1721:–Cassel–Hazebrouck road. Next day the German attack developed against 48th (SM) Division's widely spaced units. 5th Gloucesters held its positions for the whole day, though a German column penetrated for some distance between it and the 2nd Gloucesters in Cassel, and another was working round Wormhoudt. Next day the Germans continued to attack all the division's increasingly isolated strongpoints and the road became unusable. 144th Brigade was ordered to withdraw after nightfall, but 5th Gloucesters were surrounded in Ledringhem and did not receive the order for some time. They 'thinned out' their all-round defences, but the enemy had closed in such that bayonet charges were needed to dislodge German posts. The battalion was unable to disengage until midnight when the remaining 13 officers and 130 men made the way across country with their wounded CO and some prisoners to rejoin the brigade on the
1368:, behind which 2/5th Gloucesters held Holnon Wood 4,000 yards (3,700 m) back in the Battle Zone. After a heavy bombardment the thick morning mist allowed the attackers to close in and penetrate between the Forward Zone redoubts. The remains of 2/4th OBLI held out in Enghein Redoubt until about 16.00; very few managed to cut their way out. A few survivors and stragglers of the battalion attached themselves to 2/5th Gloucesters, which had been fighting since about 13.00. By then the mist had cleared and they had the advantage of a wide field of fire, allowing them to inflict severe losses on the advancing Germans – a vindication of the new defensive tactics. The Germans were unable to get closer than a few hundred yards and 2/5th Gloucesters held their positions all day.
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1504:, 2/5th Gloucesters were in the line further north. On the night of 10/11 August the battalion carried out a minor attack, attempting to cross the Plate Becque steam using portable bridges. The operation was a complete failure, resulting in numerous casualties, but one DCM and two MMs were awarded to a Section that established itself across the stream and maintained its position all day before skilfully withdrawing. In late August the battalion did another tour of duty at the Plate Becque, but on 31 August it began to advance, following the now-retreating Germans.
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712:(WO) issued instructions to separate those men who had signed up for Home Service only, and form them into reserve units. On 31 August, the formation of a reserve or 2nd Line unit was authorised for each 1st Line unit where 60 per cent or more of the men had volunteered for Overseas Service. The titles of these 2nd Line units would be the same as the original, but distinguished by a '2/' prefix. In this way duplicate battalions, brigades and divisions were created from the recruits who were flooding in. For example, at a meeting at
1420:. C Company crossed the canal and was advancing in open order to take up a flank position when it was caught in enfilade by a machine gun and Germans appeared in large numbers. C Company was withdrawn and the battalion lined the canal bank and trenches in rear of the village. On 25 March the Germans put down an hour-long bombardment of the canal bank and village, and attempted to cross, but were driven back by rifle and machine-gun fire. An attempt to mass troops in dead ground for a second attack was broken up by
1523:), but was held up by a German counter-attack. 184th renewed the attack at 19.30 after several postponements, with 2/5th Gloucesters advancing under a barrage, but the battalion was checked by machine gun fire. Next morning the 2/5th Gloucesters and 2/4th OBLI led the advance of 61st (2nd SM) Division, pushing 1,000 yards (910 m) beyond the objective. The two battalions captured two tanks and 620 prisoners. The division was relieved that night, and was near Valenciennes when the Armistice came into force.
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1299:, and then spent 10 days repairing damaged roads. As the slow pursuit continued, A Company attacked Bihecourt on 2 April with the support of a field artillery battery, catching the defenders by surprise and quickly overrunning the village. On 7 April B and C Companies made a further attack on the enemy's rearguards, a costly operation resulting in 15 other ranks killed and seven officers and 27 other ranks wounded. The division took up positions facing the Hindenburg Line in front of
1512:. There was little time to prepare, but two companies of 2/5th Gloucesters formed the north-east arm of the attack with their own barrage. The brigade's attack was held up for 75 minutes by enemy shelling, but opposition was slight, and the north-west attack found the village unoccupied, with the two Gloucester companies (which had lost touch in the growing darkness) entering the north-east corner. Next day the brigade advanced again, with 2/5th Gloucesters in support.
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1332:(OBLI) failed to take the Pond Farm strongpoint, but two platoons of D Company, 2/5th Gloucesters, and then two platoons of C Company finally succeeded in killing or capturing the whole garrison, at heavy cost to themselves. A German counter-attack temporarily recaptured Pond Farm that night, but it was easily secured next morning. The battalion was relieved for refitting, and did not participate in the division's final attacks.
903:. The advance then met a heavy crossfire as the leading wave topped the rise of ground about 200 yards (180 m) east of the Steenbeck. Further attempts to advance only resulted in additional casualties. The battalion dug in and held on against determined counter-attacks. By the end of the action the 1/5th had lost 8 officers and 209 other ranks killed and wounded; only four frontline company officers survived Langemarck.
1186:. Its recruits included men from all walks of life. At first they lived at home, and little or nothing was available in terms of uniforms, arms or equipment (they wore a square of white silk with the battalion number on the lapel of their civilian jackets). Battalion drills were carried out at The Oxleaze, and the battalion sent its first draft to the 1/5th Bn in early January. It was not until the division concentrated at
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heavy casualties, but 2/5th Bn in brigade reserve escaped the worst. Afterwards the battalion provided stretcher-bearers and burial parties. 61st (2nd SM) Division was only used for trench-holding for the rest of the year, but this did not preclude active raiding. For example, on the night of 27/28 July the
Germans attacked Duck's Bill Crater, situated in
818:(1 July) the battalion was in reserve and did not participate in the division's actions, though suffering a few casualties from shellfire. An attack planned for the next day was cancelled. On 13 July the battalion attempted a raid, but was driven back; it was relieved on 16 July. On 19 July it went into the line north-east of
1344:, which had been fighting for eight days, then moved up the following night (2/3 December) to a position behind Welsh Ridge. D Company had just halted in a sunken lane when a German night-bomber hit a nearby ammunition dump: the company lost 16 killed and 53 wounded in the resulting explosion. At dawn a German attack drove
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to the east, forcing the BEF to withdraw again across a series of river lines. From
Glabais 5th Gloucesters marched back 30 miles in the day, twice taking up defensive positions and once opening fire on enemy tanks. At 22.00 the tired battalion was ordered to send two companies forward again to cover
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on 28 March. This was a disaster: beginning about 12.00, with A Company on the right, D Company on the left and C Company in support (B Company not yet having arrived) and with no covering artillery barrage, the battalion advanced across open rising ground until massed enemy machine guns opened fire.
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on 19 July 1916. In a diversionary action to relieve pressure on the Somme front, the attacking troops were committed to a short advance over flat, waterlogged country against strong defences including concrete machine gun emplacements. The attack was a disaster, the assaulting battalions taking very
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to discover this. Three days later it was in
Peronne, fighting fires left by the retreating Germans and clearing the rubble-blocked streets. On 5 April 145th Brigade attacked Lempire and the battalion was through the village in little more than an hour and consolidating on the far side, though at the
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in B Company was hit and dropped his gun over the parapet just as the
Germans reached the barbed wire. In full view of the enemy Sgt Adlam went out to retrieve it, bringing it back into action and stopping the attack. Meanwhile, the patrol came in while the fighting continued, identifying themselves
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cost of 56 casualties, 15 of them fatal. The battalion supported another attack on the night of 16/17 April in 'abominable' weather, occupying the ground captured and then sending out a fighting patrol early in the morning. The advance was now called off, having reached the main
Hindenburg defences.
649:, (former and future MP for Cirencester), retired from the 4th (Royal North Gloucester Militia) Bn, Gloucestershire Regiment, was appointed Commanding Officer (CO) of the 5th Battalion with the rank of lieutenant-colonel. (His elder brother, the 7th Earl Bathurst, was appointed as honorary colonel.)
