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Record Details for Edgar Reginald Folker - York And
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First Name:

Edgar Reginald

Initials:

E R

Surname:

Folker

DOB:

Circa 1885

Age:

30

Nationality:

British

Date of Death:

20/02/1915

Information:

SON OF ALFRED HENRY AND HANNAH MARIA KEEVILL FOLKER, OF
12, PARK RD., HARLESDEN, LONDON.

Rank:

Second Lieutenant

Campaign Medals:

1914/15
Star

Edgar
Reginald Folker was awarded the 1914-15 star campaign medal of the
British Empire for his service in World War One.

This Star is
identical to the 1914 Star in every respect except that the centre
scroll bears the dates “1914- 15” and the two small scrolls bearing
“Aug” and “Nov” are omitted.

As Edgar Reginald Folker was a
recipient of this medal he also received the British War Medal and
Victory Medal, as it was not awarded singularly. These three medals
were sometimes irreverently referred to as Pip, Squeak and Wilfred.
With Pip representing either this medal or the 1914 Star, only one
of which could be awarded to a soldier, Squeak represented the
British War Medal and Wilfred represented the Victory
Medal.

Victory
Medal

Like
many service personnel of World War One, Edgar Reginald Folker was
entitled to the Victory medal, also called the Inter Allied Victory
Medal. This medal was awarded to all who received the 1914 Star or
1914-15 Star and, with certain exceptions, to those who received the
British War Medal. It was never awarded alone. These three medals
were sometimes irreverently referred to as Pip, Squeak and
Wilfred.

Eligibility for this award consisted of having been
mobilised, fighting, having served in any of the theatres of
operations, or at sea, between midnight 4th/5th August, 1914, and
midnight, 11th/12th November, 1918. Women who served in any of the
various military organisations in a theatre of operations were also
eligible.

British
War Medal

As
with many Armed Forces personnel, Edgar Reginald Folker was entitled
to the British War Medal for service in World War One. This British
Empire campaign medal was issued for services between 5th August
1914 and 11th November 1918.

The medal was automatically
awarded in the event of death on active service before the
completion of this period.

Service:

British Army

Regiment:

York
and Lancaster Regiment

York And Lancaster Regiment during World War 1

Since 1815 the balance of power in Europe had
been maintained by a series of treaties. In 1888 Wilhelm II was
crowned ‘German Emperor and King of Prussia’ and moved from a policy
of maintaining the status quo to a more aggressive position. He did
not renew a treaty with Russia, aligned Germany with the declining
Austro-Hungarian Empire and started to build a Navy rivalling that
of Britain. These actions greatly concerned Germany’s neighbours,
who quickly forged new treaties and alliances in the event of war.
On 28th June 1914 Franz Ferdinand the heir to the Austro-Hungarian
throne was assassinated by the Bosnian-Serb nationalist group Young
Bosnia who wanted pan-Serbian independence. Franz Joseph's the
Austro-Hungarian Emperor (with the backing of Germany) responded
aggressively, presenting Serbia with an intentionally unacceptable
ultimatum, to provoke Serbia into war. Serbia agreed to 8 of the 10
terms and on the 28th July 1914 the Austro-Hungarian Empire declared
war on Serbia, producing a cascade effect across Europe. Russia
bound by treaty to Serbia declared war with Austro-Hungary, Germany
declared war with Russia and France declared war with Germany.
Germany’s army crossed into neutral Belgium in order to reach Paris,
forcing Britain to declare war with Germany (due to the Treaty of
London (1839) whereby Britain agreed to defend Belgium in the event
of invasion). By the 4th August 1914 Britain and much of Europe
were pulled into a war which would last 1,566 days, cost 8,528,831
lives and 28,938,073 casualties or missing on both sides.

The
Regiment raised 22 Battalions in total during the course of World
War 1 and recruited approximately 57,000 men during these years, 72
out of every 100 men were either wounded or killed. The Regiment was
awarded 59 battle honours including 1,190 gallantry awards four of
which were Victoria Crosses. 8,814 men of this Regiment died during
the course of the war.

