37th Labour Battalion, Royal Fusiliers (107 & 108 Company, Labour Corps)

37th Labour Battalion, Royal Fusiliers (107 & 108 Company, Labour Corps)

Men who served with the 37th (Labour) Battalion, Royal Fusiliers (107 & 108 Company, Labour Corps). This unit was formed in Falmer, West Sussex on the 6th of June 1916, and moved to France as part of the Army Troops in July 1916. The battalion was mostly engaged in road construction on the Western Front. In September 1916 the unit was present at the Battle of the Somme. Half of 107 Company became prisoners of war after they were captured at Gouzeaucourt during the Battle of Cambrai on the 31 November 1917. The units were disbanded in 1919.

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  • James L Cottingham

    British Army 38338 Warrant Officer Class 2 Royal Fusiliers

    British Army 63717 Warrant Officer Class 2 Labour Corps

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  • Frederick Albert Kimmins

    Born 1869

    British Army 2869 Private Middlesex Regiment

    British Army 450387 Private Labour Corps

    British Army 697350 Private Labour Corps 117th Labour Company

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  • Alfred J Carson

    Born 1877

    British Army 5375 Private Cambridgeshire Regiment 2/1 Battalion

    British Army 64270 Private Labour Corps 108th Company

    British Army 54649 Private Royal Fusiliers 4th Reserve Battalion

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  • Frank Wesley Fellingham

    Born 1891

    British Army Lieutenant Indian Army (T.C.) attached 107th Labour Corps

    British Army 1482 Royal Field Artillery 1st Home Counties Brigade, 1st Sussex Brigade

    British Army 900484 Royal Field Artillery 220th Brigade, Reserve Brigade, 1st Sussex Battery

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  • Walter Malin

    Born 1883

    Died 1945

    British Army 74513 Private Middlesex Regiment 29th (Works) Battalion

    British Army 54282 Private Royal Fusiliers Labour Company

    British Army 346280 Private Labour Corps 107th Labour Company

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  • James Chalmers

    British Army Lieutenant Gordon Highlanders 5th gordon highland Battalion

    British Army Captain Royal Fusiliers royal fusiliers 37th Battalion

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  • Leonard Thomas

    British Army 38088 Serjeant Royal Fusiliers

    British Army 64617 Serjeant Labour Corps

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  • Philip Fred John Bissagar

    Born 1879

    Died 1916

    British Army 17569 Acting Corporal Royal Army Service Corps

    British Army GS/32510 Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 Royal Fusiliers 37th Labour Battalion

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  • Frederick Manthorp

    Born 1876

    Died 1916

    British Army GS/36258 Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 Royal Fusiliers

    British Army 36258 Company Serjeant Major Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) 37th Battalion

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  • John William Watson

    Born 1876

    British Army 38121 Warrant Officer Class 2 Royal Fusiliers

    British Army 6464 Warrant Officer Class 2 Labour Corps

    British Army 64644 Company Sergeant Major Labour Corps

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