987:(DCLI) was the last uncommitted battalion. It attacked up the slopes of Hill 112, described as 'one of the most tragic acts of self-sacrifice in the entire North West European Campaign'. Launched at 20.30 towards 'The Orchard' on the crest of the hill, and supported by a squadron of tanks and all available guns, the attack reached the orchard, but could get no further. The DCLI held out through the night but by mid-afternoon on 11 July all the anti-tank guns on the hill had been knocked out, the tanks had to retire to the reverse slope, and the defence was almost over. When the order was given to withdraw some 60 survivors of 5th DCLI were brought down. Both sides remained dug in on the slopes, with the hilltop left in
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the night of 24/25 September suffered heavy casualties and few supplies were got across. By now 1st
Airborne had been effectively destroyed, and the only course now was to evacuate the survivors. This was carried out on 25/26 September, a dark night with heavy rain. The whole divisional artillery opened up at 21.00, while the sappers crossed and recrossed the river in stormboats ferrying around 2300 exhausted survivors of 1st Airborne back to the south bank.
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1053:. The division had to move in three groups at specific times to cross a road that was also being used by US troops. The roughly 100 vehicles of 112th Field Rgt moved with the bulk of the divisional artillery in Group Two and arrived too late to participate in the bombardment covering the initial assault crossing on the evening of 25 August.
1030:, and the advance was slow. After a succession of pre-dawn attacks, the division was still 4 miles (6.4 km) from Mont Pinçon on 5 August. In the end the hill fell to a surprise attack by a few tanks on the evening of 6 August. By daybreak the summit was firmly held by tanks and infantry, despite heavy German bombardment.
443:, disembarking on 9 November. Each battery went ashore with 5 officers and 140 other ranks. The battalions and batteries were immediately distributed to garrisons across India, and the Wessex Division never saw service as a whole, though it was formally numbered the 43rd (1st Wessex) Division in 1915.
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Divisions were continually being posted all over India to fill various posts. In addition they provided reinforcement drafts, mainly to Mesopotamia. The Earl of Suffolk, OC 1/1st Wiltshire Bty, took command of a battery in Mesopotamia in 1916 and was killed in
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Division also remained in garrison in India, supplying drafts to the First Line and other theatres throughout the war until its units had virtually disappeared. The batteries of 45th Divisional Artillery were eventually re-equipped with 18-pdrs during 1916 and were numbered, 2/III Wessex Bde
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All those
Territorials who had not volunteered for overseas service, together with the recruits who were flooding in, formed reserve or 2nd Line units, the titles of which were the same as the original, but distinguished by a '2/' prefix. The 2/III Wessex Brigade formed immediately after the 1st Line
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during the night, the division captured the town next day. But thereafter heavy rain turned the whole battlefield into mud and guns could not be moved, while the infantry struggled to consolidate their positions under heavy shellfire from the
Siegfried Line guns. The divisional artillery endeavoured
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holding out at Arnhem was in a desperate plight. 43rd (W) Division fought its way through to the
Nederrijn, with the road behind being frequently cut by German tanks. During the night of 23/24 September the division ferried a few reinforcements across to 1st Airborne, but another assault crossing on
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had bridged the river, the armour had begun to cross in numbers and 130th Bde was clearing the high ground opposite, allowing 112th Field Rgt's reconnaissance parties to follow up. After the Seine crossing, 43rd (W) Division was 'grounded' while the rest of XXX Corps raced across northern France and
975:, to take Hill 112, which had been briefly captured by British armour during 'Epsom' but had to be abandoned. The attack on 10 July was supported by all the divisional artillery and mortars, plus the artillery of adjacent divisions. It was supposed to break through and seize bridgeheads over the
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It was only in the autumn of 1940 that the RA began producing enough battery staffs to start the process of changing regiments from a two-battery to a three-battery organisation. (Three 8-gun batteries were easier to handle, and it meant that each infantry battalion in a brigade could be closely
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16th Indian
Division was formed in December 1916 as a reserve for the North West Frontier. CCXVII and CCXVIII brigades were both assigned to it by 1918 and were still with it in 1919 after World War I had ended. Field artillery was of relatively little use on the Frontier because of its flat
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The three batteries were redesignated again in 1917, becoming 1091 (1/6th
Hampshire), 1092 (1/1st Dorsetshire) and 1093 (1/1st Wiltshire). 1092 Battery was then disbanded, providing a two-gun section to each of the other batteries to bring them up to six guns. CCXVII Bde was attached to
