1005:). 173rd Brigade renewed the division's attack on Pézières, A, B, and D Companies of 2/2nd Bn and two tanks being detailed to take the first two objectives, with 2/24th Bn in close support for mopping up and 3rd Bn to take a small area on the right. The attack was scheduled for 16 September but postponed until the 18th. There was no preliminary bombardment, but the creeping barrage began with three minutes on the start line and then lifted 100 yards every four minutes. The pre-dawn attack in drizzle went well, despite the Alpine troops' resistance, and within an hour 2/2nd Bn had reached the railway embankment beyond Pézières (the first objective). At 07.00 the whole battalion moved on towards is second objective, which it took by 09.10, but 2/24th was held up by a number of strongpoints. These were cleared up by 2/2nd and 3rd Bns at 21.00, but the Germans in Poplar Trench held out until mid-morning the following day. 173rd Brigade was relieved on 20 September.
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2/4th Bn were wounded by shellfire. In the morning mist this battalion drifted to the left of its intended line of advance, followed by 2/2nd Bn. They also had to deal with isolated pockets of resistance, and their supporting tanks got lost in the mist. At 08.30, as the leading companies reached the far edge of Malard Wood, the mist began to clear and they were brought to a halt by machine gun fire across the gully in front of the wood. The CO of 2/2nd Bn, Lt-Col Miller, began to reorganise the mixed-up battalions and completed the clearance of Malard Wood. Aircraft erroneously reported
British troops on Chipilly Ridge, so when 2/2nd began the second phase of the attack at 15.00 no artillery fire was brought onto the ridge. Without artillery support the attackers could only reach the lower slopes of Chipilly Ridge. 2/2nd Londons were forced back to Malard Wood, where the brigade dug in. Casualties in this debacle had been very heavy.
655:) caused difficulties, while on the left the attackers had overrun their objective and pushed too far forwards into their standing barrage. The brigade attacked again the following night to complete the work, using more companies but the preparations were disrupted by four German counter-attacks starting at 22.30. Eventually the attack began at 03.10 on 16 June, with 2/1st on the right, 2/2nd in the centre and 2/4th on the left. The attack succeeded in establishing itself in the Hindenburg Support Line. Here they were again counter-attacked and messages sent back for artillery support failed to get through; by the end of the day the brigade was back at the Hindenburg Front Line, where it held on until relieved by 174th Bde at 02.30 on 17 June. Casualties for the two days amounted to 49 officers and 955 other ranks.
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and darkness caused problems, but the assault went in at 05.40 behind an intense creeping barrage. Only at
Schuler Farm, where the supporting tanks were bogged down and the attacking platoon was almost wiped out, did the attack fail. The battalion was on its other objectives within half an hour, but casualties from shellfire had been severe, and a company of 2/3rd Bn was sent to thicken up the line. Similarly, British shellfire broke up a German counter-attack, and Schuler Farm was evacuated, so that the planned follow-up attack by 2/3rd Bn became unnecessary. 2/2nd Battalion took over the line, consolidated, and brought in wounded until the brigade was relieved during the night of 20/21 September. Although 58th Division participated in the
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back by a counter-attack; 2/3rd Bn became mired in mud attempting to take Spider crossroads and were driven back to their start line, losing their CO. 2/4th
Battalion was detailed to leap-frog through and take 173rd Bde's second objective, but the exhausted men, with hardly a rifle able to fire because of the mud, only took one post, at Tracas Farm, before being pushed back to their start line. The battalion suffered so many casualties that it had to be reorganised as a single company. 173rd Brigade was relieved by 174th Bde, which continued attacking on 30 October. After the failure of the battle, 58th Division continued to hold the line at Polecapelle through the winter months.
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manoeuvring ineffectually, so they rallied at the company HQ line and then fell back slowly. They inflicted heavy casualties on the three following waves of German infantry, finally halting them at the Cachy Switch trench. 2/4th Bn's support company was almost cut off but also fought its way back to the Switch. An 18-pounder gun was manhandled to 2/4th Bn's HQ, where it drove back the remaining German tanks. 3rd Bn continued to hold its position. Once the mist cleared a second German attack was broken up by artillery fire. Further to the left, Villers-Bretonneux had been captured but a counter-attack the same night regained the ruins and most of the lost ground.
596:. 2/3rd and 2/4th Battalions formed the front line, with two companies of 2/2nd Bn in support. A serious counter-attack against the brigade's position on 15 May was broken up by shell and small arms fire; a lodgement in 2/3rd Bn's line was driven out with the help of A Company of the 2/2nd. After two days in the line, suffering heavy casualties under bombardment, 2/3rd and 2/4th Bns had to be withdrawn and replaced by the rest of the brigade. 173rd Brigade was relieved by 175th Bde on 21 May. On 15 June the brigade carried out a carefully rehearsed attack to take the last portion of the Hindenburg Line at Bullecourt. The attackers were disposed as:
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1061:, built a footbridge over a destroyed road bridge, but patrols were unable to cross until the morning, when a few of 2/24th Londons got across supported by a field battery and machine guns. They were driven back. Next, 504th Fd Co made a raft of barrels and floorboards taken from the local brewery and two companies of 2/2nd Londons tried and failed to get across. Shelling drove the brigade's support battalion back out of its position. However, Brig-Gen Corkran had gathered valuable information about the terrain.
