He is buried in Faenza war cemetery in Italy. Follow the link for more information. I also offer a comprehensive, fast and cost-effective military history research service. The 69 line infantry regiments formed 142 locally raised battalions and 68 local reserve battalions. Courtesy of Alan Tollemache. My grandfather was in the 11th Battalion of the Lancashire Fusiliers during WW1. Private 9th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers. The Commonwealth War Graves Commission has 1,064 recorded WW1 deaths for the 11th (Service) Battalion, Royal Fusiliers. He enlisted 7 January 1915. F431 Emily Sawyer (left) with two soldiers of the Lancashire Fusiliers, and unnamed lady, Aughton, Lancashire. 15th -19th MAY 1916, 11th LANCASHIRE FUSILIERS The 11th Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers found themselves in the trenches at Souchez, France, 16th-19th May, 1916. He is actually named in a list of men injured on 28 September 1916 in the battalion War Diary. I only have fragmentary details from WW1 pension records. Robert died at war on October 14th 1944 aged 29 years. He is commemorated on the Ploegsteert Memorial for the Missing in Belgium. He was brought back to England where after after several months he was invalided out of the army. The famous photograph reproduced on this post shows men of the 1st Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers in a communication trench near Beaumont Hamel, possibly on 1st July 1916. We know very little else of his story apart from what is shown on his war records. Died 24 March 1918 during the German advance through the Somme. Out of 700 officers and men of the 1st Battalion who went into action, only 237 were present to answer their names when the roll was called, while the 11th Battalion lost 594 killed, wounded and missing out of the 720 in the attack. Lancashire Fusiliers during WW1 Since 1815 the balance of power in Europe had been maintained by a series of treaties. He enlisted in Manchester on 11th November 1915, arrived in Sutton-on-Hull on 21st Aug 1916 and received a gun-shot-wound on 7th June 1917. Lieutenant 11th Battalion, South Lancashire Regiment. ... 11th (Service) Battalion Sept 1914 Formed in Codford as part of the Third New Army (K3) and then moved to Boscombe to join the 74th Brigade of the 25th Division and then moved to Hursley and then on to Malplaquet Barracks. battalions have not been included, although they too usually recruited from a specific area or occupation. Within a few hours The East Lancashire Regiment suffered more casualties than on any other day in its long history. The Capture of "Crosbie Craters." Thomas Rufus served with A Company, 11th Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers during WW1 and was killed in action on the 14th April 1918, aged 28. Robert Tonge was my great grandfather's brother. Would be grateful for any help on the above Battalion. 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