792:. The positions recently taken over from the French were merely shell-holes and mine craters linked up with short trenches, and active mine warfare was going on underneath the ridge. In early May the situation became critical, with 11 German mine galleries suspected beneath the British front line. The RE tunnelling companies drove four counter-mines forward into No man's land and on 3 May fired them, accompanied by a heavy artillery bombardment. The infantry rushed forward, and the divisional RE and 1/4th RWF spent the night consolidating the lips of the three big craters that had been formed. On 21 May the division suffered a very heavy German bombardment followed by a local attack that captured the front and support lines and was only held by pushing all available troops including engineers into the line.
726:, which had been inadequately cut by the guns. A second bombardment did no better in suppressing the machine gun positions, and the leading waves were deadlocked by 07.20. The supporting battalions in the second line could not get forward over No Man's land, which was dominated by German artillery. A renewed attack in the afternoon was also unsuccessful, and the shattered leading units were withdrawn through the supporting battalions. Although casualties in the second line had been less severe, 1/4th RWF lost its commanding officer (CO), Lt-Col Frederick France-Hayhurst, who was killed and was buried in Cabaret-Rouge Cemetery. 1st Division was relieved at the end of the day, and by 12/13 May returned to its former sector at Givenchy. It defended this position during the next offensive (the
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766:. On 47th Division's front the gas cloud worked reasonably well, the infantry took the German front trench but suffered heavier casualties among the wire in front of the second position; German counter-attacks also began early on, but the division held onto its objectives among the mine buildings and the 'crassier' or spoilheap at Loos. Further north things had not gone so well, and 47th Division's left flank was unprotected. The pioneers and infantry spent much of the next few days in minor operations and digging to consolidate their position protecting the BEF's flank before they were relieved by French troops on 1 October. The line they dug became the Allied front line for nearly three years.
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gas-contaminated ground, improved the frontline trenches and dug communication trenches, and carried back wounded. However, the exposed salient in the wood was untenable and preparations began on 4 December to withdraw to the
Hindenburg Line. 1/4th Royal Welch Fusiliers had the task of preparing four strongpoints in front of this line, and the withdrawal through them was successfully carried out during the night of 4/5 December. The RWF handed over the strongpoints to the infantry next day; these formed part of the BEF's main line of defence (the
812:, beginning on 15 September was to take High Wood, which involved heavy fighting but was achieved before 13.00. Next day it continued towards the 'Starfish Line' beyond, and the position there was consolidated during the night of 17/18 September by 'very gallant and devoted work' by a large working party consisting of two RE sections and companies of 1/4th RWF. This party suffered many casualties on the way up, and then worked on the trench to within 100 yards (91 m) of a troublesome enemy strongpoint.
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of a reserve or 2nd Line unit was authorised for each 1st Line unit where 60 per cent or more of the men had volunteered for
Overseas Service. The titles of these 2nd Line units would be the same as the original, but distinguished by a '2/' prefix. In this way duplicate battalions, brigades and divisions were created, mirroring those TF formations being sent overseas, and were quickly filled by the flood of volunteers coming forward. Later 3rd Line units were formed to train drafts for the 1st and 2nd Line.
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1011:. The RWF under Maj J.H.Langton, and RE under Maj Love, were ordered to defend the road until all the retreating transport had passed. The pioneers and sappers, later joined by 11th MMG Bty, inflicted huge casualties on the oncoming Germans with machine gun and rifle fire. By the end of the day the 4th RWF and rest of the division were in High Wood, scene of its battle in 1916, and then pulled back to
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intended concerted attack was disrupted, and although the brigades recaptured most of the lost ground they were isolated in the dark. However the relief of the exhausted Indian Corps was successfully completed next day. The front in the
Givenchy area was never at rest: 1st Division (already weak after the intense fighting in the autumn of 1914) was subjected to constant low-level
1061:). 4th Royal Welch Fusiliers had the task of clearing St Pierre Vaast Wood during the latter attack. The division went forward again on 5 and 6 September against limited opposition, the 4th RWF quickly following up to make tracks across the old Somme battlefield for the guns and wheeled vehicles. They ended this phase of the offensive constructing crossings over the
750:(RE) in tasks ranging from trench digging and wiring, to road making, while remaining fighting soldiers. The men received extra pay and the battalion transport was augmented to carry the necessary tools and equipment. The preparations for Loos involved heavy labour for working parties, infantry as well as pioneers and RE, in carrying forward and emplacing
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Company got into one corner of the wood and silenced one machine gun, but no further advance was possible. The two companies suffered casualties of 9 officers and 65 other ranks (ORs) killed, 2 officers and 81 ORs wounded. Elsewhere, 47th
Division's weak battalions held off German attacks until they were relieved at the end of the day.
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ordered to occupy the Metz Switch Line as a flank guard. The trenches in this line were only half-dug and there was little wire. That night (22/23 March) the whole division fell back to the Metz Switch, but the village of Fins on the flank was already occupied by the enemy: a company of 4th RWF with
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in the case of the North Wales
Brigade) by 11 August. On that date TF units were invited to volunteer for Overseas Service and on 15 August the War Office issued instructions to separate those men who had signed up for Home Service only, and form these into reserve units. On 31 August, the formation
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December 1888 proposed a more comprehensive Mobilisation Scheme for Volunteer units, which would assemble in their own brigades at key points in case of war. In peacetime these brigades provided a structure for collective training. Under this scheme the Volunteer Battalions of the RWF formed part
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for training. In July the battalions were reorganised and the Home
Service-only men were transferred to Provisional units. By November the 2nd Line battalions were so weak that their establishment was reduced to 600 men. Late in 1915 the 68th (2nd W) Division's battalions handed over their Japanese
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Division returned to the line on 5 October, holding off German counter-attacks on 8 October. 1/4th Royal Welch Fusiliers was loaned back to 1st Division for pioneer work for a week before that division made another unsuccessful attack on 13 October; 47th Division then relieved 1st Division and
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at dawn next day. By 04.00 on 6 April A and B Companies 4th RWF were drawn up along the railway bank. They attacked at 05.55: 'No troops could have deployed better or advanced more steadily under such intense fire, and the leadership of the officers could not have been excelled'. Two platoons of A
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was carried out. For one raid on 4 November, two infantry battalions each sent two companies out of the line for training beforehand, leaving the trenches manned by a composite battalion under the command of Maj T.O. Bury of 1/4th RWF, who carried out the preparations including cutting gaps in the
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deeper under the
Hairpin, and the garrison was reduced. On 30 December the German mine was blown, and the Hairpin was lost. The division returned to relieve the French at Loos on 4 January. In a few weeks the 1/4th RWF dug a tunnel under the Loos Crassier, providing a covered route for the exposed
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formed during the Battle of Loos, with a heavy workload for the pioneers. A local German attack forced the
Londoners out of Essex Trench, threatening a position known as The Hairpin. The RWF set to work digging Russian saps towards it for a counter-attack, but the experienced Welsh miners detected
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47th Division formed the southern pivot of the attack. Forty minutes before the assault went in on 25 September, the RE released the gas cloud, supplemented by a smokescreen released by one company of the 1/4th RWF. The rest of the battalion was in divisional reserve at North Maroc, apart from the
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at 07.30, when it rested, and then moved to the counter-attack soon after noon. The battalions passed through the Indian troops, but were delayed by waterlogged ground and machine gun fire, and it was almost dark when they reached Givenchy, which had just been evacuated by a British battalion. The
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when it was instead ordered to take part in the final operations on the Western Front. It went back into the line on 2 October to keep touch with the retreating Germans, and advanced across Aubers Ridge that day. As the division advanced over succeeding days, dealing with rearguards, the pioneers
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in support. However, Fifth Army was collapsing and 47th Division, with its flank open, was obliged to fall back from Welsh Ridge to prepared positions along Highland Ridge. Next day the division drove back repeated attacks against Highland Ridge, but the right flank was still open and 4th RWF was
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was launched the next day. On the night of 28/29 November it arrived at Bourlon Wood, where fighting was continuing. On arrival the division's infantry found the frontline trenches barely 4 feet (1.2 m) deep, and they had less than 24 hours to deepen them, add firesteps and wire, while being
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47th Division was rested for the remainder of the month, but on 29 December the 1/4th RWF and RE were sent up to the front to prepare for the division's return to the Flesquières sector between 4 and 10 January 1918. A small salient was abandoned on the night of 14/15 January, which entailed the
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behind the division. Casualties had been heavy among the defending troops, but on 47th Division's front the attackers were driven back. On 2 December the division attacked to regain the dominating high ground in front of Bourlon Wood. During this period 1/4th RWF carried ammunition up across the
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Canal. In the weeks leading up to the attack on 7 June the division had carried out preparations, including digging new trenches and establishing ration and ammunition dumps. Aided by a series of huge mines, the attack went well, the only hold-up being at a strongpoint known as the 'Spoil Bank'.
