Timeline

Foreword 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 Afterword
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1914
Royal Naval Division Thomas H. Bashton
August
   16 Winston Churchill orders the formation of the RND
September
     7 Entered RND as Ordinary Seaman, Howe Battalion, KX/145
   21 Marine Brigade embarks for Dunkirk
October
     4 The Siege of Antwerp
November
   27 Entered Blanford camp
1915
February
     6 Plymouth & Chatham Battalions embark at Plymouth
   28 Division embarks at Avonmouth Appointed Able Seaman
March
     3 Plymouth Battalion attempts landings during naval attack
   18 Diversion landing on Western Gallipoli cancelled
April
     1 Naval Brigades ordered to Suez Canal Kantara defences
     5 Anson Battalion ordered to Alexandria
   25 The Gallipoli Landings
May
     6 The Second Battle of Krithia
 28-29 Benbow, Collingwood & Hawke Btns disembark Cape Helles
June
     4 The Third Battle of Krithia
July
   13 The Action of Achi Baba Nullah
   28Diagnosed with Influenza
December
   23 Rejoined unit
1916
January
     2 Sprained ankle
     8 The Evacuation of Gallipoli
   26 Rejoined unit
Feb-Apr 2nd Brigade at Salonica Defences
April
   29 Authority transferred from the Admiralty to the War Office
May
   12 Moved to France
June
   19 Redesignated 63rd (Royal Naval) Division
   26 Diagnosed with I.C.T. leg injury
July
     5 Rejoined unit
   17 Entered trenches at Bully Grenay
August
   11 Received shrapnel wound to left side of chest
   25 To convalescent billet for duty
October
   13 Transferred to the Vth Corps of the Fifth Army
November
   13 The Battle of the Ancre
1917
February
   12 Rejoined unit
   17 The Actions of Miraumont
March
   16 Diagnosed with trench fever
April
   16 Transferred to A Reserve Btn.
   23 The Second Battle of the Scarpe
   28 The Battle of Arleux
June
     2 Transferred to 2nd Reserve Btn.
July
   16 Drafted back into Howe Btn.
August
   11 Rejoined unit
September
     5 Attached to 176 Tunnelling Company
     6 Awarded 1st Good Conduct badge
   23 Rejoined unit
October
   26 The Second Battle of Passchendaele Received a severe bayonet wound to the left thigh and a bayonet wound to the left wrist
December
   30 The Action of Welsh Ridge
1918
March
   21 The Battle of St. Quentin
   24 The First Battle of Bapaume
April
     5 The Battle of The Ancre
   22 Transferred to 2nd Reserve Btn, Regimental Depot, Aldershot (Police)
May
     2 Drafted to the Divisional Employment Company. Embarks England
     3 Disembarked France
   16 Transferred to the Divisional Employment Company
June
   21 Entered trenches at Auchonvillers
August
   21 The Battle of Albert
September
     2 The Battle of Drocourt-Queant
   27 The Battle of the Canal du Nord
October
     8 The Battle of Cambrai
November
     5 The Passage of the Grand Honelle
December
   30 To Calais Dispersal Centre for demobilisation
1919
January
   11 Demobilised
   29 Paid £26/-/-
April Demobilisation completed
May
     5 Awarded 1914 Star
June Disbanded
July
   11 Awarded British War and Victory Medals
August
   28 Wills despatched

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