576:. Despite the continuing shortage of ammunition, the plan this time was for a long methodical bombardment. On 13 and 14 May the field guns carried out three two-hour deliberate bombardments each day, attacking the wire with slow observed fire or keeping the enemy communication trenches under fire. At night they carried out intermittent bombardments of the communication trenches and defences, to stop supplies being brought up and to prevent repairs being carried out. The guns fired about 100 rounds per day. During 15 May feint bombardments mimicking the moment of assault were carried out, but the actual attack was made after dark with some success. The fighting went on for several days, and 47th (2nd L) Division made its own first attack on the night of 25 May. The leading brigade captured the German front and support trenches, but was then pinned down by accurate German artillery fire and could advance no further. This effectively ended the battle. The heavy rate of fire during the battle was too much for the old 15-pdrs: by 26 May, 11 out of 36 guns in the division were out of action.
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1010:) on 6 November. The attacking brigades moved forwards at 03.30 with the artillery, which began wire-cutting as soon as it was in position. Each 18-pdr battery cut two 10 yards (9.1 m) gaps in the wire by 12.15, and then began a bombardment of the enemy trench as the attack went in against heavy fire. The field guns then lifted onto the works in the second line. The whole defensive position was in the division's hands by 14.00 and it pushed patrols ahead towards Sheria and its water supply. Sheria was captured at daybreak the following morning, without artillery preparation, but afterwards there was heavy fighting, and several Turkish counter-attacks were broken up by the field guns. The infantry brigade groups continued their advance the following day, supported by their artillery groups (Fergusson's Group supporting 181st Bde in the Right Column), and entered
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communications were cut by the box barrage. During the night the gun pits were shelled with gas, but on 22 May the artillery duel began to swing towards the
British, with fresh batteries brought in, despite their shortage of ammunition. A system of 'one round strikes' was introduced: whenever a German battery was identified every gun in range fired one round at it, which effectively suppressed them. British counter-attacks were attempted, but when the fighting died down the Germans had succeeded in capturing the British front line. Throughout their stay in the Vimy sector the batteries suffered heavily from German CB fire.
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782:. CCXXXVII Brigade's headquarters was abolished on 29 November, and the brigade ceased to exist for the rest of the war. However, the 7th Londons' war memorial in Fulham includes those later battles on the Western Front in which the two successor batteries were engaged. Lord Gorell was mortally wounded on 15 January 1917 when acting as FOO for his battery. 'A pre-war Territorial officer of high professional attainments, and at times almost reckless courage, his loss was universally mourned'.
1049:; an encirclement was chosen, to avoid attacking the city itself. The surprise attack began on 8 December without artillery support; once progress had been made the batteries were to move up and come under command of the brigade groups. The going was tough for the gun teams, but CCCII Bde got though and eventually came into action within close rifle range of the enemy. C (H) Battery, together with C (H)/CCCI Bty, came up through Qalonye and supported
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986:. In the weeks leading up to the attack artillery officers had regularly ridden close to the Beersheba defences to reconnoitre, often under fire. Concentration for the attack was carried out under cover of darkness, beginning on 20/21 October and completed on 28/29 October. The divisional artillery was divided into Right and Left groups corresponding to the two attacking brigades; CCCII Bde was part of Left Group supporting
1272:, Fulham, by separating 255 (20th London) and 256 (17th London) Btys (it was officially given the '7th London' subtitle in 1942). Field regiments were now organised as Regimental HQ (RHQ) and two batteries each of 12 guns. These were 18-pounders of First World War pattern, though now equipped with pneumatic tyres and towed by motorised gun tractors. There was a programme to replace the 18-pdr barrels with that of the new
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of these 2nd Line units would be the same as the original, but distinguished by a '2/' prefix. In this way duplicate batteries, brigades and divisions were created, mirroring those TF formations being sent overseas. Eventually these too were prepared for overseas service and 3rd Line reserve units were formed to produce reinforcement drafts to the others. The duplicate 2/VII London
Brigade was formed in September 1914.
1841:(1st AGRA) a new kind of formation developed by the gunnery tacticians as powerful artillery brigades, usually comprising three medium regiments and one heavy regiment, which could be rapidly moved about the battlefield, and had the punch to destroy enemy artillery. The first AGRA HQs had been formed in August 1942 and officially sanctioned in November in time for Torch. 1st AGRA came into action in February 1943 on
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1563:). When the offensive opened on 25 August 1944, V Corps was still moving up, and 56th (L) Division was its reserve, but its artillery was sent on ahead to strengthen the Corps artillery. Once the Corps had broken into the German positions, 56th (L) Division was used to widen the breach on 1 September, and then on 3 September to lead the pursuit, taking Monte Maggiore before opposition increased at the
1172:) went in at 04.30 on 19 September behind an intense artillery bombardment. As soon as the barrage programme was complete, the artillery moved up behind the infantry, who had gained their first objectives. The division then continued its advance as the Turks streamed away in retreat. The 60th Division advanced for the next three days against enemy rearguards until it ran ahead of its supplies.
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preparation. The division did attack during the second phase of the offensive (8/9 May), but it captured its objectives by night attacks without preliminary artillery fire. A further advance was made by the division on 15 May, but the rest of the offensive having come to a standstill it was called off on 24 May. On 1 June 1917 the division was marched back to
Salonika to embark for
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1780:, on 2 January 1940 from the cadre provided the previous month by 64th (7th London) Field Rgt. It was formed of four batteries, A, B, C and D, which were redesignated P, Q, R and S respectively on 11 March 1942. The regiment never received the '7th London' subtitle, but was included on the 7th Londons' regimental war memorial after WWII. In May 1940 it was photographed at
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lifted, and taking the hill in 10 minutes. As soon as new OPs had been established on the hill the batteries galloped forward over the stony ground to begin wire-cutting on the main
Turkish position. The general advance was resumed at 12.15 and 181st Bde captured its objectives easily. By 13.00 the whole of the defence works were in British hands, and that evening the
1057:; the hill was carried with great dash at the point of the bayonet. The division consolidated its gains that evening. The advance was resumed the following morning and the infantry fought their way into the suburbs of Jerusalem; there was little the artillery could do to support them. The Turks evacuated the city and the following morning the mayor and civic leaders
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738:(DSO) for this work. Casualties among the exposed guns and gunners took their toll, but a German counter-attack was broken up by gunfire. Next day the division fought to consolidate its positions round the captured 'Cough Drop' strongpoint. When the infantry were relieved on 19 September the artillery remained in the line under 1st Division.
893:(Salonika), where the four-gun establishment was still in force, and the batteries reverted to their original organisation; the BAC was also reformed. Once the brigade was in Macedonia, the six-gun battery establishment was introduced there as well, and this time C Bty was broken up to bring A and B Btys up to six guns each.
648:) at Calonne, no more than 300 yards (270 m) from the front line, from where it could shoot laterally at the railway triangle east of Loos. 'Although searched for by every type of missile, including trench-mortar bombs, the gun remained in action for several weeks, until the battery left the neighbourhood'.
2115:, together with the regiment's own memorials. The 1914-18 memorial (carrying 139 names) include battle honours for the Western Front after 1/VII Bde had formally ceased to exist, and those for 2/VII Bde in Palestine. The 64th Field, 117th Field and 56th Heavy regiments are all included on the 1939-45 memorial.
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the following day, accompanied by unusually heavy support from field artillery, the whole artillery in VI Corps brought down a pre-emptive counter-preparation programme. Although this was too late to catch the German troops as they formed up, the attack made no real impression on the Allied defences.
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was being conducted by both sides underground. In May the
Germans secretly assembled 80 batteries in the sector and on 21 May carried out a heavy bombardment in the morning; the bombardment resumed at 15.00 and an assault was launched at 15.45, while the guns lifted onto the British guns and fired a
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into Zouave Valley to seal the attacked sector off from support. 47th
Divisional Artillery reported 150 heavy shells an hour landing on its poorly-covered battery positions and guns being put out of action, while its own guns tried to respond to SOS calls from the infantry under attack, though most
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next day, but the results at the
Hohenzollern were so disappointing that the operation was cancelled. The division took over the line and the artillery was in constant action over the following weeks. On 6 November 1915 the batteries of 1/VII London Bde were re-equipped with modern 18-pounders, for
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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 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
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using strong artillery support (400 rounds per gun were supplied for the division's 25-pounders). The attack on the night of 17/18 January 1944 was successful and by morning the leading battalions were across and attacking with plenty of artillery support. The division began its breakout from the
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was launched, with tank support for the first time. The barrage fired by the divisional artillery left lanes through which the tanks could advance. However, the tanks proved useless in the tangled tree stumps of High Wood, and the artillery could not bombard the German front line because No man's
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on the
Fiumicino river, supported by a 90-minute barrage fired by the heavily reinforced divisional artillery. Nevertheless, the attack failed, as did attempts to renew it on 29/30 September and 1 October. Later in October, the badly weakened 56th (L) Division was relieved in the line. While the
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It was only in the autumn of 1940 that the RA began producing enough battery staffs to start the process of changing regiments from a two-battery to a three-battery organisation. (Three 8-gun batteries were easier to handle, and it meant that each infantry battalion in a brigade could be closely
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in the line on 14 July, with the artillery moving into position over the next three nights. The line held was facing the same strong German positions along Vimy Ridge that 47th (2nd L) Division had faced, and there was constant mine warfare and trench raiding. The artillery was mostly engaged in
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improving the track north of Wadi ed Sabe for the artillery, which was in position by 01.30. At dawn the guns began to bombard Hill 1070, pausing at 07.00 to let the smoke and dust clear. At 08.30 the guns switched from wire-cutting to intensive bombardment, 181st Bde moving forward as the guns
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to suppress the defenders) and they found that the wire was inadequately cut and the breastworks barely touched. The inexperienced artillery had failed in all its tasks. A renewed bombardment was ordered from 06.15 to 07.00, but the artillery's forward observation officers (FOOs) were unable to
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sector in preparation for the Allied Spring offensive. Apart from diversionary raids, 60th (2/2nd L) Division took little part in the first part of this operation (8–9 April), most of its batteries being used to reinforce the main attack near Lake Doiran, which required several days' artillery
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Over the next few days the division fought its way forward to extend the beachhead against strong German counter-attacks, and the divisional artillery was heavily engaged in defensive fire (DF) tasks. X Corps began its advance out of the beachhead on the night of 22/23 September with massive
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60th (2/2nd L) Division was then pushed forward into positions from which to defend the captured city. Turkish counter-attacks began on 22 December, and a major attack followed on the night of 26/27 December. This was beaten off and the division took the opportunity to push forward up the
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Road into the hills over the following days. 60th
Divisional Artillery made 'extraordinary exertions' to get its guns up to support attacks that captured the heights of Tahuneh and Shab Salah on 29 December. The Nablus Road defences were then garrisoned, with CCCII Bde in reserve.
