Casualty Roll in Chronological Order March 1915
Monday 1st March 1915
1st Bn. Lieutenant, Edward Maurice Williamson
Tuesday 2nd March 1915
1st Bn. Private, 11012, George Foster
1st Bn. Private, 11596, W. Mellor
Wednesday 3rd March 1915
3rd (Reserve) Bn. Second Lieutenant, William John Walter Nicholas
Thursday 4th March 1915
2nd Bn. Private, 957, William Armitage
Friday 5th March 1915
1st Bn. Private, 4858, Henry Flint Hardy
2/8th Bn. Private, 2577, F. S. Beckett
Saturday 6th March 1915
2nd Bn. Private, 4589, S. Burton
1/7th Bn. Private, 1394, C. W. T. Sheppard
Sunday 7th March 1915
1st Bn. Private, 12330, Henry Dixon
2nd Bn. Private, 4766, J. Hodgson
2nd Bn. Lance Corporal, 12283, H. G. Mitchell
1/5th Bn. Sergeant, 2328, John Ware
Monday 8th March 1915
1st Bn. Private, 14033, Albert Wharton
1/6th Bn. Lance Corporal, 1478, Allen Redfern
Wednesday 10th March 1915
1st Bn. Lance Corporal, 10626, G. Williams
1st Battalion War Diary extract for 10th 11th, 12th and 13th March 1915
NEUVE CHAPELLE.
10th.
7.30 a.m. Battn. stood to arms. Weather fine but dull. Terrific bombardment opened on enemy lines by our artillery. Lt. WYNCOLL and 30 men attached R.E.
8 a.m. Receive news that German trenches for a front of 400 yds carried.
10.30 a.m. Battn. move to RED BARN.
11.15 a.m. Battn. move to ROUGE CROIX.
11.45 a.m. Battn. move to PONT LOGIS and then to support trenches about 600 yds N. of PONT LOGIS on the E. side of the RUE DE TILLELOY. Up to this time the 24th Brigade except for 2nd E. LANCS. REGT. had been in reserve.
5.30 p.m. Battn. moved to crossroads N of NEUVE CHAPELLE and deployed for attack points 85 and 86 N.E. of that village and advance to a position facing S.E. and about 1000 yds N.E. of NEUVE CHAPELLE being held up by a strongly fortified breastwork. Battn. entrenched so as to make good ground gained. During these operations, the Bn. was supported by 2nd E.LANCS. REGT. (Detailed statement attached).
NEUVE CHAPELLE.
11th. 10 a.m. C. Coy. advanced N.E. through the orchard on the left of our line and occupied some broken-down houses. Lt. WEIGALL killed in this advance. Weather fine but dull. Battn shelled throughout the day by the enemy.
4 p.m. D. Coy. charge enemy’s breastworks but suffering heavy loss from machine-gun fire is forced to abandon the enterprise. Capt. STACKHOUSE and 2/Lt. COXON Killed, 2/Lt. BURTON i/c Grenadiers and 2/Lt. WATERS wounded. Capt. HODGSON wounded early morning, Capt. WEBB at midday.
4.30 p.m. 2/Lt. WEBSTER in afternoon and Major MORTIMORE at 4.30 p.m. Command now devolves on Major MORLEY. 12 m.n.. Draft of 25 men join the Battn.
12th. 5 a.m. Germans suddenly shell Battn Hd.Qrs. and advance in overwhelming numbers to the attack. Our right is forced to retire through fear of being outflanked, and Battn. after inflicting heavy losses on the enemy, retire to the support trench about 150 yards in rear. Enemy continue to advance massing on our right and right centre, but thrown into disorder by company bomber Pte. RIVERS and through counter-attacks by our left and left centre retire being decimated by our fire, and Battn. regains its former trenches by charges, the enemy again suffering very heavily from our fire whilst retiring.
Weather fine but dull with a heavy mist in the early morning.
7 a.m. Battn, in complete possession of its former line. During this action Capt. DIXON, 2nd Lts. SHACKLOCK and WALKER were killed and Lt. and Adjt STRANGER and 2nd Lt. BINNEY were wounded.
3 p.m. Battn. suffer a few casualties from own artillery fire. Lieutenant O’DWYER wounded about this time.
9 p.m. Battn. withdrawn to support trench and a new defensive line is taken up.
Casualties. Total to date.
Officers.
Killed 6 10
Wounded 10 17
Other Ranks
Killed 90 161
Wounded 265 556
Missing 87 87
NEUVE CHAPELLE – SIGN POST CORNER – PONT DU HEM.
