HLI Chronicle 1915 - The Royal Highland Fusiliers
HLI Chronicle 1915 - The Royal Highland Fusiliers
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124 HIGHLAND LIGHT INFANTRY CHRONICLE.<br />
DRAFTS.<br />
170 to 1st Batt. H.L.I., 1st Juue, <strong>1915</strong>.<br />
33 to 1st Batt. H.L.I., 8th June, <strong>1915</strong>.<br />
6 (Machine Gunners) to 1st Batt. H.L.I., 8th<br />
June, <strong>1915</strong>.<br />
45 to 10th Batt. H.L.I., 21st June, <strong>1915</strong>.<br />
50 to 11th Batt. H.L.I., 6th July, <strong>1915</strong>.<br />
50 to 10th Batt. H.L.I., 20th July, <strong>1915</strong>.<br />
50 to 1st Batt. H.L.I., 26th July, <strong>1915</strong>.<br />
50 to 10th Batt. H.L.I., 29th July, <strong>1915</strong>.<br />
50 to llth,Batt. H.L.I., 3rd August, <strong>1915</strong>.<br />
50 to 10th Batt. H.L.I., 10th August, <strong>1915</strong>.<br />
6 ("Machine Gunners) to 2nd Batt. H.L.I.,<br />
18th August, <strong>1915</strong>.<br />
6 (Signallers) to 2nd Batt. H.L.I., 18th August,<br />
<strong>1915</strong>.<br />
50 to 1st Batt. H.L.I., 18th August, <strong>1915</strong>.<br />
50 to 2nd Batt. H.L.I., 24th August, <strong>1915</strong>.<br />
50 to 2nd Batt. H.L.I., 30th August, <strong>1915</strong>.<br />
90 other ranks to 1st Gn. Batt. <strong>Royal</strong> Scots,<br />
for Service in India, 18th August, <strong>1915</strong>.<br />
SPORTS.<br />
l{l!lSULT of sports ,held on 28th July :<br />
440 YARDS.-lat;'Corpl. Horsley; 2nd, Pte. Spencer;<br />
3rd, Pte. Nesworthy.<br />
LONG JUMP.-lst, Sergt. Simpson; 2nd, CorpI.<br />
HorsIey; 3rd, Sergt. Sib bald.<br />
OllS'fAOLl!l RAOE.-Ist, Pte. Austin; 2nd, CorpI.<br />
Rattray; 3rd, Pte. Potts.<br />
'<br />
1 MlLE (Marching Order).-lst, Pte. Donald; 2nd,<br />
Pte. Scott; 3rd, Pto. Irvine; 4th, Pte. Williams.<br />
INTER-COMPANY TUG-OF.WAR.-lst, "E" Coy.;<br />
2nd, "L" Coy.<br />
Result of sports held on 11 th August :<br />
880 YARDS.-Ist, Pte. Austin; 2nd, CorpI. Horslcy;<br />
3rd, Pte, GiImour.<br />
DRIBBLING FOOTBALL.-lst, Corpl. Rattray; 2nd,<br />
Pte. Spencer; 3rd, C.S. M. Logan.<br />
SAOK RAOE.-lst, M'Ilhanney; 2nd, Pte. Scott;<br />
3rd, L.-Corpl. Swan.<br />
LAND BOAT RAOE.--Ist, "L" Coy.; 2nd, Band.<br />
INTER·COMPANY RELAy.-lst, "C" Coy.; 2nd,<br />
• L" Coy.<br />
CONSOLATION RAOE.-Ist, Pte. Bolton; 2nd, Pto.<br />
Oliver; 3rd, Pte. Duncan.<br />
Result of sports held on 25th August<br />
220 YARDs.-lst, Pte. Spencer; 2nd, CorpI. Horsley;<br />
3rd, Pte. Hill.<br />
BOMB THROWING.-lst, CorpI. Jinks; 2nd, Pte.<br />
GaIt; 3rd, Sergt. Taylor.<br />
PILLOW FIGHT.-lst, Pte. Scott; 2nd, Bugler<br />
Millbank\<br />
FOOTBALL (5-a-Side).-lst, "G" Coy.; 2nd, "F"<br />
Coy.<br />
THROWING CRICKET BALL.-lst, CorpI. Rattray;<br />
2nd, Sergt. Taylor; 3rd, Pte. Finnigan.<br />
TUG·OF-WAR.-6th H.L.L beat 3rd H.L.I.<br />
PIPING.-Marches-lst, CorpI. Chisholm; 2nd,<br />
Piper M'Farlane; 3rd, L.·Corpl. Craig; 4th, Piper<br />
Dale. Strathspeys and Reels-1st, Piper M'Farlane;<br />
2nd, L ..Corpl. Craig; 3rd, Piper Gibson; 4th, Piper<br />
Williamson.<br />
DANCING (Fling).-lst, CorpI. Chisholm; 2nd,!Piper<br />
Sutherland l 3rd, Piper M'Kay.<br />
BOXING. - Featherweights Bandsman ~1'Gonigl&<br />
beat Pte. Kane. Bantams-Pto. Whito beat Pte.<br />
Neil. Middles-Pte. Hogg beat Pte. Oliver.<br />
Result of sports held on 8th September, <strong>1915</strong> :<br />
300 Y ARDs.-lst, CorpI. Horsley; 2nd, Pte. Austin;<br />
3rd, Pte. Marshall.<br />
BAYONET FIGHTING (Teams of 4).-lst, "L" Coy. ;<br />
2nd, .. C " Coy.; 3rd," A " Coy.<br />
120 YARDS HURDLES.-lst, C.Q.M.S. Ma.ckie;<br />
2nd, CorpI. Horsley; 3rd, Pte. Kane.<br />
HIGH JUMP.-lBt, Sergt. Michie; 2nd, Sergt.<br />
Sibbald; 3rd, C.Q.M.S. Ma.ckie.<br />
WHEELBARROW RAOE.-lst, Pte. Austin and CorpI.<br />
Bla.ckstock; 2nd, Ptes. M'DougaI and Young; 3rd,<br />
Ptes. Bartleman and Holmes.<br />
4th Battalion Notes.<br />
HADDINGTON, 6th Oct., <strong>1915</strong>.<br />
THERE has been no change in the position of<br />
the Battalion Headquarters since our last<br />
notes. <strong>The</strong> attractions of Haddington and<br />
district continue to prove equal to all demands<br />
made from them by both officers and men.<br />
Some of us have spent peaceful evening hours<br />
endeavouring to entice the highly educated<br />
trout of the River Tyne to take our artificial<br />
flies, with varying succeSs. One patient<br />
angler was heard to remark one evening when<br />
there wasn't much doing that he didn't believe<br />
the trout would take a gold watch if it were<br />
offered them.<br />
Concerts have been started for the entertainment<br />
of the Battalion, and these, thanks<br />
toj the enthusiastic co-operation of the residents<br />
of the town, should help considerably<br />
towards the comfort and enjoyment of the<br />
troops during the winter evenings.<br />
A detachment of 5 officers and 120 other<br />
ranks, including the machine-.gun section,<br />
under the command of Lieut. Aston, have been<br />
under canvas at Gullane since August, subsequent<br />
to the return of the Prestongrange<br />
Detachment. Defence works and entanglements<br />
were ably constructed on the sand dunes
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