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garrisoning a bridgehead at the Wadi el Auja confluence. The Turks attacked the Auja bridgehead on 11 April but were driven off, the artillery observers on the high ground to the west having 'an admirable view'. Later that month the 60th (2/2nd L) Division played its part in the
1887:. For example, it was alongside 56th (L) Division's guns firing in support of 201st Guards Brigade's attack on 'Bare Arse Ridge' on 6 November during the Battle of Monte Camino. It supported 56th (L) Division again during the assault crossing of the Garigliano in January 1944.
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and training was stepped up, despite bad weather and equipment shortages. Brigade and divisional training began in February 1915 and it received its orders for the move to France on 2 March. By 22 March all the batteries had reached the divisional concentration area around
803:, was pleased with their work and promised them the first guns available, it was not until February 1915 that some old 15-pdrs arrived for training. In March 1915 the division took the place of 1/2nd London Division in the St Albans area. At the end of May, now numbered
1089:. 60th (2/2nd L) Division advanced with three brigade groups, each supported by artillery, and worked its way forward between 14 and 21 February over rough country, with Turkish road demolitions needing repair before the guns could get forward. At 02.30 on 21 February
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land was so narrow. Casualties among the attacking infantry were extremely heavy, but they succeeded in capturing High Wood and the gun batteries began to move up in support, crossing deeply-cratered ground. The first to arrive was 1/19th Bty under its commander, Maj
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The 2/2nd London Division came into existence quickly as volunteers rushed to join up. There were no guns or horses for the artillery, but the batteries improvised dummy guns mounted on handcarts, with wooden sights and washing-lines for drag-ropes. Although the
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locate the hidden German machine gun positions, which required a direct hit from an HE shell to be put out of action. The second attack failed as badly as the first, as did two others launched during the afternoon, and the survivors were pinned down in
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through October. By now the gun lines were crowded together in deep mud, guns sank up to their axles, and getting ammunition through was extremely difficult. The artillery was finally relieved on 14 October and followed the rest of the division to the
757:, finally securing the ruins on 3 October. This allowed the batteries to cross the High Wood Ridge into a small valley where they remained for the rest of the Somme fighting, helping to cover the unsuccessful attacks by 47th (2nd L) Division and later
605:, the attacking portion of 47th (2nd L) Division made good progress towards its limited objective, and 15th (S) Division had almost broken through, though it had failed to take Hill 70. However, events had not played out so well further north at the
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from the French. In August the divisional artillery was rested for the first time since March, and the brigade began training on the 18-pounder for when these became available. The Loos sector had been selected for the next major British attack (the
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A further reorganisation of field artillery in the BEF was carried out in November 1916. To increase the batteries of other brigades of the division to six guns each, CCCXXXVII Bde was split up: B battery and half of A battery formed C Battery in
1045:, and the London battalions that relieved them came under fierce counter-attacks on 29 November; only the supporting British artillery fire allowed them to maintain their position. However, the way was now open to attack the final defences of
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and the draining away of men and units to Normandy, 47th (L) Division was dispersed in August 1944. It was reformed as a reserve division with a training and draft finding role in September 1944, when 117th Field Rgt quickly rejoined. After
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Although 2nd London Division suffered few casualties at Aubers Ridge, its gunners had learned a sobering lesson about the impossibility of suppressing strong defences with inadequate guns and shells. On 11 May the division was redesignated
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began to transfer selected British and Canadian forces from the Italian Front to reinforce 21st Army Group for its final offensive into Germany. 56th Heavy Rgt was one of the units transferred in an operation that involved a sea voyage to
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was disbanded in January 1945, two of its batteries joined 117th as holding units: 138 Bty on 23 January and 156 Bty on 12 May. 117th (7th London) Field Regiment and all five batteries were placed in suspended animation on 23 March 1946.
934:. Their 'Katerini Trek' was a strenuous six-day march in bad weather, across flooded rivers, but the Salonika–Katerini railway was soon repaired, making supply more straightforward The Greek troops showed no signs of interfering with the
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56th Heavy Regiment landed in North Africa with 16 x 7.2-inch howitzers and reached the front line in Tunisia in mid-January 1943 – the first Royal Artillery regiment of heavy artillery to go overseas since Dunkirk. It formed part of
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establishment, releasing three-quarters of its London infantry units for service in France and replacing them with Indian units; however, this did not affect the artillery, which continued to serve with the division in Palestine.
593:), to which part of 47th (2nd L) Division would provide the southern 'hinge'. 1/VII London Bde with its obsolescent guns was not assigned a major role in the complex artillery plan, and it remained in reserve behind the attack of
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of First World War vintage. The 9.2-inch was an effective but relatively immobile siege gun. The regiment was serving in Eastern Command of Home Forces, and transferred to South-Eastern Command when that was split off in 1941.
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during the night of 28/29 April, it succeeded but was driven off the position the following morning. Montgomery realised that the division needed time to learn battlecraft. It went into action again during the final advance on
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On 28 April 1916 3/3rd Wessex Bty arrived as a fourth 18-pdr battery for 2/VII London Brigade. Then, as with the TF artillery brigades in the BEF, those in 60th Division were numbered on 17 May, 2/VII Londons taking the number
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began on 14 November and was a slow business due to lack of facilities: the drivers needed their wooden trench bridges to get their horses aboard the trains. All units were embarked and at sea by 12 December and proceeded to
1480:). H-Hour was at 03.30, the division's leading infantry landing craft touched down at 03.35 covered by naval gunfire, and 64th Fd Rgt's guns began landing at 06.00. The whole regiment was in action at 17.15.
734:, who brought it up into the shell-hole area immediately behind High Wood. He then made a reconnaissance of the whole divisional front with Maj E.H.Marshall of 1/18th Bty. Lord Gorell was awarded a
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1041:, where the objectives were a tangle of hill slopes, with tracks so bad that it was impossible to bring up the guns until roads had been made for them. Nebi Samwil had been captured by units of
725:. Casualties among FOOs and signallers was heavy in this kind of fighting. Between 9 and 11 September 47th (2nd L) Division took over the front in the High Wood sector, and on 15 September the
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On 30–31 August the divisional artillery underwent the same reorganisation into six-gun batteries that was going on throughout the BEF. In CCCII Bde this meant A and half of B Bty joined from
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Two wooden memorial crosses erected at High Wood and Eaucourt l'Abbaye by 47th (2nd London) Division in 1916 were replaced in stone in 1925. The restored wooden crosses were preserved at the
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History of the Great War: Order of Battle of Divisions, Part 2b: The 2nd-Line Territorial Force Divisions (57th–69th), with the Home-Service Divisions (71st–73rd) and 74th and 75th Divisions
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the Londoners could not break through the Turkish positions in the foothills, and the raiding force was withdrawn on 4 May. 60th (2/2nd L) Division then went into Corps Reserve for a rest.
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in the UK for the whole war. During the Phoney War period it was stationed to defend London as part of Eastern Command. However, after the Dunkirk the poorly-equipped division was sent to
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but failed to cross the river the following day and had to wait until 16 October before it could cross and begin the pursuit through rough country beyond. This brought the division to the
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began and units were gradually reduced to cadres, though still with some responsibility for internal security and seizing illegal arms. The division ceased to exist on 31 May 1919.
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were ordered to Nebi Musa, which they reached by 06.00, but it took 38 hours of struggle for a battery of CCCII Bde to cover the same distance. On 21 February the Australian
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1966:, where they established a concentration area for surrendered German troops and equipment. The regiment also took over the coastal defences from their German garrisons.
1231:(RA) on 1 June 1924, its units were redesignated as 'Field Brigades, RA'. In the reformed TA, 64th (7th London) Field Bde was again part of 47th (2nd London) Division.
1125:, though the field artillery could not get forward in the wet conditions, even with double teams of horses. Without artillery support the division failed to capture the
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under heavy rain, then began a 42 miles (68 km) march through the mud to Junction Station, which it reached on 22 November. It now entered the last stage of the
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The two wooden memorial crosses originally erected at High Wood and Eaucourt l'Abbaye by 47th (2nd London) Division in 1916, now at Connaught House in Camberwell.
640:, with Observation Posts (OPs) in the cottages of Maroc. The guns carried out a great deal of counter-battery (CB) work against battery positions in and around
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After the battle the pursuit was carried out by the mounted troops and 60th Division was left behind on salvage duties. It was still in the rear areas when the
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Order of Battle of the Field Force in the United Kingdom, Part 3: Royal Artillery (Non-Divisional Units), 22 November 1942, TNA files WO 212/8 and WO 33/1962.
