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following three months the battalions in the division spent their time doing tours of trenches and training behind the lines to prepare for the large
British offensive against the German position planned for the end of June. Following a 7-day artillery bombardment of the German front and rear areas, the battalions of the 29th Division were in position in their Assembly Trenches in the early hours of Saturday 1 July.
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Hawthorn mine was blown on the left of the division's position. The leading battalions in the attack left the British front line trench at 07:30 hours. The British casualties were severe, with many men never reaching the German front line. The men of the Newfoundland Regiment
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Mediterranean port of Marseilles the 29th Division arrived in the rear of the Somme battle front from 15 to 29 March 1916. From this time the division was put into the British Front in the area north of the Ancre River, near to the German-held village of Beaumont Hamel. For the
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Division. The Diamond Troupe was one of a small number of concert parties to achieve considerable notoriety, both on the battlefield and at home. The members of the troupe were: Front row (from left to right): Pte. Eric John Dean, Lt. Col. E. Trevor Wright, Pte. Lawrence Nicol. Middle
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Division amounted to something like 94,000. Gallipoli alone accounted for 34,000. This must be, if not a record, among the highest totals in any division … The number of Victoria Crosses won by
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moved forward at about 09:00 hours to follow on behind the leading battalion in the advance of 88th
Brigade. Many of them were shot down trying to clamber overground to cover the few yards from where they were in the rear of the British front line to start their advance down the hill.
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Pollard, L. Cp. Robert James Stannard, Pte. William Threlfall, Pte. Arthur Sykes, Pte. H. Palmer (violinist). Back row: Pte. Neville Giordano, Pte. Jock McKinley, Pte. Alexander Hill, Pte. George Hangle, Pte. J. Morris.
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The original objectives of the first day of the campaign had been the village of
Krithia and the nearby hill of Achi Baba. The first concerted attempt to capture these was made by the division three days after the landings on 28 April. In this
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Offensive. The 29th Division had been moved from Helles to Suvla to participate. The 87th Brigade was briefly able to capture the summit of the hill but was soon forced to retreat.
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members of this division was 27 (12 at Gallipoli). This constitutes a record'. A large commemorative
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The 29th Division served on the Gallipoli peninsula, a point in the strategic
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Major-General Henry de Beauvoir de Lisle (24 August 1915 – 12 March 1918)
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formed 21 February 1916, moved to 29th Battalion M.G.C. on 15 Feb 1918
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No. 1 Section, 10th Squadron, Royal Naval Armoured Car Detachment (
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The division finally saw successful fighting at Helles during the
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16th (Service) Battalion, Middlesex Regiment (Public Schools)
240:. From 1916 to the end of the war the division fought on the
1117:: Brigadier-General R. M. Johnson (12 March – 19 March 1918)
1230:. Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives. Archived from
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1/2nd (T.F.) Battalion, Monmouthshire Regiment (Pioneers) (
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for shooting four of his own men who attempted to retreat.
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Military Operations Gallipoli: May 1915 to the Evacuation
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The Division participated in the following engagements:
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246th, 247th, 248th and 249th (T.F.) Companies, A.S.C. (
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Royal Engineers and the Gallipoli Expedition (1915–16)
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The Diamond Troupe, Concert Party of the 29th Division
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resistance and the landing battalions were decimated.
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Infantry divisions of the British Army in World War I
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The Story of 29th Division: A Record of Gallant Deeds
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Chapel Street: 'The Bravest Little Street in England'
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Prince of Wales's Leinster Regiment (Royal Canadians)
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Military units and formations disestablished in 1919
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The British Army in the Great War: The 29th Division
1356:"Newfoundland Memorial Park, Beaumont Hamel, France"
733:, transferred to 53rd (Welsh) Division in March 1916
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546:formed 26 February 1916, moved to 29th Battalion
514:2/3rd (City of London) Battalion, London Regiment
279:. A memorial to the 29th Division is located in
468:The following units served with the division:
1739:Multi-National Division (South-West) (Bosnia)
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3473:1919 disestablishments in the United Kingdom
2461:British deception formations in World War II
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956:87th (1st West Lancashire) Field Ambulance
927:renamed from 1st West Riding Field Company
888:29th Divisional Ammunition Column R.F.A. (
647:1/5th (Queen's Edinburgh Rifles) Battalion
528:joined April 1916, disbanded February 1918
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3463:1915 establishments in the United Kingdom
1262:(Supplement). 24 July 1915. p. 7282.