1224:. However, the main roads were blocked, the minor roads flooded, and a huge traffic jam of wheeled vehicles resulted. For much of the battle only tracked or amphibious vehicles could be used beyond Kleve and the guns were immobile. On 16 February 43rd (W) Division broke through to the
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with 112nd Field Rgt, two anti-tank troops and two infantry companies covered the river with a series of OPs and small detachments holding possible crossing places. The frontage to cover was so wide that the 25-pdrs of 112th Field Rgt were later supplemented by a battery from
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trajectory and the need for large teams of horses to move the guns, with consequent forage problems. Their mobility was constrained by the rough terrain. Nevertheless, 1091 (1/6th
Hampshire), 1093 (1/1st Wiltshire) and 1104 (2/1st Wiltshire) Btys were all deployed in the
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and the batteries A, B and C. The batteries were numbered in 1917 as 1102, 1103 and 1104, and then 1102 was broken up to bring the others up to six guns, In April 1917 1104 Bty left and two others arrived giving the following organisation for the brigade:
1102:, carrying out assault crossings if any of the bridges were found to be destroyed, and guarding the 'corridor' to Arnhem. The advance up the only road ('Club Route') was slow but on 21 September 43rd (W) Division caught up with the Guards at
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The assault was followed by two days of bitter fighting as the defenders counter-attacked the bridgeheads and shelled the bridging sites. The divisional artillery assembled on the hillside overlooking Vernon and fired with the assistance of
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and a brigade group was sent out as a relief force. The Amir of
Afghanistan suspended operations on 2 June. None of the TF artillery batteries were directly involved with these operations. The remaining TF units in India were progressively
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795:, with Regimental Headquarters (RHQ) at Swindon. The new regiment remained with 43rd (Wessex) Division while 55th (Wessex) Field Rgt (now often referred to simply as the 'West Somerset Yeomanry') joined the new duplicate
858:, from which brigade groups could be despatched to any threatened area. During the period when invasion was most feared, the division was stationed just north of London. By the end of 1940 the division was stationed in
507:. In June 1917 the brigade was joined by 79 (Howitzer) Bty transferred from VI (Howitzer) Bde, a Regular unit that had remained in India and was also attached to 16th Indian Division, giving the following organisation:
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When the TF was reconstituted on 7 February 1920, the Wiltshire part of III Wessex Bde reformed as a battery of 2nd Wessex Brigade along with three Hampshire batteries. The following year the TF was reorganised as the
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sailed for India. Recruitment and training for the 2nd Wessex Division proceeded so quickly that on 25 November it was decided to send that to India as well, and most units embarked on 12 December 1914, becoming the
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defences and capturing a string of fortified villages. The division's attack was launched on 18 November and after bitter fighting Geilenkirchen was surrounded by nightfall. After driving off some counter-attacks
1260:, and found itself in immediate combat, but had broken through by 29 March. During the subsequent pursuit, 43rd (W) Division was given the task of opening 'Club Route' for XXX Corps. The division combined with
487:. It was not until 1916 that the units received any reinforcements from the UK to replace these drafts, and these replacements then had to be trained. In 1916 the old 15-pounder guns were replaced with modern
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to support the infantry on the ground. By 22 November any further advance was impossible due to the waterlogged state of the country, which then had to be defended in conditions resembling the worst of the
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In contemporary RA usage a brigade was a lieutenant-colonel's command consisting of independent batteries 'brigaded' together; it was not comparable with an infantry or cavalry brigade commanded by a
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were bogged down in what became known as 'Dorset Wood', with their gunner observation post (OP): 'In the many gun duels Major P. Steele Perkins of 112 Field Regiment invariably had the last word'.
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Triangle. The advance was supported by massive artillery concentrations. However, further exploitation was prevented by bad weather. The division then fought through the month-long battle of the
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to form five battle groups for the first 25 miles (40 km) drive. The advance began on 30 March: after initial traffic jams, the groups either overcame or bypassed German rearguards and
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for Overlord was 6 June, and on 13 June the division began moving to the embarkation ports. Disembarkation was delayed by bad weather, but the bulk of the division was concentrated north of
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In 1938 the RA modernised its nomenclature and a lieutenant-colonel's command was designated a 'regiment' rather than a 'brigade'; this applied to TA field brigades from 1 November 1938.
