Category: Regiments

Before the War

Between 1906 and 1912 a series of sweeping changes were made to the British Army and named after the then Secretary of State for War, Richard Burdon Haldane. These “Haldane Reforms” were the first major reforms since the “Childers Reforms” of the early 1880s and were based on shortcomings uncovered during the Second Boer War.

Along with changes to the Regular Army, the Territorial and Reserve Forces Act 1907 completely restructured the reserve forces to ensure a properly trained set of units and recruits for the Regular Forces in times of war and to provide a more efficient force for home defence. The act called for the old Volunteer Force and Yeomanry to be reorganized into a new Territorial Force, administered by County Territorial Associations, and the old Militia was formed into the Special Reserve. The result was that the Territorial Force was established on April 1, 1908 and the men who joined agreed to be liable for service with the regular forces in wartime but the Act stipulated that ‘they could go abroad if they wish’.

Additionally, to help provide a ready supply of militarily trained potential officers, the Halden Reforms also established an Officer Training Corps, (OTC), in public schools and Universities. Many of the men commissioned into the 9th Battalion Manchester Regiment after the outbreak of war came directly from, or had previously belonged to, an OTC.

In Ashton, the 9th Battalion, Manchester Regiment, Territorial Force was duly formed and the 3rd Volunteer Battalion, the Manchester Regiment was dissolved. Each of the NCOs and men of the old Volunteer Battalion were assigned a new service number starting at ‘1’ for the longest serving man and increasing up to the most recent recruit. Additionally, some of the men had their Territorial service dates reset to April 1, 1908 and they signed up for a period of one year. After the 1st year of service, on April 1, 1909, they were eligible to sign for a further period of four years, and thereafter for additional 4 year periods. The London Gazette belatedly announced in November 1908 that:

“Officers from the 3rd Volunteer Battalion, The Manchester Regiment, are appointed to the battalion with rank and precedence as in the Volunteer Force. Dated 1st April, 1908.”

Territorial Pre-War Training Camps

One of the requirements was to attend annual training camps and the following were those attended by the 9th Manchesters:

From	To	Camp Location
07-Jun-08	14-Jun-08	Ramsey (Isle of Man)
25-May-09	13-Jun-09	Salisbury Plain
14-May-10	28-May-10	Salisbury Plain
20-Aug-11	03-Sep-11	Dolphinholme, Lancs
28-Jul-12	11-Aug-12	East Marton, Yorks
10-Aug-13	24-Aug-13	Aldershot

ENGLAND 1914

On July 1, 1914 the 9th Battalion Manchester Regiment, TF (Ashton Territorials), found themselves still substantially below their required strength, (of 29 Officers and 980 men), having only 24 Officers and 888 men despite a recent surge of over 150 new recruits from a very successful recruiting drive at Ashton Town Hall on February 14.

When War was declared on August 4, 1914, in Ashton-under-Lyne, another wave  of recruits queued to join up and within a week at least 75 men had enlisted who were later to serve overseas; many with prior military service in the battalion.

On the 10th August, 1914 Lord Kitchener announced that the Territorial Force could volunteer to serve overseas and just 2 days later the Ashton Battalion accepted the invitation for Foreign Service, (with 858 men volunteering for overseas service) and became one of the four infantry battalions of the 126th (East Lancashire) Brigade.  The complete list of Officers and Men of the 1/9th Battalion Manchester Regiment as listed by the The Cheshire Reporter August 15th 1914 is here.

On the 20th August, the Ashton Territorials, 9th Battalion, Manchester Regiment, marched into Chesham Fold Camp, Bury (a tented camp at Chesham Road). Bury was the divisional headquarters of the East Lancashire Infantry Brigade, which included, the 9th Battalion Manchester Regiment, the 4th East Lancashires, (from Blackburn, Darwen and Clitheroe), the 5th East Lancashires, (from Burnley, Accrington, Haslingden, Baccup, Padiham and Ramsbottom), and the 10th Manchesters (from Oldham), three sections Signal Company, Headquarters Company of Engineers, Lancashire Brigade Company A.S.C., Transport and Supply, and the 2nd Field Ambulance.

On Wednesday Sept 2, 1914 the Battalion was visited by Brigadier-General D. G. PRENDERGAST commanding the East Lancashire Infantry Brigade. The following Saturday (Sept 5th) the men were asked to volunteer for overseas service by Lieut. Col. D. H. WADE, the Commanding Officer of the 9th Battalion. The Battalion entrained for Southampton, bound for Egypt, on Wednesday September 9th. The following day they boarded HMS Aragon, leaving at midnight bound for Egypt.

Egypt 1914

They arrived at Alexandria on the 25th September, and were transported to the Citadel and Kasr-el-Nil barracks, Cairo. The previous day they suffered their first casualty when Private John Bridge (1705) died of pneumonia and was buried at sea, (commemorated at the Chatby Memorial, Alexandria).

Back home, recruiting continued at a healthy rate with more than 475 new recruits volunteering in October and November alone.

On Nov 1st martial law was declared throughout Egypt and Sudan and on Nov 5th war was declared against Turkey. The following promotions were Gazetted on November 4, 1914 in connection with the Ashton Territorial Battalion:
Captain R.B. NOWELL to be Major.
Lieut. F.W. KERSHAW to be Captain.
Second Lieuts. R.G. WOOD, W.T. FORSHAW, T.G. HYDE,  J.A. PARKER and W.H. LILLIE to be Lieutenants.

Later that month the Battalion’s second death occurred when 15 year old Private Frederick Finucane (1845) died of dysentery on the 27th and was buried at the Cairo War Memorial Cemetery.

On December 14, 1914 the Battalion left Kasr-el-Nil for Abbassia main barracks.

On the 20th December the Khedive was deposed and Prince Hussein Kamel became the new Sultan of Egypt. British Troops stationed in and around Cairo lined the streets as an honour guard and a show of strength to the local populace. The contingent from the 9th Battalion taking charge of a section of Soliman Pasha Street, close to the Kasr el Nil barracks.

For months the Division had undergone strenuous training and by the end of 1914 the men were drilled, acclimated and thoroughly fit.

EGYPT 1915
From the beginning of 1915 the training became even more strenuous with long marches in the desert, in full marching order. And as part of their duties, from time to time, the East Lancs Divisional troops found themselves guarding the Suez Canal.

On January 30, 1915 the battalion moved from Abbassia and deployed to tents at Heliopolis in preparation for possible deployment to the Suez Canal.

In the early hours of February 3, 1915 12,000 Turks & Germans attacked the Canal defences South of Ismailia between Serapeum and Toussoum. They were repulsed and 1,600 prisoners taken by the Indians, Anzacs and East Lancs Division but the 1/9th were not directly involved in the hostilities. A contemporary newspaper report is provided here.

Ferry Landing at Ismailia. [Source: Australian War Memorial]

Sadly, in February and March the Battalion lost two of its senior Officers. Major WILLIAM HENRY ARCHBUTT suffered a heart attack on February 8, 1915 and Surgeon-Major ALBERT HILTON, the Battalion’s Medical Officer (M.O.), died of disease on March 4, 1915 while the 9th Battalion were under canvas at Heliopolis. Both are buried at the Cairo War Memorial Cemetery. Major Hilton was replaced as the battalion’s M.O. by Major Thomas Frankish, RAMC.

On Palm Sunday, 28th March 1915, General Sir Ian Hamilton, (the newly appointed commander of the Allied Mediterranean Expeditionary Force), reviewed the Division in Cairo.  Verbal orders were received for the 9th Battalion (as part of the East Lancashire Division) to prepare to move to the Dardenelles at short notice.

According to the 126th Brigade War Diary, the 1/9th arrived, by train, at Kantarra from Cairo with 32 Officers and 912 men on April 16, 1915. They spent the rest of the month defending the Suez Canal from Turkish attack.

On the 2nd May, 1915 the 9th Battalion received their firm orders to leave for Gallipoli and were concentrated at Port Said by the evening of the 4th. On 5th May, the men of 9th Battalion (and 1/2 of the 10th Battalion) embarked on the HMT AUSONIA. The transport section which included horses, mules, one cart and two machine-gun carriages, along with the recently promoted Major RICHARD BOTTOMLEY NOWELL, Lt. JOHN BROADBENT* and 26 other ranks of the 1/9th embarked on HMT COMMODORE.

*Lt. JOHN BROADBENT was commissioned in 1895, served in the Boer War, reaching the rank of Major. He resigned his commission with the 1/9th in 1912 but rejoined in 1914 at the outbreak of war. He was 42 years old when he landed in Gallipoli.

Approximately two dozen men were discharged from service, (primarily due to sickness making them not physically fit enough to serve in combat), during the 3 months leading up to the battalion’s embarkation for Gallipoli.

Rank	No.	1st Name	MI	Surname	Discharged
Pte	2136	JAMES		DOOLEY	15-Mar-15
Pte	2213	ABRAHAM	J	HADGETT	15-Mar-15
Pte	2214	CHARLES		PARKER	15-Mar-15
Pte	2194	HARRY		SPEAKMAN	15-Mar-15
Pte	1699	ROBERT		THORNTON	15-Mar-15
Pte	1526	FREDERICK		WALLWORK	15-Mar-15
Pte	1349	ROBERT		BELL	23-Apr-15
Pte	2185	THOMAS		BOWDEN	23-Apr-15
Pte	1362	THOMAS		SMITH	23-Apr-15
Pte	2164	JAMES		ASHTON	03-May-15
Pte	2082	JOHN	A	BLACK	03-May-15
Pte	2157	SYDNEY		BURTON	03-May-15
Pte	1577	WILLIAM		CONSTANTINE	03-May-15
Pte	471	WILLIAM		FOGG	03-May-15
Pte	2023	WILLIAM		HUNTER	03-May-15
Cpl	2163	JOHN		IRVING	03-May-15
Pte	2017	ROBERT		KING	03-May-15
Pte	1912	JOHN	P	MILLWOOD	03-May-15
Pte	1707	HARRY		OLDFIELD	03-May-15
Pte	2114	BENJAMIN		RENSHAW	03-May-15
Pte	2144	LAWRENCE		SCHOFIELD	03-May-15
Pte	2233	WILLIAM		WHEATLEY	03-May-15
Pte	2215	WILLIAM		WHITTLE	03-May-15
Cpl	1992	JOSEPH		WILSHAW	03-May-15

And at least three more men were discharged after returning home from Egypt in the following months without ever serving in Gallipoli.

Rank	No.	1st Name	MI	Surname	Discharged
Pte	2188	WILLIAM	G	COLLIER	31-May-15
Col. Sgt	160	THOMAS		BURGESS	11-Jun-15
Pte	1932	JAMES		WATERS	28-Jun-15

Additionally, a member of the pre-war permanent staff of the Battalion, 2673 Col. Sgt. James Holt, returned from Egypt in March and did not land in Gallipoli. It is very likely that upon Col. Sgt. Holt’s departure, Sgt. John Alexander Christie, of the 5th East Lancashire Regiment, became permanently attached to the 9th Manchesters.

Note: First-hand, contemporaneous accounts of the battalion’s time in Egypt in late 1914 and early 1915 have been transcribed and are available here, here and here.

GALLIPOLI 1915
On the 9th May the 9th Battalion landed under heavy fire at Sedd-el-Bahr, (V Beach), and moved quickly from the beach into bivouac (the Commodore with the Transport section and Brigade HQ arriving on the 10th).

Context from Despatches:

The following short section seeks to put the landing of the 1/9th Manchesters into context from the selected despatches of Sir IAN HAMILTON, General, Commanding Mediterranean Expeditionary Force.

At the close of the ten days and ten nights described in my first despatch our troops had forced their way forward for some 5,000 yards from the landing places at the point of the peninsula. Opposite them lay the Turks, who since their last repulse had fallen back about half a mile upon previously prepared redoubts and entrenchments. Both sides had drawn heavily upon their stock of energy and munitions, but it seemed clear that whichever could first summon up spirit to make another push must secure at least several hundreds of yards of the debatable ground between the two fronts. And several hundred yards, whatever it might mean to the enemy, was a matter of life or death to a force crowded together under gun fire on so narrow a tongue of land.

The net result of the three days’ fighting had been a gain of 600 yards on the right of the British line and 400 yards on the left and centre. The French had captured all the ground in front of the Farm Zjimmerman, as well as a redoubt, for the possession of which there had been obstinate fighting during the whole of the past three days.

From nightfall till dawn on the 9th-10th efforts were made everywhere to push us back. A specially heavy attack was made upon the French.

On the 11th May, the first time for eighteen days and nights, it was found possible to withdraw the 29th Division from the actual firing line and to replace it by the 29th Indian Infantry Brigade and by the 42nd Division, which had completed its disembarkation two days previously.

The Nominal Roll of men of the 1/9th Manchesters landing on that day included at least the following 914 men listed below.