369:. In August, all the men of the Provisional Battalion were returned to their units except those who had not volunteered for overseas service. These Home Service men continued serving in home defence until 1916, when the Military Service Act swept away the Home/Overseas service distinction and the provisional battalions took on the dual role of home defence and physical conditioning to render men fit for drafting overseas. The 100th Provisional Battalion officially became the
845:, and caused serious casualties to the defending companies. The attack came at different times. At Hangard Wood in the centre, 2/2nd Bn was attacked at about 06.00, and the SOS rockets calling for artillery support could not be seen due to the mist. When a message got through to the British guns their fire fell short, on the defenders. Nevertheless, the three front line companies held their position. 2/4th Battalion on the left was attacked out of the mist by six German
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683:), a series of trench raids was undertaken. On 14 September, A Company of 2/1st Bn raided the strongly fortified area round 'Winnipeg Crossroads': the raid was a failure, with over three quarters of the attackers posted missing, and drew a quick counter-attack from the enemy, which was also repulsed. During the exchange of shellfire on 19 September, 173rd Bde's commander, Brig-Gen
966:, forming the Hindenburg outpost positions. 2/2nd Bn led with the 2/4th in close support towards Pézières while 3rd Bn went for Épehy. 2/4th Londons were then to turn south and pop up between the two leading battalions. The brigade went forward behind creeping barrage at 05.15, in bad weather. The two villages were taken, but considerable opposition was met from the German
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company drawn from each of the 2/2nd, 3rd, 2/4th and 8th
Londons, which held the river crossings until relieved on the night of 25/26 March. Out of the line, Grover's Force and the Fusilier Battalion were reorganised, so that the Fusilier Battalion now represented the whole of 173rd Bde, to which the 12th Londons (175th Bde) and the 18th Entrenching Bn were attached.
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tactics. They crossed the canal by plank bridges and cleared the
Forward Zone by midday, virtually wiping out 2/2nd Bn except A Company at Travercy, then 2/4th Bn in the Battle Zone were engaged as the mist lifted. This battalion held on until nightfall, supported by detachments of 3rd Bn from reserve and the divisional
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establishment. In 173rd Bde this resulted in 2/1st Bn being broken up on 31 January and its men drafted to the other battalions of the brigade and to 1/4th Bn in 56th
Division. At the same time 1/3rd Bn was transferred in from 56th Division to be amalgamated with 2/3rd Bn, and thereafter became simply 3rd Bn.
782:. By now the fighting strength of 2/4th Londons was about 120 men, who came under the command of 8th Londons. However, the battalion's second-in-command, Major Grover, led up a scratch force of 280 clerks, cooks and drivers from the brigade's rear areas. By nightfall, 'Grover's Force' blocked the way to
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as an advanced guard to re-establish contact with the enemy. In these unusual conditions of open warfare, the battalion marched in column up a road until the cavalry contacted the enemy at Billon Wood, when the companies deployed and attacked, supported by 2/2nd and 3rd Bns. Despite intense shelling,
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at the end of May, and was soon recruited back to full strength after the departure of the
Provisional Battalion. The camp at Tattenham Corner, where 3/2nd Bn had been raised, became the Brigade School of Instruction for training officers of these new units. At the end of June, the brigade moved into
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Brigade's attack was carried out by 2/4th Bn, advancing in four company columns, each 100 strong, against Winnipeg Crossroads. The rest of the brigade was not involved in the attack, except for C Company of 2/3rd Bn making a mock attack as a diversion. Assembling the attackers in the thick mud
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Regiment. Initially, the 2nd Line was regarded as a reserve for the TF overseas, but its units were soon being prepared for overseas service themselves, and a 3rd Line was organised to train drafts for the first two. As early as December 1914, the 2/1st London Brigade sailed
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the following day, but with its flanks 'in the air' it fell back to a line just short of the village. The attack was renewed on 27 August, with 2/4th Bn in support of 3rd
Londons. The defence was sporadic, and the two battalions passed through the village, which 2/2nd Bn mopped up in the afternoon.
