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.

Wednesday 9 September 2015

8th Sept 1915 wed

9th RWF War Diary for the 8th September 1915

Nothing to record - work continued as before - all ranks working exceptional well and hard.

58th Brigade Head Quarters entry for the same day

Nothing to record - Work continued as before. All ranks working exceptionally hard

Casualties

Lt H G Durtnell - 9th Welsh Wounded

1 man , 9th Welsh Killed

Comment

Seems to be a quite day !!
Note that only officers were mentioned by name if wounded or killed. Ranks were unlikely to be mentioned by name
The map below give a general indication of where the 9th Royal Welsh were

This is a photo taken in 2007 of the area above. No trace of the carnage which occurred here