2008:, to which the regiment contributed P (7th London) Bty at Fulham High Street. 254 (City of London) Rgt in turn was reduced into S (City of London) Bty in the
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Order of Battle of the Field Force in the United Kingdom, Part 3: Royal Artillery (Non-Divisional units), 22 October 1941, TNA files WO 212/6 and WO 33/1883.
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Wood, and became familiar with the ground over which 47th (2nd L) Division was later to attack, while supporting 15th (S) Division's gradual encroachment on
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holding the line, the TF field batteries with their obsolescent 15-pounders were interspersed with those of the two Regular divisions equipped with modern
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Drill Hall built at Wood Lane, Shepherd's Bush, in 1898 for some of the batteries of the 1st City London Artillery, later used by the 7th London Brigade.
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in 1929 and appointed commander, Royal Artillery (CRA) of 47th Division in 1934. In 1935 most of 47th (2nd London) Division was converted into
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in early July 1917. Further intensive training followed until late October, when the division made its first full-scale attack of the war, at
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Order of Battle of the Field Force in the United Kingdom, Part 3: Royal Artillery (Non-Divisional units), 2 April 1942, TNA file WO 212/515.
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and the remaining London units including 64th Fd Bde were organised with those of 56th (1st London) Division into a single London Division.
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Order of Battle of the Field Force in the United Kingdom, Part 3: Royal Artillery, 26 December 1940, TNA files WO 212/4 and WO 33/2365.
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Entrance to the former drill hall of the 7th County of London Brigade, Royal Field Artillery, 86 Fulham Road, in 2012 (now demolished).
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with 1st Canadian AGRA. By now it had adopted the new standard organisation of two batteries of 4 x 7.2-inch howitzers and two of 4 x
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which they had been training since August; ammunition supply also improved. Colonel Chambers was succeeded as CO by Lt-Col W.E. Peal,
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tractor towing a 7.2-inch howitzer of 18 Bty, 56th Heavy Regiment, round a tight corner in 46th Division's sector, 23 December 1943.
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as a self-propelled field artillery regiment, but it does not seem to have served in this role and remained with 47th (L) Division.
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and consequent British manpower crisis on the Western Front, 60th (2/2nd L) Division was changed between 25 May and 1 August to an
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against the base at Salonika. It was followed a few days later by a cross-country column comprising CCCII Bde, the transport and a
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in the immediate aftermath of the fighting. 64th (7th London) Field Regiment was placed in suspended animation on 15 May 1946.
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began an offensive against 56th (L) Division that produced no change in the line. When the attack was widened to the front of
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infantry were recuperating, 56th (L) Division's artillery was brought up to reinforce V Corps' fire-plan for the capture of
1392:(PAIC) in November. By the time it arrived, the threats to the Persian oilfields had diminished with the British victory at
867:
between 22 and 26 June, with CCCII Bde under the command of Lt-Col H.M. Drake. The division concentrated in the area behind
741:
1986:
1535:
573:
1420:
1050:
1007:
987:
975:
915:
804:
565:
414:
298:
278:
224:
180:
119:
115:
4475:
2076:
1821:
1453:
1393:
735:
726:
630:
494:
457:
Chambers. After completing their mobilisation the 2nd London Division's artillery brigades moved to the country round
270:
1958:
aerodrome and returned its ammunition to the supply column. The personnel were then moved through liberated towns to
1168:, 60th Division was transferred to the coastal sector where the breakthrough was to be made. The opening attack (the
1284:
while 117th formed part of the newly-formed 2nd London Division, both divisions being organised as motor divisions.
1610:, forcing its way into Sant'Andrea on 31 December. However, ammunition shortages limited the use of the artillery.
1358:
1090:
983:
964:
594:
543:
2869:
1318:
period 1st London Division (commanded by the 7th Londons' former CO, now Maj-Gen Claude Liardet) was stationed in
2112:
1970:
1700:
1626:
1543:
56th (L) Division was by now so weak that it was relieved and on 28 March went by sea to Egypt for recuperation.
1464:
Because of Montgomery's doubts, 56th Division was not in fact used in Operation Husky. Instead, it moved back to
1401:
1369:
1297:
931:
800:
3836:
3250:
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2005:
1993:
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1849:
1842:
1796:
1723:
1552:
1520:
1477:
1416:
1243:
1165:
956:
938:' operations, and the brigade group at Katerini marched out on 5 March to join the rest of the division in the
872:
714:
454:
350:
342:
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47th (2nd L) Division came back into the line to relieve 1st Division on 28/29 September, and began attacking
4481:
Stepping Forward: A Tribute to the Volunteer Military Reservists and Supporting Auxiliaries of Greater London
2158:
Second World War memorial to the 7th London Artillery in the churchyard of All Saints Church, Fulham, in 2012
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bridgehead on 23 January, but at the end of the month was ordered to pull out and go by sea to reinforce the
1456:
coming south, whose leading troops were able to spot for X Corps' guns via 56th (L) Division's wireless net.
609:, and the battle raged on after 47th (2nd L) Division had been relieved between 28 September and 1 October.
2146:
First World War memorial to the 7th London Artillery in the churchyard of All Saints Church, Fulham, in 2012
1868:
1857:
1389:
1349:, the division was reformed as a conventional infantry division, defending the prime invasion area from the
1153:
1133:
1102:
1094:
831:(302 Bde), and the batteries were lettered. 3/3rd Wessex Bty was exchanged with 2/22nd (Howitzer) Bty from
758:
418:
3612:
Order of Battle of the Forces in the United Kingdom, Part 2: 21 Army Group, 24 July 1943, with amendments,
701:
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1645:
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high ground. There followed hard methodical fighting to clear the Germans off successive ridge lines (the
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852:
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519:
290:
193:
155:
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History of the Second World War, United Kingdom Military Series: The War in France and Flanders 1939–1940
1132:
The EEF settled down to defend its Jordan bridgeheads; CCCI Brigade was posted to support the Australian
526:
on 9 May, when the 15-pounders of 1/VII London Bde joined with the guns of 1st and 2nd Divisions and the
450:
for its annual training camp, and it was immediately recalled to London to mobilise under the command of
1472:
for further training, and then put to sea on 1 September for the invasion of mainland Italy, landing at
1264:
the TA was rapidly doubled in size. On 1 May 1939, 64th (7th London) Field Regiment created a duplicate
1129:, and with its communications back to the Jordan threatened, the raiding force withdrew on 30–31 March.
1118:
1101:, leaving the Turks with only small bridgeheads west of the Jordan. CCCII Brigade played no part in the
1068:
1038:
935:
754:
665:
661:
637:
527:
476:
On the outbreak of war, TF units were invited to volunteer for Overseas Service. On 15 August 1914, the
346:
1085:
There was a pause in operations until February 1918 when the EEF moved to drive the Turks east of the
668:. This became R/VII Bty, but only stayed a short time: on 17 May 1916 1/VII London Bde was renumbered
4054:
2054:
1789:
1785:
1769:
1757:
1638:
1572:
1397:
1376:. Then in June 1942 it came under direct War Office control as it was prepared for overseas service.
1137:
996:
836:
762:
750:
606:
386:
1105:
that followed. 181st Brigade, with CCCII Bde (less one battery) in support, secured the line of the
17:
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2127:
1927:
1500:
1412:
1176:
1157:
1058:
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710:
641:
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510:
While the division's infantry were introduced to trench routine by being attached in groups to the
381:, which had been absorbed by the City of London Artillery in 1883. The commanding officer (CO) was
219:
198:
170:
160:
4403:
History of the Second World War, United Kingdom Military Series: The Mediterranean and Middle East
4385:
History of the Second World War, United Kingdom Military Series: The Mediterranean and Middle East
4341:
History of the Second World War, United Kingdom Military Series: The Mediterranean and Middle East
4322:
History of the Second World War, United Kingdom Military Series: The Mediterranean and Middle East
4220:
History of the Second World War, United Kingdom Military Series: The Mediterranean and Middle East
4201:
History of the Second World War, United Kingdom Military Series: The Mediterranean and Middle East
4024:
History of the Second World War, United Kingdom Military Series: The Defence of the United Kingdom
1804:
going into action; note the wooden ramps to absorb the recoil of the World-War I-era gun carriage.
1695:
By May 1941, 47th (L) Division was back in the front line of anti-invasion defences, stationed in
4021:
2026:
1719:
1618:
1432:
1346:
1331:
1319:
944:
672:(237 Bde) and the batteries were designated A, B and C; R Bty transferred to CCXXXVIII (formerly
539:
410:
2342:
1935:
and then an overland journey to Belgium. This was not completed until after the crossing of the
572:. The guns were already in place, with 47th Divisional Artillery operating under the control of
374:
133:
4454:, London: War Office, 7 November 1927 (RA sections also summarised in Litchfield, Appendix IV).
1519:
beachhead. By 15 February the whole division had arrived and taken over part of the line under
4440:
4425:
4410:
4392:
4369:
4348:
4329:
4310:
4291:
4276:
4261:
4243:
4227:
4208:
4185:
4170:
4155:
4136:
4117:
4094:
4077:
4062:
4043:
4028:
4011:
3996:
1891:
1809:
1801:
1428:
451:
334:
262:
87:
2036:
served in 56th Heavy Regiment and wrote extensively about it in his humorous autobiographies.