1426:List of British divisions in World War I
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959:88th (1st East Anglian) Field Ambulance
676:joined 20 September 1915, left May 1918
508:left October 1917, rejoined April 1918
427:before being sent to France in March.
370:. In the subsequent counter-attacks,
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753:226th Divisional Employment Company (
665:joined August 1915, left January 1916
518:joined August 1915, left January 1916
392:Headquarters of the 29th Division at
232:, the division fought throughout the
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943:1st London Divisional Signal Company
539:joined October 1917, left April 1918
281:Beaumont-Hamel Newfoundland Memorial
962:89th (1st Highland) Field Ambulance
934:joined February 1916, renamed from
772:attached between 5 May 20 June 1915
439:Wiring party of the 1st Battalion,
363:took over command of the division.
1485:Steel, Nigel; Hart, Peter (1994).
1439:Aspinall-Oglander, C. F. (1992) .
890:remained in Salonika, replaced by
38:January 1915 – 1919
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823:joined 31 March, left 20 May 1916
789:XV Brigade, Royal Horse Artillery
333:Mediterranean Expeditionary Force
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848:XV RHA Brigade Ammunition Column
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839:1/1st Warwickshire Battery, RHA
747:18th Mobile Veterinary Section
868:IV Highland (Mountain) Brigade
307:inspects the 29th Division at
217:units that had been acting as
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1624:6th (United Kingdom) Division
1619:3rd (United Kingdom) Division
1614:1st (United Kingdom) Division
1199:, page 58. Brewin Books, 2013
579:King's Own Scottish Borderers
535:Royal Guernsey Light Infantry
1217:Steel & Hart 1994, p. 80
1197:The Obelisks of Warwickshire
1100:(15 August – 24 August 1915)
1072:(18 January − 10 March 1915)
763:C Sqn, the Surrey Yeomanry (
699:88th Trench Mortar Battery (
607:87th Trench Mortar Battery (
585:Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers
555:86th Trench Mortar Battery (
1382:"The Newfoundland Regiment"
1128:(19 March – 10 August 1918)
908:2nd Lowland Field Company (
672:Royal Newfoundland Regiment
658:joined March left July 1915
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2966:57th (2nd West Lancashire)
1084:Henry de Beauvoir de Lisle
1032:Battle of the Somme (1916)
1018:Battle of Krithia Vineyard
760:Divisional Mounted Troops
692:88th Machine Gun Company (
600:87th Machine Gun Company (
544:86th Machine Gun Company (
443:going up to the trenches,
410:Battle of Krithia Vineyard
153:Battle of Krithia Vineyard
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1086:(24 May – 15 August 1915)
1057:Battle of Courtrai (1918)
259:before they were sent to
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2986:61st (2nd South Midland)
2976:59th (2nd North Midland)
1079:(10 March – 24 May 1915)
998:Second Battle of Krithia
950:Royal Army Medical Corps
919:2nd London Field Company
872:Royal Garrison Artillery
833:joined 12 September 1916
357:Second Battle of Krithia
180:Battle of Cambrai (1917)
133:Second Battle of Krithia
3026:69th (2nd East Anglian)
2996:63rd (2nd Northumbrian)
2338:Durham and North Riding
1195:Nicholson, Jean et al:
1023:Battle of Scimitar Hill
1003:Third Battle of Krithia
993:First Battle of Krithia
965:16th Sanitary Section (
881:CXXXII Brigade R.F.A. (
860:CXLVII Brigade R.F.A. (
843:joined 27 November 1916
625:Worcestershire Regiment
550:(M.G.C.) on 15 Feb 1918
493:Royal Munster Fusiliers
417:Battle of Scimitar Hill
368:Third Battle of Krithia
353:First Battle of Krithia
244:in Belgium and France.