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were rushed up on the left but were not yet in line when the creeping barrage began, so 173rd Bde was enfiladed from Chipilly village. Under heavy fire and taking serious casualties, the 2/4th dug in under the shelter of the Chipilly gully. Before nightfall, the 2/10th Londons and 131st US Infantry
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area, and was forced to jump off from a line of flooded craters and struggle forward behind an inadequate barrage that advanced too quickly. The attack was led by 2/2nd and 2/3rd Bns of 173rd Bde with 2/1st Bn in support. 2/2nd Battalion took some pillboxes at Cameron House but was partially forced
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tanks and fell back, uncovering the flank of 2/2nd Bn. C Company of 2/2nd was sent up as reinforcements, carrying extra ammunition, but the infiltrating German infantry had almost cut off D Company and were working round behind 2/2nd Bn's HQ. However, the 2/4th quickly realised that the tanks were
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Although the role of draft-finding for the battalions overseas was now taken over by the brigade's 4th Line battalions, training was disrupted by these frequent moves and by the men being in billets until June 1916 when they moved into Blackrock Camp outside Ipswich. The only weapons available for
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The German withdrawal continued on 15 October and 2/2nd Londons established footbridges over the canal. 173rd Brigade was then in divisional reserve while the pursuit continued. By 20 October, German resistance was slight; the brigade's advance was only held up by fire from a small village to its
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The failure to take Chipilly Ridge resulted in heavy casualties to the troops to the left of 58th Division who were overlooked by this feature. The division therefore made a second attack on 9 August. Orders arrived late and 173rd Bde attacked from an assembly trench that turned out to be no more
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of 174th Bde held the canal, the three companies of 2/4th Bn dug in on the Vouel Line behind them. The German attack was renewed in the afternoon of 22 March, but the canal was held until nightfall, the only attacks on the Vouel Line coming from German artillery ranged in by spotter aircraft. The
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Ridge overlooking a bend in the River Somme and flanking the battlefield. 173rd Brigade moved off in 'artillery formation' through the German barrage that fell behind 174th Bde, with 3rd Bn on the right, 2/4th Bn on the left, and 2/2nd Bn in reserve. During this advance the battalion HQ staff of
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The mixed force under 173rd Bde held out on the fourth day of the battle until the afternoon, when they made a planned withdrawal, and by 16.30 had retired across the Oise to join the rest of 58th Division. Here a composite 'Fusilier Battalion' was formed under Lt-Col Dann of the 2/4th, with a
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directed four German divisions under Von Gayl against this front. 173rd Brigade's Signal HQ was knocked out early in the bombardment and no orders went out, but 2/4th Bn deployed to their positions on their own initiative. The whole position was shrouded in mist, aiding the German infiltration
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than a string of shell-holes, and behind a misdirected barrage. The attacking troops were controlled by Lt-Col Miller of 2/3nd Bn, who disposed them with 3nd Bn on the right, 2/4th in the centre and 2/2nd on the left, with 2/10th Londons (from 175th Bde) in reserve. Supporting troops of the
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58th Division was transferred to the south in January 1918. Here it spent time digging defences, converting former French positions into the newly devised defences in depth. The BEF was suffering a manpower shortage, and its brigades were reduced from a four-battalion to a three-battalion
1127:, the 'division' took the role of a mountain trained assault formation in 'Fortitude North' (HQ: Aberlour) and the role of follow up unit in 'Fortitude South' (HQ: Gravesend). It was disposed of by announcing that the division had moved to Hertfordshire and been disbanded in April 1945.
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58th Division then thinned out its outposts along the river, leaving 174th Bde, plus one battalion from 173rd, in position. On 8 November, the enemy began to pull back from the Scheldt and 2/2nd Londons crossed with 174th Bde. The advance then continued until 11 November, when the
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After a period in reserve, the 58th Division returned to the offensive, and on 7 September 173rd Bde was brought up by buses into divisional reserve. After an unsuccessful attack by 174th Bde the very weak 173rd Bde took over the attack on 10 September, towards the villages round
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of officers and men (mainly those who were unfit or who had not volunteered for overseas service) to begin the task of raising a 2nd Line battalion from the mass of volunteers who were coming forward. These units were distinguished from the 1st line by a '2/' prefix, so that the
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on 30 September. On 2 October it was found that the Germans had withdrawn on this front during the night and 173rd Bde was pushed forward through the day. After midnight it pushed on again until its patrols found the new German defences at the Oppy–Mericourt–Pont á Vendin Line.
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The battalions had lost heavily over the two-day battle, and at one point 2/4th Bn had five acting COs in 12 hours. Between 10 and 22 August they were brought up to strength with large drafts from various London battalions and some seasoned soldiers from 14th (Light) Division.
778:. The position became untenable at mid-day, and 2/4th Bn and the French troops had to make a fighting withdrawal to the partly dug Green Line about 1500 yards back. With continued pressure on the open left flank, 173rd Bde was forced to withdraw again, beyond
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The 58th Divisional Memorial, depicting a wounded horse sculpted by Henri Gauquie, is at Chipilly. It was paid for from the profits of the divisional entertainment canteen and barber shop, the remainder funding a Territorial charity that still exists today.