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swept away the Home/Foreign service distinction, and all TF soldiers became liable for overseas service, if medically fit. The Provisional Brigades thus became anomalous, and on 1 January 1917 the remaining battalions became numbered battalions of their parent units: 47th Provisional Bn became
1015:. The gap to the right had been filled, and the division was able to hold its positions throughout 25 March. However, a gap now appeared on the division's left flank, and the 4th RWF, RE and 11th MMG Bty were once again posted as a flank guard. The division to the left had retired behind the
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decided that one company 116 strong could be recruited from the volunteer battalions of any infantry regiment that had a regular battalion serving in South Africa. The RWF VBs accordingly raised a service company that joined the 1st Battalion and earned the volunteer battalions their first
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After the 3rd Line TF battalions were formed in May 1915 the remaining Home Service and unfit men were separated to form brigades of Coast Defence Battalions (termed Provisional Battalions from June 1915). The men from the four TF battalions of the Royal Welch Fusiliers were formed into
746:(a TF formation). The divisional historian believed that the battalion had been chosen for this specialist role because of the high proportion of Welsh miners among the remaining original personnel. The role of the pioneer battalion was to provide working parties to assist the divisional
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In early 1918 the BEF was extensively reorganised to deal with a severe manpower shortage. Pioneer battalions adopted a three-company establishment, with 1/4th RWF completing the reorganisation on 27 February. It became simply 4th RWF when the 2/4th battalion was disbanded in March
657:, but this was subsequently cancelled. Training was interrupted by periods spent digging trenches for the East Coast defences. 1/4th Battalion's offer of overseas service had been accepted, and the battalion left the Welsh Division on 5 November, travelled to France, and joined
1709:(Force 135) and its units were posted away. By 15 August most of 38th Division's personnel had been drafted as reinforcements to 21st Army Group, and it was dispersed. The 8th (Denbighshire) Battalion, RWF, was placed in suspended animation on 13 September 1944 at Park Camp.
1883:. The RWF contributed A (RWF) Company at Wrexham with a platoon at Queensferry, and D (RWF) Company at Colwyn Bay with a platoon at Carnarfon, and continued to wear their RWF cap badges. The Royal Welsh became the 3rd Battalion of the amalgamated regiment of Wales, the
1187:, which began to assemble at Northampton in April 1915. It replaced the 53rd (W) Division at Bedford in July. Training was made difficult by the lack of arms and equipment, and the need to supply drafts to the 1st Line units. At first the men were issued with obsolete
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On 3 August 1914 the Welsh Division's infantry brigades were at their annual camps when all training was cancelled and the battalions were ordered back to their HQs; war was declared next day. On 5 August they mobilised, and had concentrated at their war stations (at
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on 22 August. There was some confusion among the young soldiers and the division did not achieve its objectives beyond 'Happy Valley', which had to be completed two days later. The battle became one of movement against rearguards until methodical attacks behind
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were rushed to strengthen this end of the line. During the fighting of 23 March the open right flank of 47th Division was held by just two companies of 4th RWF as the division slowly fell back over Léchelle aerodrome. By dawn on 24 March it was in line between
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47th Division now had three quiet months, resting and then holding a quiet sector of the line, which gave the battalions time to absorb the hundreds of 18-year-old recruits they were sent to fill up their ranks. It tied down German divisions when the Allied
1979:, stands at the junction of Bodhyfryd and Chester roads in Wrexham. A memorial plaque to the World War I dead of the 4th (Denbighshire) Battalion was erected at the Poyser Street drill hall, and was later moved to the Barracks Drill Hall in Wrexham.
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When the TA was reconstituted on 1 January 1947, 4th (Denbighshire) Bn RWF was reformed at Poyser Street and re-absorbed the 8th Bn. It continued as part of 158 (Royal Welch Fusiliers) Infantry Brigade. The battalion had the following organisation:
1077:, where it fought its way through some of the surrounding forts. The Germans evacuated the city and the division marched through it next day. After the orders to move to Italy were finally cancelled, the division accompanied Third Army's commander,
851:) brought heavy casualties for little gain. Conditions for the RE and pioneers making roads and communications trenches across the heavily shelled ground after each forward bound were very bad. The much-weakened division was withdrawn on 9 October.
1967:. In 1925 TA battalions were allowed to add the battle honours of their parent regiments; in addition the RWF battalions were granted the privilege of wearing the regiment's back flash (five black ribbons below the back of the collar).
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1573:. However, 53rd (W) Division was engaged in heavy fighting to cross the Junction Canal and then clear the Wilhelmina Canal on XXX Corps' left flank. After the failure at Arnhem, the division continued to push forwards in
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of 1881 took Cardwell's reforms further, and the Volunteers were formally affiliated to their local Regular regiment, the 1st Denbighshire becoming a volunteer battalion of the RWF on 1 July 1881; it was redesignated
985:, but the division was heavily shelled and later in the day the Germans attacked behind a smoke screen and gained one or two isolated positions before being driven out. 4th Royal Welch Fusiliers was brought up from
1698:. However, at the end of the year it was placed on a lower establishment, as a static coast defence formation with no prospect of active service overseas. It spent 1942–43 in various locations in Southern England.
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1019:, and 47th Division was ordered to withdraw during the night of 25/26 March to conform. Once across the Ancre the weak and exhausted division was finally relieved, taking up a reserve defence line in the rear.
1533:. On 30 August 53rd (W) Division was motoring forward with an open flank, but ran into a lot of scattered opposition. The Somme was crossed on 1 September. Opposition stiffened as the division pushed through
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was immense. The narrow-gauge tramway up to the Bluff was frequently broken by enemy shellfire, requiring work by the battalion's breakdown gangs. Lieutenant-Colonel Hawkes of 1/4th RWF acted as commander of
714:. The infantry advanced at 05.30 when the preliminary artillery bombardment entered its intense phase. On 3rd Bde's front, 1/4th RWF was in support in the second line. As the leading companies left their
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sector, including 'The Bluff'. Here it took part in regular raids and crater fighting for a number of months, but the labour for 1/4th RWF involved in maintaining and draining trenches, breastworks,
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While the sub-districts were later referred to as 'brigades', they were purely administrative organisations and the Volunteers were excluded from the 'mobilisation' part of the Cardwell system. The
1483:, losing some ground and suffering heavy casualties. Following these casualties, the three RWF battalions of 158th Bde were split up across the division, with 4th RWF transferring on 4 August to
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1026:). The attack was made after an intense bombardment, and fighting went on all day, with reserves fed in progressively. 4th Royal Welch Fusiliers moved up during the afternoon in support of
1682:, the 2nd Line duplicate of 53rd (Welsh) Division. The division was still forming when war was declared and only assumed full control of its units on 18 September. It remained training in
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as its objective. The infantry rushed the village but failed to make good the Flers line beyond, which it was intended to consolidate. A renewed attack on 7 October (part of III Corps'
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The 3/4th (Denbighshire) Bn formed at Wrexham on 25 March 1915. It was redesignated as 4th (Reserve) (Denbighshire) Bn, RWF, on 8 April 1916 and on 1 September 1916 it absorbed the
1529:. 15th (Scottish) Division seized bridgeheads on 27 August, and because the armour was not ready it was 53rd (W) Division that led the advance out of the bridgehead towards the
1081:, on his ceremonial entry into Lille on 28 October, with 4th RWF in the march-past. The division resumed its place in the Line on 31 October and took up positions along the
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1276:. In March 1916 the Provisional Brigades were concentrated along the South and East Coast of England. The units of 4th Provisional Brigade moved from their home depots to
1475:. 53rd (Welsh) Division captured Cahier, but only held onto it with difficulty against heavy enemy counter-attacks. After 'Goodwood' had failed to break through south of
907:(31 July–2 August) and spending two periods holding the line (18 August–2 September and 8–17 September), described as 'among the most unpleasant in its experience'.