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In the aftermath of Market Garden, 43rd (W) Division was stationed on 'The Island' (between the Rivers Waal and Nederrijn), fighting off some serious counter-attacks in early October.
1220:). This was also launched before dawn on 8 February with a massive bombardment. The divisional objective was to follow 15th (S) Division's advance and then pass through to capture
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the TA was doubled in size and its units formed duplicates. In the case of the 55th (Wessex) this was done on 22 July 1939 by splitting off the two Wiltshire batteries to form
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850:(its three field regiments had 48 25-pounders between them on 31 May 1940 against an establishment of 72). It formed part of the mobile GHQ Reserve disposed on the line from
611:. When war broke out on 6 May 1919, a lack of transport initially prevented 16 Division from carrying out its task and deploying forward from its base at Lahore to allow
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consisting of a 25-pdr gun mounted on a converted 18-pdr carriage, but these were only just being issued to Regular units when war broke out, and TA units had to wait.
983:. When the Wessex infantry went forward they came under heavy fire as they fought their way up the slopes. The fighting drew in all the reserves until 5th Battalion
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991:. The division had to hold its positions under mortar fire for another 10 days, described by the commander of 214th Bde as comparable only 'to the bombardment at
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305:. The brigade headquarters (HQ) was also based at Swindon, taking over The Armoury at 62 Prospect Place previously used by two Volunteer companies of the
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958:'s advance and then secure the captured objectives in 'Scottish Corridor'. However, this entailed some heavy fighting for the infantry against a
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on 27 May halted the advance on Jalalabad and 16th Division was diverted to Kohat, beginning to arrive on 30 May. The Afghan advance threatened
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carrying out its annual training camp when 'precautionary orders' were received, and next day the division took up emergency war stations in
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that had not previously had any artillery volunteers. The battery was raised on 7 July 1908 based at the railway town of
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and dig in on 29 June. A German counter-attack against them in the evening was destroyed by the divisional artillery.
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Once the German Ardennes Offensive had been halted, 43rd (W) Division returned to the offensive in early 1945 in
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When 43rd (W) Division next moved, the war was now 250 miles (400 km) away. The first elements moved up to
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Although 43rd (W) Division was not scheduled to take part in the assault crossing of the Rhine (
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associated with its own battery.) 112th Field Rgt formed a new 477 Field Bty on 25 March 1941 at
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across Germany. Its short-lived postwar successor unit had little or no Wiltshire connection.
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285:, but a number of new units had to be created to complete the division. One of these was the
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aircraft against the counter-attacks on the other side of the river. By 28 August the
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where it would later fight. Exercises with live ammunition were carried out on the
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866:). It was later noted that its habitual training area round Stone Street, outside
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in 1924 and its units were redesignated 'Field Brigades' and 'Field Batteries'.
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on 14 April after a stiff fight and fight off a final counter-attack next day.
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in 1915. The remaining Home Service men remained with 3rd Line training units.
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was liberated on 1–2 April. The division was then given the task of taking
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and liberated the town. It then moved back into Germany to capture
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to secure the flank while Guards Armoured Division drove for the
1037:. The main opposition came from mortars and booby-trapped mines.
364:. The Officer Commanding (OC) of 1st Wiltshire Bty was Major the
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got no closer than 12 miles (19 km) before being stopped.
1106:. Further progress was blocked by strong German forces, and
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to protect headquarters, then the division concentrated at
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15-pounder gun, equipment of the TF's field batteries.
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1026:. Casualties were heavy, particularly from
400:On 29 July 1914 the Wessex Division was on
2969:Military units and formations in Wiltshire
2933:Commonwealth War Graves Commission records
2762:Battleground Europe: Normandy: Mont Pinçon
1688:
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838:' before the division was ready. Once the
728:374 (West Somerset Yeomanry) Field Bty at
2744:VCs Handbook: The Western Front 1914–1918
1489:
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679:220 (Wiltshire) Bty was commanded by the
2974:Military units and formations in Swindon
2558:
2556:
1175:. From 20 December a battle group under
722:217 (Wiltshire) Field Bty (H) at Swindon
2658:The 43rd Wessex Division at War 1944–45
2599:, London: Yale University Press, 2013,
1560:
1558:
1556:
1554:
1552:
1550:
1402:
1358:
822:43rd (Wessex) Division's formation sign
542:1105 (H) Bty (2/1st Devonshire) – from
2824:, Newport, Gwent: Ray Westlake, 1993,
2805:Norman Litchfield & Ray Westlake,
2699:Assault Crossing: The River Seine 1944
640:returned home before the end of 1919.