1st Battalion
04.08.1914 Stationed
at Jubbulpore, India at the outbreak of war.
22.11.1914 Embarked
for England from Bombay, arriving at Southampton 23.12.1914 and
moved to Hursley Park to join the 83rd Brigade of the 28th
Division.
17.01.1915 Mobilised for war and landed at Havre and
engaged in various actions on the Western Front including;
During
1915
The Second Battle of Ypres, The Battle of Loos.
Oct 1915
Moved to Egypt and then on to Salonika to aid Serbia against the
Bulgarian forces and were involved in various actions
including;
During 1916
The occupation of Mazirko, The capture
of Barakli Jum'a.
During 1917
The capture of Ferdie and Essex
Trenches, The capture of Barakli and Kumli.
During 1918
The
Battle of Doiran, The pursuit to the Strumica valley.
30.09.1918
Ended the war in Macedonia, Tronovo north of Lake Doiran.

2nd
Battalion
04.08.1914 Stationed at Limerick, Ireland at the
outbreak of war as part of the 16th Brigade of the 6th Division and
then moved to Cambridge
09.09.1915 Mobilised for war and landed
at St. Nazaire and engaged in various actions on the Western Front
including;
During 1914
The actions on the Aisne
heights.
During 1915
The action at Hooge.
During
1916
The Battle of Flers-Courcelette, The Battle of Morval, The
Battle of Le Transloy.
During 1917
The Battle of Hill 70, The
Cambrai operations.
During 1918
The Battle of St Quentin, The
Battle of Bailleul, The First Battle of Kemmel Ridge, The Second
Battle of Kemmel Ridge, The Advance in Flanders, The Battle of
Epehy, The Battle of the St Quentin Canal, The Battle of Beaurevoir,
The Battle of Cambrai, The pursuit to the Selle
The Battle of
the Selle.
11.11.1918 Ended the war in France, Bohain

3rd
Battalion
04.08.1914 Stationed at Pontefract, West Yorkshire and
then moved to Cleadon, Durham.
Jan 1915 Moved to Sunderland and
then back to Durham.
Feb 1916 Moved back to Sunderland where it
remained.

1/4th (Hallamshire) Battalion Territorial Force and
1/5th Battalion Territorial Force
04.08.1914 The 1/4th stationed
at Sheffield and the 1/5th stationed at Rotherham, both as part of
the3rd West Riding Brigade of the West Riding Division and then
moved to Doncaster then Gainsborough and York.
14.04.1915
Mobilised for war and landed at Boulogne where the formation became
the 148th Brigade of the 49th Division and engaged in various
actions on the Western Front including;
During 1915
The Battle
of Aubers Ridge, The first Germen attack on Phosgene.
During
1916
The Battle of Albert, The Battle of Bazentin Ridge, The
Battle of Pozieres Ridge, The Battle of Flers-Courcelette.

During 1917
Operations on the Flanders Coast, The Battle of
Poelcapelle.
During 1918
The Battle of Estaires, The Battle
of Messines, The Battle of Bailleul, The First and Second Battles of
Kemmel Ridge, The Battle of the Scherpenberg, The pursuit to the
Selle, The Battle of the Selle, The Battle of Valenciennes.

11.11.1918 Ended the war in France, Leforest north of
Douai.

2/4th 2/5th Battalion Territorial Force
21.09.1914
The 2/4th Formed at Sheffield and the 2/5th formed at Rotherham on
03.10.1914.
Mar 1915 Both moved to Bulwell, Nottingham to join
the 187th Brigade of the 62nd Division.
April 1915 Moved to
Strensall, then Beverley, Gateshead, Larkhill, and Bungay.
Jan
1917 Mobilised for war and landed at Havre and engaged in various
actions on the Western Front including;
During 1917
The
Operations on the Ancre, The German retreat to the Hindenburg Line,
The Arras offensive, The actions on the Hindenburg Line, The Cambrai
Operations.
During 1918
The Battle of Bapaume, The First
Battle of Arras 1918, The Battles of the Marne 1918, The Scarpe, The
Battle of the Drocourt-Queant Line, The Battle of Havrincourt, The
Battle of the Canal du Nord, The Battle of the Selle, The capture of
Solesmes, The Battle of the Sambre.
11.11.1918 Ended the war in
France, Sous-le-Bois near Maubeuge.