1604:, which had been rushed back from the UK to reinforce the northern flank of the 'Bulge'. It later recaptured much of the lost ground despite enemy counter-attacks.
1631:, XXX Corps' commander, as 'one of the most unpleasant weeks of the war'. 4th Battalion suffered partiocularly badly at Goch. Having cleared the west bank of the
1479:, 53rd (W) Division relieved 15th (S) Division at the le Bon Repos crossroads during the night of 19/20 July. On 21 July the position came under heavy attack by
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1328:(TA) the following year. As before, the reformed 4th (Denbighshire) Bn RWF was in 158th (Royal Welch) Bde in 53rd (Welsh) Division. In the 1920s a number of
1304:. Part of these units' role was physical conditioning to render men fit for drafting overseas. The battalion as a whole never served overseas: it moved to
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When the breakout from the Normandy beachhead began in early August, XII Corps began pushing south, with 53rd (W) Division clearing the east bank of the
1030:. The battalion was now the only reserve remaining to the divisional commander, and he released it to 142nd Bde for a counter-attack to be made against
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for the invasion forces earmarked for Operation Overlord. This ended on 4 July, when brigade HQ became the planning staff for the re-occupation of the
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helped repair roads and bridges to allow guns and supplies to keep pace with the advance. 47th Division was relieved on 17 October and moved to
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they came under immediate machine gun fire and suffered heavy casualties, though they more or less reached their intended jumping-off line in
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1986:. The replacement set, presented in 1954 and later carried by the 3rd (V) Bn, TAVR, were also laid up in St Giles's on 5 September 1976.
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and was working its way through the canal area west of Lille. By 6 September 21 Army Group's advance had been halted at the lines of the
936:, before the Germans launched a major counter-offensive at 10.00 on 30 November. 1/4th Royal Welch Fusiliers were still marching up from
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742:. 1st Division was allotted a part in this attack, but on 1 September 1915 the 1/4th RWF was transferred to be the Pioneer Battalion in
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1639:. 53rd (Welsh) Division crossed into the bridgehead on 26 March for the breakout, and then continued its advance across Germany to the
722:, and the supporting battalions made some progress. When the artillery lifted, the leading waves attacked, but could not penetrate the
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destruction of numerous dugouts to prevent their use by the enemy. Meanwhile, the defences along the Flesquières ridge were improved.
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opened on 21 March, 47th Division had just relieved another formation in the line on Welsh Ridge and were holding the right flank of
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bypassed this opposition and drove on while 53rd (W) Division stayed to 'mop up'. On 4 September the division cleared
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British wire, fixing guides and making steps for the assaulting troops to use. The raid was highly successful.
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had to repair the heavily damaged trenches. For the next month it held the 'remarkably unpleasant' line of the
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four days later. On the night of 29/30 June the division began moving into 'Scottish Corridor' to relieve the
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68th (2nd Welsh) Division was assigned to Home Defence duties and in November 1915 it joined
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through a series of mergers until finally amalgamating with another Welsh battalion in 1999.
2249:'Militia and Volunteers: Territorial Battalions of the RWF 1908–2008' at RWF Museum Archive.
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In March 47th Division was sent for special training as a counter-attack division. When the
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History of the Great War: Order of Battle of Divisions, Part 3a: New Army Divisions (9–26)
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329:) Denbighshire RVC, formed 12 April 1860; Lt-Col Richard Blackwood-Prce, retired from the
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3954:, London: Macmillan, 1939/Uckfield: Imperial War Museum and Naval & Military, 2009,
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in the front line trenches, as well as digging additional assembly trenches – including
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From 10 March 1944, 115th Bde was given the task of organising 'B' Marshalling Area in
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The 2/4th (Denbighshire) Bn formed at Wrexham on 11 September 1914. It was assigned to
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in TAVR III. The 4th (T) Battalion consisted of HQ at Wrexham and two companies, A at
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on 7 December. It was one of the first TF units to reinforce the hard-pressed Regular
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246:'s auxiliary forces. First raised in 1860, it served as a pioneer battalion with the
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History of the Second World War, United Kingdom Military Series: Victory in the West
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History of the Second World War, United Kingdom Military Series: Victory in the West
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The RWF's regimental memorial for World War I and World War II, a sculpted group by
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on 26 October after five days of hard fighting. It was then moved south to face the
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The BEF spent the summer of 1915 preparing for a much more ambitious offensive: the
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919:. The trenches required considerable maintenance in the winter weather, and active
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Land Forces of Britain, the Empire and Commonwealth – Regiments.org (archive site)
3973:, London: HM Stationery Office, 1947/Imperial War Museum and Battery Press, 1993,
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were authorised for TF battalions, the 4th Bn's carrying the single Battle Honour
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3893:, Vol II, London: Macmillan, 1928/Imperial War Museum & Battery Press, 1995,
3855:, Vol II, London: Macmillan, 1925/Imperial War Museum & Battery Press, 1995,
3761:, London: HM Stationery Office, 1938/Uckfield: Naval & Military Press, 2007,
3731:, London: HM Stationery Office, 1935/Uckfield: Naval & Military Press, 2007,
3716:, London: HM Stationery Office, 1934/Uckfield: Naval & Military Press, 2007,
1623:. This battle saw some of the most bitter fighting of the campaign, amid mud and
1456:, which had battered its way into the enemy lines during the Battle of the Odon (
3870:, Vol I, London: Macmillan, 1927/Imperial War Museum & Battery Press, 1995,
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When the RVCs were consolidated in February 1880 the admin battalion became the
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4158:, London: HM Stationery Office, 1948/Uckfield: Naval and Military Press, 2009,
3813:, London: HM Stationery Office, 1957/Uckfield: Naval & Military Press, 2004
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London: HM Stationery Office, 1937/Uckfield: Naval & Military Press, 2007,
4120:, London: Amalgamated Press, 1922/Uckfield: Naval & Military Press, 2002,
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After a further period of rest, 47th Division was preparing for a move to the
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The BEF launched a prepared offensive on 9 May 1915 with the aim of capturing
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on 20 December, when two brigades of the division were sent up to support the
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1694:. By May 1941 it was in reserve just behind the invasion-threatened coast of
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on the outbreak of war in September 1939. Parts of the division were sent to
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at the end of August 1914, where on 18 November it was warned for service in
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C Company at Caernarfon, with platoon at Bangor (Holyhead platoon disbanded)
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4015:, London: HM Stationery Office, 1968/Uckfield: Naval & Military, 2004,
3996:, London: HM Stationery Office, 1962/Uckfield: Naval & Military, 2004,
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B Company at Colwyn Bay, with platoon at Llandudno (Rhyl platoon disbanded)
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On 19 November the division began marching to the Cambrai front, where the
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9th (Wrexham) Denbighshire RVC, formed June 1861; disbanded in October 1861
4139:, London: Macmillan, 1938/Imperial War Museum & Battery Press, 1992,
4105:, Edinburgh: Blackwood, 1948/Uckfield: Naval & Military Press, 2014,
4056:, London: Samson Books, 1978/Uckfield: Naval & Military Press, 2001,
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HQ Company at Wrexham, absorbed A Company as Recce Platoon at Aberystwyth
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C Company at Connah's Quay and Mold, expanded from elements of A Company
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Royal Welch Fusiliers cleaning their rifles before the attack at Évrecy.
