Catalogue description 7TH (SERVICE) BATTALION

This Battalion was raised in Colchester in Aug 1914. It moved to Purfleet and formed part of the 37th Brigade. In Nov 1914, it moved to Sandling, Kent, where it joined the remainder of 12th Division, and in Feb 1915, moved to Aldershot. In Jun 1915, the Battalion embarked for France, where it was involved in many engagements, including the Battles of Loos, the Somme, Arras, and Cambrai. It was disbanded in Feb 1918.