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| Men of the 7th Battalion c. 1916 |
William Lane
Service Number:
5569
Regiment & Unit/Battalion
Worcestershire Regiment
7th Reserve Battalion [Age 31]
Date of Death
1925 [Age 41]
Buried or commemorated at
Broadwas Roll of Honour
Country of Service
United Kingdom
Additional Info
Grandson of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas & Jane Lane
Family history
Williams grandparents were, Thomas and Jane Lane. In the 1891 census he was 7 years old and living with them
at, Chapel House, Doddenham Lane, Doddenham, Martley, Worcestershire.
William Lane was born in Doddenham and married Christiana Wise, on the 5th June 1915, in Kings Norton, Birmingham.
Their son Walter Ernest Lane was born 13th July 1916, and lived at Broad Green, Broadwas, Worcestershire.
Christiana Lane was born, 1st September 1886, and died in March qtr., 1971 [Martley district]
William Lane, of Broad green, Broadwas, Worcestershire. Occupation, Bricklayer, aged 31 years 9 months.
Enrolled in the 7th Reserve Battalion, Worcester Regiment, 348 Batallion; Service No. 202545., on the 24 October 1916.
William served to the end of the war.
7th Battalion Worcestershire Regiment
7th Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment was a territorial unit based in in Kidderminster serving with the Gloucester
and Worcester Brigade in South Midland Division. The units had just departed for their annual summer camp when
war broke out in August 1914 and they were at once recalled. They mobilised for war service on 5 August 1914
and moved to Swindon, then to Maldon in Essex in the second week of August to concentrate with the Division and
commence training. They proceeded to France from Folkestone, landing at Bologne on the 31st of March 1915.
The Division concentrated near Cassel. On the 15th of May 1915 the formation was renamed 144th Brigade,
48th (South Midland) Division. In 1916 they were in action in the Battle of the Somme, suffering hevy casualties on
the 1st of July in assaulting the Quadrilateral (Heidenkopf). They were also in action at The Battle of Bazentin Ridge,
capturing Ovillers, The Battle of Pozieres Ridge, The Battle of the Ancre Heights and The Battle of the Ancre. In 1917
the Division occupied Peronne during the The German Retreat to the Hindenburg Line and were in action in the
Third Battles of Ypres. On the 21st of November 1917 they entrained for Italy. In 1918 they were involved in the fighting
on the Asiago Plateau and The Battle of the Vittoria Veneto in the Val d'Assa area. At the Armistice the Division had
withdrawn and was at Granezza. Demobilisation began in early 1919.
1916 (February) 2/7th Battalion moved to Salisbury Plain.
1916 (April) 3/7th Battalion became 7th (Reserve) Battalion (8th April 1916) at Salisbury Plain.
1916 (May) 2/7th Battalion landed in France (24th May 1916).
1916 (September) 7th Reserve Battalion (3/7th) absorbed the 8th Reserve Battalion (3/8th) on 1st September.
1916 (October) 7th Reserve Battalion (3/7th and 3/8th) moved to Cheltenham.
1917 (March) 7th Reserve Battalion (3/7th and 3/8th) moved to Catterick.
1917 (November) Italy: 1/7th Battalion moved to Northern Italy (arrived 29th November at Pojana).
1918 (February) 2/7th Battalion disbanded in France (6th February 1918).
1918 (December) 7th Reserve Battalion (3/7th and 3/8th) was disbanded shortly after Armistice.
1919 (March) 1/7th Battalion left Italy for France.
1919 (March) 1/7th Battalion left France for England (31st March 1919).
1919 (April) Kidderminster: 1/7th Battalion was disembodied (2nd April 1919).
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