Search results for Hampshire Regiment.

21 January 1916 : Pte Frederick C Baldwyn

/on-this-day/21-january-1916-pte-frederick-c-baldwyn/

One of five boys, his father, Frank Baldwyn originally from Aberdeen, ran a market gardening business with his wife Florence out of Fleet Farm, Finchampstead.  At the outbreak of war in 1914 Frederick was living on the farm and working as a labourer and bricklayer. Fred enlisted at Salisbury in September 1914. Sent overseas on 18 March 1915, h…


The Great War and March Casualities from Lewes, East Sussex

/world-war-i-articles/the-great-war-and-march-casualities-from-lewes-east-sussex/

During the early years of the war, March on the Western Front was a time of preparation for the spring offensives both sides knew would come as soon as the ground had dried out sufficiently to make a successful advance a real possibility. As a result there was only one Lewes casualty in March 1915 and two in 1916. March 1917 brought seven fatalitie…