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The Worcestershire Regiment in World War 1 - Recruiting Poster from 1915
As there were so many Battalions in service during the war it is impossible to say what they all did here. However, the list on this page shows where each battalion served and the major battles in which they were involved.
 The Worcestershire Regiment in World War 1 - A conscript with his family, just before leaving for France
Overview   -   Trench Life   -   Battalion Service   -   Service Areas

1st Battalion - France and Belgium 1914-18.
Neuve Chapelle, March 1915. Somme, July-November 1916. Ypres, July 1917. Villers Bretonneux, March 1918. Aisne, May 1918.

2nd Battalion -France and Belgium 1914-18.
Mons, August 1914. Gheluvelt, October 1914. Festubert, May 1915. Somme, July-November 1916. Lys, April 1918. St. Quentin Canal, September-October 1918.

3rd Battalion - France and Belgium 1914-18.
Mons, August 1914. Le Cateau, August 1914. Ypres, June 1915. Somme, July-October 1916. Messines, June 1917. Somme, March 1918.

4th Battalion - Gallipoli 1915-16. France and Belgium 1916-18. Suvla Bay, 1915-6. Somme, July-November 1916. Ypres, August 1917. Cambrai, November 1917. Courtrai, October 1918.

 1/7th Battalion - France and Belgium, 1915-17. Italy, 1917-8. Somme, July-November 1916. Ypres, August 1917. Piave, June 1918. Vittorio Vento, October 1918.

2/7th Battalion - France and Belgium, 1916-18.
Somme, July-November 1916. Ypres, August 1917. Cambrai, November 1917.

1/8th Battalion - France and Belgium 1915-17 & 1918. Italy 1917-18. Somme, July-November 1916. Piave, June 1918. Hindenburg Line, September-October 1918.

2/8th Battalion - France and Belgium 1916-18.
Somme, July-November 1916. Cambrai, November 1917. St. Quentin, March 1918.

9th Battalion - Gallipoli, 1915-16. Mesopotamia, 1916. Suvla Bay, 1915. Kut-al-Amara, January 1917. Baghdad, February 1917.

10th Battalion - France and Belgium 1915-18. La Boiselle, July 1916. Bapume, March 1918. Messines, April 1918. Aisne, May 1918.

11th Battalion - Macedonia 1915-18. Doiran, April 1917. Doiran, September 1918.

14th Battalion - France and Belgium Main actions: Somme, July-November 1916. Arras, April 1917. Hindenburg Line, September-October 1918.

Bringing in the wounded, Mesopotamia - Click on image for a bigger picture
Bathing in an abandoned trench - Click on image for a bigger picture
A first aid post just behind the lines, 1915 - Click on image for a bigger picture
Trenches on battlefield, 1916 - Click on image for a bigger picture
One of the tins sent to all troops by Queen Mary, Christmas 1914 - Click on image for a bigger picture
Trench mortar, used in British trenches to attack German lines - Click on image for a bigger picture
5th, 6th, 3/7th, 3/8th, 12th and 13th Battalions were all training battalions, based in Britain.

15th and 16th Battalions were transport battalions. Made up of unfit men, they were used to move supplies and munitions.

The Garrison and Volunteer Battalions were also made up of unfit men, and were used for home defence duties.
 
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