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tenaciously and attempts to get further on were shot down as soon as the men rose to attack. F Company of the Scots Guards simply disappeared in the German positions. Accurate German artillery fire on the support and reserve lines broke the cohesion of the attack, though some of 2nd
Gordons managed to get up between the two leading battalions. The Grenadiers moved up to help the Scots Guards consolidate their position and repulse a counter-attack, but could not get further ahead. The Borders had been pushed back to the British line but the rest of 7th Division dug in on the old German positions, 20th Bde assisted by 55th Field Company, Royal Engineers. They could only be supported by already tired troops. However, the Germans pulled back during the night. Smaller attacks were made over succeeding days until the offensive was called off. Casualties in 7th Division had been around 40 per cent.
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what cover they could before even reaching the position of the leading brigades, having suffered about 500 casualties. A new attack was ordered for the afternoon but failed. The following morning (12 March) the Scots Guards and Border
Regiment were instructed to pass through the leading brigades. Although the attack was postponed, the runners carrying the recall orders were killed and the leading companies of both battalions advanced into
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Borders, machine guns from the Scots Guards and sappers from 55th Field Co, improved the line by taking a German strongpoint after a mine had been exploded beneath it. Next day they were driven back again by a German counter-attack when their supply of bombs ran out. The brigade had suffered
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Bethlehem until 15 July, bringing up supply convoys, then when most of the convoy escorts had rejoined it marched out to join the columns advancing into the basin. At this point Paget had the 1st Munsters, half the 2nd KOYLI, six companies of the Cameronians, four guns of 38th
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for carrying a message for reinforcements and then returning under fire. The Boers were driven off. On 2 July the mounted troops left
Lindley and cleared the country toward Leeuw Kop while the South Staffs made a demonstration against the ridge east of the town. Next day Lindley was evacuated and the
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Division Machine-Gun Battalion. A more fundamental reorganisation took place in September 1918: in preparation to move back to France 20th Bde was reduced to three battalions in line with the current
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and then advance to take Aubers village. Although the orders arrived late, the brigade moved off on time at 07.00 in column of platoons, but came under heavy shellfire and flanking machine gun fire and suffered severely. Most of the two leading battalions (1st
Grenadiers and 2nd Gordons) had to take
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By now the remaining Boers in Orange Free State had broken up into small parties, and
British forces spent many months pursuing them, especially the guerrillas led by Christiaan de Wet (in the 'Great de Wet Hunt'). For the rest of the war, formal divisional and brigade organisations dissolved into
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the brigade attacked at dawn on the second day, with the Scots Guards and Border
Regiment moving close up to the German line before the bombardment ended. The Borders on the left were halted by heavy enfilade fire, but the Scots Guards managed to get past the German front line. The Germans fought
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unit, the 1/6th (Banff and
Donside) Battalion Gordon Highlanders, which had been serving as GHQ troops since landing in France. 20th Brigade's last major action in 1914 was a failed attack on the Well Farm position at La Boutillerie by 2nd Scots Guards and 2nd Border on 18 December. The dead from
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Divisions. They found no sign of the troops they were supposed to contact, and were pulled back rather than remain under fire in an exposed position. On 17 June 2nd Gordons were also unable to link up with 51st (H) Division, suffering 150 casualties in the attempt. After that, British offensive
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leading the escape of some of the Boers, Commandant Prinsloo and some 4000 men surrendered to the British forces on 29 July. 20th Bde escorted the prisoners to Winburg on 9 August. From Winburg trainloads of prisoners were sent down to Cape Town, guarded by detachments of the 4th South Staffs.
