6thBn South Lancashire Regiment

[greeneyes61]

My great Uncle died on 5th april 1916 at Masopotamia

he wa private walter ismael 11411.

I do has some information but it is quite hard to read some of the details on the documents adhaim

I think he was killed before the battle of adhaim as this was started on 16.17 april and he was already dead by then.#

any information would be greatly appriciated

[Chris_Baker]

His army service record and information about his medals is available at Ancestry, under the name Walter Ishmael.

[Stephen Nulty]

My transcription of the War Diary, plus a list of CWGC casualties for the battalion on that date

[greeneyes61]

thank you very much

[greeneyes61]

can you tell me if he was in the 6th Battalion which reg was he in.

it really is confusing being able to ubderatnd all thsi

[woollamc]

6th Battalion, South Lancashire Regiment (here). He joined them in Mesopotamia, arriving at Basra on 1 March 1916.

[greeneyes61]

Thank you

so where was he before?/ or was only in there for just over a month when he was killed ??

[woollamc]

According to his service records on ancestry, he attested on 1 September 1914, was trained by 10th Battalion in the UK and then posted to 6th Battalion on 28 August 1915, joining them at Gallipoli on 17 September 1915 (this date is given on his Medal Index Card). The Battalion was evacuated from Gallipoli to Egypt via Mudros in Greece in December 1915. They then sailed from Port Said in Egypt to Basra in the Persian Gulf, where they arrived on 1 March 1916.

C

[greeneyes61]

thanks once again it really is an art working these records out

. I am very greatful for all the help I have had from members of this site.