William Bernard Whitmore
Royal Warwickshire Regiment
(The Birmingham Pals)
Number 133 ('A' Company)
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14th (Service) Battalion
Royal Warwickshire Regiment (The Birmingham Pals)
Number 133 ('A' Company)
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This
page describes the engagements that the 5th Division of the British Army were
engaged in during William's tour of duty. Without consulting more the
battalion's own war diary, it is impossible to say what part the battalion
played in these engagements. I hope to be able to do this soon.
William Whitmore's Battalion served in the 13th Brigade, alongside the following battalions:
15th Battalion, Royal Warwicks
2nd Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers
1st Battalion, Royal West Kents
Please note: as with all tables like this one, remember that it lists only engagements with the enemy. Troops would spend considerable amounts of time each year in the trenches, and within firing range of the enemy. Shelling and sniping would be a permanent danger, which lessened (but did not disappear) when there was no major engagement.
| Campaign | Battle | Dates Present |
| Somme | Attack on High Wood | 20 July 25 July 1916 |
| Battle of Guillemont | 3 Sept. 6 Sept. 1916 | |
| Battle
of Flers-Courcelette (including the capture of Martinpuich) |
15 Sept. 22 Sept. 1916 | |
| Battle of Morval (including the capture of Combles, Lesboeufs and Gueudecourt) |
25 Sept. 28 Sept. 1916 | |
| Battle of Le Transloy | 1 Oct. 18 Oct. 1916 | |
| Arras Offensive | Battle of Vimy | 9 April 14 April 1917 |
| Attack on La Coulotte | 23 April 1917 | |
| 3rd battle of
Scarpe (including the capture of Fresnoy) |
3 May 4 May 1917 | |
| Capture of Oppy Wood | 28 June 1917 | |
| 3rd battle of Ypres | Battle of Polygon Wood | 26 Sept. 3 Oct. 1917 |
| Battle of Broodseinde | 4 Oct. 1917 | |
| Battle of Poelcapelle | 9 Oct. 1917 | |
| 2nd battle of Passchendaele | 26 Oct. 10 Nov 1917 | |
| Posted to Italy | Dec 1917 April 1918 | |
| 3rd Battle of Lys (Flanders) | Battle
of Hazebrouck (including the defence of Hinges Ridge and the Nieppe Forest) |
12 Apr 15 Apr 1918 |
| Action at LaBecque | 28 June 1918 | |
| 2nd Battle of the Somme (Picardy) | Battle
of Albert (including the capture of Chuignes) |
21 Aug 23 Aug 1918 |
| 2nd battle of Bapaume | 31 Aug 3 Sept 1918 | |
| Hindenburg Line | Battle of Epehy | 18 Sept 1918 |
| Battle of Canel
du Nord (including the capture of Bourlon Wood) |
27 Sept. 1 Oct. 1918 | |
| Pursuit to the Selle | 9 Oct 12 Oct 1918 | |
| Battle of the Selle | 17 Oct. 25 Oct, 1918 |
Taken from The British Army in the Great War, and The Regimental Warpath.