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until they were pinned down by machine gun fire from a German position known as the Quadrilateral. When the delayed British bombardment came down, it was accurate and effective, completely demoralising the German defenders. The Scots Guards and Border Regiment crept forward under cover of the
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establishment for the Western Front. 9th Devons was transferred to another division in France, but the divisional move was once again countermanded. The reduced brigade then took part in the final actions of the war on the Italian Front, the
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on 9 May, 20th Bde was in readiness to follow up any success by the assaulting 8th Division, but the attack was a failure and the brigade was not employed. Next day it was moved southwards to trenches near
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badly, 6th Gordons alone losing 150 casualties. It was not in the front line when 7th Division attacked at Givenchy on 15 June, but the Grenadier Guards were sent next day to link up between 7th and
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The defences of Lindley were under constant sniping and shellfire by the Boers, while supply columns had to fight their way in. On 26 June there was sharp firing followed by a Boer attack on the
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bombardment and rushed the Quadrilateral, taking 400 prisoners. However, the brigade was unable to push any further through the maze of trenches.
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and successfully attacked the town. The demoralised Orange Free State Boers had now been driven into a trap in the
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1547:, London: HM Stationery Office, 1934/Uckfield: Naval & Military Press, 2007,
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on 7 October 1914, intended to assist the Belgian Army in the defence of
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In January 1916, 1/6th Gordons returned to GHQ troops in exchange for
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Lieutenant-Colonel L. B. Boyd-Moss, 26–29 October 1915 (acting)
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593:' battalions sent from England, the 8th and 9th Battalions
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where they were joined by the rest of the BEF after the
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The Irish Guards in the Great War: The First Battalion
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The Times History of the War in South Africa 1899-1902
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In April 1940, the brigade number was reactivated for
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2945:Military units and formations established in 1900
1560:Most Unfavourable Ground: The Battle of Loos 1915
765:Major A. B. E. Cator, 2–14 November 1914 (acting)
363:columns formed and reformed for specific tasks.
1529:, London: Sampson Low, Marston, 6 Vols 1900–09.
993:Amery, Vol IV, pp. 314, 317–24, 330–1, 339–42 .
726:On 17 November, 7th Division entrained for the
548:to prepare for a resumption of the attack (the
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636:No 1 Mortar Battery – attached for this battle
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1672:Orders of Battle: Second World War, 1939–1945
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1580:The Development of the British Army 1899–1914
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717:2nd Battle of Passchendaele (26–29 October)
597:. The new battalions were 'blooded' at the
157:The Hon J.F. Hepburn-Stuart-Forbes-Trefusis
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611:2nd Battalion, Gordon Highlanders (457)
230:battalions newly arrived from Britain:
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286:. Methuen's 1st Division assembled at
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1142:Grenadier Guards at Long, Long Trail.
677:Battle of Guillemont (3–7 September).
671:Battle of Bazentin Ridge (14–17 July)
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1164:Border Regiment at Long, Long Trail.
777:J. F. Hepburn-Stuart-Forbes-Trefusis
708:Battle of Polygon Wood (1–3 October)
608:2nd Battalion, Border Regiment (234)
1308:Neuve Chapelle at Long, Long Trail.
1275:Christmas truce at Long, Long Trail
501:this action were buried during the
254:King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
1567:South Africa and the Transvaal War
714:Battle of Polecappelle (9 October)
640:XIV Brigade, Royal Horse Artillery
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1385:Aubers Ridge at Long, Long Trail.
1153:Scots Guards at Long, Long Trail.
1131:7th Division at Long, Long Trail.
711:Battle of Broodseinde (4 October)
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1630:Brig-Gen Sir James E. Edmonds,
1623:Brig-Gen Sir James E. Edmonds,
1499:Atkinson, Appendix III, p. 502.
1251:First Ypres at Long,Long Trail.
696:Battle of Bullecourt (3–16 May)
376:Soon after the outbreak of the
1538:The Seventh Division 1914–1918
1427:Festubert at Long, Long Trail.
581:Order of Battle September 1915
218:as part of Lieutenant-General
101:Independent (Second World War)
1:
1265:, Vol II, Appendix 4, p. 488.
674:Attack on High Wood (20 July)
264:Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)
1710:, London: Frank Cass, 1999,
1395:Atkinson, pp. 167–74, 182–3.
934:Amery, Vol IV, pp. 266, 302.
182:, the brigade fought on the
889:Miller, p. 186 & fn 94.
871:Amery, Vol IV, pp. 78, 209.
