Commemorated:

1. Memorial:Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, FlandersPanel 37.
2. Book:The (1921) Masonic Roll of Honour 1914-1918Pg.138
3. Memorial:The (1940) Scroll - WW1 Roll of Honour55A GQS
4. Memorial:Liverpool Masonic Hall War MemorialCol.4. Hope St.
    

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Family :

Son of Francis Darkins Wheeler, M.A., L.L.D., of Bracondale Cottage, Hellesdon, Norwich, and of the late Nellie Wheeler.

Service Life:

Campaigns:

Unit / Ship / Est.: 2/South Lancashire Regiment 

2nd Battalion August 1914 : in Tidworth. Part of 7th Brigade in 3rd Division. Landed at Le Havre 14 August 1914. 18 October 1915 : transferred with the Brigade to 25th Division. 26 October 1915 : transferred to 75th Brigade in same Division. 21 June 1916 : transferred to 64th Brigade in 21st Division. 30 June 1918 : transferred to 89th Brigade in 30th Division.

Action : Winter Operations 1914-1915 

23 November 1914 - 6 February 1915. As the armies of 1914 fought themselves to exhaustion they settled down by the end of the year to the realities of static trench warfare. During the winter, activity was mostly comprised of a series of small scale raids and attempts by the BEF to gain superiority over the battlefront. At the same time increasing numbers of Territorial battalions and replacements for the Regular battalions came into theatre and had to be trained and acclimatised to trench occupation. This period was further noted for the severity of the weather and the need to rapidly source and equip the troops with adequate winter and waterproof equipment, whilst improving the trench conditions. Miserable times.

Masonic :

TypeLodge Name and No.Province/District :
Mother : Liverpool Castle No. 3373 E.C.West Lancashire

Initiated
Passed
Raised
26th February 1914
26th February 1914
20th November 1914
 

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