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The remaining Home
Service men had been separated from the 3rd Line battalions in May 1915 and formed into Provisional Battalions for home defence. The men of 5th Gloucesters joined with those from the rest of the South Midland Brigade (4th OBLI, Buckinghamshire Battalion, and 4th Royal Berkshires)
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Gloucesters were out of the line from 2 to 27 September, then began training for an operation near Estaires. During the night and morning of 29/30 September it carried out a battalion attack to secure Junction Post, the capture of which allowed the brigade to resume the advance. The battalion
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January 1918 61st (SM) Division took over a sector from the French in front of St Quentin and began constructing the new system of defences mandated by General Headquarters. These were designed to economise on manpower because the BEF was suffering severe shortages. During February the 2/4th and
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into the crater, thereby avoiding the shelling and being in position to repel the attack; a bombing party took the attackers in the flank, and a second attack was also beaten off. The company received two MCs, two DCMs and six MMs. In August C Company carried out a successful raid, for which it had
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epidemic, and the 1/5th Bn was only about 490 strong; the brigadier had hesitated whether it should even take its place in the line. The attacking
Austrians got through the weakly-held outposts in the woods and then outflanked the main defences to reach 1/5th Bn's HQ. The battalion HQ staff, cooks,
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described the
Gloucesters' action at Ledringhem as 'worthy of a place among the great epics of British military valour in adversity'. The troops on the Yser continued to act as western flank guard for the shrinking Dunkirk pocket, fighting off determined attacks by German motorised formations. 5th
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2/5th Gloucesters spent the following weeks on railway repair and battlefield clearance. Demobilisation began in January 1919, but the battalion continued to do duty at the base ports. By the end of June many of the division's units had been reduced to equipment guards, while men with less service
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had lifted, 1/5th Gloucesters left its lines at 18.25, climbed the railway embankment west of Beaurevoir, and cleared away the machine gunners on the other side while they were still taking cover from the barrage. The two leading companies (A on the left, B on the right) then passed through to the
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made a stand, holding on until one of the companies came round the enemy flank, and were then rescued by the arrival of another brigade. The battalion's casualties amounted to 11 officers and 138 other ranks killed and missing, with nine officers and 64 other ranks wounded; its desperate stand was
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On 21 May 5th Gloucesters was heavily engaged in driving back attempts to cross the river, but the previous day the German breakthrough had reached the sea and the BEF was cut off. 48th (SM) Division was among the forces pulled out of the east-facing Escaut line to form a west-facing line along a
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that it was withdrawing, 2/5th Gloucesters slipped away before daylight on 23 March. The battalion's casualties over the two days are unrecorded but were heavy. Having remained in position all day on 22 March the battalion had acted as an inadvertent rearguard allowing the rest of the division to
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that rushed an undamaged bridge, closely followed by the Glosters, while the rest of the brigade was ferried across the canal on petrol-tin rafts. By 12.45 the Germans were in full retreat, leaving behind many prisoners and guns. The battalion's losses were 65, of which 14 were fatal. The pursuit
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went forward alone under heavy fire, located one of the machine guns, shot the gunner and put it out of action. Seeing another machine gun nearby he advanced again, shot the gunner and rushed the gun position, capturing the team of eight men. He then stood up and beckoned forward the rest of his
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standing on a hill giving complete command over exposed ground in front. The German positions were concealed among farm buildings, houses and the railway embankment and the first attacks failed. 75th Brigade was brought up to renew the attack on 5 October. Zero hour was 18.40, but even before the
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However, the 2nd Admin Battalion was disbanded by January 1864 and its remaining RVCs joined the 1st Admin Battalion. A new 14th (City of Gloucester Rifles) Gloucestershire RVC was formed in 1874–5 but was later absorbed into the others. When the RVCs were consolidated in 1880, the 1st Admin Bn
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and kept this when it became the 5th Battalion in 1908, even though the other volunteer battalions adopted the scarlet tunics and white facings then worn by the Glosters. The battalion retained the green uniform in full dress until 1925, when it finally adopted the scarlet tunic. The Glosters'
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A return of the mist next morning allowed German parties to infiltrate behind the battalion's support positions where they began to cause casualties among Battalion HQ and D Company. A bombardment began at 09.00 and several attacks on C Company's position were thrown back. After midday the
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railway. There were barely 150 men in the line, with nothing behind them, but the Germans had shot their bolt, and did not attack. The battalion remained in position under shellfire until relief arrived on 31 March. The battalion had lost 20 officers and 550 men in 10 days' fighting.
1608:(BEF), with 5th Gloucesters landing in France on 15 January 1940. It took its place in the 'Ligne de Contact' in March and gained experience of frontline patrolling. On the night of 3 March a patrol was out in No man's land when a serious attack was made on the battalion's front. A
1206:, as part of the outer London defences. The battalions formed their machine gun sections while at Chelmsford, but the strength of the battalions fluctuated widely as they were drawn upon for drafts for their 1st Line battalions. In August 1915 the division was numbered as the
1123:, 4 November). 75th Brigade led 25th Division's crossing – which the other brigades did not believe could be achieved – and there was a competition between the battalions as to which could get over first. 1/5th Gloucesters was in the lead, but it was a company of 1/8th
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was then moved by rail to the Cambrai sector. On 24 October, during the Battle of the Selle, 61st (2nd SM) Division attacked behind a barrage with 184th Brigade in support. The brigade was then ordered to follow through at 16.00 and make a converging attack on
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village, meeting little opposition except from isolated machine guns and snipers, which were quickly dealt with by the 'moppers-up' of C Company. By nightfall the battalion occupied a line on the far side of the village. Its casualties were 54, of whom 11 died.
776:. The battalion returned to its brigade on 12 April, and from then on the South Midland Division took responsibility for the Plugstreet sector for the next three months, engaging in patrols and occasional trench raids. On 12 May 1915 the division was designated
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61st (2nd SM) Division moved to Ypres in July, and was put in as a fresh formation at the end of the Battle of Langemarck on 22 August. With 2/5th Gloucesters in close support behind the leading battalions, 184th Brigade made slow progress against the concrete
914:, then next day it relieved a London battalion in the line and was heavily shelled, with 16 men killed. On 28 September the CO, Lt-Col Adam, was gassed and evacuated. After three days' rest the battalion re-entered the line for an attack on 4 October (the
1079:(17 October), but 75th Brigade was tasked with following up the next day's attack. 1/5th Gloucesters was one of the leading battalions, suffering from the German counter-bombardment during the approach march, then passing through the attacking group of
1108:, his citation stating that 'it was due to the courage, initiative and entire disregard of personal safety shown by this gallant soldier that the company was enabled to advance at a time when any delay would have jeopardised seriously the operation'.
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While the Ypres fighting continued, 2/5th Gloucesters moved by train to the Arras sector, where C Company carried out a trench raid on 23 October. In late November 61st (2nd SM) Division moved south to relieve exhausted British formations after the
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the TA was rapidly doubled in size. The 5th Gloucesters created a duplicate unit by separating B and D Companies to form a new 7th Battalion, with its first officer commissioned on 1 June 1939. Both battalions were then recruited up to strength.
1388:, but there was plenty of ammunition. About 18.00 The Germans attacked out of Holnon Wood over the flat ground towards Beauvois accompanied by a sharp barrage, but were held up in the scanty wire. At midnight, warned by the neighbouring 2/4th
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White, who was awarded the DCM. On 23 April the battalion carried out a successful local attack to straighten the line near Bacquerolles Farm, though it lost 100 casualties during the German counter-bombardment. The CO, Lt-Col Lawson, won a
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the following morning after a hard march. After joining up with members of the battalion who had been separated, they waited on the beach until they were taken off by small boats and evacuated back to various ports in England on 31 May.
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The division was relieved at the end of July, but was back in action on Pozières Ridge on 14–15 August, fighting unsuccessfully to capture and hold 'Skyline Trench'. On 18 August the battalion supported a more successful attack by
562:, changing to the Gloucester and Somerset Brigade in 1901–2. The Volunteer Infantry Brigades were reorganised in 1906–07, when all the Gloucester Regiment VBs were assigned for training to the Portland Brigade, defending the
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fire from a tall building in Buverchy. About 16.00 French troops on the right gave way and the enemy began crossing the canal and working round 2/5th Gloucesters' flank. The battalion put out a flank guard and retired to
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The battalion's battle honours during World War II are included in those of the Gloucestershire Regiment, which was awarded the following honours for the actions of 2nd and 5th Gloucesters during the Battle of France:
1575:(TA) in 1921) and 5th Gloucesters reformed at the Brunswick Road drill hall. It formed part of 145th (South Midland) Brigade once more. A number of school cadet corps were affiliated to the battalion between the wars:
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to his DSO for this attack. The unit held the line until 24 June when it was relieved for an intensive rest; Lt-Col Lawson was killed on the last morning before relief, while carrying out a personal reconnaissance.
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Unlike the 48th (SM) Division, which had over a year of trench service before undertaking its first attack, the 61st had only a matter of weeks. After a short tour of duty for each battalion in the front line near
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75th Brigade attacked again on 23 October, although its strength was by now barely that of a battalion. It made the second phase attack about an hour after Zero. 1/5th Gloucesters captured Bazuel and advanced on
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parties. Two such raids went out under heavy fire on 20 July and the battalion lost 4 officers and 110 men. On 23 July the 1/5th Bn went 'over the top' into murderous machine gun fire during the main attack (the
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Cadet Corps was affiliated to the battalion from 1867 to 1889, and again from 1904. Gloucester County School at Hempstead contributed a cadet company from 1889 to 1891, and Cirencester School from 1896 to 1897.
