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3rd/6th Battalion |
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Home service. |
8th April |
Redesignated as 6th (Reserve) Battalion. |
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6th (Reserve) Battalion |
September |
Absorbed into 5th (Reserve) Battalion and disbanded. |
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1st/21st (County of London) Battalion, |
7th July |
Transferred to the Corps of the East Surrey Regiment. |
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2nd/21st (County of London) Battalion, |
March - May |
Vimy Ridge. |
7th July |
Transferred to the Corps of The East Surrey Regiment. |
15th September |
Battle of High Wood. |
14th October |
Battle of Butte de Warlencourt. |
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3rd/21st (County of London) Battalion, |
4th April |
Redesignated 21st (Reserve) (County of London) Battalion, The London Regiment. |
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21st (Reserve) (County of London) Battalion, |
7th July |
Transferred to the Corps of The East Surrey Regiment. Home Service. |
1st September |
Absorbs 23rd (Reserve) Battalion. |
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23rd (County of London) Battalion, |
4th August |
Battalion embodied. |
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1st/23rd (County of London) Battalion, |
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Vimy Ridge. |
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Transferred to the Corps of The East Surrey Regiment. |
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2nd/23rd (County of London) Battalion, |
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To France. |
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1st/23rd (County of London) Battalion, |
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Vimy Ridge. |
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Transferred to the Corps of The East Surrey Regiment. |
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2nd/23rd (County of London) Battalion, |
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To France. |
7th July |
Transferred to the Corps of The East Surrey Regiment. |
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3rd/23rd (County of London) Battalion, |
8th April |
Home Service. Redesignated as 23rd (Reserve) (County of London) Battalion The London Regiment. |
7th July |
Transferred to the Corps of The East Surrey Regiment. |
1st September |
Absorbed into 21st Reserve Battalion and disbanded. |
Service Battalions | |
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7th Battalion |
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Defence of the Hohenzollern redoubt. |
April |
In reserve. |
June |
Moves to Albert. |
July |
Battle of the Somme. |
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Battle of Albert – Ovillers. |
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Pozières Ridge. |
August |
In trenches at Arras. |
September |
Battle of Le Transloy Ridges. |
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Gueudecourt. |
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8th Battalion |
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In trenches, Carnoy. |
1st July |
Battle of the Somme. B Company (Captain WP Neville) attacks at Albert kicking footballs. (Montauban). |
On through the hail of slaughter,
Where gallant comrades fall,
Where blood is poured like water,
They drive the trickling ball.
The fear of death before them,
Is but an empty name;
True to the land that bore them,
The SURREYS played the game.
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Schwaben redoubt, battle of Thiepval Ridge. |
September |
Battle of the Ancre. |
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Winter operations on the Ancre. |
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9th Battalion |
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In trenches in Flanders. |
July |
Battle of the Somme. |
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Attack on Guillemont. |
September |
Delville Wood. |
December |
Vimy Ridge. |
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10th (Reserve) Battalion |
1st September |
Transferred out of the Regiment as 30th Battalion TF Reserve. |
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11th (Reserve) Battalion |
1st September |
Transferred out of the Regiment as 21st Battalion TF Reserve. |
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12th (Bermondsey) Battalion |
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Moves to France. |
May |
In trenches, Ploegsteert Wood. |
July |
Battle of the Somme. |
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Capture of Flers. |
October |
In trenches, St Eloi. |
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13th (Wandsworth) Battalion |
June |
Moves to France. In trenches, Lens and Albert. |
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14th (Reserve) Battalion |
26th June |
Transferred out of the Regiment as 26th Battalion TF Reserve. |
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15th (Reserve) Battalion |
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Home service. |