832:5th Guards Armoured Brigade
382:British Expeditionary Force
298:then 1st Division captured
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1790:list for 101-308 and named
750:Brigade Commanders 1914–18
653:1/6th Bn Cheshire Regiment
642:– attached for this battle
633:– attached for this battle
535:Aubers Ridge and Festubert
415:20th Brigade assembled at
1562:, Solihull: Helion, 2005.
975:Amery, Vol IV, pp. 300–9.
957:Miller, pp. 186–9, fn 94.
740:Battle of Vittorio Veneto
704:20th Bde was engaged at:
1646:Col George Jackson Hay,
1582:, London: Methuen, 1938.
836:Guards Armoured Division
515:Battle of Neuve Chapelle
344:City Imperial Volunteers
262:4th (Militia) Battalion
1670:Joslen, H. F. (2003) .
1490:Atkinson, pp. 205, 231.
1285:Atkinson, pp. 136, 143.
880:Amery, Appendix, p 507.
473:7th Division landed at
244:Royal Munster Fusiliers
174:first organised in the
1011:Amery, Vol IV, p. 412.
948:Hay, pp. 320–1, 351–2.
853:Amery, Vol II, p. 114.
744:Armistice with Austria
552:beginning on 15 May).
541:Battle of Aubers Ridge
282:' advance through the
276:lines of communication
1437:Atkinson, pp. 185–93.
1375:, Vol II, pp. 32, 40.
1340:Atkinson, pp. 145–52.
916:Creswicke pp. 93–108.
799:, from 7 August 1916.
702:Third Battle of Ypres
491:First Battle of Ypres
400:), together with 2nd
340:Royal Field Artillery
1747:The Long, Long Trail
1362:Atkinson, pp. 163–6.
1353:, Vol I, pp. 139–41.
1318:Atkinson, pp. 143–5.
1298:, Vol I, pp. 109–10.
898:Creswicke, pp. 92–3.
629:55th Field Company,
435:Order of Battle 1914
417:Lyndhurst, Hampshire
234:Order of Battle 1900
2864:117th Royal Marines
2859:116th Royal Marines
1706:Stephen M. Miller,
1481:Cherry, pp. 92, 97.
1450:, Vol II, pp. 93–7.
1349:Edmonds and Wynne,
1331:, Vol I, pp. 121–7.
1327:Edmonds and Wynne,
1294:Edmonds and Wynne,
1072:Becke, pt 1, p. 82.
1020:Miller, pp. 200–10.
665:Battle of the Somme
595:Devonshire Regiment
557:Battle of Festubert
550:Battle of Festubert
321:of the KOYLI won a
1655:2021-05-11 at the
1573:, Edinburgh, 1900
1417:Vol II, pp. 59–62.
1084:Atkinson, pp. 2–3.
795:Brigadier-General
788:Brigadier-General
775:Brigadier-General
768:Brigadier-General
758:Brigadier-General
463:Gordon Highlanders
425:Gordon Highlanders
419:, forming part of
410:H.G. Ruggles-Brise
342:, two guns of the
152:H.G. Ruggles-Brise
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2843:24th (Gold Coast)
2767:27th (N Rhodesia)
1681:978-1-84342-474-1
1618:978-1-84574-718-3
1565:Louis Creswicke,
1404:Cherry, pp. 22–3.
907:Creswicke pp 160.
812:See main article
498:Territorial Force
352:Christiaan de Wet
348:Imperial Yeomanry
292:Orange Free State
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99:(First World War)
94:(Second Boer War)
16:(Redirected from
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1277:
1272:
1266:
1259:
1253:
1248:
1242:
1237:Farrar-Hockley,
1235:
1229:
1224:Farrar-Hockley,
1222:
1216:
1209:
1203:
1198:
1189:
1181:
1175:
1172:
1166:
1161:
1155:
1150:
1144:
1139:
1133:
1128:
1085:
1082:
1073:
1070:
1021:
1018:
1012:
1009:
1003:
1002:Wylly, pp. 78–9.
1000:
994:
991:
985:
984:Wylly, pp. 77–8.
982:
976:
973:
967:
966:Wylly, pp. 76–7.
