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6th Battalion, Cheshire Regiment

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588: 942: 643: 315: 40: 57: 417: 735: 635:. The attack went in at 14.45, with two battalions of 118th Bde advancing over open ground towards the redoubt while 1/6th Cheshires extended the line on the left. By 23.00 the enemy had been thrown out of the last of the position and over 150 prisoners taken. Next day the Germans made three serious counter-attacks, two using 1006:, but lack of equipment made organisation and training of the 2nd Line units a slow process. Continuity of training was disrupted by the need to send drafts to the 1st Line units, and by the decision to transfer the Home Service men to home defence units. The 68th (2nd W) Division took over the 53rd's camps round 938:, and 21st Bde reached the top of the St Genois Spur by 11.00. After halting along the railway line, the brigade then pushed on to its objective along the Helchin–Bossuyt road parallel with and close to the Scheldt.. However, without artillery it was unable to take Bossuyt with its outlying chateau and park. 933:
Spur, and though it pushed in the outposts there was a strongly-wired position behind on the St Genois Spur (part of the Courtrai Switch trench line). The ground between the spurs was swept by German artillery fire and 21st Bde was halted, which stopped the whole divisional advance. However, 21st Bde
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while the training cadres of 25th Division returned to England. Together, the 25th and 50th Division Composite Brigades formed 'Jackson's Force' under Maj-Gen H.C. Jackson of 50th (N) Division. This force returned to the BEF, moving northwards behind the British front. While 50th (N) Division went to
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By now 39th Division was so weak that on 10 April it was temporarily reduced to a single composite brigade in which 118th Bde formed No 4 Battalion and part of No 5 Battalion. When the Germans launched the next phase of their Spring Offensive against the Ypres front the composite brigade took part in
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were quickly overrun in the morning mist and the division forced to retreat. 39th Division came up in support and next day the two divisions held off no fewer than five mass attacks. On 23 March the mist helped the 16th and 39th Divisions slip away, as the 'Great Retreat' gathered pace. The divisions
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ridge for a rest. Unfortunately, this was the sector chosen by the Germans for the next phase of their offensive, which opened with a massive artillery bombardment on 27 May. 25th Division had been sent forward from Army reserve and had been immediately outflanked and forced back; when 6th Cheshires
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on 26 September. This time the division had sidestepped northwards to make an attempt on the troublesome Tower Hamlets Ridge, but 118th Bde got stuck in the Bassevillebeek valley, where men had to pull each other out of the deep mud. The brigade lost its creeping barrage and was stopped short of its
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The 2nd Line battalion (2/6th Cheshires) was formed on 7 September 1914 at Stockport and in November it replaced the 1/6th Bn in the Cheshire Brigade. However, although the 2nd Line units were uniformed and partly equipped, they were still unarmed. Before 53rd (Welsh) Division was sent overseas the
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fell on friend and foe alike. Losing heavily, the Cheshires gradually withdrew from the Third Line through drenching rain. At 22.00 that night 118th Bde was ordered back through the rest of the division to regroup in the original British starting line; its battalions had lost roughly 70 per cent of
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39th Division had been understrength even when it moved to the Somme; by 10 November half of the officers and two-thirds of the other ranks in the average battalion in the division were reinforcements who had joined since 3 September. However, it took part in the last phase of the Somme Offensive,
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issued instructions to separate those men who had signed up for Home Service only, and form these into reserve units. On 31 August, the formation of a reserve or 2nd Line unit was authorised for each 1st Line unit where 60 per cent or more of the men had volunteered for Overseas Service. The titles
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were holding up their hands in surrender. However, a major German counter-attack soon came in and the rest of 118th Bde could not hold their positions, leaving the left of 1/6th Cheshires exposed. Many of the surrendered Germans took the opportunity to pick up their weapons again, but the German
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of the 1/6th Cheshires had to go forward from battalion HQ to reorganise the battalion, and although it reached its objective, the Strasbourg Line, confused fighting went on against German machine gunners and snipers in the line. But 118th Brigade's attack had forced so many Germans out of their
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On 17 June the 11th (Service) Battalion, Cheshire Regiment, in 75th Bde was reduced to a training cadre and 6th Cheshires absorbed 16 officers and 492 other ranks from it. Thus reinforced, the 6th Cheshires formed No 3 Battalion in 25th Division Composite Brigade, which on 22 June was sent to
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of these 2nd Line units would be the same as the original, but distinguished by a '2/' prefix. In this way duplicate battalions, brigades and divisions were created, mirroring those TF formations being sent overseas. Later 3rd Line units were formed to train drafts for the 1st and 2nd Line.
