A CLASSIC CASUALTY MILITARY MEDAL (Pilckem Ridge)
1914-15 TRIO To: 240409 & 1989 Pte J. WINTERBOTTOM 1/5th Loyal North Lancs Regt (Locally,THE BOLTON PALS')
Killed in Action. 30th Nov,1917. 'TANK Battle of Cambrai' The 1/5th lost 87 men on 30th November during this famous Tank action )
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( LONDON GAZETTE 28th November 1917 )
[HISTORY] 1/5th Battalion, The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment was based in Bolton when war broke out in August 1914 with the North Lancashire Brigade, West Lancashire Division. They were mobilised and moved to Chipping Sodbury for training, then in November they moved to Sevenoaks. In February 1915 the battalion left the West Lancashire Division and proceeded to France, landing at Le Havre on 12th Feb 1915 to join 16th Brigade, 6th Division. On the 11th of June 1915 the 1/5th Battalion transferred to 151st Brigade, 50th (Northumbrian) Division and saw action in the Second Battle of Ypres. On the 21st of December 1915 they transferred to 26th Brigade, 9th (Scottish) Division then on the 8th of January 1916 they transferred to the re-formed 166th Brigade, 55th (West Lancashire) Division which was concentrating in the Hallencourt area.
On the 16th of February 1916 the Division relieved the French 88th Division south of Arras, they moved to The Somme in late July taking over a section of front line near the village of Guillemont. They were in action at the The Battle of Guillemont, The Battle of Ginchy, The Battle of Flers-Courcelette and The Battle of Morval.
The Division moved to Flanders in october 1916 and took over the front line between Wieltje and Railway Wood. In 1917 they were in action at Pilckem Ridge and Menin Road Ridge during the Third Battle of Ypres.
They then moved south to Cambrai where the 1/5th Loyal North Lancashires suffered very heavily during the German Counter Attacks on the 30th of November 1917. In the Spring of 1918 having been much re-enforced, they were in action in the Battle of the Lys. On the 4th of June 1918 the battalion transferred to 170th Brigade in 57th (2nd West Lancashire) Division and absorbed the 4/5th Battalion. They were in action during the Second Battles of Arras, the Battles of the Hindenburg Line including assisting in the capture of Cambrai in October, The occupation of Lille and the Final Advance in Artois. At the Armistice the Division was at rest in the eastern suburbs of Lille. They moved to Arras on the 21st of November to assist with the clear up and the Division was demobilised between March and July 1919.
MM (28th September 1917 ) Awards from Pilckem Ridge.
THE BATTLE of PILCKEM RIDGE (31 July - 2 August)**
Between 30 July and 4 August, in the Division's attack in the area of Spree, Pond and Schuler Farms, no fewer than 168 officers and 3384 men were killed, wounded or missing. Private Winterbottom almost certainly won his MM in the attack on Capricorn Trench, on the far side of the Steenbeck.This was on the same day and in the same action during which Captan Noël Chavase posthumously won the second award bar to his Victoria Cross. The Division was withdrawn to Recques for re-fit and training on 7 August. It returned to pretty well the exact position it had left on 15 September, under orders for the next phase of the offensive.
THE BATTLE OF MENIN ROAD RIDGE (20 - 23 September)
Casualties in this action were 127 officers and 2603 men, incurred in the heavy but successful fight for Gallipoli, Schuler Farm and the Hanebeek. Relieved by 39th Division, the 55th moved out of the line from 22/3 September and proceeded to a very different area, south of Cambrai. The position taken up was between Honnecourt wood and Lempire-Ronssoy.
THE TANK ATTACK
(The German Counter Attacks)
30th NOVEMBER 1917
The Division faced a massive German counter attack on 30 November 1917; its effect was later examined by a Court of Enquiry, the front line defence apparently crumbling and allowing the enemy to have a "rapid and almost bewildering" advance. The Divisional history remarks that "only two of our men passed through the straggler posts"; this may be so. But hundreds of troops had fallen into enemy captivity. "Not a man returned" from the 1/5th Bn, the South Lancashire. The Division's reputation fell sharply in the eyes of the higher command. It was withdrawn from the area and sent to Bomy near Fruges for intensive training.