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battalion's position became desperate: the Battle Zone to its left had been lost and it would soon be surrounded. The battalion did not know that the rest of the division had been ordered to retire to the
1083:, which had been held up short of the first objective. The battalion was opposed by machine guns from both flanks and by direct fire from field guns at short range, but the gun crews were driven away with
492:, Headquarters (HQ) at Gloucester: 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 8th, 9th, 11th, 12th, 15th, 16th RVCs (the 1st Gloucester Light Horse Volunteers, formed at Stroud on 19 May 1860 and disbanded in 1866, and the
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The battalion was out of the line for over a month, during which it suffered badly during the Spanish flu outbreak. While the Allies launched their final Hundred Days Offensive on 8 August 1918 with the
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facings changed to Primrose yellow in 1929. After 1918 the contribution of the TF battalions during World War I was recognised when they were permitted to adopt the famous 'Back Badge' of the Glosters.
1376:, and it was not until 15.30 that the order to retire got through. D Company in the support trench covered the retreat of the other companies, and then had to fight a stiff rearguard action while under
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continued until 75th Brigade's advance was checked at some high ground on 7 November, but advances elsewhere along the line soon outflanked the Germans and 25th Division established a line just beyond
866:). 1/5th Gloucesters raided La Maisonette next day and despite shellfire they quickly got into the German trenches and pushed patrols through the village, finding the Germans gone – the first unit in
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raised on 13 September 1859 became the 1st Gloucestershire RVC, and soon grew to be an independent battalion-sized unit. The remaining Gloucestershire RVCs were all company-sized or smaller units:
1673:, with 48th (SM) Division, already tired after many miles marching, having raced to get to the river ahead of the German vanguard. By the time it reached Frasnes where it picked up transport for
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The units evacuated from Dunkirk were slowly re-equipped from the scanty resources available and took their places in the anti-invasion defences. 5th Gloucesters reformed about 400 strong in
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5th Gloucesters were mobilised on 3 September 1939 under the command of Lt-Col G.A.H. Buxton. 48th (South Midland) Division was the first Territorial division to go to France to reinforce the
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machine gun fire. A party of Battalion HQ stayed in position to cover the withdrawal of the rest of HQ: almost all were killed or captured. The battalion got back to the Rear Zone trenches at
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918:). It was in reserve, and began its attack late in the afternoon, in heavy rain. Three companies attacked, each with a farm as its objective. Held up by the mud the attackers fell behind the
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were drafted to Egypt and the Black Sea. The last battalions were reduced to cadres and went home before the end of July. The cadre of 2/5th Gloucesters was disbanded on 11 October 1919 at
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was launched on 21 March 1918, 61st (2nd SM) Division was manning its revised frontline positions. 2/4th OBLI held 184th Brigade's Forward Zone position ('Enghein Redoubt') overlooking
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had played in 1898–1904) immediately volunteered from the audience. Later the 2nd Line were mobilised for overseas service in their own right and a 3rd Line created to supply drafts.
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sector. The battalion was out of the line at Guillaucourt on 17 March when news arrived of the German retreat to the Hindenburg Line, and instead of resting it was sent forward to
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On the outbreak of war in August 1914 the units of the South Midland Division had just set out for annual training. The men of 5th Gloucesters had only spent one night in camp at
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6th (Stroud) Gloucestershire RVC, raised 7 September 1859 under Capt John Dutton Hunt, absorbed into 1st Gloucestershire Light Horse Volunteers and 5th Gloucestershire RVC in 1865
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Lying flat under murderous fire the men did what they could to dig themselves in. The division's doomed attack failed, and the battalion was withdrawn to a railway cutting at
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company, guiding them by signals to work around the rear of the position. The company captured 16 machine guns, one officer and 50 other ranks. Private Miles was awarded the
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When the TA was reconstituted on 1 January 1947 the 5th and 7th battalions reformed as an amalgamated 5th Bn, serving in the infantry role once more. It took its place in
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Private Frederick G. Neale, 13 Platoon, D Company, 1/5th Gloucesters. Reported missing in action during the Battle of Pozières, 16 August 1916, he is commemorated on the
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for training. It remained in 144th Bde until 21 May 1941. 5th Gloucesters became the reconnaissance battalion of 48th (SM) Division on 12 July 1941 and was redesignated
1167:, and former CO of the 5th Battalion, was asked to raise the 2nd Line battalion, and was assisted by a number of officers from the 1st line, including Major the Rt Hon
1835:. 61st Division trained hard for Operation Overlord, but in the end it was not actually used in North West Europe and in April 1944 it became a training organisation.
1660:) to make contact with the French Army on the right flank. Arriving at 04.00 on 17 May they found no sign of the French and were recalled two hours later. By now, the
1457:, having suffered 200 casualties. It was driven out of Marcelcave later in the day and dug in 1,000 yards (910 m) back at the airfield next to the Marcelcave–
371:) Gloucestershire RVC, raised 6 December 1859 as a half company under Lieutenant James Primatt Sargeaunt, raised to a full company 7 November 1860, disbanded 1876–7
677:, when on 3 August they broke camp and returned to Gloucester. Mobilisation orders for TF units were issued next day. The battalion went to its war station on the
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Modern research gives the fatal casualties of the 5th Gloucesters between 1914 and 1921 as follows: 1/5th, 543; 2/5th, 491; 3/5th, 2; battalion not specified: 90.
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By 1991, A Company had two platoons at Bristol, and in April 1995 they were separated to form B Company. Later that year the battalion became 2nd (Volunteer) Bn,
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respectively on 1 September. The battalion remained with this brigade until after the end of the war. It was placed in suspended animation on 1 February 1946 at
970:, and held the line until 16 March, with 1/5th Gloucesters engaging in active patrolling. On 1 April it moved westward into reserve for the middle sector of the
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and were caught by machine guns. After advancing about 300 yards (270 m) all the men could do was dig in; casualties were 131, of whom 25 died. During the
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899:(16–18 August), 1/5th Battalion took part in 145th Brigade's difficult attack on a German strongpoint built into the most northerly house in the village of
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851:, which took 400 prisoners, and on 25 August 1/5th Gloucesters launched two companies against German trenches, which were captured after a fierce fight.
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The South Midland Division underwent progressive training in the area round Chelmsford until 13 March 1915 when it received orders to embark to join the
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On 23 March the remnants of 184th Brigade were pulled back into reserve. From then on, retreat was continuous: on 24 March 2/5th Gloucesters marched to
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back from La Vacquerie to the slopes of Welsh Ridge, where 2/5th Gloucesters stabilised the situation. The next few weeks were spent in consolidation.
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After the war 43rd Recce Regiment transferred back to the Glosters as the 5th Battalion once more and was placed in suspended animation in July 1946.
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462:, Lt Shapland Swiny of the 9th RVC as a captain in the Royal Dublin City Militia, Capt Sir Martin Crawley-Boevey of the 12th RVC as a captain in the
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2049:, MP, (son of 6th Earl and younger brother of 7th Earl Bathurst; 4th (Militia) Bn, Gloucestershire Regiment, retired) commissioned 18 April 1908
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By 1939 the battalion was at Drill Hall, Painswick Road, Gloucester, and had moved to 144th (Gloucester & Worcester) Brigade, replacing the
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on the Western Front. Thee battalions of 48th (SM) Division, including 1/5th Glosters, returned to the BEF on 11 September 1918 to reconstitute
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1473:). On 12 April the battalion was brought up by train and went into the line, near St Venant. holding off a German attack next day (part of the
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1303:. By now the battalion was very tired, and had been reduced to three companies of three platoons each. In May, 2/5th Gloucesters moved to the
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716:, Maj John Collett (soon to be promoted to command 1/5th Bn) called for 25 men to enlist in the battalion, and as a result nine members of
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of 1872, Volunteers were grouped into county brigades with their local Regular and Militia battalions – Brigade No 37 (Gloucestershire) in
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strength, and 1/5th Gloucesters was disembodied on 5 July 1919. During the war 30 officers and 557 other ranks of the battalion had died.
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419:) Gloucestershire RVC, raised 3 December 1860 as a subdivision under Lt Cecil C.V.N. Pole; brought up to a full company in December 1868
1823:(the second line duplicate of 48th (SM) Division once more). When the BEF was evacuated from Dunkirk, 61st Division was sent to defend
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the following year), A Company formed part of 1st Battalion (Rifle Volunteers) and formed new detachments at Cheltenham, Bristol and
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of Central Force, but when the 1st South Midland Division went to France, the 2nd took its place at Chelmsford and became part of
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1920:, based at Gloucester with platoons at Bristol and Cinderford. It maintained the tradition of wearing the Glosters 'Back Badge'.
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The battalion was taken by motor bus from Le Quesnel to take part in 61st (2nd SM) Division's projected counter-attack at
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in the closing weeks of the war. The 2nd Line battalion was involved in an epic rearguard action at Holnon Wood during the
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comments that starting in 1918 the white diamond "was painted on helmets ... with regimental badges superimposed" upon it.
