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1/7th Battalion Royal Warwickshires War Diary

The Personal Diary of Sergeant Edward Brookes Service No: 1168

of 46 Craners Road, Coventry.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  
This Book is of little value accept to owner please return to above address.

(1914)
 Royal Warwickshires on route to Coventry Station  
   
August 2nd
August 3rd
August 4th
August 5th
August 9th
August 16th
August 17th
August 21st
August 22nd 		- Left Coventry for Rhyl Camp
- Returned to Coventry
- Mobilized
- Left for Weymouth
- Left for Swindon
- Left Swindon
- Arrived Leyton
- Left Leyton on Truck
- Dunstable		  
On Route to the Station at the start of WW1 (Warwick Row Coventry)
  
   
August 23rd
August 24th
August 25th
August 26th
August 28th
September 15th-September 18th
September 25th
September 25th
October 14th
October 16th
October 16th
October 20th
November 30th

December 12th
March 22nd

- Hitchin
- Ware
- Epping
- Brentwood
- Arrived Stock

- On Leave
- Left Stock for Chelmsford
- Arrived at Chelmsford
- Kings Review
- Left Chelmsford for Tiptree
- Arrived Tiptree
- Left Tiptree for Witham
- Left Witham for Chelsea
(Course of Instruction)
- Returned to Witham
- Left Witham for France		 Edward Brookes of the Royal Warwickshires  
Sergt.Edward Brookes
Born 01/05/1879 Willenhall Staffordshire
Died 11/05/1915 Aged 36

LA PLUS DOUVE FARM CEMETERY

  
   
March 23rd
March 24th

 - Arrived Le Havre
- Left Le Havre - Rouen, St Omer, Calais, Boulogne, Cassil, 		 
   
March 25th
March 28th
March 29th
March 30th
March 31st
April 1st
April 2nd
April 3rd
April 4th
April 5th
April 6th
April 6th - 11th
April 12th
 - Winzelee (Slept in Barnes)
- Left Winzelee Arrived Bailleul (Slept in Warehouse)
- Company Parade
- Trenching
- Trenching
- Left Bailleul for Armentieres
- Rifle Inspections
- Manned the Trenches no Casualties
- Manned the Trenches no Casualties (2 Casualties for Battalion 1 each day)
- Lecture on Trench Life
- Left Armentieres for Bailleul
- Company Parades & Inspections
- Left Bailleul for Trenches Relieved Dublin’s who had just been shelled they had lost a whole section from shell fire		  
April 13th Rather Quiet until about 9 at night when it was like hell in the direction of Ypres must have been in a terrible battle hardly a shot fired from our trenches spent the night repairing trench think enemy doing the same 2 reserves wounded in bringing our rations.  
April 14th
April 15th
April 16th 		Cannonade at Ypres at about 9pm
Shelled us Phillips wounded in hand by Rifle fire
Shelled our Trenches the shells dropped close but did little damage no casualties, relieved by 8th Battalion rotten night hardly see. 		 
   
Private James Beesley of the Royal Warwickshires    
  Coventry Territorials at Camp  
Territorials at Camp
  


Private James Beesley
1/7th Battalion Royal Warwickshires

    


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