Pte 1799 Harold Abbott

Pte 1848 Joseph Abbott

Pte 1316 William Adams

Pte 1644 Arthur Adshead

Pte 1863 William Adshead

Pte 1571 George Alcock

Pte 660 Thomas Aldridge

Pte 1663 William Allcock

Pte 1303 Harry Allen

Pte 2112 Frank Allonby

Pte 1262 George Allott

Cpl 1592 Edward Allott

Pte 2062 Ernest Allthorpe

Pte 2234 John Anderson

Pte 1472 Harry Andrew

Pte 1811 Harry Andrew

Pte 1314 John William Andrews

Pte 1997 Joseph Edwin Andrews

Pte 1570 William Andrews

Cpl. 724 Joseph Edward Appleby

Pte 2201 Fred Archer

Sgt 1598 Arthur Artingstall

Pte 2167 Joseph Artingstall

L/Cpl. 1150 Fred Armitage

Pte 1834 Joseph Armitage

Pte 1998 Samuel Armitage

L/Cpl. 2051 Thomas Ashcroft

Pte 1990 Arnold Ashley

Pte 1499 Albert Ashton

Pte 1653 George Samuel Ashton

Pte 226 Alfred Ashworth

Pte 1490 Bert Ashworth

Pte 1757 Edward Ashworth

Pte 1993 Fred Aspinall

Pte 1512 William Aspinall

Cpl. 1468 Alfred Atherton

Pte 2065 Edward Atherton

Pte 1521 James Atherton

Pte 1019 Samuel Atherton

Pte 2153 Charles William Bagwell

Pte 2085 Matthew Bailey

Pte 2137 Thomas Bailey

Pte 2243 Harry Baistow

Pte 2003 Frank Ballard

Pte 1741 Arthur Banton

Pte 1581 Samuel Barber

Pte 1632 Wilfred Edward Barber

Pte 1801 William Barfield

Pte 1156 Frank Barker

Pte 1869 George Barker

Pte 1768 Maurice Barker

Pte 555 William Barker

Pte 1516 Ernest Barlow

Pte 2165 Edward Barlow

Pte 2168 Albert Barratt

Pte 1972 George Barratt

Pte 1935 Harry Barratt

Pte 1236 Benson Barrett

L/Cpl. 1769 Herbert Barrett

Sjt 58 Arthur Bashforth

Pte 1569 John Bates

L/Cpl. 2110 Thomas Bates

Pte 1735 William Henry Batkin

Pte 1193 Joseph Batty

Sgt 180 Samuel Bayley

Pte 1411 Lewis Beeley

Pte 1867 James Bell

Pte 1556 Ernest Richard Bell

Pte 1866 Joseph Bell

Pte 1293 Thomas Bell

Pte 2187 William Bell

Pte 1886 Albert Bendel

Pte 1253 Jon Bennett

Pte 1740 Joshua Bennett

Pte 1475 Walter Bennett

Pte 1858 Joseph Bennison

Sgt 1286 William Bennison

Pte 1626 Henry Bent

Pte 768 James Benyon

Sgt 54 Arthur Beresford

Drm. 1165 Edward Berry

Pte 1532 Herbert Bertenshaw

L/Cpl. 2141 Joseph Richard Bertenshaw

Pte 2158 Percy Bertenshaw

Sgt 2177 James Bevan

Pte 2041 George Birchall

C.S.M 540 William Birchall

Pte 1946 Moses Birchenough

Pte 1284 William Blackshaw

Pte 2212 William Blackshaw

A/Cpl 2081 Walter Blake

Pte 1562 John Walshaw Bland

L/Cpl. 1152 John George Blandford

Cpl. 921 Harry Bolter

Pte 1179 Samuel Edward Bonsall

Bglr 2069 Alfred Boocock

Col/Sgt 5 George Boocock

Bglr 2070 James Boocock

Pte 1655 Richard Boon

Pte 1800 William Booth

Pte 745 Arnold Booth

Pte 1810 Edward Borsey

Cpl 1119 Percy Borsey

Pte 2186 Percy Borwick

Pte 2237 James Albert Bostock

Pte 1566 George Boswell

Pte 930 Ernest Bradbury

Pte 1342 Herbert Bradbury

Pte 1584 Fred Bradley

Dmr 1234 James Bradley

Pte 1295 Percy Bradshaw

Pte 1457 John Brady

Sgt 1125 Noel Duncan Braithwaite

L/Cpl 2122 James William Bray

Pte 1621 John Bridge

L/Sgt 1576 William Peter Brierely

Pte 1716 Wilfred Brierley

Pte 2209 William Britton

A/Sgt 1180 Arthur Britton

Pte 1939 Albert Broadbent

Pte 2043 John Broadbent

Pte 2138 James Garside Broadhurst

Pte 1184 Albert Broadhurst

Drm 1160 Harold Broadhurst

Pte 1464 George Bromley

Pte 2224 William Bromley

Pte 1309 Herbert Brooks

Pte 242 Leonard Brooke

Pte 1698 James Brough

Pte 1710 Edward Brown

Cpl 1425 Edward Brown

Pte 1540 Walter Bryan

Pte 2147 John Henry Bryan

Pte 1678 Arthur Buckley

Csm 339 Mathew James Buckley

Pte 1239 Harold Bullock

Pte 1496 John Bullock

Pte 1327 George Henry Burgess

Pte 1544 John Burgess

L/Cpl 1423 Albert Burgess

Pte 1488 Richard Burgess

Pte 1255 James Burke

Pte 1513 Albert Burke

L/Cpl 1155 William Burke

Pte 1625 Arthur Burn

Pte 2007 Thomas Butler

Pte 1340 Thomas Butterworth

Pte 1730 Thomas Harrop Byrom

Pte 1665 Harry Byrom

Pte 1216 Joseph Cacus

Cpl 2054 William Cadman

Pte 1860 George Frederick Cain

Pte 1132 Harry Gordon Carpenter

Pte 1774 John Joseph Carroll

Pte 1605 Stanley Carter

Pte 1873 Thomas Carter

Pte 1832 James Cassidy

Pte 517 Frank Cawley

Cpl 2240 Hirst Chadderton

Col Sgt 344 Joseph Chadderton

Pte 1924 Fred Chapman

Sgt 400 James Chapman

Pte 1746 John Chapman

Pte 1497 James William Chatburn

Pte 2030 William Chatterton

Pte 1515 James William Cheetham

Pte 2154 Robert Cheetham

Pte 1294 Frank Chevalier

Sgt 1194 William Chorlton

Pte 1962 Godfrey Clay

Pte 2100 Harold Clayton

Pte 1175 Albert Clement Clayton

Cpl 2228 Harry Clayton

Pte 1511 Arthur Vincent Clegg

Pte 1529 Geoffrey Clegg

Pte 2248 Herbert Clegg

Pte 1601 Walter Clegg

Pte 1931 David Clinton

Pte 1790 George Harry Clough

Pte 1786 John Coffey

Pte 1817 John Coffey

Pte 1725 Wilfred Peach Colclough

Sgt 2115 Arthur Cole

Pte 2219 Frederick Collins

Pte 1268 Jesse Connelly

Pte 2036 Albert Commerford

Pte 1535 John Henry Connolly

Pte 1307 Robert Constantine

Pte 2230 Henry Constantine

Pte 1647 Harry Cooke

L/Cpl 1217 Harold Cooke

Dmr 1154 Harold Cooke

Pte 1365 Harry Cooke

Pte 2088 William Henry G Cooke

Pte 2016 Joseph Cooper

Pte 1760 James Henry Cooper

Pte 1604 William Henry Corlett

Pte 1394 Benjamin Cowley

Pte 2104 Samuel Cox

Pte 1979 William Coyne

Pte 2006 James Cragg

Pte 1210 John Arthur Crane

Pte 1983 George Crighton

Dmr 551 Harold Critchley

Pte 2066 James Crompton

Sgt 2117 Titus Knight B. Cropper

Cpl 1408 Joseph Cropper

Pte 1442 Albert Crowther

Pte 1696 James Crowther

Pte 1818 James Henry Crutchley

Pte 1694 Ben Cummings

Pte 2191 Jack Cummings

Pte 1203 John Cummins

Cpl 1004 Albert Cunday

Pte 1549 John Edward Cunningham

Cpl 2092 John Cuppello

Pte 1375 Ben Cusick

Pte 1900 William Cussick

Pte 1211 Ben Cuthbert

Pte 1339 James William Daley

Pte 1405 John Daley

Pte 1291 Robert Daley

Pte 1357 William Dalton

Pte 1081 Claude Davies

Pte 822 Thomas Davies

L/Cpl 1792 Albert Davis

Pte 1460 John Albert Dawson

Pte 2022 William Deakin

Pte 1528 William Dean

Pte 1884 Alfred Dixon

Pte 1353 John William Dodd

Pte 1964 John Dodd

Pte 1907 John Donald

Pte 2048 William Donnelly

Pte 1283 Samuel Donoghue

Pte 1195 Thomas Doran

Pte 1770 Ben Gladstone Dransfield

Pte 2052 James Hilton Draycott

Pte 1404 James Dundavan

Pte 1374 Joe Dutton

Pte 1164 Frank Dyson

Sgt 1128 Harry Earle

L/Cpl 1000 James Earnshaw

Pte 2077 John William Eastham

Pte 489 James Eastham

Pte 1593 Albert Eastwood

Pte 1664 John Eastwood

Col Sgt 1244 Walter Steuart Eaton

Pte 782 Harry Edwards

Pte 1399 James Albert Edwards

Pte 1807 Henry Elliott

Dmr 1731 James Henry Elliott

Pte 1903 Harold Ellis

Pte 2021 James Ellis

Pte 2180 Harold Ellor

Pte 643 Squire Ellor

Pte 2189 Frank Emmerson

Pte 1573 Samuel Entwistle

Pte 1906 Thomas Isaac Evans

Pte 2179 Ernest Spencer Evans

Pte 1384 Thomas Lewis Evans

Sgt 1171 George Eyre

Col Sgt 447 Ernest Eyres

Cpl 1205 Samuel Eyre

Pte 2098 Harry Samuel Farrer

Pte 2175 Frank Lionel Favier

Pte 2221 Harry Fernley

Sgt 65 Joseph Ferns

Pte 1945 William Fielder

Pte 1876 Tom Fielding

Pte 1882 Alfred Finan

Sgt 806 Cornelius Finch

Pte 1558 Lawrence Finneran

Pte 1776 Thomas Finnerty

Pte 1546 John Finnigan

Pte 1637 Herbert Fish

Pte 1685 Robert Fish

Sgt 220 Albert Fletcher

Pte 1410 Richard Fletcher

Pte 1346 Frederick Flindle

Sgt 1994 John Florandine

Pte 2151 William Henry Foden

Cpl 2220 Thomas Fogerty

Pte 2037 Albert Victor Ford

Cpl 1120 Thomas Forrest

Pte 2229 Joseph Foster

Pte 2166 Thomas Foster

Pte 11 John Foster

Col Sgt 2716 Joseph Fowler

Pte 1627 George Frater

Pte 390 Harry Freeth

Pte 1066 Tom Garlick

Sgt 2116 William Henry Garner

Pte 1640 James Garragan

Pte 2123 Thomas Edward Garside

Pte 1889 William Garside

Cpl 2127 Sidney Garside

Pte 1660 Harold Gartside

Pte 1579 John Gaskell

Pte 1578 Thomas Gaskell

Pte 2019 William Gaskell

Pte 1933 Robert Gater

Pte 1690 Andrew Gee

Cpl 1491 Fred Genders

Pte 379 Thomas Ghenty

Pte 1369 Albert Gibson

Cpl 2049 Charles William Gibson

Cpl 508 Harry Gibson

L/Cpl 2075 Harry Gibson

Cpl 1963 Raymond Gibson

Pte 1368 Willie Gibson

Pte 1703 Thomas Gilby

Pte 1615 Leonard Gill

Pte 885 Frank Goddard

Pte 1568 Albert Victor Godding

Cpl 1547 Thomas Goley

Pte 1345 Eric Golightly

Pte 621 Frank Goode

Pte 1778 Charles George Goodwin

Cpl 2027 Frederick Gorman

Pte 1044 Thomas Gorman