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2/6th Gloucesters of 183rd Brigade were disbanded, many of their men being drafted to bring 2/5th Bn up to full strength.
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of 1881 took Cardwell's reforms further, and the Volunteers were formally affiliated to their local Regular regiment, the
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Dunkirk had been identified as the port for partial evacuation of the BEF, but by the evening of 26 May full evacuation (
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and usually guarded by a small sentry group. As soon as the German barrage came down, A Company promptly moved down the
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25th Division was gradually moved forward, and began to take over frontline positions on 3/4 October. It was facing the
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Shortly after the declaration of war, TF units were invited to volunteer for Overseas Service. On 15 August 1914, the
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1/5th Gloucesters served in the trenches for 16 months before it participated in its first major battle, during the
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and 6th Gloucesters, which had converted to a searchlight battalion and a tank battalion respectively. After the
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The 3rd Line battalions of the Gloucesters formed at their depots during 1915 (the 3/5th on 1 May) and moved to
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but then back to Languevoisin where it spent the night. Next day it was ordered to cover the crossings of the
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14th (Cheltenham) Gloucestershire RVC, raised 3 July 1860 under Capt Sir Alex Ramsay, disbanded September 1864
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that evening. The division was then relieved and withdrawn behind the Sambre. It was still resting when the
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364:) Gloucestershire RVC, raised 20 September 1859 under Capt Robert Dwarris Gibney, disbanded September 1864
351:) Gloucestershire RVC, raised 5 September 1859 under Capt Henry Daniel Cholmeley, disbanded by August 1861
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History of the Second World War, United Kingdom Military Series: The War in France and Flanders 1939–1940
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The British force in Italy was now called on to provide battalions to rebuild divisions shattered in the
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10th (Cotswold Rifles) Gloucestershire RVC at Cheltenham, raised 1 March 1860 under Capt Herbert W. Wood
4865:, London: HM Stationery Office, 1948/Uckfield: Imperial War Museum and Naval and Military Press, 2009,
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started in January and gradually the units dwindled away. By 28 March 1919 the division was reduced to
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On 11 October the 48th (SM) Division was relieved from the Ypres sector and went to hold the line near
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At the beginning of November the division moved to the Somme sector, going into the line in front of
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1266:, during which 2/5th Gloucesters carried out an unsuccessful raid, the division was thrown into the
309:, and Rifle Volunteer Corps (RVCs) began to be organised throughout Great Britain to supplement the
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1962:, former CO of the 4th (Militia) Bn, Gloucestershire Regiment, appointed 22 September 1908, to 1933
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409:– Cheltenham) Gloucestershire RVC, raised 23 March 1860 under Capt Edmund P, Morphy, disbanded 1874
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Service companies from the regiment's volunteer battalions served with the Regular 2nd Bn in the
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of Central Force, with a definite role in Home Defence. Much time was spent digging trenches at
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The division then participated in the pursuit across open country against weak opposition (the
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formed at Gloucester on 28 January 1861, left in 1867, were also attached to this battalion.).
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A number of the original officers of these RVCs had previous military experience, for example,
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The 2nd Volunteer Battalion wore a green uniform with scarlet facings, similar to that of the
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about 17.00, where D Company rejoined later. The Rear Zone trenches were shallow, with little
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fire and the guns captured. The brigade then pushed on to the crest of the ridge overlooking
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and began 'softening' the German strongpoints in front of the Pozières Ridge by sending out
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on 9 October, 1/5th Gloucesters supplied carrying parties and stretcher-bearers to assist
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378:) Gloucestershire RVC, raised 13 February 1860 under Capt Allen Alexander Bathurst (later
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disengage. The tenacity and determination of D Company was singled out for praise by Sir
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The 2/5th Gloucesters was formed on 7 September 1914 at Gloucester and took its place in
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Battalion HQ at The Barracks (also known as the Drill Hall) in Brunswick Road, Gloucester
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companies. However, on 1 July 1999 the battalion was reduced to a single company in the
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the withdrawal of other units. By the end of 19 May the whole force was back across the
554:. When a comprehensive mobilisation scheme for the Volunteers was established after the
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Cap of Honour: The Story of the Gloucestershire Regiment (The 28th/61st Foot) 1694–1950
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area for rest and training. Reinforcements permitted D Company to be reformed in July.
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of 1891, the 2nd VB of the Gloucesters was assigned to the Western Counties Brigade at
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25th Division's units were engaged in salvage work in the months after the Armistice.
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5th (Stroud) Gloucestershire RVC, raised 6 September 1859 under Capt J. Watts Haliwell
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The Cheltenham College Cadet Corps became a contingent of the junior division of the
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1481:) they took Bacquerolles Farm, but were thrown out by a platoon of A Company led by
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was reached on 10 October. 25th Division was in reserve during the first day of the
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1543:. On 8 April 1916 they were redesignated Reserve Battalions, and on 1 September at
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until relieved, when it joined the rest of South Midland Division concentrating at
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Land Forces of Britain, the Empire and Commonwealth – Regiments.org (archive site)
4918:, London: HM Stationery Office, 1947/Imperial War Museum and Battery Press, 1993,
2216:, DCM, poet, served in the 1/5th Bn and was captured at Pozières on 17 August 1916
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4734:, London: HM Stationery Office, 1938/Uckfield: Naval & Military Press, 2007,
4704:, London: HM Stationery Office, 1935/Uckfield: Naval & Military Press, 2007,
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made what proved to be its last attack, known to the British participants as the
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The Kaiser's Battle, 21 March 1918: The First Day of the German Spring Offensive
4934:, London: HM Stationery Office, 1954/Uckfield, Naval & Military Press, 2004.
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1980:
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1792:. It served with 43rd (Wessex) Division until the end of the war, including the
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These independent RVCs were grouped into two administrative battalions in 1860:
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London: HM Stationery Office, 1937/Uckfield: Naval & Military Press, 2007,
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where by 3 April the whole division had concentrated. After final training in
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508:, was commissioned as the battalion's commanding officer (CO) on 3 March 1860.
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sector from the French Army on 20 July, and remained there until July 1916.
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4689:, Gloucester: Crypt House Press 1930/Uckfield: Naval & Military, 2003,
1951:, appointed 16 June 1868 and held the position until the creation of the TF
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5040:, London: Macmillan, 1938/Imperial War Museum & Battery Press, 1992,
4797:, London: HM Stationery Office, 1957/Uckfield: Naval & Military, 2004
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and machine-gun nests hidden in the farm buildings on their front. 2/4th
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to begin final training for overseas service. Here they were issued with
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344:) Gloucestershire RVC, raised 21 October 1859 under Capt Thomas de Winton
103:
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2469:'Langemarck 1917' was the first battle honour gained by 2/5th Battalion.
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In February and March 1916 the units of 61st (2nd SM) Division moved to
5082:
Titles and Designations of Formations and Units of the Territorial Army
4899:, London: Macmillan, 1935/Imperial War Museum and Battery Press, 1995,
4844:
History of the Great War: Military Operations, France and Belgium, 1916
2209:, poet and composer, served in the 2/5th Bn and was wounded and gassed.
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1579:, Stroud; The Rich School; Crypt Grammar School; Dursley Church School
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As the offensive continued, 1/5th Gloucesters took a small part in the
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History of the Great War: Military Operations, France and Belgium 1916
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History of the Great War: Military Operations, France and Belgium 1918
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History of the Great War: Military Operations, France and Belgium 1918
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History of the Great War: Military Operations, France and Belgium 1917
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Lt-Col William Adam returned by end November 1917; wounded 2 June 1918
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and Capt Morphy of the 13th RVC in the Monaghan Militia. The Honorary
2127:
Lt-Col Gilbert Collett (from 1/5th Bn) from 8 June to 15 October 1917
2118:
Maj George Vivian acting from 28 December, invalided 29 December 1916
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Gloucesters was ordered into Dunkirk at midnight on 30 May, reaching
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257:. Its 1st Line battalion fought a last-ditch defensive action at the
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43rd (Wessex) Reconnaissance Regiment (The Gloucestershire Regiment)
4970:
A Gallant County: The Regiments of Gloucestershire in the Great War
4687:
The Story of the 2/5th Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment 1914–1918
2081:
Maj Leslie Parkinson acting from 16 December 1916 to 2 January 1917
752:, 5th Gloucesters landing on 29 March. The battalion entrained for
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Lt-Col Richard Huntington from 15 September 1918 to demobilisation
2139:
Lt-Col Geoffrey Christie-Miller from 24 June to 15 September 1918
2121:
Capt Charles Beloe acting from 29 December 1916 to 12 January 1917
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1677:, 5th Gloucesters had marched 95 miles (153 km) in 83 hours.
