British regiments in the Fovant area
This list is based, with some enhancements, on ‘British Regiments 1914–1918’ (Samson 1978) by Brigadier E A James, whose record of infantry and cavalry unit locations during the Great War is arranged by unit rather than place. We are indepted to Mr Terry Crawford for providing us with this information.
The following tables are in chronological order.
FOVANT (some units may have been at Hurdcott or Sutton Mandeville)
| Unit | Camp | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Worcestershire Regiment battalion | Number 2 Camp | March–July 1915 |
| 7th Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry | April–early September 1915 | |
| 7th Royal Berkshire Regiment (Princess Charlotte of Wales’s) | Number 1 Camp | May–July 1915 |
| 11th Border Regiment | August–mid-November 1915 | |
| 15th West Yorkshire Regiment(Prince of Wales’s Own) (1st Leeds) | Number 1 Camp | August 1915–January 1916 |
| 16th West Yorkshire Regiment | Number 2 Camp | August 1915–January 1916 |
| 18th West Yorkshire Regiment | Number 3 Camp | August 1915 –January 1916 |
| 31st Yorkshire Division | August 1915 –January 1916 | |
| Durham Light Infantry | Number 4 Camp | August 1915–January 1916 |
| 12th Queen’s Own (Royal West Kent) (Miners, then Pioneers) | October–early December 1915 | |
| 3/10th London Regiment (Hackney) | January–autumn 1916 | |
| 3/12th London Regiment (The Rangers) | January–autumn 1916 | |
| 3/5th London Rifle Brigade | Number 4 Camp | January–November 1916 |
| 3/6th London Regiment | Number 1 Camp | January–autumn 1916 |
| 3/8th London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) | January–autumn 1916 | |
| 3/9th London Regiment (Queen Victoria’s Rifles) | Number 3 Camp | January–autumn 1916 |
| 2/4th Leicestershire Regiment | Number 3 & 4 Camps | January–February 1917 |
| 2/4th Lincolnshire Regiment | Number 1 & 2 Camps | January–February 1917 |
| 2/5th & 2/6th North Staffordshire Regiment (Prince of Wales’s) | January–February 1917 | |
| 2/5th & 2/6th Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire & Derbyshire Regiment) | Number 13 Camp | January–late February 1917 |
| 2/5th South Staffordshire Regiment | January–February 1917 | |
| Dorset Regiment training battalion | West Farm | March 1917 |
| Royal Berkshire Regiment training battalion (9th?) | Royal Engineer Camp | March 1917 |
1st London Reserve Brigade was formed at Fovant on September 1, 1916 with 1st, 3rd, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th & 10th Reserve Battalions, London Regiment and the Reserve Battalion of the Honourable Artillery Company. It moved to South Devon in November 1916, apart from the HAC, which went on duty at the Tower of London.
HURDCOTT
| Unit | Dates | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| 11th East Lancashire Regiment | September 25–December 19 1915 | |
| 12th, 13th & 14th York & Lancaster Regiment | October–December 1915 | |
| 11th, 12th & 13th (Hull service battalions) East Yorkshire Regiment | October/November–December 1915 (or January 1916?) | perhaps similar dates to 10th East Yorkshires) |
| 10th East Yorkshire Regiment (1st Hull) | Nov 6/7–16, 1915; December 2–7, 1915 | |
| 1st, 2nd, 11th, 12th Wessex Division Training Army Service Corps | January–May 1916 | |
| 4/1st, 4/2nd, 4/3rd & 4/4th London Regiment | January 1916; | on September 1, 1916, the 1st Battalion absorbed the 2nd, and the 3rd Battalion absorbed the 4th, moving to Torquay in November. |
| 3/11th London Regiment (Finsbury Rifles) | January–autumn 1916 | |
| Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbyshires) battalion | January–March 1917 |
SUTTON MANDEVILLE
| Unit | Dates | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| 3/7th London Regiment | January–autumn 1915 | |
| 31st Division artillery | August 1915 –January 1916 | |
| 13th Royal Warwickshire Regiment (became 33rd Training Reserve Battalion) | March 1917 | |
| 37th Young Soldier Battalion became 53rd (Young Soldier) Battalion, Devonshire Regiment | October 27, 1917, | moving to Rollestone in January 1918. |
Click on the link below to find a list of some of the men who were known to be in the Camps:
A list of British soldiers’ names gleaned from various sources
T.S.C
2003
Content last updated
25 November 2015