13th. 2 a.m. Battn. ordered to retire to Reserve Trenches on the RUE DE TILLELOY at SIGN POST CORNER.
4 a.m. Battn. in occupation of Reserve Trenches.
6 a.m. Weather fine but dull. Draft strength 89 men join Battn.
1 p.m. Battn. move and occupy billets at PONT DU HEM crossroads.
3 p.m. Move completed.
Thursday 11th March 1915
1st Battalion in the Battle of Neuve Chapelle, France.
1st Bn. Private, 10818, Joseph Allsopp
1st Bn. Private, 13430, William Armstrong
1st Bn. Private, 3709, William Atkin
1st Bn. Private, 11800, Arthur Barton
1st Bn. Private, 3622, George Bodell
1st Bn. Private, 13860, Wilfred Frank Booth
1st Bn. Private, 14169, Thomas Bradshaw
1st Bn. Sergeant, 11492, Thomas Brogden
1st Bn. Private, 11223, Wilfred Brown
1st Bn. Lance Corporal, 11529, John Burton
1st Bn. Private, 4595, Charles Whiting Clark
1st Bn. Private, 10294, Albert Henry Comery
1st Bn. Private, 13945, Alfred Cox
1st Bn. Second Lieutenant, William Hugh Coxon
1st Bn. Private, 10780, Richard Daff
1st Bn. Private, 13967, Joseph Dakin
1st Bn. Corporal, 4215, J. H. Dale
1st Bn. Private, 13658, John George Davis
1st Bn. Private, 14141, Joseph Dolby
1st Bn. Private, 5111, Ernest. Dykes
1st Bn. Private, 11521, Joseph Ellis
1st Bn. Private, 10058, John James Evans
1st Bn. Private, 18473, John Thomas Foley
1st Bn. Corporal, 10891, Albert Arthur Foster
1st Bn. Corporal, 3381, Albert Gascoyne
1st Bn. Sergeant, 10074, Walter Goodson
1st Bn. Private, 10166, A Haywood
1st Bn. Private, 5063, Charles Leonard Henderson
1st Bn. Lance Corporal, 17591, E. D. Higham
1st Bn. Private, 14155, Herbert Hodgkinson
1st Bn. Sergeant, 10231, Edward Holmes
1st Bn. Lance Sergeant, 11108, George William Hubbard
1st Bn. Lance Corporal, 11718, A. E. Hunt
1st Bn. Sergeant,6676, Charles Johnston
1st Bn. Private, 14065, William Kiddier
1st Bn. Private,3 877, Charles J. Lake
1st Bn. Private, 9488, Thomas Lea
1st Bn. Private, 11199, Frank Long
1st Bn. Private, 11940, George Foster Loveday
1st Bn. Private, 10467, John Munns
1st Bn. Private, 4283, Tom Ogden
1st Bn. Private, 10832, William Ottaway
1st Bn. Private, 8667, J. Page
1st Bn. Private, 13705, E. Pearson
1st Bn. Private, 13974, Sidney Percival
1st Bn. Private, 11362, George Salmon
1st Bn. Private, 8450, Robert Sanders
1st Bn. Private, 11171, Harry Palmer Silkstone
1st Bn. Private, 7168, Arthur Smith
1st Bn. Private, 9478, William Smith
1st Bn. Sergeant, 9586, Walter Stedham
1st Bn. Private, 7472, George William Storer
1st Bn. Private, 13543, Harry George Taylor
1st Bn. Private, 2313, William Tuckwood
1st Bn. Private, 7273, George Turland
1st Bn. Private, 4904, T. Voce
1st Bn. Private, 14000, William Walker
1st Bn. Private, 6214, William James Wall
1st Bn. Lieutenant, Richard Edward Cromwell Weigall
1st Bn. Lance Corporal, 10403, Henry Pebreal Wheatley
1st Bn. Private, 10534, Harry Wilkins
1st Bn. Private, 11243, Robert Oliver Woods
1st Bn. Private,10975, Robert Woodward
1st Bn. Corporal, 6147, Fred Young
Friday 12th March 1915
1st Battalion involved in the German counter-attack and then the
British counter-attack during the Battle of Neuve Chapelle, France.