3/4th and 3/5th Battalion
Territorial Force
Mar 1915 Formed and then moved to
Clipstone.
08.04.1916 Became the 4th and 5th Reserve
Battalions.
01.09.1916 The 4th absorbed the 5th as part of the
West Riding Reserve Brigade.
Oct 1917 Moved to Rugeley, then
Woodbridge and Southen by 19.10.1918.

6th (Service)
Battalion
Aug 1914 Formed at Pontefract as part of the First New
Army (K1) and then moved to Grantham as part of the 32nd Brigade in
the 11th Division and then moved to Witley by April
1915.
03.07.1915 Mobilised for war and embarked for Gallipoli
from Liverpool via Mudros.
0.08.1915 Landed at Sulvla Bay and
engaged in various actions against the Ottoman Empire including; The
Battle of Scimitar Hill and attack on Hill 60.
Dec 1915 Evacuated
to Mudros due to serve casualties from combat and disease.
Feb
1916 Moved to Egypt to defend the Suez Canal.
July 1916 Moved to
France where the Division engaged in various actions on the Western
Front including;
During 1916
The capture of the Wonder Work,
The Battle of Flers-Courcelette, The Battle of Thieve.
During
1917
Operations on the Ancre, The Battle of Messines, The Battle
of the Langemarck, The Battle of Polygon Wood, The Battle of
Broodseinde, The Battle of Poelcapelle.
During 1918
The
Battle of the Scarpe+, The Battle of the Drocourt-Quant Line, The
Battle of the Canal du Nord, The Battle of Cambrai 1918, The pursuit
to the Selle, The Battle of the Sambre.
11.11.1918 Ended the war
in Belgium, Havay north of Maubeuge.

7th (Service)
Battalion
Aug 1914 Formed at Pontefract as part of the Second New
Army (K2) and then moved to Wareham as part of the 50th Brigade in
the 17th Division.
Mar 1915 became a Pioneer Battalion in the
17th Division and then moved to Hursley Park.
14.07.1915
Mobilised for war and landed at Boulogne and the Division engaged in
various actions on the Western Front;
During 1916
The Battle
of Albert, The Battle of Delville Wood.
During 1917
The Arras
Offensive and The Third Battles of Ypres.
During 1918
The
Firsthand Second Battles of the Somme 1918, Battles of the
Hindenburg Line, The Final Advance in Artois.
11.11.1918 Ended
the war in France, Limont-Fontaine south of Maubeuge.

8th and
9th (Service) Battalion
Sept 1914 Both formed at Pontefract as
part of the Third New Army (K3) and then moved to Frensham as part
of the 70th Brigade in the 23rd Division.
Feb 1915 The 8th moved
to Hythe and the 9th moved to Lyminge, Kent and then both moved to
Bordon, Hampshire.
27.08.1915 Both Battalions mobilised for war
and landed at Boulogne and the Division engaged in various actions
on the Western Front including;
During 1916
The Battle of
Albert, The Battle of Bazentin Ridge, The Battle of Pozieres, The
Battle of Flers-Courcelette, The Battle of Morval, The Battle of Le
Transloy.
During 1917
The Battle of Messines, The Battle of
the Menin Road, The Battle of Polygon Wood, The First and Second
Battles of Passchendaele.
Nov 1917 Moved to Italy to strengthen
the Italian resistance effort and engaged in various actions
including;
During 1918
Fighting on the Asiago Plateau, The
Battle of Vittorio Veneto.
11.11.1918 Ended the war in Italy,
Porcia west of Pordenone.

10th (Service) Battalion
Sept
1914 Formed at Pontefract as part of the Third New Army (K3) and
then moved to Halton Park as part of the 63rd Brigade in the 21st
Division.
Dec 1914 Moved to Leighton Buzzard and then Tring and
Witley.
11.09.1915 Mobilised for war and landed at Boulogne and
engaged in various actions on the Western Front including; The
Battle of Loos.
08.07.1916 Transferred to the 63rd Brigade of the
37th Division and engaged in various actions on the Western Front
including;
During 1916
The Battle of the Ancre.
During
1917
The First and Second Battle of the Scarpe, The Battle of
Arleux, The Battle of Pilkem Ridge, The Battle of the Menin Road
Ridge, The Battle of Polygon Wood, The Battle of Broodseinde, The
Battle of Poelcapelle, The First Battle of Passchendaele.

