Battalion war diary February 1915
1/6th Battalion South Staffordshire war diaries
| February | SAFFRON WALDEN |
| 1st Monday | Two companies firing on miniature ranges. Remainder of Battalion, company and platoon drill etc. One company night digging. |
| 2nd Tuesday | One company firing on miniature ranges. One digging. Remainder of Battalion, company and platoon drill etc. |
| 3rd Wednesday | 7 Officers and 325 Men to Luton for musketry. |
| 4th Thursday | Musketry - drill. |
| 5th Friday | Musketry - drill. |
| 6th Saturday | Musketry - drill. |
| 7th Sunday | Sunday. |
| 8th Monday | Musketry on 30 yards and miniature ranges - drill. Digging by night. |
| 9th Tuesday | Musketry on 30 yards and miniature ranges - drill. Digging by night. |
| 10th Wednesday | Brigade route march. Digging by night. |
| 11th Thursday | Musketry on 30 yards and miniature ranges - drill. Digging by night. |
| 12th Friday | Musketry - Recruits.Conference by G.O.C., N.M.D. at Bishop’s Stortford. |
| 13th Saturday | Musketry - Recruits. Battalion - entraining practice. |
| 14th Sunday | Sunday. |
| 15th Monday | 12 Officers and 518 returned from Luton. Recruits, musketry at Audley End and miniature ranges. Night digging cancelled owing to wet. |
| 16th Tuesday | Company attack in morning and afternoon. Inspection of equipment. Battalion conference. |
| 17th Wednesday | Inspection by G.O.C., N.M.D. Lecture by same officer. |
| 18th Thursday | Filling in trenches during the morning. Battalion drill etc. during the afternoon. |
| HALLINGBURY PARK | |
| 19th Friday | Inspection by H.M. King George V. |
| SAFFRON WALDEN | |
| 20th Saturday | Companies at the disposal of Company Commanders for internal economy. |
| 21st Sunday | Sunday. |
| 22nd Monday | Inspection of equipment, Company and Platoon drill. |
| 23rd Tuesday | Kit and equipment inspection. |
| 24th Wednesday | Route march under company arrangements. |
| 25th Thursday | Issue and inspection of new equipment etc. |
| 26th Friday | Inspection by G.O.C. Staffs Infantry Brigade. |
| 27th Saturday | Completion of equipment etc. preparatory to embarkation. |
| 28th Sunday | Sunday. |
| T.F. WATERHOUSE Lt. Col.Commanding 6th Battalion, The South Staffordshire Regiment |
October 29th, 2010 at 7:39 pm
My grandfather John Jones (17013) served in 1/6th South Staffs battalion from January 1915 to Saturday 16th March 1918 when he was killed in action but we don’t know where or how. He is buried in Noeux-les-Mines cemetery extension which we have visited. We would very much like to know where the regiment was and what it was doing when he was killed . He left a wife and 5 children — my mother being born posthumously. The war diaries I have found don’t go that far.