Middlesex Regiment - Duke of Cambridge's Own 1/8th

[HughesS&J]

Hi,

I am trying to piece together the movements of the Middlesex Territorial Force 1/8th Battalion.

 

Can anyone help?

 

many thanks, Jan

[PRC]

Both Volumes of The Die Hards In the Great War are available online.

 

Volume 1. https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.$b742713&view=1up&seq=9

Volume 2. https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.$b742714&view=1up&seq=9

 

You can purchase the War Diary of the Battalion for a smallish sum - if you feeling more generous then I would suggest go for the Brigade War Diaries for the period the 1st/8th were with them. They contain a copy of the War Diaries for each of the units that made up the Brigade plus tend to have the appendices and maps that may have gone missing from the Battalion version. An added advantage is that they are usually typed, while Battalion versions are quite often handwritten.

 

Or if you have the patience it is currently a free weekend on Ancestry. You can download the relevant diaries one page at a time. What you would be looking for is:-

1/8th Battalion
August 1914 : in Hounslow. Part of Middlesex Brigade in Home Counties Division. Moved on mobilisation to Sheerness and then to Sittingbourne.
September 1914 : left the Division and moved to Gibraltar, arriving 17 September.
February 1915 : returned to England.
9 March 1915 : landed at Le Havre and two days later attached to 85th Brigade in 28th Division.
Between 23 June and 2 August 1915, amalgamated with 1/7th Bn in 8th Division.
27 August 1915 : transferred to 25th Brigade in 8th Division.
23 October 1915 : transferred to 70th Brigade in same Division.
9 February 1916 : transferred to 167th Brigade in 56th (London) Division.

Source: https://www.longlongtrail.co.uk/army/regiments-and-corps/the-british-infantry-regiments-of-1914-1918/the-duke-of-cambridges-own-middlesex-regiment/

 

The official Divisional History for the 56th (London) Division is also on line - https://www.gutenberg.org/files/50379/50379-h/50379-h.htm

 

Hope that helps,

Peter

Edited 7 November , 2019 by PRC
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[HughesS&J]

Hi Peter,

 

Thank you so much for your information.  Appreciated. Jan