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On this day 31st December 1915
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On this day 30th December 1915
30.12.15 ISEBERGUES: Promotion No 6953 C.S.M. BROWNE 6th Sherwood Foresters to be 2nd Lieutenant in the 2nd Battalion Sherwood Foresters dated 13th December 1915.
6953 CSM Ernest Brown
In 1911 6953 Sergeant Ernest Brown was posted from the 1st Battn to “H” Company of the 6th Battalion.
He was killed by shell fire on the 20th November 1917 aged 35 and was later reburied in Fifteen Ravine British Cemetery. His Medals were claimed by his Widow in 1922.
Is Ernest on these pictures of “H” (Whaley Bridge) Company NCOs?
Taken in 1912
Taken in 1911
On these days 28th-29th December 1915
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On this day 27th December 1915
27.12.15 ISBERGUES: Observed as holiday throughout the Brigade.
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On this day 26th December 1915
26.12.15 BOSEGHEM: Battn moved to ISBERGUES and occupies billets vacated by the 5th Battalion North Staffs.
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Isbergues is situated about 10 miles northwest of Béthune
On Christmas Day 1915
25.12.1915 BOESEGHEM: CHRISTMAS DAY Xmas dinners arranged for the men by Companies and Details.
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On this day 24th December 1915
24.12.15 BOESEGHEM: Plum puddings given by the Daily News issued to the troops. £20 given by the 2nd Line and Xmas dinners.
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On this day 23rd December 1915
23.12.15 ROBECQ: GAZETTE: 2/Lt W.A. Lytle awarded Military Cross for Conspicuous Gallantry on 25.11.15 at BOARS HEAD.
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On these days 21st-22nd December 1915
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On this day 2780 Pte George Slater, a Labourer from Biggin by Hartington and a 1914-recruit, was transfered to England for reasons unknown. George enlisted on the 14th October 1914 and was transferred to the 3/6th Battalion on the 1st May 1915. He was transferred to the 2/6th Battn on the 26th June 1915 and then immediately posted to the 1/6th Battn. He arrived in France with the II Reinforcement two days later.
After returning to England he was re-posted to the 3/6th Battalion in January 1916 before being transferred to the 1/5th Battalion in December 1916. George would later return to France on the 8th December 1916 and serve overseas until the 19th October 1918.
He was finally disembodied on the 14th April 1919.
On this day 19th December 1915
19.12.1915 ROBECQ: Battn moved into Billets at BOESEGHEM.
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Derbyshire Territorials in the Great War 