Pte 1865 Harry Grafton

Wo Ii 969 Harry Grantham

Pte 2159 John Willie Greaves

Csm 266 Albert Green

Cpl 728 Arthur Green

Pte 1641 Edward Green

Sgt 1623 James Greenhalgh

Pte 2132 James Edward Greenwood

Pte 2105 Law Taylor Gregory

Pte 1536 Lewis Logson Grimshaw

Cpl 1202 Robert Grimshaw

Pte 1936 Arthur Samuel Grosvenor

Pte 1683 Frank Hadfield

Pte 2113 Harry Hadfield

Pte 29 Albert Hague

Pte 1390 Albert Hague

Pte 2173 Fred Hague

Pte 2202 Jack Hague

Pte 1833 Joseph Hague

Pte 1322 James Halkyard

Pte 1759 Samuel Halkyard

Pte 1292 George Hall

Pte 2074 James Hall

Pte 1448 John Hall

Cpl 1890 Percy Hall

Pte 2055 Robert Hall

Pte 1343 Tom Hall

Cpl 1982 Tom Hall

Pte 1745 William Henry Hall

Pte 1909 William Simpson Hall

Pte 1654 John Hugh Hamer

Pte 932 Willie Horton Hamer

Pte 1950 Herbert Hampson

Pte 1836 James Hampson

Pte 1246 John Hampson

Pte 1476 George Edward Hamson

Cpl 2121 Robert Handley

Pte 1835 William Handley

Pte 1466 Fred Hanson

Pte 1397 John Hanson

Pte 1896 Thomas Hardman

Pte 1880 Thomas Hardy

Pte 2216 Abraham Hare

Cpl 1580 Norman Hargreaves

L/Cpl 1952 Harold Hargreaves

Sgt 680 Thomas Hargreaves

Pte 1732 William Hargreaves

Pte 326 James William Harlow

Sgt 136 Henry Harrison

Cpl 2217 Herbert Harrison

Pte 2310 Hezekiah Harrison

Sgt 1126 Joseph Cox Harrop

Pte 1879 William Harrott

Pte 1429 Robert Hartley

Pte 528 Harry Haughton

L/Cpl 1391 George Gordon Haughton

Pte 1270 Jonathan Hawke

Pte 1361 Thomas Hawkins

Sgt 22 Walter Hawkins

Pte 1597 Ernest Hawkridge

Pte 1112 William Emmanuel Hawley

Pte 1638 William Henry Hazell

Pte 1506 William Headdock

Pte 1396 William Hebblewaite

Pte 2026 William Henry Heelam

Pte 1859 Eddy Heinemann

Pte 1656 Edward Hennessy

Pte 2042 Harry Hesketh

Pte 2236 Albert Hesketh

Pte 1470 Thomas Hewitt

Pte 1784 Fred Hewitt

Pte 1748 William Higginbottom

Pte 1273 Harold Higginbottom

Pte 1618 Charles Llewellyn Higgins

L/Sgt 2139 Gilbert Higham

Pte 1706 James Hill

Pte 1667 John Hill

Pte 2130 Reuben Hill

Pte 1455 Sydney Hill

Pte 1439 Tom Hill

Pte 2210 Joseph Hilton

Pte 2150 Percy Hilton

Pte 2120 Arthur Cecil Hirst

Pte 2243 Harold Hodgin

Pte 1028 Fred Hodgin

Pte 1401 Edward Hodgkiss

Pte 1864 Walter Hodgkiss

Pte 1400 William Brown Hodgkiss

Pte 1366 Alfred Hodgson

Pte 1941 James Hodgson

Sgt 1634 James Edward Hoke

Pte 998 Harry Holden

Pte 1481 Clifford Holden

Pte 1212 Thomas Holden

Pte 1042 Harry Holland

Pte 1218 James Hollingworth

Pte 1517 Samuel Hood

Pte 1169 Herbert Hopkins

Pte 1182 James Hopwood

Pte 1118 Douglas Gerald Hornby

Pte 2090 James Horrocks

Cpl 1480 James Horsfield

Pte 2059 Andrew Howard

Pte 1364 Frank Howard

Pte 2129 John Howarth

Pte 2232 George Jacob Howell

Pte 1321 George William Hudson

Pte 1733 Thomas Hughes

Pte 2107 Abel Hughes

Pte 2034 Edwin Thomas Hughes

L/Cpl 1484 John William Hughes

Pte 2149 Samuel Hulley

Pte 1311 William Hulme

Pte 1728 Harry Hulme

Pte 2045 James William Hurst

Pte 1671 Eric Hyatt

Pte 2125 John Hyslop

Sgt 469 Harry Illingworth

Pte 1170 Robert Kershaw Illingworth

Pte 1157 William Henry Illingworth

Sgt 104 Harry Ingham

Pte 1235 Samuel Ingham

Pte 1567 Albert Ivell

Pte 1622 Harry Jackson

Pte 1891 Joseph Jackson

Pte 1862 Frank Jackson

Pte 1888 Harry Jackson

Pte 2169 John Jackson

Pte 2171 John Jackson

Cpl 1966 Norman Jackson

A/Sgt 2160 Thomas Jackson

Cpl 1257 Tom Jackson

Pte 1146 John William Jakeman

Pte 1524 John William Jenneys

Pte 1613 Edward Jones

Pte 1996 William Jones

Pte 1684 Edward Jones

Sgt 1841 Edward Jones

Pte 1897 Edward Jones

Pte 2073 Everrett Jones

Pte 1787 Fred Jones

Pte 1424 Harry Jones

Pte 2140 John Henry Jones

Pte 2192 John Jones

Pte 1269 Oliver Jones

Cpl 2071 Charles Dennis Joyce

Cpl 2109 James Joyce

Pte 1829 John William Jubb

Pte 1960 Michael Joseph Kearns

Pte 1427 Samuel Kellett

Pte 1922 Edward Kelly

Pte 1948 John James Kelly

Pte 1885 Emanuel Kemp

Pte 1389 Charles Kenna

Pte 1121 John Kenny

Pte 1325 Joseph Kent

Pte 1561 Robert Kenworthy

Pte 2128 Fred Kenworthy

Pte 2195 Harry Kenyon

Pte 1266 Frederick William Kerfoot

Pte 1984 James Kerr

Pte 2060 Thomas Kershaw

Pte 1187 William Kinder

Pte 1453 Laurence King

Pte 1300 John Kinsella

Pte 2102 David Kirk

Sgt 1495 Thomas Knight

Pte 1386 Herbert Lamb

Pte 1473 George Henry Lamb

Dmr 1258 Robert Landers

Sgt 128 Thomas Langan

Pte 1961 Richard Lapthorne

Sgt 76 James Lawton

Pte 2203 Hubert William E Leach

Pte 2181 Ernest Leakesley

Pte 1334 Charles Lee

Pte 23 Thom Lee

Pte 2015 Thomas Lee

Pte 1751 Charles Lee

Pte 1917 Fred Lee

Col Sgt 341 John Lee

Pte 1434 Percy Bailey Lee

Pte 1591 Edward Lees

Pte 1243 Arnold Lees

Pte 1493 Frank Shepherd Lees

Pte 1430 John Brookshaw Lees

Pte 1686 Joseph Lees

Pte 1583 Norman Leigh

Pte 1407 Walter Leigh

Pte 1853 Henry Lewis

Pte 1843 John Lewis

Pte 2013 Arthur Lilley

Pte 2119 Harry Lilley

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Pte 1676 Tom Littleford

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Dmr 1332 William Maloney

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Pte 1276 George Marland

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Pte 1123 Wil Marsh

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Cpl 1188 William Henry Martin

Pte 1298 Enoch Martyn

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L/Cpl 1415 William Mason

Pte 1988 Richard Massey

L/Cpl 1289 Gerald Massey

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Cpl 1734 Herbert Wilfred Mathews

Cpl 1446 Richard May

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Sjt 83 Thomas Mcdermott

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Sgt 2142 James Mcdonald

Pte 1542 Fred Mcdonnell

Pte 1977 James Mcgrath

Pte 2235 James Mcguinness

Pte 2245 John Mcnab

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Col Sgt 313 George Grayson Mellor

Pte 1674 Charles Arthur Middleton

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Cpl 1920 William Mitcheson

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Pte 3373 Frank Moon

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Pte 1878 Samuel William Morley

Pte 1553 Harold Morris

Cpl 1310 Herbert Morris

Pte 1892 James Morrison

Sgt 1520 Frank Morton

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Pte 1628 Harold Moss

Sgt 526 Thomas Moss

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Pte 1133 Albert Mullen

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Sgt 719 John Mutch

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Pte 1531 Walter Mutter

Pte 2009 Frank Mycock

Pte 1702 Arnold Myers

Pte 859 Herbert Nadin

Pte 1371 Albert Edward Neale

Pte 1651 Frank Newton

Cpl 1129 Benjamin Newton

Cqms 154 George Newton

Pte 1691 George Newton

Pte 1189 Harold Newton

Pte 1643 Samuel Newton

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Pte 1440 Robert Nichols

Pte 2341 Percy Nicholson

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Pte 2954 George Nolan

A/Woii 27 James Nolan

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Pte 1850 William Nuttall

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Pte 1872 Harry Ogden

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Pte 1911 Samuel Ogden

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Pte 1167 William Ogden

L/Cpl 1377 Frank Oldfield

Pte 2087 William Ollerenshaw

Pte 2227 Thomas Ormesher

Pte 1693 Albert Orton

Pte 1134 Frank Ernest Orton

Sgt 1662 Harry Owen

Pte 1914 Arthur Owen

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L/Cpl 497 Alfred Parkins

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Pte 1722 Alfred Phillips

Pte 288 John Phillips

Cpl 2103 Thomas Pickford

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Pte 1503 Raymond Plant

Cpl 2146 Albert Platt

Cpl 1921 James Player

A/Cpl 1827 Adam Plenderleith

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L/Cpl 1221 Thomas Porter

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Cpl 2174 Harry Pratt

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Pte 1465 James Pye

Pte 2249 William Raby

Pte 1737 Thomas Rackstraw

Pte 1367 Frank Ditchfield Radcliffe

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Pte 2004 Thomas Henry Ramsbottom

