15th bat Highland Light Infantry

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My great grand father Robert Porte served with the 15 th HLI during the war and I have been trying to find out move details about the actual battles that he would have fought in

[Hoplophile]

According to F.A. James, British Regiments, 1914-1918, the 15th Battalion Highland Light Infantry landed in France in November of 1915. On 3 January 1916 it was assigned to the 14th Infantry Brigade, 32nd Division.

According to A.F. Becke, Order of Battle, Divisions, the 14th Infantry Brigade fought in the following battles:

1-3 July 1916 Battle of Albert (X Army Corps, Fourth Army)

14-15 July 1916 Battle of Bazentin Ridge (X Army Corps, Reserve Army)

23 Oct - 11 Nov 1916 Battle of Ancre Heights (II Army Corps, Reserve Army)

17-19 Nov 1916 Battle of Ancre (V Army Corps, Fifth Army)

11 Jan-15 Feb 1917 Operations on the Ancre (V Army Corps, Fifth Army)

14 Mar - 5 April 1917 German Retrat to the Hindenburg Line (IV Army Corps, Fourth Army)

20 Jun - 7 Oct 1917 Operations on the Flanders Coast (XV Army Corps, Fourth Army)

10-11 July 1917 Defence of Nieuport (XV Army Corps, Fourth Army)

3 April 1918 Capture of Ayette (VI Army Corps, Third Army)

5 April 1918 Battle of the Ancre (VI Army Corps, Third Army)

10-11 August 1918 Battle of Amiens (Canadian Corps, Fourth Army)

21-23 August 1918 Battle of Albert (Australian Corps, Fourth Army)

31 Aug - 3 Sept 1918 Second Battle of Bapaume (Australian Corps, Fourth Army)

29 Sep - 2 Oct 1918 Battle of St Quentin Canal (IX Army Corps, Fourth Army)

3-4 October 1918 Battle of the Beaurevoir Line (IX Army Corps, Fourth Army)

4 November 1918 Battle of the Sambre (IX Army Corps, Fourth Army)

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