382:) Denbighshire RVC, formed 25 October 1861; disbanded after January 1865
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Titles and Designations of Formations and Units of the Territorial Army
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History of the Great War: Military Operations, France and Belgium, 1916
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History of the Great War: Military Operations, France and Belgium, 1915
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History of the Great War: Military Operations, France and Belgium, 1915
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History of the Great War: Military Operations, France and Belgium, 1914
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Two weeks after the Armistice, 47th Division moved by road back to the
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History of the Great War: Military Operations, France and Belgium 1917
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History of the Great War: Military Operations, France and Belgium 1916
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History of the Great War: Military Operations, France and Belgium 1918
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History of the Great War: Military Operations, France and Belgium 1918
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History of the Great War: Military Operations, France and Belgium 1917
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On 1 July 1999 the 3rd (V) Bn, Royal Welch Fusiliers, and 2nd (V) Bn,
1116:. 4th (Denbighshire) Battalion, RWF, was disembodied on 11 June 1919.
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1510:. 21st Army Group then endeavoured to close the northern side of the
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4224:, Cardiff: Western Mail, 1927/Uckfield: Naval & Military, 2004,
306:) Denbighshire RVC, formed with two companies on 30 June 1860, with
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Battleground Europe: Normandy: Hill 112, Battles of the Odon – 1944
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D Company at Caernarfon, with platoon at Bangor and new platoon at
1565:, XXX Corps' attempt to 'bounce' a succession of bridges as far as
1368:, the 4th formed a duplicate 8th (Denbighshire) Bn on 1 July 1939.
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rifles to the provisional battalions and were issued with some old
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in the small mining and agricultural villages for winter quarters.
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The Fighting Pioneers: the Story of the 7th Durham Light Infantry
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Army Council Instruction 2364 of 17 December 1916 (Appendix 204).
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HQ Company at Wrexham, absorbed the Wrexham elements of A Company
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District, then from 15 May 1943 with XII Corps it became part of
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3774:
Riflemen Form: A Study of the Rifle Volunteer Movement 1859–1908
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Col T.A. Wynne-Edwards, VD, former CO, appointed 28 October 1919
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53rd (Welsh) Division was not involved in the first landings on
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Under the 'Localisation of the Forces' scheme introduced by the
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David Porter's work on Provisional Brigades at Great War Forum.
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The following officers commanded the battalion during the war:
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Brig-Gen Sir James E. Edmonds & Lt-Col R. Maxwell-Hyslop,
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The TF was reformed on 7 February 1920 and reorganised as the
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Distribution of Northern and Southern Armies (Home Defence),
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The Welsh Volunteers was split up on 1 April 1971, and a new
1635:, 21st Army Group stormed across the river on 23/24 March in
1627:, and 53rd (W) Division's experience was described by Lt-Gen
1444:; 158th Bde sailed to Normandy on 20 June 1944 and landed at
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The Germans attempted to renew the offensive on 5 April (the
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A Company at Aberystwyth, formed from elements of D Company
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On returning to mainland Britain, the division served under
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Army Council Instruction 221 of January 1916 (Appendix 18).
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in the Welsh Volunteers as part of TAVR II at Wrexham, and
1747:(TAVR) on 1 April 1967, with the battalion reorganising as
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When the Germans launched a major counter-offensive in the
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and gunners were left in the line supporting 1st Division.
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1st Administrative Battalion, Denbighshire Rifle Volunteers
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Monty's Men: The British Army and the Liberation of Europe
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The uniform of the 1st Volunteer Bn was scarlet with blue
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Formation sign of the 38th (Welsh) Division, World War II.
1658:. It was placed in suspended animation after August 1945.
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Formation sign of the 53rd (Welsh) Division, World War II.
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sector from 1st Division on 11 September. Its role in the
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Battleground Europe: Operation Epsom: Normandy, June 1944
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of the 1st Volunteer Battalion, RWF, and its successors:
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47th Division was not directly involved in the following
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On 14 October 47th Division began moving by train to the
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In August 1916 47th Division moved south to join in the
4103:
The History of the Fifteenth Scottish Division 1939–1945
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France-Hayhurst on MCC Members' Great War Honours Board.
2772:, Vol II, pp. 183–91, 265, 309, 355, 359–60, 363–4, 367.
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and Western Command. On 8 April 1942 it was assigned to
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where it remained until disbanded on 23 September 1919.
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8th August–26th September: The Franco-British Offensive
3916:, Vol I, London: Macmillan,1932/Woking: Shearer, 1986,
1935:
Lt-Col P.R. Davies-Cooke, TD, appointed 23 January 1953
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Royal Welch Fusiliers help to clear air raid damage in
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in September 1917. It was disbanded on 12 June 1919 at
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on 11 November found the battalion at Bizencourt, near
887:, 47th Division was tasked with attacking astride the
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An invasion scare in 1859 led to the emergence of the
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History of the 53rd (Welsh) Division (T.F.) 1914–1918
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Army Council Instructions Issued During December 1916
1219:, Suffolk, for its summer station, and then moved to
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B Company at Gresford, with a drill station at Ruthin
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2nd July 1916 to the End of the Battles of the Somme
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26th September–11th November, The Advance to Victory
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Army Council Instructions Issued During January 1916
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At the outbreak of war 8th RWF had been assigned to
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in time of need. The following units were raised in
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The History of the 47th (London) Division 1914–1919
4072:. Uckfield, East Sussex: Naval and Military Press.
3866:Brig-Gen Sir James E. Edmonds and Capt G.C. Wynne,
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Flintshire & Denbigh Yeomanry at Regiments.org.
1813:In 1986 the companies were reorganised as follows:
1108:began early in 1919 and most units were reduced to
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4th (Denbighshire) Battalion, Royal Welch Fusiliers
539:. The 1st VB was expanded to 11 companies in 1900.
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4th (Denbighshire) Battalion, Royal Welch Fusiliers
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4th (Denbighshire) Battalion, Royal Welch Fusiliers
3194:Western Command 3 September 1939 at Patriot Files.
2011:The Denbighshire subtitle was added in March 1909.
1753:4th (Territorial) Battalion, Royal Welch Fusiliers
689:when it was heavily attacked. 3rd Brigade reached
411:1st Denbighshire Volunteer Rifles button found at
4322:Military units and formations established in 1860
3025:, Vol V, pp. 127–8, 408, 410–11, 413, 538–9, 543.
762:machine guns, which joined a divisional overhead
486:for the Denbighshire Battalion, grouped with the
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2936:, Vol III, pp. 136, 151, 167, 212–5, 251, 262–7.
2346:Denbighshire at Great War Centenary Drill Halls.
1769:3rd (Volunteer) Battalion, Royal Welch Fusiliers
1686:during the early part of the war, then moved to
1471:began on 15 July with XII Corps pushing towards
3572:RWF TA battalions at British Army 1945 onwards.
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1823:B Company at Colwyn Bay, with a new platoon at
1775:HQ Company at Poyser Street Drill Hall, Wrexham
758:– and creating dumps of stores and equipment.
4030:, Vol I, Wakefield: Microform Academic, 1984,
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1428:training for the Allied invasion of Normandy (
1085:. It crossed the river on 9 November, and the
1057:were needed on 31 August and 2 September (the
1048:began on 8 August 1918, then joined in at the
497:1st Volunteer Battalion, Royal Welch Fusiliers
397:) Denbighshire RVC was formed on 6 June 1868.