28:
1580:Suffolk at Winchester College at War.
1313:43rd (Wessex) Division's memorial at
1228:escarpment and on 8 March it entered
1177:43rd (Wessex) Reconnaissance Regiment
848:German invasion of the United Kingdom
341:Wiltshire Bty at The Armoury, Swindon
7:
2809:, Nottingham: Sherwood Press, 1982,
2794:, Nottingham: Sherwood Press, 1992,
1409:Litchfield & Westlake, pp. 55–6.
1276:; 43rd (W) by-passed the end of the
832:German invasion of the Low Countries
725:220 (Wiltshire) Field Bty at Swindon
659:(TA) and the units were renumbered:
185:, and its successors were part-time
2899:, Barnsley: Pen & Sword, 2000,
2884:, Barnsley: Pen & Sword, 2003,
2219:Ford, pp. 28–34, 49–59; Appendix 1.
888:for training and later operations.
870:, bore a marked resemblance to the
706:95th (Hampshire Yeomanry) Field Bde
602:North West Frontier and Afghanistan
1532:Bournemouth at Drill Hall Project.
1297:German surrender at Lüneburg Heath
1098:. 43rd (W) Division was to follow
439:on 8 October and were convoyed to
326:Brigade HQ at The Armoury, Swindon
25:
2839:, Staplehurst: Spellmount, 2004,
985:Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry
36:112th (Wessex) Field Regiment, RA
1330:. The new regiment was based at
691:. The RFA was subsumed into the
344:3rd Wessex Ammunition Column at
303:III (or 3rd) Wessex Brigade, RFA
82:
65:
41:
2964:Royal Field Artillery batteries
2948:British Army units from 1945 on
2660:, London: William Clowes, 1952.
1750:Robson, pp. 57, 77, 86, 99–103.
1543:Bridport at Drill Hall Project.
999:, which succeeded in capturing
842:was lost and the BEF was being
215:43rd (Wessex) Infantry Division
2764:, Barnsley: Leo Cooper, 2003,
1503:Swindon at Drill Hall Project.
1142:. This entailed breaching the
675:220 (Wiltshire) Bty at Swindon
672:217, 218, 219 (Hampshire) Btys
666:Brigade HQ at the Drill Hall,
273:was created in 1908 under the
201:and saw active service in the
1:
1347:311 (City of Bristol) HAA Rgt
1343:312 (Gloucestershire) HAA Rgt
1190:21st (West Riding) Medium Rgt
770:112th (Wessex) Field Regiment
219:campaign in North West Europe
207:112th (Wessex) Field Regiment
1985:Essame, pp. 2–4, Appendix C.
1328:312 (Wessex) Medium Regiment
458:18-pounder preserved at the
356:E.H. Bedford-Pim, a retired
828:British Expeditionary Force
661:55th (Wessex) Field Brigade
570:) in 16th Indian Division.
493:CCXVII (or 217) Brigade RFA
3000:
2130:, pp. 388–90, 402, 409–10.
1418:Litchfield, pp. 1 & 5.
799:and later fought with the
697:
647:
529:CCXXVII (227) Brigade, RFA
449:45th (2nd Wessex) Division
425:Earl Kitchener of Khartoum
421:Secretary of State for War
56:7 July 1908–30 August 1950
32:1st Wiltshire Battery, RFA
2943:Winchester College at War
2682:Gen Sir Martin Farndale,
2517:Horrocks, pp. 246, 261–6.
2051:, pp. 87–9, 100–6, 143–9.
1823:Titles & Designations
1304:British Army of the Rhine
1160:. 4th and 5th Battalions
830:(BEF) in France, but the
579:action on 21 April 1917.
241:, the battle for Arnhem (
47:Royal Artillery cap badge
40:
2790:Norman E.H. Litchfield,
2757:, London: Collins, 1960.
1711:Suffolk at CWGC Records.
1258:51st (Highland) Division
1100:Guards Armoured Division
956:15th (Scottish) Division
854:through North London to
801:Guards Armoured Division
588:51st (Highland) Division
2865:Lt-Col J.D. Sainsbury,
2550:Litchfield, Appendix 5.
