Edgar Vincent Peter Parsons 3rd Btn. 3rd Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment 3rd Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment were based in Tidworth with 7th Brigade, 3rd Division when war broke out in August 1914. George Pearce 12252 F & F. 3rd Battalion Worcestershire Regiment killed. Sgt. Private. Sidney Bentley (1707/200163). P&P: + £10.00 P&P . 3rd Battalion August 1914 : in Tidworth. France and Flanders: WO 95/1-3154, WO 95/3911-4193 and WO 95/5500 2. Worcestershire Regiment, Pte. He went on to become Curator of Birmingham Town Hall for 30 years and lived at the Judges Lodgings, 46-47 Hagley Road, Birmingham. In 1923 he joined the North Staffordshire Regt. Men joining these battalions were numbered from the same series being used for the 1st and 2nd Battalions. and served until 1934. Fred Waldensian Parsonage. for fighting single handed against the advancing enemy at Ploegstreert Wood on the 7th November 1914. Wilf Tame 3rd Btn. £69.99. The 3rd Battalion was raised on the 14th February and the 4th Battalion on the 10th March. (d.10th Aug 1917), Griffiths John Daniel. He was champion heavyweight boxer for Birmingham Constabulary in 1915 and 1916. The old Twenty-Ninth embarked at Southampton on the transport ship "Dongola" and were carried eastward to Egypt. If you are enjoying the site, please consider making a donation, however small About 5a.m. Cpl. Register with your email address now, we can then send you an alert as soon as we add a record close matching the one you were searching for. The 3rd Battalion then moved out of the line to Busseboom just east of Poperinghe where they were billeted in bivouac and rested until the 15th June 1915. If you have a general question please post it on our Facebook page. All names on this list have been submitted by relatives, friends, neighbours and others who wish to remember them, if you have any names to add or any recollections or photos of those listed, Landed at Le Havre 6 November 1914. Worcestershire Regiment (d.10th November 1914), L/ Cpl. (d.25th September 1918), Pocock Frederick Charles. Second Lieutenant. William H. Wood 2nd Battalion Worcestershire Regiment (d.17th April 1918) William H. Wood died 17 April 1918 serving as a Corporal in the 2nd Battalion the Worcester Regiment for his country in the Great War. KIA Flanders 12/10/1917. The 69 line infantry regiments formed 142 locally raised battalions and 68 local reserve battalions. Walter Wright 3th Btn. Lan… Army war diaries provided a daily record of operations, intelligence reports and other events. Worcestershire Regiment. Territorial Force War Medal 1914 - 1919 243 officers and men of the Worcestershire Regiment also qualified for this medal. The Commonwealth War Graves Commission has 1,611 recorded WW1 deaths for the 3rd Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment. I know he was invalided back to Worcester, and ended the war working in the Records Office. Died Home 1934. Different parts of the collection cover units serving in different theatres: 1. 1st Battalion Worcestershire Regiment (1912 to 1921) In the trooping season of 1912/1913 the 1st and 2nd Battalions exchanged roles, the 2nd Battalion coming home from India and the 1st Battalion proceeding overseas. He is buried at Hastings Cemetery.A photograph of Fred and some further information can be seen here.. Want to know what life was like during the Great War? Records of 3rd Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment from other sources. 2nd Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment Posted on: 9, May, 2019 I recently won at auction an album of photographs documenting the officers and men of the 2nd Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment in the early years of the 20th Century. If the information here has been helpful or you have enjoyed reaching the stories please conside making a donation, no matter how small, would be much appreciated, annually we need to raise enough funds to pay for our web hosting or this site will vanish from the web. Rank: Private Regiment: 3rd Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment Parents: Mr Thomas Henry & Mrs Mary Ann Parsonage Address: 28 Ridgway Street, Crewe Other Info: Fred Parsonage died aged 25 on 8th July 1916. During the Battle of Messines on June 7th he was MID for leading a carrying part of 80 ORs. Sgt. 13th (Service) Battalion, King's (Liverpool Regiment) (joined February 1915) 7th Brigade (joined from the 3rd division in exchange for the 76th Brigade on 18 October 1915) 10th (Service) Battalion, Cheshire Regiment (left as a cadre July 1918) 3rd Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment (left November 1917) At the start of the First World War Ernest Fellows as an ex Worcestershire Regiment soldier was on the Reserve List and as such was called up for service in September 1914. The popularity of the site means that it is far exceeding available resources. William Henry Ernest Hemus 3th Btn. 2/8th Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment in the Great War, The Wartime Memories Project. Worcestershire Regiment during WW1 Since 1815 the balance of power in Europe had been maintained by a series of treaties. In the Spring of 1902 the 3rd Battalion … After hospitalization he was attached to the 3rd Battalion, Worcesters, February 1917. Worcestershire Regiment WW1. 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