25th Division In France And Flanders
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Author |
: Lt Col M. Kincaid-Smith |
Publisher |
: Andrews UK Limited |
Total Pages |
: 435 |
Release |
: 2012-03-26 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781781504451 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1781504458 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (51 Downloads) |
Synopsis The 25th Division in France and Flanders by : Lt Col M. Kincaid-Smith
The 25th Division (74th, 75th and 76th Brigades) was formed in September 1914, one of Kitchener's Third New Army divisions, under the command of Major-General F.Ventris (late Essex), who had retired some five years earlier. He was replaced at the end of May 1915 by B.J.C Doran (late R Irish Regt), a regular, promoted from command of the 68th Brigade; prior to that he had commanded the 8th Infantry Brigade in France during the first two months of the war. The division went to France in September 1915 and a month later the 76th Brigade was transferred to the 3rd Division in exchange for the 7th Brigade. For the next six months or so the division was in the ‘Plugstreet'/Armentieres sector before moving down to Vimy Ridge in May 1916, where it was awarded the first of the six VCs it was to win by the end of the war. Command changed again in June when E.G.T Bainbridge replaced Doran who was sent back to command a district in Ireland. Thereafter the division fought on the Somme, at Messines, Third Ypres, in the German offensive of March/April 1918 and finally on the Aisne in May 1918, with IX Corps under French command. When the division was taken out of the line in mid-June it had, since February, suffered losses of some 15,500 of whom 7,500 were missing. At this point the divisional and brigade HQs and the infantry battalions were sent back to England where the division was reconstituted; it returned to France in September with another commander, J.R.E Charles, who had taken over in August. This is reflected in the divisional history which is divided into two parts, Part I is concerned with the original division, Part II with the reborn division. Kincaid-Smith’s work is unlike any other Great War divisional history in that nearly half the book is taken up with citations (over 300 of them), lists of honours and awards, tables of casualties and details of officer casualties. As he says in his introduction, he sets out to give a very brief sketch of the operations in which the 25th Division was engaged from time to time, so this is not a continuous narrative. Beginning with the Somme he devotes a chapter to each of the major operations involving the division, each chapter followed by the honours and awards gained plus selected citations; usually, such details appear in appendices. From time to time casualties suffered by the division over a given period are summarised in tables that give the figures for every unit; each of these tables (there are four of them) is followed by the names of the officer casualties (killed, wounded and missing), listed by units; individual dates are not given. By the end of the war the division’s losses amounted to 48,289 of whom 623 Officers and 12,663 Other Ranks made the supreme sacrifice.
Author |
: M. Kincaid-Smith |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 436 |
Release |
: 2006-06-01 |
ISBN-10 |
: 1847341039 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9781847341037 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (39 Downloads) |
Synopsis 25th Division in France and Flanders by : M. Kincaid-Smith
Author |
: Jonathan Mallory House |
Publisher |
: DIANE Publishing |
Total Pages |
: 235 |
Release |
: 1985 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781428915831 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1428915834 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (31 Downloads) |
Synopsis Toward Combined Arms Warfare by : Jonathan Mallory House
Author |
: Harold Carmichael Wylly |
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: |
Total Pages |
: 472 |
Release |
: 1926 |
ISBN-10 |
: UOM:39015050597924 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (24 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Green Howards in the Great War by : Harold Carmichael Wylly
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: |
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: |
Total Pages |
: 902 |
Release |
: 1919 |
ISBN-10 |
: UIUC:30112108092575 |
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: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (75 Downloads) |
Synopsis Journal of the Royal United Service Institution, Whitehall Yard by :
Author |
: John Garth |
Publisher |
: HMH |
Total Pages |
: 419 |
Release |
: 2013-06-11 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780544263727 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0544263723 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (27 Downloads) |
Synopsis Tolkien and the Great War by : John Garth
How the First World War influenced the author of the Lord of the Rings Trilogy: “Very much the best book about J.R.R. Tolkien that has yet been written.” —A. N. Wilson As Europe plunged into World War I, J. R. R. Tolkien was a student at Oxford and part of a cohort of literary-minded friends who had wide-ranging conversations in their Tea Club and Barrovian Society. After finishing his degree, Tolkien experienced the horrors of the Great War as a signal officer in the Battle of the Somme, where two of those school friends died. All the while, he was hard at work on an original mythology that would become the basis of his literary masterpiece, the Lord of the Rings trilogy. In this biographical study, drawn in part from Tolkien’s personal wartime papers, John Garth traces the development of the author’s work during this critical period. He shows how the deaths of two comrades compelled Tolkien to pursue the dream they had shared, and argues that the