2246:Ford, pp. 59, 107, 176.
2210:Essame, pp. 91, 94–109.
1493:Becke, Pt 2a, pp. 43–8.
1084:Operation Market Garden
1070:Operation Market Garden
981:10th SS Panzer Division
613:1st (Peshawar) Division
321:III Wessex Brigade, RFA
243:Operation Market Garden
221:, including Operations
155:Operation Market Garden
34:III Wessex Brigade, RFA
2938:The Drill Hall Project
2620:The Battle of Normandy
1813:Litchfield, pp. 208–9.
1318:
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1011:
903:
886:130th Infantry Brigade
844:evacuated from Dunkirk
823:
779:
757:Ordnance QF 25-pounder
463:
317:
237:, the crossing of the
119:43rd (Wessex) Division
2746:, History Press, 2013
2639:The Defeat of Germany
2541:Litchfield, pp. 86–8.
2499:, pp. 307–16, 338–40.
2286:Horrocks, pp. 221–30.
2148:Horrocks, pp. 189–90.
1920:Collier, Chapter VII.
1792:Litchfield, pp. 93–5.
1764:Frederick, pp. 489–95
1312:
1242:
1117:
1108:1st Airborne Division
1009:
894:
834:on 10 May ended the '
821:
777:
681:Marquess of Ailesbury
457:
315:
291:Royal Field Artillery
287:1st Wiltshire Battery
213:. It saw action with
2927:The Long, Long Trail
2775:Lt-Col H.F. Joslen,
2486:Horrocks, pp. 260–2.
2455:Horrocks, pp. 261–2.
2424:Horrocks, pp. 250–5.
2384:Essame, pp. 195–200.
2335:Horrocks, pp. 233–6.
2255:Buckley, pp. 228–30.
2117:Buckley, pp. 153–68.
1262:8th Armoured Brigade
1059:air observation post
562:), which had joined
522:2/III Wessex Brigade
501:16th Indian Division
467:1/III Wessex Brigade
2529:Frederick, p. 1004.
2508:Essame, pp. 256–70.
2477:Essame, pp. 241–56.
2468:, pp. 306–8, 311–2.
2446:Essame, pp. 233–40.
2437:, pp. 288–9, 293–4.
2415:Essame, pp. 202–31.
2393:Buckley, pp. 274–7.
2362:Buckley, pp. 265–8.
2353:Essame, pp. 186–94.
2326:Essame, pp. 164–86.
2277:Essame, pp. 113–38.
2237:Essame, pp. 109–13.
2228:Buckley, pp. 187–9.
2201:, pp. 453–5, 465–6.
2188:Buckley, pp. 184–7.
2170:Buckley, pp. 180–1.
2016:Buckley, pp. 77–82.
1897:Joslen, pp. 11, 73.
1722:Gosling in Gliddon.
1456:Litchfield, p. 244.
1218:Operation Veritable
1206:Operation Blackcock
1169:Battle of the Bulge
895:25-pounder gun and
668:Ryde, Isle of Wight
564:5th (Mhow) Division
544:2/IV Wessex (H) Bde
460:Imperial War Museum
167:Operation Veritable
163:Operation Blackcock
2727:J.B.M. Frederick,
2712:J.B.M. Frederick,
2304:Essame, p. 140–56.
2179:Essame, pp. 73–89.
2095:Essame, pp. 37–50.
2038:Essame, pp. 20–34.
2007:Essame, pp. 13–17.
1888:Joslen, pp. 69–70.
1868:Frederick, p. 528.
1801:Frederick, p. 524.
1780:Frederick, p. 516.
1692:Perry, pp. 137–40.
1676:Frederick, p. 695.
1465:Frederick, p. 682.
1319:
1274:Dortmund–Ems Canal
1245:
1120:
1094:via a 'carpet' of
1024:Operation Bluecoat
1012:
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864:Operation Overlord
824:
780:
745:4.5-inch howitzers
636:and the last unit
590:, when he won the
485:Mesopotamian Front
464:
354:Lieutenant-Colonel
318:
307:Wiltshire Regiment
277:, it included the
151:Operation Bluecoat
2905:978-0-85052-737-7
2845:978-1-86227-211-8
2707:978-1-84884-576-3
2605:978-0-300-13449-0
2139:Essame, pp. 53–7.
