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1st Battalion Cheshire Regiment by David Rowlands. The recovery of LCpl Edwards Warrior, Gonji Vakuf, Bosnia, 13th January 1993. |
1st Battalion Cheshire Regiment at Audregneis, 24th August 1914 by David Rowlands. (Y) No text for this item |
Company Quartermaster-Sergeant Downs Working His Machine Gun From A Haystack For Five Days Under Heavy Fire. Quartermaster-Sergeant Downs was largely responsible for the training of the machine gunners of the 1st Cheshire Regiment, who did brilliant work in the early stages of the campaign. On one occasion downs and his section were working their machine guns from a haystack for five days to cover the advance of the regiment. All that time they were under heavy shellfire, and the stack itself was hit once, whilst some artillery near by suffered heavy casualties. Nevertheless as observer, he was able to signal the position of a German trench, which was demolished by howitzers. |
Quartermaster-Sergeant Downs, The Last Survivor Of His Machine Gun Section, Beats Off A German Attack And Saves The Line From Being Broken. On another occasion, during the first German onslaught on Ypres in October and November 1914, a mass attack compelled the evacuation of the trenches to the left of the 1st Cheshires. Downs and his machine gunners strove to prevent the enemy from pouring through the gap thus created, but one by one the men were struck down by shellfire and finally Downs was left alone. He then worked his gun with extraordinary skill and determination, maintaining so hot a fire on the advancing masses that they broke and gave time for British reinforcements to come up. For this invaluable service Downs was awarded the D.C.M. |
Private Callf Pulling A Box Ammunition Out Of A Bomb Store Set Alight By The Bursting Of A Shell. On September 25th 1915, four attacks, which were secondary to the main British attack in the south, were undertaken between the south of the Ypres salient and the La Passee Caral. The main British attack was, in a sense, made in support of the great French effort in the south. In the early hours of the morning, great masses of British troops were to be seen moving through the communication trenches, which led to the first line. At Festuber a shell burst in the trench, which were very crowded at the time, and set fire to a large bomb store. Private A. Callf, of the 9th Battalion Cheshire Regiment, at once pulled out a box of small arms ammunition, which was burning, and carried it from the trench. |
Private T. A. Jones Attacks And Disarms Singlehanded 102 Of The Enemy And Then Marches Them To The British Lines. Private Thomas Alfred Jones, of the Cheshire Regiment, was with his company consolidating the defences, and, noticing an enemy sniper at 200 yards distance, he went out, and returned the snipers fire and killed him. He then saw two more of the enemy firing at him, although displaying a white flag. Both of them he also shot. On reaching the enemy trench he found several occupied dug outs, and single-handed disarmed 102 of the enemy, including three or four officers, and marched them back to the British lines though a heavy barrage. He was awarded the V.C. for his most conspicuous bravery. |
The History of the Cheshire Regiment in the Great War by Col Arthur Crookenden. The Cheshires (22nd Foot) mustered thirty-eight battalions during the course of the war, of which fifteen saw action. Between them they served in every theatre of war: -Western Front, Gallipoli. Italy, Macedonia, Palestine and Mesopotamia. Total dead amounted to 8,420, seventy-five battle honours were awarded and two VCs. The construction of this history is unusual: each theatre of war is taken separately and within that theatre the narrative unfolds chronologically, but instead of chapter or section headings there are, in the main, Battle Honour headings with dates and descriptions, some brief, some extensive, of the action which won the Honour and the identity of the battalion or battalions involved. There are a few headings that relate to less significant events, these are shown in lower case while the Battle Honour headings are in upper case. So with this history, when you look at the list of contents you are looking at the roll of Battle Honours awarded to the Regiment. Usually such lists are shown either on the title page or in a separate appendix. It is a history full of action with many personal contributions, with maps and sketches to support the narrative which often summarises the casualties at the end of an action. There are some useful appendices. The Roll of Honour is introduced with a summary showing the totals of dead, officers 378, other rank totals by battalions followed by the nominal rolls, officers grouped alphabetically, other ranks in their battalions. The 56-page list of Honours and Awards, including Mentions, is arranged alphabetically, the rank of the recipient is not given but citations are given for VC, DSO, MC and DCM awards; and the final appendix, entitled Mobilization, gives briefly the story of each battalion before it went overseas. |
The Cheshire Regiment (22nd Foot) by Richard Simkin. (P) No text for this item |
Cheshire Regiment by Harry Payne. No text for this item |
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