1899:
1872:
1445:
1354:
1327:
1169:
890:
847:
552:
443:
274:
175:
4326:
The Campaign in Sicily 1943 and the Campaign in Italy 3rd September 1943 to 31st March 1944
636:
The division returned to the Loos sector in January 1916, with most of the artillery round
4380:
4167:
History of the Royal Regiment of Artillery: The Forgotten Fronts and the Home Base 1914–18
4147:
2123:
1947:
1915:
1825:
1715:
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1524:
1516:
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on 9 March. The division then crossed the river on the night of 21 March to carry out the
991:
979:
820:
585:
458:
447:
338:
330:
266:
214:
209:
105:
83:
42:
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1179:
ended the war with Turkey on 31 October. The division then went back to Alexandria where
4485:
3881:
555:
until nightfall, despite a further bombardment being laid on to allow them to withdraw.
3938:
3927:
3905:
2101:
2072:
2061:
2033:
1981:
When the TA was reformed on 1 January 1947 the regiment was reconstituted at Fulham as
1907:
1603:
1534:
Trench warfare in the Anzio bridgehead continued for months. On 28 February the German
1504:
1496:
1465:
1235:
1180:
1114:
684:
590:
535:
354:
246:
165:
72:
4366:
History of the Great War: Order of Battle of Divisions, Part 5b: Indian Army Divisions
1828:). On 1 January 1943 the four batteries were redesignated 15, 17, 18 and 19 Hvy Btys.
4497:
4042:, London: George Allen & Unwin, 1927/Uckfield: Naval & Military Press, 2003,
1963:
1951:
1894:. By late May, 2nd AGRA, with 56th Heavy Rgt once more under command, was supporting
1689:
1492:
1269:
1261:
1126:
923:
767:
718:
531:
470:
466:
4129:
History of the Second World War, United Kingdom Military Series: Victory in the West
4110:
History of the Second World War, United Kingdom Military Series: Victory in the West
2421:
Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham, Drill Hall Register at Stepping Forward London.
2420:
1985:; at the same time 117th Field Rgt was formally disbanded. The regiment served with
1939:
in late March, and the units saw little action in the final stages of the campaign.
4105:
2201:
2105:
2065:
1106:
1086:
313:
286:
187:
4476:
Land Forces of Britain, the Empire and Commonwealth – Regiments.org (archive site)
4391:, London: HM Stationery Office, 1960 /Uckfield, Naval & Military Press, 2004,
1292:
4347:, London: HM Stationery Office, 1987/Uckfield, Naval & Military Press, 2004,
4328:, London: HM Stationery Office, 1973/Uckfield, Naval & Military Press, 2004,
4226:, London: HM Stationery Office, 1988/Uckfield, Naval & Military Press, 2004,
4207:, London: HM Stationery Office, 1987/Uckfield, Naval & Military Press, 2004,
4061:, Vol II, London: Macmillan, 1928/Imperial War Museum & Battery Press, 1995,
4010:, London: HM Stationery Office, 1937/Uckfield: Naval & Military Press, 2007,
3995:, London: HM Stationery Office, 1935/Uckfield: Naval & Military Press, 2007,
2025:
There are a number of accounts from 64th (7th London) Field Regiment archived at
1606:
crossing (2–13 December) and then to clear the ground between the Lamone and the
1365:
associated with its own battery.) 64th Field Rgt formed 444 Bty on 1 April 1941.
1002:
The next phase of the offensive involved 60th (2/2nd L) Division in an attack on
1903:
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1677:
1556:
1373:
1022:
939:
878:
860:
812:
722:
689:
657:
462:
282:
149:
1617:(Operation Grapeshot), 56th (L) Division was responsible for the operations on
1582:
25-pounder and crew in a waterlogged position across the Rubicon, October 1944.
835:(formerly2/VIII London Bde). This became D (H) Bty, and was equipped with four
745:
Bringing up ammunition for an 18-pounder battery during the Battle of the Somme
489:
At the end of October 1914 the 2nd London Division was chosen to reinforce the
4290:, London: Amalgamated Press, 1922/Uckfield: Naval & Military Press, 2002,
2131:
1932:
1630:
1511:
1315:
1216:
971:
902:
816:
680:
499:
477:
204:
2204:, but a building with drill yard and gun shed on Fulham Road, now demolished.
1959:
1704:
1665:
1046:
1034:
1011:
889:. However, orders arrived on 1 November for the division to transfer to the
434:
370:
4135:, London: HM Stationery Office, 1968/Uckfield: Naval & Military, 2004,
4116:, London: HM Stationery Office, 1962/Uckfield: Naval & Military, 2004,
4093:, London: HM Stationery Office, 1954/Uckfield: Naval & Military, 2004,
4027:, London: HM Stationery Office, 1957/Uckfield: Naval & Military, 2004,
990:. The whole force moved forward under moonlight on 30/31 October, with the
597:
except for two batteries; of these a section of 1/19th Bty was attached to
442:
When war broke out in August 1914, VII London Bde had only just arrived at
409:
Before 1914 the brigade (except 19th Bty) moved from Shepherd's Bush to 86
4389:(September 1941 to September 1942) British Fortunes reach their Lowest Ebb
3549:
Jackson, Vol VI, Pt II, pp. 130, 226, 231, 241, 249–52, 260–1, 267–8, 277.
2126:(the former divisional HQ), and are now at Connaught House, the HQ of the
1973:
after the war ended, until it was disbanded between 16 and 27 March 1946.
1890:
In February 1944, 2nd AGRA was sent without 56th Heavy Rgt to support the
955:
On arrival at Alexandria on 19 June 1917 D (H) Bty transferred to the new
709:
On 1 August 1916 47th (2nd L) Division began to move south to join in the
4309:, London: Macmillan, 1938/Imperial War Museum & Battery Press, 1992,
1911:
1820:, ready for mobile warfare. In October 1942 the regiment was assigned to
1781:
1777:
1592:
1510:
56th (L) Division was next tasked with capturing a bridgehead across the
1145:. CCCII Brigade came up in support, but while the mounted troops reached
1030:
1003:
919:
907:
864:
4258:
The Territorial Artillery 1908–1988 (Their Lineage, Uniforms and Badges)
1718:
was formed in July 1943 to prepare for the Allied invasion of Normandy (
1551:
56th (L) Division returned to Italy on 17 July 1944 and was assigned to
1368:
56th (L) Division remained in Sussex until April 1942, when it moved to
679:
In the spring of 1916, 47th (2nd L) Division took over the lines facing
4480:
4452:
Titles and Designations of Formations and Units of the Territorial Army
4074:
History of the Great War: Military Operations, France and Belgium, 1916
4059:
History of the Great War: Military Operations, France and Belgium, 1915
2092:
7th County of London Brigade, RFA, is listed on the City and County of
1649:
1568:
1564:
1473:
1436:
1435:
did not want an untried division in Husky. Given the task of capturing
1424:
1146:
1098:
1072:
Monument to the surrender of Jerusalem to 60th (2/2nd London) Division.
625:
362:
4303:
History of the Great War: Military Operations, France and Belgium 1916
4273:
The Volunteer Artillery 1859–1908 (Their Lineage, Uniforms and Badges)
1633:, arriving on 25 April and crossing immediately. The division reached
1384:
In August 1942 the division embarked for the Middle East, arriving in
568:, and on the night of 14/15 May it took its place in the line for the
4437:
Under the Devil's Eye: Britain's Forgotten Army at Salonika 1915–1918
3585:
Jackson, Vol VI, Pt III, pp. 215–6, 222, 259–60, 267–8, 271–2, 281–2.
1955:
1943:
1708:
1692:, and its '7th Londons' subtitle was authorised on 17 February 1942.
1641:
came into force on 2 May, ending hostilities in the Italian theatre.
1634:
1485:
1408:
1335:
1078:
534:
for the assault by 1st Division. The bombardment began at 05.00 with
137:
1660:
1602:
56th (L) Division returned to the fighting in December to cover the
4465:
1954:(the US-made 'Long Tom'). On 7 May the regiment parked its guns at
1936:
1867:
1795:
1763:
1751:
1730:
1685:
1659:
1622:
1607:
1577:
1469:
1441:
1291:
1122:
1067:
1054:
1016:
967:, RA, of the division and was succeeded by Lt-Col V.M. Fergusson.
927:
911:
868:
846:
808:
740:
700:
611:
433:
320:
312:
4470:
4409:, London: HMSO, 1966/Uckfield, Naval & Military Press, 2004,
4224:
Victory in the Mediterranean, Part I|I: November 1944 to May 1945
4152:
History of the Royal Regiment of Artillery: Western Front 1914–18
4345:
Victory in the Mediterranean, Part I: 1st April to 4th June 1944
1385:
542:(HE) shell to join the howitzers already firing at the German
1637:
on 29 April. Here it was halted due to shortage of fuel. The
584:
In June 47th (2nd L) Division took over trenches in front of
1025:
of an RFA battery engaging Turkish batteries at Nebi Samwil.
417:
of the TF. The three batteries were each equipped with four
4359:
The Memoirs of Field Marshal Viscount Montgomery of Alamein
4205:
Victory in the Mediterranean, Part I|: June to October 1944
1776:
56th Heavy Regiment was formed at St Leonards-on-Sea, near
1586:
On the night of 27/28 September 56th (L) Division attacked
778:, and C Battery and half of A Battery formed C Battery in
1856:'s preparatory attacks in early April for the subsequent
901:
Entrainment of the artillery for the embarkation port of
3019:
Falls, pp. 124, 126, 208, 218–9, 229, 237, 243–8, 251–2.
717:. The batteries were positioned in Bottom Wood and near
4076:, Vol I, London: Macmillan,1932/Woking: Shearer, 1986,
1345:
When the defences of the UK were reorganised after the
1195:(TA) the following year, the brigade was redesignated
389:, who had previously commanded the 1st City Artillery.