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Pte 1893 Arthur Ranson

Pte 2176 William Ratcliffe

Pte 2225 Gilbert Ratcliffe

Pte 1147 James Ratcliffe

Sgt 1199 Thomas Ratcliffe

Pte 1380 Bernard Rawlings

Pte 1178 Matthew Redfern

Pte 2335 Harold Reeves

Pte 2239 Walter Revell

Cpl 1437 William Revell

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Pte 2206 John Richardson

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Pte 1789 Norman Richardson

Pte 1158 John Riley

Pte 1766 Arthur Riley

Pte 1383 Charles Irvine Rimmington

Cpl 1487 Ernest Rimington

Pte 2143 Herbert Roberts

Sgt 1989 William Roberts

Pte 1767 William Robertson

Pte 1382 Ernest Robinson

Pte 1681 Harry Robinson

Pte 1887 Mark Robinson

Pte 2178 George Robson

Pte 1715 Walter Roebuck

Sgt 2094 George Roebuck

Pte 2106 James Frederick Rogers

Pte 1479 Thomas Rogers

Pte 1222 John Rourke

L/Cpl 1957 James Rowbottom

Sgt 1190 Joseph Harrison Rowbottom

Cpl 1451 William Rowlands

Sgt 845 Albert Royle

Pte 1871 Joseph Rushton

Pte 1991 Arnold Rushforth

Pte 1595 William Rushworth

Pte 16 James Ryder

Pte 1803 James Ryder

Pte 2061 Hugh Davenport Ryding

A/Cpl 1677 Rupert Rylance

Pte 1619 Percy Sampson

Pte 2033 Harry Saxon

A/Cpl 1959 Wilfred Schofield

Pte 2031 John Scholes

Dmr 759 Samuel Scholes

Sgt 164 Alfred Scott

A/Col Sgt 1916 John Seddon

Pte 1927 Joseph Sellers

Pte 2134 Robert Senthouse

Cpl 113 Frank Shaw

Pte 282 George Shaw

Col Sgt 1326 Harold Shaw

Pte 2032 Joseph Shaw

Drm 1348 William Shaw

Pte 1450 George Shawcross

Cpl 174 John Henry Shawcross

Pte 2231 William Sheekey

Pte 1744 Anthony Sheridan

Pte 1354 William Shuttleworth

Pte 1742 Harry Sidebottom

Cpl 1588 William Sidebottom

Sgt 1358 George James Silvester

Pte 2096 John Slater

Pte 1985 Leonard Smart

Sgt 64 Alfred Smith

Pte 1695 Alfred Smith

Pte 1729 Harry Smith

Pte 2118 William Smith

Pte 1831 James Smith

Pte 1999 Albert Smith

Pte 1070 Charles Smith

Pte 1142 David Smith

Pte 1252 Ernest Smith

Pte 2083 Frank Smith

Pte 1554 Harold Smith

Pte 973 Harry Smith

Pte 1809 Isaiah Smith

Pte 1141 James Smith

Pte 1290 John Smith

Pte 2133 Joseph Smith

Pte 1137 Tom Smith

Cpl 1980 William Smith

Pte 1534 Alfred Edwin Snape

Sgt 287 Charles Spencer

Pte 1755 Edward Spragg

Cpl 1978 Arthur Spurrett

Cpl 124 Samuel Steele

Pte 2193 Sydney Stelfox

Pte 1428 Stanley Hayden Stephens

Pte 1338 George Harry Stewart

Pte 1373 Noel Williamson Stockdale

Pte 1317 James William Stockton

Pte 2089 Percy Stones

Sgt 41 James Stopford

Pte 1057 James Willie Stopford

Pte 1652 Richard Stott

Cqms 237 Henry Stringer

Pte 787 George William Stringer

Pte 1278 Alfred Edward Summersgill

Pte 1675 Alfred Sumner

Sgt 1808 Ernest Sutherland

Pte 1855 John Edward Swain

Pte 2067 Joseph Cunliffe Swindells

Pte 1753 Joseph Swinton

Pte 1514 Harry Sykes

Pte 1820 John Taggart

Cpl 121 John William Tasker

Pte 1127 Harry Taylor

Pte 1904 Joseph Edward Taylor

Pte 972 Samuel Taylor

Pte 1802 Francis Taylor

Pte 1910 Thomas Taylor

Sgt 1271 James Taylor

Pte 1709 James Taylor

Pte 1668 Joseph Taylor

Pte 1545 Norman Taylor

Pte 2050 Peter Taylor

Pte 1308 Thomas Taylor

Pte 781 Harry Taylor

Pte 1200 William Taylor

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Pte 1224 William Tempest

Pte 2012 John Robert Tetlow

Pte 1727 Robert Allen Lewis Thomas

Pte 2207 Ben Thompson

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Pte 1287 William Thornton

Pte 1718 David Thorpe

Pte 1974 James Henry Thorpe

Pte 3010 Thomas Edward Thorpe

Pte 1930 James Thwaites

Pte 1393 Percy Tilbury

Pte 1951 John Tindall

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Pte 2086 Timothy Tipton

Pte 1606 William Townley

Pte 1504 Albert Townsend

Sgt 156 James Townsend

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Pte 2161 James Travis

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Pte 1192 Harry Trunkfield

Pte 1720 Joe Trunkfield

L/Sgt236 George Turner

Pte 1402 Cephas Turner

Sgt 1277 John Charles Turner

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Pte 487 Joseph Turner

Pte 2155 Reuben Turner

Pte 1341 Thomas Tweedale

Sgt 427 Thompson Tym

Cpl 2010 John Tyson

Cpl 1306 Reuben Tyson

Cpl 243 Thomas Valentine

Pte 1796 Richard Varey

Pte 2218 George Vause

Pte 2079 John Vause

Pte 2014 Harold Vickers

Pte 515 William Vickers

Pte 1575 William Henry Viney

A/Wo Ii 1754 George Walker

Pte 2182 George Harry Walker

Pte 1557 Isaac Walker

Pte 1426 John Walker

Pte 1857 Robert Walker

Pte 2097 Harold Walsh

Pte 2242 John Walsh

Pte 1794 William Walton

Pte 2108 Charles Warburton

Pte 2078 Fred Ward

Pte 1812 Frank Warhurst

Pte 1642 Charles Warhurst

Cpl 712 Reginald Warner

Pte 2091 Harry Waterhouse

Pte 1673 Ronald Waters

Pte 1758 Percy Watson

Pte 1159 William Watson

Pte 2205 Charles Wells

Pte 1498 John Wharton

Pte 1629 Joseph Whipp

Pte 1825 Hugh Campbell White

Pte 596 Harry Whitehead

Pte 1209 Leonard Whitehead

Pte 2093 Edmund Whittaker

Pte 1608 Harry Whittaker

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Pte 1225 Joseph Harold A Whittaker

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Cpl 736 James Whittle

Pte 109 Samuel Charles Whitton

Pte 1649 Timothy Widdup

Pte 580 Walter Wild

Pte 1782 Alfred Wilde

Pte 1215 Joseph Wilde

Cpl 1669 Joseph Wilde

Pte 1868 Sidney Wilde

Pte 1852 Albert Wilkinson

Pte 1840 Earl Wilkinson

L/Cpl 1968 Arnold Willerton

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Pte 2018 William Williams

Pte 1785 Ernest Williamson

Col Sgt 257 John Williamson

Pte 1688 James Wilshaw

Pte 1771 William Wilson

Sgt 1550 Thomas Winded

Pte 1559 Andrew Winterbottom

Pte 1302 Harry Wolstenholme

Cpl 1486 Charles Ernest Wood

Pte 1226 Tom Goddard Wood

Wo II 1010 Sidney Wood

Dmr 2057 Stephen Wood

Pte 1331 William Hegenbottom Wood

Pte 2064 John Henry Woodcock

A/Cpl 1659 Percy Woodruff

Pte 1560 William Woods

Pte 2246 Albert Woodward

Pte 1700 Frederick Graham Worsley

Pte 1895 George Wright

Pte 1305 James Wright

Pte 2068 Albert Wrigley

Pte 1973 Joseph Wrigley

Pte 419 Frederick Oram Wyatt

Pte 2197 Samuel Yarwood

Pte 2156 James William Young

And the Officers landing that day, with the rank and seniority they held on landing, included:

Rank	Forename	Middle	Surname	Age
L. Col.	DOCTOR	HERBERT	WADE	50
Maj.	MICHAEL	HENRY	CONNERY	61
Maj.	RICHARD	BOTTOMLEY	NOWELL	35
Capt.	JOHN	ALFRED	DEARDEN	34
Maj.	THOMAS	EGBERT	HOWORTH	37
Capt.	HAROLD		SUGDEN	37
Capt.	FRANK		HAMER	35
Capt.	THOMAS	ALBERT	PLATT	35
Capt.	FRANK		WOODHOUSE	24
Capt.	GEORGE	HAROLD	O’KELL	37
Capt.	FREDERICK	WILLIAM	KERSHAW	29
Capt.	ERIC		RICHARDSON	25
Lt.	FREDERICK	ARTHUR	MAKIN	40
Lt.	GEORGE	WILLIAM	HANDFORTH	30
Lt.	HENRY	CHORLTON	SHAW	25
Lt.	ROBERT	GARTSIDE	WOOD	25
Lt.	WILLIAM	THOMAS	FORSHAW	25
Lt.	THOMAS	GRIMSHAW	HYDE	19
Lt.	JAMES	ALFRED	PARKER	?
Lt.	WILLIAM	HAMPSON	LILLIE	27
Lt.	OLIVER	JEPSON	SUTTON	33
2/Lt.	HUGH	GEORGE	SHATWELL	26
2/Lt	JOHN	MAYALL	WADE	20
2/Lt.	PHILLIP	SIDNEY	MARSDEN	21
2/Lt.	HAROLD	EDWARD	BUTTERWORTH	27
2/Lt.	CHARLES	EARSHAM	COOKE	19
2/Lt.	ALBERT	EDWARD	STRINGER	37
2/Lt.	JOHN		BROADBENT	42
2/Lt.	FRED		JONES	20
2/Lt.	ALLAN	HARRISON	HUDSON	20
2/Lt.	JOHN	MATLEY	ROBSON	23
2/Lt.	ARTHUR	WILLIAM FIELD	CONNERY	28
2/Lt.	WALTER	JAMES	ABLITT	23

Notes:

1. 2/Lt. J.M. Robson remained in Egypt commanding the base depot and did not land at Gallipoli until June 2, 1915.
2. Capt. F.W. Kershaw arrived with the Battalion at Gallipoli on May 9, 1915 but was immediately invalided to Malta due to sickness and did not rejoin them until June 20, 1915.
3. Major T. Frankish RAMC landed with the Battalion as their Medical Officer.

On May 11th, the 42nd Division received orders to take over the front line. The 9th Battalion, as part of the 126th East Lancashire Brigade, were now in reserve positions behind the (127th) Manchester Brigade and the (125th) Lancashire Fusilier Brigade.

The 1/9th went into the line on May 21st and remained there until the 26th. At this time, the “line” was actually three lines; the firing line, the redoubt line and the support line each one further back from the Turkish trenches. Divisional orders for the 126th Brigade were to advance the line by digging new trenches under cover of darkness.

On May 23, Lt. Col. DOCTOR HERBERT WADE, commanding officer of the 1/9^th, was shot by a sniper while stepping over some sleeping men. He was evacuated from the peninsula and did not return to the regiment until March 1916, when the Battalion was in Egypt. During his absence the 1/9^th went through half-a-dozen temporary C.O.s. Major RICHARD BOTTOMLEY NOWELL temporarily assumed command on the 23rd.

On the evening of May 23/24 the 1/5th East Lancs battalion on the right and the 1/9^th Manchesters in the center both advanced 100 yards by digging a series of rifle pits but the 1/10^th Manchesters on the left failed in their attempt. During the night’s digging 1358 L/Cpl. GEORGE JAMES SILVESTER saw that 1413 Pte. THOMAS PENNY had been wounded and brought him back to the trenches and then went back out and returned to digging even though he himself had been wounded.  Pte. PENNY died of his wounds in hospital in Malta two weeks later.

The following day, on May 24, 2/Lt. FRED JONES was shot and killed and became the first of the 1/9th Battalion’s Officers to die in Gallipoli. He would not be the last. Also on that day, Lt. Col. ARTHUR FREDERICK EGERTON, DSO (9th Royal Scots) took over command of the Battalion.

The 1/10th having failed to advance their line under cover of darkness were forced to try again during the day. The Divisional war diary reports that they were able to advance the firing line by 50 yards. The following day, on May 25, Lieut. ROBERT GARTSIDE WOOD brought back a wounded man of the 1/10th Manchesters but was seriously wounded in the leg. Evacuated by hospital ship to Malta, he declined to have his leg amputated en route, and surgeons managed to save it after two operations. Lieut. WOOD was awarded the Military Cross in November 1915 for his actions that day.

On May 25th, the designation of the Division was changed and as the 42nd East Lancashire Division it took precedence in numerical order over the other Territorial Divisions.

Meanwhile, on May 24, Lieutenant-General Sir Aylmer Gould Hunter-Weston was promoted to acting Lieutenant-General and placed in command of VIII Corps (29th Division, the Royal Naval Division, 42nd Division and the 49th Indian Infantry Brigade). On May 27 he issued orders to immediately and simultaneously advance the front line trenches across the whole of the British and French fronts to within assault distance (200 yards) of the Turkish trenches. This they mostly accomplished over the following days.

May Fatalities:

Rank	No.	Forename	MI	Surname	When	How
Pte.	1178	MATTHEW		REDFERN	23-May	DoW
Pte.	1524	JOHN	W	JENNEYS	23-May	DoW
Pte.	1809	ISAIAH		SMITH	28-May	DoW
Pte.	1690	ANDREW		GEE	30-May	KIA
Pte.	2175	FRANK	L	FAVIER	31-May	KIA
2/Lt.		FRED		JONES	24-May	KIA

Note: The primary difference between Killed in Action (KIA) and Died of Wounds (DoW) is that men designated as Died of Wounds were deaths recorded in the  medical evacuation chain rather than on the battlefield. Also note that some of the men listed as Killed in Action were actually Missing in Action and their bodies were never recovered or otherwise identified.

May Casualties:

Note: The list of Casualties provided here (and in the tables below for each month) is the list of men appearing in the Times of London daily casualty lists published throughout the following month. Anecdotal evidence from local newspaper reports indicate that many more men were wounded but they are not listed here.

Rank	No.	Forename	Middle	Surname
Pte.	555	WILLIAM		BARKER
Pte.	1837	JOHN	ROBERT	NIELD
Pte.	781	W		TAYLOR
Pte.	1727	ROBERT	ALLEN LEWIS	THOMAS

May Honors:

1358 L/Cpl. GEORGE JAMES SILVESTER, DCM
For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty on the Gallipoli Peninsula. Although wounded on 20th May 1915, he continued to perform his duties, and showed the highest courage on 25th May in aiding the wounded under fire. [Gazetted Sept 15, 1915]

Additionally, 1904 Pte. J. E. TAYLOR, 1155 Pte. W. BURKE and Lt. R. G. WOOD were all recommended for gallantry for their actions on May 25th. Pte. Burke carrying Lt. RG Wood from the trench to the Field Ambulance and Pte. Taylor rescuing another man while under fire. All three men were subsequently mentioned in despatches, as reported in the London Gazette of November 5, 1915.

June Operations:

Now that the 8^th Army Corps front line had been painstakingly moved closer to the Turkish front lines, orders were issued to attack them on June 4^th, the attack to be preceded by heavy artillery fire. This action was to become known as the Third Battle of Krithia.  This action and the subsequent operations in June resulted in the deaths of at least 110 Officers and men of the Battalion.

Context from Despatches:

This brings the narrative up to the day of the general attack upon the enemy’s front line of trenches which ran from the west of the Kereves Dere in a northerly direction to the sea. Taking our line of battle from right to left the troops were deployed in the following order: -The Corps Expeditionnaire, the Royal Naval Division, the 42nd (East Lancs) Division and the 29th Division. The length of the front, so far as the British troops were concerned, was rather over 4,000 yards, and the total infantry available amounted to 24,000 men.

On the stroke of noon the artillery increased their range and along the whole line the infantry fixed bayonets and advanced. The assault was immediately successful.

The attack, timed for 3 p.m., was twice postponed at the request of General Gouraud, who finally reported that he would be unable to advance again that day with any prospect of success. By 6.30 p.m., therefore, the 42nd Division had to be extricated with loss from the second line Turkish trenches, and had to content themselves with consolidating on the first line which they had captured within five minutes of commencing the attack.

Although we had been forced to abandon so much of the ground gained in the first rush, the net result of the day’s operations was considerable- namely, an advance of 200 to 400 yards along the whole of our centre, a front of nearly 3 miles.

The Manchester Brigade of the 42nd Division advanced magnificently. In five minutes the first line of Turkish trenches were captured, and by 12.30 p.m. the Brigade had carried with a rush the line forming their second objective, having made an advance of 600 yards in all. The working parties got to work without incident, and the position here could not possibly have been better.