964:
958:
955:
949:
946:
935:
932:
926:
923:
917:
914:
908:
905:
899:
896:
890:
887:
881:
878:
872:
869:
863:
860:
854:
851:
804:Second World War
760:H. Ruggles-Brise
445:Grenadier Guards
386:Grenadier Guards
332:Brandwater Basin
196:Second World War
129:Second World War
83:Infantry Brigade
72:
57:
55:
54:
27:
21:
2995:
2994:
2990:
2989:
2988:
2986:
2985:
2984:
2935:
2934:
2933:
2928:
2847:
2791:
2710:
2329:
1793:
1782:
1752:
1736:
1721:
1689:Rudyard Kipling
1682:
1669:
1657:Wayback Machine
1543:Maj A.F. Becke,
1517:
1512:
1508:Joslen, p. 262.
1507:
1503:
1498:
1494:
1489:
1485:
1480:
1476:
1469:
1465:
1458:
1454:
1445:
1441:
1436:
1432:
1425:
1421:
1412:
1408:
1403:
1399:
1394:
1390:
1383:
1379:
1370:
1366:
1361:
1357:
1348:
1344:
1339:
1335:
1326:
1322:
1317:
1313:
1306:
1302:
1293:
1289:
1284:
1280:
1273:
1269:
1260:
1256:
1249:
1245:
1236:
1232:
1223:
1219:
1210:
1206:
1199:
1192:
1182:
1178:
1174:Atkinson, p. 4.
1173:
1169:
1162:
1158:
1151:
1147:
1140:
1136:
1129:
1088:
1083:
1076:
1071:
1024:
1019:
1015:
1010:
1006:
1001:
997:
992:
988:
983:
979:
974:
970:
965:
961:
956:
952:
947:
938:
933:
929:
924:
920:
915:
911:
906:
902:
897:
893:
888:
884:
879:
875:
870:
866:
861:
857:
852:
848:
844:
806:
752:
724:
684:
649:
631:Royal Engineers
587:Guards Division
583:
574:51st (Highland)
537:
511:
503:Christmas truce
487:Race to the Sea
471:
457:Border Regiment
437:
402:Border Regiment
398:Tower of London
390:Warley Barracks
378:First World War
374:
369:
367:First World War
236:
212:Second Boer War
204:
202:Second Boer War
180:First World War
176:Second Boer War
165:
154:
149:
141:
127:
122:
117:
114:First World War
112:
110:Second Boer War
100:
95:
52:
50:
41:
39:
23:
22:
15:
12:
11:
5:
2993:
2991:
2983:
2982:
2977:
2972:
2967:
2962:
2957:
2952:
2947:
2937:
2936:
2930:
2929:
2927:
2926:
2921:
2916:
2911:
2906:
2901:
2896:
2891:
2886:
2881:
2876:
2871:
2866:
2861:
2855:
2853:
2849:
2848:
2846:
2845:
2840:
2838:23rd (Nigeria)
2835:
2830:
2825:
2820:
2815:
2810:
2805:
2799:
2797:
2793:
2792:
2790:
2789:
2784:
2779:
2774:
2769:
2764:
2759:
2754:
2749:
2744:
2739:
2734:
2729:
2724:
2718:
2716:
2712:
2711:
2709:
2708:
2703:
2698:
2693:
2688:
2683:
2678:
2673:
2668:
2666:169th (London)
2663:
2661:168th (London)
2658:
2656:167th (London)
2653:
2648:
2643:
2638:
2633:
2628:
2623:
2618:
2613:
2608:
2603:
2598:
2593:
2588:
2583:
2578:
2573:
2568:
2563:
2558:
2553:
2548:
2543:
2538:
2536:141st (London)
2533:
2531:140th (London)
2528:
2523:
2518:
2513:
2508:
2503:
2498:
2493:
2488:
2483:
2478:
2473:
2468:
2463:
2458:
2453:
2448:
2443:
2438:
2433:
2428:
2423:
2418:
2413:
2408:
2403:
2398:
2393:
2388:
2383:
2378:
2373:
2368:
2363:
2358:
2353:
2348:
2343:
2337:
2335:
2331:
2330:
2328:
2327:
2322:
2317:
2312:
2307:
2302:
2297:
2292:
2287:
2282:
2277:
2272:
2267:
2262:
2257:
2252:
2247:
2242:
2237:
2232:
2227:
2222:
2217:
2212:
2207:
2202:
2197:
2192:
2187:
2182:
2177:
2172:
2167:
2162:
2157:
2152:
2147:
2142:
2137:
2132:
2127:
2122:
2117:
2112:
2107:
2102:
2097:
2092:
2087:
2082:
2077:
2072:
2067:
2062:
2057:
2052:
2047:
2042:
2037:
2032:
2027:
2022:
2017:
2012:
2007:
2002:
1997:
1992:
1987:
1982:
1977:
1972:
1967:
1962:
1957:
1952:
1947:
1942:
1937:
1932:
1927:
1922:
1917:
1912:
1907:
1902:
1897:
1892:
1887:
1882:
1877:
1872:
1867:
1862:
1857:
1852:
1847:
1842:
1837:
1832:
1827:
1822:
1817:
1812:
1807:
1801:
1799:
1795:
1794:
1786:List for 1-100
1783:
1781:
1780:
1773:
1766:
1758:
1751:
1750:
1742:
1740:Anglo-Boer War
1735:
1732:
1731:
1730:
1719:
1704:
1686:
1680:
1667:
1643:
1628:
1621:
1602:
1583:
1576:
1563:
1558:Niall Cherry,
1556:
1541:
1531:
1518:
1516:
1513:
1511:
1510:
1501:
1492:
1483:
1474:
1463:
1452:
1439:
1430:
1419:
1406:
1397:
1388:
1377:
1364:
1355:
1342:
1333:
1320:
1311:
1300:
1287:
1278:
1267:
1254:
1243:
1230:
1217:
1204:
1190:
1187:9 October 1914
1185:London Gazette
1176:
1167:
1156:
1145:
1134:
1086:
1074:
1022:
1013:
1004:
995:
986:
977:
968:
959:
950:
936:
927:
925:Dunlop, p. 90.
918:
909:
900:
891:
882:
873:
864:
855:
845:
843:
840:
820:
819:
818:
817:
805:
802:
801:
800:
797:H. C. R. Green
793:
790:C. J. Deverell
786:
783:
780:
773:
770:F. J. Heyworth
766:
763:
751:
748:
723:
720:
719:
718:
715:
712:
709:
698:
697:
694:
691:
683:
680:
679:
678:
675:
672:
648:
645:
644:
643:
637:
634:
627:
621:
615:
612:
609:
599:Battle of Loos
582:
579:
565:Givenchy Bluff
536:
533:
510:
509:Neuve Chapelle
507:
470:
467:
466:
465:
459:
453:
447:
436:
433:
373:
370:
368:
365:
323:Victoria Cross
272:
271:
266:
260:
252:2nd Battalion
250:
242:1st Battalion
235:
232:
203:
200:
163:
160:
159:
143:
137:
136:
132:
131:
107:
103:
102:
89:
85:
84:
81:
77:
76:
66:
62:
61:
59:United Kingdom
48:
44:
43:
36:
32:
31:
24:
14:
13:
10:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
2992:
2981:
2978:
2976:
2973:
2971:
2968:
2966:
2963:
2961:
2958:
2956:
2953:
2951:
2948:
2946:
2943:
2942:
2940:
2925:
2922:
2920:
2917:
2915:
2912:
2910:
2907:
2905:
2902:
2900:
2897:
2895:
2892:
2890:
2887:
2885:
2882:
2880:
2877:
2875:
2872:
2870:
2867:
2865:
2862:
2860:
2857:
2856:
2854:
2850:
2844:
2841:
2839:
2836:
2834:
2831:
2829:
2826:
2824:
2821:
2819:
2816:
2814:
2811:
2809:
2806:
2804:
2801:
2800:
2798:
2794:
2788:
2785:
2783:
2780:
2778:
2775:
2773:
2770:
2768:
2765:
2763:
2760:
2758:
2755:
2753:
2750:
2748:
2745:
2743:
2740:
2738:
2735:
2733:
2730:
2728:
2725:
2723:
2720:
2719:
2717:
2713:
2707:
2704:
2702:
2699:
2697:
2694:
2692:
2689:
2687:
2684:
2682:
2679:
2677:
2674:
2672:
2669:
2667:
2664:
2662:
2659:
2657:
2654:
2652:
2649:
2647:
2644:
2642:
2639:
2637:
2634:
2632:
2629:
2627:
2624:
2622:
2619:
2617:
2614:
2612:
2609:
2607:
2604:
2602:
2599:
2597:
2594:
2592:
2589:
2587:
2584:
2582:
2579:
2577:
2574:
2572:
2569:
2567:
2564:
2562:
2559:
2557:
2554:
2552:
2549:
2547:
2544:
2542:
2539:
2537:
2534:
2532:
2529:
2527:
2524:
2522:
2519:
2517:
2514:
2512:
2509:
2507:
2504:
2502:
2499:
2497:
2494:
2492:
2489:
2487:
2484:
2482:
2479:
2477:
2474:
2472:
2469:
2467:
2464:
2462:
2459:
2457:
2454:
2452:
2449:
2447:
2444:
2442:
2439:
2437:
2434:
2432:
2429:
2427:
2424:
2422:
2419:
2417:
2414:
2412:
2409:
2407:
2404:
2402:
2399:
2397:
2394:
2392:
2389:
2387:
2384:
2382:
2379:
2377:
2374:
2372:
2369:
2367:
2364:
2362:
2359:
2357:
2354:
2352:
2349:
2347:
2344:
2342:
2339:
2338:
2336:
2332:
2326:
2323:
2321:
2318:
2316:
2313:
2311:
2308:
2306:
2303:
2301:
2298:
2296:
2293:
2291:
2288:
2286:
2283:
2281:
2278:
2276:
2273:
2271:
2268:
2266:
2263:
2261:
2258:
2256:
2253:
2251:
2248:
2246:
2243:
2241:
2238:
2236:
2233:
2231:
2228:
2226:
2223:
2221:
2218:
2216:
2213:
2211:
2208:
2206:
2203:
2201:
2198:
2196:
2193:
2191:
2188:
2186:
2183:
2181:
2178:
2176:
2173:
2171:
2168:
2166:
2163:
2161:
2158:
2156:
2153:
2151:
2148:
2146:
2143:
2141:
2138:
2136:
2133:
2131:
2128:
2126:
2123:
2121:
2118:
2116:
2113:
2111:
2108:
2106:
2103:
2101:
2098:
2096:
2093:
2091:
2088:
2086:
2083:
2081:
2078:
2076:
2073:
2071:
2068:
2066:
2063:
2061:
2058:
2056:
2053:
2051:
2048:
2046:
2043:
2041:
2040:33rd (Guards)
2038:
2036:
2035:32nd (Guards)
2033:
2031:
2028:
2026:
2025:30th (Guards)
2023:
2021:
2018:
2016:
2013:
2011:
2008:
2006:
2003:
2001:
1998:
1996:
1995:24th (Guards)
1993:
1991:
1988:
1986:
1983:
1981:
1978:
1976:
1973:
1971:
1970:20th (Guards)
1968:
1966:
1963:
1961:
1958:
1956:
1953:
1951:
1948:
1946:
1943:
1941:
1938:
1936:
1933:
1931:
1928:
1926:
1923:
1921:
1918:
1916:
1913:
1911:
1908:
1906:
1903:
1901:
1898:
1896:
1893:
1891:
1888:
1886:
1883:
1881:
1878:
1876:
1873:
1871:
1868:
1866:
1863:
1861:
1858:
1856:
1853:
1851:
1848:
1846:
1843:
1841:
1838:
1836:
1833:
1831:
1830:2nd Gibraltar
1828:
1826:
1823:
1821:
1818:
1816:
1813:
1811:
1808:
1806:
1805:1st Gibraltar
1803:
1802:
1800:
1796:
1791:
1787:
1779:
1774:
1772:
1767:
1765:
1760:
1759:
1756:
1749:
1748:
1745:Chris Baker,
1743:
1741:
1738:
1737:
1733:
1728:. A.C. Lomax.