4317:Military units and formations in Denbighshire
4070:Orders of Battle: Second World War, 1939–1945
4028:Lineage Book of British Land Forces 1660–1978
3901:/Uckfield: Naval & Military Press, 2009,
3878:/Uckfield: Naval & Military Press, 2009,
3827:The Development of the British Army 1899–1914
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1600:) in December 1944, 71st Bde was attached to
1160:Lt-Col W.H. Matthews, DSO, to 24 January 1918
351:) Denbighshire RVC, formed 10 September 1860,
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1464:, guarding the western flank of the attack.
35:4th (Denbighshire) Bn, Royal Welch Fusiliers
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3084:Obituary and photo of France-Hayhurst from
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1865:, redesignation and relocation of C Company
1170:Lt-Col J.H. Langton, DSO, to demobilisation
1154:Lt-Col W.C.W. Hawkes, DSO, to 27 March 1917
3803:Burke's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage,
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3123:68th (2nd W) Division at Long, Long Trail.
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2681:47th (2nd L) Division at Long, Long Trail.
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2589:France-Hayhurst at Cabaret Rouge Cemetery.
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1785:) Company at Colwyn Bay with a platoon at
1300:, and 10th Provisional Brigade became the
1241:7th (Merionethshire & Montgomeryshire)
310:, in command (Williams-Wynn was the local
4312:Rifle Volunteer Corps of the British Army
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1561:XII Corps had a relatively minor role in
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375:) Denbighshire RVC, formed 24 August 1861
3933:Messines and Third Ypres (Passchendaele)
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1793:6th/7th Battalion, Royal Welch Fusiliers
1223:, where it was disbanded in March 1918.
681:The battalion first went into action at
3791:, London: Yale University Press, 2013,
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1364:With the expansion of the TA after the
506:Cap badge of the Royal Welch Fusiliers.
4217:, London: War Office, 7 November 1927.
2436:53rd (W) Division at Long, Long Trail.
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1745:Territorial and Army Volunteer Reserve
1211:. From April 1917 the 2/4th Bn was at
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3709:, London: HM Stationery Office, 1916.
3703:, London: HM Stationery Office, 1916.
3073:France-Hayhurst at A Street Near You.
1911:, former CO, appointed 19 April 1890.
1298:23rd Battalion, Royal Welch Fusiliers
1196:rifles converted to charger loading.
828:to be built round it to link up with
308:Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn, 6th Baronet
210:Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn, 6th Baronet
27:Former Welsh unit of the British Army
7:
1959:, matching that of the RWF. In 1908
1654:saw 4th (Denbighshire) Battalion in
788:In March 1916 the division moved to
4188:, Barnsley: Pen & Sword, 2000,
4173:, Barnsley: Pen & Sword, 2003,
3836:, Barnsley: Pen & Sword, 2015,
1389:53rd (Welsh) Division mobilised in
849:Attacks on the Butte de Warlencourt
389:These units were grouped into the
3776:, Aldershot: Ogilby Trusts, 1982,
1652:German surrender at Lüneburg Heath
1585:Pocket along the west bank of the
1332:were affiliated to the battalion:
1157:Lt-Col C.E. Fitch, to 26 June 1917
448:from 4th and 7th Denbighshire RVCs
25:
4278:Orders of Battle at Patriot Files
4239:, Barnsley: Pen and Sword, 2010,
2914:Cooper, pp. 164, 167, 181–2, 196.
1946:, DSO, appointed 27 November 1961
1783:Flintshire & Denbigh Yeomanry
1749:A Company (Royal Welch Fusiliers)
614:The battalion formed part of the
581:Poyser Street drill hall, Wrexham
553:Poyser Street drill hall, Wrexham
488:23rd Foot (Royal Welch Fusiliers)
446:E Company at Gresford and Chirk –
428:A & B Companies at Wrexham –
404:with the following organisation:
402:1st Denbighshire Rifle Volunteers
358:) Denbighshire RVC formed in 1860
232:1st Denbighshire Rifle Volunteers
37:3rd (V) Bn, Royal Welch Fusiliers
33:1st Denbighshire Rifle Volunteers
3639:6th/7th Bn RWF at Regiments.org.
3617:3rd (V) Bn RWF at Regiments.org.
3149:The National Archives (TNA), Kew
2603:, Vol II, pp.44–5, 48–9, 66, 74.
1537:and Béthune on 3 September, but
71:
54:
4263:Great War Centenary Drill Halls
4258:British Army units from 1945 on
3946:Brig-Gen Sir James E. Edmonds,
3927:Brig-Gen Sir James E. Edmonds,
2878:, Vol II, pp. 60–1, 65, 69, 82.
2759:Cherry, pp. 109–22, 177, 247–9.
1518:, and on 20 August it captured
1412:, Northern Ireland, 7 May 1941.
1181:203rd (2nd North Wales) Brigade
1065:and artillery tracks forwards.
996:No 11 Motor Machine-Gun Battery
880:for a month during the winter.
595:D Company at Love Lane, Denbigh
571:of 1908, the 1st VB became the
4201:The Army and Society 1815–1914
4088:The Army and Society 1815–1914
3021:Edmonds & Maxwell-Hyslop,
2834:, Vol II, pp. 299, 331–6, 352.
1743:The TA was converted into the
1680:38th (Welsh) Infantry Division
1237:6th (Carnarvon & Anglesey)
1227:3/4th (Denbighshire) Battalion
1189:.256-in Japanese Ariska rifles
1175:2/4th (Denbighshire) Battalion
903:, being in reserve during the
804:, taking over the line in the
588:C Company at Llangollen Road,
579:Battalion HQ and A Company at
270:. It continued in the postwar
1:
4288:Royal Welch Fusiliers Museum.
3650:Royal Welsh at Regiments.org.
3454:Buckley, pp. 271–3, 276, 279.
2268:Dunlop, pp. 60–1; Appendix A.
1827:; Prestatyn platoon moved to
841:Battle of the Transloy Ridges
4327:1860 establishments in Wales
4237:Tracing the Rifle Volunteers
3485:Martin, pp. 263, 268, 170–1.
2176:4th Bn RWF at Regiments.org.
1282:64th (2nd Highland) Division
1251:. In March 1918 it moved to
830:50th (Northumbrian) Division
744:47th (1/2nd London) Division
649:The Welsh Division moved to
645:1/4th (Denbighshire) Bn, RWF
113:47th (1/2nd London) Division
3912:Brig-Gen James E. Edmonds,
3889:Brig-Gen James E. Edmonds,
3260:Martin, pp. 51–2, 55, 60–1.
1280:, where it was attached to
1255:, and then in July 1918 to
1243:(Reserve) Bns, RWF, in the
1209:Northern Army (Home Forces)
810:Battle of Flers-Courcelette
667:British Expeditionary Force
563:were subsumed into the new
421:Portable Antiquities Scheme
4343:
4203:, London: Longmans, 1980,
4090:, London: Longmans, 1980,
3432:Martin, pp. 143–50, 173–5.
1932:, appointed 1 January 1947
1879:, were amalgamated as the
1336:Grove Park School, Wrexham
1270:47th Provisional Battalion
1028:142nd (6th London) Brigade
878:141st (5th London) Brigade
824:vetoed this and ordered a
464:H Company at Llangollen –
333:(RA), was commissioned as
248:47th (2nd London) Division
4295:The Territorial Army 1947
4054:British Regiments 1914–18
3562:Collier, Maps 5 & 20.
3476:Horrocks, pp. 246, 250–1.
3179:Titles & Designations
2972:Blaxland, pp. 66–7, 72–4.
2361:Becke, Pt 2a, pp. 117–23.
1984:St Giles' Church, Wrexham
1977:Sir William Goscombe John
1293:Military Service Act 1916
1185:68th (2nd Welsh) Division
953:Line) during the winter.
466:from 9th Denbighshire RVC
460:from 6th Denbighshire RVC
454:from 5th Denbighshire RVC
452:F Company at Gwersyllt –
442:from 3rd Denbighshire RVC
436:from 2nd Denbighshire RVC
430:from 1st Denbighshire RVC
4049:, London: Collins, 1960.