1644:
56th (L) Division was made responsible for protecting
1238:
transferred to the regiment as CO from the command of
1215:
256 (17th London) Battery (Howitzer) at Porteus Road,
970:
From Alexandria, 60th (2/2nd L) Division moved to the
3594:
Jackson, Vol VI, Pt III, pp. 289–91, 293, 319, 326–8.
3224:
Liardet at Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives.
633:, promoted from command of 20th Bty during November.
4529:
Military units and formations disestablished in 1921
4307:
2nd July 1916 to the End of the Battles of the Somme
4040:
History of the 60th Division (2/2nd London Division)
4288:
The History of the 47th (London) Division 1914–1919
4242:. Uckfield, East Sussex: Naval and Military Press.
1664:47th (London) Division's formation sign, a play on
239:
234:
143:
129:
111:
101:
93:
78:
60:
52:
31:
4401:Maj-Gen I.S.O. Playfair & Brig C.J.C. Molony,
3322:London District 3 September 1939 at Patriot Files.
2182:The artillery figure on the London Troops Memorial
1499:, where 64th Fd Rgt lent support to the attack of
664:and stayed with the BEF when the division went to
4524:Military units and formations established in 1908
3001:Falls, Vol II, Pt I, pp. 98–100, 107–9, 119, 122.
2870:60th (2/2nd London) Division at Long, Long Trail.
1296:56th (London) Division's formation sign featured
1121:, and the reinforced division advanced as far as
914:. The first part of the division to move out was
3859:
3857:
4184:, Vol II, Wakefield: Microform Academic, 1984,
4169:, Woolwich: Royal Artillery Institution, 1988,
4154:, Woolwich: Royal Artillery Institution, 1986,
3454:Molony, Vol V, pp. 283–4, 291–2, 296, 310, 321.
3353:
3351:
3349:
3347:
3237:
3235:
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3231:
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3196:
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2519:
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2511:
2477:47th (2nd London) Division at Long, Long Trail.
1756:Gunners of 56th Heavy Regiment manning a Mk II
876:suppressing troublesome German trench mortars (
3699:
3697:
3558:Jackson, Vol VI, Pt II, pp. 353–4, 371–2, 402.
3482:
3480:
3478:
2925:Wakefield & Moody, pp. 60–1, 69, 85, 94–6.
1625:line (5/6, 10/11 and 13 April) allowing it to
1503:up 'Bare Arse Ridge' on 6 November during the
438:BLC 15-pounder gun issued to TF field brigades
4240:Orders of Battle: Second World War, 1939–1945
4182:Lineage Book of British Land Forces 1660–1978
3756:
3754:
2280:
2278:
2276:
1338:form the basis of a new 56th Heavy Regiment (
392:The new unit had the following organisation:
285:. It formed several units for service in the
8:
4519:Military units and formations in Hammersmith
4407:The Destruction of the Axis forces in Africa
3917:Memorial Plaques at Stepping Forward London.
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2258:
2256:
1824:preparing for the landings in North Africa (
1209:254 (19th London) Battery at Shepherd's Bush
839:. The BACs were also absorbed into the DAC.
4466:Imperial War Museum, War Memorials Register
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1992:In 1961 the regiment was amalgamated with
1164:For the final offensive in Palestine, the
41:
3796:Jackson, Vol VI, Pt II, pp. 1–5, 76, 225.
3635:
3633:
3631:
3576:Jackson, Vol VI, Pt III, pp. 120–24, 158.
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3374:
3372:
1818:Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers
1768:Gunners of 56th Heavy Regiment manning a
1053:'s afternoon attack on the heights above
259:7th London Brigade, Royal Field Artillery
2934:Falls, Vol II, Pt 2, Appendix 3, p. 671.
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2010:Greater London Regiment, Royal Artillery
1326:. On 5 December 1939 64th Fd Rgt sent a
1029:After a short rest at Huj, the division
4514:Military units and formations in Fulham
4509:Military units and formations in London
2216:
2193:
2136:
1491:By 11 October, the division was on the
1396:and the lack of German progress at the
1276:coming into service, giving the hybrid
265:was created in 1908. Its origin lay in
4368:, Newport, Gwent: Ray Westlake, 1993,
4271:Norman Litchfield & Ray Westlake,
3748:Playfair & Molony, Vol IV, p. 396.
3739:Playfair & Molony, Vol IV, p. 273.
3703:Playfair & Molony, Vol IV, p. 389.
2308:
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2304:
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2292:
2290:
2083:, former CO, appointed 16 October 1937
2014:Territorial and Army Volunteer Reserve
28:
3463:Molony, Vol V, pp. 337–8, 340–1, 343.
2376:7th London Artillery at Regiments.org
1240:106th (Lancashire Yeomanry) Field Bde
538:, then at 05.30 the guns switched to
261:was a new unit formed when Britain's
7:
4275:, Nottingham: Sherwood Press, 1982,
4260:, Nottingham: Sherwood Press, 1992,
2053:Maj Oswald Magniac, formerly of the
2002:452 (London) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Rgt
1255:64th (7th London) Field Regiment, RA
1006:in the Turkish Sheria position (the
599:15th (Scottish) Divisional Artillery
345:split to form three brigades in the
301:. The unit continued in the postwar
47:Royal Artillery cap badge (pre-1953)
34:64th (7th London) Field Regiment, RA
18:56th Heavy Regiment, Royal Artillery
3805:Jackson, Vol VI, Pt III, pp. 161–3.
3567:Jackson, Vol VI, Pt III, pp. 39–40.
3472:Molony, Vol V, pp. 438, 444–5, 450.
3427:Playfair, Vol IV, pp. 441–2, 453–4.
2200:Not the better-known drill hall at
2006:254 (City of London) Field Regiment
1914:. It continued with X Corps during
1595:and the attempted crossings of the
1227:When the RFA was subsumed into the
1212:255 (20th London) Battery at Fulham
1206:253 (18th London) Battery at Fulham
1199:, with the following organisation:
851:4.5-inch howitzer preserved at the
36:264 (7th London) Field Regiment, RA
2333:Litchfield & Westlake, p. 116.
2250:Litchfield & Westlake, p. 158.
25:
3540:Molony, Vol VI, Pt I, pp. 10, 13.
1672:The regiment served with the new
1656:117th (7th London) Field Regiment
32:7th County of London Brigade, RFA
4435:Alan Wakefield and Simon Moody,
3787:Molony, Vol VI, Pt I, pp. 247–8.
3614:The National Archives (TNA), Kew
3603:Jackson, Vol VI, Pt III, p. 340.
3513:Molony, Vol V, pp. 635–6, 744–5.
3409:Playfair, Vol III, pp. 365, 425.
2175:
2163:
2151:
2139:
1942:When the war in Europe ended on
1906:, and the subsequent pursuit to
1816:and Light Aid Detachment of the
1722:), 117th Fd Rgt was assigned to
1305:64th (7th London) Field Regiment
1091:2/14th Londons (London Scottish)
82:
65:
4072:Brig-Gen Sir James E. Edmonds,
3988:, London: Seeley Service, 1963.
3073:Falls, Vol II, pp. 313, 331–48.
2983:Falls, Vol II, Pt I, pp. 46–51.
2898:Dalbiac, pp. 42–62; Appendix I.
2100:, with architectural design by
1983:264 (7th London) Field Regiment
1680:to continue its training under
1330:of trained officers and men to
1280:. 64th Field Rgt remained with
379:1st Surrey Artillery Volunteers
4504:Royal Field Artillery brigades
4422:The Army and Society 1815–1914
3445:Molony, Vol V, pp. 259, 276–7.
3162:Falls, Vol II, pp. 464, 484–7.
2170:London Troops Memorial in 2013
1994:290 (City of London) Field Rgt
1902:had broken through the German
1879:56th Heavy Regiment served in
1839:1st Army Group Royal Artillery
1615:Spring 1945 offensive in Italy
1484:artillery support and reached
1197:64th (7th London) Brigade, RFA
793:Master-General of the Ordnance
413:. The brigade was assigned to
289:, when they were in action in
1:
3837:56 Hvy Rgt at RA Netherlands.
2965:Dalbiac, p. 110; Appendix II.
2637:, Vol II, pp. 174–76, 182–91.
1987:44th (Home Counties) Division
1219:(transferred from the former
755:Battle of the Transloy Ridges
430:Mobilisation and organisation
402:20th County of London Battery
399:19th County of London Battery
396:18th County of London Battery
337:(TF) on 1 May 1908 under the
225:Liberation of the Netherlands
2880:Dalbiac, pp. 18–9, 30–1, 35.
2057:, appointed 11 February 1922
1051:180th (2/5th London) Brigade
1008:Battle of Hareira and Sheria
988:181st (2/6th London) Brigade
976:Egyptian Expeditionary Force
916:179th (2/4th London) Brigade
805:60th (2/2nd London) Division
616:18-pounder preserved at the
566:47th (1/2nd London) Division
405:7th London Ammunition Column
367:VII County of London Brigade
343:1st City of London Artillery
120:60th (2/2nd London) Division
116:47th (1/2nd London) Division
3341:Collier, Maps 5, 6, 17, 20.
2974:Dalbiac, pp. 106–8, 112–22.
2774:, pp. 299, 331–3, 344, 352.
2558:, Vol II, pp. 6, 17–29, 39.
2402:Maude, pp. 1–2; Appendix C.
2120:Duke of York's Headquarters
1918:to breach the Gothic Line.
922:to prevent any move by the
736:Distinguished Service Order
727:Battle of Flers-Courcelette
491:British Expeditionary Force
359:VI County of London Brigade
333:were subsumed into the new
4545:
4424:, London: Longmans, 1980,
3504:Molony, Vol V, pp. 606–12.
