The 9th Royal Welch Fusiliers 1915

9th (Service) Battalion, The Royal Welch Fusiliers was raised at Wrexham on the 9th of September 1914. It was part of the 58th Brigade in France. In August 1915 it was shipped to to France, south of Neuve Chapelle. On The 25th Sept 1915 it was at the North end of the battle of Loos. My grandfather Sam Vaughan was one of many who was a casualty but remarkably survived after been shot 3 times. Many other were not as lucky. This web site give details of the build up to there battle.

Tuesday, 15 September 2015

15th September 1915 - 10 days to go before battle

15th September 1915 (Tue)- 9th RWF War Diary

10 days to go before the Battle of Loos

Employed occasionally in working parties.

58th Brigade Head Quarters entry for the same day

Enemy quite on the whole
9 RW Fusiliers relieved by Wilts in IND.1.C
Relive completed by 9:10PM

Casualties

1 RW Fusilier, 3 Welch wounded

Movement

As above

Comments

Quite