By 1.30 p.m. the whole of the captured trenches in this section had been lost again, and the Brigade was back in its original position, the ”Collingwood” Battalion, which had gone forward in support, having been practically destroyed. The question was now whether this rolling up of the newly captured line from the right would continue until the whole of our gains were wiped out. It looked very like it, for now the enfilade fire of the Turks began to fall upon the Manchester Brigade of the 42nd Division, which was firmly consolidating the furthest distant line of trenches it had so brilliantly won. After 1.30 p.m. it became increasingly difficult for this gallant Brigade to hold its ground. Heavy casualties occurred; the Brigadier and many other officers were wounded or killed; yet it continued to hold out with the greatest tenacity and grit.

The 1/9th went into the line on June 3rd and remained there until they were relieved on June 22nd.

June 7th:

The result of the recent actions were that on the morning of June 7^th the 125^th Brigade reported that the 1/6 Lancs Fusiliers were not able to be relieved due to a Turkish machine gun flanking their position. The Brigade proposed an attack, supported by artillery, along a line from the S.E. corner of the Vineyard to the Western Nullah. The objective of the 1/9^th in the center was to capture trench G.11.

After dark on 7th June 100 men of C company of the 9th Battalion, along with two Companies of the Chatham Battalion of the Royal Marine Light Infantry, Royal Naval Division engaged in a frontal assault of the Turkish front line trenches. Although the 9th battalion succeeded in taking the Turkish trench, the Royal Naval Division failed to achieve their objective. Consequently, the 1/9^th had to relinquish the trenches they had just captured at dawn.

Capt. GEORGE HAROLD OKELL and Lieut. ALBERT EDWARD STRINGER led the charge against one trench, and Capt. FRANK HAMER and 2/Lieut. JOHN (JACK) MAYALL WADE against the other trench. Capt. HAMER fell before reaching the trench. Lieut. STRINGER succeeded in reaching the trench but was subsequently killed by the enfilading fire from a machine gun. At least 20 men were killed and many more wounded.

Context from Despatches (Continued):

From the date of this battle to the end of the month of June the incessant attacks and counter-attacks which have so grievously swelled our lists of casualties have been caused by the determination of the Turks to regain ground they had lost, a determination clashing against our firm resolve to continue to increase our holding. Several of these daily encounters would have been the subject of a separate despatch in the campaigns of my youth and middle age, but, with due regard to proportion, they cannot even be so much as mentioned here.

On June 9th 2/Lt. PHILIP SIDNEY MARSDEN was reported wounded and on June 12, 2/Lt. ALLAN HARRISON HUDSON was reported missing (later reported to have been killed). Three days later Major MICHAEL HENRY CONNERY, the Battalion’s Quarter Master was slightly wounded when a Turkish shell hit his dug-out.

June 18:

An attack was planned to retake trench H.11 which had been partially re-taken by the Turks.  However, 30 minutes before the attack the Turks heavily shelled the position causing the 88^th Brigade to withdraw from the left.  The allied attack was repulsed by the Turks who were already massed in the trenches for their own attack. They then counter-attacked causing trenches H.10 and H.11 to be entirely lost along with one machine gun and one trench mortar.

The initial attack was undertaken by B Company and included 2/Lt. JOHN MAYALL WADE and 2/Lt. ARTHUR WILLIAM FIELD CONNERY of C Company who had both volunteered to join them. Capt. HAROLD SUGDEN lead the attack and was mortally wounded. 2/Lt. WADE was seen jumping into a Turkish trench with six men and was never seen again.

The Turkish counter-attack was against a trench held by some men of C Company along with men of the 1/10th Manchesters. By the end of the fighting 2 Officers and 30 men had been killed, with dozens more wounded.

On June 22, 2/Lt. EDWARD BALMFORD and 16 men arrived from England, the first reinforcements to do so. An additional four men arriving on the 25^th.

The Battalion left the line on June 22nd but the next day the bivouac was heavily shelled requiring the 1/9^th to move a further 600 yards back to their old bivouac but not before 9 men had been wounded. This just after they had suffered so heavily in the line.

June Fatalities:

Rank	No.	1st Name	MI	Surname	When	How
Pte.	1405	JOHN		DALEY	1-Jun	Fever
Sgt.	469	HARRY		ILLINGWORTH	5-Jun	KIA
Pte.	1401	EDWARD		HODGKISS	5-Jun	KIA
Pte.	1606	WILLIAM		TOWNLEY	5-Jun	KIA
Pte.	1866	JOSEPH		BELL	5-Jun	KIA
Pte.	2216	ABRAHAM		HARE	5-Jun	KIA
Pte.	1413	THOMAS		PENNY	6-Jun	DoW
Sgt.	76	JAMES		LAWTON	7-Jun	KIA
Sgt.	1125	NOEL	D	BRAITHWAITE	7-Jun	KIA
Pte.	1210	JOHN	A	CRANE	7-Jun	KIA
Pte.	1215	JOSEPH		WILDE	7-Jun	KIA
Pte.	1321	GEORGE	W	HUDSON	7-Jun	DoW
Pte.	1339	JAMES	W	DALEY	7-Jun	KIA
Pte.	1382	ERNEST		ROBINSON	7-Jun	KIA
Pte	1384	THOMAS	L	EVANS	7-Jun	KIA
Pte.	1542	FRED		McDONNELL	7-Jun	KIA
Pte.	1859	EDDY		HEINEMANN	7-Jun	KIA
Pte.	1860	GEORGE	F	CAIN	7-Jun	KIA
Pte.	1896	THOMAS		HARDMAN	7-Jun	KIA
Pte.	2009	FRANK		MYCOCK	7-Jun	KIA
Pte.	2012	JOHN		TETLOW	7-Jun	KIA
Pte.	2050	PETER		TAYLOR	7-Jun	KIA
Pte.	2061	HUGH		RYDING	7-Jun	KIA
Pte.	2068	ALBERT		WRIGLEY	7-Jun	KIA
Cpl.	2121	ROBERT		HANDLEY	7-Jun	KIA
Pte.	2126	JAMES		MARTIN	7-Jun	KIA
L/Cpl.	2141	JOSEPH	R	BERTENSHAW	7-Jun	KIA
Cpl.	1734	HERBERT	W	MATTHEWS	8-Jun	KIA
Pte.	1775	WILLIAM		POSTLE	8-Jun	DoW
Pte.	2085	MATTHEW		BAILEY	8-Jun	DoW
L/Cpl.	1000	JAMES		EARNSHAW	9-Jun	KIA
Pte.	1354	WILLIAM		SHUTTLEWORTH	9-Jun	KIA
Pte.	1380	BERNARD		RAWLINGS	9-Jun	KIA
L/Cpl.	1415	WILLIAM		MASON	9-Jun	KIA
Pte.	1760	JAMES	H	COOPER	9-Jun	DoW
Pte.	1796	RICHARD		VAREY	9-Jun	Died
Pte.	1390	ALBERT		HAGUE	11-Jun	DoW
Pte.	1546	JOHN		FINNIGAN	11-Jun	KIA
Pte.	2238	JOHN		LOVE	11-Jun	KIA
Pte.	2193	SYDNEY		STELFOX	12-Jun	KIA
Pte.	1652	RICHARD		STOTT	13-Jun	DoW
Pte.	1746	JOHN		CHAPMAN	13-Jun	Fever
Pte.	2003	FRANK		BALLARD	13-Jun	KIA
Pte.	2151	WILLIAM	H	FODEN	13-Jun	KIA
Pte.	2192	JOHN		JONES	13-Jun	KIA
Pte.	1044	THOMAS		GORMAN	14-Jun	KIA
Pte.	1488	RICHARD		BURGESS	14-Jun	KIA
Pte.	1855	JOHN	E	SWAIN	14-Jun	Died
Pte.	555	WILLIAM		BARKER	15-Jun	DoW
L/Cpl.	1152	JOHN	G	BLANDFORD	16-Jun	KIA
L/Cpl.	1484	JOHN	W	HUGHES	16-Jun	Fever
Pte.	1660	HAROLD		GARTSIDE	16-Jun	KIA
Sgt.	1128	HARRY		EARLE	17-Jun	KIA
Pte.	1278	ALFRED	E	SUMMERSGILL	17-Jun	DoW
Pte.	1851	WILLIAM		MATHER	17-Jun	KIA
Pte.	1853	HENRY		LEWIS	18-Jun	KIA
Pte.	1927	JOSEPH		SELLERS	18-Jun	KIA
Cpl.	508	HARRY		GIBSON	19-Jun	KIA
Pte.	932	WILLIE	H	HAMER	19-Jun	KIA
Pte.	1070	CHARLES		SMITH	19-Jun	KIA
Pte	1137	TOM		SMITH	19-Jun	KIA
Pte.	1154	HAROLD		COOKE	19-Jun	KIA
Pte.	1169	HERBERT		HOPKINS	19-Jun	KIA
Sgt.	1171	GEORGE		EYRE	19-Jun	KIA
Pte.	1263	ALBERT		MARLAND	19-Jun	KIA
Pte.	1269	OLIVER		JONES	19-Jun	KIA
L/Cpl.	1289	GERALD		MASSEY	19-Jun	KIA
L/Cpl.	1377	FRANK		OLDFIELD	19-Jun	KIA
Pte.	1426	JOHN		WALKER	19-Jun	KIA
Pte.	1427	SAMUEL		KELLETT	19-Jun	KIA
Pte.	1428	STANLEY	H	STEPHENS	19-Jun	KIA
Pte.	1466	FRED		HANSON	19-Jun	KIA
Pte.	1569	JOHN		BATES	19-Jun	KIA
Pte.	1601	WALTER		CLEGG	19-Jun	KIA
Pte.	1684	EDWARD		JONES	19-Jun	KIA
Pte.	1698	JAMES		BROUGH	19-Jun	KIA
Pte.	1700	FREDERICK	G	WORSLEY	19-Jun	KIA
Pte.	1736	WILLIAM		PRIDHAM	19-Jun	KIA
Pte.	1740	JOSHUA		BENNETT	19-Jun	KIA
Pte.	1742	HARRY		SIDEBOTTOM	19-Jun	KIA
Pte.	1803	JAMES		RYDER	19-Jun	KIA
Pte.	1807	HENRY		ELLIOTT	19-Jun	KIA
Pte.	1862	FRANK		JACKSON	19-Jun	KIA
Pte.	1872	HARRY		OGDEN	19-Jun	DoW
Pte.	1886	ALBERT		BENDEL	19-Jun	KIA
Pte.	1917	FRED		LEE	19-Jun	DoW
L/Cpl.	2075	HARRY		GIBSON	19-Jun	KIA
Pte.	2170	GEORGE		NOONAN	19-Jun	Died
Pte.	1708	PERCY		POULSTON	20-Jun	Died
Pte.	1711	SIDNEY		OGDEN	20-Jun	DoW
Pte.	2043	JOHN		BROADBENT	20-Jun	DoW
Pte.	2161	JAMES		TRAVIS	20-Jun	DoW
Pte.	1195	THOMAS		DORAN	21-Jun	DoW
Pte.	1786	JOHN		COFFEY	21-Jun	DoW
Pte.	2133	JOSEPH		SMITH	21-Jun	KIA
Pte.	2183	EPHRAIM		MARGRAVE	24-Jun	DoW
Pte.	1375	BEN		CUSICK	25-Jun	Fever
Pte.	1758	PERCY		WATSON	25-Jun	Died
Pte.	1768	MAURICE		BARKER	25-Jun	KIA
Pte.	1785	ERNEST		WILLIAMSON	25-Jun	KIA
Cpl.	1920	WILLIAM		MITCHESON	26-Jun	DoW
L/Cpl.	1769	HERBERT		BARRATT	28-Jun	DoW
Pte.	1298	ENOCH		MARTYN	29-Jun	DoW
Pte.	2066	JAMES		CROMPTON	30-Jun	DoW

Rank	Forename	Middle	Surname	Died	Cause
Capt.	FRANK		HAMER	07-Jun	KiA
Lt.	ALBERT	EDWARD	STRINGER	07-Jun	KiA
Lt.	ALLAN	HARRISON	HUDSON	13-Jun	KiA
2/Lt	JOHN	MAYALL	WADE	18-Jun	KiA
Capt.	HAROLD		SUGDEN	20-Jun	DoW

June Casualties:

Rank	No	First	Middle	Surname
Pte.	339	MATHEW	JAMES	BUCKLEY
Pte.	2006	JAMES		CRAGG
Pte.	1192	HARRY		TRUNKFIELD
Pte.	2179	ERNEST	SPENCER	EVANS
Pte.	2132	JAMES	EDWARD R	GREENWOOD
Pte.	1848	JOSEPH		ABBOTT
Pte.	2081	WALTER		BLAKE
Pte.	1374	JOE		DUTTON
Pte.	1745	WILLIAM	HENRY	HALL
Pte.	1891	JOSEPH		JACKSON
Pte.	1607	ERIC		LISTER
Pte.	2152	RICHARD		LONGSDEN
Pte.	1675	ALFRED		SUMNER
Pte.	1358	GEORGE	JAMES	SILVESTER
Pte.	1570	WILLIAM		ANDREWS
Pte.	1993	FRED		ASPINALL
Pte.	1496	JOHN		BULLOCK
Pte.	1535	JOHN	HENRY	CONNOLLY
Pte.	2123	THOMAS	EDWARD	GARSIDE
Pte.	1706	JAMES		HILL
Pte.	1389	CHARLES		KENNA
Pte.	1988	RICHARD		MASSEY
Pte.	2226	THOMAS		PATTISON
Pte.	2032	JOSEPH		SHAW
Pte.	1127	HARRY		TAYLOR
Pte.	1951	JOHN		TINDALL
Sgt.	236	GEORGE		TURNER
L/Sgt.	1010	SIDNEY		WOOD
Pte.	2243	HAROLD		HODGIN
Pte.	1884	ALFRED		DIXON
Pte.	1473	GEORGE	HENRY	LAMB
Pte.	1148	JOHN		MUTTER
Pte.	1545	NORMAN		TAYLOR
Pte.	1857	ROBERT		WALKER
Pte.	1544	JOHN		BURGESS
Pte.	1945	WILLIAM		FIELDER
Sgt. Mjr.	2716	JOSEPH		FOWLER
Pte.	2128	FRED		KENWORTHY
Pte.	1674	CHARLES	ARTHUR	MIDDLETON
Pte.	1068	PETER		NOLAN
Pte.	1789	NORMAN		RICHARDSON
Pte.	1715	WALTER		ROEBUCK
Dmr.	1348	WILLIAM		SHAW
Pte.	1200	WILLIAM		TAYLOR
Pte.	1998	SAMUEL		ARMITAGE
Pte.	1733	THOMAS		HUGHES
Pte.	2198	HARRY		OGDEN
Pte.	1487	ERNEST		RIMINGTON
Pte.	1681	HARRY		ROBINSON
Pte.	1592	EDWARD		ALLOTT
Pte.	1516	ERNEST		BARLOW
Pte.	1236	BENSON		BARRATT
Pte.	1293	THOMAS		BELL
Pte.	1655	RICHARD		BOON
Pte.	1625	ARTHUR		BURN
Pte.	1873	THOMAS		CARTER
Pte.	1066	TOM		GARLICK
Pte.	2019	WILLIAM		GASKELL
Pte.	1623	JAMES		GREENHALGH
Pte.	2120	ARTHUR	CECIL	HIRST
Pte.	23	TOM	LMA	LEE
Pte.	2204	JAMES		McCARTHY
Pte.	1643	SAMUEL		NEWTON
Pte.	174	JOHN	HENRY	SHAWCROSS
Pte.	973	HARRY		SMITH
Pte.	1137	TOM		SMITH
Pte.	1300	JOHN		KINSELLA
Pte.	2029	JAMES	ROBERT	OGDEN
Pte.	1799	HAROLD		ABBOTT
Pte.	1521	JAMES		ATHERTON
L/Cpl.	1156	FRANK		BARKER
Pte.	1604	WILLIAM	HENRY	CORLETT
Pte.	2036	ALBERT		COMMERFORD
Pte.	1748	WILLIAM		HIGGINBOTTOM
Pte.	1182	JAMES		HOPWOOD
Pte.	1212	THOMAS		HOLDEN
Pte.	2183	EPHRAIM		MARGRAVE
Pte.	288	JOHN		PHILLIPS
Pte.	2208	GEORGE	ALMA	PRICE
Pte.	2004	THOMAS	HENRY	RAMSBOTTOM
Pte.	1668	JOSEPH		TAYLOR
Pte.	1649	TIMOTHY		WIDDUP

July Operations:

July was a month of consolidation for the 42^nd Division. The 1/9^th were in the trenches from July 2 to July 18, then going to bivouac at divisional reserve.  However, the number of deaths due to sickness and disease started to rise.

On July 2,  four new Officers arrived and were assigned to the 1/9^th; Lt. ARTHUR CLAUDE VYVYAN-ROBINSON, (10th South Lancs Regiment), Lt. SAMUEL PORTER, Lt. JOHN KNOWLES and 2/Lt. HARRY YORSTON DIXON all of the 11^th Yorks and Lancs Regiment. Lt. PORTER and 2/Lt. DIXON were assigned to C company.

C company lost two Officers in early July.  On July 5^th 2/Lt. ARTHUR WILLIAM FIELD CONNERY was badly wounded in the mouth by shrapnel and went to hospital. Shortly after, on July 7^th, 2/Lt. JOHN MATLEY ROBSON went to hospital with fever and died of enteric fever on July 17 in Egypt.

On July 10 2/Lieut. OLIVER JEPSON SUTTON and 969 Sgt. HARRY GRANTHAM made a reconnaissance at night, using string to measure their distance from their trench, and discovered that the Turks were digging to the S.E. of trench G12. They repeated their reconnaissance the following night to verify their observations.

On July 14, the recently arrived, 2/Lt. HARRY YORSTON DIXON was killed by shrapnel during an advance by 52^nd Division and 2/Lt. EDWARD BALMFORD and 15 men were wounded. Two weeks later, on July 27, Lt. JOHN KNOWLES and 14 men were wounded.

On July 23, reinforcements arrived from England for all Infantry units of the 42^nd Division. The 1/9^th received 5 Officers and 222 men. The Officers arriving that day were:

Lt. DOUGLAS BUCHANAN STEPHENSON
2/Lt. WILLIAM MARSDEN BARRATT
2/Lt. SYDNEY WILLIAM RUTTENAU
2/Lt. HARDOLD INGHAM
2/Lt. WILLIAM GILBERT GREENWOOD

July Fatalities:

Rank	No.	1st Name	MI	Surname	When	How
Pte.	2202	JACK		HAGUE	03-Jul	Fever
Pte.	1457	JOHN		BRADY	09-Jul	Fever
Pte.	419	FREDERICK	O	WYATT	12-Jul	DoW
Sgt.	1271	JAMES		TAYLOR	12-Jul	DoW
Pte.	1501	GEORGE		MARKHAM	12-Jul	KIA
Pte.	1922	EDWARD		KELLY	12-Jul	KIA
Pte.	1218	JAMES		HOLLINGWORTH	14-Jul	Fever
Pte.	1688	JAMES		WILSHAW	15-Jul	KIA
Pte.	2207	BEN		THOMPSON	15-Jul	Died
L/Cpl.	1957	JAMES		ROWBOTTOM	18-Jul	Died
Sgt.	31	THOMAS		LOMAS	22-Jul	KIA
Pte.	1557	ISAAC		WALKER	22-Jul	KIA
Pte.	1787	FRED		JONES	26-Jul	DoW
L/Cpl.	1155	WILLIAM		BURKE	28-Jul	Fever
Lt.		JOHN	M	ROBSON	17-Jul	Fever

July Casualties:

Rank	No.	Forename	Middle	Surname
Pte.	1972	GEORGE		BARRATT
QMS	5	GEORGE		BOOCOCK
Pte.	1576	WILLIAM	PETER	BRIERLEY
Pte.	2138	JAMES	GARSIDE	BROADHURST
L/Cpl.	1665	HARRY		BYROM
Pte.	2036	ALBERT		COMMERFORD
Cpl.	1120	THOMAS		FORREST
Cpl.	2127	SIDNEY		GARSIDE
Pte.	379	THOMAS		GHENTY
Pte.	1369	ALBERT		GIBSON
Pte.	1368	WILLIE		GIBSON
Pte.	1909	WILLIAM	SIMPSON	HALL
Pte.	2160	THOMAS		JACKSON
Pte.	1334	CHARLES		LEE
Pte.	2013	ARTHUR		LILLEY
Sgt.	1310	HERBERT		MORRIS
Pte.	512	JOHN		MORGAN
L/Cpl.	1313	JAMES	WILLIAM	RAMSDALE
Pte.	1271	JAMES		TAYLOR
Pte.	2086	TIMOTHY		TIPTON
Pte.	1688	JAMES		WILSHAW
Pte.	1150	FRED		ARMITAGE
Pte.	680	THOMAS		HARGREAVES
Pte.	1954	JAMES	ALBERT	TRUEMAN
Pte.	1597	ERNEST		HAWKRIDGE
Pte.	1388	WILFRED		LOCKWOOD
Pte.	1755	EDWARD		SPRAGG
Pte.	2197	SAMUEL		YARDWOOD
Pte.	2018	WILLIAM		WILLIAMS

July Honors:

969 Sgt. HARRY GRANTHAM, DCM
For conspicuous gallantry and ability south of Krithia, Gallipoli Peninsula, on 10th and 11th July 1915, when making a reconnaissance of the enemy’s new trenches under very dangerous circumstances. He gained valuable information and located the hostile positions. [Gazetted Sept 15, 1915].

Capt. OLIVER JEPSON SUTTON, MC
The War Diary for the 1/9th Battalion notes that both Sgt. GRANTHAM and Capt. SUTTON were congratulated by the Division Major-General for their reconnaisance work.  Capt. SUTTON was subsequently awarded the Military Cross. [Gazetted Feb 1, 1916].

August Operations:

August saw the Battalion heavily engaged in the Battle of Krithia Vineyard from the 7th – 9th August and the rigours of front line trench warfare throughout the rest of the month.

Context from Despatches:

Once the date was decided a certain amount of ingenuity had to be called into play so as to divert the attention of the enemy from my main strategical conception. This-I repeat for the sake of clearness-was: –
(1) To break out with a rush from Anzac and cut off the bulk of the Turkish Army from land communication with Constantinople.
(2) To gain such a command for my artillery as to cut off the bulk of the Turkish Army, from sea traffic whether with Constantinople or with Asia.
(3) Incidentally, to secure Suvla Bay as a winter base for Anzac and all the troops operating in the northern theatre.
My schemes for hoodwinking the Turks fell under two heads: First, strategical diversions, meant to draw away enemy reserves not yet committed to the peninsula. Secondly, tactical diversions meant to hold up enemy reserves already on the peninsula.

But upon the 6th of August attacks in the south were only to form a subsidiary part of one great concerted attack. Anzac was to deliver the knock-down blow; Helles and Suvla were complementary operations.

As the aim of my action in this southern zone was to advance if I could, but in any case to contain the enemy and prevent him reinforcing to the northwards, I persevered on the 7th with my plans, notwithstanding the counter-attack of the Turks which was actually in progress.

On the right and on the centre the first enemy line was captured, and small parties pushed on to the second line, where they were unable to maintain themselves for long. On the, left but little ground was gained, and by 11a.m. what little had been taken had been relinquished. But in the centre a stiff battle raged all day up and down a vineyard some 200 yards long by 100 yards broad on the west of the Krithia road. A large portion of the vineyard had been captured in the first dash, and the East Lancashire men in this part of the field gallantly stood their ground here against a succession of vigorous counter-attacks.

Two specially furious counter-attacks were delivered by the Turks on the 8th August, one at 4.40 a.m. and another at 8.30 p.m., where again our bayonets were too much for them. Throughout the night they made continuous bomb attacks, but the 6th Lancashire Fusiliers and the 4th East Lancashire Regiment stuck gamely to their task at the eastern corner of the vineyard. There was desperate fighting also at the northern corner, where the personal bravery of Lieutenant W. T. Forshaw, 1/9th Manchester Regiment who stuck to his post after his detachment had been relieved (an act for which he has since been awarded the V.C.), was largely instrumental in the repulse of three very determined onslaughts.

The 1/9th went into the trenches on Aug 7, remaining there until Aug 13, and were divided into two separate groups.

On Aug 7, Lt. SAMUEL PORTER was mortally wounded and Major RICHARD BOTTOMLEY NOWELL and Lt. OLIVER JEPSON SUTTON were both wounded.

On Aug 22 a draft of 4 Officers and 145 men (formerly of the 2/9th Battalion) arrived from England as reinforcements for the 1/9^th. The Officers arriving that day were:

2/Lt. PERCY ASPDEN WOODHOUSE
2/Lt. HAROLD HARRISON KNIGHT
2/Lt. PERCY AINSWORTH
Hon Lt. JOSEPH MICHAEL CONNERY*

* Another son of Major M.H. CONNERY the Battalion’s Quarter Master.

