2/6th Battalion (1917-18)

A pictorial history of the 2/6th Battalion (1914-1918)

 Please note that there are individual pages for each of the following events

Chapter contents:-

  1. Embarkation to France: February 1917 here

  2. Attack on Passchendale Ridge: September 1917 here

  3. Arrival of Reinforcements: January 1918 here

  4. The German spring offensive: March 1918 here including the story of 240759 Pte. Robert Alywn Dane

  5. Reinforcements and re-equiping: Spring 1918 here including the story of 204705 Pte. Arthur Sutton

  6. Reduced to Cadre and disbanded: July 1918 here including transfer to the Queens (1/22nd and 1/24th Battalions) in August 1918 and the story 3285 Pte. Athal Frederick Swindell.

  7. The stories of men who enlisted into the 2/6th Battalion here

Featuring:-

450 CSM Harry Slack – a pre-War Territorial.
3074 Pte. William Brailsford – an original 1914 recruit.
3734 Pte. Tom Lynam – a 1915 recruit.
242090 Pte. Arthur Shepherd – part of the ‘London Contingent’ of 1916
A 1917 conscripted solider
A 1917 conscripted solider

Other individual stories include:-

240611 Pte. Thomas Henry Mainwaring – a 1914 Recruit to the 2/6th Battalion here
240787 Sergeant Oscar Hubbuck – a 1914 Recruit to the 2/6th Battalion here
241062 Sergeant Samuel Henry Lomas – a 1914 Recruit to the 2/6th Battalion here
241276 Pte John Mowbray – a 1915 recruit here
242008 Pte. Harry Baker – part of the ‘London Contingent’ of 1916 here
242062 Pte. Henry George Cecil – part of the ‘London Contingent’ of 1916 here
204705 Pte Arthur Sutton – 1918 reinforcement here