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The attack went in with an extraordinary weight of artillery support: the divisional artilleries of 58th and two other divisions, the corps artillery, and the three brigade machine-gun companies of 58th Division. Zero hour was at 02.50, and tapes and
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opened on 22 August and was continued with a night attack on 23/24 August, in which 173rd Bde supported 175th Bde and 47th Division. A dawn attack on 25 August found the German positions empty, and 2/4th Londons was sent forward with a Troop of the
986:, the BEF's manpower crisis was now severe, and on 12 September 1918 the remnant of the 2/4th Bn was amalgamated into 2/2nd Bn and its place in the brigade filled by 2/24th Bn (Queen's), which had been brought back to the Western Front from the
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According to the regimental history of the 4th Londons; however, the Army Council Instruction establishing the provisional battalions specified that 100th Provisional Battalion was actually composed of men from the 1st, 2nd, 4th and
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The formation's insignia, a stag's face full on a black square was chosen to support the division's fictional back-story, that it had been formed in the Scottish Highlands around cadres from combat experienced Highland regiments.
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field gun, were eventually captured, but by midnight the rest of the battalion had withdrawn in good order across the Crozat Canal. Only the cut-off A Company 2/2nd Bn held out, until forced to surrender at 01.00 on 23 March.
687:, was wounded on his way up to his battle HQ, though he continued to command the brigade from a stretcher until evacuated after the following morning's attack, when he was temporarily replaced by Lt-Col Dann of the 2/4th Bn.
949:. 3rd Londons on the left and 2/4th on the right followed the creeping barrage, overcame some resistance at the edge of the village, and was on its final objective by 10.45. 58th Division was then relieved in the line.
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on the St Quentin Canal, with the combined 2/4th and 8th Londons to his left and the 18th Entrenching Battalion (formed from disbanded battalions of 18th Division) to his right astride the canal.
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following day, the Vouel Line (now the British front line) became crowded with French troops from a failed counter-attack on the canal, while the left flank was 'in the air' after the retreat of
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857:. Although its battalions received some drafts of recruits from home they were never made up to full strength. During spells in the line the battalions carried out a number of patrols into
814:), Many of these drafts were very young recruits sent out from England. After a period working on defences, sometimes under fire, the brigade went back into the front line on 17–18 April.
1085:, and skilled tradesmen and miners were the first to be sent home. 2/2nd Londons were disbanded on 26 February. At the beginning of March 1919 the dwindling division concentrated round
406:, where the 2/1st London Division was being concentrated. In August 1915 the division was redesignated the 58th (2/1st London) Division, and the 3/1st London Brigade became the
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695:(26 September), 173rd Bde was not engaged (though 2/2nd Bn helped 175th Bde with a mock attack as a diversion), and afterwards the 58th went into reserve.
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Fosses (coal-mines) without opposition. The following day 173rd and 175th Bdes took Harnes and the Annay Switch line, and on 13 October pushed on through
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744:. It was covering a wide frontage of about 5000 yards with 2/2nd Londons in the Forward Zone in a series of four company outposts on the line of the
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to capture it. On 11 October, the brigade received its orders late, but advanced about a mile with the support of the divisional artillery to take
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373:(TF) on 1 January 1917. The battalion never served overseas, and was demobilised early in 1919. After the conflict it was mentioned on both the
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in late August 1917. 173rd Brigade took over the division's frontage on 11/12 September. In preparation for the attack of 20 September (the
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trench bridges were laid after dark on 14 June to help the troops maintain direction in the maze of trenches. When the
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for an introduction to trench warfare. From February to April, the 58th Division followed up the German retreat to the
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broke out in 1914, the 1st London Brigade was the first complete TF formation to go overseas on service, relieving the
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service rifles in place of the Japanese weapons. On 20 January 1917, embarkation of 58th Division for France began at
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opened at 02.50 the troops followed it closely and reached their first objective with little loss but the German
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710:(26 October). As it arrived, the weather broke, the brigade came under heavy shellfire as it assembled in the
1089:, and on 12 March the three brigade HQs were disbanded and amalgamated into a single 58th Division Group HQ.
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to relieve the 1/1st Brigade in Malta, and was replaced in the 2/1st London Division by the
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on 9 October, but the village of Noyelles still held out, until 173rd Bde helped
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the brigade was established on the far side of the wood by the end of the day.
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on 24 April. The German barrage fell at 04.00, including a high proportion of
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Operation Fortitude: The Greatest Hoax of the Second World War
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Army Council Instruction 2364 of December 1916 (Appendix 204).
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Lonsdale District Scouts: Prisoners of War at Lancaster 1914.