1727:
1726:
1720:
1717:
1716:0-7146-4460-9
1713:
1709:
1705:
1702:
1701:1-873376-72-3
1698:
1694:
1690:
1687:
1683:
1677:
1673:
1668:
1666:
1665:0-9508530-7-0
1662:
1658:
1654:
1651:
1649:
1644:
1641:
1640:0-946998-02-7
1637:
1633:
1629:
1626:
1622:
1619:
1615:
1611:
1610:1-870423-87-9
1607:
1603:
1600:
1599:1-870423-55-0
1596:
1592:
1588:
1585:Brig-Gen Sir
1584:
1581:
1577:
1575:
1572:
1568:
1564:
1561:
1557:
1554:
1553:1-84734-738-X
1550:
1546:
1542:
1539:
1535:
1534:C.T. Atkinson
1532:
1530:
1528:
1523:
1520:
1519:
1514:
1505:
1502:
1496:
1493:
1487:
1484:
1478:
1475:
1472:
1467:
1464:
1461:
1456:
1453:
1449:
1443:
1440:
1434:
1431:
1428:
1423:
1420:
1416:
1410:
1407:
1401:
1398:
1392:
1389:
1386:
1381:
1378:
1374:
1368:
1365:
1359:
1356:
1352:
1346:
1343:
1337:
1334:
1330:
1324:
1321:
1315:
1312:
1309:
1304:
1301:
1297:
1291:
1288:
1282:
1279:
1276:
1271:
1268:
1264:
1258:
1255:
1252:
1247:
1244:
1240:
1234:
1231:
1227:
1221:
1218:
1214:
1208:
1205:
1202:
1197:
1195:
1191:
1188:
1186:
1180:
1177:
1171:
1168:
1165:
1160:
1157:
1154:
1149:
1146:
1143:
1138:
1135:
1132:
1127:
1125:
1123:
1121:
1119:
1117:
1115:
1113:
1111:
1109:
1107:
1105:
1103:
1101:
1099:
1097:
1095:
1093:
1091:
1087:
1081:
1079:
1075:
1069:
1067:
1065:
1063:
1061:
1059:
1057:
1055:
1053:
1051:
1049:
1047:
1045:
1043:
1041:
1039:
1037:
1035:
1033:
1031:
1029:
1027:
1023:
1017:
1014:
1008:
1005:
999:
996:
990:
987:
981:
978:
972:
969:
963:
960:
954:
951:
945:
943:
941:
937:
931:
928:
922:
919:
913:
910:
904:
901:
895:
892:
886:
883:
877:
874:
868:
865:
862:Dunlop, p 74.
859:
856:
850:
847:
841:
839:
837:
833:
829:
825:
816:
815:
810:
809:
808:
807:
803:
798:
794:
791:
787:
784:
781:
778:
774:
771:
767:
764:
761:
757:
756:
755:
749:
747:
745:
741:
735:
733:
729:
728:Italian Front
722:Italian Front
721:
716:
713:
710:
707:
706:
705:
703:
695:
692:
689:
688:
687:
681:
676:
673:
670:
669:
668:
666:
661:
658:
657:39th Division
654:
646:
641:
638:
635:
632:
628:
625:
622:
619:
616:
613:
610:
607:
606:
605:
602:
600:
596:
592:
588:
580:
578:
575:
570:
566:
561:
558:
553:
551:
547:
542:
534:
532:
529:
528:No Man's Land
524:
523:8th Divisions
520:
516:
508:
506:
504:
499:
494:
492:
488:
484:
480:
476:
468:
464:
460:
458:
454:
452:
448:
446:
442:
441:
440:
434:
432:
430:
426:
422:
418:
413:
411:
407:
406:Pembroke Dock
404:stationed at
403:
399:
395:
391:
387:
383:
379:
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