1/6 Royal Warwickshire Battalion, Biaches, 1917

[Guest]

Hello,

I was wondering if anyone had any information on the 1/6 Royal Warwickshire Regiment during there formation to there time in Biaches during 1917.

My great grandfather Henry Nichols was killed here during March. And I was hoping to try an gain just a small bit of info of the daily life in the battalion during 1917.

Any information welcome

[GraemeClarke]

Hi

The War Diary is available to download for just over 3 quid

http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/SearchUI/Details?uri=C7354608

You can then follow what he did every day until his death on 11 March 1917

Regards,

Graeme

[Colin W Taylor]

Micah

The war diary may not provide much information; for 11 March 1917 it records:

'Biache, In trenches, casualties 2K 1W'

One of the two killed was Nichols.

However the war diary will provide, as Graeme states, plenty of background to your ancestor's service especially if you can identify, from his Medal index Card, when he might have joined the battalion in France.

Kind regards

Colin

[GraemeClarke]

Hi Micah

If you found that out I should go out and buy a lottery ticket !!!!

very difficult, sometimes mentioned in the War Diary (not very often) or sometimes in the local newspapers.

I do not think his service papers have survived.

Regards,

Graeme

[tharkin56]

where was he from ?

[Guest]

He was from Coventry. He worked in Coventry and played in the Coventry City Salvation Army Band. Something that continued to go though the family ending with me.

There's a picture of him in the band at around he 20 the same age as me. It seems quite strange seeing his best friend who signed the marriage register on his wedding day who survived the war and Henry dying.

Henry had 3 children one of which we never knew about.

There are a few other names which I am researching. I have his medal card yet no date was given when he went overseas
Which is information I would love to know.

As mentioned above his medal card gives no dates but being with the 1/6th may suggest he joined when the battalion went to France in around 1916 possibly.

Thanks for all your help.

[tharkin56]

Henry resided at 98 westwood road. no photo appeared locally either in coventry graphic or herald

let me know the names and I may have more info. Trevor

[Guest]

I have added all the photos of Henry Nichols here.

I am looking for a William Sherwin (Henry Nichols best man also featured on the photo) and William Northall who served with B battery 286th BDE Royal Field Artillery. Any infomation would be fantastic.

I was also hoping to find some infomation on Kiboko Wood Cemetary well a location for it.

[tharkin56]

william northall died 7/7/1917 he has a plaque in the war memorial park and features in my book war memorial park. lived st georges road was he in the photo as well...

[Guest]

I will have to research more into the picture to find William Northall. He will be on a picture somewhere just need to find one with him on.

Incredible 2 of the photos I have scanned are in a better quality will try and get better scans.

Any extra info on William that we can find out or even the service record of William Sherwin