The Soldiers’ Book is a Visitors Book for the Avenue Hall from Tuesday August 31st 1915 until Monday November 8th 1915 and records the soldiers who passed through the Avenue Hall prior to embarkation for service on the Front. It is believed to be the only remaining volume of an original set of 12 kept by the Church as a record of those who passed through their doors during this period.  It is presented here as a series of pdf files showing all 559 pages of the book. The first 40 pages have now been transcribed and are searchable.

Regiments represented in the Soldiers’ book so far

Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders

Australian Army Medical Corps

Australian Hospital Ship

Border Regiment

British Army Labour Company

Durham Light Infantry

East Yorkshire Regiment

Highland Brigade

London General Hospital Detail

London Irish Rifles

London Regiment

Middlesex Regiment

North Somerset Yeomanry

Northumberland Fusiliers

Pioneer Corps Royal Engineers

Queen’s Own Oxfordshire Hussars

Queen’s Westminster Rifles

Royal Army Medical Corps

Royal Fusiliers

Royal Highlanders (Black Watch)

Royal Naval Division

Royal Scots Highlanders

Scottish General Hospital

Scottish Rifles (Cameronians)

Seaforth Highlanders

Southampton Company

The Queen’s Regiment