James Brown Posted 29 June , 2021 Share Posted 29 June , 2021 Hi Pals Looking for the war diary for this Battalion for the year of 1916. Full war service would be a bonus. Looked on NA and there is none. Tried Ancestry - None Did the usual search in here the GWF - not been able to find any Or is it only available from https://www.sllccameronians.co.uk/ Thank You Aye James Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EDWARD1 Posted 29 June , 2021 Share Posted 29 June , 2021 National Archives have the 52nd Div HQ War Diaries 1916 , JUL - AUG WO 95/2009/5. SEPT - DEC WO 95/2009/6 if any help Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Brown Posted 5 July , 2021 Author Share Posted 5 July , 2021 Thanks for that Edward1 Im doing a few stories on men from the 7th Battalion needed to have a look at the War Diary. Ill contact the Museum Centre see if they can help and in the meantime ill download those files. Aye James Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Lang Posted 1 August , 2021 Share Posted 1 August , 2021 On 29/06/2021 at 03:06, James Brown said: Hi Pals Looking for the war diary for this Battalion for the year of 1916. Full war service would be a bonus. Looked on NA and there is none. Tried Ancestry - None Did the usual search in here the GWF - not been able to find any Or is it only available from https://www.sllccameronians.co.uk/ Thank You Aye James Hello James, 21 May 1915 to 19th Jan 1916WO 95/4321: 52 Div, 156 Bde: ONLY available on Ancestry (spit). 1 July 1915 to 21 Feb 1916: 7th and 8th Battalions formed a 'Composite Battalion - 7/8th' They reverted back to 7th Bn on 21 Feb 1916. 01 Jan 1916 to 31 Mar 1916WO 95/4610: 52 Div, 156 Bde: TNA NOT yet digitised and NOT available for download. 01 Apr 1918 to 31 Mar 1919:WO 95/2897/4: 52 Div, 156 Bde: TNA available for download. Kindest Regards, Tom. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Lang Posted 1 August , 2021 Share Posted 1 August , 2021 (edited) On 05/07/2021 at 03:32, James Brown said: Thanks for that Edward1 Im doing a few stories on men from the 7th Battalion needed to have a look at the War Diary. Ill contact the Museum Centre see if they can help and in the meantime ill download those files. Aye James James, GWF member Barrie Duncan is a volunteer at the Museum. The Cameronian Museum - Low Parks - Hamilton Lanarkshire (cameronians.org) He is the resident GWF guru on ALL things Cameronians (Scottish Rifles). Tom. Edited 2 August , 2021 by Tom Lang Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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