16th Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers, British Army

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16th Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers, British Army
Years active:	unknown – unknown
Country:	United Kingdom
Service:	British Army
Branch:	unknown
Type:	Infantry
Specific type:	Infantry battalion
Full size:	1,000
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Created:	unknown.
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Name1:	16th (Service) Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers (2nd Salford)
Name1 Start:	unknown
Name1 End:	unknown
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Alternate names:	Salford Pals
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Disbanded:	unknown.
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For more information on what infobox fields mean, see documentation at military unit, command structure and theatre of war.

Command structure
Relationship type:	Administrative
Parent unit:	Lancashire Fusiliers, UK
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Start date:	unknown
End date:	unknown
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Command structure
Relationship type:	Tactical
Parent unit:	96th Infantry Brigade, UK
Parent level:	Brigade
Start date:	01/11/1915
End date:	31/10/1919
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Theatre of war
Theatre name:	France, Belgium and Germany
Date entered:	01/11/1915
Date left:	31/10/1919
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Personal narratives

George Ashurst, 4202

Template:RefLives came from Wigan. He joined the Special Reserve before the First World War and was drafted into the Regular Army in August 1914, serving on the Western Front, including the Christmas truce and the first day of the Somme, at Gallipoli and in Egypt. He rose to the rank of sergeant and then became an officer cadet. He wrote detailed memoirs and gave a long interview to the Imperial War Museum:

• George Ashurst (edited Richard Holmes), My Bit: A Lancashire Fusilier at War 1914-18, (Marlborough, Crowood Press, 1987, reprinted 2007). ISBN 1852230126. According to th e introduction, this was mostly written in the 1920s.
• Imperial War Museum Sound Archive, catalogue number 9875: interview with George Ashurst recorded 1987. Can be played free of charge, and reused for non-commercial purposes.

The Imperial War Museum catalogue states that George served with and spoke about his experiences with these units:

• 1st Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers, UK (December 1915-August 1916)
• 2nd Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers, UK (December 1914-May 1915)
• 3rd Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers, UK (December 1912-November 1914, August-October 1915)
• 16th Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers, UK (November 1916-August 1918), attached as guard to headquarters of 32nd Division, UK (April-June 1917)

His interview also gives details of several hospitals and camps, officer training at Ripon, and some time attached to the Military Police, UK.

Official sources

Unit war diaries

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Other sources

• Michael Stedman, Salford Pals , A History of the Salford Brigade: 15th, 16th, 19th and 20th Battalions Lancashire Fusiliers, (Barnsley, Pen and Sword, 2007), ISBN 978-1844155200.

References

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