04.02.1918 Disbanded in France.

11th (Reserve)
Battalion
Sept 1914 Formed as a service battalion for the 63rd
Brigade of the 21st Division of the third New Army (K3). Soon
replaced by the 12th West Yorks and became a battalion in the 90th
Brigade of the 30th Division in the Forth New Army (K4). Then moved
to Harrogate.
10.04.1915 The 90th brigade became the 2nd Reserve
Brigade and the battalion became 2nd Reserve battalion.
May 1915
Moved to Otley and then Rugeley.
01.09.1916 Absorbed into the
Training Reserve Battalion of the 2nd Reserve Brigade.

12th
(Service) Battalion (Sheffield) and 14th (Service) Battalion (2nd
Barnsley)
05.09.1914 The 12th formed by the Lord Mayor and The
city in Sheffield.
30.11.1914 The 14th formed by the Lord Mayor
and The city in Barnsley.
May 1915 Both moved to Penkridge,
Cannock Chase and joined the 94th Brigade of the 31st Division and
then moved to Rippon.
15.08.1915 Taken over by the war office and
moved to Salisbury Plain.
Dec 1915 Mobilised for war and moved to
Egypt to defend the Suez Canal.
Mar 1916 Moved to France where
the Division engaged in various actions on the Western Front
including;
The Battle of Albert, The Battle of the
Ancre.
During 1917
Operations on the Ancre, The Third Battle
of the Scarpe, The Capture of Oppy Wood.
16.02.1918 The 14th
disbanded in France.
17.02.1918 The 12th disbanded in
France.

13th (Service) Battalion (1st Barnsley)
07.09.1914
Formed by the Lord Mayor and The city in Barnsley.
Dec 1914 Moved
to Silkstone and then Penkridge, Cannock Chase and joined the 94th
Brigade of the 31st Division and then moved to Rippon.
15.08.1915
Taken over by the war office and moved to Salisbury Plain.
Dec
1915 Mobilised for war and moved to Egypt to defend the Suez
Canal.
Mar 1916 Moved to France where the Division engaged in
various actions on the Western Front including;
The Battle of
Albert, The Battle of the Ancre.
During 1917
Operations on the
Ancre, The Third Battle of the Scarpe, The Capture of Oppy Wood.

During 1918
The Battle of St Quentin, The Battle of Bapaume,
The First Battle of Arras, The Battle of Estaires, The Battle of
Hazebrouck, The Defence of Nieppe Forest, The attack at La Becque,
The capture of Vieux Berquin, The Battle of Ypres, The action of
Tieghem. 17.02.1918 Disbanded in France.

15th (Reserve)
Battalion
July 1915 Formed from the depot companies of the 12th
13th and 14th Battalions as a local reserve at Silkstone.
Nov
1915 Moved to Brocton and then to Colsterdale.
July 1916 Moved to
Newsham.
01.09.1916 Became the 91st Training Reserve Battalion in
the 21st Reserve Brigade.

16th (Transport Workers)
Battalion
Mar 1916 formed at Colsterdale and then moved to Durham
and Catterick where it remained.
17th (Labour) Battalion
July
1916 Formed at Brocklesby and then moved to France to defend the
Lines of Communication.
April 1917 Transferred to the Labour
Corps as the 30th and 31st Labour Companies.

18th (service)
Battalion
11.06.1918 Formed at Margate and then moved to
Pirbright absorbing the 2/7th West Yorks cadre and transferred to
the 41st Brigade of the 14th Division.
03.07.1918 Mobilised for
war and landed at Boulogne where the Division engaged in various
actions on the Western Front including; The Battle of Ypres
1918
11.11.1918 Ended the war in Belgium, Waterlos near
Roubaix.

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