426:. The battalions absorbed large drafts of recruits under the
513:
2/4th (City of London) Bn, London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers)
504:
2/3rd (City of London) Bn, London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers)
499:
2/2nd (City of London) Bn, London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers)
490:
2/1st (City of London) Bn, London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers)
1450:
Army Council Instruction 221 of January 1916 (Appendix 18).
191:. Its number was used for a deception formation during the
881:
For the opening attack of the Hundred Days Offensive (the
1049:
canal. Patrols that night found the canal strongly held.
560:, the brigade went into the line for the first time, at
522:
2/24th (County of London) Bn, London Regiment (Queen's)
2472:
Army Council Instructions Issued During December 1916
1045:
and advanced to within a thousand yards of the Haute
2677:
Military units and formations disestablished in 1919
2662:
Infantry brigades of the British Army in World War I
2531:
26th September–11th November, The Advance to Victory
2466:
Army Council Instructions Issued During January 1916
1077:After the Armistice, 58th Division remained in the
145:
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100:
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877:Regimental aid post near Chipilly, 10 August 1918.
667:Captured German pillbox or 'Mebu' at Passchendaele
2672:Military units and formations established in 1915
1013:58th Division returned to the line north of the
861:to train the young soldiers. At this period the
269:The 3/1st London Brigade came into existence at
179:that was raised in 1915. It was assigned to the
2647:The Regimental Warpath 1914–1918 (archive site)
2443:D. Martin, pp. 189–90, Appendix 8 and Epilogue.
1177:, from 21 April 1916; wounded 19 September 1917
215:comprised the first four battalions of the new
1160:Col H. Cholmondeley, CB, appointed 10 May 1915
2511:, London: Frederick Muller, 1968/Star, 1981,
2313:Edmonds & Maxwell-Hyslop, pp. 257, 261–3.
1053:flank. The following day it pushed on to the
8:
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517:amalgamated into 2/2nd Bn 12 September 1918
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1369:
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706:The division returned to the line for the
2622:, Barnsley: Pen & Sword Books, 2014,
2459:Short History of the London Rifle Brigade
1547:
1545:
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1465:
1446:
1444:
1313:Short History of the London Rifle Brigade
1251:
1249:
1247:
1245:
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1237:
1235:
1233:
1183:Brig-Gen R.B. Worgan, from 3 October 1917
1163:Brig-Gen G.P.S. Hunt, from 9 January 1916
865:caused more casualties than the Germans.
456:, but on 10 July 1916 it concentrated at
371:29th (City of London) Bn, London Regiment
227:(the City of London Regiment). After the
2421:
2419:
2340:Edmonds & Maxwell-Hyslop, p. 416–23.
1186:Brig-Gen C.E. Corkran, from 22 July 1918
2667:Military units and formations in London
2575:Fortitude: The D-Day Deception Campaign
1220:
1196:
897:The ruins of Chipilly after its capture
219:, each of which had previously been a
17:
2474:, London: HM Stationery Office, 1916.
2468:, London: HM Stationery Office, 1916.
2358:Edmonds & Maxwell-Hyslop, p. 539.
2304:Edmonds & Maxwell-Hyslop, p. 227.
2286:Edmonds & Maxwell-Hyslop, p. 129.
740:with 173rd Bde north of the river at
365:, guarding the East Coast as part of
7:
1143:58th Division's monument at Chipilly
1101:for 'phantom formations' as part of
1029:The Germans withdrew further to the
574:49th (West Riding) Infantry Division
532:formed before embarkation for France
1845:Grimwade, pp. 321–3, 359–60, 364–7.
1489:6th Provisional Brigade War Diary,
1105:. They were chosen on the basis of
996:66th (2nd East Lancashire) Division
839:Second Battle of Villers-Bretonneux
808:King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
1287:South Africa and the Transvaal War
831:First Battle of Villers-Bretonneux
649:Mannschafts-Eisenbeton-Unterstände
592:, which had been attacking at the
393:The 3/1st London Brigade moved to
14:
1360:London Rgt at Regimental Warpath.
252:, consisting of the 2/1st, 2/2nd
2525:& Lt-Col R. Maxwell-Hyslop,
821:Knocked-out the German A7V tank
59:
41:
1392:58th Div at Regimental Warpath.
1349:London Rgt at Long, Long Trail.
1266:Grey, pp. 2–3, 7–8, 14–6, 86–7.
675:the 58th Division moved to the
570:146th (1st West Riding) Brigade
356:29th Battalion, London Regiment
239:. Each battalion left behind a
1528:Becke, Pt 2b, pp. 75–82; 101–5
974:, but with no better success.
708:Second Battle of Passchendaele
681:Battle of the Menin Road Ridge
600:Right: 1 company 2/3rd Londons
530:173rd Trench Mortar Battery –
424:.256-in Japanese Ariska rifles
207:(TF) was created in 1908, the
1:
1376:58th Div at Long, Long Trail.