3829:, London: Methuen, 1938.
3805:100th Edn, London, 1953.
3600:Frederick, pp. 352, 354.
3110:Becke, Pt 2b, pp. 83–90.
2650:Becke, Pt 2a, pp. 69–75.
2575:France-Hayhusrt at CWGC.
2420:RWF at Long, Long Trail.
2259:Beckett, pp. 135, 185–6.
1921:, appointed 31 July 1926
1895:The following served as
1647:from 29 April to 1 May.
1645:51st (Highland) Division
1467:Preparatory attacks for
1454:15th (Scottish) Division
1059:Second Battle of Bapaume
839:The next operation, the
575:, organised as follows:
320:Montgomeryshire Yeomanry
45:30 June 1860–1 July 1999
4068:Joslen, H. F. (2003) .
3241:Collier Maps 17 and 20.
3012:Maude, pp. 183, 187–94.
2856:, Vol II, pp. 388, 430.
2548:, Vol II, pp. 7, 19–29.
1905:William Cornwallis-West
1877:Royal Regiment of Wales
1863:Queensferry, Flintshire
1563:Operation Market Garden
1481:10th SS Panzer Division
1274:4th Provisional Brigade
975:German spring offensive
905:Battle of Pilckem Ridge
863:where it went into the
440:D Company at Denbigh –
367:William Cornwallis-West
215:William Cornwallis-West
156:German spring offensive
100:1-3 Infantry battalions
4220:Maj C.H. Dudley Ward,
3994:The Battle of Normandy
3507:, pp. 293, 305–6, 310.
2905:Maude, pp. 110, 112–7.
2484:Becke, Pt 1, pp. 33–8.
2048:Beckett, Appendix VII.
1850:) Company newly raised
1728:B Company at Broughton
1671:
1553:, where it regrouped.
1495:
1413:
1386:
1339:Cadet Unit, 4th Bn RWF
1147:; promoted to command
1087:Armistice with Germany
1046:Hundred Days Offensive
1039:Hundred Days Offensive
601:F Company at Gwersyllt
556:
551:The battalion's HQ at
507:
458:G Company at Ruthin –
424:
166:Hundred Days Offensive
4156:The Battle of Cambrai
4116:Alan H. Maude (ed.),
4013:The Defeat of Germany
3516:Horrocks, pp. 256–60.
3423:, pp. 44, 123–4, 160.
2713:, Vol II, pp. 159–62.
2531:Edmonds & Wynne,
2518:Edmonds & Wynne,
2509:, Vol II, Appendix 4.
1951:Uniforms and insignia
1669:
1662:8th (Denbighshire) Bn
1602:6th Airborne Division
1539:7th Armoured Division
1493:
1407:
1384:
1377:4th (Denbighshire) Bn
1358:Ruabon Grammar School
1352:Ruthin Grammar School
1245:Welsh Reserve Brigade
932:heavily shelled with
901:Third Ypres Offensive
598:E Company at Coedpath
550:
505:
434:C Company at Ruabon–
417:National Museum Wales
410:
260:53rd (Welsh) Division
109:53rd (Welsh) Division
4273:The Long, Long Trail
4150:Capt Wilfred Miles,
4131:Capt Wilfred Miles,
4101:Lt-Gen H.G. Martin,
3825:Col John K. Dunlop,
3525:Martin, pp. 299–300.
3098:Becke, Pt 3a, p. 62.
1965:South Africa 1900–02
1938:Maj-Gen L.H.O.Pugh,
1924:Brig-Gen C.S. Owen,
1881:Royal Welsh Regiment
1734:D Company at Denbigh
1731:C Company at Acrefin
1725:A Company at Wrexham
1163:Lt-Col H. Marshall,
1079:Sir William Birdwood
537:South Africa 1900–02
337:-commandant on 7 May
3494:Buckley, pp. 281–5.
3410:Buckley, pp. 244–5.
3401:Martin, pp. 118–26.
3308:Martin, pp. 65, 73.
3034:Maude, pp. 199–206.
2803:, Vol I, pp. 210–5.
2535:, Vol I, pp. 29–30.
2464:Becke, Pt 2b, p. 6.
2304:Spiers, Chapter 10.
2295:Dunlop, Chapter 14.
1887:, on 1 March 2006.
1613:Operation Veritable
1598:Battle of the Bulge
1302:224th Mixed Brigade
1120:Commanding Officers
1024:Battle of the Ancre
1001:Mesnil-en-Arrouaise
816:S.G. Love, RE, and
728:Battle of Festubert
616:North Wales Brigade
512:Stanhope Memorandum
4199:Edward M. Spiers,
4086:Edward M. Spiers,
4026:J.B.M. Frederick,
3772:Ian F.W. Beckett,
3686:IWM WMR ref 37409.
3675:IWM WMR ref 17816.
3366:Martin, pp. 108–9.
3052:Maude, Appendix C.
3043:Maude, pp. 207–11.
2990:Maude, pp. 167–71.
2981:Maude, pp. 149–67.
2923:Maude, pp. 117–37.
2896:Maude, pp. 104–11.
2887:Maude, pp. 97–103.
2750:Maude, Appendix E.
2700:Cherry, pp. 105–7.
2522:, Vol I, pp. 20–2.
2496:Ward, Appendix II.
2277:Spiers, pp. 228–9.
2210:Spiers, pp. 195–6.
2201:: 'Williams-Wynn'.
2189:Maude, Appendix F.
2088:Frederick, p. 303.
2039:Spiers, pp. 163–8.
1961:Regimental Colours
1848:Home Service Force
1688:North West England
1672:
1575:Operation Pheasant
1520:Bazoches-au-Houlme
1496:
1469:Operation Goodwood
1430:Operation Overlord
1414:
1387:
1343:Rydal Mount School
1100:area where it was
885:Battle of Messines
780:sounds of Germans
557:
508:
425:
316:lieutenant-colonel
284:Volunteer Movement
4245:978-1-84884-211-3
4230:978-1-845740-50-4
4194:978-0-85052-737-7
4111:978-1-78331-085-2
4079:978-1-84342-474-1
4062:978-1-84342-197-9
4052:Brig E.A. James,
3960:978-1-845747-28-2
3941:978-1-845747-23-7
3907:978-1-84574-719-0
3884:978-1-84574-718-3
3842:978-1-47382-348-8
3820:978-1-84574-055-9
3797:978-0-300-13449-0
3539:Joslen, pp. 65–6.
3317:Martin, pp. 76–7.
3219:Joslen, pp. 87–8.
3151:, file WO 33/765.
2945:Maude, pp. 143–4.
2865:Maude, pp. 79–96.
2843:Maude, pp. 69–74.
2812:Maude, pp. 50–60.
2790:Maude, pp. 38–47.
2781:Maude, pp. 28–36.