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Not all the TF county regiments were equally successful in raising recruits: in November the strength of a 2nd Line battalion was reduced to 660 (any surplus being transferred to the draft-finding 3rd Line), but on 22 November 1915 the 2/6th Cheshires absorbed the less successful 2/5th Bn
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had more prisoners to deal with than it had men attacking. 1/6th Cheshires worked their way down Mill Trench to St Pierre Divion, which the battalion then put into a state of defence against the inevitable German counter-attacks. With assistance from the Royal Engineers and divisional
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The Germans resisted all attempts to cross the Scheldt until 8 November when they began to withdraw; patrols went across during the night and the advance guards made rapid progress on 9 November. 30th Division continued to advance until it confronted the German rearguards at
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with 204th Bde scattered around Suffolk. It was now obvious that 68th (2nd W) Division was never going to be ready for overseas service, and the 2nd Line TF infantry battalions began to be replaced by training units. The 2/6th Cheshires disbanded on 11 September 1917 at
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On the outbreak of war on 4 August 1914, the Welsh Division's units mobilised at their headquarters and had concentrated at their war stations by 11 August. On that date TF units were invited to volunteer for Overseas Service and on 15 August the
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the brigade commander was captured while supervising the rearguards. But the German offensive on this front had run out of impetus, and the retreat ended on 28 March. On 29 March the division took up position along the
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and in the afternoon two companies of 6th Cheshires forced a passage over the river south of Wervicq. By 20.30 they were just short of the crest of the hills beyond. 21st Brigade was relieved on 16 October.
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road 1/6th Cheshires came under heavy machine gun fire from their right rear, where a neighbouring brigade had been delayed. Despite heavy losses, the battalion pressed on to the German Third Line west of
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That was the last German attack on the Flanders Front. It was also the end of 39th Division's war. The shattered Composite Brigade was pulled out of the line and rejoined 39th Divisional HQ at
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unarmed 2nd Line were replaced by other TF battalions in April 1915. The 2/6th Cheshires were then assigned to the 2/1st Cheshire Bde in the 2nd Welsh Division, later designated
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A new 6th Battalion, Cheshire Regiment, was formed as a duplicate of the 7th Bn just before the outbreak of World War II in 1939. It served as a machine gun battalion in
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took command of five varied TF battalions already serving with the BEF, including 1/6th Cheshires. The rest of the division followed from England and it concentrated at
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their attacking strength. The troops had to hold their positions as the rain turned the battlefield into a swamp. 39th Division was finally relieved on 6 August.
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gathered pace and units began to return to the UK in May. The division ceased to exist on 1 September 1919 and 6th Cheshires was disembodied on 15 November 1919
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The advance continued, and by 20 October 30th Division was advancing on a broad front with 21st Bde back in the line. The brigade ran into resistance on the
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After the Armistice 30th Division was moved back into France where it was detailed for duty at the base ports. From the beginning of 1919 it was working at
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There is a memorial tablet to the 6th Battalion, Cheshire Regiment, in the Memorial Gallery of Stockport Art Gallery. Carved and lettered in the form of a
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officially joined next day, the British line had already gone back 8 miles (13 km), and the retreat continued. The German thrust finally ran out near
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and employed in training US divisions. However, 6th Cheshires (the '1/' prefix had been dropped since the disbandment of the 2nd and 3rd Line battalions,
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The Stockport Armoury was built in 1862 as the drill hall of the 4th Administrative Brigade of Cheshire RVCs, later the 6th Battalion, Cheshire Regiment.
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13th (Dukinfield) Cheshire RVC, 20 February 1860 under Capt Francis Dukinfield Palmer Astley, was raised by the Astley family who owned the coalmines at
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of 1872, Volunteers were grouped into county brigades with their local Regular and Militia battalions – Brigade No 17 (County of Chester) in
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under French Command. The division had fought through most of the Spring Offensive so far, and had been sent to hold the previously quiet
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were desperately weak following earlier fighting and required any help they could get simply to hold the line during the winter months.
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On 1 March 1915 the battalion returned to its role as GHQ Troops, and for the rest of the year carried out guard and other duties at
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of the Cheshire Regiment rather than those specific to the battalion. A brass plate memorial is in the Stockport Armoury TA Centre.
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2 September. All the Allied armies carried out a coordinated series of offensives at the end of September. 30th Division's role in
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gained some ground by making a charge after dark. Next day 30th Division was ordered to clear the enemy from the west bank of the
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The 6th Cheshires was one of the first TF battalions to volunteer for overseas service. Its 1st Line left the Welsh Division at
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of 1881 took Cardwell's reforms further, and the Volunteers were formally affiliated to their local Regular regiment, the
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in November 1915 and then by September 1916 to General Reserve, Home Forces. At this time 204th Bde was quartered round
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29th (Stockport) Cheshire RVC, 10 April 1860 under Capt John M. Lingard, formerly of the 1st Royal Cheshire Militia
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on 10 November. Next day the Allied cavalry passed through its lines in pursuit and hostilities ended when the
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When the TF was reformed on 7 February 1920 the 6th Battalion Cheshire Regiment was amalgamated with the
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Dieppe to reform, 25th Division Composite Brigade was broken up on 7 July. Next day 6th Cheshires joined
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In 1862 the 4th Administrative Battalion built an impressive drill hall in Stockport, now known as the
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was deemed unready for overseas service, so the brigade staff crossed to France and on 29 February at
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objective by machine guns and counter-attacks. 39th Division was pulled out for rest in mid-October.