1275:Grimwade, pp. 6, 14–7, 115–8.
982:Despite the successes of the
962:on the last ridge before the
629:Left: 1 company 2/4th Londons
416:175th (2/3rd London) Brigades
988:60th (2/2nd London) Division
447:56th (1/1st London) Division
408:173rd (3/1st London) Brigade
383:St Sepulchre-without-Newgate
375:Royal Fusiliers War Memorial
181:58th (2/1st London) Division
169:173rd (3/1st London) Brigade
95:58th (2/1st London) Division
21:173rd (3/1st London) Brigade
1560:Grimwade, pp. 112–4, 148–9.
1031:Drocourt–Queant Switch Line
594:Second Battle of Bullecourt
556:After concentrating around
464:. The men finally received
2693:
1491:The National Archives, Kew
2607:, London: Collins, 2011,
994:and had been attached to
626:) companies 2/2nd Londons
613:) companies 2/1st Londons
494:disbanded 31 January 1918
2016:Martin, pp. 123–4, 130–1
1863:Becke, Pt 2a, pp. 141–7.
1701:Grey, pp. 219–21, 235–8.
921:Second Battle of Bapaume
526:joined 11 September 1918
287:City Imperial Volunteers
171:was a formation of the
2160:Grimwade, pp. 438, 443.
776:18th (Eastern) Division
734:German spring offensive
590:15th Australian Brigade
460:for battle training on
367:6th Provisional Brigade
265:Initial Order of Battle
118:German spring offensive
1692:Grimwade, pp. 282–288.
1144:
1067:Armistice with Germany
1009:Pursuit to the Scheldt
984:Hundred Days Offensive
926:Northumberland Hussars
898:
878:
826:
703:
693:Battle of Polygon Wood
668:
648:
379:London Troops Memorial
126:Hundred Days Offensive
2434:Levine, pp. 217, 223.
2232:Grimwade, pp. 457–59.
2205:Grimwade, pp. 449–55.
2088:Grimwade, pp. 429–37.
2070:Grimwade, pp. 418–25.
2043:Blaxland, pp. 126–31.
2034:Grimwade, pp. 388–91.
1917:Grimwade, pp. 367–75.
1881:Grimwade, pp. 359–60.
1827:Grimwade, pp. 317–20.
1710:Grimwade, pp. 289–93.
1629:Grimwade, pp. 241–50.
1142:
930:Royal Field Artillery
896:
876:
820:
812:14th (Light) Division
701:
666:
299:Lancaster, Lancashire
250:2/1st London Division
2642:The Long, Long Trail
2178:Grimwade, pp. 444–8.
2142:Martine, pp. 159–60.
2133:Blaxland, pp. 191–2.
2124:Grimwade, pp. 437–9.
2097:Blaxland, pp. 173–5.
2007:Grimwade, pp. 383–7.
1980:Grimwade, pp. 380–2.
1953:Grimwade, pp. 375–9.
1800:Grimwade, pp. 315–6.
1773:Grimwade, pp. 310–4.
1755:Grimwade, pp. 314–5.
1656:Grimwade, pp. 275–9.
1537:Grimwade, pp. 118–9.
940:The Brigade entered
928:and sections of the
412:174th (2/2nd London)
283:London Rifle Brigade
259:3/1st London Brigade
246:2/1st London Brigade
2577:, St Ermine, 1999,
2558:F. Clive Grimwade,
1935:Blaxland, pp. 60–1.
1602:Martin, Appendix I.
1510:on 16 February 2016
1103:Operation Fortitude
248:was created in the
213:1st London Division
135:Operation Fortitude
2507:Gregory Blaxland,
2461:, Aldershot, 1916.
2404:Martin, pp. 185-8.
2268:Grimwade, pp. 459.
2214:Martin, pp. 165–7.
2187:Martin, pp. 165–6.
2106:Martin, pp. 155–8.
2052:Martin, p. 135–43.
1962:Martin, pp. 115–8.
1926:Martin, pp. 112–5.
1908:Grey, pp. 286–300.
1854:Martin,pp. 96–100.
1836:Martin, pp. 87–94.
1719:Martin, pp. 39–41.
1683:Grey, pp. 207–218.
1315:, Aldershot, 1916.
1145:
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879:
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804:Middlesex Regiment
800:Villers-Bretonneux
794:Villers Bretonneux
704:
669:
603:Right Centre: 1 1(
430:in February 1916.
293:, had commanded a
209:1st London Brigade
183:and served on the
2628:978-1-78159-180-2
2613:978-0-00-739587-3
2592:, Phoenix, 2005,
2568:978-1-843423-63-8
2554:978-1-843423-69-0
2241:Blaxland, p. 225.
2115:Grey, pp. 349–51.