1917:Col E.L Edwards,
1891:Honorary Colonels
1799:with platoons at
1763:3rd (V) Battalion
1739:4th (T) Battalion
1637:Operation Plunder
1557:North West Europe
1462:Operation Jupiter
1151:, 20 January 1916
1055:Creeping barrages
1013:Bazentin-le-Petit
929:Battle of Cambrai
845:Eaucourt L'Abbaye
606:Rhosllanerchrugog
565:Territorial Force
543:Territorial Force
264:North West Europe
225:
224:
81:Territorial Force
16:(Redirected from
4334:
4252:External sources
4164:978-1-84574724-4
4083:
4007:Maj L.F. Ellis,
3849:James E. Edmonds
3688:
3683:
3677:
3672:
3666:
3661:
3652:
3647:
3641:
3636:
3630:
3625:
3619:
3614:
3601:
3598:
3589:
3580:
3574:
3569:
3563:
3560:
3554:
3551:
3540:
3537:
3526:
3523:
3517:
3514:
3508:
3501:
3495:
3492:
3486:
3483:
3477:
3474:
3468:
3461:
3455:
3452:
3446:
3439:
3433:
3430:
3424:
3417:
3411:
3408:
3402:
3399:
3393:
3386:
3380:
3373:
3367:
3364:
3358:
3351:
3345:
3342:
3331:
3324:
3318:
3315:
3309:
3306:
3300:
3293:
3287:
3280:
3274:
3267:
3261:
3258:
3252:
3249:
3243:
3238:
3232:
3229:
3220:
3217:
3196:
3191:
3182:
3176:
3170:
3167:
3161:
3158:
3152:
3145:
3139:
3134:
3125:
3120:
3111:
3108:
3099:
3096:
3090:
3081:
3075:
3070:
3064:
3059:
3053:
3050:
3044:
3041:
3035:
3032:
3026:
3019:
3013:
3010:
3004:
2997:
2991:
2988:
2982:
2979:
2973:
2970:
2964:
2961:
2955:
2952:
2946:
2943:
2937:
2930:
2924:
2921:
2915:
2912:
2906:
2903:
2897:
2894:
2888:
2885:
2879:
2872:
2866:
2863:
2857:
2850:
2844:
2841:
2835:
2828:
2822:
2821:Maude, pp. 60–7.
2819:
2813:
2810:
2804:
2797:
2791:
2788:
2782:
2779:
2773:
2766:
2760:
2757:
2751:
2748:
2723:
2722:Maude, pp. 25–6.
2720:
2714:
2707:
2701:
2698:
2692:
2689:
2683:
2678:
2651:
2648:
2617:
2610:
2604:
2597:
2591:
2586:
2577:
2572:
2563:
2560:
2549:
2542:
2536:
2529:
2523:
2516:
2510:
2503:
2497:
2494:
2485:
2482:
2465:
2462:
2456:
2453:
2447:
2444:
2438:
2433:
2422:
2417:
2394:
2391:
2362:
2359:
2348:
2343:
2337:
2328:
2319:
2311:
2305:
2302:
2296:
2293:
2287:
2286:Beckett, p. 213.
2284:
2278:
2275:
2269:
2266:
2260:
2257:
2251:
2246:
2211:
2208:
2202:
2196:
2190:
2187:
2178:
2173:
2150:
2149:, various dates.
2144:
2113:
2110:Rifle Volunteers
2106:
2089:
2086:
2049:
2046:
2040:
2037:
2031:
2028:
2012:
2009:
2003:
2000:
1897:Honorary Colonel
1757:Mold, Flintshire
1703:Southern Command
1579:'s-Hertogenbosch
1395:Northern Ireland
1326:Territorial Army
1233:5th (Flintshire)
1167:, to August 1918
1145:Grenadier Guards
1050:Battle of Albert
961:Spring Offensive
492:Childers Reforms
484:Western District
480:Cardwell Reforms
423:FindID: 890666.)
349:Vale of Gresford
272:Territorial Army
75:
60:
58:
57:
30:
21:
4342:
4341:
4337:
4336:
4335:
4333:
4332:
4331:
4302:
4301:
4300:
4293:Graham Watson,
4268:Great War Forum
4254:
4080:
4067:
3809:Basil Collier,
3757:Maj A.F. Becke,
3742:Maj A.F. Becke,
3727:Maj A.F. Becke,
3712:Maj A.F. Becke,
3696:
3691:
3684:
3680:
3673:
3669:
3662:
3655:
3648:
3644:
3637:
3633:
3626:
3622:
3615:
3604:
3599:
3592:
3581:
3577:
3570:
3566:
3561:
3557:
3553:Joslen, p. 307.
3552:
3543:
3538:
3529:
3524:
3520:
3515:
3511:
3502:
3498:
3493:
3489:
3484:
3480:
3475:
3471:
3462:
3458:
3453:
3449:
3445:, pp. 181, 191.
3440:
3436:
3431:
3427:
3418:
3414:
3409:
3405:
3400:
3396:
3387:
3383:
3379:, pp. 467, 470.
3374:
3370:
3365:
3361:
3352:
3348:
3344:Joslen, p. 302.
3343:
3334:
3325:
3321:
3316:
3312:
3307:
3303:
3294:
3290:
3281:
3277:
3268:
3264:
3259:
3255:
3250:
3246:
3239:
3235:
3231:Joslen, p. 346.
3230:
3223:
3218:
3199:
3192:
3185:
3177:
3173:
3168:
3164:
3159:
3155:
3146:
3142:
3135:
3128:
3121:
3114:
3109:
3102:
3097:
3093:
3082:
3078:
3071:
3067:
3060:
3056:
3051:
3047:
3042:
3038:
3033:
3029:
3020:
3016:
3011:
3007:
2998:
2994:
2989:
2985:
2980:
2976:
2971:
2967:
2962:
2958:
2953:
2949:
2944:
2940:
2931:
2927:
2922:
2918:
2913:
2909:
2904:
2900:
2895:
2891:
2886:
2882:
2873:
2869:
2864:
2860:
2851:
2847:
2842:
2838:
2829:
2825:
2820:
2816:
2811:
2807:
2798:
2794:
2789:
2785:
2780:
2776:
2767:
2763:
2758:
2754:
2749:
2726:
2721:
2717:
2708:
2704:
2699:
2695:
2690:
2686:
2679:
2654:
2649:
2620:
2616:, pp. 113, 148.
2611:
2607:
2598:
2594:
2587:
2580:
2573:
2566:
2561:
2552:
2543:
2539:
2530:
2526:
2517:
2513:
2504:
2500:
2495:
2488:
2483:
2468:
2463:
2459:
2454:
2450:
2445:
2441:
2434:
2425:
2418:
2397:
2393:James, p. 67–8.
2392:
2365:
2360:
2351:
2344:
2340:
2329:
2322:
2312:
2308:
2303:
2299:
2294:
2290:
2285:
2281:
2276:
2272:
2267:
2263:
2258:
2254:
2247:
2214:
2209:
2205:
2197:
2193:
2188:
2181:
2174:
2153:
2145:
2116:
2107:
2092:
2087:
2052:
2047:
2043:
2038:
2034:
2029:
2025:
2021:
2016:
2015:
2010:
2006:
2001:
1997:
1992:
1973:
1953:
1893:
1765:
1741:
1715:
1707:Channel Islands
1664:
1559:
1458:Operation Epsom
1438:
1426:21st Army Group
1391:Western Command
1379:
1374:
1322:
1265:
1229:
1177:
1122:
1114:Shoreham-by-Sea
1041:
991:Metz-en-Couture
963:
946:Hindenburg Line
913:
857:
802:Somme Offensive
798:
772:
748:Royal Engineers
736:
704:
679:
647:
633:
628:
569:Haldane Reforms
567:(TF) under the
545:
524:Second Boer War
331:Royal Artillery
280:
278:Volunteer Force
228:
217:
212:
205:
111:
77:Volunteer Force
55:
53:
36:
34:
28:
23:
22:
15:
12:
11:
5:
4340:
4338:
4330:
4329:
4324:
4319:
4314:
4304:
4303:
4299:
4298:
4290:
4285:
4280:
4275:
4270:
4265:
4260:
4253:
4250:
4249:
4248:
4235:Ray Westlake,
4233:
4218:
4212:
4197:
4184:Tim Saunders,
4182:
4169:Tim Saunders,
4167:
4148:
4129:
4114:
4099:
4084:
4078:
4065:
4050:
4043:Brian Horrocks
4039:
4024:
4005:
3982:
3963:
3944:
3925:
3910:
3887:
3864:
3845:
3830:
3823:
3806:
3800:
3787:John Buckley,
3785:
3770:
3755:
3740:
3725:
3710:
3704:
3697:
3695:
3692:
3690:
3689:
3678:
3667:
3653:
3642:
3631:
3620:
3602:
3590:
3575:
3564:
3555:
3541:
3527:
3518:
3509:
3496:
3487:
3478:
3469:
3456:
3447:
3434:
3425:
3412:
3403:
3394:
3392:, pp. 6, 12–3.