1st Bn. Private, 12284, Harold Walter Addy
1st Bn. Sergeant, 9920, William Edgar Adkin
1st Bn. Private, 4677, George William. Allen
1st Bn. Private, 13808, George, Allsopp
1st Bn. Private, 11720, Harry, Ashmore
1st Bn. Private, 10442, Lawrence Bertram, Atkinson
1st Bn. Private, 11900, Samuel Bailey
1st Bn. Sergeant, 11070, Frederick Reuben Baldwin
1st Bn. Private, 13823, John Twigg Bamford
1st Bn. Private, 11327, Frederick Barnes
1st Bn. Private, 11113, Samuel Beardsley
1st Bn. Private, 11500, Percy Bemrose
1st Bn. Private, 6424 Albert Bird
1st Bn. Lance Corporal, 10995, Bertie Boaden
1st Bn. Lance Corporal, 11837, John William Booth
1st Bn. Private, 6951, Ernest Clifford
1st Bn. Private, 4667, J R. Cook
1st Bn. Private, 10569, Arthur Cope
1st Bn. Lance Corporal, 10449, Walter Crowson
1st Bn. Private, 13516, John William Dann
1st Bn. Private, 13848, W. Denham
1st Bn. Private, 13767, Benjamin Dent
1st Bn. Captain, Hubert Bradshaw Dixon
1st Bn. Lance Corporal, 10194, Robert Dowman
1st Bn. Private, 17517, Percy William Dunbar
1st Bn. Private, 10888, Frederick Elliott
1st Bn. Private, 12343, Frank Everall
1st Bn. Private, 11088, Thomas Ferneyhough
1st Bn. Private, 4059, Richard Firkin
1st Bn. Private, 9121, Walter Fox
1st Bn. Private, 11683, George Frith
1st Bn. Private, 883, Harry Gardner
1st Bn. Private, 4894, Stephen Thomas Alexander Garvey
1st Bn. Private, 7226, Ernest Glover
1st Bn. Private, 12317, George Leonard Griffiths
1st Bn. Private, 14157, James Griffiths
1st Bn. Private, 10679, Fred Hancox
1st Bn. Private, 7539, Reginald T. Harford
1st Bn. Private, 8383, John Hawley
1st Bn. Private, 10791, J. Hayes
1st Bn. Private, 11656, William Heald
1st Bn. Corporal, 5619, Alfred Henry Hope
1st Bn. Lance Corporal, 13061, Arthur Willie Howard
1st Bn. Company Sergeant Major, 7203, Sam Jackson
1st Bn. Private, 6194, W. J. Jarvis
1st Bn. Private, 9350, James Kennedy
1st Bn. Private, 12076, L. King
1st Bn. Lance Corporal, 11206, Thomas Francis King
1st Bn. Private, 13807, Daniel Marriott
1st Bn. Private, 12196, Frederick Albert Mills
1st Bn. Private, 8952, Samuel Matthew Morrell
1st Bn. Private, 12433, William Robert Mumford
1st Bn. Private, 11335, Harry Parker
1st Bn. Private, 10261, Walter Pattison
1st Bn. Private, 7544, Richard Robert Pearce
1st Bn. Private, 3913, J. Pearson
1st Bn. Private, 11448, Henry Joseph Peveriall
1st Bn. Private, 4768, C. Pownall
1st Bn. Private, 11852, F. Raynor
1st Bn. Lance Corporal, 10448, Leonard Rear
1st Bn. Private, 7035, Alfred Richardson
1st Bn. Private, 9821, Samuel Riley
1st Bn. Private, 4830, W. E. Rippon
1st Bn. Private, 6016, Jacob Rivers
1st Bn. Private, 13861, W. Rose
1st Bn. Private, 13623, David Maurice Rowlands
1st Bn. Lance Corporal, 10457, Joseph William Ryan
1st Bn. Second Lieutenant, George Miller Shacklock
1st Bn. Private, 4825, Arthur Shepherd
1st Bn. Private, 13493, Herbert Sheppard
1st Bn. Private, 13485, Henry Smedley
1st Bn. Private, 14063, Arthur Smith
1st Bn. Corporal, 9117, Charles Smith
1st Bn. Captain, William Thomas Stackhouse
1st Bn. Lance Corporal, 11440, Walter Stansby
1st Bn. Private, 11510, I. A. Statham
1st Bn. Private, 18904, F. Stokes
1st Bn. Private, 6981, William Stokes
1st Bn. Private, 13683, John Jones Strawther
1st Bn. Private, 10629, George Sudbury
1st Bn. Private, 7634, J. Sykes