2025:Grey, pp. 309–15.
1818:Grey, pp. 241–54.
1809:Martin, pp. 63–6.
1782:Martin, pp. 60–2.
1746:Martin, pp. 55–6.
1638:Martin, pp. 36–7.
1611:Grimwade, p. 239.
1593:Martin, pp. 33–5.
1581:Grey, pp. 159–60.
1569:Grimwade, p. 236.
1438:Grimwade, p. 117.
1411:Grimwade, p. 115.
1334:Grimwade, p. 116.
1285:Louis Creswicke,
1069:came into force.
934:Machine Gun Corps
904:131st US Infantry
863:1918 flu pandemic
746:St. Quentin Canal
702:Passchendaele mud
616:Left centre: 1 1(
538:Machine Gun Corps
344:December 1914 at
319:December 1914 at
223:battalion of the
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177:Territorial Force
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1099:Second World War
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883:Battle of Amiens
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728:Spring Offensive
685:Bernard Freyberg
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582:
553:
552:Trench warfare
550:
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510:
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482:
479:
477:
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439:Senussi rebels
422:training were
410:alongside the
390:
387:
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266:
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2539:1-870423-06-2
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2517:0-352-30833-8
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2370:
2364:
2361:
2355:
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2349:Grey, p. 415.
2346:
2343:
2337:
2334:
2328:
2325:
2322:grey, p. 412.
2319:
2316:
2310:
2307:
2301:
2298:
2292:
2289:
2283:
2280:
2274:
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2265:
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2259:Grey, p. 374.
2256:
2253:
2247:
2244:
2238:
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2226:
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2100:
2094:
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2076:
2073:
2067:
2064:
2058:
2055:
2049:
2046:
2040:
2037:
2031:
2028:
2022:
2019:
2013:
2010:
2004:
2001:
1995:
1992:
1986:
1983:
1977:
1974:
1968:
1965:
1959:
1956:
1950:
1947:
1941:
1938:
1932:
1929:
1923:
1920:
1914:
1911:
1905:
1902:
1896:
1893:
1887:
1884:
1878:
1875:
1872:Grey, p. 285.
1869:
1866:
1860:
1857:
1851:
1848:
1842:
1839:
1833:
1830:
1824:
1821:
1815:
1812:
1806:
1803:
1797:
1794:
1791:Grey, p. 240.
1788:
1785:
1779:
1776:
1770:
1767:
1764:Grey, p. 239.
1761:
1758:
1752:
1749:
1743:
1740:
1737:Grey, p. 238.
1734:
1731:
1725:
1722:
1716:
1713:
1707:
1704:
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1572:
1566:
1563:
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1499:
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1477:
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1468:
1466:
1462:
1456:
1453:
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1427:
1423:
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1197:
1190:
1185:
1182:
1179:
1176:
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1162:
1159:
1158:
1157:
1151:
1149:
1141:
1134:
1132:
1128:
1126:
1123:
1122:Fourth Army's
1118:
1116:
1112:
1108:
1104:
1100:
1092:
1090:
1088:
1084:
1080:
1072:
1070:
1068:
1062:
1060:
1056:
1050:
1048:
1044:
1040:
1036:
1032:
1027:
1024:
1020:
1016:
1008:
1006:
1004:
999:
997:
993:
989:
985:
977:
975:
973:
969:
965:
964:Canal du Nord
961:
952:
950:
948:
943:
938:
935:
931:
927:
922:
914:
912:
908:
905:
895:
891:
888:
884:
875:
868:
866:
864:
860:
859:No man's land
856:
851:
848:
844:
840:
837:launched the
836:
832:
824:
819:
815:
813:
809:
805:
801:
793:
791:
787:
785:
781:
780:Viry-Noureuil
777:
772:
767:
764:
760:
756:
751:
747:
743:
739:
735:
727:
725:
718:
716:
713:
709:
700:
696:
694:
688:
686:
682:
678:
677:Ypres Salient
674:
665:
658:
656:
654:
650:
645:
641:
637:
628:
615:
602:
599:
598:
597:
595:
591:
583:
581:
579:
575:
571:
567:
563:
559:
551:
547:
545:
539:
535:
533:
529:
527:
523:
520:
518:
514:
511:
509:
505:
502:
500:
497:
495:
491:
488:
487:
486:
480:
476:Western Front
475:
473:
471:
467:
463:
459:
455:
450:
448:
444:
443:Western Front
440:
436:
431:
429:
425:
419:
417:
413:
409:
405:
401:
396:
388:
386:
384:
380:
376:
372:
368:
364:
355:
353:
348:
347:
341:
338:
336:
332:
329:
327:
326:
322:
316:
313:
311:
307:
304:
303:
302:
300:
296:
292:
288:
284:
280:
276:
272:
264:
262:
260:
255:
251:
247:
242:
238:
234:
230:
226:
222:
218:
214:
210:
206:
198:
196:
194:
190:
186:
185:Western Front
182:
178:
174:
170:
164:Military unit
158:
154:
150:
144:
139:
136:
131:
127:
123:
119:
115:
114:Passchendaele
111:
106:
103:
99:
96:
93:
89:
86:
83:
79:
76:
73:
69:
66:
62:
58:
54:
50:
38:
34:
28:
24:
19:
16:
2619:
2604:
2589:
2574:
2559:
2545:
2530:
2526:
2509:Amiens: 1918
2508:
2493:
2478:
2471:
2465:
2458:
2439:
2430:
2409:
2376:Gey, p. 418.