225:. Under the command of
175:Battle of Passchendaele
158:Battle of Scimitar Hill
138:Third Battle of Krithia
128:First Battle of Krithia
104:"Incomparable Division"
2991:62nd (2nd West Riding)
2940:55th (West Lancashire)
2880:42nd (East Lancashire)
2264:55th (West Lancashire)
2199:42nd (East Lancashire)
1516:Royal Engineers Museum
1300:Aspinall-Oglander 1992
1273:Brady, Sheila (2017).
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1047:Fourth Battle of Ypres
1008:Battle of Gully Ravine
988:Landing at Cape Helles
936:3rd Kent Field Company
731:43rd (Wessex) Division
720:29th Divisional Train
504:Royal Dublin Fusiliers
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402:Battle of Gully Ravine
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238:landing at Cape Helles
143:Battle of Gully Ravine
123:Landing at Cape Helles
2543:British Army in India
1489:. Macmillan, London.
1418:United Kingdom portal
1279:. The History Press.
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1126:Douglas Edward Cayley
1052:Fifth Battle of Ypres
1037:Third Battle of Ypres
932:497th Field Company (
925:455th Field Company (
915:510th Field Company (
892:53rd (Welsh) Division
855:Royal Field Artillery
755:joined on 25 May 1917
749:Army Veterinary Corps
573:South Wales Borderers
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200:Incomparable Division
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2895:46th (North Midland)
2890:44th (Home Counties)
2274:59th (Staffordshire)
2229:48th (South Midland)
2209:44th (Home Counties)
1987:17th Gurkha Division
1941:44th (Home Counties)
1776:Administrative units
1656:Administrative units
1646:Post-Cold War period
1583:Guards and Parachute
1576:Administrative units
1466:Gillon, S. (2002) .
1386:The Long, Long Trail
1323:The Long, Long Trail
1186:Gillon 1925, p. vii.
1077:Aylmer Hunter-Weston
810:1st Cavalry Division
740:joined 24 March 1916
701:formed 16 April 1916
609:formed 28 April 1916
557:formed 21 April 1916
487:Lancashire Fusiliers
441:Lancashire Fusiliers
341:Aylmer Hunter-Weston
319:straits between the
273:Stretton-on-Dunsmore
230:Aylmer Hunter-Weston
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2981:60th (2/2nd London)
2971:58th (2/1st London)
2945:56th (1/1st London)
2935:54th (East Anglian)
2915:50th (Northumbrian)
2900:47th (1/2nd London)
2259:54th (East Anglian)
2239:50th (Northumbrian)
2184:23rd (Northumbrian)
1946:50th (Northumbrian)
1487:Defeat at Gallipoli
1228:"Beauvoir De Lisle"
1013:Battle of Sari Bair
983:Battle of Gallipoli
894:'s column in France
812:on 27 November 1916
337:Battle of Gallipoli
170:Battle of the Somme
148:Battle of Sari Bair
3046:63rd (Royal Naval)
3006:65th (2nd Lowland)
2910:49th (West Riding)
2507:82nd (West Africa)
2502:81st (West Africa)
2492:11th (East Africa)
2328:Devon and Cornwall
2320:"County Divisions"
2234:49th (West Riding)
2009:Second World War (
1977:Artillery Division
1880:49th (West Riding)
1360:www.greatwar.co.uk
1259:The London Gazette
1163:The Diamond Troupe
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1150:The Diamond Troupe
910:left February 1916
831:) Battery, R.F.A (
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641:left February 1918
631:Hampshire Regiment
589:left February 1918
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862:left January 1917
708:Divisional Troops
687:joined April 1918
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548:Machine Gun Corps
372:Second Lieutenant
361:Beauvoir De Lisle
285:Beauvoir De Lisle
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729:joined from the
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