Category: Finsbury Rifles
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Finsbury Rifles: Away from the Western Front. 9th July to 15th July 1916.
Here we see a reference to Captain AL Lewthwaite, a member of the Rifles, who’s spectacular photography collections survives as part of the Imperial War Museum’s archive, providing a personal record of day to day life away from the Western Front. We link to the archive throughout this blog, but…
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Finsbury Rifles: Away from the Western Front. 3rd July 1916 to 8th July 1916.
Date 3 to 5/6/16 Work on defences as usual. Battn finding usual guards and picquets. Date 6/6/16 Work on defences as usual.2nd Lt Pethybridge (Sherwood Foresters) and 2nd Lt Hutchinson (S. Staffs Regiment) arrived from Base Detail Camp attached to Battn for duty. Date 7/6/16 Work on defences as…
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Finsbury Rifles: Away from the Western Front. 25th June to 2nd July 1916.
In recent posts we have seen various divine services taking place. Often these would be open air and represent some of the few times that the men could come together collectively, outside of battle. Location SHALLUFA EAST Date 25/6/16 Voluntary divine service. Battalion finding guards and outposts. 2nd Lt Allen…
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Finsbury Rifles: Away from the Western Front. 18th June to 24th June
Date 18/6/16 No work on defences. Divine Service in E7 Canteen. Date 19 to 22/6/16 Work on defences as usual also finding the battalion duties. Date 23/6/16 6.30am visit of inspection of post by Commander in Chief. Routine as usual. Date 24/6/16 Work on defences. Lt Noileen and Lt Hamilton…
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Finsbury Rifles: Away from the Western Front. 18th June to 24th June 1916
Date18/6/16 No work on defences. Divine Service in E7 Canteen. Date 19 to 22/6/16 Work on defences as usual also finding the battalion duties. Date 23/6/16 6.30am visit of inspection of post by C in C. Routine as usual. Date 24/6/16 Work on defences. Lt Noileen and Lt…
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Finsbury Rifles: Away from the Western Front. 9th June to 17th June 1916.
Date 9 to 10/6/16 Work on defences as usual. Orders received to prepare to join a mobile column. Date 11/6/16 Battalion proceeded to join mobile column by route march to point of concentration via Geneffe railhead. Burgea for the night. Date 12/6/16 Battalion proceeded to a point 6 miles east…
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Finsbury Rifles, Away from the Western Front. 1st June – 9th June 1916.
Location SHALLUFA Date 1 to 2/6/16 Work on defences as usual. Captain Comber reported from English leave. Date 3/6/16 Work on defences as usual. 6 other ranks joined from 54th Divisional Base Details. Date 4 to 8/6/16 Work on defences as usual. 3 other ranks joined from 54th Divisional Base…
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Finsbury Rifles, Away from the Western Front. 24th May to 31th May 1916.
In this passage follow the Rifles from Gebel Murr (on the East of the Suez Canal) to bases at Kubri and Shallufa (to the north of the Canal). The map below comes from the book ‘The New Zealanders at Gallipoli’ (1919), and illustrates the location of El Kubri and Shallufa. It took…
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Finsbury Rifles, Away from the Western Front: 17th May to 23rd May.
Work continues as usual, with inspections and work on defences. The Rifles prepare to return to Kubri, from Gebel Mur. Date 17/5/16 Work on the defences before breakfast. Various fatigues found. Guards and piquet’s as usual. Date 18/5/16 GOK Division visits the post 05/54 inspected the works. Normal routine. Date…
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Finsbury Rifles, Away from the Western Front. 10th May to 16th May 1916.
In this passage we see the Rifles move from El Shatt to Gebel Mur. The Diary logs the arrival of Captain Tattersall, alongside 40 other ranks. Tattersall is pictured below , standing on a dune, in an image which illustrates the wide horizons and tall dunes of the Rifles’ environment at…
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