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A German concrete strongpoint in the Fromelles salient, July 1916.
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After forcing the Selle, Fourth Army continued its advance to the
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16th (North Cotswold Rifles) Gloucestershire Rifle Volunteer Corps
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Lt-Col Arthur Lawson from 17 March, killed in action 24 June 1918
1889:. When the Wessex Volunteers were expanded in 1971 (becoming the
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The TF was reconstituted on 7 February 1920 (reorganising as the
392:) Gloucestershire RVC, raised 9 March 1860 under Capt John Vizard
4880:, London: HM Stationery Office, 1949/Imperial War Museum, 1992,
4747:
Riflemen Form: A Study of the Rifle Volunteer Movement 1859–1908
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Lt-Col Gilbert Collett returned 1 February 1918 to 17 March 1918
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Maj Charles Beloe acting from 15 October 1917 to 1 February 1918
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Lt-Col Percy Balfour from 9 March 1916, wounded 28 December 1916
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1115:, where it paused for 10 days to prepare an assault crossing at
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910:(26 September), supplying two companies to support an attack by
858:, and then on 16 March 1917 the Germans began to retreat to the
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Under the 'Localisation of the Forces' scheme introduced by the
2486:. It served through World War I until it was disbanded in 1919.
2087:
Lt-Col William Adam from 23 June 1917, gassed 28 September 1917
985:. The 48th (SM) Division had been particularly hard-hit by the
5106:, London: Methuen, 1931/Uckfield: Naval & Military, 2003,
4910:
Brig-Gen Sir James E. Edmonds & Lt-Col R. Maxwell-Hyslop,
4878:
History of the Great War: Military Operations, Italy 1915–1919
2075:
Lt-Col John Collett returned 14 June, invalided 24 August 1916
2042:
Lt-Col Lindsey D. Winterbotham, commissioned 14 September 1905
1287:. Much of January 1917 was spent out of the line, training at
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by the end of the year. On 1 March 1918 the division relieved
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Maj John Scott-Tucker acting from 21 February to 1 April 1916
1819:
The 7th Gloucesters formed part of 183rd Infantry Brigade in
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with the dates 1944–45 and 'North West Europe' on a scroll.
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Lt-Col Hon Benjamin Bathurst, from formation to 8 March 1916
1519:), 61st (2nd SM) Division attacked again on 1 November (the
942:. On 10 November 1917 it received orders to transfer to the
1827:. It returned to the mainland in February 1943, serving in
887:
After a period of training 48th (SM) Division moved to the
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E & F Companies at Drill Hall, North Street, Cheltenham
2184:, MP and Welsh Rugby international, served in the 2/5th Bn
2078:
Maj Henry Court acting from 1 November to 16 December 1916
5004:
Battle Honours of the British and Indian Armies 1695–1914
4876:
Brig-Gen Sir James E. Edmonds & Maj-Gen H.R. Davies,
1531:. During the war over 548 men of the battalion had died.
5053:
Retreat and Rearguard Somme 1918: The Fifth Army Retreat
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Edmonds & Maxwell-Hyslop, pp. 125, 127, 379–80, 389.
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and advanced into Belgium to take up defences along the
744:(BEF) in France. The South Midland Brigade crossed from
4846:, Vol I, London: Macmillan,1932/Woking: Shearer, 1986,
2124:
Lt-Col Percy Balfour returned 12 January to 8 June 1917
1906:
Royal Gloucestershire, Berkshire and Wiltshire Regiment
1877:(TAVR) in 1967, when the battalion was split to become
764:('Plugstreet') on 7 April, attached to the experienced
399:) Gloucestershire RVC, raised 21 April 1860 under Capt
2102:
Lt-Col Dudley Lewis from 9 July 1918 to demobilisation
2084:
Lt-Col Alexander Skinner from 2 January to 6 June 1917
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on 25 May. By 28 May the division was concentrated at
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in the trenches while 9 and 10 Platoons were with the
305:
An invasion scare in 1859 led to the emergence of the
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Army Council Instructions, January 1916, Appendix 18.
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On 20 November 1941 the battalion was transferred to
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the battalion distinguished itself at the defence of
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2nd July 1916 to the End of the Battles of the Somme
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26th September–11th November, The Advance to Victory
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in 1989), though it lost its 'Gloucester' subtitle.
442:
Theodore Preston of the 2nd RVC was formerly in the
422:
16th (North Cotswold Rifles) Gloucestershire RVC at
329:) Gloucestershire RVC, raised 21 October 1859 under
4988:. Uckfield, East Sussex: Naval and Military Press.
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Southern Command 3 September 1939 at Patriot Files.
1923:In 2007 the Rifle Volunteers became 6th Battalion,
1709:) was ordered. On 26 May 5th Gloucesters dug in at
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2170:Lt-Col G.A.H. Buxton, commissioned 17 January 1938
2155:Lt-Col John Tarrant from 7 March to 31 August 1916
2099:Maj Philip Hall acting from 23 June to 8 July 1918
1043:Reserve at the end of the month during the Allied
5210:Military units and formations established in 1859
5104:The Gloucestershire Regiment in the War 1914–1918
2480:7th (Service) Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment
2254:bore as an honorary distinction the badge of the
1927:, (6 RIFLES) with A Company based at Gloucester.
1408:, where they were fed. The battalion moved on to
1229:per battalion in place of dummy guns and antique
1190:on 1 February 1915 that the men were issued with
622:D Company at Drill Hall, Back of Avon, Tewkesbury
552:2nd Volunteer Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment
542:for the 1st Gloucestershire Admin Battalion. The
34:2nd Volunteer Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment
5200:Military units and formations in Gloucestershire
4897:The German March Offensive and its Preliminaries
2152:Maj Evan Jeune from 3 April 1915 to 7 March 1916
1644:began on 10 May with the German invasion of the
1621:) songs. Subsequently, Adlam received the first
966:in the front line of the Montello sector on the
237:from 1859. After becoming a Volunteer and later
4957:, Vol II, Wakefield, Microform Academic, 1984,
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2266:The 5th Gloucesters were awarded the following
2222:, won a VC with the 1/5th Bn on 23 October 1918
2052:Lt-Col Samuel Marling, commissioned 10 May 1913
4942:, Vol I, Wakefield, Microform Academic, 1984,
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1838:On 3 August 1944 the battalion transferred to
1563:. This later became the 10th Battalion, OBLI.
1330:Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry
1194:with which to train. Here they formed part of
628:G Company at Drill Hall, Boulton Lane, Dursley
514:, HQ at Cheltenham: 7th, 10th, 13th, 14th RVCs
4986:Orders of Battle: Second World War, 1939–1945
4955:Lineage Book of British Land Forces 1660–1978
4940:Lineage Book of British Land Forces 1660–1978
4833:The Development of the British Army 1899–1914
4764:, London: Frederick Muller, 1968/Star, 1981,
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3076:Gilbert Collett at Gloucester Rugby Heritage.
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2189:Sir James Campbell, 5th Baronet, of Aberuchil
1159:61st (2nd South Midland) Divisional insignia.
293:. It returned to the Glosters in the postwar
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1761:Cap badge of the Reconnaissance Corps, 1941.
1346:183rd (2nd Gloucester and Worcester) Brigade
760:the 5th Gloucesters went into the line near
619:C Company at Drill Hall, Bath Street, Stroud
494:1st Gloucestershire Engineer Volunteer Corps
297:until amalgamated with other units in 1967.
5205:Military units and formations in Gloucester
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1804:, and the advance across Germany after the
1632:A column of British infantry retreating to
1225:in place of the Japanese weapons, and four
401:Sir Martin Hyde Crawley–Boevey, 4th Baronet
5021:, London: Allen Lane, 1978/Penguin, 1983,
4787:Burke's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage,
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2062:Lt-Col John Collett from 10 September 1914
1780:, and on 7 January 1942 it was renamed as
1319:Captured German pillbox or 'Mebu' at Ypres
928:144th (Gloucester & Worcester) Brigade
631:H Company at The Armoury, Chipping Campden
5195:Rifle Volunteer Corps of the British Army
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4180:
4178:
3522:, Vol V, pp. 215–6, 236–7, 299, 320, 323.
3045:
3043:
3041:
3039:
3037:
2791:
2789:
2747:
2745:
2682:
2680:
2096:Lt-Col Noel Waller from 2 to 23 June 1918
2021:, retired), commissioned 22 February 1870
1949:Henry Reynolds-Moreton, 3rd Earl of Ducie
795:Map of the Glosters' actions at Ovillers.
736:48th (South Midland) Divisional insignia.