3144:Falls, Vol II, pp. 411–21.
3113:Falls, Vol II, pp. 365–89.
3095:Falls, Vol II, pp. 358–61.
1523:, in time to beat off the
1407:This involved a move from
1248:1st Anti-Aircraft Division
595:140th (4th London) Brigade
97:Artillery Brigade/Regiment
4488:The Territorial Army 1947
4218:Gen Sir William Jackson,
4165:Gen Sir Martin Farndale,
3495:Molony, Vol V, pp. 517–8.
3418:Playfair, Vol IV, p. 264.
3055:Falls, Vol II, pp. 303–9.
3037:Falls, Vol II, pp. 286–9.
2113:All Saints Church, Fulham
2068:, appointed 21 April 1934
2060:Lt the Hon D.W.J. North,
1971:British Army of the Rhine
1402:Allied invasion of Sicily
1266:117th Field Regiment, RA,
932:Lothians and Border Horse
267:Artillery Volunteer Corps
40:
4439:, Stroud: Sutton, 2004,
4361:, London: Collins, 1958.
4256:Norman E.H. Litchfield,
3357:Frederick, pp. 556, 558.
2860:Becke, Pt 2b, pp. 25–32.
2232:Frederick, pp. 665, 670.
2045:The following served as
2032:The comedian and writer
1946:, 56th Heavy Rgt was in
1848:56th Heavy Rgt was with
1648:to the disputed city of
1448:), moving north to meet
957:74th (Yeomanry) Division
873:51st (Highland) Division
871:by 29 June. It relieved
811:, with the artillery at
715:15th (Scottish) Division
351:I City of London Brigade
4238:Joslen, H. F. (2003) .
3872:Litchfield, Appendix 5.
3212:Titles and Designations
3180:Falls, Vol II, pp. 623.
2624:Cherry, pp. 41, 109–22.
2452:Becke, Pt 2a, pp. 72–5.
1998:353 (London) Medium Rgt
1969:The regiment served in
1858:Battle of Longstop Hill
1390:Persia and Iraq Command
1154:German spring offensive
1143:Second Transjordan raid
1134:2nd Light Horse Brigade
1095:1st Light Horse Brigade
918:, which went by sea to
759:9th (Scottish) Division
473:to begin war training.
56:1 May 1908 – 1 May 1961
4114:The Battle of Normandy
3986:The Soldiers of London
3818:, p. 213; Appendix IV.
3778:Molony, Vol V, p. 697.
3769:Molony, Vol V, p. 608.
3531:Molony, Vol V, p. 757.
3522:Molony, Vol V, p. 755.
3486:Molony, Vol V, p. 451.
2284:Litchfield, pp. 157–8.
2094:London Troops Memorial
1876:
1814:Royal Corps of Signals
1805:
1773:
1772:at Hastings, May 1940.
1761:
1760:at Hastings, May 1940.
1669:
1646:lines of communication
1627:breach the Argenta Gap
1588:Savignano sul Rubicone
1583:
1555:for the attack on the
1505:Battle of Monte Camino
1301:
1298:Dick Whittington's cat
1257:, on 1 November 1938.
1111:First Transjordan raid
1073:
1026:
856:
853:Royal Artillery Museum
746:
706:
621:
524:Battle of Aubers Ridge
493:(BEF) fighting on the
439:
326:
318:
156:Battle of Aubers Ridge
124:56th (London) Division
4286:Alan H. Maude (ed.),
4133:The Defeat of Germany
3984:Maj R. Money Barnes,
3863:Frederick, pp. 997–8.
3253:France & Flanders
3064:Dalbiac, pp. 199–206.
2241:Barnes, Appendix III.
1871:
1799:
1767:
1755:
1663:
1581:
1531:or 'Catching Fish').
1525:German counter-attack
1450:6th Armoured Division
1380:Iraq and North Africa
1295:
1242:. He was promoted to
1071:
1039:Battle of Nebi Samwil
1020:
850:
744:
704:
662:3rd (Lahore) Division
615:
528:Royal Horse Artillery
437:
365:in South London, and
347:Royal Field Artillery
324:
316:
4471:The Long, Long Trail
4339:Brig C.J.C. Molony,
4320:Brig C.J.C. Molony,
4301:Capt Wilfred Miles,
3949:Maude, facing p. 70.
3153:Dalbiac, pp. 224–32.
3028:Dalbiac, pp. 178–88.
3010:Dalbiac, pp. 142–68.
2992:Dalbiac, pp. 126–35.
2916:Dalbiac, pp. 65–104.
2717:, Vol I, pp. 210–27.
2659:Maude, pp. 14,25–36.
2593:, Vol II, pp. 44–76.
2545:Maude, pp. 3, 11–12.
2386:Barnes, Appendix IV.
2055:Westminster Dragoons
2049:of the 7th Londons:
1639:Surrender of Caserta
1573:Battle of San Marino
1501:201st Guards Brigade
1398:Battle of Stalingrad
1138:Imperial Camel Corps
1103:Battle of Tell 'Asur
1061:to two sergeants of
1059:surrendered the city
997:Desert Mounted Corps
786:2/VII London Brigade
763:Butte de Warlencourt
607:Hohenzollern Redoubt
485:1/VII London Brigade
3896:Barnes, Appendix V.
3436:Montgomery, p. 172.
3135:Dalbiac, pp. 220–4.
3104:Dalbiac, pp. 215–9.
3046:Dalbiac, pp. 190–7.
2496:Becke, Pt 2b, p. 6.
2487:Maude, pp. 2–3, 11.
2223:Spiers, Chapter 10.
2128:London Irish Rifles
2020:First-hand accounts
1928:Operation Goldflake
1743:56th Heavy Regiment
1674:2nd London Division
1529:Operation Fischfang
1478:Operation Avalanche
1404:(Operation Husky).
1282:1st London Division
1177:Armistice of Mudros
1152:As a result of the
999:entered Beersheba.
618:Imperial War Museum
570:Battle of Festubert
415:2nd London Division
220:Operation Grapeshot
199:Operation Avalanche
171:Battle of the Somme
161:Battle of Festubert
4420:Edward M. Spiers,
4180:J.B.M. Frederick,
4038:Col P.H. Dalbiac,
3970:IWM WMR Ref 12078.
3959:IWM WMR Ref 12077.
3939:IWM WMR Ref 39076.
3928:IWM WMR Ref 39075.
3906:IWM WMR Ref 11796.
3730:Frederick, p. 965.
3625:Frederick, p. 538.
3616:, file WO 212/238.
3241:Frederick, p. 529.
3202:Frederick, p. 518.
2956:Frederick, p. 548.
2907:Dalbiac, pp. 63–5.
2889:Frederick, p. 695.
2677:Maude, Appendix D.
2523:Frederick, p. 691.
2505:Dalbaic, pp. 17–8.
2411:Maude, Appendix F.
2324:Frederick, p. 678.
2064:, formerly of the
1877:
1806:
1790:9.2-inch howitzers
1774:
1762:
1720:Operation Overlord
1670:
1584:
1415:and Egypt to join
1347:Dunkirk evacuation
1332:St Leonards-on-Sea
1320:South East England
1302:
1074:
1027:
857:
837:4.5-inch howitzers
747:
707:
622:
440:
411:Fulham High Street
385:Charles Chambers,
383:Lieutenant-Colonel
327:
319:
4249:978-1-84342-474-1
4099:978-1-84574-056-6
4048:978-1-84342-873-2
4033:978-1-84574-055-9
3312:Joslen, pp. 41–2.
2947:, p. 90; Annex 1.
2796:Maude, pp. 69–78.
2668:Maude, pp. 37–41.
2615:Maude, pp. 14–20.
2104:and sculpture by
2041:Honorary colonels
1922:North West Europe
1892:New Zealand Corps
1843:XIX French Corps'
1810:7.2-inch howitzer
1802:7.2-inch howitzer
1758:9.2-inch howitzer
1536:I Parachute Corps
1488:on 30 September.
1429:Tunisian Campaign
1353:in north Kent to
1166:Battle of Megiddo
965:Brigadier-General
819:training area on
801:Stanley von Donop
751:Eaucourt L'Abbaye
603:poison gas clouds
530:(RHA) to cut the
335:Territorial Force
299:North West Europe
263:Territorial Force
252:
251:
88:Territorial Force
16:(Redirected from
4536:
4460:External sources
4253:
4127:Maj L.F. Ellis,
4088:Maj L.F. Ellis,
4055:James E. Edmonds
4006:Maj A.F. Becke,
3991:Maj A.F. Becke,
3972:
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3366:Collier, p. 125.
3364:
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3310:
3297:
3296:Joslen, pp. 378.
3294:
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3226:
3221:
3215:
3209:
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3171:Dalbiac, p. 233.
3169:
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3151:
3145:
3142:
3136:
3133:
3127:
3124:Forgotten Fronts
3120:
3114:
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3087:
3084:Forgotten Fronts
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3074:
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2761:Maude, pp. 61–9.
2759:
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2739:Maude, pp. 50–7.
2737:
2731:
2724:
2718:
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2695:Perry, pp. 50–2.
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2315:, various dates.