ALL MEDALS ARE PRACTICALLY 'MINT' WITH ORIGINAL 'MINT' RIBBONS
A SUPERB CASUALTY GROUP TO A MUCH SOUGHT AFTER NORTHERN (BOLTON) UNIT
SOLD
1914-15 TRIO To: 240409 & 1989 Pte J. WINTERBOTTOM 1/5th Loyal North Lancs Regt (Locally,THE BOLTON PALS')
Killed in Action. 30th Nov,1917. 'TANK Battle of Cambrai' The 1/5th lost 87 men on 30th November during this famous Tank action )
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.( LONDON GAZETTE 28th November 1917 )
[HISTORY] 1/5th Battalion, The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment was based in Bolton when war broke out in August 1914 with the North Lancashire Brigade, West Lancashire Division. They were mobilised and moved to Chipping Sodbury for training, then in November they moved to Sevenoaks. In February 1915 the battalion left the West Lancashire Division and proceeded to France, landing at Le Havre on 12th Feb 1915 to join 16th Brigade, 6th Division. On the 11th of June 1915 the 1/5th Battalion transferred to 151st Brigade, 50th (Northumbrian) Division and saw action in the Second Battle of Ypres. On the 21st of December 1915 they transferred to 26th Brigade, 9th (Scottish) Division then on the 8th of January 1916 they transferred to the re-formed 166th Brigade, 55th (West Lancashire) Division which was concentrating in the Hallencourt area.
On the 16th of February 1916 the Division relieved the French 88th Division south of Arras, they moved to The Somme in late July taking over a section of front line near the village of Guillemont. They were in action at the The Battle of Guillemont, The Battle of Ginchy, The Battle of Flers-Courcelette and The Battle of Morval.
The Division moved to Flanders in october 1916 and took over the front line between Wieltje and Railway Wood. In 1917 they were in action at Pilckem Ridge and Menin Road Ridge during the Third Battle of Ypres.
They then moved south to Cambrai where the 1/5th Loyal North Lancashires suffered very heavily during the German Counter Attacks on the 30th of November 1917. In the Spring of 1918 having been much re-enforced, they were in action in the Battle of the Lys. On the 4th of June 1918 the battalion transferred to 170th Brigade in 57th (2nd West Lancashire) Division and absorbed the 4/5th Battalion. They were in action during the Second Battles of Arras, the Battles of the Hindenburg Line including assisting in the capture of Cambrai in October, The occupation of Lille and the Final Advance in Artois. At the Armistice the Division was at rest in the eastern suburbs of Lille. They moved to Arras on the 21st of November to assist with the clear up and the Division was demobilised between March and July 1919.
MM (28th September 1917 ) Awards from Pilckem Ridge.
THE BATTLE of PILCKEM RIDGE (31 July - 2 August)**
Between 30 July and 4 August, in the Division's attack in the area of Spree, Pond and Schuler Farms, no fewer than 168 officers and 3384 men were killed, wounded or missing. Private Winterbottom almost certainly won his MM in the attack on Capricorn Trench, on the far side of the Steenbeck.This was on the same day and in the same action during which Captan Noël Chavase posthumously won the second award bar to his Victoria Cross. The Division was withdrawn to Recques for re-fit and training on 7 August. It returned to pretty well the exact position it had left on 15 September, under orders for the next phase of the offensive.
THE BATTLE OF MENIN ROAD RIDGE (20 - 23 September)
Casualties in this action were 127 officers and 2603 men, incurred in the heavy but successful fight for Gallipoli, Schuler Farm and the Hanebeek. Relieved by 39th Division, the 55th moved out of the line from 22/3 September and proceeded to a very different area, south of Cambrai. The position taken up was between Honnecourt wood and Lempire-Ronssoy.
THE TANK ATTACK
(The German Counter Attacks)
30th NOVEMBER 1917
The Division faced a massive German counter attack on 30 November 1917; its effect was later examined by a Court of Enquiry, the front line defence apparently crumbling and allowing the enemy to have a "rapid and almost bewildering" advance. The Divisional history remarks that "only two of our men passed through the straggler posts"; this may be so. But hundreds of troops had fallen into enemy captivity. "Not a man returned" from the 1/5th Bn, the South Lancashire. The Division's reputation fell sharply in the eyes of the higher command. It was withdrawn from the area and sent to Bomy near Fruges for intensive training.
ALL MEDALS ARE PRACTICALLY 'MINT' WITH ORIGINAL 'MINT' RIBBONS
A SUPERB CASUALTY GROUP TO A MUCH SOUGHT AFTER NORTHERN (BOLTON) UNIT
SOLD