426:, raised 23 November 1860 under Capt Sir
49:Cap badge of the Gloucestershire Regiment
4863:Messines and Third Ypres (Passchendaele)
4537:
4535:
4533:
2090:Maj Lloyd-Baker acting from 28 September
1697:, where the division arrived on 25 May.
2661:
2659:
2657:
2655:
2653:
2640:
2638:
2636:
2634:
2632:
2630:
2628:
2626:
2624:
2622:
2620:
2498:
2441:
607:5th Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment
450:, Capt de Winton of the 3rd RVC in the
446:, Capt Sir William Vernon Guise in the
428:John Maxwell Steele-Graves, 4th Baronet
38:A (Gloucester) Company, Wessex Regiment
36:5th Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment
5145:Infantry Battalion COs of World War I.
5084:, London: War Office, 7 November 1927.
4542:Glosters at British Army 1945 onwards.
3920:Middlebrook, pp. 177–8, 246, 263, 269.
2618:
2616:
2614:
2612:
2610:
2608:
2606:
2604:
2602:
2600:
2195:Charles Noel, 2nd Earl of Gainsborough
1875:Territorial and Army Volunteer Reserve
1465:On 4 April 2/5th Gloucesters moved to
954:and 1/5th Gloucesters was billeted at
854:The battalion spent the winter on the
689:. In mid-August the division moved to
470:of the 11th (Dursley) RVC was the Rev
140:Drill Hall, Painswick Road, Gloucester
28:
2201:Arthur Noel, 4th Earl of Gainsborough
1772:43rd (Wessex) Reconnaissance Regiment
1766:43rd (Wessex) Reconnaissance Regiment
1625:awarded to a Territorial in the war.
1429:. At midnight it was ordered back to
806:Gloucestershire Regiment on the Somme
616:A & B Companies at Brunswick Road
7:
3051:"Glosters at Infantry Battalion COs"
2250:After World War II, the battalion's
2004:, retired) commissioned 3 March 1860
1782:43rd Battalion, Reconnaissance Corps
1648:. The BEF followed the pre-arranged
223:2nd Gloucestershire Rifle Volunteers
32:2nd Gloucestershire Rifle Volunteers
5055:, Barnsley: Pen & Sword, 2014,
4972:, Barnsley: Pen & Sword, 2018,
3788:, Vol II, pp. 107–8, 203, 208, 244.
3689:61 (2nd SM) Div at Long, Long Trail
2482:had been formed in 1914 as part of
2072:acting from 1 April to 11 June 1916
1983:, VC, DSO, appointed 28 August 1956
1956:Seymour Bathurst, 7th Earl Bathurst
609:, with the following organisation:
245:(the 'Glosters'), it fought on the
4749:, Aldershot: Ogilby Trusts, 1982,
3257:Wyrall, pp. 179–84, 187–91, 210–3.
2032:, retired) commissioned 8 May 1886
1515:After the pause before the Selle (
1163:Lt-Col the Hon Benjamin Bathurst,
605:of 1908, the battalion became the
281:. It then served as a unit of the
25:
5162:Orders of Battle at Patriot Files
5091:, Barnsley: Pen and Sword, 2010,
2856:Cheltenham at Drill Hall Project.
2845:Tewkesbury at Drill Hall Project.
2823:Gloucester at Drill Hall Project.
1212:184th (2nd South Midland) Brigade
1208:61st (2nd South Midland) Division
652:The battalion formed part of the
126:61st (2nd South Midland) Division
3996:Blaxland, pp. 92, 95–6, 98, 103.
2989:Gloucesters at Long, Long Trail.
1852:47th Infantry (Reserve) Division
1693:area covering the approaches to
1549:4th (City of Bristol) Reserve Bn
1136:came into force on 11 November.
883:The battlefield of Poelcappelle.
208:
84:
67:
43:
5135:British Army units from 1945 on
4891:Brig-Gen Sir James E. Edmonds,
4857:Brig-Gen Sir James E. Edmonds,
4811:British Battle Insignia 1914–18
4781:The Turn of the Tide, 1939–1943
3113:Wyrall, pp. 128–32, 137, 145–6.
2963:48 (SM) Div at Long, Long Trail
2227:Sir George Prevost, 2nd Baronet
1972:Col Robert Michael Grazebrook,
577:, gaining the 2nd VB its first
472:Sir George Prevost, 2nd Baronet
287:43rd (Wessex) Infantry Division
5068:The Army and Society 1815–1914
4199:5th Glosters at Regiments.org.
3580:Edmonds & Maxwell-Hyslop,
3549:Edmonds & Maxwell-Hyslop,
3518:Edmonds & Maxwell-Hyslop,
3496:Edmonds & Maxwell-Hyslop,
3440:Edmonds & Maxwell-Hyslop,
2878:Campden at Drill Hall Project.
2867:Dursley at Drill Hall Project.
2009:Sir William Guise, 4th Baronet
1992:Commanding officers included:
1967:Sir Lionel Darell, 6th Baronet
1881:in the Wessex Volunteers, and
1551:absorbed the former 3/5th Bn.
1445:where it spent a quiet night.
1192:.256-in Japanese Ariska rifles
335:Sir William Guise, 4th Baronet
135:The Barracks, Brunswick Road,
1:
3215:Wyrall, p. 165, 168–9, 173–4.
2834:Stroud at Drill Hall Project.
2039:, commissioned 25 August 1897
1969:, DSO, appointed 27 June 1936
1887:Royal Gloucestershire Hussars
782:145th (South Midland) Brigade
778:48th (South Midland) Division
464:Royal Gloucestershire Hussars
291:campaign in North West Europe
122:48th (South Midland) Division
5089:Tracing the Rifle Volunteers
5006:, London: Leo Cooper, 1970,
4565:Wessex Rgt at Regiments.org.
1873:The TA was reduced into the
1081:50th (Northumbrian) Division
912:175th (2/3rd London) Brigade
891:in July to take part in the
849:143rd (Warwickshire) Brigade
842:to the missing of the Somme.
784:. It moved to take over the
720:(for which his brother Capt
512:2nd Administrative Battalion
490:1st Administrative Battalion
333:William Vernon Guise (later
261:and one of its number won a
4044:Grist, pp. 263, 266–7, 271.
3531:Wyrall, pp. 298–301, 304–5.
3500:, Vol V, pp. 169–70, 175–7.
2348:France and Flanders 1916–18
2291:France and Flanders 1915–16
2167:, commissioned 1 April 1922
2011:, commissioned 15 July 1865
1879:A Company (Gloucestershire)
1615:Where be that blackbird be?
1613:by singing the Regimental (
1606:British Expeditionary Force
1397:in his history of the war.
1210:and the brigade became the
1180:2/1st South Midland Brigade
768:. A Company joined the 1st
742:British Expeditionary Force
597:were subsumed into the new
58:21 October 1859–1 July 1999
5226:
5070:, London: Longmans, 1980,
4671:Glosters at Regiments.org.
4455:Collier, Maps 17 & 20.
1769:
1557:83rd Provisional Battalion
1184:2nd South Midland Division
803:
460:4th Madras Native Infantry
5174:The Territorial Army 1947
4210:Titles & Designations
4171:OBLI at Long, Long Trail.
4161:Becke, Pt 2b, pp. 107–10.
4026:Barnes, pp. 112–8, 122–3.
3431:Becke, Pt 3a, pp. 135–42.
2233:of the 11th (Dursley) RVC
1846:. These were reformed as
1071:), until the line of the
42:
5190:Gloucestershire Regiment
4835:, London: Methuen, 1938.
4813:, London: Osprey, 1986,
4789:100th Edn, London, 1953.
4783:, London: Collins, 1957.
4512:Joslen, pp. 41, 91, 376.
2930:Becke, Pt 2a, pp. 77–83.
2163:Lt-Col N.H. Waller, MC,
1940:The following served as
1870:of 43 (Wessex) Division
1681:series of canals in the
1390:Royal Berkshire Regiment
1069:Second Battle of Cambrai
1023:25th Divisional insignia
990:signallers, drivers and
862:prepared in their rear (
637:Officers' Training Corps
548:Gloucestershire Regiment
327:Gloucester Docks Company
243:Gloucestershire Regiment
205:The Glosters' Back badge
4984:Joslen, H. F. (2003) .
4828:, London: Harrap, 1951.
3857:Blaxland, pp. 27–8, 31.
3668:Becke, Pt 2b, pp. 33–9.
3328:Wyrall, pp. 226–8, 233.
3279:Wyrall, pp. 213, 221–2.
2244:Kings Royal Rifle Corps
2175:Other prominent members
1798:Operation Market Garden
1717:, covering the Bergues–
1664:had broken through the
1561:8th Provisional Brigade
1433:and then down the Roye–
1362:German spring offensive
1280:trained for two weeks.
