Thereafter stationed at various times at Belfast, Londonderry, Clonmany and Randalstown by January 1919. As the summer wore on, British troops were drawn into the “Battle of the Woods”, desperate fighting, particularly around High and Delville Woods. Contact us. 11th Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment. 18th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers. 12th Battalion, South Staffordshire Regiment. 21st Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps. 52nd (Graduated) Battalion Get information about our funding, our Customer Charter and our Strategic Plan. 20th Brigade / 7th Division . They did not take part in the initial phases of the famous Somme offensive in 1916, but they moved to that sector soon afterwards. 2nd Battalion, The Queen's, (Royal West Surrey Regiment). But opting out of some of these cookies may have an effect on your browsing experience. 4th Battalion, The Kings, (Liverpool Regiment). 2nd Battalion, Royal Marine Light Infantry. 1/7th (Cyclist) Battalion stand in proud memory of the men lying in this cemetery. 3rd Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment. Devonshire Regiment were retrieved from where they had fallen in action in No-Mans-Land and the German positions. The 8th and 9th Battalions of the Devonshire Regiments, which were part of the 7th Division, attacked on 1 July 1916 from a point on the south-west side of Albert-Maricourt road, due south of Mametz village, by a plantation called Mansel Copse. 12 May 1916: 36th Brigade came under orders of 14th (Indian) Division. At Authuille Wood, the Dorset’s 1st Battalion suffered huge casualties even before reaching the British front line and at Ovillers 2nd Devons were decimated in an attempt to advance up “Sausage Valley”. Formed in Exeter in November 1914 as Service battalion, part of K4. A-K. Hawke Battalion, Royal Naval Division. Came under orders of 3rd (Lahore) Divisional Area at Multan. 6th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. 7th Battalion, Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment). 10th (Kent Yeomanry) Battalion, The Buffs, (East Kent Regiment). 12th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters, (N&D Reg). 5th Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment. 7th Battalion, British West Indies Regiment. S-V. 2nd Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. This was just one of the many battles fought in by Devon`s County Infantry Regiment. W-Z. 1/4th Battalion 11th Battalion, King's Own, (Royal Lancaster Regiment). On 4 July 1916, three days after the first day of the Battle of the Somme, a ceremony was held at the burial site of the 161 Devonshire Regiment men. Formed in Devonport in May 1916. The Devonshire Regiment. There were also garrison duties in Gibraltar. ), 4th Battalion, Duke of Wellington's (W.R.R. July 1st 1916 had been the worst day in the history of the British Army. Tragedy unfolding: the attack on Spanbroekmolen 12 March 1915. 18th Battalion, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers. 51st (Graduated) Battalion They did not take part in the initial phases of the famous Somme offensive in 1916, but they moved to that sector soon afterwards. 53rd (Young Soldier) Battalion A training unit based at Taverham, it was part of 193rd Brigade in 64th Division. 4th Battalion, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers. 3rd Battalion, British West Indies Regiment. buried in a section of this trench near a small wood called Mansell Copse. 18th Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps. 4th Battalion, Cameronians, (Scottish Rifles). 1st Battalion, Black Watch, (royal Highlanders). 19th Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment. Formed at Exeter on 25 September 1914 as part of K3, coming under orders of 79th Brigade, 26th Division. gun would have from the cemetery. 4th Battalion, South Staffordshire Regiment. 2/5th (Prince of Wales’s) Battalion 15th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters, (N&D Reg). 11th Battalion, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers. Mametz is a village in the Department of the Somme, 6.5 kilometres east of Albert. As the British Army gained ground, so the realisation grew in the German Army that this was a battle that could not be won. In the 1980s Lieutenant-Colonel Graham Parker was leading a tour of British Army soldiers and officers
F-K. 8th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. Machine Gun Battalion, Royal Naval Division. The memorial to the 2nd Battalion of the Devonshire Regiment, situated near the Bois des Buttes where the battalion was in action in late May 1918. The cemetery was designed by W H Cowlishaw. 12 December 1914 : sailed for India and came under orders of the Southern Brigade, 9th (Secunderabad) Division. Came under orders of 3rd (Lahore) Divisional Area at Ferozepore. Before that it had been 33rd Battalion of the Training Reserve and up to September 1916 had been the 13th (Reserve) Battalion of the Royal Warwickshire Regiment. 3/7th (Cyclist) Battalion A-C. 2nd Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment.D-H. 2nd Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. Initially at Rushmore near Aldershot. The memorial to the 2nd Battalion of the Devonshire Regiment, situated near the Bois des Buttes where the battalion was in action in late May 1918.