3381:
3368:
3359:
3346:
3332:
3319:
3310:
3301:
3288:
3275:
3262:
3253:
3244:
3233:
3221:
3197:
3183:
3171:
3162:
3153:
3140:
3126:
3112:
3100:
3091:
3076:
3065:
3054:
3045:
3036:
3027:
3014:
3005:
2992:
2983:
2974:
2965:
2963:Maude, p. 147.
2956:
2947:
2938:
2925:
2916:
2907:
2898:
2889:
2880:
2867:
2858:
2845:
2836:
2823:
2814:
2805:
2792:
2783:
2774:
2761:
2752:
2724:
2715:
2702:
2693:
2684:
2652:
2618:
2605:
2592:
2578:
2564:
2550:
2537:
2524:
2511:
2498:
2486:
2466:
2457:
2448:
2439:
2423:
2395:
2363:
2349:
2338:
2320:
2317:20 March 1908.
2315:London Gazette
2306:
2297:
2288:
2279:
2270:
2261:
2252:
2212:
2203:
2191:
2179:
2151:
2114:
2090:
2050:
2041:
2032:
2022:
2020:
2017:
2014:
2013:
2004:
1994:
1993:
1991:
1988:
1972:
1969:
1952:
1949:
1948:
1947:
1936:
1933:
1922:
1915:
1912:
1892:
1889:
1873:
1872:
1869:
1866:
1859:
1852:
1851:
1844:
1834:
1831:
1821:
1818:
1808:
1807:
1789:
1779:
1776:
1764:
1761:
1740:
1737:
1736:
1735:
1732:
1729:
1726:
1723:
1714:
1711:
1663:
1660:
1629:Brian Horrocks
1558:
1555:
1437:
1434:
1378:
1375:
1373:
1370:
1362:
1361:
1355:
1349:
1340:
1337:
1321:
1318:
1264:
1263:23rd Battalion
1261:
1228:
1225:
1221:Great Yarmouth
1176:
1173:
1172:
1171:
1168:
1161:
1158:
1155:
1152:
1133:George Pereira
1129:
1121:
1118:
1106:Demobilisation
1040:
1037:
962:
959:
921:Trench raiding
912:
909:
856:
853:
797:
794:
785:support line.
771:
770:Winter 1915–16
768:
740:Battle of Loos
735:
732:
703:
700:
696:Trench warfare
678:
675:
646:
643:
632:
629:
627:
624:
620:Welsh Division
612:
611:
608:
602:
599:
596:
593:
586:
583:
544:
541:
499:in June 1884.
469:
468:
462:
456:
450:
444:
438:
432:
387:
386:
383:
376:
369:
359:
352:
345:
338:
323:
279:
276:
226:
223:
222:
220:George Pereira
207:
201:
200:
196:
195:
194:
193:
192:
191:
186:
181:
170:
169:
168:
163:
158:
153:
148:
143:
138:
133:
120:
116:
115:
106:
102:
101:
98:
94:
93:
88:
84:
83:
69:
65:
64:
62:United Kingdom
51:
47:
46:
43:
39:
38:
26:
24:
14:
13:
10:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
4339:
4328:
4325:
4323:
4320:
4318:
4315:
4313:
4310:
4309:
4307:
4297:
4296:
4291:
4289:
4286:
4284:
4281:
4279:
4276:
4274:
4271:
4269:
4266:
4264:
4261:
4259:
4256:
4255:
4251:
4246:
4242:
4238:
4234:
4231:
4227:
4223:
4219:
4216:
4213:
4210:
4209:0-582-48565-7
4206:
4202:
4198:
4195:
4191:
4187:
4183:
4180:
4179:0-85052-954-9
4176:
4172:
4168:
4165:
4161:
4157:
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4149:
4146:
4145:0-89839-169-5
4142:
4138:
4134:
4130:
4127:
4126:1-84342-205-0
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2455:Ward, p. 11.
2451:
2446:Ward, p. 10.
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1673:
1649:
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1577:, capturing
1560:
1551:Escaut Canal
1547:Albert Canal
1524:
1497:
1466:
1439:
1415:
1388:
1372:World War II
1363:
1323:
1297:
1290:
1269:
1266:
1230:
1198:
1178:
1149:47th Brigade
1123:
1095:
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1042:
1021:
972:
967:
964:
955:
926:
914:
898:
882:
858:
838:
826:retrenchment
799:
787:
773:
760:
756:Russian saps
737:
708:Aubers Ridge
705:
702:Aubers Ridge
687:Indian Corps
680:
663:1st Division
648:
634:
631:Mobilisation
618:of the TF's
613:
572:
558:
536:
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509:
496:
477:
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388:
292:Denbighshire
288:British Army
281:
268:World War II
244:British Army
242:unit of the
235:
231:
229:
173:World War II
131:Aubers Ridge
105:Part of
4154:, Vol III,
4047:A Full Life
4041:Lt-Gen Sir
2112:, pp. 57–8.
1885:Royal Welsh
1805:Aberystwyth
1684:South Wales
1512:Falaise Gap
1508:Mont Pinçon
1360:Cadet Corps
1354:Cadet Corps
1330:Cadet Corps
1253:Kinmel Camp
1213:Henham Park
1194:Lee–Enfield
1032:Aveluy Wood
1017:River Ancre
951:Flesquières
938:Bertincourt
934:Mustard gas
871:and trench
724:barbed wire
716:breastworks
710:, north of
659:3rd Brigade
651:Northampton
626:World War I
296:North Wales
256:World War I
125:World War I
119:Engagements
4306:Categories
4135:, Vol II,
4011:, Vol II:
3986:L.F. Ellis
3950:, Vol IV,
3931:, Vol II,
3694:References
3326:Saunders,
3282:Saunders,
3269:Saunders,
3086:The Sphere
2108:Westlake,
1797:Caernarfon
1641:River Elbe
1609:Reichswald
1587:River Maas
1500:River Orne
1450:Gold Beach
1446:La Rivière
1347:Colwyn Bay
1314:Lancashire
1217:Halesworth
1201:First Army
983:Fifth Army
979:Third Army
818:Lieutenant
790:Vimy Ridge
561:Volunteers
528:War Office
520:Black Week
395:Llangollen
206:commanders
199:Commanders
184:Reichswald
3992:, Vol I:
3969:, Vol V,
3357:, p. 408.
3299:, p. 334.
2999:Edmonds,
2874:Edmonds,
2799:Edmonds,
2768:Edmonds,
2709:Edmonds,
2612:Edmonds,
2599:Edmonds,
2544:Edmonds,
2505:Edmonds,
2147:Army List
1990:Footnotes
1971:Memorials
1825:Llandudno
1787:Prestatyn
1692:III Corps
1676:115th Bde
1535:La Bassée
1506:captured
1504:XXX Corps
1422:XII Corps
1418:III Corps
1310:Aldingham
1286:Mundesley
1257:Herne Bay
1005:Rocquigny
968:see below
942:Trescault
822:III Corps
806:High Wood
712:La Bassée
559:When the
356:Gwersyllt
314:and also
141:High Wood
3583:Watson,
3377:Normandy
3355:Normandy
3328:Hill 112
3297:Normandy
3286:, p. 47.
3284:Hill 112
2331:Conrad,
2030:Beckett.
1842:Anglesey
1838:Holyhead
1594:Ardennes
1549:and the
1502:, while
1485:71st Bde
1436:Normandy
1399:VI Corps
1320:Interwar
1249:Oswestry
1102:billeted
987:Léchelle
883:For the
873:tramways
683:Givenchy
677:Givenchy
590:Acrefair
473:Wynnstay
380:Llanrwst
238:, was a
234:, later
179:Normandy
146:Messines
91:Infantry
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