1249:Fromelles and the Somme
1130:Saint-Hilaire-sur-Helpe
1125:Worcestershire Regiment
1029:German spring offensive
956:San Gregorio nelle Alpi
780:and the brigade became
770:Somerset Light Infantry
697:, with 5th Gloucesters
675:Marlow, Buckinghamshire
521:2nd Gloucestershire RVC
269:. In the early part of
267:German spring offensive
5140:The Drill Hall Project
5128:The British Army, 1914
4503:Joslen, pp. 95–6, 358.
4062:Grist, pp. 273–4, 276.
3875:Middlebrook, pp. 74–5.
3386:Edmonds & Davies,
2526:Beckett, Appendix VII.
2275:South Africa 1900–1902
1848:140th Infantry Brigade
1844:76th Infantry Division
1840:213th Infantry Brigade
1821:61st Infantry Division
1800:, the fighting in the
1778:43rd (Wessex) Division
1762:
1637:
1521:Battle of Valenciennes
1510:Vendegies-sur-Écaillon
1320:
1258:
1160:
1134:Armistice with Germany
1054:, with the village of
1045:Hundred Days Offensive
1024:
924:Battle of Poelcappelle
908:Battle of Polygon Wood
884:
843:
816:First day on the Somme
796:
737:
658:South Midland Division
583:South Africa 1900–1902
319:City of Bristol Rifles
279:evacuated from Dunkirk
171:Defence of Holnon Wood
4824:David Scott Daniell,
4312:France & Flanders
3730:, Vol II, pp. 120–34.
3417:Chappell, pp. 29, 46.
3206:, Vol II, pp. 218–20.
2238:Uniforms and insignia
2203:(as Viscount Campden)
2047:Hon Benjamin Bathurst
1996:Col William Purnell,
1760:
1701:Defence of Ledringhem
1631:
1318:
1256:
1158:
1022:
979:Austro-Hungarian Army
916:Battle of Broodseinde
893:Third Ypres Offensive
882:
837:
820:Ovillers–la-Boisselle
794:
735:
718:Gloucester Rugby Club
714:Gloucester Shire Hall
654:South Midland Brigade
647:Hon Benjamin Bathurst
162:Third Battle of Ypres
5157:The Long, Long Trail
5032:Capt Wilfred Miles,
5017:Martin Middlebrook,
4831:Col John K. Dunlop,
4398:Ellis, Chapter XIII.
4345:Ellis, Chapter VIII.
3627:, 29 September 1914.
3350:Grist, pp. 213, 222.
3270:, Vol II, pp. 107–8.
3239:Daniell, pp. 229–31.
3022:Daniell, Appendix I.
2674:Beckett, Appendix X.
2256:Reconnaissance Corps
2017:Col James Collier, (
1790:Royal Armoured Corps
1752:Reconnaissance Corps
1475:Battle of Hazebrouck
1121:Battle of the Sambre
897:Battle of Langemarck
774:London Rifle Brigade
474:, son of Lt-Gen Sir
283:Reconnaissance Corps
175:Battle of the Sambre
167:Battle of the Asiago
4618:, 25 February 1870.
4430:Ellis, Chapter XIV.
4387:Ellis, Chapter XII.
4366:Daniell, pp. 261–5.
4300:Daniell, pp. 250–1.
4290:Ellis, Chapter III/
4269:Daniell, pp. 245–6.
4251:Daniell, pp. 248–9.
4071:Barnes, pp. 133–40.
4053:Barnes, pp. 124–32.
4017:Murland, pp. 194–5.
3951:, Vol I, pp. 278–9.
3929:Murland, pp. 67–72.
3884:Murland, pp. 15–22.
3553:, Vol V, pp. 357–8.
3408:Wyrall, pp. 336–42.
3184:Wyrall, pp. 159–62.
3153:Daniell, pp. 224–5.
3126:, Vol I, pp. 426–7.
3008:Becke, Pt 2b, p. 6.
2813:Daniell, pp. 204–5.
2769:Spiers, Chapter 10.
2760:Dunlop, Chapter 14.
2718:Dunlop, Appendix A.
2709:Daniell, pp. 191–2.
2594:Westlake, pp. 97–9.
2035:Lt-Col M. Holland,
2002:90th Light Infantry
1988:Commanding officers
1914:B (City of Bristol)
1268:Attack at Fromelles
1077:Battle of the Selle
556:Stanhope Memorandum
506:90th Light Infantry
157:Battle of the Somme
5150:2019-03-05 at the
5066:Edward M. Spiers,
4953:J.B.M. Frederick,
4938:J.B.M. Frederick,
4760:Gregory Blaxland,
4745:Ian F.W. Beckett,
4685:Capt A.F. Barnes,
4590:, 16 October 1908.
4552:Frederick, p. 355.
4376:Ellis, Chapter XI.
4356:Ellis, Chapter IX.
4334:Ellis, Chapter VI.
4279:Ellis, Chapter II.
4260:Frederick, p. 102.
4116:Barnes, pp. 141–4.
4089:Barnes, pp. 140–1.
3839:Cooper, pp. 193–4.
3830:Barnes, pp. 77–80.
3775:Barnes, pp. 69–73.
3757:Barnes, pp. 53–68.
3739:Barnes, pp. 37–52.
3717:Barnes, pp. 24–36.
3699:Barnes, pp. 18–23.
3611:Grist, Appendix 2.
3602:Wyrall, pp. 313–4.
3562:Wyrall, pp. 307–8.
3509:Wyrall, pp. 296–7.
3377:Wyrall, pp. 334–6.
3359:Wyrall, pp. 242–3.
3319:Grist, pp. 208–13.
3310:Wyrall, pp. 222–4.
3144:Wyrall, pp. 150–2.
2999:Wyrall, pp. 59–60.
2798:British Army, 1914
2727:Spiers, pp. 228–9.
2700:Spiers, pp. 195–6.
2568:Frederick, p. 101.
2514:Spiers, pp. 163–8.
2019:Bombay Staff Corps
1944:of the battalion:
1833:South East England
1763:
1638:
1529:Catterick Garrison
1459:Villers-Bretonneux
1395:Arthur Conan Doyle
1342:3rd Guards Brigade
1321:
1259:
1165:MP for Cirencester
1161:
1025:
885:
864:Operation Alberich
844:
829:Battle of Pozières
797:
738:
528:Cheltenham College
504:, formerly of the
456:lieutenant-colonel
307:Volunteer Movement
5112:978-1-84342-572-4
5097:978-1-84884-211-3
5061:978-1-78159-267-0
4995:978-1-84342-474-1
4978:978-1-52673-607-9
4871:978-1-845747-23-7
4819:978-0-850-45727-8
4804:978-1-84574-055-9
4695:978-1-84342-758-2
4661:Grist, pp. 145–6.
4134:Grist, pp. 293–4.
4035:Blaxland, p. 120.
3987:Barnes, pp. 94–6.
3969:Barnes, pp. 92–3.
3938:Barnes, pp. 90–1.
3911:Grist, pp. 258–9.
3893:Barnes, pp. 86–9.
3866:Grist, pp. 254–5.
3821:Barnes, pp. 73–7.
3812:Wyrall, Appendix.
3766:Grist, pp. 184–6.
3748:Grist, pp. 138–9.
3571:Blaxland, p. 257.
3540:Blaxland, p. 258.
3487:Blaxland, p. 242.
3399:Grist, pp. 224–5.
3390:, pp. 194–6, 201.
3341:, Vol II, p. 352.
3301:Grist, pp. 202–3.
3292:, Vol II, p. 199.
3248:Grist, pp. 183–4.
3175:, Vol II, p. 144.
2432:
2431:
2411:St Omer–La Bassée
2408:Defence of Escaut
2395:
2394:
1936:Honorary Colonels
1794:Normandy Campaign
1784:, later becoming
1754:, on 14 October.
1742:and went down to
1617:) and Battalion (
1541:Weston-super-Mare
1535:3/5th Gloucesters
1479:Battle of BĂ©thune
1471:Battle of the Lys
1338:Battle of Cambrai
1311:Ypres and Cambrai
1151:2/5th Gloucesters
1113:Sambre–Oise Canal
840:Thiepval Memorial
728:1/5th Gloucesters
599:Territorial Force
589:Territorial Force
500:William Purnell,
380:6th Earl Bathurst
241:battalion of the
239:Territorial Force
216:
215:
16:(Redirected from
5217:
5120:External sources
5102:Everard Wyrall,
4999:
4930:Maj L.F. Ellis,
4840:James E. Edmonds
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4576:6 RIFLES at MoD.
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3086:Chappell, p. 24.
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2739:Daniell, p. 202.
