Key dates over August 1915
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Lives lost on this day: 118
10th August 1915 - 9th Battalion attacked by enemy rolling bombs down the hillside to burst lines
Rolling casualty count: 2156
2nd Batt: Battalion in billets at Beuvry; 3rd Batt: In trenches near La Brique. 9th Batt. At dawn, attacked by enemy rolling bombs down the hillside to burst lines, 3 hours of intense fighting. By 7am Col. Nunn killed along with most of the senior officers. Capt Rolph mortally wounded fired his revolver up the slope as he lay. Batt HQ led by Lieut Inwood brought bandoliers of ammunition and water through the firing line. Lieut Sladden led forward a party of 20 and held ground all day despite isolated and without support, behind his party the ravine was crowded with wounded and exhausted men, the upper slopes of the ravine strewn thickly with dead and wounded men.
H J Rogers has been granted 2nd Lt in the Middlesex Reg, he would have qualified to play for Worcs County Cricket team. Mr and Mrs A W Haines who live in Worcs, have 6 sons, 14 nephews and 8 other near relatives now serving in the army. About half are serving in the trenches.
Information researched by Sue Redding
Casualties
- Pte. John Ricketts 19611 - 9th Batt
- Pte Thomas Abbots 15277 - 9th Batt
- Pte James Adams 18693 - 9th Batt
- Pte John Arnold 18941 - 9th Batt
- Pte Walter Ashbourne 13643 - 9th Batt
- L/Cpl Frederick Roland Austin 14880 - 9th Batt
- Pte Albert Edward Baker 15073 - 9th Batt
- Pte John Ballard 17186 - 9th Batt
- Pte Edwin Howard Bates 20031 - 9th Batt
- Pte Arthur Edward Beach 15102 - 9th Batt
- L/Cpl William Thomas Beechey 16958 - 9th Batt
- L/Cpl Jack Bennett 13665 - 9th Batt
- Pte Harold Samuel Bevan 13760 - 9th Batt
- Pte. James Brason Bewick 18804 - 9th Batt
- Sgt Edwin Bishop 18771 - 9th Batt
- Pte James Sedgeley Bonner 19582 - 9th Batt
- Pte. Lugard Douglas Boswell 19588 - 9th Batt
- Major Ernest William Boyd-Moss [DSO] 9th Batt
- L/Cpl. John Frederick Brookes 13669 - 9th Batt
- C.S.M. Herbert Ernest Brown 6204 - 9th Batt
- Pte. Albert Arthur Broom 16991 - 9th Batt
- Pte. George Francis Bryant 16846 - 9th Batt
- Pte. Francis John Burke 14826 - 9th Batt
- L/Cpl Edward Butler 13738 - 9th Batt
- Pte. Frederick Cadby 19700 - 9th Batt
- Pte. William Carpenter 15162 - 9th Batt
- Pte. Thomas Carr 11867 - 9th Batt
- Pte. Albert Chiswell 13632 - 9th Batt
- Pte. Paul Clinton 14202 - 9th Batt
- Pte Harry Collins 19651 - 9th Batt
- Pte George Cook 13788 - 9th Batt
- Pte William Cooper 13826 - 9th Batt
- Major Charles Woodward Crofton 9th Batt
- Pte Henry Cusworth 9165 - 9th Batt.
- Pte. Alexander Davis 13990 - 9th Batt
- Pte. Ernest Arthur Duckett 19657 - 9th Batt
- Pte. Harry Duggins 13829 - 9th Batt
- Sgt. Albert England 10346 - 9th Batt
- Pte. John Thomas Fletcher 14119 John Thomas Fletcher 14119 - 9th Batt
- Pte. Albert Foster 18875 - 9th Batt
- Pte. Hubert Green 18815 - 9th Batt
- Pte. Arthur Hall 14229 - 9th Batt
- Pte. Walter Joseph Hancock 15416 - 9th Batt
- Pte. Wilfred Harris 15099 - 9th Batt
- Pte. Richard James Hatwell 14864 - 9th Batt
- Pte. Stephen Haywood 15250 - 9th Batt
- Cpl. John Heeley 9156 - 9th Batt
- Pte. Joseph Hickman 21274 - 9th Batt.
- Pte. Edward Hill 15419 - 9th Batt
- 2/Lt. Leonard Ernest Hiscock 9th Batt.