1953:Collier, Maps 17.
1732:Robson, pp. 26–7.
1701:Perry, pp. 67–71.
1634:Becke, pp. 55–60.
1565:Monthly Army List
1388:brigadier-general
1315:Castle Hill, Mere
1254:Operation Plunder
1248:Operation Plunder
1140:Operation Clipper
1134:by capturing the
1126:Operation Clipper
997:Operation Express
973:Operation Jupiter
935:by 6 April 1944.
902:on exercise 1941.
517:79 (Howitzer) Bty
271:Territorial Force
265:Territorial Force
187:Territorial Force
176:
175:
171:Operation Plunder
159:Operation Clipper
147:Operation Jupiter
16:(Redirected from
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2852:A Bridge Too Far
2850:Cornelius Ryan,
2742:Gerald Gliddon,
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609:Third Afghan War
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952:Operation Epsom
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2755:A Full Life
2749:Lt-Gen Sir
2268:, pp. 42–3.
2159:Mont Pinçon
1282:Cloppenburg
1184:and by the
1158:World War I
1138:salient in
1047:River Seine
1022:as part of
1020:Mont Pinçon
909:Sarre, Kent
882:South Downs
852:Northampton
730:Glastonbury
634:demobilised
568:1/IV Wessex
560:1/II Wessex
489:18-pounders
437:Southampton
391:World War I
381:World War I
368:, a former
348:, Wiltshire
331:Bournemouth
199:World War I
135:Engagements
125:Garrison/HQ
2958:Categories
2697:Ken Ford,
2637:, Vol II:
2612:L.F. Ellis
2571:References
2104:Saunders,
2060:Saunders,
2047:Saunders,
1994:Farndale,
1910:, Annex A,
1906:Farndale,
1834:Farndale,
1214:Reichswald
977:River Orne
966:River Odon
945:VIII Corps
868:Folkestone
836:Phoney War
787:After the
346:Malmesbury
2654:H. Essame
2618:, Vol I:
2317:, p. 161.
2064:, p. 124.
1375:Hampshire
1353:Footnotes
1200:Rhineland
1088:Nederrijn
1066:Belgium.
1016:XXX Corps
860:East Kent
856:Aldershot
617:Jalalabad
527:becoming
295:Wiltshire
269:When the
255:Veritable
251:Blackcock
110:/Regiment
2663:Gen Sir
2652:Maj-Gen
2199:Normandy
2128:Normandy
2106:Hill 112
2084:Normandy
2062:Hill 112
2027:Normandy
1293:Cuxhaven
1104:Nijmegen
1076:Brussels
929:Hastings
915:Normandy
878:Normandy
751:. A few
732:, later
644:Interwar
621:Peshawar
477:Bareilly
414:Cornwall
406:Somerset
337:Bridport
235:Normandy
231:Bluecoat
2497:Germany
2495:Ellis,
2466:Germany
2464:Ellis,
2435:Germany
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2404:Germany
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2373:Germany
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2315:Germany
2313:Ellis,
2266:Germany
2264:Ellis,
2197:Ellis,
2126:Ellis,
2082:Ellis,
2025:Ellis,
1838:, p. 4.
1377:border.
1332:Bristol
1322:Postwar
1270:Hengelo
1232:on the
1194:Panzers
1149:Panzers
1063:Sappers
900:tractor
718:Taunton
556:Kamptee
379:Before
372:in the
370:captain
360:in the
299:Swindon
289:of the
259:Plunder
247:Clipper
227:Jupiter
217:in the
197:during
129:Swindon
108:Battery
61:Country
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1266:Lochem
1230:Xanten
1092:Arnhem
1051:Vernon
1001:Maltot
961:Panzer
941:Bayeux
925:Battle
923:round
921:Sussex
873:Bocage
808:troops
638:cadres
505:Lahore
473:Ambala
441:Bombay
79:Branch
70:
53:Active
2049:Epsom
1825:1927.
1398:Notes
1234:Rhine
1222:Kleve
1080:Diest
1028:mines
937:D Day
629:Thall
481:Delhi
410:Devon
358:major
239:Seine
223:Epsom
195:India
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1210:Roer
1173:Maas
931:and
897:Quad
753:Quad
548:Aden
479:and
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104:Size
94:Role
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