1st Bn. Private, 11269, Christopher William Thorpe
1st Bn. Private,14148, Joseph Tomlinson
1st Bn. Private, 13951, Joseph Tunnicliffe
1st Bn. Private, 13873, Cyril Arthur Turton
1st Bn. Private, 11637, F. Upton
1st Bn. Private, 13436, Samuel Vardy
1st Bn. Sergeant, 5439, A.Wain
1st Bn. Second Lieutenant, Harry Cullis Steele Walker
1st Bn. Private, 14048, S. Walters
1st Bn. Lieutenant, William Denne Waters
1st Bn. Lance Sergeant, 10849, A. Wesson
1st Bn. Private, 7776, James Weston
1st Bn. Private, 14151, George Henry Wilkins
1st Bn. Private, 12324, Henry Thomas Winfield
1st Bn. Private, 4783, Arthur Wolfe
1st Bn. Lance Corporal, 10729, William Wright
Saturday 13th March 1915
1st Bn. Private, 7232, John Allchin
1st Bn. Private, 12340, A . Anderson
1st Bn. Corporal, 17480, Thomas Letts Berry
1st Bn. Private, 11491, John Thomas Elliott
1st Bn. Private, 3910, J. Ferguson
1st Bn. Private, 7120, George Glossop
1st Bn. Private, 3852, Herbert Hardy
1st Bn. Captain, Maurice Kirkman Hodgson
1st Bn. Private, 17580, Lewis Henry Jackson
1st Bn. Private, 14152, R. Jones
1st Bn. Private, 4437, Joseph Isaac Kirk
1st Bn. Private, 11744, E. V. Knowles
1st Bn. Private, 11226, Sidney Law
1st Bn. Private, 14095, Horace William Lee
1st Bn. Private, 4932, Arthur William Linney
1st Bn. Private, 14181, George Moston
1st Bn. Private, 10375, Francis Nicholls
1st Bn. Private, 10280, Victor Penford
1st Bn. Private, 10901, W. J. Rhodes
1st Bn. Private, 6926, William Rigley
1st Bn. Private, 14029, Thomas Sandbatch
1st Bn. Private, 11627, James Shreeve
1st Bn. Private, 3889, Frank Simpson
1st Bn. Lance Corporal, 9106, Albert Smith
1st Bn. Private, 10247, George Stevenson
1st Bn. Lieutenant, Richard Henry Stranger
1st Bn. Private, 10661, John Ernest Twigg
1st Bn. Private, 18639, T. White
1st Bn. Private, 11670, John Bevan Whitfield
2nd Bn. Private, 9696, H. Palmer
3rd (Reserve) Bn. Private, 23169, Joseph Edward Foy
Sunday 14th March 1915
1st Bn. Private, 11139, A. Cathie
1st Bn. Lance Corporal, 6193, R. Webster
Monday 15th March 1915
1st Bn. Private, 12339, C. G. Griffin
1st Bn. Lance Corporal, 11654, A. Marshall
1st Bn. Private, 13775, G. Staley
Tuesday 16th March 1915
1st Bn. Private, 11895, Samuel Bamford
1st Bn. Private, 13902, Ronald Sydney Charles Hewitt
Wednesday 17th March 1915
1st Bn. Lance Corporal, 11561, George Crockford
1st Bn. Private, 4826, T Ward
2nd Bn. Private, 7090, W Muffitt
Friday 19th March 1915
1st Bn. Private, 11013, Walter Shelton
2nd Bn. Private, 6295, J. Young
Sunday 21st March 1915
1st Bn. Private, 10543, T. Perryman
2nd Bn. Private, 3829, Harold Watson
Monday 22nd March 1915
1st Bn. Private, 5971, John Burns
1st Bn. Private, 10071, Thomas Mcbeath Crease
1st Bn. Private, 11517, H. Payne
Depot. Private, 7430, Thomas Sidney Knapp
Tuesday 23rd March 1915
1st Bn. Private, 19924, Charles William Presgrave
13th (Reserve) Bn Private, 13469, W. Wood
Friday 26th March 1915
2nd Bn. Private, 12063, John William Spencer
Depot. Private, 18467, Bewick Sisson
Sunday 28th March 1915
Unknown Bn. Lieutenant, J. W. J. Nicholas
Monday 29th March 1915
3rd (Reserve) Bn Private, 6633, J. Mellors
Tuesday 30th March 1915
1st Bn. Private, 1683, Arthur Danby
Wednesday 31st March 1915
2nd Bn. Corporal, 9827, F. Sentance
2nd Bn. Private, 8846, G. Venton