August Fatalities:

Rank	No.	1st Name	MI	Surname	When	How
Lt.		SAMUEL		PORTER	7-Aug	DoW
Pte.	1850	WILLIAM		NUTTALL	7-Aug	KIA
Pte.	2946	WILLIAM	B	FORRESTER	7-Aug	KIA
Pte.	745	ARNOLD		BOOTH	8-Aug	KIA
Pte.	1189	HAROLD		NEWTON	8-Aug	KIA
Pte.	1324	JAMES	S	MILLAR	8-Aug	KIA
Pte.	1568	ALBERT	V	GODDING	8-Aug	KIA
Pte.	2089	PERCY		STONES	8-Aug	KIA
Pte.	2514	ALFRED		MOLYNEUX	8-Aug	KIA
Pte.	2742	JAMES		SPEDDINGS	8-Aug	KIA
Pte.	2971	ALBERT	G	HARLING	8-Aug	KIA
Pte.	1999	ALBERT		SMITH	9-Aug	KIA
Pte.	2330	HAROLD		CHADWICK	9-Aug	KIA
Pte.	2616	JOHN		BARDSLEY	9-Aug	DoW
Pte.	2182	GEORGE	H	WALKER	11-Aug	Died
Pte.	1342	HERBERT		BRADBURY	12-Aug	KIA
L/Cpl.	1423	ALBERT		BURGESS	12-Aug	DoW
Pte.	2095	JOHN	J	O’CONNOR	12-Aug	KIA
Pte.	1252	ERNEST		SMITH	13-Aug	KIA
Pte.	2625	JAMES		WALKER	13-Aug	KIA
Pte.	2718	BENJAMIN		SHATWELL	13-Aug	DoW
Pte.	1863	WILLIAM		ADSHEAD	15-Aug	DoW
Pte.	1535	JOHN	H	CONNOLLY	16-Aug	DoW
Pte.	2941	JAMES	H	BROWN	26-Aug	DoW
Pte.	1314	JOHN	W	ANDREWS	29-Aug	DoW
Pte.	2195	HARRY		KENYON	29-Aug	KIA
Pte.	1402	CEPHAS		TURNER	30-Aug	DoW

August Casualties:

Rank	No.	Forename	Middle	Surname
Pte.	2109	JAMES		JOYCE
Pte.	1305	JAMES		WRIGHT
Pte.	1300	JOHN		KINSELLA
Pte.	1570	WILLIAM		ANDREWS
Pte.	3118	WILLIAM		BOOTH
Pte.	3048	SAMUEL		CASE
Pte.	1294	FRANK		CHEVALIER
Pte.	1353	JOHN	WILLIAM	DODD
Pte.	1770	BEN	G	DRANSFIELD
Pte.	2994	ERNEST	GEORGE	ELLIS
L/Cpl.	1627	GEORGE		FRATER
L/Cpl.	3016	GEORGE		FULLARD
Cpl.	2049	CHARLES	WILLIAM	GIBSON
Pte.	2328	WILLIAM	S	GODDARD
Pte.	1936	ARTHUR	SAMUEL	GROSVENOR
Pte.	1397	JOHN		HANSON
Pte.	2345	ALFRED		HARDING
Pte.	1656	EDWARD		HENNESSY
Pte.	1470	THOMAS		HEWITT
Pte.	1829	JOHN	WILLIAM	JUBB
Pte.	2102	DAVID		KIRK
Pte.	2694	JOSEPH		MANCLARK
Pte.	2702	SAMUEL		MATLEY
L/Cpl.	1553	HAROLD		MORRIS
L/Cpl.	1133	ALBERT		MULLEN
Pte.	2341	PERCY		NICHOLSON
Pte.	2227	THOMAS		ORMESHER
Pte.	2605	ERNEST		SHAW
Pte.	1831	JAMES		SMITH
Pte.	1727	ROBERT	ALLEN LEWIS	THOMAS
Pte.	2014	HAROLD		VICKERS
Pte.	3066	WILLIAM		WALKER
Pte.	2260	THOMAS		WELLENS
Pte.	1895	GEORGE		WRIGHT
Pte.	2186	PERCY		BORWICK
Pte.	2465	HARRY		CHAPMAN
Pte.	1511	ALFRED		CLEGG
Pte.	1536	LEWIS	LOGSON	GRIMSHAW
Pte.	1952	HAROLD		HARGREAVES
Pte.	2107	ABEL		HUGHES
Pte.	1662	HARRY		OWEN
Pte.	1682	ERNEST		PEPPER
Pte.	2249	WILLIAM		RABY
L/Sgt.	1978	ARTHUR		SPURRETT
Pte.	2382	ARTHUR		STALEY
Pte.	1317	JAMES	WILLIAM	STOCKTON
Pte.	1820	JOHN		TAGGART
Pte.	2985	ROBERT		THEWLIS
Pte.	2485	FRANK		CUMMINS
Pte.	2831	WILLIAM	THOMAS	LOMAS
Pte.	1539	MATHEW		SHEA
Pte.	2808	WILLIAM		WOOD
Pte.	1863	WILLIAM		ADSHEAD
Pte.	2434	REGINALD		BENNETT
Pte.	1448	JOHN		HALL
Pte.	1381	ERNEST		LOWNDS
Pte.	2244	ABEL		ROBINSON
Pte.	1305	JAMES		WRIGHT

August Honors:

Lt. WILLIAM THOMAS FORSHAW, VC
For most conspicuous bravery and determination in the Gallipoli Peninsula from 7th to 9th August, 1915.  When holding the north-west corner of the “Vineyard” he was attacked and heavily bombed by Turks, whoi advanced time after time by three trenches which converged at this point, but he held his own, not only directing his men and encouraging them by by exposing himself with the utmost disregard to danger, but personally throwing bombs continuously for 41 hours. When his detachment was relieved after 24 hours he volunteered to continue the direction of operations.  At three times during the night of 8-9th August he was again heavily attacked, and once the Turks got over the barricade, but, after shooting three with his revolver. he led his men forward and recaptured it. When he rejoined his Battalion he was choked and sickened by bomb fumes, badly bruised by a fragment of shrapnel, and could barely lift his arm from continuous bomb throwing. It was due to his personal example, magnificent courage and endurance that this very important corner was held. [Gazetted Sept 9, 1915]

180 Cpl. SAMUEL BAYLEY, DCM
For conspicuous bravery on the 7th and 9th August 1915, at Cape Helles (Dardenelles), Cpl. BAYLEY remained with Lt. FORSHAW, VC; holding a barricade for forty-one hours continuously. On the evening of 8th August his party was relieved by another unit, but he volunteered to remain on. He displayed the greatest gallantry and endurance under the most trying circumstances in repelling many severe attacks, and when the barricade was at last broken through he was the foremost in the successful counter-attack, led by Lt. FORSHAW, which regained it, and finally retained it. On being ultimately relieved he was utterly exhausted by his arduous and gallant work of bomb-throwing. [Gazetted Nov 16, 1915]

2148 L/Cpl. STANLEY PEARSON, DCM
For conspicuous gallantry on the 7th and 8th August 1915, at Gallipoli, when acting as a look-out man and sniper. He displayed great bravery and skill and although enfiladed from both flanks he remained at his post and by his example gave great encouragement to all with him. [Gazetted March 11, 1916]

2103 L/Cpl. THOMAS PICKFORD, DCM
For conspicuous gallantry on the 8th August, 1915, at Gallipoli, when he rallied his party, which had been driven back by bombs in the Barricade of the Vineyard, and by his bravery and example was largely instrumental in saving a precarious position. [Gazetted March 11, 1916]

1347 Pte. REGINALD POTTS
On August 12, Pte. POTTS volunteered to join the bombing party of the 1/4th East Lancashire Regiment and subsequently was issued a Congratulatory Card for gallantry. [War Diary Aug 26th]

2/Lt. CHARLES EARSHAM COOKE, MC
The Battalion War Diary notes that the Brigadier-General of the 126th Brigade personally congratulated the commanding officer of the 1/9th Manchesters on the gallant behavior of Lt. FORSHAW, 2/Lt. COOKE and the 2 platoons under them. 2/Lt. COOKE was subsequently awarded the Military Cross. [Gazetted Feb 1, 1916]

September Operations:

September brought a welcome relief from the intense fighting of previous months but for the first time the number of sick exceeded those of the killed and wounded.  As the number of men reporting sick increased, the 126th Brigade began to record the numbers of sick per Battalion, starting on September 14th. In the second half of September 104 men of the 1/9th went onto the sick list.

On Sept 1, Capt. FRANK WOODHOUSE went to hospital sick.

On the evening of Sept 2, Lt. ARTHUR CLAUDE VYVYAN-ROBINSON and a party of 14 men were detailed to dig a trench joining the current Firing Line with the Northern Barricade. As they made their way in the dark they lost their bearings, going too far East, and were fired on by the Royal Naval Division.  Lt. VYVYAN-ROBINSON was wounded, one man was reported missing and three were wounded. A court of enquiry was held and the details passed to the Division.

The next day, on Sept 3 at around 2pm, the Turks exploded a mine right under a sap known as FOUR HOLE POST in the Firing Line where the 1/9th were located. The explosion destroyed the Sap and 12 yards of the Firing Line, killing 2 men and wounding 3 others. Four additional men were extracted suffering from shock.

On Sept 10 Lt. Col. ROBERT WORGAN FALCON, temporary commanding officer of the 1/9th reported sick. He was replaced the next day by Major RODERICK LIVINGSTONE LEES of the 1/6 Lancs Fusiliers who had distinguished himself in August at the Battle of Krithia Vineyard.

The 1/9th went into the trenches on September 18th and remained there until October 1st.  A few days later on Sept 20 Capt. GEORGE WILLIAM HANDFORTH reported sick. He was quickly followed by Lt. WILLIAM GILBERT GREENWOOD on the 22nd and by Lt. HAROLD EDWARD BUTTERWORTH on the 25th.

On Sept 27 Major RODERICK LIVINGSTONE LEES was awarded the DSO and on Sept 30 he relinquished command of the 1/9th and Major WILLIAM JAMES ANDERSON (of the 33rd Battalion Duke of Wellington’s Regiment) assumed command.

September Fatalities:

Rank	No.	1st Name	MI	Surname	When	How
Pte.	2063	THOMAS		PORTINGTON	3-Sep	KIA
Pte.	2304	PERCY		GARSIDE	3-Sep	KIA
Pte.	1618	CHARLES	L	HIGGINS	4-Sep	DoW
Pte.	2897	HARRY		CLEGG	4-Sep	KIA
Pte.	2306	PERCY		RIDINGS	6-Sep	Died
Pte.	2356	FRED		SMITH	6-Sep	DoW
Pte.	1947	HAROLD		RHODES	7-Sep	DoW
Pte.	2965	ISAAC		THOMPSON	7-Sep	KIA
Cpl.	921	HARRY		BOLTER	10-Sep	DoW
Pte.	2642	WILLIAM		BRAMALL	13-Sep	Died
Cpl.	2049	CHARLES	W	GIBSON	15-Sep	DoW
Pte.	2710	FREDERICK	J	BACON	28-Sep	Died
2/Lt.		PERCY	A	WOODHOUSE	11-Sep	Fever

September Casualties:

Rank	No.	Forename	Middle	Surname
Pte.	3055	JOSEPH		BARLOW
Pte.	2174	HARRY		PRATT
Pte.	1624	ELLIS		HARTLEY
Pte.	1374	JOE		DUTTON
Pte.	2451	ARTHUR		HAYNES
Pte.	2479	TOM		KILSHAW
Pte.	3135	WALTER		ROGERS
Pte.	2672	ARTHUR		SLATER
Pte.	1287	WILLIAM		THORNTON

October Operations:

October saw the number of men reporting sick spike to 143 even as the number of killed and wounded dropped to the lowest levels of the campaign.

The 1/9th were relieved from the trenches on October 1st and moved to Divisional Reserve at GEOGHEGAN’S BLUFF. Here they were mostly engaged in fatigues supporting the extensive mining and digging work going on in the trenches. They later moved to Bivouac at GULLY BEACH.

On October 6th a small draft of 25 other ranks arrived. The following day a draft of 5 Officers from other regiments (Essex and South Lancs) arrived and were assigned temporarily to the 1/9th.

Rank	Forename	Middle	Surname
2/Lt.	GEORGE	ROBERT	BERNARD
2/Lt.	GEORGE	FREDERICK	BARKER
2/Lt.	ARTHUR	JAMES	SOUTHCOTT
2/Lt.	LAIRD		KIRWAN
2/Lt.	GEORGE		GREENE KELLY

2/Lt. JOHN BROADBENT of the transport section also reported sick this day followed by Capt. DOUGLAS BUCHANAN STEPHENSON on October 10th.

On October 14th the Battalion moved back to the line; half the Battalion with the 1/10th Manchesters and half with the 1/5th East Lancs. The split made for tactical reasons to maximize the use of senior Officers and NCOs across the Brigade. A & C companies attached to the 1/5th East Lancs under Capt. FRANK WOODHOUSE and B & D companies to the 1/10th Manchesters under Capt. FREDERICK WILLIAM KERSHAW. The Battalion remained in the trenches until October 29th.

On October 16, Capt. ERIC RICHARDSON was appointed Staff Captain of the 126th Brigade and left the Battalion.

On October 19th Major WILLIAM JAMES V. ANDERSON was killed by a bomb while visiting the trenches. He was temporarily replaced by Lt. Col. GODFREY WALKER ROBINSON of the 1/10th Manchesters.

On October 23 a draft of 3 Officers and 139 men, of the 2/9th Battalion, arrived from England. The Officers arriving that day were:

2/Lt. THOMAS AINSWORTH
2/Lt. BELTRAN FORD ROBINSON
2/Lt. WILLIAM HENRY DEMEL

On October 26th a further 11 Officers and 11 other ranks arrived from England. The Officers arriving this day were:

2/Lt.	WILLIAM	NEVILLE BROADBENT	BURY
2/Lt.	SYDNEY		NAYLOR
2/Lt.	IRVINE		DEARNALEY
2/Lt.	BERNARD	HAROLD	BRISTER
2/Lt.	OSCAR	STOCKTON	NEEDHAM
2/Lt.	PERCY	PARKER	FIELDING
2/Lt.	FRANCIS	CYRIL	HAMPSON
2/Lt.	FREDERICK		BEARD
2/Lt.	ROBERT	JACOMB NORRIS	DALE
2/Lt.	JOHN	REGINALD	TOMMIS
2/Lt.	ALFRED		GRAY

October Fatalities:

October brought only three fatalities at Gallipoli, Pte. Armitage dying at home from sickness contracted overseas.