- L/Cpl. Harry Hobbs 14820 - 9th Batt
- Pte. George Holmes 16895 - 9th Batt
- Pte. Albert James Hopkins 13743 - 9th Batt
- L/Cpl. George Hopkins 17000 - 9th Batt
- Sgt. John Hurley 9336 - 9th Batt
- L /Cpl. George Ivatts 13787 - 9th Batt
- Pte. Alfred Frederick Johnson 9785 - 9th Batt
- Pte. Charles Samuel Jones 14430 - 9th Batt
- Pte. Cuthbert Jones 15270 - 9th Batt
- Pte. William Jones 13644 - 9th Batt
- Pte. John Joselin 15154 - 9th Batt
- Pte. Samuel Kendrick 14745 - 9th Batt
- L/Cpl. Alfred Edward Keyte 17225 - 9th Batt
- Pte. Herbert Keyte 15169 - 9th Batt
- L/Cpl. Frederick Kington 14872 - 9th Batt
- 2/Lt. James Norman Lancaster 9th Batt
- L/Cpl. Walter Lea 14007 - 9th Batt
- Pte Maurice Edgar Lucas 13697 - 9th Batt
- Sgt. Charles Mallows 9173 - 9th Batt
- Cpl. William Thomas Marsh 14256 - 9th Batt
- Pte. Oswald Amos Matthews 14854 - 9th Batt
- Pte. James Millin 15213 - 9th Batt
- L/Cpl. Edwin Morris 13835 - 9th Batt
- Pte. Henry Morton 18893 - 9th Batt
- L/Sgt Frederick G. Nash 13922 - 9th Batt
- Pte. William Charles Newey 19587 - 9th Batt
- Pte. James Nixon 13861 - 9th Batt
- L/Cpl. Mark Egerton Noble 18701 - 9th Batt
- Lt.-Col. Mervyn Henry Nunn 9th Batt
- Pte. Alfred William Parry 14201 - 9th Batt
- Pte Edward Parry 14426 - 9th Batt
- L/Sgt. William McClimon Paton 14891 - 9th Batt
- Pte Benjamin Phillips 15196 - 9th Batt
- L/Cpl. Harry Pickup 16605 - 9th Batt
- Sgt. Charles Henry Pountney 13748 - 9th Batt
- Pte George Powell 15150 - 9th Batt
- Pte Frederick John Preece 17016 - 9th Batt
- Pte. William Quinton 13907 - 9th Batt
- Pte. Ishmael Rawlins 18889 - 9th Batt
- Capt. George William Rolph 9th Batt
- Pte. John Ricketts 19611 - 9th Batt
- Sergt. George Rowley 9340 - 9th Batt
- Pte. Thomas Schofield 14150 - 9th Batt
- Pte. James Thomas Sharples 16606 - 9th Batt
- Pte. Charles Francis Sherriff 18820 - 9th Batt
- Pte. Leonard Shilvock 14842 - 9th Batt
- L/Cpl. Frank Bertrand Smythe 14752 - 9th Batt
- Pte. John Henry Sorrell 20028 - 9th Batt
- Pte. Charles Spiers 15234 - 9th Batt
- L/Cpl. Charles Bernard Squires 18393 - 9th Batt
- Pte. Acton Chaplin Stacy 14309 - 9th Batt
- Pte. Albert Edward Sweetman 13631 - 9th Batt
- Pte. George Swingewood 20079 - 9th Batt
- L/Cpl. George Thatcher 13663 - 9th Batt
- Pte. Geoffrey Howarth Tinegate 17569 - 9th batt
- Pte. William Tolley 15599 - 9th Batt
- Pte. Frederick Alfred Treadaway 15095 - 9th Batt
- Pte. Thomas Henry Wakelin 14308 - 9th Batt
- Pte. William Thomas Waldron 14751 - 9th Batt
- Pte. George Reid Wall 20036 - 9th Batt
- Pte. Frank Watson 14044 - 9th Batt
- Pte. Leslie Westley 13813 - 9th Batt
- Pte. George Wicks 14827 - 9th Batt
- Pte. John Archer Wood 14069 - 9th Batt
- Pte. Frederick Wyre 14106 - 9th Batt
- Pte. Joseph Richard Yates 7508 - 9th Batt
- Att: Capt. Norman Kingsley Street