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39th Division moved to the Somme sector in late August, and on 3 September it attacked along the
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on 17 March. 1/6th Cheshires were not involved in the division's first offensive action, at the
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The World War I memorial to the whole of the Cheshire Regiment is in the Regimental Chapel in
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the battalion established strongpoints in the river valley, with outposts at the mill and at
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The 3/6th Battalion Cheshire Regiment was formed at Stockport on 11 March 1915 and moved to
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positions down into the Ancre Valley below St Pierre Divion that by 09.00 the neighbouring
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Farm on the Gravenstafel Ridge where a large number of Germans behind a mass of uncut
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in the case of the Cheshire RVCs, and on 1 December 1887 the 4th changed its title to
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In early 1916 the War Office was preparing to send out to France the last of the new
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A & B Companies at the corner of Astley Street and Walmsley Street, Stalybridge
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on 26–27 March. As 118th Brigade retreated from the Rosières pocket south-east of
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without attacking. It cooperated with the divisions that successfully attacked
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When the RVCs were consolidated in 1880, the 4th Admin Bn initially became the
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began in August 1918. The rebuilt 30th Division took part in the capture of
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through the litter of shattered trenches and lost direction in the fog. The
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18th (Stockport) Cheshire RVC, 12 March 1860 under Capt John Thomas Emmerson
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19th (Stockport) Cheshire RVC, 15 March 1860 under Capt Samuel W. Wilkinson
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21st (Stockport) Cheshire RVC, 22 March 1860 under Capt Cephas John Howard
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In mid-November 1916 39th Division was relieved and marched north to the
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Aerial photograph of the Schwaben Redoubt (upper right) taken before the
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20th (Stockport) Cheshire RVC, 20 March 1860 under Capt Thomas H. Sykes
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and 21st Bde had seized its objectives by 07.30 and sent patrols into
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to command the 4th Admin Bn. He was succeeded on 5 May 1866 by Lt-Col
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On 5 November 1860 Capt F.D.P. Astley of the 13th RVC was promoted to
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17th (Stockport) Cheshire RVC, 20 August 1860 under Capt Henry Coppock
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on 26 September and the Schwaben Redoubt on 28 September during the
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Lt-Col Walter P. Carrington, former CO, appointed 28 November 1902
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suffered appalling casualties in a diversionary attack before the
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31st (Hyde) Cheshire RVC, 15 August 1860 under Capt Thomas Mottram
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Under the 'Localisation of the Forces' scheme introduced by the
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6th Cheshires joined 25th Division while it was engaged in the
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Brig-Gen Sir James E. Edmonds & Lt-Col R. Maxwell-Hyslop,
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with which to train until late 1915 when the men received old
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The uniform of the 4th Admin Battalion was scarlet with buff
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A detachment of volunteers from the battalion served in the
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depicts the devastated battlefield round the Tower Hamlets
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A sentry of 30th Division at a bridge over the Scheldt at
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since 1859, it was one of the first TF units to go to the
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The battalion's colours were laid up for safekeeping in
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L to M Companies at Glossop – from 23rd Derbyshire RVC
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and formed into five administrative battalions. The
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The division was concentrating at 894:attack in the Ypres sector on 28 September (the 352:I Company at Stockport – from 29th Cheshire RVC 349:H Company at Stockport – from 21st Cheshire RVC 346:G Company at Stockport – from 20th Cheshire RVC 343:F Company at Stockport – from 19th Cheshire RVC 340:E Company at Stockport – from 18th Cheshire RVC 337:D Company at Stockport – from 17th Cheshire RVC 334:A to C Companies at Stalybridge – from 13th RVC 2218:, Vol I, Wakefield, Microform Academic, 1984, 1477:Derbyshire at Great War Centenary Drill Halls. 913:on 14 October. 30th Division advanced towards 224:. A large number of small RVCs were formed in 2232:Orders of Battle: Second World War, 1939–1945 2216:Lineage Book of British Land Forces 1660–1978 2152:The Development of the British Army 1899–1914 2139:, London: Frederick Muller, 1968/Star, 1981, 248:Alfred K. 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Index

United Kingdom

Territorial Force
Infantry
Cheshire Brigade
Stockport Armoury
Stalybridge
Battle of the Somme
Third Battle of Ypres
German spring offensive
Hundred Days Offensive
William Legh, 1st Lord Newton
Territorial Force
British Army
Volunteer
Cheshire
Western Front
World War I
Somme
Ypres
German spring offensive
Hundred Days Offensive
Volunteer Movement
Regular Army
Militia
Cheshire
Stockport
Mottram in Longendale
Captain
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