Rank	No.	1st Name	MI	Surname	When	How
Pte.	1998	SAMUEL		ARMITAGE	3-Oct	Died
L/Sgt.	2139	GILBERT		HIGHAM	7-Oct	DoW
Pte.	2630	HARVEY		THOMPSON	17-Oct	KIA
Pte.	1343	TOM		HALL	20-Oct	KIA

October Casualties:

The only man listed in the following month’s London Times casualty lists was 1179 Pte. SAMUEL E. BOSNALL.

November Operations:

Disease, sickness and heavy rain that turned to snow blizzards and frost in November of 1915 created new hardships and claimed yet more casualties. The 9th Battalions numbers were dwindling fast despite three significant drafts of reinforcements from England arriving in July, August and October.

In November 117 men reported sick, a slight reduction from the previous month. Nevertheless, 3 Officers (Capt. FREDERICK WILLIAM KERSHAW, Lt. L. G. NASH, RAMC (attached) and 2/Lt. WILLIAM NEVILLE BROADBENT BURY) all reported sick on the same day, November 9th.

The Battalion moved into the line again on November 12th and remained there until November 26th. On the 15th a very heavy rainfall occurred filling some parts of the trenches to a depth of 3 feet.  Despite the terrible conditions the Turks were relatively quiet until the 23rd when heavy shelling and a large number (40-50) stick grenades were fired at the trenches. 2/Lt. IRVINE DEARNLEY was killed this day.

On the 26th November the Battalion was relieved and went into Bivouac in GULLY RAVINE. A period of heavy fatigues followed for the remainder of the month. On November 29, 2/Lt. SYDNEY NAYLOR, recently arrived the previous month, was wounded.

Context from Despatches:

During the month of November, beyond the execution of very clever and successful minor enterprises carried out by Corps Commanders with a view to maintaining an offensive spirit in their commands, there remains little to record-except that an increased activity of the the Turkish artillery against our front became a noticeable factor.

On the 21st November the Peninsula was visited by a storm said to be nearly unprecedented for the time of the year. The storm was accompanied by torrential rain, which lasted for 24 hours. This was followed by hard frost and a heavy blizzard.

November Fatalities:

Rank	No.	1st Name	MI	Surname	When	How
Pte.	1641	EDWARD		GREEN	13-Nov	DoW
Pte.	3321	JOHN		BALLAGHER	15-Nov	KIA
Pte.	2297	SAM		MATHER	22-Nov	Died
Pte.	3090	JESSE		LAWTON	22-Nov	DoW
Pte.	3291	AARON		JONES	23-Nov	KIA
Pte.	2282	JOHN		FINUCANE	27-Nov	Died
Pte.	2757	WILFRED		LILLEY	27-Nov	DoW
2/Lt.		IRVINE		DEARNALEY	23-Nov	KiA

November Casualties:

Rank	No.	Forename	Middle	Surname
Pte.	2855	ROBERT		ANDREW
Pte.	1293	THOMAS		BELL
Pte.	3203	A		BOOTH
Pte.	2505	TOM	KENDRICK	LLOYD
Pte.	3427	HARRY		MARSLAND
Pte.	3211	ROBERT		OGDEN
Pte.	1134	FRANK	ERNEST	ORTON
L/Cpl.	2148	STANLEY		PEARSON
L/Cpl.	3334	THOMAS		RIDLEY
Pte.	3398	WILLIAM		RUSSELL
Cpl.	2190	JOHN		THOMPSON

December Operations:

In December 54 men reported sick.  2/Lt. ARTHUR JAMES SOUTHCOTT reported sick on December 5th, returning to the Battalion (from 17th Stationary Hospital) on the 10th. The next day he reported sick again.  In the meantime, 2/Lt. GEORGE FREDERICK BARKER, (who arrived with 2/Lt. SOUTHCOTT in November), also reported sick on December 8th.

2/Lt. LAIRD KIRWAN and 2/Lt. GEORGE GREENE-KELLY were transferred to the 1/10th Manchesters on the 8th December.

The Battalion went into the Line on December 10th and remained there until December 24th, moving to Divisional Reserve at GEOGHEGAN’S BLUFF. On December 17th Brigade Operational Order 28 was issued outlining a plan to explode a mine in front of the Turkish trenches with the objective of creating a crater. Men of the Brigade would go out the the crater and secure it by building barricades. The purpose of these small offensive operations carried out by the 52nd and 42nd Divisions was to act as a distraction during the evacuation of troops elsewhere on the peninsula.

Unfortunately, the mine that was exploded (600lbs at a depth of 40 ft) failed to produce a crater, the force of the explosion creating a ridge of earth only about 1 ft high. 16 bombers, a working party under 2/Lt. ALFRED GRAY and 26 men of B company dutifully went over the top and occupied the depression. With the Turkish trenches untouched, they were mercilessly shot at from the front and the right.  Finding the position untenable the troops eventually were forced to retire. The casualties reported for the 1/9th on the day were 3 killed, 1 missing and 11 wounded. 2/Lt. GRAY, Sgt. GREENHALGH and Cpl. BARKER were mentioned in the Brigade war diary for showing “great courage and ability remaining out and covering the retirement of the parties although fired at from 12yds range.” Sgt. GREENHALGH and Cpl. DAVIS subsequently received DCMs for their acts of bravery that day.

A letter from Sgt. GREENHALGH was subsequently published in the Ashton Reporter on Saturday July 15, 1916 providing a version of the events in his own words:

“No doubt it came as a surprise at home when they heard that I had got the D.C.M. I can tell you it was a surprise to me also. The first I heard about it was in a letter I had from home, but the day following our commanding officer told me about it. As you are all wanting to know what I did to get it, I will try to tell you.

It was on the 19^th December, 1915, I was ordered to take a party of men over the top, and we got to within ten yards of the Turkish trench. At the same time there was a mine blown up. It should have made a big hole in the front of the Turkish trench. The intention was for us to have got in this hole, but when we got to the place no hole had been made, and we had to lie in the open, and the Turks potting at us from ten yards away. It was a good job the Turks were nervous, or else there would have been none of us left to tell the tale.

The object was for us to get in the crater and build it up with sandbags, and then our bombers could have bombed the Turks out of their trench, but it didn’t come off as we expected. Anyway, we all got back to our trench except one poor lad who was killed.

Lance-Corporal Davies, D.C.M. was with the same party of men.”

On the 26th December, orders were received to leave the Peninsula, and on the 27th a Turkish shell made a direct hit on the Battalion bivouac killing a number of men in a cruel last minute reminder of the constant dangers they were leaving behind. Pte. Arthur Slater was buried alive and only survived because he was dug out by his comrades. The next day the 9th Battalion embarked on H.M.T. Redbreast bound for Mudros West.

Context from Despatches:

The following is taken from Sir Charles Monro’s Gallipoli Despatch, who was sent to replace the sacked Sir Ian Hamilton as Commander in Chief of the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force.

On the 8th December, consequent on your Lordship’s orders, I directed the General Officer Commanding Dardanelles Army to proceed with the evacuation of Suvla and Anzac at once.

Lieutenant-General Birdwood proceeded on receipt of his orders with the skill and promptitude which is characteristic of all that he undertakes, and after consultation with Rear-Admiral Wemyss, it was decided, provided the weather was propitious, to complete the evacuation on the night of the 19th-20th December.

On the 24th December, General Sir W. Birdwood was directed to make all preliminary preparations for immediate evacuation, in the event of orders to this effect being received.

December Fatalities:

Rank	No.	1st Name	MI	Surname	When	How
Pte.	3281	JAMES	R	FERNLEY	4-Dec	DoW
Pte.	3340	CLARENCE		BOOTH	8-Dec	Died
L/Cpl.	1391	GEORGE	G	HAUGHTON	11-Dec	KIA
Pte.	1534	ALFRED	E	SNAPE	12-Dec	KIA
Pte.	1829	JOHN	W	JUBB	16-Dec	KIA
Cpl.	724	JOSEPH	E	APPLEBY	18-Dec	KIA
Cpl.	2092	JOHN		CUPPELLO	19-Dec	KIA
Pte.	2446	ALEXANDER		GREEN	19-Dec	KIA
Pte.	2968	JOE		DOWNS	19-Dec	KIA
Pte.	3241	ALFRED		METCALF	19-Dec	KIA
Pte.	3218	EDGAR		NEWTON	21-Dec	KIA
Pte.	3391	HORACE		BENNETT	22-Dec	DoW
Pte.	1805	JOHN	F	JENKINSON	27-Dec	KIA
Pte.	2310	HEZEKIAH		HARRISON	27-Dec	KIA
Pte.	2365	GEORGE	H	WALKER	27-Dec	KIA
L/Cpl.	2601	GEORGE		HEROD	27-Dec	KIA
Pte.	3312	HAROLD		GREEN	27-Dec	KIA
Pte.	3418	RALPH		SCHOFIELD	27-Dec	KIA
Pte.	3396	HARRY		GREGORY	31-Dec	DoW

December Casualties:

Rank	No.	Forename	Middle	Surname
Pte.	1801	WILLIAM		BARFIELD
Pte.	2949	HERBERT		BENNETT
Pte.	3422	JOHN	JAMES	BOOTH
Pte.	2847	HAROLD		COOKSON
Pte.	3113	HERBERT		HOLT
Pte.	3311	ERNEST		JONES
Pte.	2954	GEORGE		NOLAN
Pte.	3190	RALPH		PLATT
Pte.	787	GEORGE	W	STRINGER
Pte.	2985	ROBERT		THEWLIS
Pte.	1946	MOSES		BIRCHENOUGH
Pte.	3031	SIDNEY		GARSIDE
Pte.	3399	FRANK		HAMER
Pte.	2293	WALTER		HARDY
Pte.	1439	TOM		HILL
Sgt.	1358	GEORGE	JAMES	SILVESTER
Pte.	1331	WILLIAM	HEGGENBOTTOM	WOOD
Pte.	3341	EDWIN		BEECH
Pte.	2339	HERBERT		DAWSON
Pte.	1580	NORMAN		HARGREAVES
Pte.	2810	THOMAS		STEVENSON
Pte.	1677	RUPERT		RYLANCE
Pte.	3201	JOHN		BROCK
Pte.	2563	EDWARD		HINDLEY
Pte.	3169	JAMES		HULME

At least 192 men of the 1/9th Battalion died from the fighting, sickness or disease they encountered at Gallipoli in 1915. Many more men were wounded or otherwise hospitalised and approximately 100 men were awarded the Silver War Badge and discharged from service due to sickness or wounds they were unable to fully recover from.

Pte. 3765 Fred Dickinson serves as an example. He was discharged as permanently unfit for any kind of military service and awarded the Silver War Badge on March 23, 1916 suffering from Nephritis. His Service Record shows that his medical issues “originated on December 18, 1915 in Gallipoli. Sent into hospital in Cairo on account of general dropsy and discovered to be suffering from Nephritis. No history of previous illness of a similar nature. States that while on active service in the trenches he had to stand waist deep in water for a considerable time during a severe storm. Heart sounds fine but there is an accentuated sound heard at the apex. Urine contained albumen and blood is still present. Result of active service, exposure to cold and wet. Permanent [Disability].”

Pte. Dickinson only arrived in the Dardenelles on October 22, 1915 and was admitted to the Red Cross Hospital in Giza, just over two months later, on December 26 suffering from oedema to the legs (a swelling  due to the accumulation of excessive fluid in the tissues). He was subsequently invalided to the UK leaving Alexandria on January 17, 1916 sailing on the Hospital Ship GLENGORN CASTLE. He was subsequently treated in the UK for 38 days at the 4th Scottish General Hospital, RAMC (Territorial Force) at Stobhill, Glasgow. He received a small, and decreasing, military pension over the next nine months following his discharge.

December Honors:

The Battalion War Diary on December 18 reports that three Congratulatory Cards from the Major-General Commanding the Division were received for:
No 5 QMS G BOOCOCK
400 Sgt. Mjr. Cook JOHN CHAPMAN
1659 Pte. P. WOODRUFF

And, in a rather belated recognition of their efforts, the Battalion War Diary for March 1916 reported that Cards of Congratulation were received from the Major-General Commanding the 42nd Division, for good work done in Gallipoli for the following men:
341 Sgt. JOHN LEE
2146 Cpl. PLATT A.
728 L/Cpl. GREEN A.
2826 Pte. SMITH A.
2231 Pte. WILLIAM SHEEKEY
2067 Pte. JOSEPH S. SWINDELLS

2231 Pte. WILLIAM SHEEKEY was additionally awarded the Serbian Silver Medal of Valour and was Gazetted Feb 15, 1917.

EGYPT 1916-17

FRANCE 1917-18

Commanding Officers
A list of the Battalion’s Commanding Officers in World War One can be found here.