1914 - 1919
The 1st Battalion was mobilised at once and, at Messines on Hallowe'en 31st October, 1914, was the first Territorial infantry battalion in action against the Germans. The Battalion continued to serve in France and Flanders throughout the war and took part in all the major offensives including the last advance through Belgium to become part of the Army of Occupation on the Rhine at Cologne.
The 1st Battalion of the London Scottish at the Battle of Messines on 31st October 1914.
From an original painting. |
The 2nd Battalion, raised at the outbreak of war, went overseas in June, 1916, and served in France, the Balkans and Palestine, where it took part in the Capture of Jerusalem, and later returned to France. The 3rd Battalion was raised in 1914 as a Reserve Bn and supplied drafts to the two battalions overseas.
'A Glorious Example' - A cartoon by Bernard Partridge that appeared in Punch in 1914. | Two VCs and 19 DSOs were awarded to members of the Regiment and the total fatal casualties amounted to 1542. There are Three War Memorials in the Drill Hall, The South African Memorial shows all who served there and the other two list all who died in the two World Wars. It is the Regimental Custom to stand to attention for a moment, facing the 1914 - 1918 Memorial, when entering and leaving the building as a gesture of respect to those who died in the three wars.
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