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2143:
2096:in front of the
2047:honorary colonel
2027:BBC People's War
1952:155 mm guns
1900:Operation Diadem
1885:Italian campaign
1873:Scammell Pioneer
1621:to outflank the
1476:on 9 September (
1460:Salerno to Anzio
1446:Operation Vulcan
1355:Rye, East Sussex
1288:Second World War
1193:Territorial Army
1170:Battle of Sharon
961:Kitchener's Army
891:Macedonian front
807:, it moved into
303:Territorial Army
287:Second World War
203:Crossing of the
188:Second World War
86:
71:
69:
68:
45:
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21:
4544:
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4494:
4493:
4486:Graham Watson,
4462:
4457:
4381:I.S.O. Playfair
4250:
4237:
4197:William Jackson
4148:Martin Farndale
4022:Basil Collier,
3980:
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3827:Joslen, p. 463.
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3760:Joslen, p. 467.
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3721:Joslen, p. 465.
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3683:
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3669:
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3641:Years of Defeat
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3398:Years of Defeat
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3380:Years of Defeat
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2580:Maude, pp 12–3.
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2043:
2022:
1979:
1948:The Netherlands
1924:
1916:Operation Olive
1910:and advance to
1866:
1850:V British Corps
1834:
1826:Operation Torch
1750:
1745:
1736:173rd Field Rgt
1716:21st Army Group
1682:Western Command
1658:
1599:on 8 November.
1561:Operation Olive
1549:
1540:3rd US Division
1462:
1382:
1351:Isle of Sheppey
1324:Eastern Command
1312:
1307:
1290:
1234:In 1925 Lt-Col
1229:Royal Artillery
1189:
992:Royal Engineers
953:
899:
845:
821:Salisbury Plain
788:
753:as part of the
711:Somme Offensive
699:
674:VIII London Bde
654:
601:. Supported by
586:Loos-en-Gohelle
582:
561:
520:18-pounder guns
508:
487:
459:Hemel Hempstead
448:Salisbury Plain
432:
427:
425:First World War
375:Shepherd's Bush
339:Haldane Reforms
311:
283:First World War
255:
241:
215:Operation Olive
210:Battle of Anzio
150:First World War
136:
134:Shepherd's Bush
122:
118:
106:Field artillery
66:
64:
48:
35:
33:
23:
22:
15:
12:
11:
5:
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4284:
4269:
4254:
4248:
4235:
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4193:
4178:
4163:
4144:
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4102:
4085:
4070:
4051:
4036:
4019:
4004:
3989:
3981:
3979:
3976:
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3973:
3962:
3951:
3942:
3931:
3920:
3909:
3898:
3889:
3874:
3865:
3853:
3851:, Appendix IV.
3840:
3829:
3820:
3807:
3798:
3789:
3780:
3771:
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3750:
3741:
3732:
3723:
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2344:London Gazette
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2172:
2169:
2162:
2160:
2157:
2150:
2148:
2145:
2138:
2102:Sir Aston Webb
2098:Royal Exchange
2089:
2086:
2085:
2084:
2073:Claude Liardet
2069:
2058:
2042:
2039:
2038:
2037:
2034:Spike Milligan
2030:
2021:
2018:
1978:
1975:
1926:In early 1945
1923:
1920:
1908:Lake Trasimeno
1898:advance after
1865:
1862:
1833:
1830:
1749:
1746:
1744:
1741:
1657:
1654:
1619:Lake Comacchio
1548:
1545:
1497:Bernhardt Line
1461:
1458:
1433:Gen Montgomery
1381:
1378:
1311:
1308:
1306:
1303:
1289:
1286:
1236:Claude Liardet
1225:
1224:
1221:5th London Bde
1213:
1210:
1207:
1204:
1188:
1185:
1181:demobilisation
1115:Pontoon bridge
1063:2/19th Londons
952:
949:
898:
895:
844:
841:
833:CCCIII (H) Bde
787:
784:
761:against the
698:
695:
653:
650:
591:Battle of Loos
581:
578:
560:
557:
540:High Explosive
536:Shrapnel shell
507:
504:
486:
483:
431:
428:
426:
423:
407:
406:
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355:City of London
310:
307:
253:
250:
249:
247:Claude Liardet
243:
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196:
185:
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173:
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145:
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4474:
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4469:
4467:
4464:
4463:
4459:
4453:
4449:
4446:
4445:0-7509-3537-5
4442:
4438:
4434:
4431:
4430:0-582-48565-7
4427:
4423:
4419:
4416:
4415:1-845740-68-8
4412:
4408:
4404:
4400:
4398:
4397:1-845740-67-X
4394:
4390:
4386:
4382:
4378:
4375:
4374:1-871167-23-X
4371:
4367:
4363:
4360:
4357:
4354:
4353:1-845740-70-X
4350:
4346:
4342:
4338:
4335:
4334:1-845740-69-6
4331:
4327:
4323:
4319:
4316:
4315:0-89839-169-5
4312:
4308:
4304:
4300:
4297:
4296:1-84342-205-0
4293:
4289:
4285:
4282:
4281:0-9508205-0-4
4278:
4274:
4270:
4267:
4266:0-9508205-2-0
4263:
4259:
4255:
4251:
4245:
4241:
4236:
4233:
4232:1-845740-72-6
4229:
4225:
4221:
4217:
4214:
4213:1-845740-71-8
4210:
4206:
4202:
4198:
4194:
4191:
4190:1-85117-009-X
4187:
4183:
4179:
4176:
4175:1-870114-05-1
4172:
4168:
4164:
4161:
4160:1-870114-00-0
4157:
4153:
4149:
4145:
4142:
4141:1-845740-59-9
4138:
4134:
4130:
4126:
4123:
4122:1-845740-58-0
4119:
4115:
4111:
4107:
4103:
4100:
4096:
4092:
4091:
4086:
4083:
4082:0-946998-02-7
4079:
4075:
4071:
4068:
4067:0-89839-219-5
4064:
4060:
4056:
4053:Brig-Gen Sir
4052:
4049:
4045:
4041:
4037:
4034:
4030:
4026:
4025:
4020:
4017:
4016:1-847347-39-8
4013:
4009:
4005:
4002:
4001:1-847347-39-8
3998:
3994:
3990:
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3983:
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3808:
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3799:
3793:
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3606:
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3498:
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3489:
3483:
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3479:
3475:
3469:
3466:
3460:
3457:
3451:
3448:
3442:
3439:
3433:
3430:
3424:
3421:
3415:
3412:
3406:
3403:
3400:, pp. 99–100.
3399:
3393:
3391:
3389:
3385:
3381:
3375:
3373:
3369:
3363:
3360:
3354:
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3326:
3323:
3318:
3315:
3309:
3307:
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3299:
3293:
3291:
3289:
3287:
3285:
3283:
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3279:
3277:
3275:
3273:
3271:
3269:
3267:
3265:
3263:
3259:
3256:
3255:, Appendix I.
3254:
3247:
3244:
3238:
3236:
3234:
3232:
3228:
3225:
3220:
3217:
3213:
3208:
3205:
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3191:
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3183:
3177:
3174:
3168:
3165:
3159:
3156:
3150:
3147:
3141:
3138:
3132:
3129:
3125:
3119:
3116:
3110:
3107:
3101:
3098:
3092:
3089:
3086:, pp. 118–20.
3085:
3079:
3076:
3070:
3067:
3061:
3058:
3052:
3049:
3043:
3040:
3034:
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2883:
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2863:
2857:
2855:
2853:
2851:
2849:
2847:
2845:
2843:
2841:
2839:
2837:
2835:
2833:
2831:
2829:
2827:
2825:
2821:
2818:Maude, p. 87.
2815:
2812:
2809:, pp. 430–43.
2808:
2802:
2799:
2793:
2790:
2786:
2785:Western Front
2780:
2777:
2773:
2767:
2764:
2758:
2755:
2751:
2750:Western Front
2745:
2742:
2736:
2733:
2729:
2728:Western Front
2723:
2720:
2716:
2710:
2707:
2704:Maude, p. 57.
2701:
2698:
2692:
2689:
2686:Maude, p. 46.
2683:
2680:
2674:
2671:
2665:
2662:
2656:
2653:
2650:, pp. 116–23.
2649:
2648:Western Front
2643:
2640:
2636:
2630:
2627:
2621:
2618:
2612:
2609:
2606:, pp. 107–10.
