lincsto1916 Posted 14 October , 2014 Share Posted 14 October , 2014 I am researching A/sgt 15960 Oliver Arthur Hugo NATHAN, of the 10th Battalion Hampshire regiment ho died 15th September 916 in the Balkans. As well as personal information I would appreciate details of why the Battalion were in the Balkans and details of action at the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyR Posted 14 October , 2014 Share Posted 14 October , 2014 Hi Midwinter's Memoirs of the 32nd Field Ambulance says: On September 14th, we reached Kilo 65 and left at 4 a.m. on the 15th. Thence we pushed up to Kapassy in the Struma valley. We went into action at 3 p.m. when a raid was carried out by the 29th Brigade. Casualties were collected and brought in until midnight, among them being Bulgarian prisoners. We then withdrew to Kilo 65, and on the 17th up we went to Kilo 69 near Mekie, by the bank of the River Struma. 29th Brigade included 10th Hants. I guess ‘Kapassy’ is probably ‘Kopaci’ on http://lazarus.elte.hu/hun/digkonyv/topo/200e/41-41.jpg a bit south of the Orljak bridge over the Struma. Similarly ‘Mekie’ is probably ‘Mekes’. http://www.dublin-fusiliers.com/salonika/salonica.html will give you the background Andy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnboy Posted 14 October , 2014 Share Posted 14 October , 2014 From LLT 10th (Service) BattalionFormed at Winchester in August 1914 as part of K1 and moved to Dublin, attached as Army Troops to 10th (Irish) Division. Moved to Mullingar in September.March 1915 : moved to the Curragh and transferred to 29th Brigade in same Division. Moved to Basingstoke in May 1915.Sailed from Liverpool on 7 July 1915 and going via Mudros landed at Gallipoli 6 August 1915.6 October 1915 : landed at Salonika.2 November 1916 : transferred to 82nd Brigade in 27th Division. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sotonmate Posted 14 October , 2014 Share Posted 14 October , 2014 Born 1890 Marylebone London. Father Moritz and mother Amy. Married 1910 St Mary,Newington,to Rosina L M Jacobs.Resident in Walworth. 1911 census 1 son Alfred (1). Soldiers Died in the Great War gives resident in Vauxhall during that period,enlisted London. Formerly served with Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry (18806). Killed in action. No service record apparent on Ancestry UK. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gardenerbill Posted 15 October , 2014 Share Posted 15 October , 2014 If you run a search on the Commonwealth Graves Commission website (see link below) and fill in the details of your man it has his service number in the Hampshires and commemoration: http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead.aspx Also if you want to find out more about what was happening in the Struma Valley on the Salonika front in September 1916 I recommend you get a copy of 'Under the Devils Eye' by Wakefield and Moody. It has a whole chapter on the actions in the Struma Valley, however you may have to read the battalion war diary to find the action in which your man died, there were a series of actions against a number of villages in that Autumn of 1916. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gardenerbill Posted 15 October , 2014 Share Posted 15 October , 2014 10th Hampshires War diary is held at kew search on the National Arhcives website for WO 95/4835, unfortunately not yet digitsed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lincsto1916 Posted 16 October , 2014 Author Share Posted 16 October , 2014 Thank you all for your information very useful Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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