young man used his imagination not to escape from reality—but to transform the cataclysm of his generation. While Tolkien’s contemporaries surrendered to disillusionment, he kept enchantment alive, reshaping an entire literary tradition into a form that resonates to this day. “Garth’s fine study should have a major audience among serious students of Tolkien.” —Publishers Weekly “A highly intelligent book . . . Garth displays impressive skills both as researcher and writer.” —Max Hastings, author of The Secret War “Somewhere, I think, Tolkien is nodding in appreciation.” —San Jose Mercury News “A labour of love in which journalist Garth combines a newsman’s nose for a good story with a scholar’s scrupulous attention to detail . . . Brilliantly argued.” —Daily Mail (UK) “Gripping from start to finish and offers important new insights.” —Library Journal “Insight into how a writer turned academia into art, how deeply friendship supports and wounds us, and how the death and disillusionment that characterized World War I inspired Tolkien’s lush saga.” —Detroit Free Press
Author |
: E. A. James |
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: |
Total Pages |
: 68 |
Release |
: 1924 |
ISBN-10 |
: UGA:32108002626193 |
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: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (93 Downloads) |
Synopsis A Record of the Battles and Engagements of the British Armies in France and Flanders, 1914-1918 by : E. A. James
Author |
: Harold Carmichael Wylly |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 510 |
Release |
: 1933 |
ISBN-10 |
: UOM:39015011931295 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (95 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment: 1914-1919 by : Harold Carmichael Wylly
Author |
: Capt H. FitzM. Stacke |
Publisher |
: Andrews UK Limited |
Total Pages |
: 426 |
Release |
: 2013-02-25 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781781508497 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1781508496 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (97 Downloads) |
Synopsis Worcestershire Regiment in the Great War Vol 2 by : Capt H. FitzM. Stacke
Arguably the finest regimental history even written. A magnificent publication it is with its profusion of maps, illustrations and photos - each page of photos contains several. The Worcesters was one of the five regiments that had four regular battalions before the war, with two special reserve and two territorial battalions. By the end of the war another fourteen battalions had been raised for a total of twenty-two of which twelve went on active service. 9,460 officers and men gave their lives, 71 Battle Honours were awarded and eight VCs one of whom, attached to the RFC, was the airman Leefe Robinson, famous for shooting down a zeppelin. Battalions served on the Western Front, in Gallipoli, Macedonia, Mesopotamia, Italy; one battalion ended the war in North Persia. Appendices provide the Roll of Honour; Honours and Awards including Mention in Despatches, with date of Gazette (for 'Companion' of the British Empire read 'Commander'); details of Badges, Colours and Distinctions of the regiment; and the music for regimental marches. Illustrations are by well-known artists depicting battle scenes including each VC-winning action - apart from Leefe's zeppelin. After considering various factors, explained in his very informative preface, the author decided to present this history as one general story in which the number of the battalion concerned is printed in the margin of the pages dealing with its deeds. Attention is paid to minor actions such as trench raids, which usually find no place in compressed official histories; they are recorded in this history. The plans illustrate the engagements recorded in the book, and are designed to depict the part played by the several battalions in their battles and to enable the visitor to the battlefields to recognise the ground on which each fight took place, as much as to make clear the general course of those actions. The book opens with a very interesting account of the regiment in the years before the war, beginning at the turn of the century, and there is a very comprehensive index of 25 pages. This is a great piece of work and must rank as one of the finest of the Great War regimental histories, many would say the finest, and I wouldn't argue.
Author |
: John Hartley |
Publisher |
: Pen and Sword |
Total Pages |
: 517 |
Release |
: 2017-06-30 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781473897601 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1473897602 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (01 Downloads) |
Synopsis 6th Battalion, the Cheshire Regiment in the Great War by : John Hartley
The 6th Battalion, the Cheshire Regiment, was a prewar Territorial battalion that recruited in the North Cheshire towns of Stockport, Hyde and Stalybridge, together with the Derbyshire town of Glossop. The majority of its part-time soldiers worked in the areas cotton mills and hat making factories. One of the first Territorial battalions to see action in the Great War, it went overseas in November 1914, taking part in the famous Christmas truce a few weeks later.In 1916, it saw major action during the Battle of the Somme. The following year, it suffered heavy casualties during the action around the Belgian town of Ypres, which is often known as the Battle of Passchendaele. In 1918 the Battalion fought to hold off German advances in the spring but, along with the rest of the BEF, was forced to retreat many miles. By the summer of that year the tide had turned and the Cheshire's took part in the final advances that ended the war in November.The story is told from the Battalions formation in 1908 to its disbandment in the 1920s and beyond with details of the Old Comrades Association. Official accounts are supplemented by the mens own words, taken from diaries, letters and newspaper reports.