2605:
2604:Western Front
2599:
2596:
2592:
2586:
2583:
2577:
2574:
2570:
2569:Western Front
2564:
2561:
2557:
2551:
2548:
2542:
2539:
2535:
2534:Western Front
2529:
2526:
2520:
2518:
2516:
2514:
2512:
2508:
2502:
2499:
2493:
2490:
2484:
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2265:
2263:
2261:
2259:
2257:
2253:
2247:
2244:
2238:
2235:
2229:
2226:
2220:
2217:
2211:
2203:
2197:
2194:
2187:
2178:
2173:
2166:
2161:
2154:
2149:
2142:
2137:
2135:
2133:
2129:
2125:
2121:
2116:
2114:
2109:
2107:
2103:
2099:
2095:
2087:
2082:
2078:
2074:
2070:
2067:
2063:
2059:
2056:
2052:
2051:
2050:
2048:
2040:
2035:
2031:
2028:
2024:
2023:
2019:
2017:
2015:
2011:
2007:
2003:
1999:
1995:
1990:
1988:
1984:
1976:
1974:
1972:
1967:
1965:
1964:North Holland
1961:
1957:
1953:
1949:
1945:
1940:
1938:
1934:
1929:
1921:
1919:
1917:
1913:
1909:
1905:
1901:
1897:
1893:
1888:
1886:
1882:
1874:
1870:
1863:
1861:
1859:
1855:
1854:78th Division
1852:to supported
1851:
1846:
1844:
1840:
1831:
1829:
1827:
1823:
1819:
1815:
1811:
1803:
1798:
1794:
1791:
1787:
1783:
1779:
1771:
1766:
1759:
1754:
1747:
1742:
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1737:
1732:
1727:
1725:
1721:
1717:
1712:
1710:
1706:
1702:
1698:
1693:
1691:
1690:Pembrokeshire
1687:
1683:
1679:
1675:
1667:
1662:
1655:
1653:
1651:
1647:
1642:
1640:
1636:
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1598:
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1589:
1580:
1576:
1574:
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1566:
1562:
1558:
1554:
1546:
1544:
1541:
1537:
1532:
1530:
1526:
1522:
1518:
1513:
1508:
1506:
1502:
1498:
1494:
1493:Volturno Line
1489:
1487:
1481:
1479:
1475:
1471:
1467:
1459:
1457:
1455:
1451:
1447:
1443:
1438:
1434:
1430:
1426:
1422:
1418:
1414:
1410:
1405:
1403:
1399:
1395:
1391:
1388:to reinforce
1387:
1379:
1377:
1375:
1371:
1366:
1362:
1360:
1357:, as part of
1356:
1352:
1348:
1343:
1341:
1337:
1333:
1329:
1325:
1321:
1317:
1309:
1304:
1299:
1294:
1287:
1285:
1283:
1279:
1278:18/25-pounder
1275:
1271:
1270:Parsons Green
1267:
1263:
1262:Munich Crisis
1258:
1256:
1251:
1249:
1245:
1241:
1237:
1232:
1230:
1222:
1218:
1214:
1211:
1208:
1205:
1202:
1201:
1200:
1198:
1194:
1186:
1184:
1182:
1178:
1173:
1171:
1167:
1162:
1159:
1155:
1150:
1148:
1144:
1139:
1135:
1130:
1128:
1127:Amman Citadel
1124:
1120:
1117:was built at
1116:
1112:
1108:
1104:
1100:
1096:
1092:
1088:
1083:
1080:
1070:
1066:
1064:
1060:
1056:
1052:
1048:
1044:
1043:75th Division
1040:
1036:
1032:
1024:
1019:
1015:
1013:
1009:
1005:
1000:
998:
993:
989:
985:
981:
977:
973:
968:
966:
962:
958:
950:
948:
946:
941:
937:
933:
929:
925:
921:
917:
913:
909:
904:
896:
894:
892:
888:
883:
881:
880:
874:
870:
866:
862:
854:
849:
843:Western Front
842:
840:
838:
834:
830:
829:CCCII Brigade
824:
822:
818:
814:
810:
806:
802:
798:
797:Major-General
794:
785:
783:
781:
777:
771:
769:
768:Ypres Salient
764:
760:
756:
752:
743:
739:
737:
733:
728:
724:
720:
716:
712:
703:
696:
694:
691:
686:
682:
677:
675:
671:
667:
663:
659:
651:
649:
647:
643:
639:
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632:
627:
619:
614:
610:
608:
604:
600:
596:
592:
587:
579:
577:
575:
571:
567:
558:
556:
554:
553:No man's land
549:
545:
541:
537:
533:
529:
525:
521:
517:
516:2nd Divisions
513:
505:
503:
501:
496:
495:Western Front
492:
484:
482:
479:
474:
472:
471:Hertfordshire
468:
467:Kings Langley
464:
460:
456:
453:
449:
445:
436:
429:
424:
422:
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412:
404:
401:
398:
395:
394:
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388:
384:
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368:
364:
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356:
352:
348:
344:
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336:
332:
323:
315:
308:
306:
304:
300:
296:
292:
288:
284:
280:
276:
272:
271:Western Front
268:
264:
260:
254:Military unit
248:
244:
238:
233:
226:
223:
221:
218:
216:
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211:
208:
206:
202:
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197:
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2071:Maj-Gen Sir
2066:19th Hussars
2044:
1991:
1982:
1980:
1968:
1941:
1925:
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1748:Home Defence
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879:Minenwerfers
877:
858:
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708:
685:mine warfare
678:
670:CCXXXVII Bde
669:
655:
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623:
583:
574:7th Division
562:
509:
506:Aubers Ridge
488:
475:
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366:
328:
305:until 1961.
291:North Africa
258:
256:
194:North Africa
112:Part of
26:
4387:, Vol III:
1904:Winter Line
1883:during the
1786:6-inch guns
1697:West Sussex
1678:South Wales
1557:Gothic Line
1547:Italy again
1521:VI US Corps
1421:Eighth Army
1374:East Anglia
1322:as part of
1314:During the
1158:Indian Army
1097:swept into
1023:James McBey
1021:Drawing by
940:Lake Doiran
861:Southampton
813:Much Hadham
776:CCXXXVI Bde
732:Lord Gorell
723:Martinpuich
690:Box barrage
666:Mesopotamia
652:Spring 1916
544:breastworks
532:barbed wire
463:Berkhamsted
444:Perham Down
281:during the
144:Engagements
130:Garrison/HQ
4498:Categories
4405:, Vol IV:
4343:, Vol VI:
4305:, Vol II,
4222:, Vol VI:
4203:, Vol VI:
4131:, Vol II:
4106:L.F. Ellis
3978:References
3643:, Annex M.
3639:Farndale,
3396:Farndale,
3378:Farndale,
3122:Farndale,
3082:Farndale,
2943:Farndale,
2783:Farndale,
2748:Farndale,
2646:Farndale,
2602:Farndale,
2567:Farndale,
2532:Farndale,
2132:Camberwell
1933:Marseilles
1822:First Army
1770:6-inch gun
1711:District.
1512:Garigliano
1454:First Army
1431:, because
1394:El Alamein
1316:Phoney War
1274:25-pounder
1260:After the
1217:Paddington
1119:Ghoraniyeh
1031:bivouacked
972:Suez Canal
924:Greek Army
903:Marseilles
817:Warminster
780:CCXXXV Bde
681:Vimy Ridge
478:War Office
419:15-pounder
331:Volunteers
242:commanders
235:Commanders
205:Garigliano
4324:, Vol V:
4112:, Vol I:
2787:, p. 154.
2730:, p. 138.
2726:Farndale
2713:Edmonds,
2633:Edmonds,
2589:Edmonds,
2554:Edmonds,
2313:Army List
2188:Footnotes
2088:Memorials
2016:in 1967.
2012:, in the
1960:Beverwijk
1705:Hampshire
1666:Bow Bells
1413:Palestine
1359:XII Corps
1340:see below
1047:Jerusalem
984:Beersheba
951:Palestine
683:. Active
660:with the
559:Festubert
371:Wood Lane
329:When the
279:Palestine
181:Palestine
4379:Maj-Gen
4195:Gen Sir
4146:Gen Sir
3882:Watson,
3849:Normandy
3382:, p. 95.
2536:, p. 94.
2004:to form
1912:Florence
1896:X Corps'
1881:2nd AGRA
1784:manning
1782:Hastings
1778:Hastings
1701:IV Corps
1613:For the
1370:XI Corps
1187:Interwar
1004:Kauwukah
920:Katerini
908:Salonika
897:Salonika
865:Le Havre
275:Salonika
245:Maj-Gen
176:Salonika
3884:TA 1947
3847:Ellis,
3816:Germany
3814:Ellis,
3251:Ellis,
3214:, 1927.
2805:Miles,
2770:Miles,
2124:Chelsea
1977:Postwar
1845:front.
1832:Tunisia
1724:I Corps
1650:Trieste
1597:Montone
1569:Coriano
1565:Gemmano
1553:V Corps
1474:Salerno
1466:Tripoli
1437:Tarhuna
1425:Tunisia
1417:X Corps
1244:colonel
1147:Es Salt
1099:Jericho
930:of the
887:CCC Bde
626:Hulluch
548:barrage
500:Béthune
455:Colonel
363:Brixton
353:in the
341:, the
277:and in
240:Notable
61:Country
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1956:Arnhem
1944:VE Day
1729:After
1709:Dorset
1699:under
1635:Venice
1604:Lamone
1486:Naples
1409:Kirkuk
1336:Sussex
1087:Jordan
1079:Nablus
936:Allies
719:Mametz
638:Grenay
452:Brevet
421:guns.
309:Origin
138:Fulham
79:Branch
70:
53:Active
2212:Notes
1937:Rhine
1864:Italy
1731:D-Day
1714:When
1686:Tenby
1623:Senio
1608:Senio
1593:Forlì
1517:Anzio
1470:Libya
1442:Tunis
1328:cadre
1123:Amman
1055:Lifta
980:Sinai
945:Egypt
928:Troop
912:Malta
869:Arras
809:Essex
697:Somme
658:India
646:fosse
295:Italy
273:, at
4441:ISBN
4426:ISBN
4411:ISBN
4393:ISBN
4370:ISBN
4349:ISBN
4330:ISBN
4311:ISBN
4292:ISBN
4277:ISBN
4262:ISBN
4244:ISBN
4228:ISBN
4209:ISBN
4186:ISBN
4171:ISBN
4156:ISBN
4137:ISBN
4118:ISBN
4104:Maj
4095:ISBN
4078:ISBN
4063:ISBN
4044:ISBN
4029:ISBN
4012:ISBN
3997:ISBN
2807:1916
2772:1916
2715:1916
2635:1915
2591:1915
2556:1915
2000:and
1808:The
1788:and
1707:and
1411:via
1386:Iraq
1136:and
1113:. A
1035:Gaza
910:via
799:Sir
642:Lens
580:Loos
514:and
465:and
297:and
257:The
102:Role
94:Type
2130:in
2122:in
2077:DSO
1962:in
1688:in
1575:).
1468:in
1452:of
1423:in
1419:of
1372:in
1342:).
1334:in
1268:at
1033:at
1012:Huj
863:to
631:DSO
512:1st
469:in
446:on
369:at
361:at
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