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2476:
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2449:Michael Chappell
2446:
2403:
2281:
1942:Honorary Colonel
1918:Rifle Volunteers
1825:Northern Ireland
1707:Operation Dynamo
1642:Battle of France
1573:Territorial Army
1502:Battle of Amiens
1450:Lamotte-Warfusée
1356:Spring Offensive
1223:.303 SMLE rifles
995:rewarded with a
983:Battle of Asiago
920:Creeping barrage
568:Portland Harbour
544:Childers Reforms
540:Western District
536:Cardwell Reforms
432:Chipping Campden
424:Moreton-in-Marsh
417:Stow-on-the-Wold
295:Territorial Army
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94:Territorial Army
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5172:Graham Watson,
5152:Wayback Machine
5122:
5117:
5051:Jerry Murland,
4996:
4983:
4886:978-0-901627742
4809:Mike Chappell,
4793:Basil Collier,
4730:Maj A.F. Becke,
4715:Maj A.F. Becke,
4700:Maj A.F. Becke,
4681:
4676:
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4643:Wyrall, p. 338.
4642:
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2354:Langemarck 1917
2343:2/5th Battalion
2321:Hindenburg Line
2297:Langemarck 1917
2286:1/5th Battalion
2264:
2240:
2180:Maj the Rt Hon
2177:
2147:3/5th Battalion
2107:2/5th Battalion
2070:Gilbert Collett
2057:1/5th Battalion
1990:
1938:
1933:
1891:Wessex Regiment
1864:
1817:
1815:7th Gloucesters
1774:
1768:
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1600:5th Gloucesters
1597:
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977:On 15 June the
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812:Somme offensive
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671:
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603:Haldane Reforms
601:(TF) under the
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575:Second Boer War
452:Royal Artillery
342:Gloucester City
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301:Volunteer Force
235:Gloucestershire
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90:Volunteer Force
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4652:Grist, p. 187.
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4602:London Gazette
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4588:London Gazette
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4494:Joslen, p. 70.
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3593:Grist, p. 284.
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3453:Grist, p. 226.
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3193:Grist, p. 143.
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2782:20 March 1908.
2780:London Gazette
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1806:Rhine Crossing
1770:Main article:
1767:
1764:
1748:48th Battalion
1702:
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1623:Military Medal
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1577:Marling School
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1106:Victoria Cross
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3059:. Retrieved
3055:the original
3027:
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2474:
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2456:
2444:
2426:
2397:
2389:
2384:Valenciennes
2360:Cambrai 1917
2342:
2341:
2318:Cambrai 1918
2309:Polygon Wood
2285:
2284:
2274:
2265:
2249:
2241:
2158:
2146:
2145:
2106:
2105:
2056:
2055:
1991:
1939:
1922:
1913:
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1903:
1882:
1878:
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1785:
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1775:
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1704:
1679:
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1618:
1614:
1603:
1595:World War II
1581:
1570:
1556:
1553:
1538:
1525:
1516:
1514:
1506:
1498:
1495:Hundred Days
1464:
1447:
1406:Languevoisin
1404:and then to
1399:
1370:
1359:
1350:
1334:
1322:
1293:Ablaineville
1282:
1260:
1216:
1177:
1162:
1138:
1110:
1093:
1066:
1049:
1033:75th Brigade
1026:
1015:Hundred Days
976:
964:7th Division
958:, moving to
937:
905:
886:
853:
845:
809:
766:11th Brigade
739:
707:
672:
669:Mobilisation
656:in the TF's
651:
641:
634:
606:
592:
582:
572:
551:
533:
525:
520:
517:
511:
489:
484:
482:of Dursley.
437:
430:, moving to
311:Regular Army
304:
289:through the
271:World War II
231:British Army
229:unit of the
222:
220:
183:World War II
118:Part of
26:
2478:A previous
2315:Poelcapelle
2312:Broodseinde
2303:Albert 1916
2229:, Honorary
2214:Will Harvey
2207:Ivor Gurney
1981:James Carne
1868:129 Brigade
1856:Crowborough
1829:East Anglia
1662:German Army
1610:Bren gunner
1545:Ludgershall
1410:Billancourt
1386:barbed wire
1374:River Somme
1235:Southampton
1188:Northampton
1073:River Selle
1041:Fourth Army
987:Spanish flu
968:Piave Front
762:Ploegsteert
693:as part of
664:World War I
566:'s base at
519:became the
407:Odd Fellows
376:Cirencester
255:World War I
188:Defence of
151:World War I
145:Engagements
132:Garrison/HQ
5184:Categories
5036:, Vol II,
4861:, Vol II,
4679:References
2375:Hazebrouck
2363:St Quentin
2357:Somme 1918
2351:Ypres 1917
2324:Beaurevoir
2300:Somme 1916
2294:Ypres 1917
1925:The Rifles
1899:Cinderford
1895:Trowbridge
1883:C Squadron
1802:Reichswald
1732:Bray-Dunes
1711:Ledringhem
1691:Hazebrouck
1455:Marcelcave
1443:Le Quesnel
1378:enfilading
1301:St Quentin
1285:Grandcourt
1231:Maxim guns
1227:Lewis guns
1200:Third Army
1196:First Army
1117:Landrecies
1097:Pommereuil
1056:Beaurevoir
746:Folkestone
710:War Office
703:Chelmsford
595:Volunteers
564:Royal Navy
480:Rural dean
369:Tewkesbury
362:Cheltenham
275:Ledringhem
190:Ledringhem
137:Gloucester
4914:, Vol V,
4895:, Vol I,
3947:Edmonds,
3337:Edmonds,
3288:Edmonds,
3266:Edmonds,
3122:Edmonds,
2645:Army List
2436:Footnotes
2418:Wormhoudt
2030:69th Foot
1719:Wormhoudt
1517:see above
1422:Lewis gun
1360:When the
1326:pillboxes
1085:Lewis gun
960:Stroppari
901:St Julien
868:III Corps
814:. On the
786:HĂ©buterne
687:Wiltshire
593:When the
448:75th Foot
444:43rd Foot
227:Volunteer
5148:Archived
4522:Watson,
3784:Edmonds
3061:18 March
2796:Conrad,
2505:Beckett.
2366:Rosières
2306:Pozières
2231:Chaplain
1897:(and at
1744:Cornwall
1666:Ardennes
1567:Interwar
1555:to form
1483:Sergeant
1439:Mézières
1437:road to
1418:Buverchy
1402:Voyennes
1382:Beauvois
1289:Gapennes
1264:Laventie
1239:Le Havre
1007:and six
750:Boulogne
699:billeted
468:Chaplain
200:Insignia
104:Infantry
4524:TA 1947
4310:Ellis,
4212:, 1927.
3726:Miles,
3202:Miles,
3171:Miles,
2751:Leslie.
2378:BĂ©thune
2252:colours
2187:Lt-Col
2159:5th Bn
2045:Lt-Col
2024:Lt-Col
2007:Lt-Col
1908:, with
1862:Postwar
1788:in the
1695:Dunkirk
1683:Bergues
1675:Tournai
1658:Genappe
1636:, 1940.
1634:Dunkirk
1243:Le Sart
1061:barrage
974:Front.
950:on the
948:Legnago
824:bombing
683:Swindon
498:Colonel
458:in the
434:in 1862
390:Dursley
331:Captain
315:Militia
253:during
249:and in
63:Country
5110:
5095:
5074:
5059:
5044:
5025:
5010:
4992:
4976:
4961:
4946:
4922:
4903:
4884:
4869:
4850:
4817:
4802:
4768:
4753:
4738:
4723:
4708:
4693:
2665:Burke.
2427:
2421:Cassel
2390:
2330:Sambre
2015:Brevet
1715:Arnèke
1687:Cassel
1671:Escaut
1650:Plan D
1467:Warlus
1435:Amiens
1089:Bazuel
1003:, one
999:, two
992:batmen
754:Cassel
440:Ensign
415:15th (
405:13th (
395:12th (
388:11th (
349:Stroud
317:. The
225:was a
81:Branch
72:
55:Active
3388:Italy
2494:Notes
2381:Selle
2336:Piave
2327:Selle
1427:Crécy
1366:Fayet
1305:Arras
1145:cadre
1119:(the
952:Adige
934:Italy
875:Ypres
800:Somme
691:Essex
643:Major
374:9th (
367:8th (
360:7th (
347:4th (
340:3rd (
325:2nd (
285:with
259:Piave
251:Italy
5108:ISBN
5093:ISBN
5072:ISBN
5057:ISBN
5042:ISBN
5023:ISBN
5008:ISBN
4990:ISBN
4974:ISBN
4959:ISBN
4944:ISBN
4920:ISBN
4901:ISBN
4882:ISBN
4867:ISBN
4848:ISBN
4815:ISBN
4800:ISBN
4775:Sir
4766:ISBN
4751:ISBN
4736:ISBN
4721:ISBN
4706:ISBN
4691:ISBN
3949:1918
3786:1917
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