2372:
2363:
2354:
2345:
2336:
2327:
2318:
2309:
2300:
2291:
2282:
2273:
2264:
2255:
2246:
2237:
2228:
2219:
2210:
2201:
2192:
2183:
2174:
2165:
2156:
2147:
2138:
2129:
2120:
2111:
2102:
2093:
2084:
2075:
2066:
2057:
2048:
2039:
2030:
2021:
2012:
2003:
1994:
1985:
1976:
1967:
1958:
1949:
1940:
1931:
1922:
1913:
1904:
1895:
1886:
1877:
1868:
1859:
1850:
1841:
1832:
1823:
1814:
1805:
1796:
1787:
1778:
1769:
1760:
1751:
1742:
1733:
1724:
1715:
1706:
1697:
1688:
1679:
1670:
1661:
1652:
1643:
1634:
1625:
1616:
1607:
1598:
1565:
1556:
1533:
1524:
1512:. Retrieved
1508:the original
1498:
1485:
1476:
1455:
1421:
1416:
1407:
1402:Grey, p. 86.
1398:
1355:
1330:
1325:Grey, p. 87.
1321:
1312:
1306:
1295:
1286:
1280:
1271:
1262:
1227:Becke, p. 6.
1223:
1199:
1155:
1146:
1129:
1119:
1096:
1076:
1063:
1051:
1028:
1012:
1000:
998:since July.
981:
968:Alpine Corps
956:
947:Bouchavesnes
939:
918:
909:
900:
880:
852:
828:
822:
797:
788:
768:
757:of 1/4th Bn
731:
722:
705:
689:
670:
652:
632:
587:
555:
541:
531:
525:
516:
507:
493:
484:
451:
432:
428:Derby scheme
420:
407:
392:
370:
359:
351:
343:
335:January 1915
334:
318:
310:January 1915
309:
268:
258:
253:
235:garrison of
233:Regular Army
202:
173:British Army
168:
166:
91:Part of
15:
2544:W.E. Grey,
2492:A.F. Becke,
2477:A.F. Becke,
1206:7th Londons
1120:As part of
1073:Disbandment
835:Second Army
771:8th Londons
712:Poelcapelle
673:Havrincourt
564:, south of
470:Southampton
466:Lee Enfield
458:Sutton Veny
454:East Anglia
289:during the
187:during the
101:Engagements
2656:Categories
2598:0753819171
2583:0316851728
2450:References
1420:Grimwade,
1152:Commanders
843:gas shells
769:While the
763:18-pounder
738:River Oise
584:Bullecourt
542:formed at
148:commanders
141:Commanders
2529:, Vol V,
1191:Footnotes
1169:Brig-Gen
992:Palestine
942:Maricourt
810:from the
732:When the
644:pillboxes
636:duckboard
445:with the
435:Gallipoli
363:Aldeburgh
221:Volunteer
203:When the
151:Brig-Gen
2390:Hesketh.
1514:22 March
1504:"Porter"
1289:, Vol 3.
1135:Memorial
1125:II Corps
1079:Péruwelz
1035:37th Bde
1017:between
887:Chipilly
869:Chipilly
755:pioneers
544:Grantham
540:(MGC) –
389:Training
297:camp at
271:Tadworth
75:Infantry
2413:Levine.
1111:Windsor
1055:Scheldt
915:Bapaume
823:Schnuck
742:La Fère
640:barrage
621:⁄
608:⁄
572:of the
562:Ransart
558:Lucheux
404:Ipswich
400:billets
146:Notable
85:Brigade
36:Country
31:1943–45
29:1915–19
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2537:
2515:
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2485:
2457:Anon,
1422:passim
1311:Anon,
1039:Harnes
1015:Scarpe
855:Amiens
784:Chauny
346:Hoxton
275:Surrey
199:Origin
122:Amiens
56:Branch
46:
26:Active
2425:Holt.
1216:Notes
1107:Ultra
1087:Leuze
1047:Deûle
1043:Annay
960:Épehy
953:Épehy
659:Ypres
653:Mebus
566:Arras
325:Epsom
241:cadre
237:Malta
110:Arras
2624:ISBN
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