• Home
  • About
  • Getting Involved
  • Men on the Gates
  • Men at the Front
  • Men at Home
  • Women of WW1
  • News
  • Events
  • Contact
Facebook
Twitter
Instagram

Men at the Front

Men at the Front

Home Battles & Offensives Wieltje. 3 Bn Rifle Brigade. July 1915

Wieltje. 3 Bn Rifle Brigade. July 1915

March 14, 2017Published By Ben Hillidge

Wieltje. 3 Bn Rifle Brigade. July 1915

Ypres

At the outbreak of war 3 Bn Rifle Brigade was stationed at Cork Ireland. They arrived in France on 12 September 1914. They moved to Ypres at the beginning of June. By the end of the month they had been taken off front line duty and were in billets at Dirty Bucket Camp near to Elveringhe. During July they were employed on working parties digging and entrenching. On 27 July they went back into the line for a 6 day tour. They relieved the 1 Bn The Buffs in trenches at Wieljte facing Mouse Trap Farm in the northern part of the Ypres Salient. Throughout the month there had been a steady attrition of casualties – for July the war diary records 15 KIA and  32 wounded.

Rifleman 7015 John W (Walter) Hughes, 3 Bn Rifle Brigade. DoW 31 July 1915. Les Gonards Cemetery, Versailles

Wieljte – Map from 1916 showing German trenches in red and Britis front line in dotted blue. 3 Bn Rifle Brigade were in the line in squares C 21, 22 & 28. (National Archives)

 

References and Sources WAR DIARY 3 Bn Rifle Brigade.

B&O 1915 Ypres. Wieltje. 3 Bn Rifle Brigade. July 1915

END

 


QUICK LINKS

  • Home
  • About
  • Getting Involved
  • Men on the Gates
  • Men at the Front
  • Men at Home
  • Women of WW1
  • News
  • Events
  • Contact

CONTACT

01691 656 882
menonthegates@hotmail.com
info@qube-oca.org.uk

Twitter
Facebook
Instagram

VISIT US

Oswald Road
Oswestry
SY11 1RB

Mon - Fri 9am - 5pm
Sat 9:30am - 12:30pm
ADMISSION FREE

NEWSLETTER SIGNUP

  • Cookie Policy
  • Terms & Conditions
  • Privacy Policy
  • Web by Twenty Two Design

Qube is a registered charity in England and Wales | Charity No: 1063319 | Company Reg. No: 3390138